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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)

Daniel E. Draper

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, 2017

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


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, 2017

2017 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


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

     13  

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio (PWC)

     15  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)

     17  

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

     27  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      42  
Statements of Operations      43  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      44  
Financial Highlights      46  
Notes to Financial Statements      48  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      57  
Fees and Expenses      58  
Tax Information      59  
Trustees and Officers      60  
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement      66  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

 

 

 

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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 Leaders Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) includes securities in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that is designed to identify companies that demonstrate powerful relative strength characteristics based upon their market performance. “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 selects approximately 100 common stocks for inclusion in the Index from an eligible universe of approximately 1,000 securities of large capitalization companies that trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and that are included in the NASDAQ Composite Index (the “Benchmark Index”). The Index Provider then uses its proprietary methodology to determine a “momentum” score for each security within the universe of eligible securities. 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 Provider includes in the Index the 100 securities with the highest momentum scores, with higher scoring securities receiving larger weights within 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.95%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.98%. During the same time period, the Index returned 24.82%. 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 as well as trading costs associated with portfolio rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the Benchmark Index returned 28.18%. 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-based equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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.

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, 2017. 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.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The materials sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Exelixis, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 2.23%), and MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 2.79%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Tractor Supply Co., a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and DexCom, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      35.3  
Consumer Discretionary      20.7  
Health Care      16.8  
Financials      15.7  
Industrials      7.5  
Consumer Staples      2.5  
Energy      1.5  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      3.0  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      2.9  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.      2.8  
Exelixis, Inc.      2.7  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      2.6  
Atrion Corp.      2.1  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      2.0  
Amazon.com, Inc.      2.0  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.      1.9  
Intuit, Inc.      1.8  
Total      23.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

    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 Leaders Index     24.82     11.15     37.33     12.32     78.75     5.62     72.80       9.17     241.49
NASDAQ Composite Index     28.18       15.07       52.36       16.14       111.32       10.31       166.80         N/A       N/A  
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.98       10.43       34.65       11.50       72.37       4.92       61.67         8.46       211.81  
Market Price Return     23.95       10.42       34.62       11.50       72.35       4.91       61.54         8.45       211.29  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.81% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® NASDAQ Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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.

The Index is composed of stocks that NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”), strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, includes pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index Provider’s selection methodology seeks to identify and select companies from the U.S. marketplace with superior risk-return profiles. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.91%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.88%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.71%. 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 as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalance process.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 U.S. equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. stock 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 energy sector and most underweight in the real estate sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the information technology and industrials sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and industrials sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NVIDIA Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.97%), and United Continental Holdings, Inc., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 2.35%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Seadrill Ltd., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.56%), and Edwards Lifesciences Corp., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      23.3  
Financials      15.3  
Health Care      13.3  
Consumer Discretionary      12.3  
Industrials      10.5  
Consumer Staples      9.4  
Energy      7.0  
Materials      3.3  
Utilities      3.0  
Telecommunication Services      2.6  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Lam Research Corp.      3.7  
Micron Technology, Inc.      3.6  
Applied Materials, Inc.      3.4  
Costco Wholesale Corp.      3.3  
Sysco Corp.      3.2  
NVIDIA Corp.      3.2  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.      2.8  
Williams Partners LP      2.8  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.      2.6  
Valero Energy Corp.      2.6  
Total      31.2  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

    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     19.71     8.10     26.33     14.61     97.75     6.58     89.06       10.26     292.45
S&P 500® Index     17.92       10.47       34.83       13.68       89.81       7.15       99.55         9.29       246.97  
Fund                    
NAV Return     18.88       7.33       23.62       13.79       90.78       5.88       77.06         9.55       258.74  
Market Price Return     18.91       7.33       23.64       13.81       90.91       5.89       77.18         9.55       258.75  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 common stocks that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with their guidelines and mandated procedures, FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates LLC include stocks in the Index with the intent to track the performance of the largest U.S. equity stocks based on the following four fundamental measures: book value, cash flow, sales and dividends. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.19%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.16%. During the same time period, the Index returned 16.62%. 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 18.03%. 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-based U.S. large cap equity benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to its allocation to the energy sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and industrials sectors, respectively. The telecommunication services sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Bank of America Corp., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 1.52%), and Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.69%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Chesapeake Energy Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.27%), and Exxon Mobil Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 2.77%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Financials      18.3  
Information Technology      13.7  
Consumer Discretionary      11.2  
Health Care      11.0  
Energy      10.6  
Industrials      10.4  
Consumer Staples      9.5  
Utilities      5.0  
Materials      3.6  
Telecommunication Services      3.6  
Real Estate      3.1  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Security   
Exxon Mobil Corp.      2.8  
Apple, Inc.      2.1  
Chevron Corp.      1.9  
AT&T, Inc.      1.8  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1.8  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B      1.7  
Wells Fargo & Co.      1.5  
Microsoft Corp.      1.4  
General Electric Co.      1.4  
Johnson & Johnson      1.2  
Total      17.6  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index     16.62     8.89     29.12     14.08     93.21     7.78     111.57       8.99     166.16
Russell 1000® Index     18.03       10.20       33.82       13.63       89.43       7.25       101.40         8.15       143.50  
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.16       8.49       27.70       13.65       89.64       7.37       103.67         8.54       153.64  
Market Price Return     16.19       8.52       27.78       13.66       89.69       7.37       103.55         8.56       154.32  

 

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, 2018. 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 Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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.

Strictly in accordance with their guidelines and mandated procedures, FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates LLC include stocks in the Index with the intent to track the performance of small and medium-sized U.S. equity stocks based on the following four fundamental measures: book value, sales, cash flow and dividends. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 22.40%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 22.44%. During the same time period, the Index returned 22.71%. 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, partially offset by revenue generated through the Fund’s securities lending program.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 25.63%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,940 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 U.S. small cap equity benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap 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 health care sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s overweight position in the energy sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and information technology sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Tronox Ltd., Class A, a materials company (portfolio average weight of 0.28%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.13%), and Bill Barrett Corp., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.25%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      17.3  
Consumer Discretionary      17.3  
Industrials      16.6  
Information Technology      15.6  
Health Care      8.1  
Real Estate      7.1  
Materials      5.8  
Energy      5.8  
Consumer Staples      3.2  
Utilities      1.8  
Telecommunication Services      1.3  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.      0.5  
Rent-A-Center, Inc.      0.3  
Stone Energy Corp.      0.2  
Aaron’s, Inc.      0.2  
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      0.2  
Sanderson Farms, Inc.      0.2  
Sotheby’s      0.2  
Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)      0.2  
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A      0.2  
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.      0.2  
Total      2.4  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Index     22.71     8.59     28.06     13.81     90.93     8.92     135.10       9.76     168.53
Russell 2000® Index     25.63       9.03       29.63       12.95       83.84       7.05       97.57         7.75       120.74  
Fund                    
NAV Return     22.44       8.35       27.22       13.56       88.84       8.72       130.75         9.49       161.72  
Market Price Return     22.40       8.33       27.13       13.54       88.72       8.72       130.79         9.49       161.62  

 

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, 2018. 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 Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—20.7%  
  708      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 654,893  
  1,374      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      474,250  
  1,678      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      192,634  
  4,599      China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      326,437  
  4,922      Comcast Corp., Class A      192,893  
  2,012      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      322,302  
  16,266      Denny’s Corp.(b)      206,578  
  2,744      Dorman Products, Inc.(b)      228,164  
  3,311      Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      248,855  
  5,556      Liberty Ventures, Series A(b)      299,191  
  9,045      Nutrisystem, Inc.      483,455  
  1,862      Pool Corp.      222,732  
  551      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      1,017,598  
  8,888      Ross Stores, Inc.      577,720  
  21,186      Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      421,601  
  9,724      Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)      230,945  
  106,743      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      528,378  
  5,546      SodaStream International Ltd. (Israel)(b)      301,647  
  779      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)      219,242  
     

 

 

 
        7,149,515  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—2.5%  
  967      Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      204,869  
  1,782      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      239,821  
  4,675      National Beverage Corp.      414,158  
     

 

 

 
        858,848  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—1.5%  
  3,086      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      308,106  
  8,810      Golar LNG Partners LP (United Kingdom)      201,133  
     

 

 

 
        509,239  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—15.7%  
  4,899      Ameris Bancorp      230,743  
  9,859      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)      956,027  
  12,047      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      571,871  
  3,588      Banner Corp.      198,058  
  6,262      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      216,352  
  4,661      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      279,194  
  7,209      East West Bancorp, Inc.      391,233  
  6,610      First Merchants Corp.      273,522  
  8,116      Home BancShares, Inc.      206,552  
  3,089      Independent Bank Group, Inc.      185,803  
  4,739      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      912,352  
  10,224      Meridian Bancorp, Inc.      179,431  
  4,081      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      261,184  
  2,305      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      175,411  
  7,273      United Community Banks, Inc.      198,917  
  4,092      WSFS Financial Corp.      193,142  
     

 

 

 
        5,429,792  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—16.8%  
  3,149      Align Technology, Inc.(b)      423,918  
  1,436      Atrion Corp.      742,556  
  1,663      Celgene Corp.(b)      206,295  
  7,712      Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      446,448  
  11,284      Epizyme, Inc.(b)      203,676  
  16,865      Exact Sciences Corp.(b)      506,119  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  41,886      Exelixis, Inc.(b)    $ 938,246  
  2,622      ICON PLC(b)      221,533  
  1,202      ICU Medical, Inc.(b)      184,868  
  3,891      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      652,637  
  4,131      Masimo Corp.(b)      424,419  
  6,444      Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      217,163  
  2,909      Neogen Corp.(b)      181,318  
  3,672      NuVasive, Inc.(b)      266,257  
  6,934      Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      198,312  
     

 

 

 
        5,813,765  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—7.5%  
  6,153      AAON, Inc.      225,507  
  5,619      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      306,235  
  1,513      Cintas Corp.      185,297  
  1,639      Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel)      194,697  
  4,037      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      549,557  
  3,304      Multi-Color Corp.      253,747  
  4,628      MYR Group, Inc.(b)      195,579  
  2,901      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.      256,797  
  11,528      SkyWest, Inc.      428,842  
     

 

 

 
        2,596,258  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—35.3%  
  4,262      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      222,689  
  1,584      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      211,844  
  4,216      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      311,141  
  7,126      Apple, Inc.      1,023,650  
  4,985      Applied Materials, Inc.      202,441  
  15,955      Blucora, Inc.(b)      294,370  
  2,575      Broadcom Ltd.      568,586  
  8,699      Brooks Automation, Inc.      219,737  
  9,482      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      308,829  
  1,920      Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(b)      199,699  
  4,296      Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      276,448  
  2,923      Cognex Corp.      249,449  
  1,719      Coherent, Inc.(b)      370,616  
  8,043      Ebix, Inc.      496,253  
  5,343      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      506,623  
  36,685      Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      286,693  
  3,531      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      530,533  
  2,306      InterDigital, Inc.      207,309  
  4,991      Intuit, Inc.      624,923  
  1,989      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      192,774  
  1,509      Lam Research Corp.      218,579  
  3,122      Littelfuse, Inc.      481,256  
  9,364      Logitech International SA (Switzerland)      310,698  
  887      MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)      203,043  
  7,637      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      211,316  
  4,732      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      432,978  
  1,602      NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)      425,155  
  6,546      PC Connection, Inc.      188,132  
  4,660      Pegasystems, Inc.      212,263  
  4,620      Sanmina Corp.(b)      172,095  
  4,067      Seagate Technology PLC      171,343  
  6,964      Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      694,589  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  2,796      Stamps.com, Inc.(b)    $ 296,795  
  6,841      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      429,957  
  13,263      TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      221,890  
  2,721      Universal Display Corp.      243,121  
     

 

 

 
        12,217,817  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $27,888,364)
     34,575,234  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%  
  61,657      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $61,657)
     61,657  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $27,950,021)—100.2%
     34,636,891  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%      (67,266
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 34,569,625  
     

 

 

 

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)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—12.3%  
  8,449      Adient PLC    $ 621,508  
  27,806      American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(b)      489,108  
  32,973      ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.      443,487  
  2,991      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      542,538  
  87,263      General Motors Co.      3,022,790  
  24,333      Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.(b)      573,772  
  22,750      Lear Corp.      3,245,515  
  17,746      Marcus Corp. (The)      599,815  
  18,954      MDC Holdings, Inc.      587,764  
  39,786      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      2,972,810  
  17,883      Service Corp. International      576,190  
  33,490      Time Warner, Inc.      3,324,552  
  5,996      Visteon Corp.(b)      617,288  
     

 

 

 
        17,617,137  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.4%  
  19,056      Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)      720,317  
  26,299      Costco Wholesale Corp.      4,668,598  
  35,848      Dean Foods Co.      707,640  
  11,658      Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      714,635  
  17,576      SpartanNash Co.      646,797  
  87,440      Sysco Corp.      4,622,953  
  9,603      Universal Corp.      705,340  
  10,291      Weis Markets, Inc.      594,923  
     

 

 

 
        13,381,203  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—7.0%  
  28,185      Alliance Holdings GP LP      751,130  
  60,019      Archrock, Inc.      708,224  
  76,749      Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(b)      600,945  
  404,983      Seadrill Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      279,357  
  58,082      Valero Energy Corp.      3,752,678  
  96,035      Williams Partners LP      3,930,713  
     

 

 

 
        10,023,047  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—15.3%  
  32,034      Allstate Corp. (The)      2,604,044  
  24,784      Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(b)      481,553  
  5,653      BancFirst Corp.      542,971  
  60,218      CNA Financial Corp.      2,725,467  
  5,922      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      558,978  
  16,073      Essent Group Ltd.(b)      594,862  
  20,865      Fidelity & Guaranty Life(c)      593,609  
  11,616      Hancock Holding Co.      542,467  
  28,315      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      2,463,405  
  12,606      LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      476,633  
  6,164      Meta Financial Group, Inc.      523,324  
  55,395      Morgan Stanley      2,402,481  
  1,723      National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A      527,652  
  25,539      Opus Bank      575,904  
  41,042      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      2,673,065  
  23,276      Prudential Financial, Inc.      2,491,230  
  12,112      Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      496,592  
  23,135      TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.(b)      576,061  
     

 

 

 
        21,850,298  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care—13.3%  
  11,247      Biogen, Inc.(b)    $ 3,050,299  
  18,057      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(b)      539,363  
  8,648      Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      500,633  
  10,740      Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      374,396  
  12,015      Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      474,592  
  22,392      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      3,755,810  
  5,726      Masimo Corp.(b)      588,289  
  21,497      McKesson Corp.      2,972,820  
  14,035      Medpace Holdings, Inc.(b)      445,050  
  6,776      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      3,478,934  
  62,778      MiMedx Group, Inc.(b)(c)      796,653  
  23,311      Quidel Corp.(b)      563,427  
  6,492      Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      418,020  
  3,587      WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      550,282  
  21,842      Xencor, Inc.(b)      560,684  
     

 

 

 
        19,069,252  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.5%  
  8,408      Argan, Inc.      562,075  
  16,953      Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      618,954  
  24,053      Cummins, Inc.      3,630,560  
  13,312      Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)      578,406  
  18,721      Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc.(b)      618,355  
  4,836      Nordson Corp.      605,467  
  8,815      Oshkosh Corp.      611,673  
  16,338      Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      616,759  
  48,103      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      3,377,312  
  29,666      United Rentals, Inc.(b)      3,253,173  
  12,034      Viad Corp.      543,937  
     

 

 

 
        15,016,671  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—23.3%  
  13,709      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      1,011,724  
  303,027      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      4,030,259  
  120,004      Applied Materials, Inc.      4,873,362  
  14,550      Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      894,680  
  39,318      Brooks Automation, Inc.      993,173  
  12,144      Cabot Microelectronics Corp.      951,482  
  50,588      Flex Ltd.(b)      782,090  
  36,859      Lam Research Corp.      5,339,026  
  184,810      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      5,113,693  
  43,182      NVIDIA Corp.      4,503,883  
  14,580      Plexus Corp.(b)      758,014  
  20,795      Sanmina Corp.(b)      774,614  
  9,604      Science Applications International Corp.      700,996  
  11,636      Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      827,901  
  9,649      Tech Data Corp.(b)      922,927  
  51,513      TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      861,813  
     

 

 

 
        33,339,637  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.3%  
  18,593      Advansix, Inc.(b)      506,845  
  26,497      Forterra, Inc.(b)      509,802  
  37,343      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      3,165,193  
  5,286      Packaging Corp. of America      522,151  
     

 

 

 
        4,703,991  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Telecommunication Services—2.6%  
  15,998      General Communication, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 598,965  
  38,107      Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      403,934  
  132,482      Sprint Corp.(b)      1,196,312  
  10,365      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      284,623  
  19,124      T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      1,286,472  
     

 

 

 
        3,770,306  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.0%  
  23,456      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      630,966  
  17,748      OGE Energy Corp.      617,276  
  45,267      PG&E Corp.      3,035,152  
     

 

 

 
        4,283,394  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $132,698,600)
     143,054,936  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  89,462      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $89,462)
     89,462  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $132,788,062)—100.1%
     143,144,398  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—0.7%   
  1,020,505      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,020,505)
     1,020,505  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $133,808,567)—100.8%
     144,164,903  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.8)%      (1,113,150
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 143,051,753  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.0%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—11.2%  
  88,041      Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A(b)    $ 1,055,612  
  73,291      Adient PLC      5,391,286  
  11,417      Advance Auto Parts, Inc.      1,622,812  
  16,204      Amazon.com, Inc.(c)      14,988,538  
  11,079      AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(c)      661,195  
  37,264      American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(c)      655,474  
  79,408      American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.      1,118,859  
  64,393      Aramark      2,351,632  
  12,794      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(c)      782,993  
  195,922      Ascena Retail Group, Inc.(c)      766,055  
  26,061      Autoliv, Inc. (Sweden)(b)      2,611,052  
  48,274      AutoNation, Inc.(c)      2,027,508  
  3,926      AutoZone, Inc.(c)      2,717,538  
  86,810      Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.      3,363,887  
  126,111      Best Buy Co., Inc.      6,533,811  
  17,723      Big Lots, Inc.      894,834  
  38,896      Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.      843,654  
  54,001      BorgWarner, Inc.      2,283,162  
  16,583      Brinker International, Inc.(b)      732,803  
  15,193      Brunswick Corp.      862,203  
  10,016      Burlington Stores, Inc.(c)      990,783  
  16,387      Cabela’s, Inc.(c)      894,730  
  66,748      Caesars Entertainment Corp.(b)(c)      740,903  
  24,461      CalAtlantic Group, Inc.      885,977  
  46,848      CarMax, Inc.(c)      2,740,608  
  101,650      Carnival Corp.      6,278,920  
  73,557      CBS Corp., Class B      4,895,954  
  7,362      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      2,541,068  
  3,437      Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(c)      1,630,753  
  25,025      Cinemark Holdings, Inc.      1,081,080  
  74,931      Coach, Inc.      2,951,532  
  948,481      Comcast Corp., Class A      37,170,970  
  21,652      Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      829,272  
  33,898      Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      1,187,108  
  4,310      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(b)      690,419  
  35,773      CST Brands, Inc.      1,727,478  
  66,339      D.R. Horton, Inc.      2,181,890  
  68,497      Dana, Inc.      1,330,212  
  29,538      Darden Restaurants, Inc.      2,516,342  
  12,187      Deckers Outdoor Corp.(c)      726,223  
  51,778      Delphi Automotive PLC      4,162,951  
  18,657      DeVry Education Group, Inc.      706,167  
  22,623      Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.      1,143,593  
  17,228      Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b)      953,914  
  33,011      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      950,057  
  48,852      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(c)      1,366,879  
  33,409      DISH Network Corp., Class A(c)      2,152,876  
  49,287      Dollar General Corp.      3,583,658  
  37,953      Dollar Tree, Inc.(c)      3,141,370  
  32,920      DSW, Inc., Class A      678,810  
  13,994      Expedia, Inc.      1,871,278  
  59,069      Express, Inc.(c)      509,765  
  28,238      Foot Locker, Inc.      2,183,927  
  2,501,570      Ford Motor Co.      28,693,008  
  46,766      Fossil Group, Inc.(c)      806,713  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  80,415      GameStop Corp., Class A    $ 1,824,616  
  87,479      Gannett Co., Inc.      731,324  
  107,285      Gap, Inc. (The)      2,810,867  
  27,616      Garmin Ltd.      1,403,997  
  696,919      General Motors Co.      24,141,274  
  12,543      Genesco, Inc.(c)      668,542  
  45,752      Gentex Corp.      944,779  
  38,118      Genuine Parts Co.      3,507,618  
  101,244      GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      787,678  
  109,574      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      3,969,866  
  1,468      Graham Holdings Co., Class B      883,296  
  14,990      Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      1,033,560  
  54,491      Guess?, Inc.      608,120  
  77,763      H&R Block, Inc.      1,927,745  
  63,452      Hanesbrands, Inc.      1,383,888  
  42,012      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      2,386,702  
  17,225      Hasbro, Inc.      1,707,170  
  28,144      Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.      1,659,652  
  167,687      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      26,175,941  
  20,023      HSN, Inc.      738,849  
  37,364      International Game Technology PLC      829,481  
  86,593      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      2,040,997  
  234,256      J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(b)(c)      1,260,297  
  119,937      Kohl’s Corp.      4,681,141  
  77,092      L Brands, Inc.      4,071,229  
  100,240      Las Vegas Sands Corp.      5,913,158  
  21,427      Lear Corp.      3,056,776  
  29,574      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      1,553,818  
  37,846      Lennar Corp., Class A      1,911,223  
  1,241      Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A(c)      111,603  
  7,780      Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(c)      709,225  
  59,842      Liberty Global PLC, Series A (United Kingdom)(c)      2,119,604  
  154,191      Liberty Global PLC, Series C (United Kingdom)(c)      5,336,550  
  196,121      Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group, Series A(c)      4,153,843  
  6,715      Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A      641,618  
  43,197      Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(c)      1,389,216  
  54,407      LKQ Corp.(c)      1,699,675  
  172,026      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      14,601,567  
  215,160      Macy’s, Inc.      6,286,975  
  27,200      Marriott International, Inc., Class A      2,568,224  
  128,502      Mattel, Inc.      2,881,015  
  163,555      McDonald’s Corp.      22,886,251  
  9,756      Meredith Corp.      571,214  
  124,938      MGM Resorts International(c)      3,836,846  
  42,418      Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(c)      1,583,464  
  10,324      Mohawk Industries, Inc.(c)      2,423,972  
  40,281      Murphy USA, Inc.(c)      2,802,349  
  9,232      Netflix, Inc.(c)      1,405,110  
  40,122      Newell Brands, Inc.      1,915,424  
  184,351      News Corp., Class A      2,344,945  
  51,926      News Corp., Class B      675,038  
  123,160      NIKE, Inc., Class B      6,824,296  
  71,197      Nordstrom, Inc.(b)      3,436,679  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  27,200      Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(c)    $ 1,466,896  
  562      NVR, Inc.(c)      1,186,522  
  476,453      Office Depot, Inc.      2,367,971  
  56,642      Omnicom Group, Inc.      4,651,441  
  9,197      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(c)      2,282,236  
  2,992      Panera Bread Co., Class A(c)      935,539  
  22,208      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      1,059,544  
  50,278      Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(c)      1,034,218  
  14,567      Polaris Industries, Inc.(b)      1,241,982  
  3,029      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(c)      5,594,018  
  69,089      PulteGroup, Inc.      1,566,248  
  21,242      PVH Corp.      2,146,079  
  23,021      Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      1,858,255  
  41,236      Regal Entertainment Group, Class A      910,079  
  43,185      Ross Stores, Inc.      2,807,025  
  26,529      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      2,827,991  
  40,043      Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(c)      761,618  
  11,106      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      829,840  
  105,409      Sears Holdings Corp.(b)(c)      1,077,280  
  35,954      SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.      630,274  
  33,597      Service Corp. International      1,082,495  
  19,829      Servicemaster Global Holdings, Inc.(c)      755,485  
  21,599      Signet Jewelers Ltd.(b)      1,422,078  
  13,973      Six Flags Entertainment Corp.      874,850  
  35,348      Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      692,821  
  548,345      Staples, Inc.      5,357,331  
  111,441      Starbucks Corp.      6,693,146  
  272,314      Target Corp.      15,208,737  
  70,275      TEGNA, Inc.      1,790,607  
  13,877      Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)(c)      651,525  
  25,936      Tenneco, Inc.      1,634,746  
  6,799      Thor Industries, Inc.      653,928  
  21,654      Tiffany & Co.      1,984,589  
  151,214      Time Warner, Inc.      15,011,014  
  45,805      Time, Inc.      696,236  
  95,315      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      7,495,572  
  42,683      Toll Brothers, Inc.      1,536,161  
  14,509      Tractor Supply Co.      898,252  
  48,170      Tribune Media Co., Class A      1,761,095  
  14,291      Tupperware Brands Corp.      1,026,237  
  204,626      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      6,249,278  
  83,131      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B      2,482,292  
  20,056      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      431,003  
  19,769      Under Armour, Inc., Class C(c)      383,716  
  29,113      Urban Outfitters, Inc.(c)      666,105  
  68,418      VF Corp.      3,737,675  
  130,992      Viacom, Inc., Class B      5,575,020  
  36,336      Vista Outdoor, Inc.(c)      710,732  
  16,268      Visteon Corp.(c)      1,674,791  
  228,471      Walt Disney Co. (The)      26,411,248  
  25,168      Whirlpool Corp.      4,673,194  
  28,525      Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      1,541,776  
  22,417      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      2,136,564  
  32,527      Wynn Resorts Ltd.      4,001,146  
  71,681      Yum China Holdings, Inc.(c)      2,445,756  
  56,259      Yum! Brands, Inc.      3,699,029  
     

 

 

 
        548,261,689  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Staples—9.5%  
  280,959      Altria Group, Inc.    $ 20,167,237  
  18,288      Andersons, Inc. (The)      683,057  
  336,073      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      15,375,340  
  453,936      Avon Products, Inc.(c)      2,201,590  
  31,754      Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      1,502,599  
  105,082      Bunge Ltd.      8,304,631  
  32,679      Campbell Soup Co.      1,880,350  
  10,899      Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      1,221,451  
  32,065      Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      1,588,180  
  18,687      Clorox Co. (The)      2,498,265  
  787,736      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      33,990,808  
  34,262      Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom)      1,323,198  
  123,358      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      8,886,710  
  86,232      Conagra Brands, Inc.      3,344,077  
  14,248      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      2,458,350  
  116,196      Costco Wholesale Corp.      20,627,114  
  367,209      CVS Health Corp.      30,272,710  
  82,590      Darling Ingredients, Inc.(c)      1,249,587  
  44,579      Dean Foods Co.      879,990  
  31,200      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      2,859,480  
  12,838      Edgewell Personal Care Co.(c)      917,789  
  25,896      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      2,256,577  
  48,317      Flowers Foods, Inc.      947,496  
  136,144      General Mills, Inc.      7,829,641  
  22,662      Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(c)      838,267  
  19,059      Herbalife Ltd.(b)(c)      1,205,672  
  21,415      Hershey Co. (The)      2,317,103  
  39,325      Hormel Foods Corp.      1,379,521  
  41,942      HRG Group, Inc.(c)      839,259  
  13,891      Ingredion, Inc.      1,719,984  
  24,254      JM Smucker Co. (The)      3,073,467  
  50,361      Kellogg Co.      3,575,631  
  62,387      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      8,094,713  
  95,177      Kraft Heinz Co. (The)      8,603,049  
  427,859      Kroger Co. (The)      12,686,019  
  27,563      Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.      1,150,755  
  16,297      McCormick & Co., Inc.      1,628,070  
  23,031      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      2,043,310  
  23,356      Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      2,239,607  
  365,075      Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      16,439,327  
  32,112      Monster Beverage Corp.(c)      1,457,243  
  15,114      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      834,746  
  267,287      PepsiCo, Inc.      30,278,271  
  34,382      Performance Food Group Co.(c)      856,112  
  309,738      Philip Morris International, Inc.      34,331,360  
  18,188      Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      1,057,632  
  9,619      Post Holdings, Inc.(c)      809,824  
  565,224      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      49,361,012  
  106,467      Reynolds American, Inc.      6,867,122  
  586,197      Rite Aid Corp.(c)      2,344,788  
  18,808      SpartanNash Co.      692,134  
  33,749      Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(c)      752,940  
  451,267      SUPERVALU, Inc.(c)      1,850,195  
  159,843      Sysco Corp.      8,450,899  
  11,956      TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(c)      1,047,346  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  79,852      Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A    $ 5,131,290  
  26,185      United Natural Foods, Inc.(c)      1,087,463  
  11,110      Universal Corp.      816,030  
  29,921      US Foods Holding Corp.(c)      843,772  
  202,997      Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      17,567,360  
  749,793      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      56,369,438  
  100,393      Whole Foods Market, Inc.      3,651,293  
     

 

 

 
        467,558,251  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—10.6%  
  61,030      Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. (Greece)(b)      680,484  
  112,168      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      6,395,819  
  51,217      Antero Resources Corp.(c)      1,085,288  
  81,937      Apache Corp.      3,985,416  
  77,646      Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(c)      607,968  
  125,579      Baker Hughes, Inc.      7,455,625  
  44,805      Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      1,041,268  
  36,135      California Resources Corp.(b)(c)      422,779  
  352,388      Chesapeake Energy Corp.(b)(c)      1,853,561  
  863,666      Chevron Corp.      92,153,162  
  8,497      Cimarex Energy Co.      991,430  
  19,223      Concho Resources, Inc.(c)      2,434,785  
  687,309      ConocoPhillips      32,928,974  
  116,260      CONSOL Energy, Inc.(c)      1,764,827  
  13,933      Continental Resources, Inc.(c)      590,898  
  85,441      Cosan Ltd., Class A (Brazil)      657,041  
  54,986      Delek US Holdings, Inc.      1,323,513  
  92,940      Devon Energy Corp.      3,670,201  
  90,390      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(b)(c)      1,303,424  
  17,808      Energen Corp.(c)      925,838  
  311,314      Ensco PLC, Class A      2,456,267  
  70,344      EOG Resources, Inc.      6,506,820  
  29,446      EQT Corp.      1,711,990  
  1,697,964      Exxon Mobil Corp.      138,638,761  
  189,935      Halliburton Co.      8,714,218  
  34,158      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      2,071,341  
  157,625      Hess Corp.      7,696,829  
  183,262      HollyFrontier Corp.      5,156,993  
  641,939      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      13,243,202  
  556,467      Marathon Oil Corp.      8,274,664  
  304,551      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      15,513,828  
  106,802      McDermott International, Inc.(c)      698,485  
  131,860      Murphy Oil Corp.      3,452,095  
  140,905      Nabors Industries Ltd.      1,456,958  
  197,930      National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      6,921,612  
  16,350      Newfield Exploration Co.(c)      566,037  
  424,593      Noble Corp. PLC      2,038,046  
  111,082      Noble Energy, Inc.      3,591,281  
  69,713      Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(c)      832,373  
  263,833      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      16,236,283  
  44,393      Oceaneering International, Inc.      1,171,531  
  20,869      Oil States International, Inc.(c)      620,853  
  60,039      ONEOK, Inc.(b)      3,158,652  
  44,272      Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      958,267  
  104,588      PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      2,334,404  
  304,328      Phillips 66      24,212,336  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  13,751      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.    $ 2,378,785  
  95,135      QEP Resources, Inc.(c)      1,123,544  
  29,908      Range Resources Corp.      792,263  
  73,251      Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A(c)      1,030,642  
  284,854      Schlumberger Ltd.      20,677,552  
  39,581      SM Energy Co.      894,135  
  75,978      Southwestern Energy Co.(c)      570,595  
  64,133      Superior Energy Services, Inc.(c)      774,727  
  23,933      Targa Resources Corp.      1,319,426  
  62,320      Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)(b)      540,938  
  65,052      Tesoro Corp.      5,185,295  
  591,194      Tidewater, Inc.(b)(c)      518,182  
  405,026      Transocean Ltd.(c)      4,467,437  
  322,397      Valero Energy Corp.      20,830,070  
  704,775      Weatherford International PLC(b)(c)      4,066,552  
  44,112      Western Refining, Inc.(b)      1,521,423  
  177,350      Whiting Petroleum Corp.(c)      1,472,005  
  228,957      Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      7,012,953  
  72,001      World Fuel Services Corp.      2,651,797  
  71,697      WPX Energy, Inc.(c)      855,345  
     

 

 

 
        519,190,093  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—18.3%  
  9,260      Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.      1,533,363  
  138,092      Aflac, Inc.      10,340,329  
  154,245      Agnc Investment Corp. REIT      3,249,942  
  4,717      Alleghany Corp.(c)      2,880,672  
  24,515      Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG      1,301,501  
  129,145      Allstate Corp. (The)      10,498,197  
  310,303      Ally Financial, Inc.      6,143,999  
  34,186      Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(c)      664,234  
  32,937      American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      781,266  
  185,520      American Express Co.      14,702,460  
  22,152      American Financial Group, Inc.      2,155,611  
  485,852      American International Group, Inc.      29,593,245  
  38,268      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      4,892,564  
  420,429      Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT      4,965,266  
  38,384      Aon PLC      4,599,939  
  22,646      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(c)      2,195,983  
  34,809      Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      1,942,690  
  18,823      Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      985,384  
  33,482      Associated Banc-Corp.      833,702  
  25,532      Assurant, Inc.      2,457,200  
  46,313      Assured Guaranty Ltd.      1,765,915  
  29,405      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      1,937,789  
  2,560,405      Bank of America Corp.      59,759,853  
  7,792      Bank of Hawaii Corp.      634,892  
  272,280      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      12,813,497  
  21,648      BankUnited, Inc.      763,958  
  201,121      BB&T Corp.      8,684,405  
  488,803      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(c)      80,755,144  
  24,215      BlackRock, Inc.      9,312,362  
  21,492      Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      663,673  
  18,399      Brown & Brown, Inc.      789,317  
  197,761      Capital One Financial Corp.      15,896,029  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  44,929      Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.    $ 657,311  
  99,064      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      3,848,636  
  65,636      Chimera Investment Corp. REIT      1,336,349  
  83,484      Chubb Ltd.      11,458,179  
  35,573      Cincinnati Financial Corp.      2,564,458  
  74,407      CIT Group, Inc.(b)      3,445,788  
  1,013,793      Citigroup, Inc.      59,935,442  
  158,976      Citizens Financial Group, Inc.      5,836,009  
  61,270      CME Group, Inc.      7,118,961  
  70,700      CNO Financial Group, Inc.      1,489,649  
  34,839      Comerica, Inc.      2,463,117  
  18,351      Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      1,008,387  
  11,182      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      1,055,469  
  93,997      Discover Financial Services      5,883,272  
  56,623      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(c)      1,956,325  
  21,778      East West Bancorp, Inc.      1,181,892  
  21,464      Eaton Vance Corp.      921,449  
  9,863      Everest Re Group Ltd.      2,482,616  
  48,486      F.N.B. Corp.      690,441  
  27,196      Federated Investors, Inc., Class B      729,397  
  226,590      Fifth Third Bancorp      5,535,594  
  36,073      First American Financial Corp.      1,565,929  
  36,496      First Horizon National Corp.      669,702  
  16,323      First Republic Bank      1,509,225  
  48,299      FNF Group      1,977,844  
  101,078      Franklin Resources, Inc.      4,357,473  
  41,934      Fulton Financial Corp.      773,682  
  1,157,221      Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(c)      4,675,173  
  101,174      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      22,642,741  
  18,565      Hancock Holding Co.      866,985  
  15,087      Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      1,331,729  
  175,489      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      8,486,648  
  186,143      Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      2,393,799  
  7,493      IBERIABANK Corp.      594,570  
  64,120      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      3,860,024  
  114,460      Invesco Ltd.(d)      3,770,312  
  58,360      Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)      951,852  
  57,595      Investors Bancorp, Inc.      797,691  
  56,320      Janus Capital Group, Inc.      769,331  
  988,601      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      86,008,287  
  14,520      Kemper Corp.      571,362  
  199,079      KeyCorp      3,631,201  
  32,734      Legg Mason, Inc.      1,223,597  
  110,919      Leucadia National Corp.      2,816,233  
  69,013      Lincoln National Corp.      4,550,027  
  108,909      Loews Corp.      5,077,338  
  22,692      LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      953,972  
  30,276      M&T Bank Corp.      4,705,193  
  2,615      Markel Corp.(c)      2,535,504  
  78,195      Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      5,796,595  
  117,244      MBIA, Inc.(c)      984,850  
  413,983      MetLife, Inc.      21,448,459  
  138,723      MFA Financial, Inc. REIT      1,152,788  
  60,000      MGIC Investment Corp.(c)      632,400  
  16,271      Moody’s Corp.      1,925,185  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  314,972      Morgan Stanley    $ 13,660,336  
  23,392      Nasdaq, Inc.      1,611,007  
  235,082      Navient Corp.      3,573,246  
  65,409      New Residential Investment Corp. REIT      1,090,368  
  198,212      New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      2,634,237  
  43,182      Northern Trust Corp.      3,886,380  
  91,454      Old Republic International Corp.      1,891,269  
  20,577      PacWest Bancorp      1,016,298  
  43,676      PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT      780,927  
  101,571      People’s United Financial, Inc.      1,774,445  
  82,384      PHH Corp.(c)      1,062,754  
  123,752      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      14,819,302  
  30,471      Popular, Inc.      1,277,040  
  75,434      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      4,913,016  
  18,853      ProAssurance Corp.      1,167,001  
  149,364      Progressive Corp. (The)      5,932,738  
  12,768      Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      858,010  
  166,453      Prudential Financial, Inc.      17,815,465  
  36,276      Radian Group, Inc.      612,339  
  19,370      Raymond James Financial, Inc.      1,443,452  
  334,947      Regions Financial Corp.      4,605,521  
  22,134      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      2,767,635  
  9,087      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      1,291,899  
  11,043      RLI Corp.      631,880  
  22,590      S&P Global, Inc.      3,031,352  
  78,778      Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.(c)      1,003,632  
  14,726      Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      777,533  
  6,827      Signature Bank(c)      945,198  
  150,816      SLM Corp.(c)      1,891,233  
  65,156      Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT      1,478,390  
  91,453      State Street Corp.      7,672,907  
  16,891      Stifel Financial Corp.(c)      825,463  
  128,856      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      7,320,309  
  7,540      SVB Financial Group(c)      1,326,588  
  252,663      Synchrony Financial      7,024,031  
  23,337      Synovus Financial Corp.      975,487  
  56,963      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      4,038,107  
  43,443      TCF Financial Corp.      717,244  
  27,349      TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.      1,046,646  
  25,078      Torchmark Corp.      1,923,733  
  120,848      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      14,702,368  
  137,881      Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      1,377,431  
  370,695      U.S. Bancorp      19,009,240  
  59,863      Umpqua Holdings Corp.      1,057,779  
  13,932      United Bankshares, Inc.      555,887  
  76,226      Unum Group      3,531,551  
  23,127      Validus Holdings Ltd.      1,278,461  
  73,515      Valley National Bancorp      864,536  
  100,312      Voya Financial, Inc.      3,749,663  
  26,897      W.R. Berkley Corp.      1,828,458  
  49,065      Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A(b)      882,679  
  19,688      Washington Federal, Inc.      663,486  
  13,536      Webster Financial Corp.      687,764  
  1,382,510      Wells Fargo & Co.      74,434,338  
  1,048      White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      900,169  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  14,035      Willis Towers Watson PLC    $ 1,861,322  
  8,554      Wintrust Financial Corp.      606,136  
  90,568      XL Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      3,790,271  
  40,691      Zions Bancorporation      1,628,861  
     

 

 

 
        894,625,641  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—11.0%  
  231,746      Abbott Laboratories      10,113,395  
  215,059      AbbVie, Inc.      14,180,990  
  89,248      Aetna, Inc.      12,054,727  
  37,962      Agilent Technologies, Inc.      2,089,808  
  20,522      Alere, Inc.(c)      1,009,067  
  19,129      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      2,444,304  
  70,071      Allergan PLC      17,087,514  
  50,577      Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(c)      605,407  
  95,526      AmerisourceBergen Corp.      7,837,908  
  95,239      Amgen, Inc.      15,554,434  
  99,260      Anthem, Inc.      17,657,361  
  103,178      Baxter International, Inc.      5,744,951  
  26,159      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      4,890,948  
  20,797      Biogen, Inc.(c)      5,640,354  
  3,548      Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(c)      774,387  
  92,605      Boston Scientific Corp.(c)      2,442,920  
  273,646      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      15,337,858  
  91,798      Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(c)      1,192,456  
  5,691      C.R. Bard, Inc.      1,749,869  
  171,437      Cardinal Health, Inc.      12,444,612  
  23,105      Catalent, Inc.(c)      676,514  
  34,227      Celgene Corp.(c)      4,245,859  
  36,730      Centene Corp.(c)      2,732,712  
  31,085      Cerner Corp.(c)      2,012,754  
  49,343      Cigna Corp.      7,715,765  
  421,865      Community Health Systems, Inc.(c)      3,632,258  
  4,362      Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      873,839  
  67,887      Danaher Corp.      5,657,024  
  60,850      DaVita, Inc.(c)      4,199,259  
  17,578      DENTSPLY Sirona, Inc.      1,111,633  
  15,389      Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(c)      1,687,712  
  174,939      Eli Lilly & Co.      14,355,494  
  134,062      Endo International PLC(c)      1,524,285  
  13,688      Envision Healthcare Corp.(c)      766,939  
  288,554      Express Scripts Holding Co.(c)      17,699,902  
  166,946      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      11,444,148  
  90,640      HCA Holdings, Inc.(c)      7,632,794  
  19,606      HealthSouth Corp.      919,521  
  15,406      Henry Schein, Inc.(c)      2,677,563  
  29,471      Hologic, Inc.(c)      1,330,616  
  40,167      Humana, Inc.      8,916,271  
  5,906      Illumina, Inc.(c)      1,091,783  
  2,617      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(c)      2,187,472  
  4,969      Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(c)      791,462  
  486,306      Johnson & Johnson      60,044,202  
  140,742      Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      1,351,123  
  21,322      Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(c)      2,988,278  
  21,335      LifePoint Health, Inc.(c)      1,325,970  
  11,505      Magellan Health, Inc.(c)      791,544  
  33,128      Mallinckrodt PLC(c)      1,554,366  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  130,693      McKesson Corp.    $ 18,073,535  
  17,568      MEDNAX, Inc.(c)      1,060,404  
  237,999      Medtronic PLC      19,775,337  
  591,451      Merck & Co., Inc.      36,865,141  
  1,607      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(c)      825,066  
  25,559      Molina Healthcare, Inc.(c)      1,272,583  
  93,968      Mylan NV(c)      3,509,705  
  38,918      Owens & Minor, Inc.      1,348,509  
  21,134      Patterson Cos., Inc.      940,252  
  276,427      PDL BioPharma, Inc.      621,961  
  15,374      PerkinElmer, Inc.      913,369  
  29,901      Perrigo Co. PLC      2,210,880  
  1,576,660      Pfizer, Inc.      53,480,307  
  31,534      Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      3,327,152  
  11,398      Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc.(c)      960,623  
  3,481      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      1,352,334  
  13,237      ResMed, Inc.      899,984  
  57,801      Select Medical Holdings Corp.(c)      794,764  
  15,044      STERIS PLC      1,110,247  
  34,350      Stryker Corp.      4,684,310  
  4,893      Teleflex, Inc.      1,012,313  
  159,040      Tenet Healthcare Corp.(b)(c)      2,492,157  
  46,902      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      7,754,308  
  5,360      United Therapeutics Corp.(c)      673,752  
  185,189      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      32,385,852  
  18,503      Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      2,234,422  
  13,819      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(c)      1,253,936  
  7,220      VCA, Inc.(c)      661,135  
  29,590      VWR Corp.(c)      836,213  
  7,490      Waters Corp.(c)      1,272,476  
  14,753      WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(c)      2,263,258  
  28,601      Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.      3,422,110  
  35,477      Zoetis, Inc.      1,990,614  
     

 

 

 
        537,071,341  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.4%  
  93,443      3M Co.      18,298,943  
  13,129      A.O. Smith Corp.      707,391  
  20,010      ABM Industries, Inc.      864,232  
  3,091      Acuity Brands, Inc.      544,325  
  59,303      AECOM(c)      2,028,756  
  57,550      AerCap Holdings NV (Ireland)(c)      2,647,876  
  31,999      AGCO Corp.      2,047,616  
  20,929      Air Lease Corp.      798,232  
  26,430      Aircastle Ltd.      624,277  
  27,647      Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.      1,069,386  
  1,680      AMERCO      629,093  
  35,212      American Airlines Group, Inc.      1,500,735  
  31,114      AMETEK, Inc.      1,779,721  
  120,526      Arconic, Inc.      3,293,976  
  16,659      Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(c)      778,808  
  93,217      Avis Budget Group, Inc.(c)      2,843,118  
  113,506      Boeing Co. (The)      20,979,314  
  12,380      Brink’s Co. (The)      760,132  
  34,102      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      2,479,215  
  10,623      Carlisle Cos., Inc.      1,077,066  
  194,033      Caterpillar, Inc.      19,841,815  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  50,154      Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV    $ 1,508,632  
  11,833      Cintas Corp.      1,449,188  
  15,197      Clean Harbors, Inc.(c)      883,098  
  32,477      Colfax Corp.(c)      1,314,344  
  42,787      Covanta Holding Corp.      622,551  
  10,018      Crane Co.      800,538  
  167,418      CSX Corp.      8,511,531  
  41,074      Cummins, Inc.      6,199,710  
  7,274      Curtiss-Wright Corp.      679,828  
  95,369      Deere & Co.      10,644,134  
  45,897      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      2,085,560  
  9,684      Deluxe Corp.      696,376  
  19,416      Donaldson Co., Inc.      898,572  
  35,942      Dover Corp.      2,835,105  
  6,568      Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      719,918  
  122,465      Eaton Corp. PLC      9,263,253  
  15,104      EMCOR Group, Inc.      992,937  
  171,101      Emerson Electric Co.      10,313,968  
  8,120      EnerSys      674,853  
  11,278      Equifax, Inc.      1,526,026  
  35,630      Essendant, Inc.      595,021  
  9,571      Esterline Technologies Corp.(c)      875,268  
  30,971      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      1,737,163  
  41,212      Fastenal Co.      1,841,352  
  54,662      FedEx Corp.      10,369,381  
  31,795      Flowserve Corp.      1,617,412  
  70,936      Fluor Corp.      3,640,436  
  44,350      Fortive Corp.      2,805,581  
  20,895      Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      1,331,847  
  15,001      FTI Consulting, Inc.(c)      518,885  
  12,612      GATX Corp.(b)      755,459  
  21,962      Generac Holdings, Inc.(c)      772,404  
  47,582      General Cable Corp.      856,476  
  51,427      General Dynamics Corp.      9,966,038  
  2,323,099      General Electric Co.      67,346,640  
  13,193      Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(c)      893,958  
  6,778      Graco, Inc.      731,007  
  47,946      Harsco Corp.(c)      625,695  
  40,481      HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(c)      1,631,384  
  247,427      Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      4,080,071  
  123,115      Honeywell International, Inc.      16,145,301  
  13,605      Hub Group, Inc., Class A(c)      532,636  
  10,355      Hubbell, Inc.      1,171,461  
  6,954      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      1,396,989  
  11,113      IDEX Corp.      1,164,198  
  20,281      IHS Markit Ltd.(c)      880,195  
  48,089      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      6,640,610  
  47,158      Ingersoll-Rand PLC      4,185,273  
  17,122      ITT, Inc.      721,350  
  12,367      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      1,108,825  
  52,777      Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.      2,898,513  
  107,642      Johnson Controls International PLC      4,474,678  
  20,681      Kansas City Southern      1,862,738  
  23,067      KAR Auction Services, Inc.      1,006,183  
  70,758      KBR, Inc.      994,150  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  21,913      Kennametal, Inc.    $ 911,143  
  17,195      Kirby Corp.(c)      1,213,967  
  14,929      KLX, Inc.(c)      706,142  
  8,543      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      760,583  
  53,964      Lockheed Martin Corp.      14,540,600  
  38,560      LSC Communications, Inc.      997,547  
  15,913      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      1,294,841  
  32,962      ManpowerGroup, Inc.      3,328,503  
  42,643      Masco Corp.      1,578,644  
  20,512      MasTec, Inc.(c)      905,605  
  45,377      Meritor, Inc.(c)      808,164  
  9,514      Moog, Inc., Class A(c)      653,136  
  54,541      MRC Global, Inc.(c)      994,282  
  8,934      MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      799,861  
  37,080      Navistar International Corp.(c)      997,823  
  63,513      Nielsen Holdings PLC      2,612,290  
  65,471      Norfolk Southern Corp.      7,692,188  
  31,663      Northrop Grumman Corp.      7,787,831  
  38,750      NOW, Inc.(c)      659,138  
  11,922      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.      1,055,335  
  8,947      Orbital ATK, Inc.      885,753  
  19,914      Oshkosh Corp.      1,381,832  
  25,941      Owens Corning      1,578,510  
  98,518      PACCAR, Inc.      6,574,106  
  27,609      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      4,439,527  
  37,333      Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      2,408,352  
  132,205      Pitney Bowes, Inc.      1,757,004  
  50,419      Quanta Services, Inc.(c)      1,786,849  
  56,128      Raytheon Co.      8,711,627  
  12,285      Regal Beloit Corp.      968,672  
  54,558      Republic Services, Inc.      3,436,608  
  30,243      Rexnord Corp.(c)      737,929  
  23,883      Robert Half International, Inc.      1,099,812  
  18,326      Rockwell Automation, Inc.      2,883,596  
  22,014      Rockwell Collins, Inc.      2,291,437  
  10,090      Roper Technologies, Inc.      2,206,683  
  80,737      RR Donnelley & Sons Co.      1,014,864  
  19,019      Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(c)      717,967  
  28,332      Ryder System, Inc.      1,924,026  
  26,851      Sensata Technologies Holding NV(c)      1,105,724  
  8,336      Snap-on, Inc.      1,396,530  
  21,839      Southwest Airlines Co.      1,227,789  
  27,686      Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A      1,582,532  
  25,515      SPX FLOW, Inc.(c)      922,112  
  32,294      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      4,396,828  
  13,634      Stericycle, Inc.(c)      1,163,526  
  32,797      Swift Transportation Co., Class A(c)      806,150  
  6,224      Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(c)      839,182  
  41,684      Terex Corp.      1,458,106  
  62,346      Textron, Inc.      2,909,064  
  18,908      Timken Co. (The)      912,311  
  10,453      TransDigm Group, Inc.      2,579,069  
  54,856      Trinity Industries, Inc.      1,475,626  
  27,999      Triumph Group, Inc.      733,574  
  23,559      Tutor Perini Corp.(c)      726,795  
  149,954      Union Pacific Corp.      16,788,850  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  33,672      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(c)    $ 2,364,111  
  142,088      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      15,268,776  
  18,818      United Rentals, Inc.(c)      2,063,582  
  195,587      United Technologies Corp.      23,272,897  
  38,235      Univar, Inc.(c)      1,141,315  
  5,136      Valmont Industries, Inc.      782,470  
  12,538      Verisk Analytics, Inc.(c)      1,038,272  
  10,393      W.W. Grainger, Inc.      2,002,731  
  7,643      WABCO Holdings, Inc.(c)      908,523  
  8,287      Wabtec Corp.(b)      695,196  
  91,559      Waste Management, Inc.      6,663,664  
  5,181      Watsco, Inc.      719,123  
  33,399      Welbilt, Inc.(c)      684,680  
  23,889      WESCO International, Inc.(c)      1,456,035  
  8,788      Woodward, Inc.      594,684  
  18,792      XPO Logistics, Inc.(c)      928,137  
  28,141      Xylem, Inc.      1,446,729  
  57,745      YRC Worldwide, Inc.(c)      615,562  
     

 

 

 
        507,161,759  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—13.7%  
  88,759      Accenture PLC, Class A      10,766,467  
  72,387      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      3,782,221  
  25,287      Adobe Systems, Inc.(c)      3,381,883  
  21,743      Akamai Technologies, Inc.(c)      1,325,018  
  9,232      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      2,304,584  
  25,365      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(c)      23,450,450  
  24,797      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(c)      22,465,090  
  25,088      Amdocs Ltd.      1,536,389  
  69,874      Amkor Technology, Inc.(c)      823,116  
  29,085      Amphenol Corp., Class A      2,103,136  
  38,115      Analog Devices, Inc.      2,904,363  
  12,577      Anixter International, Inc.(c)      1,025,654  
  8,602      ANSYS, Inc.(c)      947,596  
  730,805      Apple, Inc.      104,980,138  
  135,718      Applied Materials, Inc.      5,511,508  
  33,906      ARRIS International PLC(c)      881,217  
  63,051      Arrow Electronics, Inc.(c)      4,445,095  
  11,125      Autodesk, Inc.(c)      1,002,029  
  57,181      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      5,974,843  
  91,094      Avnet, Inc.      3,524,427  
  22,123      Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(c)      701,299  
  61,160      Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.      2,197,479  
  12,665      Broadcom Ltd.      2,796,559  
  14,644      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      1,024,201  
  81,447      Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      1,023,789  
  87,795      CA, Inc.      2,882,310  
  7,870      CACI International, Inc., Class A(c)      928,660  
  24,808      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(c)      807,997  
  9,814      CDK Global, Inc.      638,008  
  27,743      CDW Corp.      1,639,334  
  11,483      Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(c)      1,194,347  
  938,111      Cisco Systems, Inc.      31,961,442  
  16,740      Citrix Systems, Inc.(c)      1,354,936  
  82,028      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(c)      4,940,546  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  35,133      CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(c)    $ 1,476,991  
  26,298      Convergys Corp.      591,968  
  16,103      CoreLogic, Inc.(c)      688,242  
  246,229      Corning, Inc.      7,103,707  
  31,084      Cree, Inc.(c)      680,118  
  34,969      CSRA, Inc.      1,016,899  
  63,469      Cypress Semiconductor Corp.      889,201  
  23,352      Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.      658,526  
  6,608      DST Systems, Inc.      813,511  
  59,474      Dxc Technology Co.(c)      4,480,771  
  101,276      eBay, Inc.(c)      3,383,631  
  15,962      EchoStar Corp., Class A(c)      918,773  
  19,916      Electronic Arts, Inc.(c)      1,888,435  
  6,376      F5 Networks, Inc.(c)      823,333  
  82,881      Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)      12,452,870  
  49,211      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      4,143,074  
  77,985      First Data Corp., Class A(c)      1,218,126  
  40,903      First Solar, Inc.(b)(c)      1,208,684  
  22,335      Fiserv, Inc.(c)      2,660,992  
  5,885      FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(c)      830,609  
  299,766      Flex Ltd.(c)      4,634,382  
  22,252      FLIR Systems, Inc.      817,316  
  31,476      Genpact Ltd.      768,644  
  13,215      Global Payments, Inc.      1,080,458  
  21,480      Harris Corp.      2,403,397  
  692,484      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.      12,900,977  
  680,761      HP, Inc.      12,811,922  
  12,516      IAC/InterActiveCorp.(c)      1,038,953  
  20,348      Insight Enterprises, Inc.(c)      856,651  
  1,246,238      Intel Corp.      45,051,504  
  229,727      International Business Machines Corp.      36,822,941  
  17,513      Intuit, Inc.      2,192,803  
  102,558      Jabil Circuit, Inc.      2,976,233  
  62,625      Juniper Networks, Inc.      1,883,134  
  32,837      Keysight Technologies, Inc.(c)      1,229,089  
  42,957      KLA-Tencor Corp.      4,219,237  
  15,610      Lam Research Corp.      2,261,108  
  22,556      Leidos Holdings, Inc.      1,187,799  
  82,047      Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      1,232,346  
  47,741      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      5,553,233  
  45,847      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      2,024,145  
  26,374      Microchip Technology, Inc.      1,993,347  
  291,271      Micron Technology, Inc.(c)      8,059,469  
  1,008,248      Microsoft Corp.      69,024,658  
  26,713      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      2,296,517  
  32,369      NCR Corp.(c)      1,335,221  
  52,878      NetApp, Inc.      2,107,188  
  17,596      NetScout Systems, Inc.(c)      662,489  
  44,568      Nuance Communications, Inc.(c)      797,322  
  19,443      NVIDIA Corp.      2,027,905  
  33,366      NXP Semiconductors NV (Netherlands)(c)      3,528,455  
  72,219      ON Semiconductor Corp.(c)      1,024,065  
  530,631      Oracle Corp.      23,857,170  
  47,414      Paychex, Inc.      2,810,702  
  114,575      PayPal Holdings, Inc.(c)      5,467,519  
  26,737      Qorvo, Inc.(c)      1,818,918  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  346,519      QUALCOMM, Inc.    $ 18,621,931  
  9,112      Red Hat, Inc.(c)      802,585  
  20,686      salesforce.com, inc.(c)      1,781,478  
  34,673      Sanmina Corp.(c)      1,291,569  
  15,383      ScanSource, Inc.(c)      607,629  
  7,206      Science Applications International Corp.      525,966  
  105,951      Seagate Technology PLC      4,463,716  
  12,710      Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      1,267,695  
  186,559      Symantec Corp.      5,900,861  
  10,231      SYNNEX Corp.      1,109,347  
  18,051      Synopsys, Inc.(c)      1,330,359  
  75,341      TE Connectivity Ltd.      5,829,133  
  46,083      Tech Data Corp.(c)      4,407,839  
  31,312      Teradata Corp.(c)      913,684  
  25,955      Teradyne, Inc.      915,433  
  125,018      Texas Instruments, Inc.      9,898,925  
  18,180      Total System Services, Inc.      1,041,896  
  34,577      Trimble, Inc.(c)      1,225,063  
  57,027      Twitter, Inc.(c)      939,805  
  57,987      Unisys Corp.(b)(c)      655,253  
  11,602      Vantiv, Inc., Class A(c)      719,788  
  31,569      VeriFone Systems, Inc.(c)      585,289  
  115,680      Visa, Inc., Class A      10,552,330  
  45,524      Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.      744,317  
  64,278      Western Digital Corp.      5,725,241  
  133,849      Western Union Co. (The)      2,658,241  
  547,203      Xerox Corp.      3,934,390  
  34,355      Xilinx, Inc.      2,168,144  
  142,273      Yahoo!, Inc.(c)      6,858,981  
     

 

 

 
        673,388,697  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.6%  
  37,378      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      5,251,609  
  89,966      AK Steel Holding Corp.(c)      570,384  
  16,061      Albemarle Corp.      1,749,204  
  143,005      Alcoa Corp.      4,823,559  
  59,746      Allegheny Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,096,339  
  11,624      AptarGroup, Inc.      933,407  
  15,732      Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.      1,942,902  
  20,200      Avery Dennison Corp.      1,680,842  
  43,909      Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(c)      1,377,425  
  26,880      Ball Corp.      2,066,803  
  28,908      Bemis Co., Inc.      1,298,836  
  19,394      Berry Global Group, Inc.(c)      969,700  
  15,030      Cabot Corp.      904,656  
  15,127      Carpenter Technology Corp.      614,156  
  22,569      Celanese Corp., Series A      1,964,406  
  102,451      CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      2,739,540  
  44,777      Chemours Co. (The)      1,804,065  
  131,736      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.(c)      885,266  
  53,016      Commercial Metals Co.      988,218  
  8,437      Compass Minerals International, Inc.(b)      556,842  
  92,738      Constellium NV, Class A (Netherlands)(c)      644,529  
  39,310      Crown Holdings, Inc.(c)      2,204,898  
  40,201      Domtar Corp.      1,593,970  
  286,231      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      17,975,307  
  170,994      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      13,636,771  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  40,452      Eastman Chemical Co.    $ 3,226,047  
  34,251      Ecolab, Inc.      4,421,462  
  21,454      FMC Corp.      1,571,076  
  688,716      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(c)      8,781,129  
  70,865      Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      962,347  
  75,416      Huntsman Corp.      1,868,054  
  11,280      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      1,563,295  
  135,457      International Paper Co.      7,310,614  
  144,683      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      12,263,331  
  6,874      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      1,513,586  
  72,838      Monsanto Co.      8,493,639  
  150,670      Mosaic Co. (The)      4,057,543  
  1,804      NewMarket Corp.      849,143  
  143,975      Newmont Mining Corp.      4,867,795  
  93,099      Nucor Corp.      5,709,762  
  33,907      Olin Corp.      1,089,432  
  101,424      Owens-Illinois, Inc.(c)      2,213,072  
  17,653      Packaging Corp. of America      1,743,763  
  51,748      Platform Specialty Products Corp.(c)      733,269  
  21,243      PolyOne Corp.      832,938  
  47,858      PPG Industries, Inc.      5,256,723  
  56,781      Praxair, Inc.      7,096,489  
  25,158      Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.      1,982,954  
  27,494      RPM International, Inc.      1,445,085  
  30,427      Sealed Air Corp.      1,339,397  
  7,183      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      2,404,006  
  10,372      Silgan Holdings, Inc.      628,751  
  26,990      Sonoco Products Co.      1,411,847  
  24,102      Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)      852,488  
  49,748      Steel Dynamics, Inc.      1,797,893  
  15,025      Trinseo SA      997,660  
  59,083      United States Steel Corp.      1,318,733  
  10,716      Valspar Corp. (The)      1,204,907  
  12,708      Vulcan Materials Co.      1,536,143  
  10,174      W.R. Grace & Co.      709,331  
  66,715      WestRock Co.      3,573,255  
     

 

 

 
        177,900,593  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—3.1%  
  11,187      Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT      1,258,649  
  23,778      American Campus Communities, Inc. REIT      1,126,839  
  35,323      American Tower Corp. REIT      4,448,579  
  24,288      Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      1,062,357  
  58,470      Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. REIT      1,095,143  
  20,338      AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      3,860,966  
  28,772      Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      3,642,535  
  53,407      Brandywine Realty Trust REIT      906,317  
  71,123      Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT      1,404,679  
  18,560      Camden Property Trust REIT      1,528,045  
  106,304      CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT      983,312  
  56,767      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(c)      2,032,826  
  53,134      Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT      1,195,515  
  50,592      CoreCivic, Inc. REIT(b)      1,742,894  
  23,554      Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT      771,158  
  38,661      Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      3,657,331  
  23,100      CubeSmart REIT      585,354  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  14,834      DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. REIT    $ 750,007  
  86,033      DDR Corp. REIT      930,017  
  66,301      DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT      729,974  
  23,823      Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      2,735,833  
  21,720      Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT      818,192  
  66,594      Duke Realty Corp. REIT      1,846,652  
  10,667      EPR Properties REIT      775,598  
  4,009      Equinix, Inc. REIT      1,674,559  
  34,329      Equity Commonwealth REIT(c)      1,098,185  
  8,851      Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT      716,134  
  78,819      Equity Residential REIT      5,090,131  
  9,225      Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      2,255,236  
  13,533      Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      1,022,147  
  8,697      Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      1,138,350  
  42,486      Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      960,184  
  21,906      Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT      762,329  
  29,778      Geo Group, Inc. (The) REIT      992,203  
  98,275      GGP, Inc. REIT      2,123,723  
  26,290      Gramercy Property Trust REIT      730,599  
  135,123      HCP, Inc. REIT      4,236,106  
  22,566      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      740,165  
  23,181      Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A REIT      739,242  
  19,203      Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      977,049  
  58,302      Hospitality Properties Trust REIT      1,855,753  
  206,273      Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      3,702,600  
  5,819      Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(c)      716,377  
  70,746      Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      2,459,131  
  10,943      Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.      1,256,913  
  13,044      Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT      919,993  
  85,952      Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      1,743,966  
  10,802      Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      778,500  
  34,078      LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT      973,268  
  68,696      Lexington Realty Trust REIT      698,638  
  38,482      Liberty Property Trust REIT      1,561,215  
  33,630      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      2,099,521  
  30,461      Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT      823,970  
  54,996      Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT      718,798  
  13,434      Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      1,332,787  
  22,933      National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT      968,231  
  35,980      OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      1,187,340  
  43,505      Outfront Media, Inc. REIT      1,138,091  
  42,401      Paramount Group, Inc. REIT      695,376  
  35,635      Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      914,750  
  49,609      Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      1,083,957  
  100,320      Prologis, Inc. REIT      5,458,411  
  14,211      Public Storage REIT      2,975,499  
  74,362      Quality Care Properties, Inc. REIT(c)      1,290,181  
  37,867      Rayonier, Inc. REIT      1,068,607  
  61,317      Realogy Holdings Corp.      1,873,234  
  33,790      Realty Income Corp. REIT      1,971,646  
  14,877      Regency Centers Corp. REIT      939,929  
  72,044      Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A REIT      961,067  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  42,866      RLJ Lodging Trust REIT    $ 921,190  
  11,474      Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT      731,812  
  6,040      SBA Communications Corp. REIT(c)      764,000  
  82,505      Senior Housing Properties Trust REIT      1,775,508  
  41,763      Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      6,901,753  
  20,519      SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      2,153,059  
  108,681      Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT      1,023,775  
  8,133      Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      680,000  
  59,893      Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT      891,807  
  13,867      Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT      867,381  
  43,541      UDR, Inc. REIT      1,625,821  
  81,295      Ventas, Inc. REIT      5,203,693  
  252,194      VEREIT, Inc. REIT      2,110,864  
  30,122      Vornado Realty Trust REIT      2,898,941  
  100,374      Washington Prime Group, Inc. REIT      883,291  
  23,918      Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      783,793  
  92,456      Welltower, Inc. REIT      6,605,057  
  115,558      Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      3,913,949  
  19,378      WP Carey, Inc. REIT      1,213,063  
  47,826      Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      835,042  
     

 

 

 
        152,096,662  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—3.6%  
  2,237,313      AT&T, Inc.      88,664,714  
  549,712      CenturyLink, Inc.(b)      14,111,107  
  1,364,963      Frontier Communications Corp.(b)      2,566,130  
  61,831      Level 3 Communications, Inc.(c)      3,756,852  
  54,530      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      1,497,394  
  47,672      T-Mobile US, Inc.(c)      3,206,895  
  1,305,227      Verizon Communications, Inc.      59,922,972  
  227,335      Windstream Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,254,889  
     

 

 

 
        174,980,953  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—5.0%  
  471,931      AES Corp. (The)      5,337,540  
  12,216      ALLETE, Inc.      854,021  
  59,830      Alliant Energy Corp.      2,352,516  
  82,607      Ameren Corp.      4,517,777  
  172,240      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      11,683,039  
  36,621      American Water Works Co., Inc.      2,920,891  
  31,848      Aqua America, Inc.      1,053,850  
  25,067      Atmos Energy Corp.      2,030,928  
  20,463      Avangrid, Inc.      890,141  
  22,596      Avista Corp.      911,523  
  13,089      Black Hills Corp.      890,314  
  223,530      Calpine Corp.(c)      2,280,006  
  150,768      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      4,301,411  
  77,762      CMS Energy Corp.      3,530,395  
  109,504      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      8,681,477  
  145,449      Dominion Resources, Inc.      11,262,116  
  56,392      DTE Energy Co.      5,898,039  
  256,311      Duke Energy Corp.      21,145,658  
  122,600      Dynegy, Inc.(c)      787,092  
  93,256      Edison International      7,457,682  
  92,491      Entergy Corp.      7,053,364  
  90,917      Eversource Energy      5,400,470  
  448,064      Exelon Corp.      15,516,456  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  276,876      FirstEnergy Corp.    $ 8,289,668  
  62,645      Great Plains Energy, Inc.      1,853,666  
  42,017      Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.      1,408,410  
  12,122      IDACORP, Inc.      1,024,551  
  63,129      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      1,698,170  
  19,859      National Fuel Gas Co.      1,099,791  
  22,738      New Jersey Resources Corp.      917,478  
  104,547      NextEra Energy, Inc.      13,963,297  
  83,808      NiSource, Inc.      2,032,344  
  13,837      NorthWestern Corp.      827,176  
  169,361      NRG Energy, Inc.      2,862,201  
  58,596      OGE Energy Corp.      2,037,969  
  12,651      ONE Gas, Inc.      870,768  
  153,567      PG&E Corp.      10,296,667  
  36,123      Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      3,073,706  
  25,497      PNM Resources, Inc.      949,763  
  28,106      Portland General Electric Co.      1,274,326  
  224,036      PPL Corp.      8,538,012  
  189,633      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      8,353,334  
  44,095      SCANA Corp.      2,923,940  
  65,672      Sempra Energy      7,422,249  
  321,946      Southern Co. (The)      16,032,911  
  10,773      Spire, Inc.      738,489  
  47,939      UGI Corp.      2,404,620  
  24,207      Vectren Corp.      1,438,380  
  69,445      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      4,202,811  
  38,051      Westar Energy, Inc.      1,979,794  
  11,868      WGL Holdings, Inc.      978,635  
  160,087      Xcel Energy, Inc.      7,211,919  
     

 

 

 
        243,461,751  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $4,206,655,399)—100.0%
     4,895,697,430  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—1.1%   
  56,940,680      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(e)(f)
(Cost $56,940,680)
     56,940,680  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $4,263,596,079)—101.1%
     4,952,638,110  
   Other assets less liabilities—(1.1)%      (55,550,773
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 4,897,087,337  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—17.3%  
  35,943      1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 386,387  
  100,841      Aaron’s, Inc.      3,624,226  
  35,242      AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      1,067,833  
  66,352      American Outdoor Brands Corp.(b)(c)      1,469,697  
  29,265      American Public Education, Inc.(b)      646,756  
  12,921      America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)(c)      481,953  
  308,111      Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A (Uruguay)(b)      2,526,510  
  44,508      Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Class A(b)      570,147  
  14,759      AV Homes, Inc.(b)      259,020  
  142,051      Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.(b)      1,478,751  
  238,554      Barnes & Noble, Inc.      2,039,637  
  16,716      Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.      502,316  
  108,360      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(b)      1,344,748  
  93,236      Belmond Ltd., Class A (United Kingdom)(b)      1,156,126  
  55,044      Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      847,678  
  1,411      Biglari Holdings, Inc.(b)      601,975  
  27,601      BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      1,244,805  
  35,637      Black Diamond, Inc.(b)      187,094  
  31,515      Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      2,103,311  
  24,033      Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      254,990  
  117,335      Boyd Gaming Corp.(b)      2,661,158  
  75,486      Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      366,107  
  47,464      Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      579,061  
  24,586      Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,871,486  
  105,988      Buckle, Inc. (The)(c)      1,981,976  
  14,683      Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(b)      2,313,307  
  35,431      Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.(b)      368,482  
  2,227      Cable One, Inc.      1,518,502  
  77,957      Caleres, Inc.      2,246,721  
  75,750      Callaway Golf Co.      897,637  
  9,104      Capella Education Co.      867,611  
  122,195      Career Education Corp.(b)      1,240,279  
  13,552      Carriage Services, Inc.      370,647  
  37,313      Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      522,382  
  34,615      Carter’s, Inc.      3,185,965  
  57,022      Cato Corp. (The), Class A      1,286,416  
  7,032      Cavco Industries, Inc.(b)      835,050  
  30,062      Century Casinos, Inc.(b)      247,410  
  24,415      Century Communities, Inc.(b)      666,529  
  36,636      Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      2,350,566  
  51,933      Chegg, Inc.(b)(c)      467,916  
  207,180      Chico’s FAS, Inc.      2,863,228  
  14,233      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      1,633,948  
  31,036      Choice Hotels International, Inc.      1,945,957  
  196,911      Christopher & Banks Corp.(b)      242,201  
  8,156      Churchill Downs, Inc.      1,360,421  
  11,912      Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      354,978  
  30,128      Citi Trends, Inc.      566,105  
  56,028      Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A      288,544  
  67,419      ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.      906,786  
  9,397      Collectors Universe, Inc.      256,632  
  19,826      Columbia Sportswear Co.      1,122,548  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  118,476      Conn’s, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 2,085,178  
  69,848      Container Store Group, Inc. (The)(b)(c)      287,774  
  23,492      Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,656,240  
  182,641      Crocs, Inc.(b)      1,137,853  
  20,415      CSS Industries, Inc.      538,139  
  10,840      Culp, Inc.      347,964  
  17,125      Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(b)      1,096,171  
  31,073      Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      534,456  
  26,582      Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.(b)      349,553  
  46,675      Denny’s Corp.(b)      592,772  
  53,317      Destination Maternity Corp.(b)      182,344  
  31,081      DineEquity, Inc.      1,757,320  
  15,397      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      2,792,862  
  12,819      Dorman Products, Inc.(b)      1,065,900  
  253,561      Drive Shack, Inc.      1,034,529  
  42,309      Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.      2,363,381  
  50,076      E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A(b)      1,115,693  
  27,177      El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(b)      341,071  
  36,487      Eldorado Resorts, Inc.(b)(c)      697,814  
  81,568      Entravision Communications Corp., Class A      505,722  
  53,399      Eros International PLC (India)(b)(c)      531,320  
  34,665      Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.      1,033,017  
  35,316      Etsy, Inc.(b)      380,000  
  105,301      Extended Stay America, Inc.      1,836,449  
  31,893      Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      776,595  
  109,610      Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A      1,732,934  
  19,964      Five Below, Inc.(b)      980,632  
  7,682      Flexsteel Industries, Inc.      408,068  
  12,067      Fox Factory Holding Corp.(b)      362,613  
  34,644      Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(b)      546,682  
  77,482      Fred’s, Inc., Class A(c)      1,140,535  
  35,548      FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      710,960  
  32,628      Gentherm, Inc.(b)      1,212,130  
  77,045      G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      1,825,966  
  52,456      Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.(b)(c)      162,614  
  117,719      GoPro, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      971,182  
  27,376      Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      2,057,580  
  96,133      Gray Television, Inc.(b)      1,408,348  
  33,026      Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)      340,168  
  372,627      Groupon, Inc., Class A(b)      1,460,698  
  137,301      Harte-Hanks, Inc.(b)      186,729  
  37,222      Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.      917,522  
  24,961      Helen of Troy Ltd.(b)      2,346,334  
  47,278      Hibbett Sports, Inc.(b)(c)      1,229,228  
  43,746      Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(b)      1,464,179  
  10,890      Hooker Furniture Corp.      473,170  
  21,655      Horizon Global Corp.(b)      305,119  
  186,861      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(b)      2,148,901  
  438,452      Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,025,978  
  17,715      Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(b)      983,182  
  135,336      Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(b)      947,352  
  64,421      Ilg, Inc.      1,553,190  
  39,159      IMAX Corp.(b)      1,194,349  
  7,817      Installed Building Products, Inc.(b)      417,037  
  30,126      International Speedway Corp., Class A      1,117,675  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  13,493      Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.(b)    $ 318,165  
  17,216      iRobot Corp.(b)      1,372,804  
  31,578      Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.(b)(c)      728,189  
  24,976      J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      274,736  
  15,264      Jack in the Box, Inc.      1,556,470  
  86,054      JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(b)(c)      421,665  
  49,327      John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      2,599,533  
  6,884      Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A      250,027  
  70,286      K12, Inc.(b)      1,324,891  
  56,710      Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      232,511  
  52,169      Kate Spade & Co.(b)      907,741  
  143,929      KB Home(c)      2,964,937  
  44,541      Kirkland’s, Inc.(b)      523,802  
  130,857      La Quinta Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,846,392  
  48,288      Lands’ End, Inc.(b)(c)      1,139,597  
  55,380      La-Z-Boy, Inc.      1,545,102  
  16,218      LCI Industries(c)      1,640,451  
  15,886      LGI Homes, Inc.(b)(c)      505,651  
  50,310      Libbey, Inc.      528,255  
  24,232      Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      1,170,648  
  140,540      Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A(b)      2,065,938  
  45,833      Liberty Ventures, Series A(b)      2,468,107  
  15,958      Lifetime Brands, Inc.      306,394  
  24,603      Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A      643,861  
  48,584      Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B(b)      1,158,728  
  12,123      Loral Space & Communications, Inc.(b)      464,917  
  40,665      Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(b)      2,114,580  
  75,441      Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      1,852,077  
  60,289      M/I Homes, Inc.(b)      1,637,449  
  11,269      Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A(b)      2,273,746  
  6,729      MakeMyTrip Ltd. (India)(b)(c)      258,394  
  8,642      Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(b)      199,112  
  21,724      Marcus Corp. (The)      734,271  
  31,700      MarineMax, Inc.(b)      645,095  
  13,392      Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      1,475,531  
  71,773      MDC Holdings, Inc.      2,225,681  
  113,649      MDC Partners, Inc., Class A(c)      1,017,159  
  81,806      Meritage Homes Corp.(b)      3,186,344  
  142,362      Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      3,325,576  
  121,863      Modine Manufacturing Co.(b)      1,474,542  
  12,284      Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(b)      362,009  
  23,610      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.(c)      1,224,179  
  17,851      Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(b)      541,242  
  27,984      Movado Group, Inc.      654,826  
  43,894      MSG Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      1,095,155  
  9,277      NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      785,298  
  5,372      Nathan’s Famous, Inc.(b)      366,370  
  143,677      National CineMedia, Inc.      1,705,446  
  21,596      Nautilus, Inc.(b)      393,047  
  19,381      New Home Co., Inc. (The)(b)      225,982  
  78,410      New Media Investment Group, Inc.      1,031,876  
  122,286      New York Times Co. (The), Class A      1,767,033  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  10,231      Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A    $ 705,939  
  18,360      Nutrisystem, Inc.      981,342  
  32,274      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,236,094  
  30,855      Overstock.com, Inc.(b)      535,334  
  22,412      Oxford Industries, Inc.      1,299,448  
  11,976      Papa John’s International, Inc.      946,823  
  41,862      Party City Holdco, Inc.(b)(c)      669,792  
  119,094      Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)      2,200,857  
  36,321      Perry Ellis International, Inc.(b)      745,307  
  25,162      PetMed Express, Inc.(c)      581,242  
  285,355      Pier 1 Imports, Inc.      1,923,293  
  12,727      Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A      264,722  
  19,305      Pool Corp.      2,309,264  
  29,090      Potbelly Corp.(b)      405,806  
  16,133      RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.      268,453  
  19,990      Reading International, Inc., Class A(b)      314,443  
  24,091      Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)      1,415,346  
  30,059      Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A      702,779  
  117,377      Regis Corp.(b)      1,280,583  
  354,549      Rent-A-Center, Inc.(c)      3,790,129  
  65,322      RH(b)(c)      3,133,496  
  572,510      Ruby Tuesday, Inc.(b)      1,459,901  
  24,152      Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      480,625  
  26,523      Salem Media Group, Inc.      202,901  
  51,367      Scholastic Corp.      2,220,595  
  51,001      Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)      1,211,274  
  83,897      Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.(b)(c)      281,055  
  62,053      Select Comfort Corp.(b)      1,917,438  
  79,568      Sequential Brands Group, Inc.(b)(c)      268,144  
  28,811      Shoe Carnival, Inc.      730,935  
  32,002      Shutterfly, Inc.(b)      1,660,904  
  74,834      Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      2,952,201  
  462,501      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c)      2,289,380  
  108,450      Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(b)      2,738,363  
  17,074      SodaStream International Ltd. (Israel)(b)(c)      928,655  
  26,554      Sonic Corp.      713,772  
  70,442      Sotheby’s(b)(c)      3,336,133  
  22,347      Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      403,363  
  71,417      Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      292,096  
  624,344      Stage Stores, Inc.(c)      1,798,111  
  24,004      Standard Motor Products, Inc.      1,220,123  
  376,922      Stein Mart, Inc.      930,997  
  64,052      Steven Madden Ltd.(b)      2,437,179  
  42,027      Stoneridge, Inc.(b)      824,149  
  8,944      Strattec Security Corp.      287,550  
  13,040      Strayer Education, Inc.      1,130,698  
  31,484      Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(c)      1,903,208  
  43,013      Superior Industries International, Inc.      935,533  
  86,121      Tailored Brands, Inc.(c)      1,061,872  
  55,264      Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(b)      1,276,598  
  6,794      Tesla, Inc.(b)(c)      2,133,792  
  37,256      Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      1,746,561  
  16,009      Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.      341,792  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  26,020      Tilly’s, Inc., Class A    $ 248,751  
  61,120      TopBuild Corp.(b)      3,128,733  
  75,296      Tower International, Inc.      2,040,522  
  47,626      Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A(b)      576,275  
  200,916      TRI Pointe Group, Inc.(b)      2,501,404  
  53,729      TripAdvisor, Inc.(b)      2,418,342  
  80,499      tronc, Inc.(b)      1,154,356  
  202,433      Tuesday Morning Corp.(b)      657,907  
  30,814      Unifi, Inc.(b)      864,949  
  10,864      Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)      752,875  
  62,252      Universal Technical Institute, Inc.(b)      225,352  
  14,809      Vail Resorts, Inc.      2,927,147  
  47,744      Vera Bradley, Inc.(b)      436,858  
  102,435      Vince Holding Corp.(b)(c)      102,435  
  78,290      Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.(b)      1,510,997  
  145,454      VOXX International Corp.(b)      945,451  
  8,182      Wayfair, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      373,999  
  90,638      Weight Watchers International, Inc.(b)(c)      1,892,521  
  212,035      Wendy’s Co. (The)      3,125,396  
  11,866      Weyco Group, Inc.      331,773  
  66,408      William Lyon Homes, Class A(b)(c)      1,460,976  
  11,553      Wingstop, Inc.(c)      340,005  
  18,751      Winnebago Industries, Inc.      538,154  
  124,982      Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      3,013,316  
  27,303      World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A(c)      585,103  
  63,905      ZAGG, Inc.(b)      453,726  
  10,537      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.(b)(c)      190,193  
  39,828      Zumiez, Inc.(b)      714,913  
     

 

 

 
        281,722,039  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.2%  
  72,181      Adecoagro SA (Argentina)(b)      800,487  
  14,081      AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc.      571,970  
  29,599      Alliance One International, Inc.(b)      406,986  
  42,928      Amira Nature Foods Ltd. (United Arab Emirates)(b)(c)      222,796  
  49,588      B&G Foods, Inc.(c)      2,082,696  
  51,839      Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(b)      1,277,831  
  5,370      Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(b)(c)      775,160  
  10,824      Calavo Growers, Inc.      710,054  
  40,804      Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)      1,540,351  
  12,055      Central Garden & Pet Co.(b)(c)      455,679  
  40,434      Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(b)      1,424,490  
  37,290      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(b)      509,009  
  4,792      Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      1,015,233  
  153,008      Coty, Inc., Class A      2,731,193  
  12,175      Craft Brew Alliance, Inc.(b)      165,580  
  34,378      Energizer Holdings, Inc.      2,036,209  
  5,756      Farmer Brothers Co.(b)      204,338  
  46,858      Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      2,872,395  
  41,133      Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      1,920,911  
  19,737      Inter Parfums, Inc.      749,019  
  37,896      Inventure Foods, Inc.(b)(c)      140,215  
  9,127      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      1,228,312  
  10,693      John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      785,936  
  15,456      Lancaster Colony Corp.      1,945,910  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  44,326      Landec Corp.(b)    $ 609,483  
  8,773      Medifast, Inc.      406,365  
  5,401      MGP Ingredients, Inc.(c)      282,796  
  4,973      National Beverage Corp.      440,558  
  15,468      Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.(b)(c)      169,220  
  9,294      Nutraceutical International Corp.      294,620  
  28,054      Omega Protein Corp.      565,288  
  11,716      Orchids Paper Products Co.(c)      285,285  
  112,742      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      2,926,782  
  17,846      PriceSmart, Inc.      1,551,710  
  14,780      Revlon, Inc., Class A(b)      383,541  
  28,923      Sanderson Farms, Inc.      3,348,705  
  26,664      Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(b)      991,901  
  73,002      Smart & Final Stores, Inc.(b)(c)      861,424  
  60,347      Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.      2,127,835  
  18,519      Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      2,661,736  
  191,321      SunOpta, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      1,396,643  
  36,479      Synutra International, Inc.(b)      219,786  
  12,601      Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.(c)      470,647  
  9,264      USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      526,658  
  107,915      Vector Group Ltd.      2,343,914  
  23,021      Village Super Market, Inc., Class A      607,524  
  6,576      WD-40 Co.      689,494  
  24,534      Weis Markets, Inc.      1,418,311  
     

 

 

 
        52,152,986  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—5.8%  
  200,385      Alon USA Energy, Inc.      2,422,655  
  269,032      Approach Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      556,896  
  118,281      Archrock, Inc.      1,395,716  
  46,695      Ardmore Shipping Corp. (Ireland)      361,886  
  245,105      Bill Barrett Corp.(b)      941,203  
  272,720      Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(b)(c)      137,724  
  166,318      Bristow Group, Inc.      2,223,672  
  35,642      Callon Petroleum Co.(b)      422,001  
  84,245      CARBO Ceramics, Inc.(b)(c)      578,763  
  33,575      Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      844,411  
  182,715      Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)      445,825  
  468,898      Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.(b)      1,580,186  
  1,552,674      Cobalt International Energy, Inc.(b)      607,251  
  39,065      Comstock Resources, Inc.(b)(c)      341,428  
  56,192      Contango Oil & Gas Co.(b)      402,335  
  22,916      Core Laboratories NV(c)      2,539,551  
  110,778      CVR Energy, Inc.(c)      2,424,930  
  908,565      Denbury Resources, Inc.(b)      2,017,014  
  226,792      DHT Holdings, Inc.      1,086,334  
  21,736      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      2,170,122  
  55,997      Dorian LPG Ltd.(b)      509,013  
  41,766      Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      2,153,037  
  96,823      Eclipse Resources Corp.(b)      194,614  
  127,356      EP Energy Corp., Class A(b)(c)      575,649  
  62,416      Era Group, Inc.(b)      793,307  
  624,050      EXCO Resources, Inc.(b)      305,785  
  84,048      Exterran Corp.(b)      2,300,394  
  94,982      Fairmount Santrol Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      490,107  
  102,115      Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,725,744  
 

 

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

 

 

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Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  42,626      Frank’s International NV(c)    $ 387,897  
  112,516      Frontline Ltd. (Norway)(c)      748,231  
  48,312      GasLog Ltd. (Monaco)(c)      676,368  
  349,364      Gener8 Maritime, Inc.(b)      1,876,085  
  34,011      Geospace Technologies Corp.(b)      562,542  
  109,536      Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)(c)      2,794,263  
  110,248      Green Plains, Inc.      2,535,704  
  40,227      Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.      400,259  
  124,863      Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)      1,982,824  
  36,537      Halcon Resources Corp.(b)      244,798  
  27,367      Hallador Energy Co.      183,085  
  249,076      Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      1,524,345  
  531,114      Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(b)(c)      1,811,099  
  38,139      Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.(b)      175,821  
  117,219      ION Geophysical Corp.(b)(c)      504,042  
  216,848      Jones Energy, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      433,696  
  193,557      Kosmos Energy Ltd.(b)      1,163,278  
  28,611      Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)      367,938  
  15,770      Matador Resources Co.(b)      341,894  
  64,970      Matrix Service Co.(b)      763,398  
  14,867      Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(b)      407,356  
  58,073      Navigator Holdings Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)(c)      699,780  
  322,934      Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.      545,758  
  207,927      Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      1,590,642  
  248,962      Nordic American Tankers Ltd.(c)      2,066,385  
  144,204      North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (Norway)(b)(c)      364,836  
  1,978,755      Ocean Rig UDW, Inc. (Cyprus)(b)      399,709  
  233,722      Pacific Drilling SA(b)(c)      397,327  
  125,995      Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(b)(c)      856,766  
  51,852      Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      848,817  
  451,282      Parker Drilling Co.(b)      744,615  
  41,998      Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(b)      1,251,120  
  33,349      PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      1,841,865  
  32,727      PHI, Inc.(b)      383,888  
  262,668      Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(b)      801,137  
  182,478      Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      1,906,895  
  9,049      REX American Resources Corp.(b)      856,759  
  67,444      Rice Energy, Inc.(b)      1,435,883  
  16,939      RigNet, Inc.(b)      332,004  
  17,956      Ring Energy, Inc.(b)      215,472  
  63,423      RPC, Inc.(c)      1,152,396  
  41,909      RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      1,594,637  
  16,018      Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)(c)      123,979  
  561,361      Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)      2,469,988  
  32,184      SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,113,201  
  61,416      SemGroup Corp., Class A      2,045,153  
  144,018      Ship Finance International Ltd. (Norway)(c)      2,023,453  
  85,728      Src Energy, Inc.(b)      646,389  
  180,794      Stone Energy Corp.(b)      3,785,826  
  415,304      Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)      851,373  
  91,469      Tesco Corp.(b)      599,122  
  285,885      TETRA Technologies, Inc.(b)      951,997  
  298,744      Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (Greece)(c)      1,371,235  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  107,897      Unit Corp.(b)    $ 2,318,707  
  23,210      US Silica Holdings, Inc.      963,215  
  363,658      W&T Offshore, Inc.(b)(c)      741,862  
  45,783      Westmoreland Coal Co.(b)      488,047  
  159,065      Willbros Group, Inc.(b)      437,429  
     

 

 

 
        94,650,143  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—17.3%  
  16,846      1st Source Corp.      813,830  
  62,961      AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      1,193,111  
  10,607      Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(b)      414,203  
  14,256      A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.      251,048  
  18,437      American National Insurance Co.      2,155,654  
  15,013      Ameris Bancorp      707,112  
  16,746      AMERISAFE, Inc.      963,732  
  86,034      AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.(c)      1,380,846  
  298,945      Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      1,751,818  
  87,046      Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      1,679,117  
  53,055      Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      733,751  
  42,209      Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.      2,783,684  
  43,744      Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A(c)      636,913  
  49,664      ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      1,195,412  
  12,352      Arrow Financial Corp.      423,056  
  27,311      Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A      800,212  
  107,409      Astoria Financial Corp.      2,190,070  
  12,232      Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.(b)      158,404  
  22,339      Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B      547,305  
  44,693      Banc of California, Inc.(c)      969,838  
  6,412      BancFirst Corp.      615,873  
  56,870      Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)      1,631,032  
  95,060      Bancorp, Inc. (The)(b)      613,137  
  69,094      BancorpSouth, Inc.      2,103,912  
  35,888      Bank Mutual Corp.      330,170  
  9,322      Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)      309,957  
  34,555      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      1,640,326  
  13,202      BankFinancial Corp.      195,126  
  26,094      Banner Corp.      1,440,389  
  85,265      Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.      1,364,240  
  29,653      Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      1,111,987  
  233,921      BGC Partners, Inc., Class A      2,662,021  
  13,166      Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      248,837  
  17,508      Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc.      316,895  
  17,852      BNC Bancorp      597,149  
  30,609      BofI Holding, Inc.(b)(c)      731,249  
  24,389      BOK Financial Corp.      2,055,749  
  76,617      Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.      1,195,225  
  12,751      Bridge Bancorp, Inc.      462,224  
  80,042      Brookline Bancorp, Inc.      1,164,611  
  15,347      Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.      658,386  
  14,280      Camden National Corp.      610,470  
  18,721      Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A      776,921  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  242,313      Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT    $ 2,699,367  
  58,796      Cathay General Bancorp      2,237,188  
  32,497      CBOE Holdings, Inc.      2,678,078  
  21,339      Centerstate Banks, Inc.      538,383  
  23,872      Central Pacific Financial Corp.      746,716  
  14,460      Charter Financial Corp.      265,341  
  32,896      Chemical Financial Corp.      1,560,915  
  12,691      Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      220,696  
  15,156      City Holding Co.      1,077,440  
  23,239      Clifton Bancorp, Inc.      388,091  
  57,853      CNA Financial Corp.      2,618,427  
  23,759      CoBiz Financial, Inc.      390,360  
  20,728      Cohen & Steers, Inc.      827,047  
  55,187      Columbia Banking System, Inc.      2,180,438  
  34,507      Community Bank System, Inc.      1,930,667  
  17,768      Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      798,672  
  21,155      ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      469,641  
  62,009      Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      985,943  
  27,349      Crawford & Co., Class B      298,378  
  6,153      Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      1,250,597  
  9,669      CU Bancorp(b)      360,412  
  22,402      Customers Bancorp, Inc.(b)      692,894  
  72,336      CVB Financial Corp.      1,558,117  
  364,979      CYS Investments, Inc. REIT      3,113,271  
  2,234      Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.      451,603  
  38,838      Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      755,399  
  16,742      Donegal Group, Inc., Class A      278,922  
  85,584      Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,901,676  
  140,970      Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      975,512  
  17,523      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      1,049,628  
  19,902      eHealth, Inc.(b)      282,210  
  14,157      EMC Insurance Group, Inc.      406,023  
  35,984      Employers Holdings, Inc.      1,439,360  
  50,021      Encore Capital Group, Inc.(b)(c)      1,668,200  
  67,679      Enova International, Inc.(b)      961,042  
  14,974      Enstar Group Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      2,916,935  
  12,588      Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      531,843  
  25,571      Essent Group Ltd.(b)      946,383  
  142,332      EverBank Financial Corp.      2,775,474  
  21,711      Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A      1,601,186  
  190,283      EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)      1,722,061  
  14,548      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      2,375,106  
  16,540      FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A      1,099,910  
  13,695      FBR & Co.      247,879  
  19,952      FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      942,732  
  10,538      Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      601,193  
  16,130      Federated National Holding Co.      259,370  
  19,295      Fidelity & Guaranty Life(c)      548,943  
  19,108      Fidelity Southern Corp.      430,312  
  15,648      Financial Engines, Inc.      665,040  
  16,124      Financial Institutions, Inc.      540,154  
  308,087      First BanCorp/Puerto Rico(b)      1,811,552  
  19,361      First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      581,604  
  21,319      First Busey Corp.      638,504  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  6,034      First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A    $ 2,100,194  
  82,730      First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      1,068,044  
  20,062      First Community Bancshares, Inc.      530,841  
  9,335      First Defiance Financial Corp.      500,729  
  72,979      First Financial Bancorp      2,017,869  
  35,312      First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(c)      1,410,714  
  12,577      First Financial Corp.      613,758  
  21,830      First Hawaiian, Inc.      649,879  
  18,908      First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A      713,777  
  27,417      First Merchants Corp.      1,134,515  
  69,949      First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      1,588,542  
  83,821      First NBC Bank Holding Co.(b)(c)      222,126  
  16,189      First of Long Island Corp. (The)      440,341  
  32,688      Firstcash, Inc.      1,698,142  
  61,287      Five Oaks Investment Corp. REIT(c)      329,111  
  29,870      Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)      873,399  
  33,085      Flushing Financial Corp.      975,346  
  141,737      FNFV Group(b)      1,941,797  
  6,618      Franklin Financial Network, Inc.(b)      268,360  
  58,407      Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.      414,106  
  14,236      German American Bancorp, Inc.      468,080  
  67,596      Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      2,283,393  
  21,779      Great Ajax Corp. REIT      296,194  
  12,594      Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      631,589  
  47,611      Great Western Bancorp, Inc.      1,961,573  
  20,615      Green Bancorp, Inc.(b)      371,070  
  44,795      Green Dot Corp., Class A(b)      1,536,021  
  48,522      Greenhill & Co., Inc.      1,227,607  
  41,741      Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(b)      899,519  
  22,796      Hanmi Financial Corp.      662,224  
  26,281      Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      576,080  
  12,976      HCI Group, Inc.(c)      618,825  
  17,687      Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      848,976  
  27,565      Heritage Financial Corp.      727,716  
  53,079      Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.      642,256  
  74,762      Hilltop Holdings, Inc.      2,079,131  
  60,251      Home BancShares, Inc.      1,533,388  
  23,937      HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      622,362  
  17,396      HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(b)      434,900  
  70,214      Hope Bancorp, Inc.      1,285,618  
  60,288      Horace Mann Educators Corp.      2,330,131  
  14,533      Horizon Bancorp      392,246  
  7,179      Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A      240,784  
  21,694      Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      310,224  
  15,949      Independent Bank Corp.      355,663  
  19,867      Independent Bank Corp./MA      1,257,581  
  6,969      Independent Bank Group, Inc.      419,185  
  19,525      Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      1,937,856  
  14,913      Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A      519,420  
  62,362      International Bancshares Corp.      2,332,339  
  20,170      INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      753,349  
  31,090      Investment Technology Group, Inc.      619,002  
  32,441      James River Group Holdings Ltd.      1,413,130  
  116,385      KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      2,316,061  
  72,176      Kearny Financial Corp.      1,053,770  
 

 

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

 

 

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Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  61,463      Ladder Capital Corp., Class A REIT    $ 899,204  
  29,996      Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      583,422  
  16,276      Lakeland Financial Corp.      743,162  
  28,115      LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      1,063,028  
  201,133      LendingClub Corp.(b)      1,176,628  
  114,774      Maiden Holdings Ltd.      1,417,459  
  16,561      MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      566,386  
  5,856      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      1,127,397  
  12,858      Marlin Business Services Corp.      327,236  
  62,607      MB Financial, Inc.      2,661,424  
  16,330      Mercantile Bank Corp.      549,178  
  49,891      Mercury General Corp.      3,067,798  
  28,534      Meridian Bancorp, Inc.      500,772  
  4,189      Meta Financial Group, Inc.      355,646  
  8,765      MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      304,145  
  5,769      Moelis & Co., Class A      211,722  
  10,839      Morningstar, Inc.      792,656  
  30,833      MSCI, Inc.      3,093,167  
  94,215      Mtge Investment Corp. REIT      1,695,870  
  22,749      National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      718,186  
  6,971      National Commerce Corp.(b)      269,778  
  46,177      National General Holdings Corp.      1,050,065  
  4,044      National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A      1,238,435  
  76,376      Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      1,230,417  
  14,680      Navigators Group, Inc. (The)      793,454  
  44,265      NBT Bancorp, Inc.      1,690,038  
  26,220      Nelnet, Inc., Class A      1,180,162  
  320,829      New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT(c)      2,056,514  
  16,658      Newtek Business Services Corp.(c)      275,024  
  31,813      NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      369,031  
  38,714      Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      711,563  
  149,647      Northwest Bancshares, Inc.      2,415,303  
  14,486      OceanFirst Financial Corp.      400,538  
  422,669      Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)(c)      967,912  
  113,676      OFG Bancorp(c)      1,330,009  
  135,071      Old National Bancorp      2,269,193  
  19,250      OM Asset Management PLC      299,530  
  63,973      On Deck Capital, Inc.(b)(c)      303,872  
  44,266      OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A      706,043  
  96,174      OneMain Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,242,778  
  27,375      Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      473,588  
  22,204      Opus Bank      500,700  
  19,509      Orchid Island Capital, Inc. REIT(c)      206,795  
  71,830      Oritani Financial Corp.      1,217,519  
  15,787      Pacific Continental Corp.      394,675  
  11,400      Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(b)      416,670  
  16,259      Park National Corp.      1,714,186  
  28,435      Park Sterling Corp.      349,751  
  10,929      Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.      350,384  
  12,032      PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      198,528  
  16,542      Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      553,826  
  35,364      PICO Holdings, Inc.(b)      569,360  
  17,913      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      1,146,432  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  19,391      Piper Jaffray Cos.    $ 1,213,877  
  53,610      PRA Group, Inc.(b)      1,726,242  
  5,567      Preferred Bank      294,995  
  35,516      Primerica, Inc.      2,976,241  
  43,630      PrivateBancorp, Inc.      2,520,505  
  11,623      Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.      223,510  
  75,438      Provident Financial Services, Inc.      1,938,002  
  6,476      QCR Holdings, Inc.      295,306  
  143,162      Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      2,443,775  
  24,787      Regional Management Corp.(b)      491,526  
  35,405      Renasant Corp.      1,501,172  
  15,375      Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      553,193  
  173,245      Resource Capital Corp. REIT      1,619,841  
  32,557      S&T Bancorp, Inc.      1,170,750  
  15,620      Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(b)      198,374  
  23,016      Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      1,666,358  
  21,623      Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      935,195  
  16,733      Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(b)      404,939  
  58,821      SEI Investments Co.      2,982,813  
  13,348      ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.      504,554  
  9,959      Sierra Bancorp      249,672  
  18,788      Simmons First National Corp., Class A      1,026,764  
  14,137      South State Corp.      1,246,177  
  22,156      Southside Bancshares, Inc.      769,256  
  13,155      Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      341,372  
  26,372      State Auto Financial Corp.      708,616  
  24,952      State Bank Financial Corp.      670,211  
  25,946      State National Cos., Inc.      380,628  
  67,945      Sterling Bancorp      1,579,721  
  38,310      Stewart Information Services Corp.      1,817,426  
  11,733      Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      481,053  
  6,379      Stonegate Bank      292,796  
  8,817      Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      272,886  
  31,866      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      2,425,003  
  28,055      TFS Financial Corp.      464,030  
  77,956      Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      943,268  
  10,895      Tompkins Financial Corp.      900,690  
  35,254      TowneBank      1,143,992  
  17,655      TriCo Bancshares      626,046  
  16,549      TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.(b)      412,070  
  13,162      Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(b)      294,829  
  116,721      TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      927,932  
  82,896      Trustmark Corp.      2,753,805  
  35,850      UMB Financial Corp.      2,598,767  
  39,933      Union Bankshares Corp.      1,367,306  
  44,659      United Community Banks, Inc.      1,221,424  
  48,347      United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      834,953  
  32,737      United Fire Group, Inc.      1,440,428  
  21,443      United Insurance Holdings Corp.      327,220  
  35,744      Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.(c)      931,131  
  23,537      Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      713,171  
  13,686      Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A      210,764  
  5,622      Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.      598,181  
  30,515      Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      1,368,598  
  271,718      Walter Investment Management Corp.(b)(c)      290,738  
 

 

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

 

 

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Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  13,391      Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.    $ 658,837  
  22,317      Waterstone Financial, Inc.      424,023  
  39,398      WesBanco, Inc.      1,568,434  
  25,070      Westamerica Bancorporation(c)      1,379,351  
  43,725      Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      2,094,428  
  154,516      Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT      1,627,053  
  46,986      WisdomTree Investments, Inc.(c)      392,333  
  25,558      World Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      1,352,018  
  19,111      WSFS Financial Corp.      902,039  
     

 

 

 
        281,763,857  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—8.1%  
  10,839      Abaxis, Inc.      488,080  
  4,807      ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      626,448  
  54,500      Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)(c)      2,375,110  
  42,319      Accuray, Inc.(b)(c)      192,551  
  42,503      Aceto Corp.      673,673  
  86,723      Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      295,725  
  38,698      Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      624,973  
  7,507      Addus HomeCare Corp.(b)      254,863  
  52,595      Akorn, Inc.(b)      1,759,303  
  21,389      Albany Molecular Research, Inc.(b)(c)      342,438  
  12,715      Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      254,936  
  14,402      Align Technology, Inc.(b)      1,938,797  
  27,566      Alkermes PLC(b)      1,605,720  
  7,092      Almost Family, Inc.(b)      352,118  
  23,994      Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,286,078  
  46,460      AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,133,624  
  27,014      Amedisys, Inc.(b)      1,464,159  
  14,355      American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      247,050  
  55,284      Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      424,581  
  32,947      AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)      1,345,885  
  19,545      Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      295,129  
  11,228      Analogic Corp.      806,732  
  44,989      AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      698,229  
  8,645      Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      398,794  
  98,445      Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (Canada)(b)      329,791  
  17,350      Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      296,685  
  10,292      athenahealth, Inc.(b)      1,008,719  
  13,213      AtriCure, Inc.(b)      270,867  
  724      Atrion Corp.      374,380  
  31,655      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      3,033,815  
  323,185      BioScrip, Inc.(b)(c)      491,241  
  18,397      Bio-Techne Corp.      1,969,951  
  10,111      Bluebird Bio, Inc.(b)      899,373  
  73,189      Bruker Corp.      1,785,080  
  15,054      Cambrex Corp.(b)      893,455  
  6,867      Cantel Medical Corp.      510,973  
  32,604      Capital Senior Living Corp.(b)      455,478  
  7,250      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(b)      216,558  
  70,926      Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      236,184  
  30,263      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)      2,714,591  
  9,452      Chemed Corp.      1,903,444  
  54,344      Chimerix, Inc.(b)      324,977  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  6,876      China Biologic Products, Inc. (China)(b)    $ 811,368  
  28,925      Civitas Solutions, Inc.(b)      514,865  
  3,355      Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      194,221  
  25,717      Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.(c)      705,932  
  31,455      CONMED Corp.      1,546,328  
  10,686      CorVel Corp.(b)      475,527  
  5,435      Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.(b)      227,129  
  31,675      Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(b)      442,500  
  15,202      CryoLife, Inc.(b)      275,916  
  44,955      Depomed, Inc.(b)      539,010  
  3,603      DexCom, Inc.(b)      280,890  
  65,540      Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.(b)(c)      1,022,424  
  49,697      Dynavax Technologies Corp.(b)(c)      275,818  
  31,746      Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      949,523  
  11,736      Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      372,618  
  27,015      Endologix, Inc.(b)(c)      202,342  
  51,904      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)      931,677  
  7,402      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      264,622  
  13,171      Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(b)      306,226  
  17,000      Exact Sciences Corp.(b)(c)      510,170  
  16,028      Exactech, Inc.(b)      475,230  
  8,150      FibroGen, Inc.(b)      228,200  
  13,656      Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      476,048  
  159,739      Five Star Senior Living, Inc.(b)      303,504  
  125,251      Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Class A(b)      303,107  
  42,755      Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(b)      1,296,759  
  47,614      Haemonetics Corp.(b)      1,994,074  
  67,821      Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      2,678,930  
  6,397      HealthEquity, Inc.(b)      291,191  
  16,357      HealthStream, Inc.(b)      454,561  
  46,584      Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      3,523,614  
  70,790      HMS Holdings Corp.(b)      1,449,071  
  88,210      Horizon Pharma PLC(b)      1,356,670  
  28,561      ICON PLC(b)      2,413,119  
  6,519      ICU Medical, Inc.(b)      1,002,622  
  15,913      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      2,669,087  
  135,637      Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,905,700  
  21,856      INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      983,520  
  3,589      Incyte Corp.(b)      446,041  
  2,976      Inogen, Inc.(b)      246,681  
  44,750      Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      548,188  
  20,584      Insmed, Inc.(b)      379,775  
  4,292      Insulet Corp.(b)      186,316  
  17,256      Insys Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      194,130  
  43,777      Integer Holdings Corp.(b)      1,608,805  
  15,358      Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(b)      706,007  
  2,979      Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      334,691  
  25,896      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(b)(c)      357,883  
  14,664      Intrexon Corp.(b)(c)      305,598  
  82,910      Invacare Corp.      1,218,777  
  6,707      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      323,210  
  35,509      Juno Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      885,594  
  11,303      K2M Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      250,361  
  9,950      Kite Pharma, Inc.(b)      816,696  
  9,196      Landauer, Inc.      483,710  
  27,372      Lannett Co., Inc.(b)(c)      711,672  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  12,899      LHC Group, Inc.(b)    $ 697,836  
  3,334      Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      370,641  
  13,253      LivaNova PLC(b)(c)      698,433  
  33,742      Luminex Corp.      635,362  
  14,930      MacroGenics, Inc.(b)      322,637  
  9,507      Masimo Corp.(b)      976,749  
  20,592      Medicines Co. (The)(b)      1,015,597  
  8,937      Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)      584,748  
  11,135      Medpace Holdings, Inc.(b)      353,091  
  73,490      Meridian Bioscience, Inc.      1,087,652  
  34,997      Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      1,179,399  
  20,905      Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      299,987  
  91,365      Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      1,680,202  
  20,075      Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      702,625  
  11,530      Neogen Corp.(b)      718,665  
  10,201      Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      544,733  
  2,023      Nevro Corp.(b)      190,607  
  11,908      NewLink Genetics Corp.(b)(c)      222,561  
  200,536      Novavax, Inc.(b)(c)      163,657  
  20,612      NuVasive, Inc.(b)      1,494,576  
  13,914      NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)      415,889  
  22,541      Omnicell, Inc.(b)      933,197  
  142,128      OPKO Health, Inc.(b)(c)      1,104,335  
  20,235      OraSure Technologies, Inc.(b)      265,281  
  17,801      Orthofix International NV(b)      704,030  
  6,509      Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      316,012  
  43,218      PAREXEL International Corp.(b)      2,758,605  
  7,676      Patheon NV(b)      206,561  
  3,509      Penumbra, Inc.(b)      299,844  
  82,232      PharMerica Corp.(b)      1,940,675  
  12,266      Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A      364,914  
  12,652      Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      505,953  
  22,849      PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      1,461,422  
  29,899      Premier, Inc., Class A(b)      1,010,586  
  36,595      Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,100,919  
  6,810      Prothena Corp. PLC (Ireland)(b)(c)      368,625  
  28,525      Providence Service Corp. (The)(b)      1,255,100  
  17,188      PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      208,834  
  64,067      Quality Systems, Inc.(b)      913,595  
  16,830      Quidel Corp.(b)      406,781  
  236,707      Quorum Health Corp.(b)      1,010,739  
  8,577      Radius Health, Inc.(b)(c)      335,103  
  91,803      RadNet, Inc.(b)      555,408  
  10,842      REGENXBIO, Inc.(b)      226,598  
  7,317      Repligen Corp.(b)      269,192  
  14,892      Retrophin, Inc.(b)      291,734  
  111,771      RTI Surgical, Inc.(b)      452,673  
  52,171      Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      250,421  
  6,910      Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      250,557  
  37,639      SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      363,216  
  9,678      Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      661,007  
  3,353      Spark Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      194,373  
  8,737      Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      249,878  
  58,979      Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      448,830  
  17,404      Surgery Partners, Inc.(b)      299,349  
  8,679      SurModics, Inc.(b)      198,315  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  12,182      Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(b)(c)    $ 1,423,467  
  38,967      Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      309,008  
  6,321      Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (Cayman Islands)(b)(c)      254,926  
  28,533      Tivity Health, Inc.(b)      958,709  
  58,578      Triple-S Management Corp., Class B(b)      1,060,262  
  6,638      U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.      435,453  
  6,427      Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      413,835  
  13,716      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      735,452  
  19,681      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,328,262  
  31,894      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      2,935,205  
  46,887      Wright Medical Group NV(b)      1,424,896  
  20,290      Zogenix, Inc.(b)      223,190  
     

 

 

 
        132,299,780  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—16.6%  
  14,068      AAON, Inc.      515,592  
  66,687      AAR Corp.      2,400,065  
  158,317      ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      2,256,017  
  68,621      Actuant Corp., Class A      1,873,353  
  46,132      Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      1,063,343  
  21,143      Advisory Board Co. (The)(b)      1,080,407  
  74,824      Aegion Corp.(b)      1,707,484  
  51,793      Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,160,681  
  15,607      Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      445,892  
  67,781      Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(b)      1,246,493  
  9,514      Alamo Group, Inc.      752,177  
  21,975      Alaska Air Group, Inc.      1,869,853  
  21,002      Albany International Corp., Class A      1,023,847  
  3,101      Allegiant Travel Co.      450,885  
  34,545      Allegion PLC      2,716,619  
  23,625      Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      1,043,044  
  55,317      Ameresco, Inc., Class A(b)      356,795  
  14,882      American Railcar Industries, Inc.(c)      624,300  
  7,869      American Woodmark Corp.(b)      723,161  
  16,309      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      888,840  
  39,393      Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.      2,521,152  
  74,856      ARC Document Solutions, Inc.(b)      275,470  
  62,565      ArcBest Corp.      1,654,844  
  7,831      Argan, Inc.      523,502  
  67,700      Armstrong Flooring, Inc.(b)      1,299,163  
  14,702      Astec Industries, Inc.      931,372  
  17,081      Astronics Corp.(b)      555,303  
  11,207      Atkore International Group, Inc.(b)      294,296  
  4,947      Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      286,926  
  13,809      Axon Enterprise, Inc.(b)(c)      339,425  
  24,014      AZZ, Inc.      1,418,027  
  136,088      Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(b)      1,275,145  
  41,680      Barnes Group, Inc.      2,291,150  
  6,019      Barrett Business Services, Inc.      347,056  
  65,344      Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(b)      3,239,102  
  61,724      BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,438,169  
  42,574      Brady Corp., Class A      1,658,257  
  88,074      Briggs & Stratton Corp.      2,200,969  
  90,957      Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)      1,456,222  
  55,605      BWX Technologies, Inc.      2,734,098  
  16,727      Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)(b)      664,062  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  48,123      CAI International, Inc.(b)    $ 992,296  
  53,819      Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      809,976  
  73,906      CBIZ, Inc.(b)      1,164,019  
  43,323      CDI Corp.(b)      353,082  
  34,960      CECO Environmental Corp.      394,698  
  104,245      Celadon Group, Inc.(c)      411,768  
  46,072      Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      1,682,089  
  15,741      CIRCOR International, Inc.      1,050,082  
  565,389      Civeo Corp.(b)      1,690,513  
  26,069      Columbus McKinnon Corp.      681,183  
  37,260      Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      1,367,442  
  103,363      Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.(b)      918,897  
  28,695      Continental Building Products, Inc.(b)      698,723  
  11,235      Copa Holdings SA, Class A (Panama)      1,307,979  
  93,768      Copart, Inc.(b)      2,897,431  
  170,044      Costamare, Inc. (Monaco)(c)      1,146,097  
  32,091      Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(b)      601,064  
  12,187      CRA International, Inc.      462,375  
  15,257      CSW Industrials, Inc.(b)      540,098  
  25,083      Cubic Corp.      1,301,808  
  337,662      Diana Shipping, Inc. (Greece)(b)(c)      1,347,271  
  74,528      DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      2,399,802  
  16,778      DMC Global, Inc.      256,703  
  23,222      Douglas Dynamics, Inc.      740,782  
  18,186      Ducommun, Inc.(b)      534,487  
  29,540      DXP Enterprises, Inc.(b)      1,077,619  
  27,700      Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      2,926,782  
  43,640      Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.(b)      215,145  
  48,758      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(b)      914,212  
  25,914      Encore Wire Corp.      1,145,399  
  27,184      Engility Holdings, Inc.(b)      770,666  
  54,968      Ennis, Inc.      967,437  
  28,570      EnPro Industries, Inc.      2,018,470  
  20,093      ESCO Technologies, Inc.      1,182,473  
  11,550      Exponent, Inc.      706,282  
  63,874      Federal Signal Corp.      997,073  
  25,702      Forward Air Corp.      1,366,575  
  14,525      Franklin Covey Co.(b)      308,656  
  32,127      Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      1,320,420  
  38,003      FreightCar America, Inc.      496,319  
  27,096      Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(b)      1,063,518  
  34,489      Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.      1,229,533  
  9,587      GMS, Inc.(b)      346,666  
  18,355      GP Strategies Corp.(b)      497,420  
  9,527      Graham Corp.      210,261  
  35,373      Granite Construction, Inc.      1,864,511  
  166,552      Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(b)      757,812  
  46,808      Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)(c)      2,033,808  
  53,587      Griffon Corp.      1,286,088  
  77,628      H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      1,639,503  
  14,731      Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      799,893  
  144,103      HC2 Holdings, Inc.(b)      841,562  
  44,184      Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      2,028,487  
  48,613      Heartland Express, Inc.      978,094  
  11,161      HEICO Corp.      793,212  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  23,883      HEICO Corp., Class A    $ 1,464,028  
  31,434      Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.      675,831  
  51,416      Herc Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,337,886  
  14,605      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(b)      219,805  
  74,828      Herman Miller, Inc.      2,476,807  
  54,764      Hexcel Corp.      2,834,037  
  72,613      Hillenbrand, Inc.      2,679,420  
  54,943      HNI Corp.      2,569,135  
  40,133      Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(b)      1,785,918  
  20,689      Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.      1,243,616  
  28,989      ICF International, Inc.(b)      1,279,864  
  69,243      InnerWorkings, Inc.(b)      733,283  
  17,604      Insperity, Inc.      1,608,125  
  11,727      Insteel Industries, Inc.      408,217  
  69,677      Interface, Inc.      1,386,572  
  131,179      JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      2,863,638  
  11,881      John Bean Technologies Corp.      1,053,251  
  9,685      Kadant, Inc.      601,923  
  37,729      Kaman Corp.      1,811,369  
  87,048      Kelly Services, Inc., Class A      1,942,911  
  34,806      KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)(c)      330,309  
  34,388      Kforce, Inc.      780,608  
  41,289      Kimball International, Inc., Class B      733,706  
  44,618      Knight Transportation, Inc.      1,530,397  
  52,537      Knoll, Inc.      1,258,787  
  47,259      Korn/Ferry International      1,531,192  
  959,159      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(b)      7,308,792  
  34,166      Landstar System, Inc.      2,919,485  
  66,492      Layne Christensen Co.(b)(c)      529,941  
  39,500      LB Foster Co., Class A      560,900  
  17,946      Lennox International, Inc.      2,968,089  
  10,601      Lindsay Corp.(c)      920,803  
  36,158      LSI Industries, Inc.      327,953  
  11,799      Lydall, Inc.(b)      618,268  
  115,222      Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(b)      687,875  
  32,387      Marten Transport Ltd.      803,198  
  26,432      Masonite International Corp.(b)      2,199,142  
  13,230      Matson, Inc.      419,391  
  22,080      Matthews International Corp., Class A      1,513,584  
  28,942      McGrath RentCorp      1,007,471  
  13,769      Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      514,685  
  20,010      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      2,723,961  
  19,694      Milacron Holdings Corp.(b)      370,641  
  18,704      Miller Industries, Inc.      475,082  
  24,081      Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      541,822  
  42,055      Mobile Mini, Inc.      1,206,979  
  29,011      MSA Safety, Inc.      2,258,506  
  49,317      Mueller Industries, Inc.      1,580,117  
  103,285      Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      1,161,956  
  11,240      Multi-Color Corp.      863,232  
  30,582      MYR Group, Inc.(b)      1,292,395  
  9,421      National Presto Industries, Inc.      983,081  
  66,817      Navigant Consulting, Inc.(b)      1,601,603  
  707,141      Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. (Monaco)(b)(c)      1,202,140  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  46,584      NCI Building Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 815,220  
  15,798      Neff Corp., Class A(b)      278,045  
  31,720      NN, Inc.      875,472  
  23,331      Nordson Corp.      2,921,041  
  31,441      Northwest Pipe Co.(b)      440,488  
  40,812      On Assignment, Inc.(b)      2,112,837  
  53,525      Orion Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      404,114  
  9,697      P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc.(b)      182,013  
  17,034      Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.      670,288  
  8,791      Patrick Industries, Inc.(b)      624,601  
  35,060      PGT Innovations, Inc.(b)      382,154  
  25,261      Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.(b)      486,274  
  18,148      Powell Industries, Inc.      625,925  
  42,531      Primoris Services Corp.      976,937  
  11,274      Proto Labs, Inc.(b)      653,892  
  104,880      Quad/Graphics, Inc., Class A      2,754,149  
  45,427      Quanex Building Products Corp.      926,711  
  30,370      Raven Industries, Inc.      941,470  
  12,434      RBC Bearings, Inc.(b)      1,247,130  
  48,574      Resources Connection, Inc.      675,179  
  187,556      Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.(b)      1,260,376  
  40,507      Rollins, Inc.      1,572,887  
  97,998      RPX Corp.(b)      1,258,294  
  330,903      Safe Bulkers, Inc. (Greece)(b)      704,823  
  34,987      Saia, Inc.(b)      1,684,624  
  105,623      Scorpio Bulkers, Inc.(b)(c)      786,891  
  245,372      Seaspan Corp. (Hong Kong)(c)      1,727,419  
  28,177      Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.      1,175,263  
  15,670      Siteone Landscape Supply, Inc.(b)      749,183  
  28,768      SkyWest, Inc.      1,070,170  
  35,817      SP Plus Corp.(b)      1,233,896  
  53,127      Spartan Motors, Inc.      438,298  
  15,003      Sparton Corp.(b)      334,117  
  17,802      Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      1,019,521  
  45,713      SPX Corp.(b)      1,099,855  
  9,099      Standex International Corp.      854,851  
  157,994      Steelcase, Inc., Class A      2,693,798  
  19,319      Sun Hydraulics Corp.      750,350  
  71,474      Sunrun, Inc.(b)(c)      378,097  
  29,796      Team, Inc.(b)      801,512  
  14,712      Tennant Co.      1,077,654  
  49,884      Tetra Tech, Inc.      2,192,402  
  77,858      Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.      1,163,977  
  37,333      Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      765,327  
  91,939      Titan International, Inc.      984,667  
  82,891      Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)      1,313,822  
  46,741      Toro Co. (The)      3,034,426  
  8,105      Trex Co., Inc.(b)      593,205  
  67,146      TriMas Corp.(b)      1,541,001  
  29,149      TriNet Group, Inc.(b)      856,981  
  63,599      Triton International Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      1,946,765  
  83,794      TrueBlue, Inc.(b)      2,291,766  
  16,223      Twin Disc, Inc.(b)      317,971  
  14,177      UniFirst Corp.      1,973,438  
  21,475      Universal Forest Products, Inc.      2,046,353  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  15,182      US Ecology, Inc.    $ 715,831  
  39,256      USA Truck, Inc.(b)      263,408  
  89,418      USG Corp.(b)      2,709,365  
  44,401      Vectrus, Inc.(b)      1,129,561  
  47,545      Veritiv Corp.(b)      2,455,699  
  28,166      Viad Corp.      1,273,103  
  11,718      VSE Corp.      499,773  
  101,342      Wabash National Corp.      2,308,571  
  7,124      WageWorks, Inc.(b)      525,751  
  21,857      Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      1,359,505  
  78,644      Werner Enterprises, Inc.      2,146,981  
  103,825      Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,261,474  
  107,868      West Corp.      2,878,997  
  14,470      Willis Lease Finance Corp.(b)      328,614  
  38,931      Xerium Technologies, Inc.(b)      276,799  
     

 

 

 
        270,660,198  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—15.6%  
  5,696      2U, Inc.(b)      258,598  
  52,779      3D Systems Corp.(b)(c)      835,492  
  27,744      8x8, Inc.(b)      403,675  
  97,286      ACI Worldwide, Inc.(b)      2,090,676  
  26,586      Actua Corp.(b)      372,204  
  59,844      Acxiom Corp.(b)      1,729,492  
  49,910      ADTRAN, Inc.      998,200  
  12,702      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      937,408  
  225,435      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      2,998,285  
  24,427      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      404,267  
  11,246      Ambarella, Inc.(b)(c)      632,250  
  6,906      Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(b)(c)      341,087  
  6,735      Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      940,475  
  8,273      Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      508,707  
  75,352      Avid Technology, Inc.(b)      422,348  
  74,969      AVX Corp.      1,267,726  
  22,464      Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(b)      432,432  
  17,632      Badger Meter, Inc.      700,872  
  73,624      Bankrate, Inc.(b)      780,414  
  62,575      Bazaarvoice, Inc.(b)      294,102  
  13,909      Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      336,598  
  35,194      Belden, Inc.      2,453,022  
  71,851      Black Box Corp.      711,325  
  10,750      Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      445,050  
  14,087      Blackbaud, Inc.      1,132,736  
  51,094      Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      2,066,752  
  54,055      Blucora, Inc.(b)      997,315  
  23,325      Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc.(b)      543,472  
  9,548      BroadSoft, Inc.(b)      366,643  
  52,063      Brooks Automation, Inc.      1,315,111  
  29,167      Cabot Microelectronics Corp.      2,285,234  
  27,551      CalAmp Corp.(b)      494,265  
  59,653      Calix, Inc.(b)      399,675  
  10,192      Callidus Software, Inc.(b)      214,542  
  165,375      Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      2,199,487  
  32,952      Cardtronics PLC, Class A(b)      1,370,144  
  6,963      Cass Information Systems, Inc.      462,831  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  9,249      Cavium, Inc.(b)    $ 636,794  
  7,340      CEVA, Inc.(b)      264,240  
  91,532      Ciena Corp.(b)      2,096,998  
  18,403      Cimpress NV (Netherlands)(b)(c)      1,510,518  
  38,754      Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      2,493,820  
  17,731      Cognex Corp.      1,513,164  
  9,583      Coherent, Inc.(b)      2,066,095  
  27,914      Cohu, Inc.      522,829  
  18,234      CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)      919,905  
  91,535      Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      1,282,405  
  12,264      Control4 Corp.(b)      207,262  
  10,431      CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      2,512,724  
  47,502      Cray, Inc.(b)      850,286  
  30,921      CSG Systems International, Inc.      1,159,847  
  27,176      CTS Corp.      600,590  
  5,380      CyberArk Software Ltd. (Israel)(b)      284,656  
  74,751      Daktronics, Inc.      707,144  
  25,277      Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V(b)      1,696,339  
  93,510      DHI Group, Inc.(b)      360,013  
  36,699      Digi International, Inc.(b)      455,068  
  49,383      Diodes, Inc.(b)      1,155,068  
  34,689      Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A      1,829,151  
  23,530      DSP Group, Inc.(b)      292,948  
  74,789      Eastman Kodak Co.(b)      822,679  
  11,246      Ebix, Inc.(c)      693,878  
  65,742      Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.(b)      458,879  
  37,216      Electronics for Imaging, Inc.(b)      1,703,748  
  5,170      Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      526,099  
  21,977      EMCORE Corp.      197,793  
  39,845      Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      302,822  
  52,358      EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      295,823  
  74,645      Entegris, Inc.(b)      1,851,196  
  17,396      Envestnet, Inc.(b)      605,381  
  19,011      EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)      1,463,847  
  19,233      ePlus, Inc.(b)      1,370,351  
  31,863      Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)      2,632,521  
  257,786      Everi Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,636,941  
  45,745      EVERTEC, Inc.      725,058  
  22,856      Exar Corp.(b)      297,357  
  17,783      ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)      848,427  
  61,761      Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      482,662  
  22,899      Fabrinet (Thailand)(b)      793,908  
  8,817      Fair Isaac Corp.      1,194,527  
  17,728      FARO Technologies, Inc.(b)      649,731  
  62,820      Finisar Corp.(b)      1,434,809  
  94,740      FireEye, Inc.(b)(c)      1,185,197  
  183,067      Fitbit, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,047,143  
  30,987      FormFactor, Inc.(b)      343,956  
  8,429      Forrester Research, Inc.      341,796  
  33,710      Fortinet, Inc.(b)      1,314,690  
  20,662      Gartner, Inc.(b)      2,357,328  
  6,510      Gigamon, Inc.(b)      206,367  
  6,391      Globant SA(b)(c)      242,155  
  153,592      Glu Mobile, Inc.(b)(c)      354,798  
  13,046      GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(b)      507,750  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  24,417      Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 307,898  
  26,551      GrubHub, Inc.(b)      1,141,162  
  7,940      GTT Communications, Inc.(b)      218,350  
  14,066      Guidewire Software, Inc.(b)      864,918  
  14,461      Hackett Group, Inc. (The)      286,762  
  129,347      Harmonic, Inc.(b)      750,213  
  45,349      Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (China)      727,398  
  41,857      II-VI, Inc.(b)      1,387,560  
  6,449      Imperva, Inc.(b)      286,658  
  95,800      Infinera Corp.(b)      950,336  
  7,680      Inphi Corp.(b)      318,106  
  75,928      Inseego Corp.(b)(c)      162,486  
  59,763      Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      1,433,714  
  17,768      InterDigital, Inc.      1,597,343  
  286,083      Internap Corp.(b)(c)      886,857  
  26,531      InterXion Holding NV (Netherlands)(b)      1,105,281  
  51,370      InvenSense, Inc.(b)      660,618  
  11,330      IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      1,431,206  
  32,752      Itron, Inc.(b)      2,123,967  
  33,529      IXYS Corp.      467,730  
  28,101      j2 Global, Inc.      2,535,834  
  30,819      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      2,986,977  
  45,126      Kimball Electronics, Inc.(b)      778,423  
  124,316      Knowles Corp.(b)      2,204,123  
  81,534      Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)(b)      1,819,839  
  23,493      KVH Industries, Inc.(b)      187,944  
  87,123      Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)      597,664  
  60,569      Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      472,438  
  10,308      Littelfuse, Inc.      1,588,978  
  45,166      LivePerson, Inc.(b)      318,420  
  3,539      LogMeIn, Inc.      399,907  
  19,487      Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(b)      833,069  
  9,273      Luxoft Holding, Inc., Class A(b)      571,680  
  7,009      MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(b)      342,600  
  65,836      Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (South Korea)(b)(c)      559,606  
  18,769      Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      876,325  
  49,727      ManTech International Corp., Class A      1,765,308  
  67,981      Marchex, Inc., Class B(b)      184,229  
  14,045      Match Group, Inc.(b)(c)      261,658  
  31,499      MAXIMUS, Inc.      1,921,124  
  12,095      MaxLinear, Inc., Class A(b)      336,604  
  54,450      Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)      332,145  
  26,254      Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(b)(c)      1,239,189  
  5,808      MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)      1,329,509  
  28,276      Methode Electronics, Inc.      1,259,696  
  50,952      Microsemi Corp.(b)      2,391,687  
  4,663      MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(b)      886,763  
  31,016      MKS Instruments, Inc.      2,427,002  
  11,802      Mobileye NV(b)      730,780  
  68,951      MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)      1,228,017  
  8,431      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      771,437  
  29,057      Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.      591,310  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  18,246      MTS Systems Corp.    $ 847,527  
  12,679      Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      400,086  
  79,121      National Instruments Corp.      2,762,114  
  24,163      NeoPhotonics Corp.(b)      187,505  
  93,428      Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (South Africa)(b)      1,011,825  
  37,227      NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      1,755,253  
  84,542      NeuStar, Inc., Class A(b)      2,806,794  
  35,034      NIC, Inc.      747,976  
  22,500      Novanta, Inc.(b)      631,125  
  36,870      Oclaro, Inc.(b)(c)      295,329  
  37,100      Orbotech Ltd. (Israel)(b)      1,221,703  
  18,779      OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      1,453,495  
  5,499      Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      596,147  
  70,431      Pandora Media, Inc.(b)(c)      764,176  
  44,283      Park Electrochemical Corp.      766,982  
  3,993      Paycom Software, Inc.(b)      240,578  
  27,914      PC Connection, Inc.      802,248  
  12,797      PDF Solutions, Inc.(b)      243,399  
  9,197      Pegasystems, Inc.      418,923  
  42,690      Perficient, Inc.(b)      743,660  
  26,979      PFSweb, Inc.(b)      197,486  
  130,465      Photronics, Inc.(b)      1,500,348  
  25,008      Plantronics, Inc.      1,365,437  
  50,653      Plexus Corp.(b)      2,633,449  
  11,464      Power Integrations, Inc.      756,051  
  39,661      Progress Software Corp.      1,178,725  
  46,514      PTC, Inc.(b)      2,514,082  
  24,799      Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      263,117  
  8,047      Qualys, Inc.(b)      309,005  
  83,865      QuinStreet, Inc.(b)      375,715  
  21,830      Quotient Technology, Inc.(b)      237,947  
  56,170      Radisys Corp.(b)      225,242  
  35,789      Radware Ltd. (Israel)(b)      584,434  
  63,227      Rambus, Inc.(b)      791,602  
  12,855      RealPage, Inc.(b)      476,278  
  61,156      RetailMeNot, Inc.(b)      709,410  
  90,008      Rocket Fuel, Inc.(b)(c)      452,290  
  16,935      Rogers Corp.(b)      1,743,289  
  31,974      Rubicon Project, Inc. (The)(b)      182,572  
  22,380      Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      548,310  
  103,574      Sabre Corp.      2,424,667  
  30,486      Semtech Corp.(b)      1,041,097  
  9,188      ServiceNow, Inc.(b)      868,082  
  37,814      ServiceSource International, Inc.(b)      142,181  
  3,123      Shopify, Inc., Class A (Canada)(b)      237,192  
  57,250      ShoreTel, Inc.(b)      374,988  
  4,448      Shutterstock, Inc.(b)      192,287  
  44,251      Sigma Designs, Inc.(b)      274,356  
  6,627      Silicom Ltd. (Israel)      359,382  
  19,601      Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,394,611  
  33,198      SINA Corp. (China)(b)      2,549,938  
  62,569      Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(b)      2,427,677  
  13,295      SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      214,714  
  63,916      Sonus Networks, Inc.(b)      490,875  
  16,818      Splunk, Inc.(b)      1,081,566  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  5,978      SPS Commerce, Inc.(b)    $ 330,344  
  32,148      Square, Inc., Class A(b)      586,380  
  73,209      SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      2,689,699  
  2,832      Stamps.com, Inc.(b)(c)      300,617  
  60,642      Stratasys Ltd.(b)      1,501,496  
  130,313      SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      904,372  
  50,793      Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      1,239,349  
  63,885      Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(b)      1,904,412  
  33,093      Synaptics, Inc.(b)      1,812,504  
  27,962      Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(b)      447,392  
  52,499      Syntel, Inc.      924,507  
  13,294      Tableau Software, Inc., Class A(b)      713,622  
  38,394      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      2,413,063  
  23,086      TeleTech Holdings, Inc.      721,438  
  110,016      Tivo Corp.      2,172,816  
  185,461      Travelport Worldwide Ltd.      2,442,521  
  121,307      TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      2,029,466  
  9,675      Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,582,733  
  6,740      Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.(b)(c)      347,245  
  4,256      Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      862,564  
  46,649      Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(b)      897,527  
  18,739      Ultratech, Inc.(b)      571,914  
  8,854      Universal Display Corp.      791,105  
  28,871      VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)      389,759  
  47,266      Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      1,559,778  
  63,205      Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      2,483,957  
  31,323      VeriSign, Inc.(b)(c)      2,785,241  
  63,245      Versum Materials, Inc.      2,025,105  
  39,925      ViaSat, Inc.(b)      2,556,398  
  132,451      Viavi Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,324,510  
  30,557      Virtusa Corp.(b)      946,656  
  22,470      Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(b)      386,484  
  29,155      VMware, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      2,744,069  
  39,278      Web.com Group, Inc.(b)      758,065  
  15,527      WebMD Health Corp.(b)      842,029  
  26,341      WEX, Inc.(b)      2,672,558  
  10,491      Workday, Inc., Class A(b)      916,913  
  62,737      Xcerra Corp.(b)      614,823  
  16,502      XO Group, Inc.(b)      289,610  
  29,019      Xperi Corp.      975,038  
  105,072      Yandex NV, Class A (Russia)(b)      2,864,263  
  23,402      Yelp, Inc., Class A(b)      828,665  
  34,809      Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)      3,281,444  
  8,407      Zendesk, Inc.(b)      241,701  
  20,594      Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(b)      792,663  
  39,472      Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(b)      1,539,408  
  766,867      Zynga, Inc., Class A(b)      2,216,246  
     

 

 

 
        255,326,957  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—5.8%  
  65,713      A. Schulman, Inc.      2,079,816  
  78,393      Advansix, Inc.(b)      2,136,993  
  79,859      Agrofresh Solutions, Inc.(b)(c)      448,009  
  34,548      American Vanguard Corp.      578,679  
  16,997      Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.      247,306  
  11,580      Balchem Corp.      939,833  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  100,493      Boise Cascade Co.(b)    $ 3,065,036  
  51,198      Calgon Carbon Corp.      744,931  
  100,492      Century Aluminum Co.(b)      1,370,711  
  44,225      Clearwater Paper Corp.(b)      2,149,335  
  96,103      Coeur Mining, Inc.(b)      870,693  
  16,161      Core Molding Technologies, Inc.(b)      319,665  
  5,155      Deltic Timber Corp.      398,842  
  20,072      Eagle Materials, Inc.      1,926,310  
  104,160      Ferro Corp.(b)      1,866,547  
  41,195      Ferroglobe PLC      397,532  
  50,209      Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      603,010  
  52,019      FutureFuel Corp.      804,214  
  88,330      GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(b)      2,906,057  
  84,471      Gold Resource Corp.(c)      278,754  
  278,381      Golden Star Resources Ltd.(b)      200,045  
  47,409      Greif, Inc., Class A      2,779,116  
  51,817      H.B. Fuller Co.      2,737,492  
  10,663      Hawkins, Inc.      544,879  
  19,968      Haynes International, Inc.      844,447  
  47,079      Headwaters, Inc.(b)      1,118,597  
  252,321      Hecla Mining Co.      1,375,149  
  28,967      Ingevity Corp.(b)      1,831,583  
  32,722      Innophos Holdings, Inc.      1,568,693  
  18,831      Innospec, Inc.      1,242,846  
  295,783      Intrepid Potash, Inc.(b)(c)      535,367  
  22,791      Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      1,923,788  
  106,288      KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      2,241,614  
  7,153      KMG Chemicals, Inc.      375,890  
  27,799      Koppers Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,180,068  
  62,242      Kraton Corp.(b)      2,035,936  
  46,237      Kronos Worldwide, Inc.      810,072  
  96,532      Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      2,484,734  
  115,879      LSB Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      1,276,987  
  37,193      Materion Corp.      1,415,194  
  74,581      McEwen Mining, Inc.(b)(c)      226,726  
  26,633      Minerals Technologies, Inc.      2,096,017  
  42,284      Multi Packaging Solutions International Ltd.(b)      758,998  
  45,065      Myers Industries, Inc.      734,559  
  15,853      Neenah Paper, Inc.      1,242,083  
  30,871      Olympic Steel, Inc.      696,141  
  116,803      OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,109,628  
  92,541      P.H. Glatfelter Co.      1,990,557  
  8,658      Quaker Chemical Corp.      1,251,947  
  115,029      Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.      1,524,134  
  100,609      Rentech, Inc.(b)      52,297  
  41,785      Royal Gold, Inc.      2,953,364  
  96,053      Ryerson Holding Corp.(b)      1,315,926  
  79,328      Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A      1,499,299  
  41,107      Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.      1,769,656  
  30,606      Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)      2,956,540  
  35,764      Sensient Technologies Corp.      2,925,495  
  21,551      Stepan Co.      1,827,525  
  98,760      Stillwater Mining Co.(b)      1,775,705  
  68,938      Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(b)      1,768,949  
  164,023      SunCoke Energy, Inc.(b)      1,504,091  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  73,521      TimkenSteel Corp.(b)    $ 1,108,697  
  31,880      Tredegar Corp.      546,742  
  152,785      Tronox Ltd., Class A      2,522,480  
  11,863      US Concrete, Inc.(b)(c)      735,506  
  20,266      Valvoline, Inc.(c)      450,919  
  46,033      Westlake Chemical Corp.      2,865,554  
  53,136      Worthington Industries, Inc.      2,311,416  
     

 

 

 
        95,175,721  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—7.1%  
  63,578      Acadia Realty Trust REIT      1,848,848  
  13,417      Agree Realty Corp. REIT      650,456  
  30,401      Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.      1,398,750  
  1,537      Alexander’s, Inc. REIT      668,303  
  2,459      Altisource Asset Management Corp.(b)(c)      188,359  
  34,179      Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA(b)(c)      755,014  
  178,935      Altisource Residential Corp. REIT      2,573,085  
  34,663      American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT      1,484,616  
  127,389      American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT      2,936,316  
  41,744      Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      595,269  
  48,445      Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. REIT      513,033  
  271,853      Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      1,699,081  
  16,449      Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Class A REIT      204,955  
  79,403      Care Capital Properties, Inc. REIT      2,133,559  
  42,628      CareTrust REIT, Inc. REIT      725,529  
  44,339      CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      519,210  
  153,071      Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      823,522  
  53,813      Chatham Lodging Trust REIT      1,041,820  
  88,773      Chesapeake Lodging Trust REIT      2,069,299  
  16,583      Colony Starwood Homes REIT      573,274  
  14,072      CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. REIT(c)      513,347  
  8,678      CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      849,142  
  171,002      Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT      1,451,807  
  34,446      CyrusOne, Inc. REIT      1,882,129  
  41,501      DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      2,139,377  
  17,605      Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT      354,213  
  26,487      EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT      2,072,608  
  50,825      Education Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      1,970,485  
  65,285      Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      1,357,928  
  154,088      FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT      1,194,182  
  75,013      First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      2,110,866  
  122,533      First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      1,347,863  
  49,235      Forestar Group, Inc.(b)      696,675  
  22,183      Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. REIT      517,529  
  167,339      Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT      2,029,822  
  29,269      Getty Realty Corp. REIT      749,286  
  28,034      Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      625,158  
  55,764      Global NET Lease, Inc. REIT      1,317,703  
  120,187      Government Properties Income Trust REIT      2,562,387  
  66,700      Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT      1,229,948  
  33,099      HFF, Inc., Class A      1,039,309  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  55,068      Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. REIT    $ 1,892,137  
  45,926      Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      422,519  
  52,353      InfraREIT, Inc. REIT      999,942  
  275,018      Investors Real Estate Trust REIT      1,625,356  
  101,187      iStar, Inc. REIT(b)      1,237,517  
  66,647      Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.      1,359,599  
  103,663      Kite Realty Group Trust REIT      2,110,579  
  32,732      Life Storage, Inc. REIT      2,565,861  
  27,691      LTC Properties, Inc. REIT      1,324,737  
  10,410      Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(b)      268,578  
  21,257      Medequities Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      251,258  
  41,421      Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT(c)      621,315  
  199,105      Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. REIT      2,026,889  
  23,364      National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      1,709,544  
  19,532      National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT      478,534  
  168,389      New Senior Investment Group, Inc. REIT      1,754,613  
  14,820      NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT      355,828  
  67,170      NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. REIT      781,187  
  19,320      One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT      469,090  
  24,944      Parkway, Inc. REIT      502,622  
  89,021      Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT      2,649,265  
  107,570      Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust REIT      1,489,845  
  56,932      Physicians Realty Trust REIT      1,118,144  
  38,678      Potlatch Corp. REIT      1,742,444  
  43,171      Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A REIT      610,870  
  15,524      PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      1,886,787  
  25,398      QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      1,357,269  
  326,862      RAIT Financial Trust REIT      1,003,466  
  107,330      Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT      1,430,709  
  12,080      RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A      714,532  
  79,107      Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT      1,629,604  
  35,638      Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT      888,812  
  4,225      RMR Group, Inc. (The), Class A      222,869  
  75,519      Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      2,053,362  
  11,826      Saul Centers, Inc. REIT      710,151  
  94,089      Select Income REIT      2,357,870  
  28,311      Seritage Growth Properties, Class A REIT(c)      1,174,907  
  28,169      Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      603,662  
  41,891      St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      733,093  
  61,739      STAG Industrial, Inc., Class A REIT      1,627,440  
  112,067      STORE Capital Corp. REIT      2,688,487  
  85,968      Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      1,421,051  
  82,491      Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      2,572,894  
  11,747      Tejon Ranch Co.(b)      269,006  
  30,731      Terreno Realty Corp. REIT      948,973  
  78,743      Tier REIT, Inc. REIT      1,363,041  
  27,397      UMH Properties, Inc. REIT      438,900  
  8,261      Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      576,205  
  43,166      Urban Edge Properties REIT      1,100,733  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  34,441      Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT    $ 677,110  
  81,689      Washington REIT      2,587,091  
  41,472      Whitestone REIT      520,059  
     

 

 

 
        115,340,418  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.3%  
  11,144      ATN International, Inc.      771,053  
  22,111      Boingo Wireless, Inc.(b)      315,966  
  125,910      Cincinnati Bell, Inc.(b)      2,373,404  
  24,030      Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.      1,081,350  
  85,312      Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.(c)      2,019,335  
  54,324      FairPoint Communications, Inc.(b)      926,224  
  58,416      General Communication, Inc., Class A(b)      2,187,095  
  10,467      Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(b)      266,385  
  43,844      IDT Corp., Class B(b)      665,990  
  225,049      Intelsat SA(b)(c)      663,895  
  202,928      Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      2,151,037  
  29,618      Lumos Networks Corp.(b)      530,458  
  24,768      Magicjack Vocaltec Ltd. (Israel)(b)(c)      203,098  
  588,400      NII Holdings, Inc.(b)      507,672  
  46,183      ORBCOMM, Inc.(b)      445,204  
  8,113      pdvWireless, Inc.(b)(c)      208,098  
  30,650      Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.      980,800  
  41,003      Spok Holdings, Inc.      736,004  
  36,711      United States Cellular Corp.(b)      1,438,337  
  202,551      Vonage Holdings Corp.(b)      1,359,117  
  46,904      Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,644,923  
     

 

 

 
        21,475,445  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.8%  
  35,210      American States Water Co.      1,567,549  
  9,437      Artesian Resources Corp., Class A      362,475  
  370,782      Atlantic Power Corp.(b)      926,955  
  92,293      Atlantica Yield PLC (Spain)      1,923,386  
  50,308      California Water Service Group      1,795,996  
  14,950      Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      1,095,835  
  9,083      Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      487,485  
  24,306      Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands)      286,811  
  60,751      El Paso Electric Co.      3,134,752  
  31,241      MGE Energy, Inc.      2,008,796  
  15,500      Middlesex Water Co.      590,860  
  42,681      Northwest Natural Gas Co.      2,543,788  
  33,883      NRG Yield, Inc., Class A      587,531  
  61,699      NRG Yield, Inc., Class C      1,092,072  
  19,107      Ormat Technologies, Inc.      1,128,459  
  48,534      Otter Tail Corp.      1,917,093  
  65,709      Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      1,446,912  
  16,016      SJW Corp.      782,221  
  84,556      South Jersey Industries, Inc.      3,172,541  
  100,668      TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A      478,173  
  106,539      TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,341,326  
  22,725      Unitil Corp.      1,100,572  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  8,481      York Water Co. (The)    $ 318,038  
     

 

 

 
        30,089,626  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,429,307,281)—99.9%
     1,630,657,170  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—7.4%  
  121,440,868      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $121,440,868)
     121,440,868  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,550,748,149)—107.3%
     1,752,098,038  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.3)%      (119,570,653
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,632,527,385  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

    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)

  $ 34,575,234      $ 143,054,936      $ 4,890,975,266      $ 1,630,657,170  

Affiliated investments, at value

    61,657        1,109,967        61,662,844        121,440,868  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    34,636,891        144,164,903        4,952,638,110        1,752,098,038  

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    4,702        37,411        5,622,241        570,746  

Securities lending

           834        82,849        301,896  

Foreign tax reclaims

                  3,391         

Investments sold

                         3,834,201  

Other assets

    652        1,200        6,682        2,203  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    34,642,245        144,204,348        4,958,353,273        1,756,807,084  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:           

Due to custodian

                  1,248,036        1,807,168  

Payables:

          

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

           1,020,505        56,940,680        121,440,868  

Accrued advisory fees

    7,144        57,543        1,078,672        344,674  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    17,879        32,217        128,526        46,810  

Accrued expenses

    47,597        42,330        1,870,022        640,179  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    72,620        1,152,595        61,265,936        124,279,699  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 34,569,625      $ 143,051,753      $ 4,897,087,337      $ 1,632,527,385  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:           

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 65,396,997      $ 342,894,446      $ 4,418,003,546      $ 1,551,037,976  

Undistributed net investment income

    (27,592      (31,138      8,775,000        1,168,429  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (37,486,650      (210,167,891      (218,733,240      (121,028,909

Net unrealized appreciation

    6,686,870        10,356,336        689,042,031        201,349,889  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 34,569,625      $ 143,051,753      $ 4,897,087,337      $ 1,632,527,385  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    400,000        1,700,000        47,700,000        13,850,000  

Net asset value

  $ 86.42      $ 84.15      $ 102.66      $ 117.87  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 86.38      $ 84.16      $ 102.67      $ 117.82  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 27,888,364      $ 132,698,600      $ 4,202,042,205      $ 1,429,307,281  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 61,657      $ 1,109,967      $ 61,553,874      $ 121,440,868  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 27,950,021      $ 133,808,567      $ 4,263,596,079      $ 1,550,748,149  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $      $ 1,031,481      $ 54,989,960      $ 117,300,156  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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, 2017

 

    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

  $ 235,806      $ 1,601,169      $ 102,803,632      $ 20,209,642  

Affiliated dividend income

    276        370        234,342        4,819  

Securities lending income

           7,819        804,632        2,783,030  

Foreign withholding tax

    (1,174      (182      (5,311      (18,778
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    234,908        1,609,176        103,837,295        22,978,713  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:           

Advisory fees

    170,634        694,776        12,953,156        4,180,686  

Accounting & administration fees

    36,827        36,827        833,837        270,471  

Sub-licensing fees

    26,208        41,724        4,021,035        1,297,639  

Professional fees

    25,875        30,617        79,082        42,270  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    7,818        9,510        75,546        28,085  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    4,367        6,407        95,206        52,303  

Other expenses

    18,207        23,832        167,800        48,335  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    289,936        843,693        18,225,662        5,919,789  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (85,298      (10,141      (810,212      (299,926
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    204,638        833,552        17,415,450        5,619,863  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    30,270        775,624        86,421,845        17,358,850  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (2,305,012      (12,622,048      (77,236,390      (48,969,471

In-kind redemptions

    4,217,353        28,707,787        233,576,845        134,924,982  

Foreign currencies

                         159  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    1,912,341        16,085,739        156,340,455        85,955,670  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment securities

    5,369,013        6,403,892        418,335,665        184,066,542  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    7,281,354        22,489,631        574,676,120        270,022,212  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 7,311,624      $ 23,265,255      $ 661,097,965      $ 287,381,062  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares DWA NASDAQ
Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Market Portfolio (PWC)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 30,270      $ (37,908    $ 775,624      $ 1,747,478  

Net realized gain (loss)

    1,912,341        (4,266,521      16,085,739        (858,735

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,369,013        (2,129,082      6,403,892        (1,716,563
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    7,311,624        (6,433,511      23,265,255        (827,820
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (29,253      (22,077      (1,505,949      (1,698,632

Return of capital

    (35,078      (2,759              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (64,331      (24,836      (1,505,949      (1,698,632
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    19,779,660        35,446,415        222,152,171        152,722,956  

Value of shares repurchased

    (27,370,608      (24,097,986      (243,981,797      (176,024,640
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (7,590,948      11,348,429        (21,829,626      (23,301,684
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (343,655      4,890,082        (70,320      (25,828,136
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    34,913,280        30,023,198        143,122,073        168,950,209  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 34,569,625      $ 34,913,280      $ 143,051,753      $ 143,122,073  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ (27,592    $ (28,618    $ (31,138    $ 347,577  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    250,000        450,000        2,850,000        2,050,000  

Shares repurchased

    (350,000      (350,000      (3,150,000      (2,350,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    500,000        400,000        2,000,000        2,300,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    400,000        500,000        1,700,000        2,000,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016  
        
$ 86,421,845      $ 92,339,251      $ 17,358,850      $ 14,578,380  
  156,340,455        319,111,469        85,955,670        27,325,820  
  418,335,665        (458,584,354      184,066,542        (101,820,682

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  661,097,965        (47,133,634      287,381,062        (59,916,482

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  (87,957,739      (96,826,783      (19,236,098      (14,367,669
                        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (87,957,739      (96,826,783      (19,236,098      (14,367,669

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  792,919,263        761,845,771        624,686,726        284,803,033  
  (611,372,688      (1,033,501,636      (367,598,913      (261,733,949

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  181,546,575        (271,655,865      257,087,813        23,069,084  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  754,686,801        (415,616,282      525,232,777        (51,215,067

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  4,142,400,536        4,558,016,818        1,107,294,608        1,158,509,675  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 4,897,087,337      $ 4,142,400,536      $ 1,632,527,385      $ 1,107,294,608  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 8,775,000      $ 10,310,894      $ 1,168,429      $ 2,493,309  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  7,900,000        8,600,000        5,750,000        3,000,000  
  (6,150,000      (11,950,000      (3,250,000      (2,850,000
  45,950,000        49,300,000        11,350,000        11,200,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  47,700,000        45,950,000        13,850,000        11,350,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio (DWAQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 69.83      $  75.06     $ 64.34      $ 55.40   $ 51.32

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.07        (0.06     0.06        0.21       0.71 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    16.65        (5.11     10.66        9.00       4.18  

Total from investment operations

    16.72        (5.17     10.72        9.21     4.89

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.06      (0.05            (0.27     (0.81

Return of capital

    (0.07      (0.01                   

Total distributions

    (0.13      (0.06            (0.27     (0.81

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 86.42      $ 69.83     $ 75.06      $ 64.34   $ 55.40

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 86.38      $ 69.82     $ 75.10      $ 64.32   $ 55.32
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     23.98      (6.90 )%      16.66      16.64     9.75
Market Price Total Return(d)     23.95      (6.96 )%      16.76      16.77     9.63
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 34,570      $ 34,913     $ 30,023      $ 25,734     $ 22,160  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60     0.60      0.60 %(e)      0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.85      0.81     0.96      0.91 %(e)      0.95

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.09      (0.09 )%      0.09      0.32     1.42 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    89      118     154      296     118

 

(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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 71.56      $  73.46     $ 70.27      $ 56.26    $ 46.78

Net investment income(a)

    0.43        0.82       0.68        0.60        0.82  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    12.98        (1.91     3.25        13.99        9.51  

Total from investment operations

    13.41        (1.09     3.93        14.59      10.33

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.82      (0.81     (0.74      (0.58      (0.85

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 84.15      $ 71.56     $ 73.46      $ 70.27    $ 56.26

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 84.16      $ 71.55     $ 73.40      $ 70.27    $ 56.23
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     18.88      (1.50 )%      5.58      26.09      22.39
Market Price Total Return(c)     18.91      (1.43 )%      5.49      26.15      22.40
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 143,052      $ 143,122     $ 168,950      $ 186,219      $ 140,658  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60 %      0.59      0.60      0.60

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.61      0.60     0.59      0.60      0.60

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.56 %       1.13 %      0.93      0.94      1.68

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    231      231     237      244      166

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 90.15     $  92.45     $ 85.42     $ 71.42   $ 59.73

Net investment income(a)

    1.86       1.93       1.72       1.45       1.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    12.56       (2.23     6.93       13.89       11.66  

Total from investment operations

    14.42       (0.30     8.65       15.34     12.97

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (1.91     (2.00     (1.62     (1.34     (1.28

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 102.66     $ 90.15     $ 92.45     $ 85.42   $ 71.42

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 102.67     $ 90.13     $ 92.43     $ 85.37   $ 71.42
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     16.16     (0.23 )%      10.19     21.68     22.06
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.19     (0.24 )%      10.23     21.61     22.09
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

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

  $ 4,897,087     $ 4,142,401     $ 4,558,017     $ 3,305,696     $ 1,778,450  

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     0.41     0.41     0.43

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.93     2.19     1.92     1.84     2.10

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    11     12     10     12     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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 97.56      $ 103.44     $ 96.35      $ 77.76    $ 66.71

Net investment income(a)

    1.30        1.25       1.38        0.98        1.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    20.46        (5.93     7.04        18.52        11.08  

Total from investment operations

    21.76        (4.68     8.42        19.50      12.21

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (1.45      (1.20     (1.33      (0.91      (1.16

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 117.87      $ 97.56     $ 103.44      $ 96.35    $ 77.76

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 117.82      $ 97.55     $ 103.45      $ 96.38    $ 77.67
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     22.44      (4.49 )%      8.80      25.22      18.56
Market Price Total Return(c)     22.40      (4.52 )%      8.78      25.40      18.41
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 1,632,527      $ 1,107,295     $ 1,158,510      $ 958,731      $ 563,763  

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     0.42      0.42      0.43

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.20      1.30     1.39      1.08      1.64

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    29      28     26      31      30

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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.” Shares of Dynamic Market Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc., and Shares of DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. Prior to December 7, 2016, Shares of DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio were 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

DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® NASDAQ Technical Leaders 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 following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

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 will 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-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 Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. For Dynamic Market Portfolio and FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

 

 

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The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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.

G. 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.

H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, Dynamic Market Portfolio, 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with

 

 

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these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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, 2018. 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, 2018. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, through August 31, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 85,298  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      10,141  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      810,212  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      299,926  

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 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 DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio and Dynamic Market Portfolio, the expenses borne by the Adviser are not subject to recapture.

 

 

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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, 2017 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        4/30/18      4/30/19      4/30/20  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio    $ 2,467,520      $ 811,780      $ 851,900      $ 803,840  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      877,258        320,530        259,243        297,485  

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, LLC
Dynamic Market Portfolio    NYSE Group, Inc.
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio    FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates LLC
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    FTSE International Limited and Research Affiliates 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 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, 2017.

FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 3,147,763      $ 684,827      $ (257,924    $ 210,726      $ (15,080    $ 3,770,312      $ 115,620  
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT      875,047        193,448        (345,740      298,640        (69,543      951,852        106,372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Affiliates    $ 4,022,810      $ 878,275      $ (603,664    $ 509,366      $ (84,623    $ 4,722,164      $ 221,992  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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As of April 30, 2017, 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, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 29,253      $ 35,078      $ 22,077      $ 2,759  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      1,505,949               1,698,632         
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      87,957,739               96,826,783         
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      19,236,098               14,367,669         

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation—
Investment
Securities
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Late-Year
Ordinary/
Post-October
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio**   $     $ (17,173   $ 6,640,385     $ (36,467,721   $ (982,863   $ 65,396,997     $ 34,569,625  
Dynamic Market Portfolio           (31,138     10,176,135       (205,945,819     (4,041,871     342,894,446       143,051,753  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio     8,896,145       (121,145     625,677,458       (95,385,223     (59,983,444     4,418,003,546       4,897,087,337  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio     2,180,979       (44,433     159,821,617       (58,250,243     (22,218,511     1,551,037,976       1,632,527,385  

 

* 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 NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio incurred and will elect to defer Late-Year Ordinary Losses of $10,419 and Post –October Capital Losses of $972,444.

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, 2017.

 

                   Post-effective/no
expiration
               
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 14,947,690      $ 3,683,431      $ 17,836,600      $      $ 36,467,721      $ 15,764,010  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      104,214,879        15,461,574        84,940,699        1,328,667        205,945,819        96,635,542  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      49,808,238        38,490,195        4,543,924        2,542,866        95,385,223        36,351,059  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      5,168,127        2,475,894        18,355,986        32,250,236        58,250,243        4,933,892  

 

* 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, 2017, 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    $ 31,414,929      $ 34,410,976  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      334,197,156        333,672,270  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      498,607,014        498,256,678  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      417,665,684        418,504,770  

 

 

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For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 19,787,247      $ 24,400,922  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      221,964,536        244,503,107  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      792,164,260        608,683,938  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      621,779,418        364,320,388  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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 NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 6,860,546      $ (220,161    $ 6,640,385      $ 27,996,506  
Dynamic Market Portfolio      14,515,969        (4,339,834      10,176,135        133,988,768  
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio      796,972,538        (171,295,080      625,677,458        4,326,960,652  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      264,605,536        (104,783,919      159,821,617        1,592,276,421  

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio    $ 9      $ 11,644,037      $ (11,644,046
Dynamic Market Portfolio      351,610        69,030,679        (69,382,289
FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio             (180,225,067      180,225,067  
FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      552,368        (123,409,772      122,857,404  

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, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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

 

 

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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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders 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:

 

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”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, 2017.

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 the 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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,174.40       0.60   $ 3.23  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

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

Actual

    1,000.00       1,141.60       0.60       3.19  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60       3.01  
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio (PRF)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,129.30       0.39       2.06  

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       1,171.90       0.39       2.10  

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, 2017. 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 expenses 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends Received
Deduction*
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio        93 %       85 %

 

* 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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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

   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    None

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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

* This is the date the Officer 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    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable

 

 

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period the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement and 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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio;

 

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

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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® Quality Portfolio;

 

 

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    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          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 Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio          X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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 contractual 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          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          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 Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          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          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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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In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.com.


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     April 30, 2017

2017 Annual Report to Shareholders

 

PWB    PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio
PWV    PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio
EQWS    PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio
PXSG    PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio
PXSV    PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio
EQWM    PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio
PXMG    PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio
PXMV    PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio
EQWL    PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio
PXLG    PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio
PXLV    PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio
PZI    PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

     37  

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

     38  

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)

     39  

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

     57  

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)

     60  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)

     64  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

     72  

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)

     74  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)

     76  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

     79  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)

     81  

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

     82  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      88  
Statements of Operations      90  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      92  
Financial Highlights      96  
Notes to Financial Statements      105  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      116  
Fees and Expenses      117  
Tax Information      119  
Trustees and Officers      120  

Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

     126  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

 

 

 

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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 Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) considers a company to be a large capitalization company if it falls within the Index model. The Index for the Fund is composed of 50 large capitalization U.S. growth stocks that, strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 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 Index Provider Intellidex model. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 14.57%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 14.46%. During the same time period, the Index returned 15.20%. 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 as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalance process.

During this same time period, the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.50%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 610 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 growth stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. 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 health care sector and most underweight the industrials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative

underweight allocation in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The materials sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the energy sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Amazon.com, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 3.46%), and NVIDIA Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.18%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 3.22%), and NIKE, Inc., Class B, a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      36.0  
Consumer Discretionary      20.7  
Health Care      14.9  
Energy      8.3  
Consumer Staples      7.5  
Industrials      5.7  
Financials      4.1  
Telecommunication Services      1.5  
Materials      1.3  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      3.6  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A      3.5  
Amazon.com, Inc.      3.5  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      3.5  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      3.5  
Microsoft Corp.      3.4  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A      3.4  
Starbucks Corp.      3.4  
Comcast Corp., Class A      3.4  
Philip Morris International, 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, 2017

 

Index  

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  
                      Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Dynamic Large Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index     15.20     12.37     41.90     14.82     99.61     8.62     128.59       8.63     173.52
Russell 1000® Growth Index     19.50       12.11       40.91       13.87       91.44       8.88       134.10         9.15       189.83  
Fund                    
NAV Return     14.46       11.69       39.33       14.13       93.67       7.92       114.29         7.92       152.64  
Market Price Return     14.57       11.71       39.41       14.15       93.78       7.92       114.30         7.91       152.28  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.57%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 Group, Inc. (“NYSE Group” or the “Index Provider”) considers a company to be a large capitalization company if it falls within the Index model. The Index for the Fund is composed of 50 large capitalization U.S. value stocks that, strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes 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 NYSE Group Intellidex model. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 20.14%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 20.06%. During the same time period, the Index returned 20.80%. 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 the 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 16.55%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 690 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. 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 the energy sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative overweight allocation in the information technology sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and industrials sectors, respectively. The consumer discretionary sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the energy sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 3.39%), and CSX Corp., an industrials company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Target Corp., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.62%), and Gilead Sciences, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      28.5  
Information Technology      24.9  
Health Care      18.8  
Industrials      11.4  
Consumer Staples      5.0  
Telecommunication Services      3.2  
Materials      2.8  
Consumer Discretionary      2.6  
Energy      1.4  
Utilities      1.4  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  

Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Security   
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      3.6  
Apple, Inc.      3.6  
Oracle Corp.      3.6  
Johnson & Johnson      3.4  
Cisco Systems, Inc.      3.4  
Intel Corp.      3.4  
Pfizer, Inc.      3.4  
Citigroup, Inc.      3.3  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      3.2  
Bank of America Corp.      3.2  
Total      34.1  
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

   

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     20.80     9.11     29.88     14.40     95.90     8.59     127.98       10.31     229.66
Russell 1000® Value Index     16.55       8.26       26.89       13.32       86.85       5.53       71.28         7.11       130.55  
Fund                    
NAV Return     20.06       8.44       27.51       13.67       89.74       7.87       113.38         9.58       204.05  
Market Price Return     20.14       8.47       27.63       13.69       89.97       7.88       113.44         9.57       203.72  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.57%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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EQWS    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 Russell 2000® Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is designed to provide equal-weighted exposure to approximately 2,000 mid and small cap securities in the larger U.S. equity market. The Index generally is composed of all of the securities included in the Russell 2000® Index, which is composed of the smallest 2,000 securities of the Russell 3000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 3,000 companies representing 95% of the U.S. equity market. Each quarter, Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) groups each component security in the Russell 2000® Index based on the Russell Global Sectors (“RGS”) classification system. The RGS system is composed of nine economic sectors: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financial services, health care, materials & processing, producer durables, technology and utilities. Once the component securities are grouped, the Index Provider allocates an equal weight to each sector and then assigns an equal weight to each constituent security within each sector. The Index Provider then screens each security for liquidity and capacity measures; a potential constituent will be included in the Index only if it is considered sufficiently liquid and has a sufficient number of outstanding shares readily available in the market. Unlike the Russell 2000® Index, which employs a market capitalization-weighted methodology, the Index’s equal weighting methodology provides equal exposure to the smallest components and underweighted sectors of the Russell 2000® Index. The Fund generally will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.11%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.21%. During the same time period, the Index returned 23.58%. 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 fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 25.63%. 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 similar broad-based small cap benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance

comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. small cap 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 consumer staples sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, which both contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the industrials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and financials sectors, respectively. There were no detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Straight Path Communications, Inc., Class B, a telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 0.23%), and Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.17%), and Cobalt International Energy, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.11%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Industrials      14.0  
Information Technology      13.4  
Consumer Discretionary      11.7  
Health Care      11.2  
Consumer Staples      10.8  
Energy      9.4  
Financials      8.5  
Utilities      7.2  
Materials      6.9  
Telecommunication Services      4.4  
Real Estate      2.4  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  

 

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Straight Path Communications, Inc., Class B      0.8  
General Communication, Inc., Class A      0.3  
AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc.      0.3  
Sanderson Farms, Inc.      0.3  
PetMed Express, Inc.      0.3  
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      0.3  
Calavo Growers, Inc.      0.3  
GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A      0.3  
SUPERVALU, Inc.      0.3  
National Beverage Corp.      0.3  
Total      3.5  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

   

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-Russell 2000® Equal Weight Index     23.58     8.15     26.50     12.35     79.02     5.74     74.76       6.14     86.03
Russell 2000® Index     25.63       9.03       29.63       12.95       83.84       7.05       97.57         7.24       107.02  
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.21       7.80       25.28       11.92       75.63       5.13       64.86         5.51       74.77  
Market Price Return     23.11       7.81       25.29       11.95       75.81       5.12       64.83         5.51       74.73  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.17% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.25%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell 2000® Equal Weight Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Small Core Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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PXSG    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 Russell 2000® Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell 2000® Index, which is composed of the smallest 2,000 securities of the Russell 3000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing 95% of the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with lower CVS scores are considered growth stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most growth characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 22.82%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.02%. During the same time period, the Index returned 23.13%. 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, partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 24.06%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,160 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 small cap growth stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweight allocation in the materials sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and industrial sectors, respectively. The consumer staples sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the energy sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Extreme Networks, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.74%), and ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.40%), and Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.51%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      34.9  
Health Care      24.5  
Consumer Discretionary      16.4  
Industrials      13.9  
Consumer Staples      3.1  
Materials      2.5  
Real Estate      2.4  
Financials      1.6  
Telecommunication Services      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, 2017

 
Security   
LogMeIn, Inc.      1.4  
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      1.4  
Extreme Networks, Inc.      1.3  
MiMedx Group, Inc.      1.3  
Repligen Corp.      1.2  
Cavium, Inc.      1.1  
Builders FirstSource, Inc.      1.1  
Universal Display Corp.      1.1  
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A      1.0  
Pegasystems, Inc.      1.0  
Total      11.9  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell 2000® Pure Growth Index     23.13     6.98     22.43     11.19     69.96     5.41     69.43       6.31     110.39
Russell 2000® Growth Index     24.06       9.27       30.48       12.89       83.31       7.97       115.35         8.68       175.22  
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.02       6.77       21.71       10.89       67.67       4.84       60.46         5.75       97.41  
Market Price Return     22.82       6.77       21.72       10.91       67.80       4.84       60.40         5.73       96.95  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.67% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

The Blended-Russell 2000® Pure Growth Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Small Growth Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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PXSV    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 Russell 2000® Pure Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell 2000® Index, which is composed of the smallest 2,000 securities of the Russell 3000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing 95% of the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell 2000® Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with higher CVS scores are considered value stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most value characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 25.54%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 25.64%. During the same time period, the Index returned 25.97%. 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 2000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 27.18%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,350 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 small cap value stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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 industrials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s overweight allocation in the energy sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Veeco Instruments, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.66%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Seadrill Ltd., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.31%), and Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., an energy company (portfolio average weight of 0.27%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      41.1  
Energy      13.9  
Industrials      8.6  
Real Estate      8.4  
Consumer Discretionary      7.7  
Information Technology      7.5  
Materials      5.3  
Utilities      3.1  
Health Care      3.0  
Telecommunication Services      1.2  
Consumer Staples      0.3  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.1)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Veeco Instruments, Inc.      1.1  
DeVry Education Group, Inc.      0.9  
RetailMeNot, Inc.      0.9  
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.      0.9  
MGIC Investment Corp.      0.9  
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.      0.8  
Materion Corp.      0.8  
Columbus McKinnon Corp.      0.8  
Alon USA Energy, Inc.      0.8  
Haynes International, Inc.      0.8  
Total      8.7  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell 2000® Pure Value Index     25.97     8.41     27.41     14.84     99.77     6.92     95.22       7.82     149.79
Russell 2000® Value Index     27.18       8.71       28.46       12.96       83.93       6.02       79.51         7.48       140.35  
Fund                    
NAV Return     25.64       8.15       26.50       14.56       97.35       6.41       86.15         7.25       134.23  
Market Price Return     25.54       8.13       26.41       14.58       97.52       6.41       86.11         7.24       133.87  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.50% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell 2000® Pure Value Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Small Cap Value IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Small Value Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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EQWM    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight 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 Russell Midcap® Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is designed to provide equal-weighted exposure to approximately 800 securities of medium sized companies in the larger U.S. equity market. The Index generally is composed of all of the securities included in the Russell Midcap® Index, which is composed of the smallest 800 securities of the Russell 1000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 1,000 companies in the U.S. equity market. Each quarter, Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) groups each component security in the Russell Midcap® Index based on the Russell Global Sectors (“RGS”) classification system. The RGS system is composed of nine economic sectors: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financial services, health care, materials & processing, producer durables, technology and utilities. Once the component securities are grouped, the Index Provider allocates an equal weight to each sector and then assigns an equal weight to each constituent security within each sector. The Index Provider then screens each security for liquidity and capacity measures; a potential constituent will be included in the Index only if it is considered sufficiently liquid and has a sufficient number of outstanding shares readily available in the market. Unlike the Russell Midcap® Index, which employs a market capitalization-weighted methodology, the Index’s equal weighting methodology provides equal exposure to the smallest components and underweighted sectors of the Russell Midcap® Index. The Fund generally will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 14.11%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 14.00%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.24%. 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 Midcap® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.70%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 800 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-based mid cap benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance

comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. mid cap 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 consumer staples sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, which both contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and materials sectors, respectively. The energy sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Sprint Corp., a telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 0.30%), and NVIDIA Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.15%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Frontier Communications Corp., a telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 0.24%), and Rite Aid Corp., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 0.29%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      13.5  
Industrials      12.5  
Health Care      12.0  
Consumer Staples      11.0  
Consumer Discretionary      10.5  
Energy      10.2  
Utilities      9.1  
Materials      9.0  
Financials      5.7  
Real Estate      4.3  
Telecommunication Services      2.1  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Security   
Whole Foods Market, Inc.      0.4  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      0.4  
Herbalife Ltd.      0.4  
Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.      0.4  
Energizer Holdings, Inc.      0.3  
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.      0.3  
US Foods Holding Corp.      0.3  
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      0.3  
Ingredion, Inc.      0.3  
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      0.3  
Total      3.4  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell Midcap® Equal Weight Index     14.24     8.20     26.69     12.38     79.28     6.25     83.37       7.09     104.15
Russell Midcap® Index     16.70       8.97       29.39       13.34       87.00       7.62       108.41         8.16       126.33  
Fund                    
NAV Return     14.00       7.92       25.69       12.02       76.42       5.73       74.55         6.56       93.83  
Market Price Return     14.11       7.98       25.89       12.01       76.30       5.72       74.49         6.57       93.91  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.25%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell Midcap® Equal Weight Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Mid Core Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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PXMG    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure 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 Russell Midcap® Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell Midcap® Index, which includes the smallest 800 securities of the Russell 1000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 1,000 companies in the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell Midcap® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with lower CVS scores are considered growth stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most growth characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 19.98%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 19.89%. During the same time period, the Index returned 20.32%. 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 Midcap® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 15.83%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 470 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 midcap growth stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. midcap 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 consumer staples sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s overweight allocation in the healthcare sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and industrials sectors, respectively. The materials sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NVIDIA Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.47%), and Incyte Corp., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.86%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Under Armour, Inc., Class A, a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 1.21%), and athenahealth, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 1.29%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Information Technology      32.7  
Health Care      24.8  
Consumer Discretionary      21.1  
Industrials      9.8  
Financials      5.6  
Real Estate      3.7  
Consumer Staples      2.2  
Telecommunication Services      0.1  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Security   
Incyte Corp.      2.4  
ABIOMED, Inc.      2.1  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      2.1  
NVIDIA Corp.      2.0  
Illumina, Inc.      2.0  
Align Technology, Inc.      1.9  
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A      1.9  
ServiceNow, Inc.      1.9  
Arista Networks, Inc.      1.9  
Ulta Beauty, Inc.      1.8  
Total      20.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell Midcap® Pure Growth Index     20.32     6.26     19.98     10.43     64.21     6.27     83.62       8.30     163.64
Russell Midcap® Growth Index     15.83       8.95       29.32       12.28       78.49       7.83       112.47         9.00       185.19  
Fund                    
NAV Return     19.89       5.87       18.67       10.01       61.11       5.72       74.37         7.70       146.47  
Market Price Return     19.98       5.91       18.79       10.03       61.25       5.72       74.45         7.69       146.15  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.44% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell Midcap® Pure Growth Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap Growth IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Mid Growth Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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PXMV    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure 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 Russell Midcap® Pure Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell Midcap® Index, which includes the smallest 800 securities of the Russell 1000® Index, an index designed to measure the performance of the largest 1,000 companies in the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell Midcap® Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with higher CVS scores are considered value stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most value characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.64%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.60%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.00%. 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 Russell Midcap® Value 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 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 a benchmark similarly composed of midcap value stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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 information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweight allocation in the information technology sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and utilities sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services and information technology sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included SLM Corp., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 0.80%), and Assured Guaranty Ltd., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 1.21%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Frontier Communications Corp., a telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 0.69%), and First Solar, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.67%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      29.0  
Energy      16.5  
Utilities      14.8  
Real Estate      11.6  
Industrials      10.2  
Consumer Discretionary      5.0  
Information Technology      4.7  
Materials      3.5  
Telecommunication Services      2.8  
Health Care      1.9  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Assured Guaranty Ltd.      1.7  
Comerica, Inc.      1.6  
Popular, Inc.      1.5  
Chimera Investment Corp.      1.5  
Fifth Third Bancorp      1.4  
CIT Group, Inc.      1.3  
Timken Co. (The)      1.3  
MFA Financial, Inc.      1.3  
United Continental Holdings, Inc.      1.3  
Two Harbors Investment Corp.      1.3  
Total      14.2  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell Midcap® Pure Value Index     17.00     8.83     28.91     15.38     104.51     6.76     92.42       8.54     170.98
Russell Midcap® Value Index     17.52       8.86       29.01       14.26       94.78       7.16       99.70         9.05       186.61  
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.60       8.47       27.61       14.97       100.87       6.21       82.72         7.91       152.44  
Market Price Return     16.64       8.48       27.66       15.00       101.11       6.21       82.75         7.90       152.15  

 

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, 2018. 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 Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell Midcap® Pure Value Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Mid Cap Value IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Mid Value Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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EQWL    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight 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 Russell Top 200® Equal Weight Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is designed to provide equal-weighted exposure to the securities of the largest 200 companies in the U.S. equity market. The Index generally is composed of all of the securities included in the Russell Top 200® Index, which represents the largest 200 companies within the Russell 3000® Index, an index measuring the performance of the largest 3,000 companies representing 95% of the U.S. equity market. Each quarter, Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) groups each component security in the Russell Top 200® Index based on the Russell Global Sectors (“RGS”) classification system. The RGS system is composed of nine economic sectors: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financial services, health care, materials & processing, producer durables, technology and utilities. Once the component securities are grouped, the Index Provider allocates an equal weight to each sector and then assigns an equal weight to each constituent security within each sector. The Index Provider then screens each security for liquidity and capacity measures; a potential constituent will be included in the Index only if it is considered sufficiently liquid and has a sufficient number of outstanding shares readily available in the market. Unlike the Russell Top 200® Index, which employs a market capitalization-weighted methodology, the Index’s equal weighting methodology provides equal exposure to the smallest components and underweighted sectors of the Russell Top 200® Index. The Fund generally will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 19.80%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 19.58%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.91%. 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 18.03%. 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 similar broad-based large cap equity benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 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 health care sector and most underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative overweight allocation to the healthcare sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and industrials sectors, respectively. There were no detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included CSX Corp., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 0.54%), and Applied Materials, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.45%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Target Corp., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.47%), and Gilead Sciences, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.47%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Health Care      16.5  
Information Technology      15.1  
Financials      15.1  
Consumer Discretionary      12.9  
Industrials      11.6  
Consumer Staples      10.3  
Energy      6.2  
Materials      5.0  
Utilities      3.4  
Real Estate      2.5  
Telecommunication Services      1.4  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Security   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      0.7  
Yum China Holdings, Inc.      0.6  
Tesla, Inc.      0.6  
Bioverativ, Inc.      0.6  
Caterpillar, Inc.      0.6  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.      0.6  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C      0.5  
CSX Corp.      0.5  
HP, Inc.      0.5  
Boston Scientific Corp.      0.5  
Total      5.7  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Russell Top 200® Equal Weight Index     19.91     10.37     34.45     14.46     96.45     8.04     116.72       8.49     133.71
Russell 1000® Index     18.03       10.20       33.82       13.63       89.43       7.25       101.40         7.66       115.64  
Fund                    
NAV Return     19.58       10.04       33.23       14.07       93.10       7.50       106.01         7.94       121.59  
Market Price Return     19.80       10.05       33.27       14.09       93.27       7.50       106.13         7.94       121.60  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.25%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Russell Top 200® Equal Weight Index is comprised of the performance of the Dynamic Large Cap IntellidexSM Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 16, 2011, followed by the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Large Core Index for the period June 16, 2011 through May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index for the period May 22, 2015 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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PXLG    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure 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 Russell Top 200® Pure Growth Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that comprise the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell Top 200® Index, which includes the largest 200 securities of the Russell 3000® Index, an index measuring the performance of 95% of the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell Top 200® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with lower CVS scores are considered growth stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most growth characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.09%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.06%. During the same time period, the Index returned 18.52%. 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 Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.50%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 610 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 growth stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. 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 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 information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweight allocation in the information technology sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and health care sectors, respectively. The consumer staples sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Netflix, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 2.83%), and Broadcom Ltd., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.55%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Gilead Sciences, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.99%), and Monster Beverage Corp., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 0.99%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Consumer Discretionary      30.3  
Information Technology      26.1  
Health Care      17.8  
Consumer Staples      9.3  
Industrials      7.0  
Real Estate      4.2  
Materials      3.4  
Financials      1.8  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Netflix, Inc.      3.6  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      3.6  
Tesla, Inc.      3.5  
Amazon.com, Inc.      3.2  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A      3.0  
American Tower Corp.      2.9  
Celgene Corp.      2.9  
Broadcom Ltd.      2.8  
Boeing Co. (The)      2.6  
salesforce.com, inc.      2.6  
Total      30.7  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
          Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Russell Top 200® Pure Growth Index     18.52     10.93     36.52     13.77     90.58       14.15     117.53
Russell 1000® Growth Index     19.50       12.11       40.91       13.87       91.44         14.47       121.09  
Fund                
NAV Return     18.06       10.50       34.93       13.32       86.83         13.70       112.63  
Market Price Return     18.09       10.52       35.01       13.33       86.96         13.73       112.90  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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 Blended-Russell Top 200® Pure Growth Index performance is comprised of the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Large Growth Index from Fund inception through the conversion date, May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2017.
 

 

 

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PXLV    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure 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 Russell Top 200® Pure Value Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in the component securities that compose the Index.

The Index is composed of securities selected from the Russell Top 200® Index, which includes the largest 200 securities of the Russell 3000® Index, an index measuring the performance of 95% of the U.S. equity market. Frank Russell Company (the “Index Provider”) first identifies securities in the Russell Top 200® Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasting growth values. The Index’s constituent securities are then assigned a Composite Value Score (“CVS”), which is calculated based on three characteristics (book to price (a value characteristic), sales per share growth (a growth characteristic) and medium-term growth forecast (a growth characteristic)) to identify whether they are growth or value securities. In general, stocks with higher CVS scores are considered value stocks. The Index then weights securities in proportion to their CVS score, giving greatest weight to the securities demonstrating the most value characteristics. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.69%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.50%. During the same time period, the Index returned 24.00%. 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 Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.55%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 690 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. 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 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s overweight allocation in the financials sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and information technology sectors, respectively. The real estate sector was the only detracting sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Morgan Stanley, a financials company (portfolio average weight of 2.61%), and CSX Corp., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 1.84%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included General Electric Co., an industrials company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Baker Hughes, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      38.9  
Energy      16.3  
Utilities      12.7  
Industrials      9.5  
Information Technology      9.4  
Consumer Staples      4.4  
Consumer Discretionary      3.6  
Health Care      2.2  
Materials      1.6  
Telecommunication Services      1.1  
Real Estate      0.3  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Yahoo!, Inc.      3.3  
Morgan Stanley      3.3  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      3.1  
Citigroup, Inc.      3.0  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      2.9  
CSX Corp.      2.8  
Duke Energy Corp.      2.8  
Bank of America Corp.      2.8  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.      2.8  
Eaton Corp. PLC      2.7  
Total      29.5  
 

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

   

1 Year

    3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
          Fund Inception  
Index                   Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Blended-Russell Top 200® Pure Value Index     24.00     9.63     31.75     14.88     100.06       13.57     111.16
Russell 1000® Value Index     16.55       8.26       26.89       13.32       86.85         12.72       102.03  
Fund                
NAV Return     23.50       9.22       30.30       14.46       96.44         13.15       106.58  
Market Price Return     23.69       9.26       30.42       14.49       96.73         13.19       107.01  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.55% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.39%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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 Blended-Russell Top 200® Pure Value Index performance is comprised of the performance of the RAFI® Fundamental Large Value Index from Fund inception through the conversion date, May 22, 2015, followed by the performance of the Index starting from the conversion date through April 30, 2017.
 

 

 

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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”) considers a company to be a micro capitalization company if it falls within the Index model. 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 the lower threshold equal to a minimum capitalization of approximately 0.015% of the largest capitalization domestic company at the time of selection. The Index Provider, strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, selects companies for inclusion in the Index from a universe of 7,000 domestic companies. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.81%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.87%. During the same time period, the Index returned 24.91%. 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 as well as the impact of trading costs associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalance process.

During this same time period, the Russell Microcap® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 25.03%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,490 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 benchmark similarly composed of micro-cap stocks. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index

during the period can be attributed due to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period as well as the impact of trading costs associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalance process.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and information technology sectors, respectively. The energy sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services sector.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included SodaStream International Ltd. (Israel), a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.29%), and Tivity Health, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Ocean Rig UDW, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of April 30, 2017

 
Financials      45.1  
Industrials      12.9  
Energy      10.6  
Information Technology      8.9  
Consumer Discretionary      8.1  
Real Estate      5.0  
Materials      4.5  
Health Care      3.1  
Consumer Staples      1.3  
Telecommunication Services      0.3  
Utilities      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, 2017

 
Security   
RetailMeNot, Inc.      0.4  
CAI International, Inc.      0.3  
Southcross Energy Partners LP      0.3  
Resolute Forest Products, Inc.      0.3  
NL Industries, Inc.      0.3  
VOXX International Corp.      0.3  
DMC Global, Inc.      0.3  
Ring Energy, Inc.      0.3  
Exar Corp.      0.3  
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.      0.3  
Total      3.1  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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  
Zacks Micro Cap Index™     24.91     7.75     25.09     13.47     88.07     2.46     27.51       4.15     60.86
Russell Microcap® Index     25.03       7.36       23.74       12.99       84.13       5.37       68.76         6.54       109.93  
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.87       6.95       22.33       12.55       80.58       1.62       17.48         3.28       45.79  
Market Price Return     23.81       6.95       22.35       12.58       80.83       1.65       17.83         3.26       45.54  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.11%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.11% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.81%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—20.7%  
  16,749      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 15,492,657  
  379,110      Comcast Corp., Class A      14,857,321  
  98,636      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      15,397,080  
  23,003      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      5,708,194  
  3,736      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      6,899,719  
  90,436      Ross Stores, Inc.      5,878,340  
  1,206,549      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      5,972,418  
  247,633      Starbucks Corp.      14,872,838  
  63,025      Time Warner, Inc.      6,256,492  
     

 

 

 
        91,335,059  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—7.5%  
  34,787      Costco Wholesale Corp.      6,175,388  
  56,301      Hershey Co. (The)      6,091,768  
  133,997      Philip Morris International, Inc.      14,852,228  
  115,659      Sysco Corp.      6,114,891  
     

 

 

 
        33,234,275  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—8.3%  
  92,713      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      5,286,495  
  102,004      Baker Hughes, Inc.      6,055,977  
  128,568      Chevron Corp.      13,718,206  
  115,007      Halliburton Co.      5,276,521  
  150,893      Williams Partners LP      6,176,051  
     

 

 

 
        36,513,250  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—4.1%  
  49,928      CME Group, Inc.      5,801,134  
  83,183      Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      6,166,356  
  46,773      S&P Global, Inc.      6,276,469  
     

 

 

 
        18,243,959  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—14.9%  
  121,396      Baxter International, Inc.      6,759,329  
  255,935      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      14,345,157  
  119,484      Celgene Corp.(b)      14,821,990  
  172,907      Eli Lilly & Co.      14,188,749  
  87,784      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      15,351,666  
     

 

 

 
        65,466,891  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—5.7%  
  127,682      CSX Corp.      6,491,353  
  31,997      FedEx Corp.      6,069,831  
  99,354      Republic Services, Inc.      6,258,308  
  83,901      Waste Management, Inc.      6,106,315  
     

 

 

 
        24,925,807  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—36.0%  
  49,944      Accenture PLC, Class A      6,058,207  
  51,479      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      6,884,802  
  16,771      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(b)      15,505,125  
  87,427      Amphenol Corp., Class A      6,321,846  
  74,957      Analog Devices, Inc.      5,711,723  
  169,171      Applied Materials, Inc.      6,870,034  
  60,186      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      6,288,835  
  70,597      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      6,694,008  
  105,449      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      15,843,712  
  53,239      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      6,342,895  
  50,681      Intuit, Inc.      6,345,768  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  128,892      Mastercard, Inc., Class A    $ 14,992,718  
  220,883      Microsoft Corp.      15,121,650  
  60,874      NVIDIA Corp.      6,349,158  
  101,260      Paychex, Inc.      6,002,693  
  161,869      Visa, Inc., Class A      14,765,690  
  67,415      VMware, Inc., Class A(b)      6,345,100  
  134,711      Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      6,494,417  
     

 

 

 
        158,938,381  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—1.3%  
  166,004      Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)      5,871,562  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.5%  
  98,553      T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      6,629,660  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $385,869,240)—100.0%
     441,158,844  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (106,259
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 441,052,585  
     

 

 

 

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 Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—2.6%  
  490,345      General Motors Co.    $ 16,985,551  
  281,091      Target Corp.      15,698,932  
     

 

 

 
        32,684,483  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—5.0%   
  290,757      Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      18,684,045  
  597,657      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      44,931,853  
     

 

 

 
        63,615,898  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—1.4%  
  272,496      Valero Energy Corp.      17,605,967  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—28.5%  
  226,760      Allstate Corp. (The)      18,433,320  
  228,175      American Express Co.      18,082,869  
  1,733,896      Bank of America Corp.      40,469,133  
  703,052      Citigroup, Inc.      41,564,434  
  664,922      Fifth Third Bancorp      16,244,044  
  425,372      Franklin Resources, Inc.      18,337,787  
  467,674      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      40,687,638  
  392,129      Morgan Stanley      17,006,635  
  142,541      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      17,069,285  
  467,262      Progressive Corp. (The)      18,559,647  
  164,762      Prudential Financial, Inc.      17,634,477  
  228,835      State Street Corp.      19,199,256  
  305,437      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      17,351,876  
  149,275      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      18,160,797  
  728,656      Wells Fargo & Co.      39,230,839  
     

 

 

 
        358,032,037  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—18.8%  
  244,924      Amgen, Inc.      40,000,988  
  111,428      Anthem, Inc.      19,821,927  
  64,147      Biogen, Inc.(b)      17,397,308  
  257,511      Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      15,795,725  
  350,199      Johnson & Johnson      43,239,070  
  122,613      McKesson Corp.      16,956,152  
  647,217      Merck & Co., Inc.      40,341,035  
  1,251,297      Pfizer, Inc.      42,443,994  
     

 

 

 
        235,996,199  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—11.4%  
  396,213      American Airlines Group, Inc.      16,886,598  
  122,497      Cummins, Inc.      18,489,697  
  361,829      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      16,441,510  
  253,264      Eaton Corp. PLC      19,156,889  
  270,839      PACCAR, Inc.      18,073,086  
  318,989      Southwest Airlines Co.      17,933,561  
  171,185      Union Pacific Corp.      19,165,873  
  244,975      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      17,199,695  
     

 

 

 
        143,346,909  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—24.9%  
  312,161      Apple, Inc.      44,841,928  
  1,252,030      Cisco Systems, Inc.      42,656,662  
  662,750      Corning, Inc.      19,120,338  
  1,037,805      HP, Inc.      19,531,490  
  1,177,975      Intel Corp.      42,583,796  
  234,622      International Business Machines Corp.      37,607,560  
  777,910      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      21,524,770  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  992,065      Oracle Corp.    $ 44,603,242  
  246,131      TE Connectivity Ltd.      19,043,156  
  244,873      Western Digital Corp.      21,810,838  
     

 

 

 
        313,323,780  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.8%  
  288,234      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      18,101,095  
  196,125      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      16,623,555  
     

 

 

 
        34,724,650  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—3.2%  
  1,015,951      AT&T, Inc.      40,262,138  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—1.4%  
  507,651      Exelon Corp.      17,579,954  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,149,157,926)—100.0%
     1,257,172,015  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (199,338
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,256,972,677  
     

 

 

 

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 Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—11.7%  
  791      1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 8,503  
  284      Aaron’s, Inc.      10,207  
  724      Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A      8,681  
  457      Acushnet Holdings Corp.      8,345  
  270      AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      8,181  
  617      American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,853  
  588      American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.      8,285  
  431      American Outdoor Brands Corp.(b)      9,547  
  373      American Public Education, Inc.(b)      8,243  
  233      America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)      8,691  
  135      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      8,262  
  2,127      Ascena Retail Group, Inc.(b)      8,317  
  662      Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Class A(b)      8,480  
  535      At Home Group, Inc.(b)      9,368  
  284      AV Homes, Inc.(b)      4,984  
  852      Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.(b)      8,869  
  926      Barnes & Noble, Inc.      7,917  
  322      Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.      9,676  
  695      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(b)      8,625  
  670      Belmond Ltd., Class A (United
Kingdom)(b)
     8,308  
  545      Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      8,393  
  168      Big Lots, Inc.      8,482  
  20      Biglari Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,533  
  212      BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(b)      9,561  
  425      Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.      9,218  
  132      Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      8,810  
  416      Bojangles’, Inc.(b)      9,131  
  871      Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,241  
  395      Boyd Gaming Corp.(b)      8,959  
  766      Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      9,345  
  117      Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      8,906  
  451      Buckle, Inc. (The)      8,434  
  55      Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(b)      8,665  
  947      Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.(b)      9,849  
  552      Caesars Acquisition Co., Class A(b)      9,632  
  862      Caesars Entertainment Corp.(b)      9,568  
  306      Caleres, Inc.      8,819  
  716      Callaway Golf Co.      8,485  
  1,585      Cambium Learning Group, Inc.(b)      7,719  
  260      Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A      8,039  
  99      Capella Education Co.      9,435  
  968      Career Education Corp.(b)      9,825  
  301      Carriage Services, Inc.      8,232  
  584      Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      8,176  
  379      Cato Corp. (The), Class A      8,550  
  70      Cavco Industries, Inc.(b)      8,312  
  2,715      Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)(b)      11,132  
  1,066      Century Casinos, Inc.(b)      8,773  
  321      Century Communities, Inc.(b)      8,763  
  133      Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      8,533  
  1,002      Chegg, Inc.(b)      9,028  
  582      Chico’s FAS, Inc.      8,043  
  77      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      8,840  
  53      Churchill Downs, Inc.      8,840  
  285      Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,493  
  470      Citi Trends, Inc.      8,831  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  509      ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.    $ 6,846  
  331      Collectors Universe, Inc.      9,040  
  141      Columbia Sportswear Co.      7,983  
  976      Conn’s, Inc.(b)      17,178  
  2,052      Container Store Group, Inc. (The)(b)      8,454  
  190      Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      7,277  
  74      Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,367  
  1,705      Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      59,709  
  52      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      8,330  
  1,223      Crocs, Inc.(b)      7,619  
  335      CSS Industries, Inc.      8,831  
  646      Culp, Inc.      20,737  
  40      Daily Journal Corp.(b)      8,361  
  442      Dana, Inc.      8,584  
  136      Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(b)      8,705  
  147      Deckers Outdoor Corp.(b)      8,760  
  466      Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      8,015  
  652      Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.(b)      8,574  
  474      Delta Apparel, Inc.(b)      8,309  
  671      Denny’s Corp.(b)      8,522  
  3,195      Destination XL Group, Inc.(b)      8,147  
  248      DeVry Education Group, Inc.      9,387  
  160      DineEquity, Inc.      9,046  
  103      Dorman Products, Inc.(b)      8,564  
  426      DSW, Inc., Class A      8,784  
  364      Duluth Holdings, Inc., Class B(b)      8,063  
  360      E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A(b)      8,021  
  702      El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,810  
  462      Eldorado Resorts, Inc.(b)      8,836  
  343      Empire Resorts, Inc.(b)      8,575  
  582      Entercom Communications Corp., Class A      7,362  
  1,335      Entravision Communications Corp., Class A      8,277  
  836      Eros International PLC (India)(b)      8,318  
  639      Escalade, Inc.      8,531  
  270      Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.      8,046  
  824      Etsy, Inc.(b)      8,866  
  942      Express, Inc.(b)      8,129  
  364      Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.(b)      8,863  
  507      Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A      8,016  
  193      Five Below, Inc.(b)      9,480  
  170      Flexsteel Industries, Inc.      9,030  
  526      Fogo de Chao, Inc.(b)      8,916  
  497      Fossil Group, Inc.(b)      8,573  
  295      Fox Factory Holding Corp.(b)      8,865  
  507      Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(b)      8,000  
  592      Fred’s, Inc., Class A(c)      8,714  
  415      FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      8,300  
  840      Gaia, Inc.(b)      9,198  
  1,000      Gannett Co., Inc.      8,360  
  146      Genesco, Inc.(b)      7,782  
  220      Gentherm, Inc.(b)      8,173  
  355      G-III Apparel Group Ltd.(b)      8,413  
  3,217      Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      9,973  
  7,542      GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)      58,677  
  621      Golden Entertainment, Inc.      8,719  
  974      GoPro, Inc., Class A(b)      8,035  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  118      Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)    $ 8,869  
  590      Gray Television, Inc.(b)      8,643  
  3,139      Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)      32,332  
  112      Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      7,722  
  745      Guess?, Inc.      8,314  
  501      Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The), Class A(b)      9,469  
  347      Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.      8,554  
  87      Helen of Troy Ltd.(b)      8,178  
  737      Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., Class A(b)      8,586  
  284      Hibbett Sports, Inc.(b)      7,384  
  271      Hooker Furniture Corp.      11,775  
  621      Horizon Global Corp.(b)      8,750  
  853      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(b)      9,809  
  3,573      Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      8,361  
  225      HSN, Inc.      8,302  
  1,156      Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(b)      8,092  
  423      Ilg, Inc.      10,199  
  240      IMAX Corp.(b)      7,320  
  389      Installed Building Products, Inc.(b)      20,753  
  223      International Speedway Corp., Class A      8,273  
  342      Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,064  
  162      iRobot Corp.(b)      12,918  
  321      Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.(b)      7,402  
  844      J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,284  
  82      Jack in the Box, Inc.      8,362  
  1,509      JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(b)      7,394  
  881      Jamba, Inc.(b)      7,506  
  228      Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A      8,281  
  434      K12, Inc.(b)      8,181  
  422      KB Home      8,693  
  679      Kirkland’s, Inc.(b)      7,985  
  1,381      Kona Grill, Inc.(b)      7,872  
  600      La Quinta Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,466  
  420      Lands’ End, Inc.(b)      9,912  
  597      Laureate Education, Inc., Class A(b)      8,245  
  295      La-Z-Boy, Inc.      8,230  
  82      LCI Industries      8,294  
  256      LGI Homes, Inc.(b)      8,148  
  579      Libbey, Inc.      6,079  
  364      Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C(b)      8,925  
  242      Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C(b)      8,475  
  570      Liberty Tax, Inc., Class A      8,008  
  590      Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A(b)      8,673  
  416      Lifetime Brands, Inc.      7,987  
  906      Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,607  
  95      Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A      9,077  
  253      Loral Space & Communications, Inc.(b)      9,703  
  2,562      Luby’s, Inc.(b)      7,532  
  434      Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,655  
  339      M/I Homes, Inc.(b)      9,207  
  388      Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(b)      8,940  
  262      Marcus Corp. (The)      8,856  
  756      Marine Products Corp.      9,042  
  380      MarineMax, Inc.(b)      7,733  
  83      Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      9,145  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  527      MCBC Holdings, Inc.    $ 8,827  
  276      MDC Holdings, Inc.      8,559  
  885      MDC Partners, Inc., Class A      7,921  
  314      Media General(b)      93  
  129      Meredith Corp.      7,553  
  223      Meritage Homes Corp.(b)      8,686  
  845      Modine Manufacturing Co.(b)      10,224  
  280      Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(b)      8,252  
  156      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.      8,089  
  287      Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.(b)      8,702  
  339      Movado Group, Inc.      7,933  
  364      MSG Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      9,082  
  133      NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      11,258  
  134      Nathan’s Famous, Inc.(b)      9,139  
  656      National CineMedia, Inc.      7,787  
  460      Nautilus, Inc.(b)      8,372  
  794      New Home Co., Inc. (The)(b)      9,258  
  570      New Media Investment Group, Inc.      7,501  
  570      New York Times Co. (The), Class A      8,236  
  117      Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A      8,073  
  1,851      Noodles & Co., Class A(b)      10,828  
  149      Nutrisystem, Inc.      7,964  
  1,806      Office Depot, Inc.      8,976  
  250      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,575  
  482      Overstock.com, Inc.(b)      8,363  
  152      Oxford Industries, Inc.      8,813  
  110      Papa John’s International, Inc.      8,697  
  586      Party City Holdco, Inc.(b)      9,376  
  474      Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)      8,760  
  384      Perry Ellis International, Inc.(b)      7,880  
  2,626      PetMed Express, Inc.      60,661  
  1,165      Pier 1 Imports, Inc.      7,852  
  436      Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      8,969  
  415      Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A      8,632  
  613      Potbelly Corp.(b)      8,551  
  2,762      Radio One, Inc., Class D(b)      8,286  
  510      Reading International, Inc., Class A(b)      8,022  
  1,181      Red Lion Hotels Corp.(b)      7,677  
  151      Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(b)      8,871  
  380      Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A      8,884  
  683      Regis Corp.(b)      7,452  
  932      Rent-A-Center, Inc.(c)      9,963  
  220      RH(b)      10,553  
  3,259      Ruby Tuesday, Inc.(b)      8,310  
  412      Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      8,199  
  161      Saga Communications, Inc., Class A      8,251  
  1,198      Salem Media Group, Inc.      9,165  
  191      Scholastic Corp.      8,257  
  378      Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)      8,978  
  995      Sears Holdings Corp.(b)(c)      10,169  
  471      SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.      8,257  
  342      Select Comfort Corp.(b)      10,568  
  2,348      Sequential Brands Group, Inc.(b)      7,913  
  253      Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(b)      8,587  
  328      Shoe Carnival, Inc.      8,321  
  174      Shutterfly, Inc.(b)      9,031  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  205      Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A    $ 8,087  
  402      Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      7,879  
  353      Sonic Corp.      9,489  
  175      Sotheby’s(b)      8,288  
  420      Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      7,581  
  1,620      Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,626  
  4,178      Stage Stores, Inc.      12,033  
  169      Standard Motor Products, Inc.      8,590  
  2,962      Stein Mart, Inc.      7,316  
  216      Steven Madden Ltd.(b)      8,219  
  451      Stoneridge, Inc.(b)      8,844  
  300      Strattec Security Corp.      9,645  
  102      Strayer Education, Inc.      8,844  
  153      Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.      9,249  
  318      Superior Industries International, Inc.      6,917  
  479      Superior Uniform Group, Inc.      8,737  
  560      Tailored Brands, Inc.      6,905  
  384      Taylor Morrison Home Corp.,
Class A(b)
     8,870  
  130      Tenneco, Inc.      8,194  
  187      Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      8,767  
  437      Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.      9,330  
  937      Tilly’s, Inc., Class A      8,958  
  423      Time, Inc.      6,430  
  207      TopBuild Corp.(b)      10,596  
  306      Tower International, Inc.      8,293  
  695      Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A(b)      8,410  
  651      TRI Pointe Group, Inc.(b)      8,105  
  619      tronc, Inc.(b)      8,876  
  2,432      Tuesday Morning Corp.(b)      7,904  
  470      UCP, Inc., Class A(b)      5,382  
  737      Unifi, Inc.(b)      20,688  
  683      Unique Fabricating, Inc.      7,930  
  122      Universal Electronics, Inc.(b)      8,455  
  956      Vera Bradley, Inc.(b)      8,747  
  4,403      Vince Holding Corp.(b)(c)      4,403  
  422      Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.(b)      8,145  
  213      Wayfair, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      9,736  
  540      Weight Watchers International, Inc.(b)      11,275  
  893      West Marine, Inc.(b)      9,787  
  304      Weyco Group, Inc.      8,500  
  394      William Lyon Homes, Class A(b)      8,668  
  305      Wingstop, Inc.      8,976  
  73      Winmark Corp.      9,424  
  274      Winnebago Industries, Inc.      7,864  
  328      Wolverine World Wide, Inc.      7,908  
  375      World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A      8,036  
  1,225      ZAGG, Inc.(b)      8,698  
  478      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.(b)      8,628  
  471      Zumiez, Inc.(b)      8,454  
     

 

 

 
        2,554,395  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—10.8%   
  1,728      AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc.      70,191  
  6,262      Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.(b)(c)      56,358  
  1,386      Andersons, Inc. (The)      51,767  
  1,886      Avon Products, Inc.(b)      9,147  
  1,312      B&G Foods, Inc.      55,104  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  357      Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(b)    $ 51,533  
  907      Calavo Growers, Inc.      59,499  
  1,419      Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.(c)      53,567  
  237      Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A(b)      8,349  
  3,837      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)(b)      52,375  
  267      Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      56,567  
  659      Darling Ingredients, Inc.(b)      9,971  
  2,771      Dean Foods Co.      54,700  
  311      elf Beauty, Inc.(b)      8,475  
  1,570      Farmer Brothers Co.(b)      55,735  
  910      Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      55,783  
  4,855      Freshpet, Inc.(b)      57,046  
  247      HRG Group, Inc.(b)      4,942  
  1,213      Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      56,647  
  220      Inter Parfums, Inc.      8,349  
  388      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      52,217  
  771      John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      56,668  
  410      Lancaster Colony Corp.      51,619  
  1,687      Landec Corp.(b)      23,196  
  2,758      Limoneira Co.      57,035  
  1,227      Medifast, Inc.      56,835  
  988      MGP Ingredients, Inc.      51,732  
  662      National Beverage Corp.      58,647  
  1,667      Nutraceutical International Corp.      52,844  
  542      Oil-Dri Corp. of America      22,054  
  2,771      Omega Protein Corp.      55,836  
  2,028      Orchids Paper Products Co.(c)      49,382  
  2,272      Performance Food Group Co.(b)      56,573  
  89      PriceSmart, Inc.      7,739  
  3,928      Primo Water Corp.(b)      47,018  
  288      Revlon, Inc., Class A(b)      7,474  
  534      Sanderson Farms, Inc.      61,826  
  13      Seaboard Corp.      55,042  
  1,482      Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(b)      55,130  
  4,525      Smart & Final Stores, Inc.(b)      53,395  
  1,333      Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.      47,002  
  1,572      SpartanNash Co.      57,850  
  14,305      SUPERVALU, Inc.(b)      58,650  
  1,406      Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.      52,514  
  1,224      United Natural Foods, Inc.(b)      50,833  
  754      Universal Corp.      55,381  
  913      USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      51,904  
  2,637      Vector Group Ltd.      57,276  
  2,025      Village Super Market, Inc., Class A      53,440  
  482      WD-40 Co.      50,538  
  887      Weis Markets, Inc.      51,277  
     

 

 

 
        2,355,032  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—9.4%   
  15,154      Abraxas Petroleum Corp.(b)      28,338  
  2,434      Alon USA Energy, Inc.      29,427  
  2,522      Archrock, Inc.      29,760  
  1,279      Ardmore Shipping Corp. (Ireland)      9,912  
  3,370      Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(b)      26,387  
  7,171      Bill Barrett Corp.(b)      27,537  
  692      Bristow Group, Inc.      9,252  
  2,381      California Resources Corp.(b)      27,858  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  2,618      Callon Petroleum Co.(b)    $ 30,997  
  2,623      CARBO Ceramics, Inc.(b)      18,020  
  1,148      Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      28,872  
  12,818      Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)      31,276  
  75,494      Cobalt International Energy, Inc.(b)      29,526  
  4,711      Contango Oil & Gas Co.(b)      33,731  
  1,582      CVR Energy, Inc.      34,630  
  1,218      Delek US Holdings, Inc.      29,317  
  13,920      Denbury Resources, Inc.(b)      30,902  
  2,108      DHT Holdings, Inc.      10,097  
  928      Dorian LPG Ltd.(b)      8,436  
  13,857      Eclipse Resources Corp.(b)      27,853  
  7,175      EP Energy Corp., Class A(b)(c)      32,431  
  2,549      Era Group, Inc.(b)      32,398  
  4,129      Evolution Petroleum Corp.      33,032  
  1,109      Exterran Corp.(b)      30,353  
  4,612      Fairmount Santrol Holdings, Inc.(b)      23,798  
  1,654      Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      27,953  
  1,386      Frontline Ltd. (Norway)      9,217  
  644      GasLog Ltd. (Monaco)      9,016  
  1,786      Gener8 Maritime, Inc.(b)      9,591  
  2,062      Geospace Technologies Corp.(b)      34,105  
  1,132      Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)      28,877  
  1,349      Green Plains, Inc.      31,027  
  4,315      Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      26,408  
  7,634      Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(b)(c)      26,032  
  6,128      Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.(b)      28,250  
  477      International Seaways Inc.(b)      9,220  
  258      Isramco, Inc.(b)      29,438  
  2,564      Jagged Peak Energy, Inc.(b)      28,563  
  12,818      Jones Energy, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      25,636  
  1,947      Keane Group, Inc.(b)(c)      26,908  
  1,531      Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.(b)      29,548  
  1,408      Matador Resources Co.(b)      30,525  
  1,966      Matrix Service Co.(b)      23,100  
  4,891      McDermott International, Inc.(b)      31,987  
  1,268      Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(b)      34,743  
  5,409      Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.      9,141  
  4,021      Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      30,761  
  1,183      Nordic American Tankers Ltd.      9,819  
  2,524      Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)      30,137  
  967      Oil States International, Inc.(b)      28,768  
  2,343      Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., Class A(b)      8,528  
  4,524      Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(b)      30,763  
  1,766      Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc., Class A      33,466  
  1,920      Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.(b)      31,430  
  22,662      Parker Drilling Co.(b)      37,392  
  493      PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      27,228  
  766      PHI, Inc.(b)      8,985  
  7,596      Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(b)      23,168  
  3,061      Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      31,987  
  397      REX American Resources Corp.(b)      37,588  
  1,566      RigNet, Inc.(b)      30,694  
  3,351      Ring Energy, Inc.(b)      40,212  
  797      RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      30,326  
  3,422      Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)      26,486  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  2,254      Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)    $ 9,918  
  466      SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      30,598  
  21,364      Seadrill Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      14,737  
  916      SemGroup Corp., Class A      30,503  
  655      Ship Finance International Ltd. (Norway)      9,203  
  2,110      Smart Sand, Inc.(b)      25,700  
  4,158      Src Energy, Inc.(b)      31,351  
  1,041      Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)      9,036  
  4,507      Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)      9,239  
  4,048      Tesco Corp.(b)      26,514  
  7,929      TETRA Technologies, Inc.(b)      26,404  
  1,395      Unit Corp.(b)      29,979  
  446      US Silica Holdings, Inc.      18,509  
  10,832      W&T Offshore, Inc.(b)      22,097  
  871      Western Refining, Inc.      30,041  
  2,100      Westmoreland Coal Co.(b)      22,386  
  2,661      Wildhorse Resource Development Corp.(b)      29,031  
  11,565      Willbros Group, Inc.(b)      31,804  
     

 

 

 
        2,068,213  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—8.5%   
  102      1st Source Corp.      4,928  
  337      Access National Corp.      9,547  
  159      ACNB Corp.      4,921  
  265      AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      5,022  
  133      Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(b)      5,194  
  262      Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(b)      5,091  
  196      American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      4,649  
  131      American National Bankshares, Inc.      5,030  
  107      Ameris Bancorp      5,040  
  73      AMERISAFE, Inc.      4,201  
  153      Ames National Corp.      4,728  
  847      Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      4,963  
  252      Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      4,861  
  350      Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      4,840  
  71      Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.      4,682  
  325      Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A      4,732  
  209      ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      5,031  
  138      Arrow Financial Corp.      4,726  
  126      Associated Capital Group, Inc., Class A      4,240  
  231      Astoria Financial Corp.      4,710  
  257      Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      5,037  
  348      Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,507  
  315      B. Riley Financial, Inc.      4,741  
  197      Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B      4,826  
  231      Banc of California, Inc.      5,013  
  53      BancFirst Corp.      5,091  
  172      Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)      4,933  
  960      Bancorp, Inc. (The)(b)      6,192  
  158      BancorpSouth, Inc.      4,811  
  504      Bank Mutual Corp.      4,637  
  72      Bank of Marin Bancorp      4,547  
  148      Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)      4,921  
  94      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      4,462  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  326      BankFinancial Corp.    $ 4,818  
  153      Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.      5,529  
  85      Banner Corp.      4,692  
  152      Bar Harbor Bankshares      4,680  
  504      Bear State Financial, Inc.      4,728  
  289      Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.      4,624  
  134      Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      5,025  
  428      BGC Partners, Inc., Class A      4,871  
  249      Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      4,706  
  277      Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc.      5,014  
  139      BNC Bancorp      4,650  
  169      BofI Holding, Inc.(b)      4,037  
  296      Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.      4,618  
  138      Bridge Bancorp, Inc.      5,002  
  315      Brookline Bancorp, Inc.      4,583  
  121      Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.      5,191  
  172      BSB Bancorp, Inc.(b)      5,014  
  104      C&F Financial Corp.      5,200  
  298      California First National Bancorp      4,917  
  113      Camden National Corp.      4,831  
  110      Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A      4,565  
  233      Capital City Bank Group, Inc.      4,802  
  321      Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      4,696  
  245      Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,322  
  446      Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT      4,968  
  164      Carolina Financial Corp.      5,061  
  614      Cascade Bancorp(b)      4,593  
  127      Cathay General Bancorp      4,832  
  187      Centerstate Banks, Inc.      4,718  
  159      Central Pacific Financial Corp.      4,974  
  243      Central Valley Community Bancorp      5,519  
  77      Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A      4,855  
  258      Charter Financial Corp.      4,734  
  93      Chemical Financial Corp.      4,413  
  124      Chemung Financial Corp.      4,711  
  204      Citizens & Northern Corp.      4,743  
  664      Citizens, Inc.(b)      4,681  
  75      City Holding Co.      5,332  
  296      Clifton Bancorp, Inc.      4,943  
  194      CNB Financial Corp.      4,635  
  230      CNO Financial Group, Inc.      4,846  
  291      CoBiz Financial, Inc.      4,781  
  180      Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.      5,218  
  123      Cohen & Steers, Inc.      4,908  
  124      Columbia Banking System, Inc.      4,899  
  88      Community Bank System, Inc.      4,924  
  105      Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      4,720  
  205      ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      4,551  
  160      County Bancorp, Inc.      4,392  
  352      Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(b)      5,597  
  494      Crawford & Co., Class B      5,390  
  122      CU Bancorp(b)      4,548  
  151      Customers Bancorp, Inc.(b)      4,670  
  219      CVB Financial Corp.      4,717  
  603      CYS Investments, Inc. REIT      5,144  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  25      Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.    $ 5,054  
  236      Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      4,590  
  273      Donegal Group, Inc., Class A      4,548  
  680      Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      4,706  
  81      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      4,852  
  419      eHealth, Inc.(b)      5,941  
  166      EMC Insurance Group, Inc.      4,761  
  127      Employers Holdings, Inc.      5,080  
  154      Encore Capital Group, Inc.(b)      5,136  
  336      Enova International, Inc.(b)      4,771  
  25      Enstar Group Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      4,870  
  146      Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.      5,111  
  115      Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      4,859  
  152      Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A(b)      4,799  
  323      ESSA Bancorp, Inc.      4,887  
  133      Essent Group Ltd.(b)      4,922  
  239      EverBank Financial Corp.      4,660  
  60      Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A      4,425  
  571      EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)      5,168  
  322      F.N.B. Corp.      4,585  
  122      Farmers Capital Bank Corp.      5,063  
  349      Farmers National Banc Corp.      4,991  
  148      FB Financial Corp.(b)      5,364  
  74      FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A      4,921  
  262      FBR & Co.      4,742  
  99      FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      4,678  
  82      Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      4,678  
  274      Federated National Holding Co.      4,406  
  1,353      Ferroglobe Representation & Warranty Insurance Trust(b)      0  
  169      Fidelity & Guaranty Life      4,808  
  223      Fidelity Southern Corp.      5,022  
  941      Fifth Street Asset Management, Inc., Class A      4,423  
  117      Financial Engines, Inc.      4,972  
  146      Financial Institutions, Inc.      4,891  
  178      First Bancorp, Inc./Me      4,801  
  853      First BanCorp/Puerto Rico(b)      5,016  
  162      First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      4,866  
  161      First Busey Corp.      4,822  
  189      First Business Financial Services, Inc.      5,022  
  17      First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A      5,917  
  359      First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      4,635  
  191      First Community Bancshares, Inc.      5,054  
  373      First Community Financial Partners,
Inc.(b)
     4,868  
  197      First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.      5,260  
  97      First Defiance Financial Corp.      5,203  
  176      First Financial Bancorp      4,866  
  119      First Financial Bankshares, Inc.      4,754  
  101      First Financial Corp.      4,929  
  259      First Financial Northwest, Inc.      4,061  
  308      First Foundation, Inc.(b)      4,836  
  155      First Internet Bancorp      4,580  
  120      First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A      4,530  
  123      First Merchants Corp.      5,090  
  148      First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.      4,826  
  203      First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      4,610  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  1,179      First NBC Bank Holding Co.(b)    $ 3,124  
  306      First Northwest Bancorp(b)      5,037  
  176      First of Long Island Corp. (The)      4,787  
  104      Firstcash, Inc.      5,403  
  170      Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)      4,971  
  179      Flushing Financial Corp.      5,277  
  382      FNFV Group(b)      5,233  
  128      Franklin Financial Network, Inc.(b)      5,190  
  265      Fulton Financial Corp.      4,889  
  561      Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.      3,977  
  161      GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A      4,621  
  1,159      Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(b)      4,682  
  154      German American Bancorp, Inc.      5,064  
  142      Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      4,797  
  126      Global Indemnity Ltd., Class A (Cayman Islands)(b)      5,109  
  357      Great Ajax Corp. REIT      4,855  
  95      Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      4,764  
  114      Great Western Bancorp, Inc.      4,697  
  288      Green Bancorp, Inc.(b)      5,184  
  141      Green Dot Corp., Class A(b)      4,835  
  203      Greene County Bancorp, Inc.      5,024  
  162      Greenhill & Co., Inc.      4,099  
  213      Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(b)      4,590  
  200      Guaranty Bancorp      5,030  
  426      Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.(b)      4,477  
  108      Hancock Holding Co.      5,044  
  160      Hanmi Financial Corp.      4,648  
  245      Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      5,370  
  251      HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.(b)      5,226  
  103      HCI Group, Inc.      4,912  
  97      Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      4,656  
  286      Hennessy Advisors, Inc.      4,865  
  347      Heritage Commerce Corp.      4,955  
  200      Heritage Financial Corp.      5,280  
  375      Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.      4,537  
  176      Hilltop Holdings, Inc.      4,895  
  27      Hingham Institution for Savings      4,846  
  139      Home Bancorp, Inc.      5,162  
  176      Home BancShares, Inc.      4,479  
  181      HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      4,706  
  205      HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(b)      5,125  
  248      Hope Bancorp, Inc.      4,541  
  116      Horace Mann Educators Corp.      4,483  
  184      Horizon Bancorp      4,966  
  143      Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Class A      4,796  
  61      IBERIABANK Corp.      4,840  
  374      Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      5,348  
  239      Independence Holding Co.      4,529  
  77      Independent Bank Corp./MA      4,874  
  233      Independent Bank Corp./MI      5,196  
  78      Independent Bank Group, Inc.      4,692  
  49      Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      4,863  
  133      International Bancshares Corp.      4,974  
  127      INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      4,743  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  308      Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)    $ 5,023  
  233      Investment Technology Group, Inc.      4,639  
  338      Investors Bancorp, Inc.      4,681  
  35      Investors Title Co.      6,238  
  117      James River Group Holdings Ltd.      5,097  
  366      Janus Capital Group, Inc.      5,000  
  257      KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      5,114  
  313      Kearny Financial Corp.      4,570  
  119      Kemper Corp.      4,683  
  143      Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.      5,171  
  325      Ladder Capital Corp., Class A REIT      4,755  
  2,016      Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc.(b)      5,604  
  248      Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      4,824  
  111      Lakeland Financial Corp.      5,068  
  210      LCNB Corp.      4,651  
  120      LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      4,537  
  896      LendingClub Corp.(b)      5,242  
  39      LendingTree, Inc.(b)      5,495  
  225      Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.      5,434  
  482      Macatawa Bank Corp.      4,613  
  337      Maiden Holdings Ltd.      4,162  
  146      MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      4,993  
  817      Manning & Napier, Inc.      4,739  
  379      Marlin Business Services Corp.      9,646  
  113      MB Financial, Inc.      4,804  
  579      MBIA, Inc.(b)      4,864  
  427      MBT Financial Corp.      4,782  
  582      Medley Management, Inc., Class A      4,481  
  136      Mercantile Bank Corp.      4,574  
  98      Merchants Bancshares, Inc.      4,880  
  257      Meridian Bancorp, Inc.      4,510  
  55      Meta Financial Group, Inc.      4,669  
  465      MGIC Investment Corp.(b)      4,901  
  141      Midland States Bancorp, Inc.      4,864  
  137      MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      4,754  
  125      Moelis & Co., Class A      4,587  
  278      Mtge Investment Corp. REIT      5,004  
  149      Mutualfirst Financial, Inc.      4,910  
  149      National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      4,704  
  120      National Bankshares, Inc.      5,046  
  131      National Commerce Corp.(b)      5,070  
  200      National General Holdings Corp.      4,548  
  18      National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A      5,512  
  310      Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,994  
  88      Navigators Group, Inc. (The)      4,756  
  125      NBT Bancorp, Inc.      4,772  
  110      Nelnet, Inc., Class A      4,951  
  280      New Residential Investment Corp. REIT      4,668  
  748      New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT      4,795  
  439      NewStar Financial, Inc.      4,715  
  99      Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.(b)      4,881  
  421      NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      4,884  
  263      Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      4,834  
  160      Northrim Bancorp, Inc.      5,120  
  278      Northwest Bancshares, Inc.      4,487  
  167      OceanFirst Financial Corp.      4,618  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  1,002      Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)    $ 2,295  
  421      OFG Bancorp      4,926  
  168      Old Line Bancshares, Inc.      4,664  
  280      Old National Bancorp      4,704  
  448      Old Second Bancorp, Inc.      5,376  
  323      OM Asset Management PLC      5,026  
  976      On Deck Capital, Inc.(b)      4,636  
  310      OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Class A      4,944  
  284      Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      4,913  
  246      Opus Bank      5,547  
  461      Orchid Island Capital, Inc. REIT      4,887  
  282      Oritani Financial Corp.      4,780  
  217      Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.      4,655  
  270      Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. REIT      4,903  
  199      Pacific Continental Corp.      4,975  
  613      Pacific Mercantile Bancorp(b)      4,751  
  224      Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(b)      8,187  
  91      Paragon Commercial Corp.(b)      5,002  
  45      Park National Corp.      4,744  
  399      Park Sterling Corp.      4,908  
  157      Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.      5,033  
  105      Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.      4,378  
  281      PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      4,636  
  275      PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT      4,917  
  149      Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      4,989  
  117      Peoples Financial Services Corp.      5,258  
  179      People’s Utah Bancorp      4,726  
  772      PHH Corp.(b)      9,959  
  336      PICO Holdings, Inc.(b)      5,410  
  73      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      4,672  
  73      Piper Jaffray Cos.      4,570  
  133      PJT Partners, Inc., Class A      4,610  
  141      PRA Group, Inc.(b)      4,540  
  92      Preferred Bank      4,875  
  244      Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.      5,229  
  58      Primerica, Inc.      4,860  
  83      PrivateBancorp, Inc.      4,795  
  68      Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      4,570  
  222      Provident Bancorp, Inc.(b)      4,729  
  250      Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.      4,807  
  184      Provident Financial Services, Inc.      4,727  
  499      Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A      5,135  
  111      QCR Holdings, Inc.      5,062  
  262      Radian Group, Inc.      4,423  
  284      Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      4,848  
  245      Regional Management Corp.(b)      4,858  
  120      Renasant Corp.      5,088  
  140      Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      5,037  
  590      Republic First Bancorp, Inc.(b)      5,074  
  474      Resource Capital Corp. REIT      4,432  
  79      RLI Corp.      4,520  
  138      S&T Bancorp, Inc.      4,962  
  380      Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(b)      4,826  
  67      Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      4,851  
  117      Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      5,060  
  205      Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(b)      4,961  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  99      Selective Insurance Group, Inc.    $ 5,227  
  130      ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.      4,914  
  297      Shore Bancshares, Inc.      4,927  
  333      SI Financial Group, Inc.      4,978  
  179      Sierra Bancorp      4,488  
  336      Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Class A      4,586  
  87      Simmons First National Corp., Class A      4,755  
  54      South State Corp.      4,760  
  143      Southern First Bancshares, Inc.(b)      4,819  
  142      Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.      4,729  
  288      Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.      5,244  
  143      Southside Bancshares, Inc.      4,965  
  181      Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      4,697  
  170      State Auto Financial Corp.      4,568  
  186      State Bank Financial Corp.      4,996  
  321      State National Cos., Inc.      4,709  
  199      Sterling Bancorp      4,627  
  107      Stewart Information Services Corp.      5,076  
  96      Stifel Financial Corp.(b)      4,692  
  117      Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      4,797  
  101      Stonegate Bank      4,636  
  235      Summit Financial Group, Inc.      5,139  
  195      Sun Bancorp, Inc.      4,865  
  150      Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      4,642  
  58      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      4,414  
  395      Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.
(Bermuda)(b)
     4,779  
  695      Tiptree, Inc., Class A      4,900  
  58      Tompkins Financial Corp.      4,795  
  150      TowneBank      4,867  
  137      TriCo Bancshares      4,858  
  204      TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.(b)      5,080  
  187      Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(b)      4,189  
  323      Trupanion, Inc.(b)      5,132  
  601      TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      4,778  
  150      Trustmark Corp.      4,983  
  63      UMB Financial Corp.      4,567  
  270      Umpqua Holdings Corp.      4,771  
  136      Union Bankshares Corp.      4,657  
  111      Union Bankshares, Inc./Morrisville VT      4,668  
  230      United Bankshares, Inc.      9,177  
  176      United Community Banks, Inc.      4,814  
  562      United Community Financial Corp.      4,799  
  283      United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      4,887  
  110      United Fire Group, Inc.      4,840  
  299      United Insurance Holdings Corp.      4,563  
  196      Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.      5,106  
  177      Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      5,363  
  401      Valley National Bancorp      4,716  
  264      Value Line, Inc.      4,615  
  169      Veritex Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,553  
  281      Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A      4,327  
  46      Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.      4,894  
  278      Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A      5,001  
  108      Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      4,844  
  145      Washington Federal, Inc.      4,886  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  94      Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.    $ 4,625  
  171      WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc.      4,810  
  259      Waterstone Financial, Inc.      4,921  
  92      Webster Financial Corp.      4,675  
  130      WesBanco, Inc.      5,175  
  217      West Bancorporation, Inc.      5,056  
  85      Westamerica Bancorporation      4,677  
  471      Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT      4,960  
  454      Western New England Bancorp, Inc.      4,767  
  89      Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      4,966  
  17      Wins Finance Hondings, Inc.(b)      779  
  69      Wintrust Financial Corp.      4,889  
  544      WisdomTree Investments, Inc.(c)      4,542  
  3,450      WMIH Corp.(b)      5,175  
  96      World Acceptance Corp.(b)      5,078  
  105      WSFS Financial Corp.      4,956  
  196      Xenith Bankshares, Inc.(b)      5,296  
     

 

 

 
        1,859,657  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—11.2%   
  904      AAC Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,473  
  147      Abaxis, Inc.      6,619  
  310      Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.(b)      8,463  
  265      Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(b)      8,750  
  1,456      Accuray, Inc.(b)      6,625  
  2,355      AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,123  
  1,354      Aceto Corp.      21,461  
  1,864      Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,356  
  234      Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,578  
  278      Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      4,490  
  405      Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,634  
  232      Addus HomeCare Corp.(b)      7,876  
  682      Aduro Biotech, Inc.(b)      6,581  
  899      Advaxis, Inc.(b)      7,695  
  2,717      Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.(b)      7,743  
  155      Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,828  
  4,360      Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc.(b)      6,976  
  1,802      Agenus, Inc.(b)      6,469  
  2,386      Agile Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,566  
  310      Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,026  
  776      Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      10,228  
  541      Albany Molecular Research, Inc.(b)      8,661  
  341      Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,837  
  148      Almost Family, Inc.(b)      7,348  
  327      AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,979  
  141      Amedisys, Inc.(b)      7,642  
  415      American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.(b)      7,142  
  989      Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,596  
  183      AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)      7,476  
  515      Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,777  
  8,639      Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      4,830  
  96      Analogic Corp.      6,898  
  256      Anaptysbio, Inc.(b)      6,830  
  1,179      Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(b)      6,638  
  417      AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      6,472  
  155      ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      8,389  
  169      Anika Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,796  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  1,070      Applied Genetic Technologies Corp.(b)    $ 5,992  
  1,374      Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,519  
  529      Ardelyx, Inc.(b)      7,089  
  4,871      Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,527  
  766      Array BioPharma, Inc.(b)      6,641  
  3,818      Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,918  
  2,173      Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,040  
  336      Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.(b)      5,746  
  6,251      Athersys, Inc.(b)(c)      9,252  
  380      AtriCure, Inc.(b)      7,790  
  15      Atrion Corp.      7,757  
  457      Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,809  
  97      Avexis, Inc.(b)      7,809  
  4,281      Avinger, Inc.(b)      2,409  
  703      AxoGen, Inc.(b)      8,577  
  479      Axovant Sciences Ltd.(b)      11,611  
  1,909      Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,827  
  548      Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,327  
  832      BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,275  
  8,883      Bio-Path Holdings, Inc.(b)      5,603  
  3,991      BioScrip, Inc.(b)      6,066  
  137      BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.(b)      7,772  
  271      BioTelemetry, Inc.(b)      8,916  
  2,187      BioTime, Inc.(b)      7,436  
  81      Bluebird Bio, Inc.(b)      7,205  
  172      Blueprint Medicines Corp.(b)      8,012  
  139      Cambrex Corp.(b)      8,250  
  94      Cantel Medical Corp.      6,995  
  528      Capital Senior Living Corp.(b)      7,376  
  423      Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,721  
  257      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(b)      7,677  
  2,173      Castlight Health, Inc., Class B(b)      8,366  
  253      Catalent, Inc.(b)      7,408  
  2,160      Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,193  
  634      Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc.(b)      6,847  
  1,744      Cempra, Inc.(b)      7,499  
  1,714      Cerus Corp.(b)      7,456  
  38      Chemed Corp.      7,652  
  998      ChemoCentryx, Inc.(b)      7,226  
  1,088      Chimerix, Inc.(b)      6,506  
  948      Cidara Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,347  
  408      Civitas Solutions, Inc.(b)      7,262  
  992      Clearside BioMedical, Inc.(b)      7,896  
  103      Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      5,963  
  323      Coherus Biosciences, Inc.(b)      6,202  
  555      Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      5,445  
  812      Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)      6,991  
  256      Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.      7,027  
  395      Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,269  
  1,493      ConforMIS, Inc.(b)      8,391  
  164      CONMED Corp.      8,062  
  707      Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,745  
  5,838      Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc.(b)      7,356  
  174      CorVel Corp.(b)      7,743  
  346      Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      3,436  
  180      Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.(b)      7,522  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  521      Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(b)    $ 7,278  
  423      CryoLife, Inc.(b)      7,677  
  2,470      Curis, Inc.(b)      5,977  
  349      Cutera, Inc.(b)      6,823  
  563      Cytokinetics, Inc.(b)      9,233  
  405      CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,363  
  17,364      CytRx Corp.(b)(c)      8,835  
  476      Depomed, Inc.(b)      5,707  
  205      Dermira, Inc.(b)      6,982  
  3,611      Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.(b)      56,332  
  7,401      Durect Corp.(b)      6,494  
  103      Dyax Corp.(b)      114  
  1,187      Dynavax Technologies Corp.(b)      6,588  
  86      Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,791  
  909      Edge Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      9,435  
  367      Editas Medicine, Inc.(b)      6,918  
  1,481      Egalet Corp.(b)      5,657  
  679      Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,364  
  249      Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      7,448  
  231      Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,334  
  3,139      Endocyte, Inc.(b)      7,220  
  1,064      Endologix, Inc.(b)      7,969  
  386      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)      6,929  
  514      Entellus Medical, Inc.(b)      7,309  
  893      Enzo Biochem, Inc.(b)      7,858  
  417      Epizyme, Inc.(b)      7,527  
  175      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,256  
  498      Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(b)      11,579  
  345      Exact Sciences Corp.(b)      10,353  
  265      Exactech, Inc.(b)      7,857  
  348      Exelixis, Inc.(b)      7,795  
  282      FibroGen, Inc.(b)      7,896  
  202      Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,042  
  269      Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      5,490  
  1,280      Fluidigm Corp.(b)      6,323  
  2,041      Fortress Biotech, Inc.(b)      7,429  
  220      Foundation Medicine, Inc.(b)      7,810  
  643      Fulgent Genetics, Inc.(b)      6,552  
  2,931      Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Class A(b)      7,093  
  538      GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.(b)      6,897  
  227      Genomic Health, Inc.(b)      7,459  
  3,348      Geron Corp.(b)      8,571  
  144      Glaukos Corp.(b)      6,844  
  183      Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      5,298  
  238      Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(b)      7,219  
  1,244      Glycomimetics, Inc.(b)      5,349  
  180      Haemonetics Corp.(b)      7,538  
  525      Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,319  
  187      Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      7,387  
  166      HealthEquity, Inc.(b)      7,556  
  171      HealthSouth Corp.      8,020  
  362      HealthStream, Inc.(b)      10,060  
  491      Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,537  
  72      Heska Corp.(b)      7,794  
  397      HMS Holdings Corp.(b)      8,127  
  485      Horizon Pharma PLC(b)      7,459  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  46      ICU Medical, Inc.(b)    $ 7,075  
  2,919      Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,860  
  794      Ignyta, Inc.(b)      7,027  
  1,087      Immune Design Corp.(b)      7,120  
  1,930      ImmunoGen, Inc.(b)(c)      8,376  
  1,065      Immunomedics, Inc.(b)      6,102  
  768      Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      10,790  
  161      INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      7,245  
  2,207      Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      4,745  
  547      Innoviva, Inc.(b)      6,446  
  94      Inogen, Inc.(b)      7,792  
  1,187      Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,466  
  451      Insmed, Inc.(b)      8,321  
  168      Insulet Corp.(b)      7,293  
  668      Insys Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      7,515  
  176      Integer Holdings Corp.(b)      6,468  
  167      Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(b)      7,677  
  536      Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,810  
  432      Intersect ENT, Inc.(b)      8,208  
  477      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(b)      6,592  
  617      Invacare Corp.      9,070  
  667      Invitae Corp.(b)      7,357  
  1,744      InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.(b)      6,627  
  817      iRadimed Corp.(b)      7,026  
  202      iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(b)      7,129  
  547      Iridex Corp.(b)      6,236  
  412      Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     6,724  
  292      Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,269  
  377      K2M Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,351  
  682      Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,970  
  1,280      Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      7,578  
  872      Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      8,371  
  95      Kite Pharma, Inc.(b)      7,798  
  202      La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.(b)      5,858  
  153      Landauer, Inc.      8,048  
  333      Lannett Co., Inc.(b)(c)      8,658  
  293      LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.      8,717  
  497      Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,758  
  140      LHC Group, Inc.(b)      7,574  
  68      Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,560  
  955      Lion Biotechnologies, Inc.(b)      6,542  
  1,690      Lipocine, Inc.(b)      7,166  
  158      Loxo Oncology, Inc.(b)      7,278  
  392      Luminex Corp.      7,381  
  395      MacroGenics, Inc.(b)      8,536  
  109      Magellan Health, Inc.(b)      7,499  
  3,622      Mannkind Corp.(b)(c)      3,164  
  76      Masimo Corp.(b)      7,808  
  141      Medicines Co. (The)(b)      6,954  
  1,216      MediciNova, Inc.(b)      6,992  
  128      Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)      8,375  
  261      Medpace Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,276  
  545      Meridian Bioscience, Inc.      8,066  
  250      Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      8,425  
  2,339      Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      7,789  
  792      MiMedx Group, Inc.(b)      10,050  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  911      Minerva Neurosciences, Inc.(b)    $ 6,924  
  1,385      Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,302  
  165      Molina Healthcare, Inc.(b)      8,215  
  527      Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,562  
  508      MyoKardia, Inc.(b)      6,629  
  623      Myovant Sciences Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      8,093  
  369      Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)      6,786  
  369      Nanostring Technologies, Inc.(b)      6,450  
  1,484      Nanthealth, Inc.(b)      4,615  
  805      Natera, Inc.(b)      7,285  
  98      National Healthcare Corp.      7,293  
  372      National Research Corp., Class A      9,226  
  183      Natus Medical, Inc.(b)      6,405  
  314      Nektar Therapeutics(b)      5,957  
  110      Neogen Corp.(b)      6,856  
  932      NeoGenomics, Inc.(b)      7,037  
  1,009      Neos Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,164  
  77      Nevro Corp.(b)      7,255  
  348      NewLink Genetics Corp.(b)      6,504  
  4,155      Nobilis Health Corp.(b)      5,194  
  5,562      Novavax, Inc.(b)      4,539  
  1,024      Novocure Ltd.(b)      11,571  
  95      NuVasive, Inc.(b)      6,888  
  270      NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)      8,070  
  692      Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,349  
  769      Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.(b)      7,659  
  622      Omeros Corp.(b)      10,151  
  180      Omnicell, Inc.(b)      7,452  
  770      OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      3,034  
  2,090      Ophthotech Corp.(b)      6,207  
  586      OraSure Technologies, Inc.(b)      7,682  
  2,347      Organovo Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,806  
  181      Orthofix International NV(b)      7,159  
  539      Otonomy, Inc.(b)      7,196  
  4,155      OvaScience, Inc.(b)      6,274  
  208      Owens & Minor, Inc.      7,207  
  455      Oxford Immunotec Global PLC(b)      7,002  
  1,413      Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(b)      5,567  
  150      Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,283  
  448      Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      9,610  
  114      PAREXEL International Corp.(b)      7,277  
  3,480      PDL BioPharma, Inc.      7,830  
  90      Penumbra, Inc.(b)      7,691  
  1,261      Pfenex, Inc.(b)      6,065  
  8,998      PharmAthene, Inc.      6,540  
  299      PharMerica Corp.(b)      7,056  
  258      Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A      7,676  
  185      Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,398  
  118      PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      7,547  
  126      Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      7,234  
  637      Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,045  
  537      Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      5,434  
  680      Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      4,111  
  136      Prothena Corp. PLC (Ireland)(b)      7,362  
  165      Providence Service Corp. (The)(b)      7,260  
  836      PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      10,157  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  176      Puma Biotechnology, Inc.(b)    $ 7,146  
  481      Quality Systems, Inc.(b)      6,859  
  326      Quidel Corp.(b)      7,879  
  1,033      Quorum Health Corp.(b)      4,411  
  320      Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,552  
  189      Radius Health, Inc.(b)      7,384  
  1,197      RadNet, Inc.(b)      7,242  
  272      Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(b)      5,641  
  352      REGENXBIO, Inc.(b)      7,357  
  204      Repligen Corp.(b)      7,505  
  403      Retrophin, Inc.(b)      7,895  
  356      Revance Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,743  
  2,316      Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,925  
  1,201      Rockwell Medical, Inc.(b)      10,329  
  1,884      RTI Surgical, Inc.(b)      7,630  
  109      Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,739  
  1,682      Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,074  
  238      Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      8,630  
  736      SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,102  
  579      Select Medical Holdings Corp.(b)      7,961  
  649      Selecta Biosciences, Inc.(b)      7,827  
  3,818      Senseonics Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,452  
  660      Seres Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,488  
  1,682      Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      3,280  
  135      Spark Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,826  
  260      Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      7,436  
  1,079      Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      8,211  
  740      STAAR Surgical Co.(b)      7,696  
  831      Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,396  
  657      Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(b)      6,669  
  249      Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      8,117  
  369      Surgery Partners, Inc.(b)      6,347  
  301      SurModics, Inc.(b)      6,878  
  545      Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,172  
  1,580      Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,510  
  9,846      Synthetic Biologics, Inc.(b)      5,612  
  485      Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,367  
  1,353      T2 Biosystems, Inc.(b)      6,508  
  526      Tabula Rasa Healthcare, Inc.(b)      7,090  
  392      Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.(b)      7,389  
  295      Teladoc, Inc.(b)      7,316  
  969      Teligent, Inc.(b)      7,645  
  46      TESARO, Inc.(b)      6,789  
  874      Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,931  
  648      TG Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      7,160  
  1,069      TherapeuticsMD, Inc.(b)(c)      5,452  
  212      Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (Cayman Islands)(b)      8,550  
  2,140      Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,313  
  252      Tivity Health, Inc.(b)      8,467  
  99      Tobira Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      1,360  
  6,364      TransEnterix, Inc.(b)      4,137  
  1,968      Trevena, Inc.(b)      6,435  
  426      Triple-S Management Corp., Class B(b)      7,711  
  6,142      Trovagene, Inc.(b)      5,712  
  112      U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.      7,347  
  98      Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      6,310  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  118      Utah Medical Products, Inc.    $ 7,387  
  501      Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,640  
  775      Veracyte, Inc.(b)      6,564  
  345      Versartis, Inc.(b)      6,348  
  872      Viewray, Inc.(b)      6,017  
  1,766      Vital Therapies, Inc.(b)      7,064  
  430      Vocera Communications, Inc.(b)      10,905  
  617      Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,441  
  1,193      vTv Therapeutics, Inc., Class A(b)      6,573  
  272      WaVe Life Sciences Ltd.(b)      5,739  
  232      Wright Medical Group NV(b)      7,050  
  368      XBiotech, Inc.(b)      4,004  
  298      Xencor, Inc.(b)      7,650  
  1,497      Zafgen, Inc.(b)      7,305  
  1,203      ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.(b)(c)      8,469  
  679      Zogenix, Inc.(b)      7,469  
     

 

 

 
        2,450,280  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—14.0%   
  554      AAON, Inc.      20,304  
  277      AAR Corp.      9,969  
  218      ABM Industries, Inc.      9,415  
  1,887      Acacia Research Corp.(b)      10,284  
  723      ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      10,303  
  361      Actuant Corp., Class A      9,855  
  417      Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.(b)      9,916  
  927      Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      21,367  
  212      Advisory Board Co. (The)(b)      10,833  
  428      Aegion Corp.(b)      9,767  
  437      Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,793  
  346      Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      9,885  
  604      Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(b)      11,108  
  403      Aircastle Ltd.      9,519  
  126      Alamo Group, Inc.      9,962  
  212      Albany International Corp., Class A      10,335  
  59      Allegiant Travel Co.      8,579  
  467      Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.      10,573  
  251      Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      11,082  
  234      American Railcar Industries, Inc.      9,816  
  1,488      American Superconductor Corp.(b)      7,752  
  92      American Woodmark Corp.(b)      8,455  
  352      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      19,184  
  154      Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.      9,856  
  536      Aqua Metals, Inc.(b)(c)      8,844  
  2,649      ARC Document Solutions, Inc.(b)      9,748  
  371      ArcBest Corp.      9,813  
  146      Argan, Inc.      9,760  
  1,094      Armstrong Flooring, Inc.(b)      20,994  
  155      Astec Industries, Inc.      9,819  
  321      Astronics Corp.(b)      10,436  
  367      Atkore International Group, Inc.(b)      9,637  
  183      Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,614  
  418      Axon Enterprise, Inc.(b)      10,274  
  167      AZZ, Inc.      9,861  
  1,065      Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(b)      9,979  
  188      Barnes Group, Inc.      10,334  
  181      Barrett Business Services, Inc.      10,436  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  413      Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(b)    $ 20,472  
  572      Blue Bird Corp.(b)      10,639  
  890      BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.(b)      20,737  
  245      Brady Corp., Class A      9,543  
  436      Briggs & Stratton Corp.      10,896  
  183      Brink’s Co. (The)      11,236  
  1,389      Builders FirstSource, Inc.(b)      22,238  
  601      Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)(b)      23,860  
  664      CAI International, Inc.(b)      13,692  
  682      Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      10,264  
  691      CBIZ, Inc.(b)      10,883  
  894      CECO Environmental Corp.      10,093  
  1,382      Celadon Group, Inc.      5,459  
  285      Chart Industries, Inc.(b)      10,405  
  166      CIRCOR International, Inc.      11,074  
  2,295      Cogint, Inc.(b)(c)      12,163  
  385      Columbus McKinnon Corp.      10,060  
  576      Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      21,139  
  786      Continental Building Products, Inc.(b)      19,139  
  1,510      Costamare, Inc. (Monaco)      10,177  
  526      Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(b)      9,852  
  273      CRA International, Inc.      10,358  
  265      CSW Industrials, Inc.(b)      9,381  
  175      Cubic Corp.      9,082  
  102      Curtiss-Wright Corp.      9,533  
  133      Deluxe Corp.      9,564  
  306      DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      9,853  
  1,606      DMC Global, Inc.      24,572  
  318      Douglas Dynamics, Inc.      10,144  
  330      Ducommun, Inc.(b)      9,699  
  286      DXP Enterprises, Inc.(b)      10,433  
  106      Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      11,200  
  461      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(b)      8,644  
  155      EMCOR Group, Inc.      10,190  
  209      Encore Wire Corp.      9,238  
  617      Energous Corp.(b)(c)      7,787  
  1,269      Energy Recovery, Inc.(b)      10,710  
  125      EnerSys      10,389  
  339      Engility Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,611  
  605      Ennis, Inc.      10,648  
  148      EnPro Industries, Inc.      10,456  
  167      ESCO Technologies, Inc.      9,828  
  656      Essendant, Inc.      10,955  
  112      Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      10,242  
  950      ExOne Co. (The)(b)      9,585  
  163      Exponent, Inc.      9,967  
  689      Federal Signal Corp.      10,755  
  202      Forward Air Corp.      10,740  
  1,172      Foundation Building Materials, Inc.(b)      18,975  
  495      Franklin Covey Co.(b)      10,519  
  231      Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      9,494  
  760      FreightCar America, Inc.      9,926  
  236      FTI Consulting, Inc.(b)      8,163  
  162      GATX Corp.      9,704  
  669      Gencor Industries, Inc.(b)      11,105  
  254      Generac Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,933  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  563      General Cable Corp.    $ 10,134  
  501      Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(b)      19,664  
  564      Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.      20,107  
  584      GMS, Inc.(b)      21,117  
  317      Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      9,073  
  399      GP Strategies Corp.(b)      10,813  
  413      Graham Corp.      9,115  
  202      Granite Construction, Inc.      10,647  
  2,309      Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.(b)      10,506  
  226      Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)      9,820  
  840      Griffon Corp.      20,160  
  389      H&E Equipment Services, Inc.      8,216  
  888      Hardinge, Inc.      9,324  
  757      Harsco Corp.(b)      9,879  
  199      Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,806  
  1,602      HC2 Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,356  
  225      Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      10,330  
  474      Heartland Express, Inc.      9,537  
  366      Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.      7,869  
  714      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(b)      10,746  
  300      Herman Miller, Inc.      9,930  
  1,932      Hill International, Inc.(b)      7,825  
  264      Hillenbrand, Inc.      9,742  
  208      HNI Corp.      9,726  
  205      Hub Group, Inc., Class A(b)      8,026  
  316      Hurco Cos., Inc.      9,164  
  238      Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(b)      10,591  
  167      Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.      10,038  
  232      ICF International, Inc.(b)      10,243  
  520      IES Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,400  
  996      InnerWorkings, Inc.(b)      10,548  
  109      Insperity, Inc.      9,957  
  580      Insteel Industries, Inc.      20,190  
  1,081      Interface, Inc.      21,512  
  618      Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc.(b)      20,413  
  108      John Bean Technologies Corp.      9,574  
  162      Kadant, Inc.      10,068  
  199      Kaman Corp.      9,554  
  439      Kelly Services, Inc., Class A      9,798  
  254      Kennametal, Inc.      10,561  
  1,014      KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)      9,623  
  404      Kforce, Inc.      9,171  
  572      Kimball International, Inc., Class B      10,164  
  214      KLX, Inc.(b)      10,122  
  297      Knight Transportation, Inc.      10,187  
  403      Knoll, Inc.      9,656  
  305      Korn/Ferry International      9,882  
  1,167      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions,
Inc.(b)
     8,893  
  886      Lawson Products, Inc.(b)      20,156  
  1,206      Layne Christensen Co.(b)      9,612  
  118      Lindsay Corp.      10,249  
  2,095      LSI Industries, Inc.      19,002  
  183      Lydall, Inc.(b)      9,589  
  1,638      Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(b)      9,779  
  395      Marten Transport Ltd.      9,796  
  252      Masonite International Corp.(b)      20,966  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  246      MasTec, Inc.(b)    $ 10,861  
  308      Matson, Inc.      9,764  
  123      Matthews International Corp., Class A      8,432  
  288      McGrath RentCorp      10,025  
  255      Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      9,532  
  490      Meritor, Inc.(b)      8,727  
  531      Milacron Holdings Corp.(b)      9,993  
  386      Miller Industries, Inc.      9,804  
  462      Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      10,395  
  317      Mobile Mini, Inc.      9,098  
  147      Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      10,092  
  1,127      MRC Global, Inc.(b)      20,545  
  136      MSA Safety, Inc.      10,588  
  608      Mueller Industries, Inc.      19,480  
  1,691      Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      19,024  
  135      Multi-Color Corp.      10,368  
  240      MYR Group, Inc.(b)      10,142  
  81      National Presto Industries, Inc.      8,452  
  424      Navigant Consulting, Inc.(b)      10,163  
  376      Navistar International Corp.(b)      10,118  
  1,244      NCI Building Systems, Inc.(b)      21,770  
  535      Neff Corp., Class A(b)      9,416  
  833      NN, Inc.      22,991  
  1,904      NOW, Inc.(b)      32,387  
  255      NV5 Global, Inc.(b)      9,869  
  440      Omega Flex, Inc.      24,715  
  204      On Assignment, Inc.(b)      10,561  
  1,288      Orion Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,724  
  266      Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.      10,467  
  290      Patrick Industries, Inc.(b)      20,605  
  1,947      PGT Innovations, Inc.(b)      21,222  
  7,395      Plug Power, Inc.(b)(c)      16,565  
  1,044      Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.(b)      20,097  
  303      Powell Industries, Inc.      10,450  
  196      Preformed Line Products Co.      10,374  
  412      Primoris Services Corp.      9,464  
  186      Proto Labs, Inc.(b)      10,788  
  403      Quad/Graphics, Inc., Class A      10,583  
  1,039      Quanex Building Products Corp.      21,196  
  1,920      Radiant Logistics, Inc.(b)      11,520  
  325      Raven Industries, Inc.      10,075  
  218      RBC Bearings, Inc.(b)      21,865  
  579      Resources Connection, Inc.      8,048  
  341      REV Group, Inc.      9,616  
  868      Rexnord Corp.(b)      21,179  
  1,500      Roadrunner Transportation Systems,
Inc.(b)
     10,080  
  789      RPX Corp.(b)      10,131  
  294      Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)      11,099  
  221      Saia, Inc.(b)      10,641  
  1,064      Scorpio Bulkers, Inc.(b)      7,927  
  478      Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.      19,937  
  174      Siteone Landscape Supply, Inc.(b)      8,319  
  269      SkyWest, Inc.      10,007  
  277      SP Plus Corp.(b)      9,543  
  1,288      Spartan Motors, Inc.      10,626  
  453      Sparton Corp.(b)      10,088  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  397      SPX Corp.(b)    $ 9,552  
  285      SPX FLOW, Inc.(b)      10,300  
  100      Standex International Corp.      9,395  
  554      Steelcase, Inc., Class A      9,446  
  263      Sun Hydraulics Corp.      10,215  
  6,356      Sunrun, Inc.(b)      33,623  
  491      Supreme Industries, Inc., Class A      9,840  
  470      Swift Transportation Co., Class A(b)      11,553  
  376      Team, Inc.(b)      10,114  
  83      Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      11,191  
  134      Tennant Co.      9,816  
  236      Tetra Tech, Inc.      10,372  
  688      Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.      10,286  
  488      Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,004  
  981      Titan International, Inc.      10,507  
  702      Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)      11,127  
  1,918      TPI Composites, Inc.(b)      37,689  
  893      TRC Cos., Inc.(b)      15,628  
  290      Trex Co., Inc.(b)      21,225  
  455      TriMas Corp.(b)      10,442  
  329      TriNet Group, Inc.(b)      9,673  
  408      Triton International Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      12,489  
  393      Triumph Group, Inc.      10,297  
  350      TrueBlue, Inc.(b)      9,573  
  324      Tutor Perini Corp.(b)      9,995  
  70      UniFirst Corp.      9,744  
  671      Univar, Inc.(b)      20,029  
  209      Universal Forest Products, Inc.      19,916  
  731      Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.      10,197  
  202      US Ecology, Inc.      9,524  
  1,298      USA Truck, Inc.(b)      8,710  
  425      Vectrus, Inc.(b)      10,812  
  388      Veritiv Corp.(b)      20,040  
  181      Viad Corp.      8,181  
  592      Vicor Corp.(b)      10,656  
  251      VSE Corp.      10,705  
  461      Wabash National Corp.      10,502  
  125      WageWorks, Inc.(b)      9,225  
  155      Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      9,641  
  361      Werner Enterprises, Inc.      9,855  
  849      Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,315  
  1,839      West Corp.      49,083  
  442      Willis Lease Finance Corp.(b)      10,038  
  143      Woodward, Inc.      9,677  
  202      XPO Logistics, Inc.(b)      9,977  
  881      YRC Worldwide, Inc.(b)      9,391  
     

 

 

 
        3,054,909  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—13.4%   
  220      2U, Inc.(b)      9,988  
  701      3D Systems Corp.(b)      11,097  
  3,103      8x8, Inc.(b)      45,149  
  1,082      A10 Networks, Inc.(b)      8,764  
  177      Acacia Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      8,114  
  456      ACI Worldwide, Inc.(b)      9,799  
  708      Actua Corp.(b)      9,912  
  356      Acxiom Corp.(b)      10,288  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  465      ADTRAN, Inc.    $ 9,300  
  144      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      10,627  
  718      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      9,549  
  2,304      Aerohive Networks, Inc.(b)      8,916  
  1,040      Agilysys, Inc.(b)      10,296  
  316      Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,305  
  2,666      ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,931  
  577      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      9,549  
  182      Ambarella, Inc.(b)      10,232  
  1,359      Amber Road, Inc.(b)      11,130  
  962      American Software, Inc., Class A      10,553  
  912      Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)      10,743  
  1,465      Angie’s List, Inc.(b)      8,614  
  126      Anixter International, Inc.(b)      10,275  
  389      AppFolio, Inc., Class A(b)      10,328  
  192      Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(b)      9,483  
  840      Apptio, Inc., Class A(b)      10,962  
  173      Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      10,638  
  809      Autobytel, Inc.(b)      10,606  
  2,030      Avid Technology, Inc.(b)      11,378  
  619      AVX Corp.      10,467  
  629      Axcelis Technologies, Inc.(b)      12,108  
  265      Badger Meter, Inc.      10,534  
  1,027      Bankrate, Inc.(b)      10,886  
  431      Barracuda Networks, Inc.(b)      8,762  
  2,387      Bazaarvoice, Inc.(b)      11,219  
  436      Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      10,551  
  297      Belden, Inc.      20,701  
  310      Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(b)      9,827  
  378      Benefitfocus, Inc.(b)      11,907  
  1,132      Black Box Corp.      11,207  
  130      Blackbaud, Inc.      10,453  
  120      Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      4,854  
  344      Blackline, Inc.(b)      11,307  
  558      Blucora, Inc.(b)      10,295  
  413      Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc.(b)      9,623  
  605      Box, Inc., Class A(b)      10,430  
  1,238      Brightcove, Inc.(b)      10,771  
  236      BroadSoft, Inc.(b)      9,062  
  472      Brooks Automation, Inc.      11,923  
  275      Cabot Microelectronics Corp.      21,546  
  81      CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      9,558  
  599      CalAmp Corp.(b)      10,746  
  1,395      Calix, Inc.(b)      9,346  
  482      Callidus Software, Inc.(b)      10,146  
  512      Carbonite, Inc.(b)      11,059  
  102      Cardtronics PLC, Class A(b)      4,241  
  696      Care.com, Inc.(b)      8,248  
  74      Cass Information Systems, Inc.      4,919  
  139      Cavium, Inc.(b)      9,570  
  289      CEVA, Inc.(b)      10,404  
  922      ChannelAdvisor Corp.(b)      10,880  
  419      Ciena Corp.(b)      9,599  
  99      Cimpress NV (Netherlands)(b)      8,126  
  167      Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      10,746  
  586      Clearfield, Inc.(b)      8,292  
 

 

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

 

 

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Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  51      Coherent, Inc.(b)    $ 10,996  
  579      Cohu, Inc.      10,845  
  201      CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)      10,140  
  673      Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      9,429  
  623      Control4 Corp.(b)      10,529  
  460      Convergys Corp.      10,355  
  257      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.(b)      10,095  
  417      Coupa Software, Inc.(b)      11,572  
  1,059      CPI Card Group, Inc.      3,812  
  477      Cray, Inc.(b)      8,538  
  269      CSG Systems International, Inc.      10,090  
  454      CTS Corp.      10,033  
  1,083      Daktronics, Inc.      10,245  
  2,281      DHI Group, Inc.(b)      8,782  
  338      Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.      9,532  
  836      Digi International, Inc.(b)      10,366  
  393      Digimarc Corp.(b)      11,338  
  418      Diodes, Inc.(b)      9,777  
  850      DSP Group, Inc.(b)      10,582  
  727      Eastman Kodak Co.(b)      7,997  
  163      Ebix, Inc.      10,057  
  1,508      Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.(b)      10,526  
  204      Electronics for Imaging, Inc.(b)      9,339  
  102      Ellie Mae, Inc.(b)      10,380  
  1,126      EMCORE Corp.      10,134  
  1,254      Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,530  
  5,697      EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      32,188  
  435      Entegris, Inc.(b)      10,788  
  303      Envestnet, Inc.(b)      10,544  
  136      EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)      10,472  
  150      ePlus, Inc.(b)      10,688  
  511      Everbridge, Inc.(b)      11,860  
  292      EVERTEC, Inc.      4,628  
  764      Exa Corp.(b)      10,513  
  948      Exar Corp.(b)      12,333  
  204      ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)      9,733  
  1,531      Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      11,965  
  237      Fabrinet (Thailand)(b)      8,217  
  37      Fair Isaac Corp.      5,013  
  275      FARO Technologies, Inc.(b)      10,079  
  358      Finisar Corp.(b)      8,177  
  547      Five9, Inc.(b)      9,980  
  865      FormFactor, Inc.(b)      9,602  
  244      Forrester Research, Inc.      9,894  
  288      Gigamon, Inc.(b)      9,130  
  1,101      Global Sources Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      10,129  
  281      Globant SA(b)      10,647  
  4,673      Glu Mobile, Inc.(b)      10,795  
  3,982      Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)      50,213  
  296      GrubHub, Inc.(b)      12,722  
  426      GTT Communications, Inc.(b)      11,715  
  1,696      Guidance Software, Inc.(b)      10,261  
  498      Hackett Group, Inc. (The)      9,875  
  1,708      Harmonic, Inc.(b)      9,906  
  1,064      Hortonworks, Inc.(b)      11,076  
  165      HubSpot, Inc.(b)      11,063  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  551      Ichor Holdings Ltd.(b)    $ 10,689  
  268      II-VI, Inc.(b)      8,884  
  1,194      Immersion Corp.(b)      10,471  
  244      Imperva, Inc.(b)      10,846  
  352      Impinj, Inc.(b)      13,193  
  912      Infinera Corp.(b)      9,047  
  3,063      Information Services Group, Inc.(b)      9,648  
  217      Inphi Corp.(b)      8,988  
  239      Insight Enterprises, Inc.(b)      10,062  
  340      Instructure, Inc.(b)      8,126  
  421      Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)      10,100  
  116      InterDigital, Inc.      10,428  
  779      InvenSense, Inc.(b)      10,018  
  151      Itron, Inc.(b)      9,792  
  698      IXYS Corp.      9,737  
  531      j2 Global, Inc.      47,917  
  2,277      Jive Software, Inc.(b)      11,499  
  619      Kimball Electronics, Inc.(b)      10,678  
  527      Knowles Corp.(b)      9,344  
  2,483      Kopin Corp.(b)      10,131  
  1,216      KVH Industries, Inc.(b)      9,728  
  1,407      Lattice Semiconductor Corp.(b)      9,652  
  4,060      Limelight Networks, Inc.(b)      12,748  
  1,237      Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      9,649  
  60      Littelfuse, Inc.      9,249  
  1,501      LivePerson, Inc.(b)      10,582  
  104      LogMeIn, Inc.      11,752  
  192      Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(b)      8,208  
  222      MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,851  
  280      ManTech International Corp., Class A      9,940  
  3,028      Marchex, Inc., Class B(b)      8,206  
  154      MAXIMUS, Inc.      9,392  
  378      MaxLinear, Inc., Class A(b)      10,520  
  1,661      Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)      10,132  
  1,891      Meet Group, Inc. (The)(b)      11,270  
  80      Mesa Laboratories, Inc.      11,186  
  226      Methode Electronics, Inc.      10,068  
  194      Microsemi Corp.(b)      9,106  
  53      MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(b)      10,079  
  368      MINDBODY, Inc., Class A(b)      10,433  
  1,585      Mitek Systems, Inc.(b)      13,869  
  146      MKS Instruments, Inc.      11,425  
  2,252      Mobileiron, Inc.(b)      10,247  
  986      Model N, Inc.(b)      10,550  
  280      MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)      4,987  
  109      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      9,974  
  515      Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.      10,480  
  175      MTS Systems Corp.      8,129  
  340      Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      10,729  
  665      NCI, Inc., Class A(b)      9,875  
  1,127      NeoPhotonics Corp.(b)      8,746  
  192      NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      9,053  
  264      NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)      9,940  
  299      NeuStar, Inc., Class A(b)      9,927  
  275      New Relic, Inc.(b)      10,995  
  484      NIC, Inc.      10,333  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  368      Novanta, Inc.(b)    $ 10,322  
  2,168      Numerex Corp., Class A(b)      9,756  
  122      NVE Corp.      9,932  
  1,035      Oclaro, Inc.(b)      8,290  
  133      OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      10,294  
  843      Park City Group, Inc.(b)      10,664  
  543      Park Electrochemical Corp.      9,405  
  183      Paycom Software, Inc.(b)      11,026  
  272      Paylocity Holding Corp.(b)      10,728  
  345      PC Connection, Inc.      9,915  
  447      PDF Solutions, Inc.(b)      8,502  
  237      Pegasystems, Inc.      10,795  
  572      Perficient, Inc.(b)      9,964  
  1,426      PFSweb, Inc.(b)      10,438  
  909      Photronics, Inc.(b)      10,454  
  1,239      Planet Payment, Inc.(b)      5,167  
  187      Plantronics, Inc.      10,210  
  173      Plexus Corp.(b)      8,994  
  155      Power Integrations, Inc.      10,222  
  352      Progress Software Corp.      10,461  
  134      Proofpoint, Inc.(b)      10,100  
  437      PROS Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,772  
  978      Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(b)      10,377  
  282      Q2 Holdings, Inc.(b)      10,758  
  368      QAD, Inc., Class A      11,114  
  276      Qualys, Inc.(b)      10,598  
  465      Quantenna Communications, Inc.(b)      8,556  
  2,226      QuinStreet, Inc.(b)      9,972  
  811      Quotient Technology, Inc.(b)      8,840  
  2,567      Radisys Corp.(b)      10,294  
  773      Rambus, Inc.(b)      9,678  
  687      Rapid7, Inc.(b)      11,645  
  2,154      RealNetworks, Inc.(b)      9,844  
  284      RealPage, Inc.(b)      10,522  
  553      Reis, Inc.      10,396  
  1,238      RetailMeNot, Inc.(b)      14,361  
  1,057      Rightside Group Ltd.(b)      10,612  
  368      RingCentral, Inc., Class A(b)      11,758  
  119      Rogers Corp.(b)      12,250  
  842      Rosetta Stone, Inc.(b)      9,473  
  1,795      Rubicon Project, Inc. (The)(b)      10,249  
  453      Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      11,099  
  249      Sanmina Corp.(b)      9,275  
  757      Sapiens International Corp. NV (Israel)      8,978  
  250      ScanSource, Inc.(b)      9,875  
  114      Science Applications International Corp.      8,321  
  863      SecureWorks Corp., Class A(b)      7,465  
  293      Semtech Corp.(b)      10,006  
  2,615      ServiceSource International, Inc.(b)      9,832  
  1,708      ShoreTel, Inc.(b)      11,187  
  201      Shutterstock, Inc.(b)      8,689  
  1,753      Sigma Designs, Inc.(b)      10,869  
  209      Silicom Ltd. (Israel)      11,334  
  137      Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      9,748  
  938      Silver Spring Networks, Inc.(b)      10,703  
  1,515      Sonus Networks, Inc.(b)      11,635  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  176      SPS Commerce, Inc.(b)    $ 9,726  
  69      Stamps.com, Inc.(b)      7,324  
  517      Stratasys Ltd.(b)      12,801  
  388      Super Micro Computer, Inc.(b)      9,467  
  320      Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(b)      9,539  
  200      Synaptics, Inc.(b)      10,954  
  385      Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(b)      6,160  
  85      SYNNEX Corp.      9,217  
  591      Syntel, Inc.      10,408  
  1,346      Systemax, Inc.      17,821  
  172      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      10,810  
  107      Tech Data Corp.(b)      10,235  
  1,107      TechTarget, Inc.(b)      10,240  
  1,201      Telenav, Inc.(b)      10,449  
  314      TeleTech Holdings, Inc.      9,813  
  553      Tivo Corp.      10,922  
  220      Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A(b)      8,217  
  703      Travelport Worldwide Ltd.      9,259  
  655      TrueCar, Inc.(b)      11,476  
  637      TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      10,657  
  196      Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.(b)      10,098  
  644      Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(b)      12,391  
  338      Ultratech, Inc.(b)      10,316  
  690      Unisys Corp.(b)      7,797  
  119      Universal Display Corp.      10,633  
  2,477      USA Technologies, Inc.(b)      12,137  
  323      Varonis Systems, Inc.(b)      10,142  
  774      VASCO Data Security International, Inc.(b)      10,449  
  344      Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      11,352  
  244      Verint Systems, Inc.(b)      9,589  
  155      ViaSat, Inc.(b)      9,925  
  919      Viavi Solutions, Inc.(b)      9,190  
  4,718      VirnetX Holding Corp.(b)(c)      15,569  
  336      Virtusa Corp.(b)      10,409  
  613      Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.      10,023  
  601      Vishay Precision Group, Inc.(b)      10,337  
  517      Web.com Group, Inc.(b)      9,978  
  140      WebMD Health Corp.(b)      7,592  
  654      Workiva, Inc., Class A(b)      10,987  
  861      Xactly Corp.(b)      9,988  
  1,126      Xcerra Corp.(b)      11,035  
  482      XO Group, Inc.(b)      8,459  
  271      Xperi Corp.      9,106  
  375      Zendesk, Inc.(b)      10,781  
  2,144      Zix Corp.(b)      11,642  
     

 

 

 
        2,942,816  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—6.9%  
  649      A. Schulman, Inc.      20,541  
  2,687      AK Steel Holding Corp.(b)      17,036  
  1,165      Allegheny Technologies, Inc.      21,378  
  1,260      American Vanguard Corp.      21,105  
  1,385      Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.      20,152  
  246      Balchem Corp.      19,965  
  746      Boise Cascade Co.(b)      22,753  
  1,466      Calgon Carbon Corp.      21,330  
  551      Carpenter Technology Corp.      22,371  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  1,680      Century Aluminum Co.(b)    $ 22,915  
  212      Chase Corp.      21,730  
  584      Chemours Co. (The)      23,529  
  363      Clearwater Paper Corp.(b)      17,642  
  2,411      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.(b)      16,202  
  1,570      Codexis, Inc.(b)      6,908  
  2,545      Coeur Mining, Inc.(b)      23,058  
  1,066      Commercial Metals Co.      19,870  
  265      Deltic Timber Corp.      20,503  
  1,352      Ferro Corp.(b)      24,228  
  2,036      Ferroglobe PLC      19,647  
  2,742      Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)      32,931  
  1,112      Forterra, Inc.(b)      21,395  
  1,452      FutureFuel Corp.      22,448  
  612      GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.(b)      20,135  
  4,602      Gold Resource Corp.      15,187  
  365      Greif, Inc., Class A      21,396  
  390      H.B. Fuller Co.      20,604  
  416      Hawkins, Inc.      21,258  
  563      Haynes International, Inc.      23,809  
  857      Headwaters, Inc.(b)      20,362  
  3,968      Hecla Mining Co.      21,626  
  332      Ingevity Corp.(b)      20,992  
  377      Innophos Holdings, Inc.      18,073  
  325      Innospec, Inc.      21,450  
  249      Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      21,018  
  860      KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      18,137  
  471      KMG Chemicals, Inc.      24,751  
  485      Koppers Holdings, Inc.(b)      20,588  
  698      Kraton Corp.(b)      22,832  
  1,290      Kronos Worldwide, Inc.      22,601  
  847      Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      21,802  
  2,325      LSB Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      25,621  
  620      Materion Corp.      23,591  
  275      Minerals Technologies, Inc.      21,642  
  1,126      Multi Packaging Solutions International Ltd.(b)      20,212  
  1,348      Myers Industries, Inc.      21,972  
  265      Neenah Paper, Inc.      20,763  
  611      Olin Corp.      19,631  
  1,043      Olympic Steel, Inc.      23,520  
  2,203      OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.(b)      20,929  
  922      P.H. Glatfelter Co.      19,832  
  604      PolyOne Corp.      23,683  
  156      Quaker Chemical Corp.      22,558  
  1,587      Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.      21,028  
  1,502      Real Industry, Inc.(b)      3,905  
  1,824      Ryerson Holding Corp.(b)      24,989  
  983      Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A      18,579  
  488      Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.      21,008  
  251      Sensient Technologies Corp.      20,532  
  258      Stepan Co.      21,878  
  1,158      Stillwater Mining Co.(b)      20,821  
  858      Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(b)      22,016  
  3,396      SunCoke Energy, Inc.(b)      31,141  
  1,120      TimkenSteel Corp.(b)      16,890  
  2,862      Trecora Resources(b)      31,625  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  1,179      Tredegar Corp.    $ 20,220  
  302      Trinseo SA      20,053  
  1,210      Tronox Ltd., Class A      19,977  
  803      UFP Technologies, Inc.(b)      21,440  
  259      United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.      20,492  
  302      US Concrete, Inc.(b)      18,724  
  403      Worthington Industries, Inc.      17,531  
     

 

 

 
        1,513,061  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—2.4%  
  155      Acadia Realty Trust REIT      4,507  
  97      Agree Realty Corp. REIT      4,703  
  108      Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.      4,969  
  11      Alexander’s, Inc. REIT      4,783  
  161      Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA(b)      3,556  
  328      Altisource Residential Corp. REIT      4,717  
  111      American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT      4,754  
  337      Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      4,806  
  440      Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. REIT      4,660  
  799      Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      4,994  
  384      Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Class A REIT      4,785  
  294      CareTrust REIT, Inc. REIT      5,004  
  422      CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      4,942  
  510      CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT      4,717  
  926      Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      4,982  
  240      Chatham Lodging Trust REIT      4,646  
  198      Chesapeake Lodging Trust REIT      4,615  
  391      City Office REIT, Inc. REIT      4,907  
  345      Clipper Realty, Inc. REIT      3,795  
  138      Colony Starwood Homes REIT      4,771  
  203      Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. REIT      5,018  
  90      Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.      4,881  
  142      CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. REIT      5,180  
  52      CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      5,088  
  569      Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT      4,831  
  428      DiamondRock Hospitality Co. REIT      4,712  
  94      DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      4,846  
  239      Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT      4,809  
  64      EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT      5,008  
  116      Education Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      4,497  
  426      Farmland Partners, Inc. REIT      4,643  
  624      FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. REIT      4,836  
  176      First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      4,953  
  464      First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      5,104  
  358      Forestar Group, Inc.(b)      5,066  
  211      Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. REIT      4,923  
  391      Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT      4,743  
  117      FRP Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,996  
  151      Geo Group, Inc. (The) REIT      5,031  
  186      Getty Realty Corp. REIT      4,762  
  235      Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      5,240  
  556      Global Medical REIT, Inc. REIT      5,154  
  197      Global NET Lease, Inc. REIT      4,655  
  227      Government Properties Income Trust REIT      4,840  
  180      Gramercy Property Trust REIT      5,002  
  148      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      4,854  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  250      Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT    $ 4,610  
  160      HFF, Inc., Class A      5,024  
  134      Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. REIT      4,604  
  505      Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      4,646  
  268      InfraREIT, Inc. REIT      5,119  
  811      Investors Real Estate Trust REIT      4,793  
  403      iStar, Inc. REIT(b)      4,929  
  221      Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.      4,508  
  221      Kite Realty Group Trust REIT      4,500  
  164      LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT      4,684  
  455      Lexington Realty Trust REIT      4,627  
  100      LTC Properties, Inc. REIT      4,784  
  172      Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT      4,653  
  191      Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(b)      4,928  
  427      Medequities Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      5,047  
  366      Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT      4,784  
  330      Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT      4,950  
  467      Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. REIT      4,754  
  65      National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      4,756  
  196      National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT      4,802  
  478      New Senior Investment Group, Inc. REIT      4,981  
  197      NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT      4,730  
  400      NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. REIT      4,652  
  207      One Liberty Properties, Inc. REIT      5,026  
  246      Parkway, Inc. REIT      4,957  
  167      Pebblebrook Hotel Trust REIT      4,970  
  326      Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust REIT      4,515  
  241      Physicians Realty Trust REIT      4,733  
  104      Potlatch Corp. REIT      4,685  
  347      Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A REIT      4,910  
  41      PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      4,983  
  96      QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      5,130  
  1,595      RAIT Financial Trust REIT      4,897  
  338      Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT      4,506  
  81      RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A      4,791  
  221      Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT      4,553  
  210      Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. REIT      5,237  
  209      RLJ Lodging Trust REIT      4,491  
  93      RMR Group, Inc. (The), Class A      4,906  
  75      Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT      4,783  
  169      Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. REIT      4,595  
  76      Saul Centers, Inc. REIT      4,564  
  183      Select Income REIT      4,586  
  110      Seritage Growth Properties, Class A REIT      4,565  
  216      Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      4,629  
  274      St. Joe Co. (The)(b)      4,795  
  186      STAG Industrial, Inc., Class A REIT      4,903  
  177      Stratus Properties, Inc.      5,283  
  302      Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      4,992  
  317      Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT      4,720  
  215      Tejon Ranch Co.(b)      4,923  
  168      Terreno Realty Corp. REIT      5,188  
  271      Tier REIT, Inc. REIT      4,691  
  635      Trinity Place Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,528  
  312      UMH Properties, Inc. REIT      4,998  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  77      Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT    $ 5,371  
  178      Urban Edge Properties REIT      4,539  
  228      Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT      4,482  
  149      Washington REIT      4,719  
  579      Washington Prime Group, Inc. REIT      5,095  
  346      Whitestone REIT      4,339  
  281      Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      4,906  
     

 

 

 
        518,634  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—4.4%  
  618      ATN International, Inc.      42,759  
  3,371      Boingo Wireless, Inc.(b)      48,172  
  2,387      Cincinnati Bell, Inc.(b)      44,995  
  1,060      Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.      47,700  
  1,912      Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.      45,257  
  2,695      FairPoint Communications, Inc.(b)      45,950  
  2,036      General Communication, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     76,228  
  27,256      Globalstar, Inc.(b)(c)      52,059  
  3,564      IDT Corp., Class B(b)      54,137  
  4,960      Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)      52,576  
  2,510      Lumos Networks Corp.(b)      44,954  
  4,815      ORBCOMM, Inc.(b)      46,417  
  473      pdvWireless, Inc.(b)      12,132  
  1,550      Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.      49,600  
  2,444      Spok Holdings, Inc.      43,870  
  1,306      Straight Path Communications, Inc., Class B(b)      168,291  
  7,053      Vonage Holdings Corp.(b)      47,326  
  7,914      Windstream Holdings, Inc.      43,685  
     

 

 

 
        966,108  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—7.2%  
  656      ALLETE, Inc.      45,861  
  1,018      American States Water Co.      45,321  
  1,344      Artesian Resources Corp., Class A      51,623  
  17,102      Atlantic Power Corp.(b)      42,755  
  2,094      Atlantica Yield PLC (Spain)      43,639  
  1,123      Avista Corp.      45,302  
  669      Black Hills Corp.      45,505  
  1,271      California Water Service Group      45,375  
  645      Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      47,278  
  838      Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      44,975  
  1,461      Delta Natural Gas Co., Inc.      44,268  
  6,315      Dynegy, Inc.(b)      40,542  
  901      El Paso Electric Co.      46,492  
  536      IDACORP, Inc.      45,303  
  704      MGE Energy, Inc.      45,267  
  1,220      Middlesex Water Co.      46,506  
  1,133      New Jersey Resources Corp.      45,717  
  748      Northwest Natural Gas Co.      44,581  
  758      NorthWestern Corp.      45,313  
  2,634      NRG Yield, Inc., Class C      46,622  
  654      ONE Gas, Inc.      45,015  
  791      Ormat Technologies, Inc.      46,716  
  1,217      Otter Tail Corp.      48,072  
  2,188      Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      48,180  
  1,190      PNM Resources, Inc.      44,328  
  992      Portland General Electric Co.      44,977  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  935      SJW Corp.    $ 45,665  
  1,266      South Jersey Industries, Inc.      47,500  
  533      Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.      44,644  
  659      Spire, Inc.      45,174  
  6,310      TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A      29,973  
  2,528      TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A(b)      31,828  
  993      Unitil Corp.      48,091  
  536      WGL Holdings, Inc.      44,199  
  1,295      York Water Co. (The)      48,563  
     

 

 

 
        1,571,170  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $19,792,325)
     21,854,275  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%   
  59,289      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(e)
(Cost $59,289)
     59,289  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $19,851,614)—100.2%
     21,913,564  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—1.9%   
  426,605      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(e)(f)
(Cost $426,605)
     426,605  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $20,278,219)—102.1%
     22,340,169  
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.1)%      (462,740
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 21,877,429  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—16.4%  
  10,385      American Outdoor Brands Corp.(b)(c)    $ 230,028  
  2,438      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(c)      149,206  
  3,001      BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(c)      135,345  
  1,605      Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.(c)      252,868  
  421      Cavco Industries, Inc.(c)      49,994  
  957      Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)      61,401  
  925      Churchill Downs, Inc.      154,290  
  3,518      Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.      123,200  
  3,736      Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(c)      239,141  
  811      Dorman Products, Inc.(c)      67,435  
  2,808      Duluth Holdings, Inc., Class B(b)(c)      62,197  
  682      Etsy, Inc.(c)      7,338  
  4,802      Fox Factory Holding Corp.(c)      144,300  
  6,700      Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(c)      105,726  
  545      Gentherm, Inc.(c)      20,247  
  2,916      Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(c)      219,167  
  8,928      Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The), Class A(c)      168,739  
  2,460      IMAX Corp.(c)      75,030  
  3,893      Installed Building Products, Inc.(c)      207,692  
  2,953      LCI Industries      298,696  
  1,570      Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(c)      14,915  
  7,439      MCBC Holdings, Inc.      124,603  
  331      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.      17,162  
  5,617      Nautilus, Inc.(c)      102,229  
  5,077      Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A      350,313  
  2,902      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(c)      111,147  
  857      Oxford Industries, Inc.      49,689  
  767      Papa John’s International, Inc.      60,639  
  6,286      Potbelly Corp.(c)      87,690  
  9,625      Select Comfort Corp.(c)      297,413  
  3,526      Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      119,672  
  726      Shutterfly, Inc.(c)      37,679  
  7,125      Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      281,081  
  2,183      Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.(b)      131,962  
  4,979      Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(c)      115,015  
  41      Tenneco, Inc.      2,584  
  4,649      Texas Roadhouse, Inc.      217,945  
  14,837      Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.      316,770  
  1,587      Universal Electronics, Inc.(c)      109,979  
  6,972      World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A      149,410  
  7,356      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.(b)(c)      132,776  
     

 

 

 
        5,602,713  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—3.1%  
  9,860      Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.(b)(c)      88,740  
  4,539      B&G Foods, Inc.      190,638  
  2,180      Calavo Growers, Inc.      143,008  
  181      Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      38,347  
  405      Farmer Brothers Co.(c)      14,378  
  8,826      HRG Group, Inc.(c)      176,608  
  12,163      Lifevantage Corp.(b)(c)      60,328  
  603      MGP Ingredients, Inc.      31,573  
  3,431      Natural Health Trends Corp.      98,401  
  907      PriceSmart, Inc.      78,864  
  2,591      USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(c)      147,298  
     

 

 

 
        1,068,183  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials—1.6%  
  3,549      Cohen & Steers, Inc.    $ 141,605  
  309      Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.      62,464  
  1,065      Financial Engines, Inc.      45,263  
  418      Firstcash, Inc.      21,715  
  2,153      Moelis & Co., Class A      79,015  
  1,928      ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.      72,878  
  5,095      Trupanion, Inc.(b)(c)      80,960  
  689      Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      38,446  
  4,282      WMIH Corp.(c)      6,423  
     

 

 

 
        548,769  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—24.5%  
  910      Abaxis, Inc.      40,977  
  36,423      AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      94,700  
  2,971      Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      10,131  
  3,736      AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(c)      152,616  
  3,571      Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      53,922  
  1,018      Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      569  
  3,830      ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      207,280  
  440      Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc.(c)      880  
  65,270      Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      87,462  
  3,394      Avinger, Inc.(c)      1,910  
  3,318      BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.(c)      188,230  
  7,921      BioTelemetry, Inc.(c)      260,601  
  2,404      Cambrex Corp.(c)      142,677  
  2,128      Cantel Medical Corp.      158,344  
  5,950      Castlight Health, Inc., Class B(c)      22,908  
  1,128      Cempra, Inc.(c)      4,850  
  22,638      Chromadex Corp.(b)(c)      70,404  
  768      Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.      21,082  
  2,381      CorVel Corp.(c)      105,955  
  6,492      Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(c)      90,693  
  16,048      Cytokinetics, Inc.(c)      263,187  
  9,490      Depomed, Inc.(c)      113,785  
  7,282      Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.(c)      113,599  
  2,464      Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      223,214  
  939      Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(c)      28,085  
  5,811      Endologix, Inc.(b)(c)      43,524  
  3,633      Fluidigm Corp.(c)      17,947  
  6,356      GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.(c)      81,484  
  4,081      Genomic Health, Inc.(c)      134,102  
  30,855      Geron Corp.(b)(c)      78,989  
  1,585      Glaukos Corp.(c)      75,335  
  12,333      Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(c)      171,922  
  4,405      HealthEquity, Inc.(c)      200,516  
  597      HealthStream, Inc.(c)      16,591  
  9,102      ImmunoGen, Inc.(b)(c)      39,503  
  1,779      INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)      80,055  
  2,640      Inogen, Inc.(c)      218,830  
  7,800      Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      49,062  
  10      Insulet Corp.(c)      434  
  1,325      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(c)      18,312  
  2,450      iRadimed Corp.(b)(c)      21,070  
  4,529      Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(c)      73,913  
  22,596      Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      133,768  
  9,259      Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      144,533  
  1,592      Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      176,983  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  1,269      Masimo Corp.(c)    $ 130,377  
  13,765      MediciNova, Inc.(c)      79,149  
  4,449      Medidata Solutions, Inc.(c)      291,098  
  34,276      MiMedx Group, Inc.(b)(c)      434,962  
  2,422      Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      44,541  
  2,976      Neogen Corp.(c)      185,494  
  9,236      NeoGenomics, Inc.(c)      69,732  
  621      Nevro Corp.(c)      58,511  
  15,056      Novavax, Inc.(b)(c)      12,287  
  2,373      Novocure Ltd.(b)(c)      26,815  
  2,098      NuVasive, Inc.(c)      152,126  
  4,597      Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.(b)(c)      45,786  
  3,851      Omnicell, Inc.(c)      159,431  
  14,014      Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(c)      55,215  
  1,943      Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      41,677  
  3,279      PAREXEL International Corp.(c)      209,299  
  4,482      PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(c)      286,669  
  2,191      Prothena Corp. PLC (Ireland)(b)(c)      118,599  
  812      Providence Service Corp. (The)(c)      35,728  
  1,527      Radius Health, Inc.(b)(c)      59,660  
  7,224      RadNet, Inc.(c)      43,705  
  11,032      Repligen Corp.(c)      405,867  
  4,119      Spectranetics Corp. (The)(c)      117,803  
  1,602      STAAR Surgical Co.(b)(c)      16,661  
  20,834      Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Class A(b)(c)
     211,465  
  14,070      Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      458,682  
  4,573      T2 Biosystems, Inc.(b)(c)      21,996  
  5,867      Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(c)      5,589  
  7,932      Teligent, Inc.(c)      62,583  
  519      U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.      34,046  
  9,991      Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      152,363  
  17,438      ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.(b)(c)      122,764  
     

 

 

 
        8,385,614  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—13.9%   
  4,161      AAON, Inc.      152,501  
  5,185      Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      119,514  
  2,571      Advisory Board Co. (The)(c)      131,378  
  2      Allegiant Travel Co.      291  
  5,198      Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.      117,683  
  1,977      American Woodmark Corp.(c)      181,686  
  525      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      28,612  
  321      Argan, Inc.      21,459  
  461      Astronics Corp.(c)      14,987  
  5,594      Axon Enterprise, Inc.(b)(c)      137,501  
  240      AZZ, Inc.      14,172  
  1,972      Barrett Business Services, Inc.      113,706  
  23,208      Builders FirstSource, Inc.(c)      371,560  
  1,674      Comfort Systems USA, Inc.      61,436  
  3,633      Continental Building Products, Inc.(c)      88,464  
  2,603      Dycom Industries, Inc.(c)      275,033  
  1,003      Forward Air Corp.      53,330  
  197      GP Strategies Corp.(c)      5,339  
  5,336      Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(c)      289,745  
  5,818      Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      267,104  
  19      Heartland Express, Inc.      382  
  2,190      Insperity, Inc.      200,056  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)   
  352      John Bean Technologies Corp.    $ 31,205  
  9,566      Kforce, Inc.      217,148  
  2,311      Masonite International Corp.(c)      192,275  
  5,903      Mistras Group, Inc.(c)      132,817  
  1,602      On Assignment, Inc.(c)      82,936  
  3,010      Patrick Industries, Inc.(c)      213,860  
  22,007      PGT Innovations, Inc.(c)      239,876  
  2,191      Proto Labs, Inc.(c)      127,078  
  675      RBC Bearings, Inc.(c)      67,702  
  1,275      Trex Co., Inc.(c)      93,317  
  11,197      TriNet Group, Inc.(c)      329,192  
  6,759      Univar, Inc.(c)      201,756  
  3,859      US Ecology, Inc.      181,952  
     

 

 

 
        4,757,053  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—34.9%  
  1,502      3D Systems Corp.(b)(c)      23,777  
  19,339      8x8, Inc.(c)      281,382  
  22,105      A10 Networks, Inc.(c)      179,050  
  850      Acacia Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      38,964  
  16,680      Aerohive Networks, Inc.(c)      64,552  
  6,885      Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(c)      224,520  
  20,709      Amber Road, Inc.(c)      169,607  
  6,416      Angie’s List, Inc.(c)      37,726  
  1,518      AppFolio, Inc., Class A(c)      40,303  
  3,405      Aspen Technology, Inc.(c)      209,373  
  4,287      Badger Meter, Inc.      170,408  
  42      Benefitfocus, Inc.(c)      1,323  
  2,256      Blackbaud, Inc.      181,405  
  1,616      Box, Inc., Class A(c)      27,860  
  27,393      Brightcove, Inc.(c)      238,319  
  3,888      BroadSoft, Inc.(c)      149,299  
  5,508      CalAmp Corp.(c)      98,814  
  2,440      Callidus Software, Inc.(c)      51,362  
  1,479      Carbonite, Inc.(c)      31,946  
  920      Cardtronics PLC, Class A(c)      38,254  
  12,560      Care.com, Inc.(c)      148,836  
  5,461      Cavium, Inc.(c)      375,990  
  883      CEVA, Inc.(c)      31,788  
  1,148      Cimpress NV (Netherlands)(c)      94,228  
  2,491      Cirrus Logic, Inc.(c)      160,296  
  12,916      Clearfield, Inc.(b)(c)      182,761  
  1,948      CommVault Systems, Inc.(c)      98,277  
  1,009      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.(c)      39,634  
  2,074      Ebix, Inc.(b)      127,966  
  26      Electronics for Imaging, Inc.(c)      1,190  
  3,003      Ellie Mae, Inc.(c)      305,585  
  11,402      Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(c)      86,655  
  5,219      Envestnet, Inc.(c)      181,621  
  2,486      EPAM Systems, Inc.(c)      191,422  
  2,596      ExlService Holdings, Inc.(c)      123,855  
  58,444      Extreme Networks, Inc.(c)      456,740  
  1,511      Fair Isaac Corp.      204,710  
  14,671      Five9, Inc.(c)      267,672  
  2,319      Forrester Research, Inc.      94,035  
  8,075      Gigamon, Inc.(c)      255,977  
  5,938      Globant SA(b)(c)      224,991  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  7,362      Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 92,835  
  4,981      Hackett Group, Inc. (The)      98,773  
  1,450      Hortonworks, Inc.(c)      15,094  
  3,123      HubSpot, Inc.(c)      209,397  
  6,459      Imperva, Inc.(c)      287,103  
  494      j2 Global, Inc.      44,579  
  3,230      Jive Software, Inc.(c)      16,311  
  83      Littelfuse, Inc.      12,794  
  4,370      LogMeIn, Inc.      493,810  
  1,914      MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(c)      93,556  
  2,218      MAXIMUS, Inc.      135,276  
  11,274      MaxLinear, Inc., Class A(c)      313,755  
  1,406      Mesa Laboratories, Inc.      196,587  
  914      Microsemi Corp.(c)      42,903  
  1,317      MINDBODY, Inc., Class A(c)      37,337  
  10,866      Mitek Systems, Inc.(c)      95,078  
  1,894      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      173,301  
  612      New Relic, Inc.(c)      24,468  
  766      NIC, Inc.      16,354  
  4,050      Paycom Software, Inc.(c)      244,013  
  906      Paylocity Holding Corp.(c)      35,733  
  7,573      Pegasystems, Inc.      344,950  
  2,628      Plantronics, Inc.      143,489  
  5,809      PROS Holdings, Inc.(c)      143,192  
  838      Q2 Holdings, Inc.(c)      31,970  
  22,069      Quotient Technology, Inc.(c)      240,552  
  1,801      Rapid7, Inc.(c)      30,527  
  8,434      RealPage, Inc.(c)      312,480  
  1,121      RingCentral, Inc., Class A(c)      35,816  
  9,179      Sapiens International Corp. NV (Israel)      108,863  
  2,875      SPS Commerce, Inc.(c)      158,873  
  976      Stamps.com, Inc.(c)      103,602  
  3,790      Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.(c)      60,640  
  3,766      Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.(b)(c)      194,024  
  4,048      Universal Display Corp.      361,689  
  6,077      Varonis Systems, Inc.(c)      190,818  
  30,764      VirnetX Holding Corp.(b)(c)      101,521  
  7,394      Web.com Group, Inc.(c)      142,704  
  3,157      WebMD Health Corp.(c)      171,204  
  1,659      Workiva, Inc., Class A(c)      27,871  
  2,521      Xactly Corp.(c)      29,244  
  6,032      XO Group, Inc.(c)      105,862  
  729      Zendesk, Inc.(c)      20,959  
  51,628      Zix Corp.(c)      280,340  
     

 

 

 
        11,932,720  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.5%  
  1,939      Balchem Corp.      157,369  
  1,642      Chase Corp.      168,305  
  87      Deltic Timber Corp.      6,731  
  1,112      Multi Packaging Solutions International Ltd.(c)      19,960  
  632      PolyOne Corp.      24,781  
  13,169      Real Industry, Inc.(c)      34,240  
  12,156      Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(c)      311,923  
  1,184      US Concrete, Inc.(c)      73,408  
  926      Worthington Industries, Inc.      40,281  
     

 

 

 
        836,998  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate—2.4%  
  868      Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA(b)(c)    $ 19,174  
  2,498      CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      244,429  
  4,557      DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      234,913  
  3,059      HFF, Inc., Class A      96,053  
  3,564      Marcus & Millichap, Inc.(c)      91,951  
  530      Potlatch Corp. REIT      23,877  
  502      PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      61,013  
  180      Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. REIT      11,480  
  514      Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      35,852  
     

 

 

 
        818,742  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.7%  
  6,511      General Communication, Inc., Class A(c)      243,772  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $30,366,424)—100.0%
     34,194,564  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—9.3%  
  3,170,573      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $3,170,573)
     3,170,573  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $33,536,997)—109.3%
     37,365,137  
   Other assets less liabilities—(9.3)%      (3,169,846
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 34,195,291  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.1%  
   Consumer Discretionary—7.7%  
  1,134      Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A    $ 13,597  
  13,070      Barnes & Noble, Inc.      111,748  
  59,188      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(b)      734,523  
  41,115      Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      633,171  
  56,667      Bridgepoint Education, Inc.(b)      691,337  
  52,597      Career Education Corp.(b)      533,860  
  3,660      Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.      140,178  
  17,067      Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.(b)      224,431  
  1,314      Delta Apparel, Inc.(b)      23,034  
  20,502      DeVry Education Group, Inc.      776,001  
  10,135      Entercom Communications Corp.,
Class A
     128,208  
  1,763      FTD Cos., Inc.(b)      35,260  
  32,364      Green Brick Partners, Inc.(b)      333,349  
  18,491      Guess?, Inc.      206,360  
  1,212      Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.      29,876  
  8,298      International Speedway Corp., Class A      307,856  
  3,696      Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(b)      108,921  
  2,654      National CineMedia, Inc.      31,503  
  91,721      Office Depot, Inc.      455,853  
  6,797      Perry Ellis International, Inc.(b)      139,474  
  22,558      Regis Corp.(b)      246,108  
  2,151      Scholastic Corp.      92,988  
  22,126      Speedway Motorsports, Inc.      399,374  
  11,008      Stage Stores, Inc.(c)      31,703  
  3,066      Tuesday Morning Corp.(b)      9,965  
     

 

 

 
        6,438,678
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—0.3%   
  2,437      Universal Corp.      178,998  
  525      Weis Markets, Inc.      30,350  
     

 

 

 
        209,348
     

 

 

 
   Energy—13.9%   
  55,824      Alon USA Energy, Inc.      674,912  
  44,538      Archrock, Inc.      525,548  
  5,627      Ardmore Shipping Corp. (Ireland)      43,609  
  56,874      Bill Barrett Corp.(b)      218,396  
  7,152      Bristow Group, Inc.      95,622  
  27,810      CARBO Ceramics, Inc.(b)(c)      191,055  
  62,113      Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(b)      151,556  
  47,835      Cobalt International Energy, Inc.(b)      18,708  
  33,498      Contango Oil & Gas Co.(b)      239,846  
  48,153      Dawson Geophysical Co.(b)      242,210  
  22,622      Delek US Holdings, Inc.      544,512  
  94,698      Denbury Resources, Inc.(b)      210,230  
  88,322      DHT Holdings, Inc.      423,062  
  24,591      Eclipse Resources Corp.(b)      49,428  
  11,481      Era Group, Inc.(b)      145,924  
  74,913      EXCO Resources, Inc.(b)      36,707  
  14,456      Exterran Corp.(b)      395,661  
  8,251      Fairmount Santrol Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      42,575  
  9,146      Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      154,567  
  42,096      Frontline Ltd. (Norway)      279,938  
  13,156      Gener8 Maritime, Inc.(b)      70,648  
  8,948      Geospace Technologies Corp.(b)      148,000  
  19,865      Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)(c)      506,756  
  622      Green Plains, Inc.      14,306  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)   
  52,423      Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)    $ 320,829  
  36,255      Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(b)(c)      123,630  
  44,099      Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.(b)      203,296  
  2,710      International Seaways Inc.(b)      52,384  
  23,908      Jones Energy, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      47,816  
  78,181      McDermott International, Inc.(b)      511,304  
  2,792      Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(b)      76,501  
  200,614      Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.      339,038  
  65,819      Newpark Resources, Inc.(b)      503,515  
  9,549      Oil States International, Inc.(b)      284,083  
  8,124      Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     29,571  
  61,085      Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(b)      415,378  
  116,933      Parker Drilling Co.(b)      192,939  
  365      PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      20,159  
  70,657      Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(b)      215,504  
  3,083      Ring Energy, Inc.(b)      36,996  
  69,148      Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)      304,251  
  6,038      SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(b)      396,455  
  123,224      Seadrill Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      85,000  
  3,682      SemGroup Corp., Class A      122,611  
  11,458      Ship Finance International Ltd.
(Norway)(c)
     160,985  
  29,526      Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)(c)      256,286  
  53,546      Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (Bermuda)      109,769  
  46,968      Tesco Corp.(b)      307,640  
  39,968      Tidewater, Inc.(b)(c)      35,032  
  22,151      Unit Corp.(b)      476,025  
  77,687      W&T Offshore, Inc.(b)(c)      158,481  
  2,536      Western Refining, Inc.(c)      87,467  
  98,866      Willbros Group, Inc.(b)      271,881  
     

 

 

 
        11,568,602
     

 

 

 
   Financials—41.1%   
  8,327      1st Source Corp.      402,277  
  27,197      AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      515,383  
  8,649      American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      205,154  
  24,076      Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      464,426  
  22,274      Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      308,050  
  1,755      Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.      115,742  
  24,007      Arlington Asset Investment Corp.,
Class A(c)
     349,542  
  14,114      ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      339,724  
  4,125      Arrow Financial Corp.      141,281  
  26,465      Astoria Financial Corp.      539,621  
  1,728      Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B      42,336  
  2,378      BancFirst Corp.      228,407  
  29,988      Bank Mutual Corp.      275,890  
  6,300      Bank of Marin Bancorp      397,845  
  19,200      BankFinancial Corp.      283,776  
  6,028      Banner Corp.      332,746  
  9,134      Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      342,525  
  5,676      Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.      88,546  
  7,440      Camden National Corp.      318,060  
  27,410      Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      401,008  
  48,611      Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT      541,527  
  4,606      Cathay General Bancorp      175,258  
  5,117      Central Pacific Financial Corp.      160,060  
  5,062      City Holding Co.      359,858  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)   
  12,190      Clifton Bancorp, Inc.    $ 203,573  
  2,557      Columbia Banking System, Inc.      101,027  
  3,825      Community Bank System, Inc.      214,009  
  7,180      Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      322,741  
  9,491      CVB Financial Corp.      204,436  
  58,165      CYS Investments, Inc. REIT      496,148  
  23,823      Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      463,357  
  54,601      Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      377,839  
  6,974      EMC Insurance Group, Inc.      200,014  
  3,037      Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      128,313  
  16      Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A(b)      505  
  5,351      EverBank Financial Corp.      104,345  
  31,688      EZCORP, Inc., Class A(b)      286,776  
  26,030      F.N.B. Corp.      370,667  
  5,610      FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A      373,065  
  8,728      Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.,
Class C
     497,932  
  43,490      Ferroglobe Representation & Warranty Insurance Trust(b)      0  
  4,912      Fidelity & Guaranty Life(c)      139,746  
  16,864      Fidelity Southern Corp.      379,777  
  13,131      Financial Institutions, Inc.      439,889  
  13,538      First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      406,682  
  418      First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A      145,489  
  1,977      First Community Bancshares, Inc.      52,311  
  8,307      First Defiance Financial Corp.      445,588  
  11,051      First Financial Bancorp      305,560  
  6,423      First Financial Corp.      313,442  
  14,030      First Financial Northwest, Inc.      219,990  
  2,902      First Internet Bancorp      85,754  
  6,271      First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A      236,730  
  8,046      First Merchants Corp.      332,944  
  1,918      First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      43,558  
  2,565      First NBC Bank Holding Co.(b)(c)      6,797  
  732      First of Long Island Corp. (The)      19,910  
  19,884      Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.(b)      581,408  
  20,590      Flushing Financial Corp.      606,993  
  27,802      Fulton Financial Corp.      512,947  
  2,748      German American Bancorp, Inc.      90,354  
  1,683      Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      56,852  
  8,822      Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      442,423  
  15,522      Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(b)      334,499  
  7,802      Guaranty Bancorp      196,220  
  4,710      Hancock Holding Co.      219,957  
  11,375      Hanmi Financial Corp.      330,444  
  2,589      Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      124,272  
  17,151      Heritage Financial Corp.      452,786  
  6,705      Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.      81,131  
  4,395      Hilltop Holdings, Inc.      122,225  
  3,326      HomeStreet, Inc.(b)      86,476  
  1,690      Hope Bancorp, Inc.      30,944  
  888      IBERIABANK Corp.      70,463  
  21,589      Independent Bank Corp./MI      481,435  
  9,164      International Bancshares Corp.      342,734  
  7,233      INTL FCStone, Inc.(b)      270,153  
  27,424      Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)      447,286  
  3,640      James River Group Holdings Ltd.      158,558  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)   
  13,575      Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.    $ 264,034  
  12,187      MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      416,795  
  34,254      Manning & Napier, Inc., Class A      198,673  
  5,112      Mercantile Bank Corp.      171,917  
  116      Meta Financial Group, Inc.      9,848  
  66,680      MGIC Investment Corp.(b)      702,807  
  24,098      Mtge Investment Corp. REIT      433,764  
  835      National Western Life Group, Inc.,
Class A
     255,710  
  788      Navigators Group, Inc. (The)      42,591  
  14,585      NBT Bancorp, Inc.      556,855  
  5,089      Nelnet, Inc., Class A      229,056  
  17,091      New Residential Investment Corp. REIT      284,907  
  16,300      Old National Bancorp      273,840  
  17,984      On Deck Capital, Inc.(b)(c)      85,424  
  14,230      OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd.,
Class A
     226,969  
  10,253      Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A      177,377  
  563      Park National Corp.      59,357  
  12,742      Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.      408,509  
  20,897      PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      344,801  
  5,314      Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      177,913  
  27,435      PHH Corp.(b)      353,912  
  5,954      Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      400,109  
  7,899      Radian Group, Inc.      133,335  
  1,965      Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      33,543  
  14,041      Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      505,195  
  4,506      Resource Capital Corp. REIT      42,131  
  8,692      S&T Bancorp, Inc.      312,564  
  346      Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      25,050  
  7,222      Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      312,352  
  4,393      Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      231,950  
  15,746      Sierra Bancorp      394,752  
  16,436      Southwest Bancorp, Inc.      426,514  
  8,037      Stewart Information Services Corp.      381,275  
  8,931      Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      276,415  
  5,539      TowneBank      179,741  
  10,657      TriCo Bancshares      377,897  
  19,263      TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      153,141  
  9,420      Trustmark Corp.      312,932  
  7,001      Umpqua Holdings Corp.      123,708  
  9,222      Union Bankshares Corp.      315,761  
  6,979      United Bankshares, Inc.      278,462  
  2,109      United Community Banks, Inc.      57,681  
  10,994      Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      333,118  
  16,768      Washington Federal, Inc.      565,082  
  1,933      Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.      95,104  
  1,298      Webster Financial Corp.      65,951  
  10,873      WesBanco, Inc.      432,854  
  41,955      Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. REIT      441,786  
  2,081      Wintrust Financial Corp.      147,460  
     

 

 

 
        34,319,438
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—3.0%   
  15,577      AngioDynamics, Inc.(b)      241,755  
  34,033      Chimerix, Inc.(b)      203,517  
  28,540      Community Health Systems, Inc.(b)      245,729  
  8,310      Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      263,842  
  4,039      Halyard Health, Inc.(b)      159,541  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)   
  19,410      Invacare Corp.    $ 285,327  
  40,466      Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      388,474  
  1,041      PharMerica Corp.(b)      24,568  
  37,901      Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      300,555  
  38,353      Zogenix, Inc.(b)(c)      421,883  
     

 

 

 
        2,535,191
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—8.6%   
  12,412      AAR Corp.      446,708  
  4,366      Acacia Research Corp.(b)      23,795  
  6,893      ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      98,225  
  76,129      ARC Document Solutions, Inc.(b)      280,155  
  2,282      ArcBest Corp.      60,359  
  990      Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(b)      57,420  
  107      Barnes Group, Inc.      5,882  
  1,756      CBIZ, Inc.(b)      27,657  
  2,468      Celadon Group, Inc.(c)      9,749  
  25,833      Columbus McKinnon Corp.      675,016  
  25,494      Costamare, Inc. (Monaco)      171,830  
  2,064      Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(b)      38,659  
  5,871      DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      189,046  
  8,725      DMC Global, Inc.      133,492  
  18,999      Engility Holdings, Inc.(b)      538,622  
  4,865      Ennis, Inc.      85,624  
  585      Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      53,498  
  1,734      GATX Corp.(c)      103,867  
  31,201      Hardinge, Inc.      327,610  
  8,502      Harsco Corp.(b)      110,951  
  6,216      Kennametal, Inc.      258,461  
  62,463      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions,
Inc.(b)
     475,968  
  78,459      Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(b)      468,400  
  17,458      MRC Global, Inc.(b)      318,259  
  9,204      Powell Industries, Inc.      317,446  
  3,399      Saia, Inc.(b)      163,662  
  10,107      SPX FLOW, Inc.(b)      365,267  
  35,180      Sunrun, Inc.(b)(c)      186,102  
  35,770      Titan International, Inc.      383,097  
  20,841      Titan Machinery, Inc.(b)      330,330  
  11,605      TriMas Corp.(b)      266,335  
  5,827      Triton International Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      178,364  
     

 

 

 
        7,149,856
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—7.5%   
  1,182      Actua Corp.(b)      16,548  
  3,028      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(b)      50,113  
  23,348      AVX Corp.      394,815  
  49,917      Bankrate, Inc.(b)      529,120  
  14,975      Black Box Corp.      148,252  
  9,931      Cohu, Inc.      186,008  
  5,740      Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      80,417  
  12,944      Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.(b)      90,349  
  15,609      Glu Mobile, Inc.(b)      36,057  
  18,740      Kopin Corp.(b)      76,459  
  60,354      Liquidity Services, Inc.(b)      470,761  
  8,718      ManTech International Corp., Class A      309,489  
  92,720      Marchex, Inc., Class B(b)      251,271  
  1,570      Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)      9,577  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)   
  5,423      MoneyGram International, Inc.(b)    $ 96,584  
  17,574      NCI, Inc., Class A(b)      260,974  
  29,747      Photronics, Inc.(b)      342,091  
  20,725      QAD, Inc., Class A      625,895  
  66,733      RetailMeNot, Inc.(b)      774,103  
  11,215      Sanmina Corp.(b)      417,759  
  4,969      TTM Technologies, Inc.(b)      83,131  
  26,649      Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      879,417  
  13,021      Viavi Solutions, Inc.(b)      130,210  
     

 

 

 
        6,259,400
     

 

 

 
   Materials—5.3%   
  32,972      Agrofresh Solutions, Inc.(b)(c)      184,973  
  32,956      AK Steel Holding Corp.(b)      208,941  
  15,173      Allegheny Technologies, Inc.(c)      278,425  
  11,354      Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.      165,201  
  8,570      Carpenter Technology Corp.      347,942  
  20,437      Commercial Metals Co.      380,946  
  51,406      Ferroglobe PLC      496,068  
  1,077      Greif, Inc., Class A      63,134  
  15,438      Haynes International, Inc.      652,873  
  4,241      Hecla Mining Co.      23,113  
  4,010      LSB Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      44,190  
  17,920      Materion Corp.      681,856  
  3,029      Olympic Steel, Inc.      68,304  
  8,517      Stillwater Mining Co.(b)      153,136  
  49,532      SunCoke Energy, Inc.(b)      454,208  
  83,989      Terravia Holdings, Inc.(b)(c)      39,609  
  9,851      TimkenSteel Corp.(b)      148,553  
     

 

 

 
        4,391,472
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—8.4%   
  4,867      Agree Realty Corp. REIT      235,952  
  13,634      Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. REIT      144,384  
  93,118      Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      581,987  
  18,944      Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Class A REIT      236,042  
  24,499      CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      286,883  
  11,199      Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      60,251  
  7,855      Colony Starwood Homes REIT      271,547  
  34,638      Cousins Properties, Inc. REIT      294,077  
  35,141      First Potomac Realty Trust REIT      386,551  
  1,108      Getty Realty Corp. REIT      28,365  
  8,754      Gladstone Commercial Corp. REIT      195,214  
  2,395      Global NET Lease, Inc. REIT      56,594  
  7,815      Government Properties Income Trust REIT(c)      166,616  
  59,077      Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      543,508  
  16,214      InfraREIT, Inc. REIT      309,687  
  23,567      Investors Real Estate Trust REIT      139,281  
  3,421      Kite Realty Group Trust REIT      69,652  
  6,320      LaSalle Hotel Properties REIT      180,499  
  21,437      Lexington Realty Trust REIT      218,014  
  9,640      Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT      260,762  
  6,846      NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. REIT      79,619  
  4,197      Parkway, Inc. REIT      84,570  
  124,804      RAIT Financial Trust REIT      383,148  
  15,503      Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT      206,655  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)   
  5,929      RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A    $ 350,700  
  2,960      Select Income REIT      74,178  
  7,323      Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. REIT      156,932  
  9,789      Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. REIT      161,812  
  36,430      Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT      542,443  
  1,050      Tejon Ranch Co.(b)      24,045  
  16,057      Tier REIT, Inc. REIT      277,947  
     

 

 

 
        7,007,915
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.2%   
  54,899      Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      581,929  
  71,920      NII Holdings, Inc.(b)      62,053  
  20,026      Spok Holdings, Inc.      359,467  
     

 

 

 
        1,003,449
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.1%   
  909      ALLETE, Inc.      63,548  
  89,211      Atlantic Power Corp.(b)      223,028  
  9,273      Avista Corp.      374,073  
  6,556      Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands)      77,361  
  25,185      Dynegy, Inc.(b)      161,688  
  1,400      Northwest Natural Gas Co.      83,440  
  1,996      NorthWestern Corp.      119,321  
  649      NRG Yield, Inc., Class C      11,487  
  2,990      Otter Tail Corp.      118,105  
  5,305      PNM Resources, Inc.      197,611  
  698      Portland General Electric Co.      31,647  
  7,262      South Jersey Industries, Inc.      272,470  
  5,202      Spire, Inc.      356,597  
  41,915      TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A      199,096  
  13,564      TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A(b)      170,771  
  31,935      Vivint Solar, Inc.(b)(c)      95,805  
     

 

 

 
        2,556,048
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $76,366,609)
     83,439,397
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%   
  31,625      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(e)
(Cost $31,625)
     31,625  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $76,398,234)—100.1%
     83,471,022
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—5.6%   
  4,672,920      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(e)(f)
(Cost $4,672,920)
   $ 4,672,920
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $81,071,154)—105.7%
     88,143,942  
   Other assets less liabilities—(5.7)%      (4,728,821
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 83,415,121
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—10.5%  
  310      Adient PLC    $ 22,804  
  140      Advance Auto Parts, Inc.      19,900  
  370      AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      22,082  
  578      Aramark      21,109  
  504      AutoNation, Inc.(b)      21,168  
  29      AutoZone, Inc.(b)      20,073  
  552      Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.      21,390  
  475      Best Buy Co., Inc.      24,610  
  514      BorgWarner, Inc.      21,732  
  498      Brinker International, Inc.      22,007  
  347      Brunswick Corp.      19,692  
  223      Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)      22,059  
  454      Cabela’s, Inc.(b)      24,788  
  33      Cable One, Inc.      22,501  
  578      CalAtlantic Group, Inc.      20,935  
  353      CarMax, Inc.(b)      20,650  
  236      Carter’s, Inc.      21,721  
  51      Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(b)      24,198  
  338      Choice Hotels International, Inc.      21,193  
  490      Cinemark Holdings, Inc.      21,168  
  3,558      Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A      18,324  
  545      Coach, Inc.      21,468  
  440      CST Brands, Inc.      21,248  
  637      D.R. Horton, Inc.      20,951  
  276      Darden Restaurants, Inc.      23,512  
  269      Delphi Automotive PLC      21,628  
  447      Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.      22,596  
  448      Dillard’s, Inc., Class A      24,806  
  765      Discovery Communications, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     22,017  
  307      Dollar General Corp.      22,322  
  285      Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      23,589  
  115      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      20,860  
  371      Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.      20,724  
  167      Expedia, Inc.      22,331  
  1,303      Extended Stay America, Inc.      22,724  
  291      Foot Locker, Inc.      22,506  
  884      GameStop Corp., Class A      20,058  
  909      Gap, Inc. (The)      23,816  
  411      Garmin Ltd.      20,895  
  1,010      Gentex Corp.      20,856  
  227      Genuine Parts Co.      20,889  
  589      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      21,339  
  37      Graham Holdings Co., Class B      22,263  
  8,653      Groupon, Inc., Class A(b)      33,920  
  930      H&R Block, Inc.      23,055  
  1,042      Hanesbrands, Inc.      22,726  
  350      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      19,883  
  212      Hasbro, Inc.      21,011  
  734      Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.(b)      24,567  
  363      Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.      21,406  
  400      Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(b)      22,200  
  904      International Game Technology PLC      20,069  
  872      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      20,553  
  3,850      J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(b)(c)      20,713  
  401      John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      21,133  
  923      Kate Spade & Co.(b)      16,060  
  564      Kohl’s Corp.      22,013  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  440      L Brands, Inc.    $ 23,236  
  154      Lear Corp.      21,970  
  420      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      22,067  
  416      Lennar Corp., Class A      21,008  
  249      Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(b)      22,699  
  465      Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      22,464  
  1,098      Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group, Series A(b)      23,256  
  548      Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C(b)      20,819  
  489      Liberty Ventures, Series A(b)      26,333  
  836      Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A      21,878  
  723      Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(b)      23,252  
  717      LKQ Corp.(b)      22,399  
  336      Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(b)      17,472  
  749      Macy’s, Inc.      21,886  
  108      Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A(b)      21,791  
  227      Marriott International, Inc., Class A      21,433  
  844      Mattel, Inc.      18,922  
  817      MGM Resorts International(b)      25,090  
  569      Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(b)      21,241  
  972      Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)(b)      22,706  
  92      Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)      21,601  
  300      Murphy USA, Inc.(b)      20,871  
  442      Newell Brands, Inc.      21,101  
  1,687      News Corp., Class A      21,459  
  509      Nordstrom, Inc.      24,569  
  414      Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(b)      22,327  
  10      NVR, Inc.(b)      21,112  
  251      Omnicom Group, Inc.      20,612  
  78      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      19,356  
  86      Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      26,890  
  458      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      21,851  
  252      Polaris Industries, Inc.(c)      21,486  
  178      Pool Corp.      21,292  
  904      PulteGroup, Inc.      20,494  
  215      PVH Corp.      21,721  
  267      Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      21,552  
  966      Regal Entertainment Group, Class A      21,320  
  322      Ross Stores, Inc.      20,930  
  213      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      22,706  
  1,050      Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(b)      19,971  
  271      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      20,249  
  696      Service Corp. International      22,425  
  537      Servicemaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      20,460  
  310      Signet Jewelers Ltd.      20,410  
  4,127      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c)      20,429  
  367      Six Flags Entertainment Corp.      22,978  
  772      Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(b)      19,493  
  2,485      Staples, Inc.      24,278  
  826      TEGNA, Inc.      21,046  
  477      Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)(c)      22,395  
  217      Thor Industries, Inc.      20,871  
  222      Tiffany & Co.      20,346  
  591      Toll Brothers, Inc.      21,270  
  306      Tractor Supply Co.      18,944  
  564      Tribune Media Co., Class A      20,620  
  498      TripAdvisor, Inc.(b)      22,415  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  339      Tupperware Brands Corp.    $ 24,344  
  79      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)      22,234  
  1,116      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      23,983  
  921      Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)      21,072  
  112      Vail Resorts, Inc.      22,138  
  493      Viacom, Inc., Class B      20,982  
  1,023      Vista Outdoor, Inc.(b)      20,010  
  222      Visteon Corp.(b)      22,855  
  1,572      Wendy’s Co. (The)      23,171  
  124      Whirlpool Corp.      23,024  
  437      Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      23,620  
  252      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      24,018  
  189      Wynn Resorts Ltd.      23,249  
     

 

 

 
        2,755,283  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—11.0%  
  3,564      Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(b)      87,853  
  1,757      Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      83,141  
  1,039      Bunge Ltd.      82,112  
  1,444      Campbell Soup Co.      83,088  
  744      Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      83,380  
  1,646      Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      81,526  
  604      Clorox Co. (The)      80,749  
  2,061      Conagra Brands, Inc.      79,926  
  1,151      Coty, Inc., Class A      20,545  
  860      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      78,819  
  1,129      Edgewell Personal Care Co.(b)      80,712  
  1,480      Energizer Holdings, Inc.      87,660  
  4,282      Flowers Foods, Inc.      83,970  
  2,230      Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(b)      82,488  
  1,461      Herbalife Ltd.(b)(c)      92,423  
  766      Hershey Co. (The)      82,881  
  2,396      Hormel Foods Corp.      84,052  
  689      Ingredion, Inc.      85,312  
  622      JM Smucker Co. (The)      78,820  
  1,138      Kellogg Co.      80,798  
  1,934      Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.      80,744  
  822      McCormick & Co., Inc.      82,118  
  942      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      83,574  
  855      Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      81,986  
  1,535      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      84,778  
  3,761      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      97,636  
  1,433      Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      83,329  
  984      Post Holdings, Inc.(b)      82,843  
  18,226      Rite Aid Corp.(b)      72,904  
  592      Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      85,088  
  3,652      Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(b)      81,476  
  991      TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(b)      86,812  
  1,329      Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      85,401  
  3,056      US Foods Holding Corp.(b)      86,179  
  2,843      Whole Foods Market, Inc.      103,400  
     

 

 

 
        2,878,523  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—10.2%  
  2,293      Antero Resources Corp.(b)      48,589  
  863      Baker Hughes, Inc.      51,236  
  2,234      Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      51,918  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  1,146      Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)    $ 51,971  
  10,028      Chesapeake Energy Corp.(b)(c)      52,747  
  436      Cimarex Energy Co.      50,873  
  415      Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      52,564  
  3,251      CONSOL Energy, Inc.(b)      49,350  
  1,211      Continental Resources, Inc.(b)      51,359  
  1,306      Devon Energy Corp.      51,574  
  3,266      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(b)      47,096  
  524      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      52,316  
  989      Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      50,983  
  980      Energen Corp.(b)      50,950  
  6,062      Ensco PLC, Class A      47,829  
  895      EQT Corp.      52,035  
  3,035      Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)      47,498  
  5,187      Frank’s International NV(c)      47,202  
  3,212      Gulfport Energy Corp.(b)      51,007  
  774      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      46,935  
  1,097      Hess Corp.      53,567  
  1,888      HollyFrontier Corp.      53,128  
  9,018      Kosmos Energy Ltd.(b)      54,198  
  3,960      Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)      50,926  
  3,477      Marathon Oil Corp.      51,703  
  1,035      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      52,723  
  1,960      Murphy Oil Corp.      51,313  
  4,032      Nabors Industries Ltd.      41,691  
  1,329      National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      46,475  
  1,524      Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      52,761  
  8,755      Noble Corp. PLC      42,024  
  1,548      Noble Energy, Inc.      50,047  
  2,014      Oceaneering International, Inc.      53,149  
  977      ONEOK, Inc.      51,400  
  1,691      Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(b)      50,375  
  2,084      Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      45,108  
  2,440      PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      54,461  
  4,261      QEP Resources, Inc.(b)      50,322  
  1,874      Range Resources Corp.      49,642  
  2,452      Rice Energy, Inc.(b)      52,203  
  3,520      Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A(b)      49,526  
  2,935      RPC, Inc.(c)      53,329  
  2,420      SM Energy Co.      54,668  
  6,769      Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      50,835  
  3,704      Superior Energy Services, Inc.(b)      44,744  
  900      Targa Resources Corp.      49,617  
  624      Tesoro Corp.      49,739  
  4,160      Transocean Ltd.(b)      45,885  
  8,695      Weatherford International PLC(b)      50,170  
  6,105      Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      50,672  
  1,797      Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      55,042  
  1,452      World Fuel Services Corp.      53,477  
  4,232      WPX Energy, Inc.(b)      50,488  
     

 

 

 
        2,671,440  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—5.7%  
  88      Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.      14,572  
  702      Agnc Investment Corp. REIT      14,791  
  24      Alleghany Corp.(b)      14,657  
  262      Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG      13,910  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  692      Ally Financial, Inc.    $ 13,702  
  148      American Financial Group, Inc.      14,402  
  121      American National Insurance Co.      14,147  
  111      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      14,191  
  784      AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.      12,583  
  1,245      Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT      14,703  
  149      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)      14,449  
  248      Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      13,841  
  518      Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A      15,177  
  265      Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      13,873  
  592      Associated Banc-Corp.      14,741  
  146      Assurant, Inc.      14,051  
  378      Assured Guaranty Ltd.      14,413  
  274      Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(b)      14,607  
  209      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      13,773  
  176      Bank of Hawaii Corp.      14,341  
  390      BankUnited, Inc.      13,763  
  185      BOK Financial Corp.      15,594  
  328      Brown & Brown, Inc.      14,071  
  175      CBOE Holdings, Inc.      14,422  
  694      Chimera Investment Corp. REIT      14,130  
  192      Cincinnati Financial Corp.      13,841  
  341      CIT Group, Inc.      15,792  
  403      Citizens Financial Group, Inc.      14,794  
  320      CNA Financial Corp.      14,483  
  208      Comerica, Inc.      14,706  
  255      Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      14,012  
  75      Credit Acceptance Corp.(b)(c)      15,244  
  163      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      15,386  
  724      Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(b)      16,087  
  413      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      14,269  
  276      East West Bancorp, Inc.      14,979  
  311      Eaton Vance Corp.      13,351  
  115      Erie Indemnity Co., Class A      14,239  
  60      Everest Re Group Ltd.      15,103  
  79      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      12,898  
  545      Federated Investors, Inc., Class B      14,617  
  556      Fifth Third Bancorp      13,583  
  361      First American Financial Corp.      15,671  
  473      First Hawaiian, Inc.      14,081  
  766      First Horizon National Corp.      14,056  
  154      First Republic Bank      14,239  
  362      FNF Group      14,824  
  155      Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      13,682  
  293      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      14,169  
  1,071      Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      13,773  
  398      Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A      13,862  
  461      Invesco Ltd.(d)      15,185  
  808      KeyCorp      14,738  
  309      Lazard Ltd., Class A      13,268  
  400      Legg Mason, Inc.      14,952  
  541      Leucadia National Corp.      13,736  
  218      Lincoln National Corp.      14,373  
  301      Loews Corp.      14,033  
  354      LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      14,882  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  90      M&T Bank Corp.    $ 13,987  
  15      Markel Corp.(b)      14,544  
  75      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      14,439  
  236      Mercury General Corp.      14,512  
  1,711      MFA Financial, Inc. REIT      14,218  
  124      Moody’s Corp.      14,672  
  178      Morningstar, Inc.      13,017  
  144      MSCI, Inc.      14,446  
  200      Nasdaq, Inc.      13,774  
  994      Navient Corp.      15,109  
  1,003      New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      13,330  
  161      Northern Trust Corp.      14,490  
  693      Old Republic International Corp.      14,331  
  548      OneMain Holdings, Inc.(b)      12,779  
  273      PacWest Bancorp      13,483  
  780      People’s United Financial, Inc.      13,627  
  360      Popular, Inc.      15,088  
  224      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      14,589  
  236      ProAssurance Corp.      14,608  
  352      Progressive Corp. (The)      13,981  
  186      Raymond James Financial, Inc.      13,861  
  980      Regions Financial Corp.      13,475  
  111      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      13,879  
  95      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      13,506  
  1,076      Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.(b)      13,708  
  275      SEI Investments Co.      13,945  
  96      Signature Bank(b)      13,291  
  1,188      SLM Corp.(b)      14,898  
  619      Starwood Property Trust, Inc. REIT      14,045  
  254      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      14,430  
  78      SVB Financial Group(b)      13,723  
  417      Synchrony Financial      11,593  
  354      Synovus Financial Corp.      14,797  
  204      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      14,462  
  881      TCF Financial Corp.      14,545  
  368      TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.      14,083  
  850      TFS Financial Corp.      14,059  
  182      Torchmark Corp.      13,961  
  1,434      Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      14,326  
  303      Unum Group      14,038  
  248      Validus Holdings Ltd.      13,709  
  372      Voya Financial, Inc.      13,905  
  197      W.R. Berkley Corp.      13,392  
  295      Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      14,131  
  16      White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      13,743  
  349      XL Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      14,606  
  341      Zions Bancorporation      13,650  
     

 

 

 
        1,506,597  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—12.0%  
  335      ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      43,657  
  1,047      Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(b)      45,628  
  1,202      ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      41,265  
  779      Agilent Technologies, Inc.      42,884  
  765      Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      38,028  
  1,858      Akorn, Inc.(b)      62,150  
  1,093      Alere, Inc.(b)      53,743  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  368      Align Technology, Inc.(b)    $ 49,540  
  706      Alkermes PLC(b)      41,124  
  3,568      Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(b)      42,709  
  779      Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      41,754  
  482      AmerisourceBergen Corp.      39,548  
  383      athenahealth, Inc.(b)      37,538  
  477      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      45,716  
  207      Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(b)      45,180  
  400      Bio-Techne Corp.      42,832  
  3,443      Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.(b)      44,725  
  1,784      Bruker Corp.      43,512  
  167      C.R. Bard, Inc.      51,349  
  634      Centene Corp.(b)      47,170  
  733      Cerner Corp.(b)      47,462  
  472      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)      42,338  
  213      Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      42,670  
  627      DaVita, Inc.(b)      43,269  
  665      DENTSPLY Sirona, Inc.      42,055  
  544      DexCom, Inc.(b)      42,410  
  439      Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(b)      48,145  
  4,147      Endo International PLC(b)      47,151  
  665      Envision Healthcare Corp.(b)      37,260  
  242      Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      42,060  
  596      Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      45,081  
  981      Hologic, Inc.(b)      44,292  
  271      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      45,455  
  247      Illumina, Inc.(b)      45,660  
  298      Incyte Corp.(b)      37,035  
  2,956      Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      36,211  
  358      Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      40,221  
  2,188      Intrexon Corp.(b)(c)      45,598  
  56      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      46,809  
  1,092      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      52,623  
  2,043      Juno Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      50,952  
  293      Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(b)      41,064  
  691      LifePoint Health, Inc.(b)      42,946  
  959      Mallinckrodt PLC(b)      44,996  
  611      MEDNAX, Inc.(b)      36,880  
  59      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      30,292  
  998      Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      53,293  
  5,415      OPKO Health, Inc.(b)(c)      42,075  
  1,569      Patheon NV(b)      42,222  
  937      Patterson Cos., Inc.      41,687  
  719      PerkinElmer, Inc.      42,716  
  608      Perrigo Co. PLC      44,955  
  1,388      Premier, Inc., Class A(b)      46,914  
  1,441      Qiagen N.V.      43,360  
  422      Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      44,525  
  535      Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc.(b)      45,090  
  581      ResMed, Inc.      39,502  
  655      Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      44,736  
  213      Teleflex, Inc.      44,068  
  2,434      Tenet Healthcare Corp.(b)      38,141  
  298      United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      37,459  
  349      Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      42,145  
  1,332      Varex Imaging Corp.(b)      44,702  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  454      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 41,196  
  452      VCA, Inc.(b)      41,390  
  832      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      44,612  
  1,501      VWR Corp.(b)      42,418  
  180      Waters Corp.(b)      30,580  
  302      WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      46,330  
  521      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      47,948  
  344      Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.      41,160  
  770      Zoetis, Inc.      43,205  
     

 

 

 
        3,137,416  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—12.5%  
  547      A.O. Smith Corp.      29,472  
  244      Acuity Brands, Inc.      42,968  
  811      AECOM(b)      27,744  
  469      AGCO Corp.      30,011  
  738      Air Lease Corp.      28,147  
  298      Alaska Air Group, Inc.      25,357  
  374      Allegion PLC      29,411  
  792      Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.      30,635  
  57      AMERCO      21,344  
  677      American Airlines Group, Inc.      28,854  
  524      AMETEK, Inc.      29,973  
  1,050      Arconic, Inc.      28,696  
  1,098      Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(b)      51,331  
  741      Avis Budget Group, Inc.(b)      22,600  
  585      BWX Technologies, Inc.      28,764  
  361      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      26,245  
  261      Carlisle Cos., Inc.      26,463  
  966      Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV      29,057  
  222      Cintas Corp.      27,188  
  508      Clean Harbors, Inc.(b)      29,520  
  736      Colfax Corp.(b)      29,786  
  257      Copa Holdings SA, Class A (Panama)      29,920  
  912      Copart, Inc.(b)      28,181  
  1,838      Covanta Holding Corp.      26,743  
  382      Crane Co.      30,526  
  184      Cummins, Inc.      27,773  
  623      Donaldson Co., Inc.      28,832  
  358      Dover Corp.      28,239  
  134      Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)      14,688  
  103      Equifax, Inc.      13,937  
  502      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      28,157  
  966      Fastenal Co.      43,161  
  608      Flowserve Corp.      30,929  
  531      Fluor Corp.      27,251  
  352      Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      22,436  
  429      Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(b)      29,069  
  299      Graco, Inc.      32,247  
  693      HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      27,928  
  410      HEICO Corp.      29,139  
  599      Herc Holdings, Inc.(b)      27,237  
  1,189      Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      19,607  
  927      Hexcel Corp.      47,972  
  237      Hubbell, Inc.      26,812  
  135      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      27,120  
  306      IDEX Corp.      32,057  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  617      Ingersoll-Rand PLC    $ 54,759  
  709      ITT, Inc.      29,870  
  309      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      27,705  
  512      Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.      28,119  
  1,407      JetBlue Airways Corp.(b)      30,715  
  675      Johnson Controls International PLC      28,060  
  340      Kansas City Southern      30,624  
  486      KAR Auction Services, Inc.      21,199  
  2,003      KBR, Inc.      28,142  
  412      Kirby Corp.(b)      29,087  
  167      L3 Technologies, Inc.      28,686  
  335      Landstar System, Inc.      28,626  
  289      Lennox International, Inc.      47,798  
  328      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      29,202  
  1,143      LSC Communications, Inc.      29,569  
  353      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      28,724  
  281      ManpowerGroup, Inc.      28,375  
  1,441      Masco Corp.      53,346  
  206      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      28,043  
  279      MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      24,979  
  513      Nielsen Holdings PLC      21,100  
  228      Nordson Corp.      28,546  
  329      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.      29,123  
  283      Orbital ATK, Inc.      28,017  
  410      Oshkosh Corp.      28,450  
  803      Owens Corning      48,863  
  415      PACCAR, Inc.      27,693  
  177      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      28,462  
  460      Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      29,675  
  2,229      Pitney Bowes, Inc.      29,623  
  769      Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      27,253  
  381      Regal Beloit Corp.      30,042  
  447      Republic Services, Inc.      28,157  
  575      Robert Half International, Inc.      26,479  
  182      Rockwell Automation, Inc.      28,638  
  423      Rockwell Collins, Inc.      44,030  
  778      Rollins, Inc.      30,210  
  135      Roper Technologies, Inc.      29,525  
  2,383      RR Donnelley & Sons Co.      29,954  
  385      Ryder System, Inc.      26,145  
  175      Snap-on, Inc.      29,318  
  490      Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A      28,008  
  557      Spirit Airlines, Inc.(b)      31,899  
  214      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      29,136  
  342      Stericycle, Inc.(b)      29,186  
  936      Terex Corp.      32,741  
  597      Textron, Inc.      27,856  
  1,116      Timken Co. (The)      53,847  
  458      Toro Co. (The)      29,733  
  137      TransDigm Group, Inc.      33,802  
  370      TransUnion(b)      14,811  
  1,070      Trinity Industries, Inc.      28,783  
  415      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      29,137  
  232      United Rentals, Inc.(b)      25,441  
  1,479      USG Corp.(b)      44,814  
  326      Valmont Industries, Inc.      49,666  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  350      Verisk Analytics, Inc.(b)    $ 28,984  
  121      W.W. Grainger, Inc.      23,317  
  182      WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)      21,634  
  369      Wabtec Corp.      30,955  
  345      Watsco, Inc.      47,886  
  1,456      Welbilt, Inc.(b)      29,848  
  411      WESCO International, Inc.(b)      25,050  
  573      Xylem, Inc.      29,458  
     

 

 

 
        3,294,450  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—13.5%  
  541      Akamai Technologies, Inc.(b)      32,969  
  62      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      15,477  
  553      Amdocs Ltd.      33,866  
  486      Amphenol Corp., Class A      35,143  
  422      Analog Devices, Inc.      32,156  
  323      ANSYS, Inc.(b)      35,582  
  265      Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      37,005  
  1,291      ARRIS International PLC(b)      33,553  
  473      Arrow Electronics, Inc.(b)      33,346  
  1,176      Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A
(Australia)(b)
     40,548  
  402      Autodesk, Inc.(b)      36,208  
  776      Avnet, Inc.      30,023  
  904      Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      37,426  
  766      Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.      27,522  
  205      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      14,338  
  2,759      Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      34,681  
  1,079      CA, Inc.      35,424  
  1,085      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      35,338  
  529      CDK Global, Inc.      34,390  
  593      CDW Corp.      35,040  
  413      Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      33,428  
  429      Cognex Corp.      36,611  
  2,232      CommerceHub, Inc., Series C(b)      35,533  
  851      CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      35,776  
  1,753      Conduent, Inc.(b)      28,591  
  356      CoreLogic, Inc.(b)      15,215  
  136      CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      32,761  
  1,292      Cree, Inc.(b)      28,269  
  1,175      CSRA, Inc.      34,169  
  2,456      Cypress Semiconductor Corp.      34,409  
  673      Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A      35,487  
  301      DST Systems, Inc.      37,056  
  625      EchoStar Corp., Class A(b)      35,975  
  389      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      36,885  
  167      Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)      13,798  
  235      F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      30,346  
  175      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      14,733  
  2,825      FireEye, Inc.(b)      35,341  
  928      First Data Corp., Class A(b)      14,495  
  1,786      First Solar, Inc.(b)      52,776  
  120      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      14,297  
  3,928      Fitbit, Inc., Class A(b)      22,468  
  88      FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)      12,420  
  772      FLIR Systems, Inc.      28,356  
  947      Fortinet, Inc.(b)      36,933  
  316      Gartner, Inc.(b)      36,052  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  1,153      Genpact Ltd.    $ 28,156  
  177      Global Payments, Inc.      14,471  
  940      GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(b)      36,585  
  620      Guidewire Software, Inc.(b)      38,124  
  309      Harris Corp.      34,574  
  476      IAC/InterActiveCorp.(b)      39,513  
  290      IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      36,633  
  1,197      Jabil Circuit, Inc.      34,737  
  149      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      14,441  
  1,237      Juniper Networks, Inc.      37,197  
  753      Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)      28,185  
  362      KLA-Tencor Corp.      35,556  
  275      Lam Research Corp.      39,834  
  654      Leidos Holdings, Inc.      34,440  
  701      Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      32,730  
  2,165      Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      32,518  
  2,155      Match Group, Inc.(b)(c)      40,148  
  763      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      33,686  
  473      Microchip Technology, Inc.      35,749  
  1,301      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      35,999  
  411      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      35,334  
  872      National Instruments Corp.      30,442  
  789      NCR Corp.(b)      32,546  
  842      NetApp, Inc.      33,554  
  2,096      Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)      37,497  
  1,778      Nutanix, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      27,008  
  322      NVIDIA Corp.      33,585  
  2,302      ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)      32,642  
  308      Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      33,390  
  1,838      Pandora Media, Inc.(b)(c)      19,942  
  456      Paychex, Inc.      27,032  
  661      PTC, Inc.(b)      35,727  
  515      Qorvo, Inc.(b)      35,035  
  416      Red Hat, Inc.(b)      36,641  
  1,645      Sabre Corp.      38,509  
  408      ServiceNow, Inc.(b)      38,548  
  357      Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      35,607  
  567      Splunk, Inc.(b)      36,464  
  839      Square, Inc., Class A(b)      15,303  
  965      SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.      35,454  
  8,206      SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      56,950  
  1,122      Symantec Corp.      35,489  
  484      Synopsys, Inc.(b)      35,671  
  720      Tableau Software, Inc., Class A(b)      38,650  
  1,131      Teradata Corp.(b)      33,003  
  1,127      Teradyne, Inc.      39,749  
  267      Total System Services, Inc.      15,302  
  897      Trimble, Inc.(b)      31,781  
  1,185      Twilio, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      39,164  
  2,307      Twitter, Inc.(b)      38,019  
  223      Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      36,481  
  180      Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      36,481  
  218      Vantiv, Inc., Class A(b)      13,525  
  1,835      VeriFone Systems, Inc.(b)      34,021  
  394      VeriSign, Inc.(b)(c)      35,034  
  452      Western Digital Corp.      40,260  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  693      Western Union Co. (The)    $ 13,763  
  136      WEX, Inc.(b)      13,799  
  423      Workday, Inc., Class A(b)      36,970  
  3,892      Xerox Corp.      27,983  
  585      Xilinx, Inc.      36,919  
  1,051      Yelp, Inc., Class A(b)      37,216  
  323      Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(b)      30,449  
  416      Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(b)      16,224  
  12,255      Zynga, Inc., Class A(b)      35,417  
     

 

 

 
        3,544,071  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—9.0%  
  469      Albemarle Corp.      51,079  
  1,479      Alcoa Corp.      49,887  
  639      AptarGroup, Inc.      51,312  
  411      Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.      50,758  
  352      Avery Dennison Corp.      29,290  
  1,574      Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(b)      49,376  
  663      Ball Corp.      50,978  
  1,003      Bemis Co., Inc.      45,065  
  1,019      Berry Global Group, Inc.(b)      50,950  
  846      Cabot Corp.      50,921  
  546      Celanese Corp., Series A      47,524  
  1,677      CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      44,843  
  735      Compass Minerals International, Inc.(c)      48,510  
  924      Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)      51,827  
  1,301      Domtar Corp.      51,585  
  503      Eagle Materials, Inc.      48,273  
  632      Eastman Chemical Co.      50,402  
  801      FMC Corp.      58,657  
  3,841      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(b)      48,973  
  3,759      Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      51,047  
  2,146      Huntsman Corp.      53,156  
  365      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      50,585  
  960      International Paper Co.      51,811  
  231      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      50,864  
  1,699      Mosaic Co. (The)      45,754  
  110      NewMarket Corp.      51,777  
  1,466      Newmont Mining Corp.      49,565  
  804      Nucor Corp.      49,309  
  2,435      Owens-Illinois, Inc.(b)      53,132  
  533      Packaging Corp. of America      52,650  
  3,905      Platform Specialty Products Corp.(b)      55,334  
  621      Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.      48,947  
  734      Royal Gold, Inc.      51,879  
  906      RPM International, Inc.      47,619  
  534      Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)      51,584  
  1,084      Sealed Air Corp.      47,718  
  819      Silgan Holdings, Inc.      49,648  
  918      Sonoco Products Co.      48,021  
  1,354      Southern Copper Corp. (Peru)      47,891  
  1,428      Steel Dynamics, Inc.      51,608  
  6,642      Tahoe Resources, Inc.      53,535  
  1,449      United States Steel Corp.      32,342  
  444      Valspar Corp. (The)      49,923  
  2,148      Valvoline, Inc.(c)      47,793  
  427      Vulcan Materials Co.      51,616  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  704      W.R. Grace & Co.    $ 49,083  
  755      Westlake Chemical Corp.      46,999  
  931      WestRock Co.      49,864  
     

 

 

 
        2,371,264  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—4.3%  
  124      Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT      13,951  
  291      American Campus Communities, Inc. REIT      13,791  
  593      American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT      13,669  
  312      Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      13,647  
  748      Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. REIT      14,010  
  75      AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      14,238  
  104      Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      13,166  
  857      Brandywine Realty Trust REIT      14,543  
  649      Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT      12,818  
  171      Camden Property Trust REIT      14,078  
  553      Care Capital Properties, Inc. REIT      14,859  
  399      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(b)      14,288  
  1,078      Colony Northstar, Inc., Class A REIT      14,089  
  640      Columbia Property Trust, Inc. REIT      14,400  
  428      CoreCivic, Inc. REIT      14,745  
  412      Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT      13,489  
  522      CubeSmart REIT      13,227  
  274      CyrusOne, Inc. REIT      14,971  
  293      DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. REIT      14,814  
  1,096      DDR Corp. REIT      11,848  
  133      Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      15,274  
  362      Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT      13,637  
  537      Duke Realty Corp. REIT      14,891  
  669      Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      13,915  
  190      EPR Properties REIT      13,815  
  36      Equinix, Inc. REIT      15,037  
  444      Equity Commonwealth REIT(b)      14,204  
  176      Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT      14,240  
  59      Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      14,424  
  185      Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      13,973  
  103      Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      13,482  
  643      Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      14,532  
  436      Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT      15,173  
  606      GGP, Inc. REIT      13,096  
  456      HCP, Inc. REIT      14,296  
  451      Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A REIT      14,382  
  281      Highwoods Properties, Inc. REIT      14,297  
  447      Hospitality Properties Trust REIT      14,228  
  774      Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      13,893  
  121      Howard Hughes Corp. (The)(b)      14,896  
  649      Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT(b)      13,986  
  398      Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      13,834  
  129      Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.      14,817  
  191      Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT      13,471  
  620      Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      12,580  
  182      Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      13,117  
  362      Liberty Property Trust REIT      14,686  
  165      Life Storage, Inc. REIT      12,934  
  220      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      13,735  
  137      Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      13,592  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate (continued)  
  318      National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT    $ 13,426  
  435      OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      14,355  
  527      Outfront Media, Inc. REIT      13,786  
  860      Paramount Group, Inc. REIT      14,104  
  531      Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      13,631  
  649      Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      14,181  
  274      Prologis, Inc. REIT      14,908  
  763      Quality Care Properties, Inc. REIT(b)      13,238  
  502      Rayonier, Inc. REIT      14,166  
  481      Realogy Holdings Corp.      14,695  
  234      Realty Income Corp. REIT      13,654  
  207      Regency Centers Corp. REIT      13,078  
  968      Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A REIT      12,913  
  118      SBA Communications Corp. REIT(b)      14,926  
  695      Senior Housing Properties Trust REIT      14,956  
  130      SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      13,641  
  1,375      Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT      12,953  
  594      STORE Capital Corp. REIT      14,250  
  172      Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      14,381  
  432      Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      13,474  
  214      Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT      13,386  
  383      UDR, Inc. REIT      14,301  
  544      Uniti Group, Inc. REIT      14,938  
  221      Ventas, Inc. REIT      14,146  
  1,633      VEREIT, Inc. REIT      13,668  
  136      Vornado Realty Trust REIT      13,089  
  414      Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      13,567  
  200      Welltower, Inc. REIT      14,288  
  417      Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      14,124  
  226      WP Carey, Inc. REIT      14,148  
     

 

 

 
        1,119,449  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—2.1%  
  3,216      CenturyLink, Inc.(c)      82,555  
  37,552      Frontier Communications Corp.(c)      70,598  
  1,299      Level 3 Communications, Inc.(b)      78,927  
  8,615      Sprint Corp.(b)      77,793  
  2,886      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      79,250  
  1,990      United States Cellular Corp.(b)      77,968  
  2,201      Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      77,189  
     

 

 

 
        544,280  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—9.1%  
  6,517      AES Corp. (The)      73,707  
  1,829      Alliant Energy Corp.      71,916  
  1,301      Ameren Corp.      71,152  
  953      American Water Works Co., Inc.      76,011  
  2,300      Aqua America, Inc.      76,107  
  892      Atmos Energy Corp.      72,270  
  1,697      Avangrid, Inc.      73,819  
  6,794      Calpine Corp.(b)      69,299  
  2,625      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      74,891  
  1,617      CMS Energy Corp.      73,412  
  932      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      73,889  
  715      DTE Energy Co.      74,782  
  908      Edison International      72,613  
  948      Entergy Corp.      72,294  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  1,208      Eversource Energy    $ 71,755  
  2,337      FirstEnergy Corp.      69,970  
  2,527      Great Plains Energy, Inc.      74,774  
  2,178      Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.      73,007  
  2,688      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      72,307  
  1,181      National Fuel Gas Co.      65,404  
  3,068      NiSource, Inc.      74,399  
  4,014      NRG Energy, Inc.      67,837  
  2,050      OGE Energy Corp.      71,299  
  871      Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      74,113  
  1,938      PPL Corp.      73,857  
  1,618      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      71,273  
  1,092      SCANA Corp.      72,410  
  651      Sempra Energy      73,576  
  1,458      UGI Corp.      73,133  
  1,256      Vectren Corp.      74,632  
  1,201      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      72,685  
  1,335      Westar Energy, Inc.      69,460  
  1,634      Xcel Energy, Inc.      73,612  
     

 

 

 
        2,395,665  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $24,401,310)
     26,218,438  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%  
  72,772      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(e)
(Cost $72,772)
     72,772  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $24,474,082)—100.2%
     26,291,210  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—3.7%  
  982,310      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(e)(f)
(Cost $982,310)
     982,310  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $25,456,392)—103.9%
     27,273,520  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.9)%      (1,031,101
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 26,242,419  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—21.1%  
  14,737      AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 879,504  
  869      Cable One, Inc.      592,536  
  5,630      Carter’s, Inc.      518,185  
  2,115      Delphi Automotive PLC      170,046  
  5,691      Dollar General Corp.      413,793  
  9,394      Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)      777,541  
  4,724      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      856,886  
  8,657      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      204,046  
  9,860      Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(b)      512,720  
  1,086      Newell Brands, Inc.      51,846  
  413      NVR, Inc.(b)      871,946  
  3,142      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      779,687  
  3,685      Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      1,152,226  
  8,777      Pool Corp.      1,049,905  
  7,293      Ross Stores, Inc.      474,045  
  3,000      Servicemaster Global Holdings, Inc.(b)      114,300  
  16,642      Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)(c)      781,342  
  8,037      Tractor Supply Co.      497,571  
  4,425      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)      1,245,372  
  26,352      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      566,304  
  3,923      Vail Resorts, Inc.      775,420  
  11,203      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      1,067,758  
     

 

 

 
        14,352,979  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—2.2%  
  41,129      Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(b)      1,013,830  
  21,152      Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(b)      471,901  
     

 

 

 
        1,485,731  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—5.6%  
  4,477      Eaton Vance Corp.      192,198  
  4,588      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      749,037  
  7,264      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      1,398,465  
  823      Morningstar, Inc.      60,186  
  10,438      MSCI, Inc.      1,047,140  
  7,275      SEI Investments Co.      368,915  
     

 

 

 
        3,815,941  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—24.8%  
  10,810      ABIOMED, Inc.(b)      1,408,759  
  6,499      Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      323,065  
  12,857      Akorn, Inc.(b)      430,067  
  9,810      Align Technology, Inc.(b)      1,320,622  
  5,397      Alkermes PLC(b)      314,375  
  10,368      AmerisourceBergen Corp.      850,694  
  152      Aquabounty Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,181  
  8,392      athenahealth, Inc.(b)      822,500  
  1,991      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      190,818  
  428      C.R. Bard, Inc.      131,602  
  18,182      Cerner Corp.(b)      1,177,285  
  5,340      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(b)      478,998  
  6,132      DexCom, Inc.(b)      478,051  
  8,017      Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(b)      879,224  
  1,087      Henry Schein, Inc.(b)      188,921  
  3,590      Hologic, Inc.(b)      162,089  
  7,455      Illumina, Inc.(b)      1,378,131  
  13,015      Incyte Corp.(b)      1,617,504  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  8,689      Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)(c)    $ 106,440  
  10,266      Intrexon Corp.(b)(c)      213,944  
  302      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)      252,433  
  14,537      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      700,538  
  1,436      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      737,271  
  14,340      Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      979,422  
  9,131      Tenet Healthcare Corp.(b)      143,083  
  688      VCA, Inc.(b)      63,000  
  24,136      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      1,294,172  
  2,114      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      194,551  
  365      Zoetis, Inc.      20,480  
     

 

 

 
        16,859,220  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—9.8%  
  2,109      Acuity Brands, Inc.      371,395  
  3,155      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      229,369  
  4,552      Cintas Corp.      557,483  
  35,726      Copart, Inc.(b)      1,103,933  
  597      Equifax, Inc.      80,780  
  10,963      HEICO Corp.      779,140  
  6,288      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      563,782  
  6,933      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      943,789  
  6,145      Nordson Corp.      769,354  
  4,750      Robert Half International, Inc.      218,738  
  8,784      Toro Co. (The)      570,257  
  390      Verisk Analytics, Inc.(b)      32,296  
  2,987      Watsco, Inc.      414,596  
     

 

 

 
        6,634,912  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—32.7%  
  2,960      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      738,905  
  8,028      Amphenol Corp., Class A      580,505  
  9,181      Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      1,282,035  
  16,712      Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A
(Australia)(b)
     576,230  
  13,812      Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      571,817  
  471      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      32,942  
  14,681      CDK Global, Inc.      954,412  
  3,380      Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      273,577  
  2,164      CoStar Group, Inc.(b)      521,286  
  15,380      CSRA, Inc.      447,250  
  397      DST Systems, Inc.      48,875  
  6,756      Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)      558,181  
  3,122      F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      403,144  
  57,348      First Data Corp., Class A(b)      895,776  
  3,428      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      408,412  
  1,553      FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)      219,190  
  27,097      Fortinet, Inc.(b)      1,056,783  
  4,850      Gartner, Inc.(b)      553,336  
  11,383      Genpact Ltd.      277,973  
  11,383      Global Payments, Inc.      930,674  
  10,286      GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(b)      400,331  
  3,099      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      300,355  
  13,339      Manhattan Associates, Inc.(b)      622,798  
  15,303      Match Group, Inc.(b)(c)      285,095  
  7,971      Microchip Technology, Inc.      602,448  
  13,390      NVIDIA Corp.      1,396,577  
  5,704      Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)      618,371  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  3,852      Paychex, Inc.    $ 228,346  
  11,745      Red Hat, Inc.(b)      1,034,500  
  13,678      ServiceNow, Inc.(b)      1,292,297  
  5,066      Splunk, Inc.(b)      325,794  
  24,358      Square, Inc., Class A(b)      444,290  
  8,286      Tableau Software, Inc., Class A(b)      444,792  
  11,154      Total System Services, Inc.      639,236  
  5,870      Tyler Technologies, Inc.(b)      960,273  
  4,764      Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)      965,520  
  3,833      Workday, Inc., Class A(b)      335,004  
     

 

 

 
        22,227,330  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—3.7%  
  50,530      Colony Northstar, Inc., Class A REIT      660,427  
  2,436      Equinix, Inc. REIT      1,017,517  
  4,554      Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      343,964  
  15,082      Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT      524,854  
     

 

 

 
        2,546,762  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.1%  
  1,377      Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      48,291  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $57,403,327)
     67,971,166  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  74,905      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $74,905)
     74,905  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $57,478,232)—100.1%
     68,046,071  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—2.9%   
  1,988,851      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,988,851)
     1,988,851  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $59,467,083)—103.0%
     70,034,922  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.0)%      (2,067,820
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 67,967,102  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—5.0%  
  7,891      Best Buy Co., Inc.    $ 408,833  
  1,262      GameStop Corp., Class A      28,635  
  7,708      Garmin Ltd.      391,875  
  227      Graham Holdings Co., Class B      136,586  
  31,037      J.C. Penney Co., Inc.(b)(c)      166,979  
  4,734      John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      249,482  
  1,387      Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(c)      126,439  
  58,759      News Corp., Class A      747,414  
  3,428      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      163,550  
  1,946      PVH Corp.      196,604  
  83,219      Staples, Inc.      813,049  
     

 

 

 
        3,429,446  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—16.5%  
  12,160      Baker Hughes, Inc.      721,939  
  10,753      Cheniere Energy, Inc.(c)      487,649  
  30,558      CONSOL Energy, Inc.(c)      463,871  
  21,970      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(b)(c)      316,807  
  7,108      Energen Corp.(c)      369,545  
  59,761      Ensco PLC, Class A      471,514  
  26,613      Frank’s International NV(b)      242,178  
  7,354      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      445,947  
  9,569      Hess Corp.      467,254  
  21,978      HollyFrontier Corp.      618,461  
  41,867      Marathon Oil Corp.      622,562  
  13,926      Murphy Oil Corp.      364,583  
  62,910      Nabors Industries Ltd.      650,489  
  9,723      National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      340,013  
  19,219      Noble Corp. PLC      92,251  
  14,940      Noble Energy, Inc.      483,010  
  29,002      Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      627,748  
  17,103      QEP Resources, Inc.(c)      201,987  
  33,724      Superior Energy Services, Inc.(c)      407,386  
  13,343      Targa Resources Corp.      735,600  
  78      Tesoro Corp.      6,217  
  60,525      Transocean Ltd.(c)      667,591  
  100,852      Weatherford International PLC(b)(c)      581,916  
  37,430      Whiting Petroleum Corp.(c)      310,669  
  45,320      WPX Energy, Inc.(c)      540,668  
     

 

 

 
        11,237,855  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—29.0%  
  35,811      Agnc Investment Corp. REIT      754,538  
  1,212      American National Insurance Co.      141,707  
  73,383      Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT      866,653  
  1,805      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(c)      175,031  
  1,958      Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      102,501  
  13,823      Associated Banc-Corp.      344,193  
  55      Assurant, Inc.      5,293  
  29,178      Assured Guaranty Ltd.      1,112,557  
  2,484      Bank of Hawaii Corp.      202,396  
  2,317      BankUnited, Inc.      81,767  
  9,959      BOK Financial Corp.      839,444  
  50,044      Chimera Investment Corp. REIT      1,018,896  
  19,315      CIT Group, Inc.(b)      894,478  
  15,529      Comerica, Inc.      1,097,900  
  227      Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      12,474  
  5,039      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      475,631  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  6,668      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(c)    $ 230,380  
  5,606      East West Bancorp, Inc.      304,238  
  39,445      Fifth Third Bancorp      963,641  
  1,810      First American Financial Corp.      78,572  
  12,423      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      600,776  
  3,937      Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      50,630  
  2,707      KeyCorp      49,376  
  903      M&T Bank Corp.      140,335  
  106,266      MFA Financial, Inc. REIT      883,071  
  19,014      Navient Corp.      289,013  
  45,973      New York Community Bancorp, Inc.      610,981  
  32,028      Old Republic International Corp.      662,339  
  14,681      PacWest Bancorp      725,095  
  24,886      Popular, Inc.      1,042,972  
  44      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      2,866  
  4,766      ProAssurance Corp.      295,015  
  54,175      Regions Financial Corp.      744,906  
  1,305      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      185,532  
  68,092      SLM Corp.(c)      853,874  
  14,279      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      811,190  
  87,181      Two Harbors Investment Corp. REIT      870,938  
  7,236      Validus Holdings Ltd.      400,006  
  961      White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      825,441  
     

 

 

 
        19,746,646  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—1.9%  
  3,104      Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(c)      677,479  
  47,146      Endo International PLC(c)      536,050  
  1,209      Perrigo Co. PLC      89,393  
     

 

 

 
        1,302,922  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.2%  
  4,611      AGCO Corp.      295,058  
  27,597      Arconic, Inc.      754,226  
  6      Fluor Corp.      308  
  12,435      ITT, Inc.      523,886  
  9,829      Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.      539,809  
  45,473      KBR, Inc.      638,896  
  2,515      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      204,646  
  4,308      Oshkosh Corp.      298,932  
  267      Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      17,224  
  9,052      Regal Beloit Corp.      713,750  
  5,852      Ryder System, Inc.      397,409  
  16,743      Terex Corp.      585,670  
  18,332      Timken Co. (The)      884,519  
  12,466      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(c)      875,238  
  3,248      WESCO International, Inc.(c)      197,966  
     

 

 

 
        6,927,537  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—4.7%  
  8,824      Avnet, Inc.      341,400  
  27,005      Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.      339,453  
  10,122      CA, Inc.      332,305  
  10,296      Conduent, Inc.(c)      167,928  
  8,788      EchoStar Corp., Class A(c)      505,837  
  10,309      First Solar, Inc.(b)(c)      304,631  
  16,087      Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      241,627  
  29,206      SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      202,690  
  2,669      Western Digital Corp.      237,728  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  51,481      Xerox Corp.    $ 370,148  
  66,417      Zynga, Inc., Class A(c)      191,945  
     

 

 

 
        3,235,692  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.5%  
  9,163      Alcoa Corp.      309,068  
  1,540      Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.      190,190  
  10,203      CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      272,828  
  24,387      Huntsman Corp.      604,066  
  6,645      Mosaic Co. (The)      178,950  
  14,748      United States Steel Corp.      329,176  
  3,617      Westlake Chemical Corp.      225,158  
  5,466      WestRock Co.      292,759  
     

 

 

 
        2,402,195  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—11.6%  
  33,446      American Homes 4 Rent, Class A REIT      770,930  
  783      AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      148,645  
  20,773      Brandywine Realty Trust REIT      352,518  
  6,254      CoreCivic, Inc. REIT      215,450  
  23,001      Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT      753,053  
  8,506      DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. REIT      430,064  
  30,404      DDR Corp. REIT      328,667  
  20,089      Duke Realty Corp. REIT      557,068  
  1,376      EPR Properties REIT      100,049  
  18,596      Equity Commonwealth REIT(c)      594,886  
  34,799      Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      624,642  
  11,224      Liberty Property Trust REIT      455,358  
  1,704      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      106,381  
  2,129      Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      211,218  
  20,748      Paramount Group, Inc. REIT      340,267  
  2,264      Prologis, Inc. REIT      123,184  
  19,508      Rayonier, Inc. REIT      550,516  
  1,897      SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      199,052  
  5,008      Sun Communities, Inc. REIT      418,719  
  12,142      Uniti Group, Inc. REIT      333,419  
  30,382      VEREIT, Inc. REIT      254,297  
  796      Weingarten Realty Investors REIT      26,085  
     

 

 

 
        7,894,468  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—2.8%  
  5,073      CenturyLink, Inc.(b)      130,224  
  117,377      Frontier Communications Corp.(b)      220,669  
  56,729      Sprint Corp.(c)      512,263  
  15,895      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      436,476  
  15,407      United States Cellular Corp.(c)      603,646  
     

 

 

 
        1,903,278  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—14.8%  
  28,227      AES Corp. (The)      319,247  
  8,794      Alliant Energy Corp.      345,780  
  13,097      Ameren Corp.      716,275  
  548      American Water Works Co., Inc.      43,709  
  7,590      Atmos Energy Corp.      614,942  
  2,276      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      64,934  
  10,192      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      808,022  
  1,191      DTE Energy Co.      124,567  
  10,798      Edison International      863,516  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  6,924      Entergy Corp.    $ 528,024  
  11,474      Eversource Energy      681,556  
  22,472      FirstEnergy Corp.      672,812  
  16,787      Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.      562,700  
  2,838      National Fuel Gas Co.      157,168  
  9,781      Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      832,265  
  12,270      PPL Corp.      467,610  
  11,647      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      513,050  
  10,339      SCANA Corp.      685,579  
  945      Sempra Energy      106,804  
  2,483      UGI Corp.      124,547  
  1,956      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      118,377  
  16,792      Xcel Energy, Inc.      756,480  
     

 

 

 
        10,107,964  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $66,852,200)
     68,188,003  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  53,914      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $53,914)
     53,914  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $66,906,114)—100.1%
     68,241,917  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—2.6%  
  1,807,860      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,807,860)
     1,807,860  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $68,713,974)—102.7%
     70,049,777  
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.7)%      (1,846,467
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 68,203,310  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—12.9%  
  227      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 209,973  
  3,302      Carnival Corp.      203,964  
  2,896      CBS Corp., Class B      192,758  
  597      Charter Communications, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     206,060  
  5,194      Comcast Corp., Class A      203,553  
  3,124      DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      201,310  
  16,562      Ford Motor Co.      189,966  
  5,642      General Motors Co.      195,439  
  1,307      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      204,023  
  3,477      Las Vegas Sands Corp.      205,108  
  2,344      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      198,959  
  1,498      McDonald’s Corp.      209,615  
  1,363      Netflix, Inc.(b)      207,449  
  3,490      NIKE, Inc., Class B      193,381  
  111      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      204,997  
  3,461      Starbucks Corp.      207,868  
  3,638      Target Corp.      203,182  
  759      Tesla, Inc.(b)      238,379  
  1,988      Time Warner, Inc.      197,349  
  2,464      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      193,769  
  6,170      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      188,432  
  3,587      VF Corp.      195,958  
  1,722      Walt Disney Co. (The)      199,063  
  7,343      Yum China Holdings, Inc.(b)      250,543  
  3,059      Yum! Brands, Inc.      201,129  
     

 

 

 
        5,102,227  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—10.3%  
  2,611      Altria Group, Inc.      187,418  
  4,237      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      193,843  
  4,584      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      197,800  
  2,615      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      188,385  
  1,188      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      204,977  
  1,157      Costco Wholesale Corp.      205,391  
  2,468      CVS Health Corp.      203,462  
  2,234      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      194,671  
  3,256      General Mills, Inc.      187,252  
  1,454      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      188,656  
  2,101      Kraft Heinz Co. (The)      189,909  
  6,606      Kroger Co. (The)      195,868  
  4,391      Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      197,727  
  4,151      Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      188,372  
  1,729      PepsiCo, Inc.      195,861  
  1,711      Philip Morris International, Inc.      189,647  
  2,129      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      185,925  
  3,104      Reynolds American, Inc.      200,208  
  3,671      Sysco Corp.      194,086  
  2,329      Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      201,552  
  2,766      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      207,948  
     

 

 

 
        4,098,958  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—6.2%  
  3,179      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      181,267  
  3,859      Apache Corp.      187,702  
  1,791      Chevron Corp.      191,100  
  4,345      ConocoPhillips      208,169  
  2,039      EOG Resources, Inc.      188,607  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  2,361      Exxon Mobil Corp.    $ 192,776  
  3,889      Halliburton Co.      178,427  
  9,139      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      188,537  
  3,066      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      188,682  
  2,463      Phillips 66      195,956  
  1,065      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      184,234  
  2,488      Schlumberger Ltd.      180,604  
  2,880      Valero Energy Corp.      186,077  
     

 

 

 
        2,452,138  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—15.1%  
  2,684      Aflac, Inc.      200,978  
  2,379      Allstate Corp. (The)      193,389  
  2,483      American Express Co.      196,778  
  3,151      American International Group, Inc.      191,927  
  1,645      Aon PLC      197,137  
  8,378      Bank of America Corp.      195,542  
  4,176      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      196,523  
  4,361      BB&T Corp.      188,308  
  1,137      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      187,844  
  515      BlackRock, Inc.      198,054  
  2,307      Capital One Financial Corp.      185,437  
  4,811      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      186,907  
  1,414      Chubb Ltd.      194,071  
  3,330      Citigroup, Inc.      196,870  
  1,621      CME Group, Inc.      188,344  
  2,868      Discover Financial Services      179,508  
  4,662      Franklin Resources, Inc.      200,979  
  833      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      186,425  
  3,228      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      194,326  
  2,212      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      192,444  
  2,590      Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      191,997  
  3,713      MetLife, Inc.      192,371  
  4,539      Morgan Stanley      196,856  
  1,620      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      193,995  
  1,832      Prudential Financial, Inc.      196,079  
  1,497      S&P Global, Inc.      200,882  
  2,501      State Street Corp.      209,834  
  4,431      Thomson Reuters Corp.      201,300  
  1,594      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      193,926  
  3,676      U.S. Bancorp      188,505  
  3,498      Wells Fargo & Co.      188,332  
     

 

 

 
        6,005,868  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—16.5%  
  4,317      Abbott Laboratories      188,394  
  2,944      AbbVie, Inc.      194,127  
  1,512      Aetna, Inc.      204,226  
  1,608      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      205,470  
  821      Allergan PLC      200,209  
  1,165      Amgen, Inc.      190,268  
  1,169      Anthem, Inc.      207,953  
  3,740      Baxter International, Inc.      208,243  
  1,052      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      196,692  
  702      Biogen, Inc.(b)      190,389  
  3,830      Bioverativ, Inc.(b)      225,242  
  7,970      Boston Scientific Corp.(b)      210,249  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  3,465      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.    $ 194,213  
  2,383      Cardinal Health, Inc.      172,982  
  1,568      Celgene Corp.(b)      194,510  
  1,296      Cigna Corp.      202,656  
  2,240      Danaher Corp.      186,659  
  2,290      Eli Lilly & Co.      187,917  
  3,020      Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)      185,247  
  2,865      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      196,396  
  2,324      HCA Holdings, Inc.(b)      195,704  
  920      Humana, Inc.      204,222  
  1,535      Johnson & Johnson      189,527  
  1,326      McKesson Corp.      183,373  
  2,391      Medtronic PLC      198,668  
  3,055      Merck & Co., Inc.      190,418  
  4,646      Mylan NV(b)      173,528  
  5,637      Pfizer, Inc.      191,207  
  530      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      205,900  
  1,469      Stryker Corp.      200,328  
  1,251      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      206,828  
  1,170      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      204,610  
  2,171      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      256,829  
     

 

 

 
        6,543,184  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—11.6%  
  1,006      3M Co.      197,005  
  1,090      Boeing Co. (The)      201,465  
  2,096      Caterpillar, Inc.      214,337  
  4,192      CSX Corp.      213,121  
  1,765      Deere & Co.      196,992  
  4,209      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      191,257  
  2,655      Eaton Corp. PLC      200,824  
  3,277      Emerson Electric Co.      197,537  
  1,021      FedEx Corp.      193,684  
  3,302      Fortive Corp.      208,884  
  1,019      General Dynamics Corp.      197,472  
  6,525      General Electric Co.      189,160  
  1,540      Honeywell International, Inc.      201,955  
  1,448      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      199,954  
  717      Lockheed Martin Corp.      193,196  
  1,748      Norfolk Southern Corp.      205,372  
  808      Northrop Grumman Corp.      198,736  
  1,262      Raytheon Co.      195,875  
  3,691      Southwest Airlines Co.      207,508  
  1,860      Union Pacific Corp.      208,246  
  1,830      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      196,652  
  1,728      United Technologies Corp.      205,615  
  2,664      Waste Management, Inc.      193,886  
     

 

 

 
        4,608,733  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—15.1%  
  1,600      Accenture PLC, Class A      194,080  
  3,962      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      207,014  
  1,524      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      203,820  
  236      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(b)      213,807  
  1,372      Apple, Inc.      197,088  
  4,975      Applied Materials, Inc.      202,035  
  1,867      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      195,083  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  891      Broadcom Ltd.    $ 196,742  
  5,691      Cisco Systems, Inc.      193,892  
  3,290      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      198,157  
  7,070      Corning, Inc.      203,969  
  3,064      Dell Technologies, Inc., Class V(b)      205,625  
  728      Dxc Technology Co.(b)      54,848  
  5,766      eBay, Inc.(b)      192,642  
  1,386      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      208,247  
  8,478      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.      157,945  
  11,231      HP, Inc.      211,367  
  5,480      Intel Corp.      198,102  
  1,105      International Business Machines Corp.      177,120  
  1,611      Intuit, Inc.      201,713  
  1,732      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      201,466  
  2,980      Microsoft Corp.      204,011  
  4,300      Oracle Corp.      193,328  
  4,481      PayPal Holdings, Inc.(b)      213,833  
  3,402      QUALCOMM, Inc.      182,823  
  2,372      salesforce.com, inc.(b)      204,277  
  2,396      Texas Instruments, Inc.      189,715  
  6,456      Versum Materials, Inc.      206,721  
  2,175      Visa, Inc., Class A      198,404  
  2,121      VMware, Inc., Class A(b)      199,629  
  4,147      Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      199,927  
     

 

 

 
        6,007,430  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—5.0%  
  7,230      Advansix, Inc.(b)      197,090  
  1,411      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      198,246  
  3,028      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      190,158  
  2,399      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      191,320  
  1,557      Ecolab, Inc.      200,993  
  2,189      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      185,540  
  1,707      Monsanto Co.      199,053  
  1,847      PPG Industries, Inc.      202,874  
  1,643      Praxair, Inc.      205,342  
  623      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      208,506  
     

 

 

 
        1,979,122  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—2.5%  
  1,625      American Tower Corp. REIT      204,653  
  2,078      Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      196,579  
  3,061      Equity Residential REIT      197,679  
  855      Public Storage REIT      179,020  
  1,153      Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      190,545  
     

 

 

 
        968,476  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.4%  
  4,641      AT&T, Inc.      183,923  
  3,062      T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      205,981  
  3,894      Verizon Communications, Inc.      178,773  
     

 

 

 
        568,677  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.4%   
  2,866      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      194,401  
  2,469      Dominion Resources, Inc.      191,175  
  2,338      Duke Energy Corp.      192,885  
  5,375      Exelon Corp.      186,136  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  1,463      NextEra Energy, Inc.    $ 195,398  
  2,862      PG&E Corp.      191,897  
  3,838      Southern Co. (The)      191,133  
     

 

 

 
        1,343,025  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $34,942,852)
     39,677,838  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  46,473      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $46,473)
     46,473  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $34,989,325)—100.1%
     39,724,311  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (20,880
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 39,703,431  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—30.3%  
  5,015      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 4,638,825  
  20,548      CBS Corp., Class B      1,367,675  
  2,827      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      975,767  
  17,247      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      2,692,257  
  16,232      Las Vegas Sands Corp.      957,526  
  38,201      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      3,242,501  
  3,872      McDonald’s Corp.      541,809  
  35,126      Netflix, Inc.(b)      5,346,177  
  55,874      NIKE, Inc., Class B      3,095,978  
  2,867      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      5,294,833  
  59,681      Starbucks Corp.      3,584,441  
  16,317      Tesla, Inc.(b)(c)      5,124,680  
  35,420      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      2,785,429  
  22,696      VF Corp.      1,239,882  
  9,496      Walt Disney Co. (The)      1,097,738  
  22,912      Yum China Holdings, Inc.(b)      781,757  
  22,885      Yum! Brands, Inc.      1,504,689  
     

 

 

 
        44,271,964  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.3%  
  1,425      Altria Group, Inc.      102,286  
  16,732      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      2,886,939  
  11,358      Costco Wholesale Corp.      2,016,272  
  23,983      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      2,089,879  
  2,807      General Mills, Inc.      161,431  
  66,367      Kroger Co. (The)      1,967,782  
  61,983      Monster Beverage Corp.(b)      2,812,788  
  29,247      Sysco Corp.      1,546,289  
     

 

 

 
        13,583,666  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—1.8%  
  6,562      Aon PLC      786,390  
  14,644      Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      1,085,560  
  5,418      S&P Global, Inc.      727,041  
     

 

 

 
        2,598,991  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—17.8%  
  49,027      AbbVie, Inc.      3,232,840  
  10,949      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,399,063  
  8,816      Amgen, Inc.      1,439,829  
  13,127      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      2,454,355  
  7,459      Biogen, Inc.(b)      2,022,956  
  3,720      Bioverativ, Inc.(b)      218,773  
  30,171      Boston Scientific Corp.(b)      795,911  
  5,052      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      283,165  
  34,178      Celgene Corp.(b)      4,239,781  
  2,940      Eli Lilly & Co.      241,257  
  12,563      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      861,194  
  4,321      McKesson Corp.      597,551  
  9,172      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      3,563,230  
  12,025      Stryker Corp.      1,639,849  
  1,182      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      206,708  
  24,260      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      2,869,958  
     

 

 

 
        26,066,420  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—7.0%  
  6,247      3M Co.      1,223,350  
  20,666      Boeing Co. (The)      3,819,697  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  1,667      FedEx Corp.    $ 316,230  
  2,399      Honeywell International, Inc.      314,605  
  3,532      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      487,734  
  5,221      Lockheed Martin Corp.      1,406,798  
  1,929      Northrop Grumman Corp.      474,457  
  21,872      Southwest Airlines Co.      1,229,644  
  8,747      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      939,952  
     

 

 

 
        10,212,467  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—26.1%  
  17,963      Accenture PLC, Class A      2,178,912  
  21,407      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      1,118,516  
  20,041      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      2,680,283  
  2,910      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(b)      2,636,344  
  22,198      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      2,319,469  
  18,281      Broadcom Ltd.      4,036,628  
  18,732      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(b)      1,128,228  
  6,993      eBay, Inc.(b)      233,636  
  23,488      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      3,529,072  
  24,342      Intuit, Inc.      3,047,862  
  37,690      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      4,384,101  
  22,698      Microsoft Corp.      1,553,905  
  21,853      PayPal Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,042,825  
  43,730      salesforce.com, inc.(b)      3,766,028  
  11,114      Texas Instruments, Inc.      880,006  
  40,840      Visa, Inc., Class A      3,725,425  
     

 

 

 
        38,261,240  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.4%  
  98      Advansix, Inc.(b)      2,671  
  8,494      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      677,397  
  10,814      Ecolab, Inc.      1,395,979  
  18,252      PPG Industries, Inc.      2,004,800  
  2,590      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      866,821  
     

 

 

 
        4,947,668  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—4.2%  
  33,807      American Tower Corp. REIT      4,257,653  
  9,376      Public Storage REIT      1,963,147  
     

 

 

 
        6,220,800  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $125,481,110)
     146,163,216  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  86,282      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $86,282)
     86,282  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $125,567,392)—100.0%
     146,249,498  
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—3.5%  
  5,088,195      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $5,088,195)
   $ 5,088,195  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $130,655,587)—103.5%
     151,337,693  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.5)%      (5,082,069
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 146,255,624  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—3.6%  
  18,444      Carnival Corp.    $ 1,139,285  
  84,504      Ford Motor Co.      969,261  
  15,767      General Motors Co.      546,169  
     

 

 

 
        2,654,715  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—4.4%  
  28,659      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      1,311,149  
  17,231      Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      775,912  
  8,405      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      734,009  
  5,968      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      448,674  
     

 

 

 
        3,269,744  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—16.3%  
  25,204      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      1,437,132  
  7,005      Chevron Corp.      747,434  
  39,092      ConocoPhillips      1,872,898  
  16,476      Exxon Mobil Corp.      1,345,265  
  2,394      Halliburton Co.      109,837  
  100,622      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      2,075,832  
  1,107      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      68,125  
  21,063      Phillips 66      1,675,772  
  759      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      131,299  
  12,019      Schlumberger Ltd.      872,459  
  28,134      Valero Energy Corp.      1,817,738  
     

 

 

 
        12,153,791  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—38.9%  
  13,283      Aflac, Inc.      994,631  
  970      Allstate Corp. (The)      78,851  
  1,318      American Express Co.      104,452  
  16,580      American International Group, Inc.      1,009,888  
  89,007      Bank of America Corp.      2,077,423  
  16,151      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      760,066  
  23,606      BB&T Corp.      1,019,307  
  3,007      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(b)      496,786  
  434      BlackRock, Inc.      166,903  
  8,195      Capital One Financial Corp.      658,714  
  8,126      Chubb Ltd.      1,115,294  
  37,515      Citigroup, Inc.      2,217,887  
  8,272      CME Group, Inc.      961,124  
  26,396      Franklin Resources, Inc.      1,137,932  
  8,806      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      1,970,783  
  25,057      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      2,179,959  
  17,416      MetLife, Inc.      902,323  
  56,596      Morgan Stanley      2,454,569  
  19,031      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      2,278,962  
  8,249      Prudential Financial, Inc.      882,890  
  14,054      State Street Corp.      1,179,131  
  23,336      Thomson Reuters Corp.      1,060,154  
  6,163      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      749,791  
  26,315      U.S. Bancorp      1,349,433  
  24,349      Wells Fargo & Co.      1,310,950  
     

 

 

 
        29,118,203  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—2.2%  
  6,872      Abbott Laboratories      299,894  
  8,099      Medtronic PLC      672,946  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  10,674      Merck & Co., Inc.    $ 665,310  
     

 

 

 
        1,638,150  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—9.5%  
  16,221      Caterpillar, Inc.      1,658,760  
  41,788      CSX Corp.      2,124,502  
  27,024      Eaton Corp. PLC      2,044,095  
  5,396      Norfolk Southern Corp.      633,976  
  5,411      United Technologies Corp.      643,855  
     

 

 

 
        7,105,188  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—9.4%  
  12,654      Cisco Systems, Inc.      431,122  
  31,016      Corning, Inc.      894,812  
  8,202      Dxc Technology Co.(b)      617,939  
  95,466      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.      1,778,531  
  45,549      HP, Inc.      857,232  
  51,223      Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      2,469,461  
     

 

 

 
        7,049,097  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—1.6%  
  19,098      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      1,199,354  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—0.3%   
  2,848      Equity Residential REIT      183,924  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—1.1%  
  21,422      AT&T, Inc.      848,954  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—12.7%  
  28,837      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      1,956,014  
  25,399      Duke Energy Corp.      2,095,417  
  40,130      Exelon Corp.      1,389,702  
  9,006      NextEra Energy, Inc.      1,202,841  
  17,357      PG&E Corp.      1,163,787  
  34,544      Southern Co. (The)      1,720,291  
     

 

 

 
        9,528,052  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $67,670,142)—100.0%
     74,749,172  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      21,258  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 74,770,430  
     

 

 

 

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 Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—100.0%
 
   Consumer Discretionary—8.1%  
  1,631      America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)(c)    $ 60,836  
  3,524      AV Homes, Inc.(c)      61,846  
  6,103      Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.(c)      63,532  
  4,263      Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      56,058  
  4,964      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.(c)      61,603  
  4,083      Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.      62,878  
  10,542      Black Diamond, Inc.(c)      55,346  
  6,702      Career Education Corp.(c)      68,025  
  2,308      Century Communities, Inc.(c)      63,008  
  11,258      China Automotive Systems, Inc.
(China)(c)
     53,701  
  12,078      China XD Plastics Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      58,578  
  4,453      Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.(c)      58,557  
  4,112      Entercom Communications Corp., Class A      52,017  
  5,419      Eros International PLC (India)(b)(c)      53,919  
  6,008      Gaia, Inc.(c)      65,788  
  5,827      Green Brick Partners, Inc.(c)      60,018  
  1,629      Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A      59,165  
  3,119      K12, Inc.(c)      58,793  
  2,406      M/I Homes, Inc.(c)      65,347  
  1,855      Marcus Corp. (The)      62,699  
  1,982      Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.(c)      58,410  
  2,777      Perry Ellis International, Inc.(c)      56,984  
  3,473      RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.      57,791  
  8,224      Salem Media Group, Inc.      62,914  
  4,409      Shiloh Industries, Inc.(c)      54,231  
  1,222      SodaStream International Ltd.
(Israel)(b)(c)
     66,465  
  6,671      Tilly’s, Inc., Class A      63,775  
  4,909      Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A(c)      59,399  
  9,663      TravelCenters of America LLC(c)      58,944  
  2,155      Unifi, Inc.(c)      60,491  
  11,372      VOXX International Corp.(c)      73,918  
  2,776      William Lyon Homes, Class A(b)(c)      61,072  
     

 

 

 
        1,936,108  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—1.3%  
  4,443      Craft Brew Alliance, Inc.(c)      60,425  
  2,988      Omega Protein Corp.      60,208  
  13,483      Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.(b)      64,314  
  1,654      Seneca Foods Corp., Class A(c)      61,529  
  8,653      SunOpta, Inc. (Canada)(c)      63,167  
     

 

 

 
        309,643  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—10.6%  
  5,085      Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. (Greece)(b)      56,698  
  4,057      ARC Logistics Partners LP(b)      60,733  
  4,872      Archrock, Inc.      57,490  
  7,579      Ardmore Shipping Corp. (Ireland)      58,737  
  6,449      Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(c)      50,496  
  17,255      Capital Product Partners LP (Greece)      60,220  
  13,483      Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.(c)      45,438  
  3,904      CNX Coal Resources LP(b)      62,659  
  2,738      Cone Midstream Partners LP      61,660  
  6,407      CSI Compressco LP(b)      51,897  
  10,542      Dawson Geophysical Co.(c)      53,026  
  5,798      Dorian LPG Ltd.(c)      52,704  
  3,415      Dynagas LNG Partners LP (Monaco)(b)      55,699  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Energy (continued)  
  24,991      Eclipse Resources Corp.(c)    $ 50,232  
  2,047      Enviva Partners LP(b)      59,670  
  5,029      Era Group, Inc.(c)      63,919  
  1,981      Exterran Corp.(c)      54,220  
  2,411      GasLog Partners LP (Monaco)      57,502  
  3,837      Geospace Technologies Corp.(c)      63,464  
  3,084      Global Partners LP      57,517  
  2,681      Golar LNG Partners LP (United Kingdom)      61,207  
  2,554      Green Plains, Inc.      58,742  
  5,154      Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.      51,282  
  7,608      Hallador Energy Co.      50,898  
  8,354      Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(c)      51,126  
  2,961      Hoegh LNG Partners LP (Bermuda)(b)      59,960  
  12,336      Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.(c)      56,869  
  25,207      Jones Energy, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      50,414  
  2,630      KNOT Offshore Partners LP (United Kingdom)      62,988  
  1,614      Natural Resource Partners LP      51,567  
  5,294      Navios Maritime Midstream Partners LP (Monaco)(b)      63,846  
  7,731      Newpark Resources, Inc.(c)      59,142  
  12,985      North American Energy Partners, Inc. (Canada)      61,679  
  8,526      Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(c)      57,977  
  15,257      Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(c)      46,534  
  5,766      Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(c)      60,255  
  675      REX American Resources Corp.(c)      63,909  
  5,941      Ring Energy, Inc.(c)      71,292  
  17,622      Seadrill Partners LLC(b)      53,923  
  18,582      Southcross Energy Partners LP(b)(c)      78,230  
  15,138      StealthGas, Inc. (Greece)(c)      51,772  
  6,477      Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)(b)      56,220  
  3,497      USA Compression Partners LP      58,575  
  22,214      Willbros Group, Inc.(c)      61,088  
     

 

 

 
        2,533,476  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—45.1%  
  3,151      1st Constitution Bancorp      56,403  
  3,296      AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. REIT      62,459  
  1,638      Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.(c)      63,964  
  3,270      Ambac Financial Group, Inc.(c)      63,536  
  1,635      American National Bankshares, Inc.      62,784  
  10,561      Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. REIT      61,887  
  7,096      Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      61,238  
  4,376      Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. REIT      60,520  
  3,985      Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Class A(b)      58,022  
  2,564      ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      61,715  
  1,546      Associated Capital Group, Inc., Class A      52,023  
  3,151      Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.(c)      61,760  
  2,123      Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E (Panama)      60,888  
  6,201      Bank Mutual Corp.      57,049  
  5,394      Bank of Commerce Holdings      60,682  
  1,893      Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.      68,413  
  3,514      Bcb Bancorp, Inc.      55,521  
  3,411      Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc.      61,739  
  1,498      Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.      64,264  
  3,705      California First National Bancorp      61,132  
  1,374      Camden National Corp.      58,738  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  2,806      Capital City Bank Group, Inc.    $ 57,832  
  4,082      Capitala Finance Corp.      57,842  
  5,535      Capstead Mortgage Corp. REIT      61,660  
  1,986      Carolina Financial Corp.      61,288  
  2,035      CB Financial Services, Inc.(b)      57,590  
  1,983      Central Pacific Financial Corp.      62,028  
  2,883      Central Valley Community Bancorp      65,473  
  959      Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A      60,465  
  3,030      Charter Financial Corp.      55,600  
  1,526      Chemung Financial Corp.      57,973  
  3,471      Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. REIT      60,361  
  2,695      Civista Bancshares, Inc.      58,562  
  5,656      CM Finance, Inc.(b)      57,126  
  2,396      CNB Financial Corp.      57,240  
  2,230      Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.      64,648  
  1,314      Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      59,064  
  2,526      ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.      56,077  
  13,088      Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.(c)      63,739  
  2,013      County Bancorp, Inc.      55,257  
  4,295      Cowen Group, Inc., Class A(c)      68,290  
  1,480      CU Bancorp(c)      55,167  
  1,901      Customers Bancorp, Inc.(c)      58,798  
  2,936      Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      57,105  
  3,367      Donegal Group, Inc., Class A      56,094  
  8,489      Dynex Capital, Inc. REIT      58,744  
  3,925      Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
REIT(b)
     59,267  
  1,880      Encore Capital Group, Inc.(c)      62,698  
  4,094      Enova International, Inc.(c)      58,135  
  2,521      Entegra Financial Corp.(c)      59,622  
  1,430      Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      60,417  
  1,896      Equity Bancshares, Inc., Class A(c)      59,857  
  7,247      EZCORP, Inc., Class A(c)      65,585  
  1,483      Farmers Capital Bank Corp.      61,544  
  4,392      Farmers National Banc Corp.      62,806  
  1,036      Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C      59,104  
  2,736      Fidelity Southern Corp.      61,615  
  3,379      Fidus Investment Corp.      60,585  
  12,284      Fifth Street Finance Corp.      56,384  
  6,742      Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.(b)      54,947  
  1,982      First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC      59,539  
  2,035      First Bancshares, Inc. (The)      58,303  
  2,398      First Community Bancshares, Inc.      63,451  
  2,431      First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.      64,908  
  1,214      First Defiance Financial Corp.      65,119  
  1,252      First Financial Corp.      61,098  
  3,257      First Financial Northwest, Inc.      51,070  
  3,697      First Foundation, Inc.(c)      58,043  
  2,416      First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.(b)      61,004  
  1,949      First Internet Bancorp      57,593  
  3,789      First Northwest Bancorp(c)      62,367  
  2,188      First of Long Island Corp. (The)      59,514  
  2,223      Flushing Financial Corp.      65,534  
  4,657      FNFV Group(c)      63,801  
  1,575      Franklin Financial Network, Inc.(c)      63,866  
  1,589      FS Bancorp, Inc.      69,709  
  6,985      Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.      49,524  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  1,962      German American Bancorp, Inc.    $ 64,511  
  6,395      Gladstone Capital Corp.(b)      62,799  
  6,627      Gladstone Investment Corp.(b)      64,149  
  1,531      Global Indemnity Ltd., Class A (Cayman Islands)(c)      62,082  
  2,330      Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.      58,250  
  3,006      Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(b)      61,052  
  4,543      Great Ajax Corp. REIT      61,785  
  1,183      Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      59,327  
  3,363      Green Bancorp, Inc.(c)      60,534  
  2,678      Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Class A(c)      57,711  
  2,462      Guaranty Bancorp      61,919  
  1,962      Hanmi Financial Corp.      56,996  
  1,281      HCI Group, Inc.(b)      61,091  
  4,054      Health Insurance Innovations, Inc.,
Class A(c)
     67,904  
  3,912      Hercules Capital, Inc.      60,714  
  2,488      Heritage Financial Corp.      65,683  
  2,188      HomeStreet, Inc.(c)      56,888  
  2,600      HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.(c)      65,000  
  2,311      Horizon Bancorp      62,374  
  2,890      Independence Holding Co.      54,765  
  2,914      Independent Bank Corp./MI      64,982  
  1,599      INTL FCStone, Inc.(c)      59,723  
  2,630      Investar Holding Corp.      58,517  
  3,777      Kingstone Cos., Inc.      56,466  
  4,024      Ladder Capital Corp., Class A REIT      58,871  
  3,059      Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      59,498  
  1,828      MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      62,518  
  2,274      Marlin Business Services Corp.      57,873  
  7,680      Medley Capital Corp.      59,290  
  1,693      Mercantile Bank Corp.      56,936  
  3,185      Meridian Bancorp, Inc.      55,897  
  669      Meta Financial Group, Inc.      56,798  
  2,123      Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.      58,701  
  4,053      MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.      61,808  
  1,713      MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      59,441  
  2,489      MMA Capital Management LLC(c)      57,994  
  3,809      Monroe Capital Corp.(b)      61,249  
  3,471      Mtge Investment Corp. REIT      62,478  
  6,552      MVC Capital, Inc.      59,230  
  1,817      National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      57,363  
  1,582      National Commerce Corp.(c)      61,223  
  3,906      New Mountain Finance Corp.      58,199  
  9,489      New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. REIT(b)      60,824  
  5,394      NewStar Financial, Inc.      57,932  
  5,098      NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)      59,137  
  3,753      Northeast Bancorp      62,863  
  1,992      Northrim Bancorp, Inc.      63,744  
  1,557      Norwood Financial Corp.      57,905  
  2,071      OceanFirst Financial Corp.      57,263  
  11,856      Ocwen Financial Corp.(b)(c)      27,150  
  5,247      OFG Bancorp      61,390  
  1,918      Old Point Financial Corp.      59,055  
  1,573      Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(c)      57,493  
  4,957      Park Sterling Corp.      60,971  
  2,650      Parke Bancorp, Inc.      63,070  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  1,943      Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.    $ 62,293  
  4,235      Pennantpark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.      58,612  
  7,321      PennantPark Investment Corp.      58,641  
  3,524      PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Class A(c)      58,146  
  2,001      Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.      56,708  
  1,883      Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      63,043  
  4,694      PHH Corp.(c)      60,553  
  4,263      PICO Holdings, Inc.(c)      68,634  
  916      Piper Jaffray Cos.      57,342  
  1,148      Preferred Bank      60,833  
  3,032      Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.      64,976  
  2,815      Provident Bancorp, Inc.(c)      59,959  
  1,392      QCR Holdings, Inc.      63,475  
  2,975      Regional Management Corp.(c)      58,994  
  1,733      Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A      62,353  
  7,339      Republic First Bancorp, Inc.(c)      63,115  
  7,877      Riverview Bancorp, Inc.      57,187  
  843      Safety Insurance Group, Inc.      61,033  
  1,439      Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      62,237  
  2,536      Saratoga Investment Corp.      55,336  
  2,458      Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(c)      59,484  
  3,588      Shore Bancshares, Inc.      59,525  
  2,204      Sierra Bancorp      55,254  
  2,607      Solar Capital Ltd.      59,466  
  3,235      Solar Senior Capital Ltd.      59,233  
  1,792      Southside Bancshares, Inc.      62,218  
  2,338      State Bank Financial Corp.      62,799  
  4,094      Stellus Capital Investment Corp.(b)      58,790  
  2,872      Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.(c)      61,719  
  2,472      Sussex Bancorp      63,778  
  3,356      TCP Capital Corp.      57,388  
  2,713      Timberland Bancorp, Inc.      60,147  
  8,403      Tiptree, Inc., Class A      59,241  
  1,686      TriCo Bancshares      59,786  
  4,076      TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
Corp.(b)
     58,368  
  2,533      TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.(c)      63,072  
  2,269      Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(c)      50,826  
  7,529      TrustCo Bank Corp. NY      59,856  
  3,280      Two River Bancorp      60,352  
  7,061      United Community Financial Corp.      60,301  
  3,523      United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      60,842  
  3,411      Unity Bancorp, Inc.      55,770  
  2,209      Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania      66,933  
  2,075      Veritex Holdings, Inc.(c)      55,901  
  3,221      Waterstone Financial, Inc.      61,199  
  4,314      WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.      60,655  
  1,183      World Acceptance Corp.(c)      62,581  
  2,375      Xenith Bankshares, Inc.(c)      64,173  
     

 

 

 
        10,808,282  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—3.1%  
  11,954      Abeona Therapeutics, Inc.(c)      67,540  
  1,888      Addus HomeCare Corp.(c)      64,098  
  2,584      Albireo Pharma, Inc.(c)      53,463  
  2,617      AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      63,855  
  3,414      AngioDynamics, Inc.(c)      52,985  
  3,649      Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      53,567  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  27,615      Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd.(c)    $ 2,209  
  9,059      Chimerix, Inc.(c)      54,173  
  2,690      Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(c)      62,542  
  12,003      Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      55,094  
  1,982      Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.(c)      40,453  
  2,849      REGENXBIO, Inc.(c)      59,544  
  5,549      Syneron Medical Ltd. (Israel)(c)      60,762  
  6,935      Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      54,994  
     

 

 

 
        745,279  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—12.9%  
  10,638      Acacia Research Corp.(c)      57,977  
  9,827      Ameresco, Inc., Class A(c)      63,384  
  2,282      ArcBest Corp.      60,359  
  3,865      CAI International, Inc.(c)      79,696  
  4,265      CBIZ, Inc.(c)      67,174  
  7,247      CDI Corp.(c)      59,063  
  5,564      CECO Environmental Corp.      62,817  
  1,766      Chart Industries, Inc.(c)      64,477  
  3,208      China Yuchai International Ltd. (Singapore)      62,235  
  21,239      Civeo Corp.(c)      63,505  
  2,384      Columbus McKinnon Corp.      62,294  
  1,674      CRA International, Inc.      63,512  
  12,883      Diana Shipping, Inc. (Greece)(c)      51,403  
  4,694      DMC Global, Inc.      71,818  
  2,082      Ducommun, Inc.(c)      61,190  
  1,838      DXP Enterprises, Inc.(c)      67,050  
  7,813      Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (Norway)(c)      59,535  
  10,084      Goldfield Corp. (The)(c)      54,958  
  8,975      Hudson Technologies, Inc.(c)      63,722  
  1,416      ICF International, Inc.(c)      62,516  
  3,266      IES Holdings, Inc.(c)      65,320  
  2,727      Kelly Services, Inc., Class A      60,867  
  2,872      Kelly Services, Inc., Class B      66,056  
  5,990      KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)(c)      56,845  
  7,258      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions,
Inc.(c)
     55,306  
  8,427      Manitex International, Inc.(c)      62,360  
  10,503      Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(c)      62,703  
  1,441      MYR Group, Inc.(c)      60,897  
  2,566      Navigant Consulting, Inc.(c)      61,507  
  30,041      Navios Maritime Partners LP (Greece)(b)(c)      62,786  
  9,131      NL Industries, Inc.(c)      73,961  
  2,457      NN, Inc.      67,813  
  3,748      Northwest Pipe Co.(c)      52,509  
  7,761      Orion Group Holdings, Inc.(c)      58,595  
  17,309      Pangea Logistics Solutions(c)      56,947  
  1,827      Powell Industries, Inc.      63,013  
  1,174      Preformed Line Products Co.      62,140  
  11,689      Radiant Logistics, Inc.(c)      70,134  
  7,761      Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc.(c)      68,685  
  6,234      Scorpio Bulkers, Inc.(c)      46,443  
  7,680      Spartan Motors, Inc.      63,360  
  5,652      Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Greece)(c)      53,468  
  6,182      Sterling Construction Co., Inc.(c)      58,791  
  2,945      Supreme Industries, Inc., Class A      59,018  
  4,069      Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.      60,831  
  5,922      Titan International, Inc.      63,425  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  4,301      Titan Machinery, Inc.(c)    $ 68,171  
  3,048      Twin Disc, Inc.(c)      59,741  
  1,126      Veritiv Corp.(c)      58,158  
  2,665      Willis Lease Finance Corp.(c)      60,522  
     

 

 

 
        3,099,057  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—8.9%  
  4,156      Actua Corp.(c)      58,184  
  3,391      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.(c)      56,121  
  953      Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(b)(c)      47,069  
  8,463      AudioCodes Ltd. (Israel)(c)      54,671  
  10,355      AXT, Inc.(c)      69,896  
  13,804      Bazaarvoice, Inc.(c)      64,879  
  2,554      Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B      61,807  
  3,234      Blucora, Inc.(c)      59,667  
  15,421      Camtek Ltd. (Israel)(c)      57,366  
  17,521      Ceragon Networks Ltd. (Israel)(c)      58,345  
  3,213      Cohu, Inc.      60,179  
  3,768      Control4 Corp.(c)      63,679  
  2,377      CyberOptics Corp.(c)      51,462  
  4,811      Digi International, Inc.(c)      59,656  
  6,521      EMCORE Corp.      58,689  
  5,472      Exar Corp.(c)      71,191  
  10,450      EXFO, Inc. (Canada)(c)      48,593  
  4,955      FormFactor, Inc.(c)      55,001  
  6,806      GSI Technology, Inc.(c)      54,652  
  9,997      Harmonic, Inc.(c)      57,983  
  4,851      Intevac, Inc.(c)      61,850  
  4,026      IXYS Corp.      56,163  
  3,568      Kimball Electronics, Inc.(c)      61,548  
  14,387      Kopin Corp.(c)      58,699  
  7,386      Liquidity Services, Inc.(c)      57,611  
  7,997      Magal Security Systems Ltd. (Israel)(c)      53,420  
  10,846      Meet Group, Inc. (The)(c)      64,642  
  1,945      Nanometrics, Inc.(c)      61,374  
  4,718      Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (South Africa)(c)      51,096  
  2,114      PCM, Inc.(c)      53,273  
  5,319      Photronics, Inc.(c)      61,169  
  7,247      RetailMeNot, Inc.(c)      84,065  
  2,600      Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(c)      63,700  
  2,093      Sierra Wireless, Inc. (Canada)(c)      52,953  
  3,651      Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(c)      70,245  
  6,368      Xcerra Corp.(c)      62,406  
     

 

 

 
        2,143,304  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—4.5%  
  22,129      Asanko Gold, Inc. (Canada)(c)      54,216  
  2,204      Boise Cascade Co.(c)      67,222  
  4,689      Century Aluminum Co.(c)      63,958  
  3,550      Core Molding Technologies, Inc.(c)      70,219  
  5,085      Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      61,071  
  12,799      Gold Resource Corp.      42,237  
  14,038      Klondex Mines Ltd. (Canada)(c)      50,396  
  2,034      Kraton Corp.(c)      66,532  
  1,820      Materion Corp.      69,251  
  18,406      McEwen Mining, Inc.(b)(c)      55,954  
  3,084      Olympic Steel, Inc.      69,544  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  11,954      Resolute Forest Products, Inc.(c)    $ 74,713  
  13,122      Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (Canada)(c)      45,665  
  2,842      Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A      53,714  
  3,878      SunCoke Energy Partners LP(b)      63,211  
  6,514      SunCoke Energy, Inc.(c)      59,733  
  3,241      TimkenSteel Corp.(c)      48,874  
  2,315      Westlake Chemical Partners LP      58,570  
     

 

 

 
        1,075,080  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—5.0%  
  3,866      Altisource Residential Corp. REIT      55,593  
  4,310      Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. REIT      61,461  
  9,997      Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT      62,481  
  7,028      BRT Realty Trust REIT(c)      56,716  
  2,483      Community Healthcare Trust, Inc. REIT      61,380  
  1,792      CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. REIT(b)      65,372  
  3,012      Easterly Government Properties, Inc. REIT      60,601  
  5,334      Farmland Partners, Inc. REIT(b)      58,141  
  4,392      Forestar Group, Inc.(c)      62,147  
  6,302      Independence Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      57,978  
  3,197      InfraREIT, Inc. REIT      61,063  
  4,964      iStar, Inc. REIT(c)      60,710  
  2,539      Jernigan Capital, Inc. REIT      59,133  
  2,439      National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT      59,755  
  2,459      NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. REIT      59,041  
  3,094      Parkway, Inc. REIT      62,344  
  4,373      Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Class A REIT      61,878  
  19,721      RAIT Financial Trust REIT      60,543  
  1,173      RMR Group, Inc. (The), Class A      61,876  
  3,451      Tier REIT, Inc. REIT      59,737  
     

 

 

 
        1,207,950  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.3%   
  6,514      Iridium Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      69,048  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—0.2%  
  4,346      8Point3 Energy Partners LP, Class A      53,716  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $21,343,580)
     23,980,943  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%  
  75,020      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $75,020)
     75,020  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $21,418,600)—100.3%
     24,055,963  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—6.8%  
  1,641,268      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,641,268)
   $ 1,641,268  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $23,059,868)—107.1%
     25,697,231  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.1)%      (1,709,867
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 23,987,364  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV)
     PowerShares
Russell 2000
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWS)
     PowerShares
Russell 2000
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXSG)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 441,158,844      $ 1,257,172,015      $ 21,849,252      $ 34,194,564  

Affiliated investments, at value

                  490,917        3,170,573  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    441,158,844        1,257,172,015        22,340,169        37,365,137  

Cash

                  153         

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    216,692        1,067,090        6,396        2,987  

Investments sold

                  7,172        669,220  

Expenses absorbed

                  4,680         

Securities lending

                  3,578        8,651  

Foreign tax reclaims

                          

Other assets

    1,401        2,093        621        640  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    441,376,937        1,258,241,198        22,362,769        38,046,635  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:           

Due to custodian

    17,425        496,332               79,763  

Payables:

          

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

                  426,605        3,170,573  

Investments purchased

                         538,118  

Shares repurchased

                          

Expenses recaptured

                          

Accrued advisory fees

    177,659        511,283               4,827  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    35,044        47,714        15,899        17,295  

Accrued expenses

    94,224        213,192        42,836        40,768  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    324,352        1,268,521        485,340        3,851,344  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 441,052,585      $ 1,256,972,677      $ 21,877,429      $ 34,195,291  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:           

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 585,082,988      $ 1,379,099,947      $ 27,621,161      $ 56,507,825  

Undistributed net investment income

    330,271        2,944,814        4,999        19,525  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (199,650,278      (233,086,173      (7,810,681      (26,160,199

Net unrealized appreciation

    55,289,604        108,014,089        2,061,950        3,828,140  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 441,052,585      $ 1,256,972,677      $ 21,877,429      $ 34,195,291  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    12,600,000        35,650,000        550,000        1,200,000  

Net asset value

  $ 35.00      $ 35.26      $ 39.78      $ 28.50  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 35.02      $ 35.27      $ 39.77      $ 28.49  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 385,869,240      $ 1,149,157,926      $ 19,787,598      $ 30,366,424  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $      $      $ 490,621      $ 3,170,573  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 385,869,240      $ 1,149,157,926      $ 20,278,219      $ 33,536,997  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $      $      $ 387,194      $ 3,109,478  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares
Russell 2000
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXSV)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWM)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXMG)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXMV)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWL)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXLG)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXLV)
    PowerShares
Zacks Micro Cap
Portfolio (PZI)
 
             
$ 82,992,111     $ 26,203,253     $ 67,971,166     $ 68,188,003     $ 39,677,838     $ 146,163,216     $ 74,749,172     $ 23,980,943  
  5,151,831       1,070,267       2,063,756       1,861,774       46,473       5,174,477             1,716,288  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  88,143,942       27,273,520       70,034,922       70,049,777       39,724,311       151,337,693       74,749,172       25,697,231  
                                             
             
  31,252       11,701       1,992       40,155       35,865       106,076       110,766       7,216  
  1,406,582                                           3,037  
        3,313                                      
  6,250       1,565       2,547       2,524             2,666             4,768  
  320                         872             592        
  687       633       683       671       648       857       734       1,151  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  89,589,033       27,290,732       70,040,144       70,093,127       39,761,696       151,447,292       74,861,264       25,713,403  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
                                      9,725        
             
  4,672,920       982,310       1,988,851       1,807,860             5,088,195             1,641,268  
                                             
  1,406,582                                            
                                1,935              
  22,563             12,624       15,061       2,550       34,488       18,358       6,614  
  19,276       16,415       24,348       17,986       17,045       13,663       11,676       18,644  
  52,571       49,588       47,219       48,910       38,670       53,387       51,075       59,513  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  6,173,912       1,048,313       2,073,042       1,889,817       58,265       5,191,668       90,834       1,726,039  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 83,415,121     $ 26,242,419     $ 67,967,102     $ 68,203,310     $ 39,703,431     $ 146,255,624     $ 74,770,430     $ 23,987,364  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
$ 106,339,300     $ 32,537,793     $ 173,039,354     $ 94,944,895     $ 43,879,372     $ 136,615,244     $ 70,638,329     $ 64,257,597  
  98,267       21,065       45,489       291,580       69,479       142,666       134,805       56,423  
  (30,095,207     (8,133,567     (115,685,580     (28,368,968     (8,980,406     (11,184,392     (3,081,734     (42,964,019
  7,072,761       1,817,128       10,567,839       1,335,803       4,734,986       20,682,106       7,079,030       2,637,363  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 83,415,121     $ 26,242,419     $ 67,967,102     $ 68,203,310     $ 39,703,431     $ 146,255,624     $ 74,770,430     $ 23,987,364  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  2,850,000       600,000       1,950,000       2,200,000       850,000       3,800,000       2,100,000       1,300,000  
$ 29.27     $ 43.74     $ 34.85     $ 31.00     $ 46.71     $ 38.49     $ 35.60     $ 18.45  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 29.26     $ 43.74     $ 34.85     $ 31.00     $ 46.75     $ 38.50     $ 35.63     $ 18.44  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 75,951,426     $ 24,383,771     $ 57,403,327     $ 66,852,200     $ 34,942,852     $ 125,481,110     $ 67,670,142     $ 21,343,580  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 5,119,728     $ 1,072,621     $ 2,063,756     $ 1,861,774     $ 46,473     $ 5,174,477     $     $ 1,716,288  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 81,071,154     $ 25,456,392     $ 59,467,083     $ 68,713,974     $ 34,989,325     $ 130,655,587     $ 67,670,142     $ 23,059,868  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 4,520,801     $ 951,673     $ 1,928,639     $ 1,756,950     $     $ 5,073,173     $     $ 1,559,620  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

  89  

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2017

 

    PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB)
     PowerShares
Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV)
     PowerShares
Russell 2000
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWS)
     PowerShares
Russell 2000
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXSG)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 5,605,859      $ 28,273,824      $ 175,159      $ 108,943  

Affiliated dividend income

    1,014        2,583        607        274  

Securities lending income

                  10,946        85,328  

Foreign withholding tax

    (13,755             (95       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    5,593,118        28,276,407        186,617        194,545  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:           

Advisory fees

    2,133,922        5,437,483        38,005        83,381  

Sub-licensing fees

    128,034        326,246        2,836        5,699  

Accounting & administration fees

    79,382        198,087        36,060        35,953  

Professional fees

    32,878        37,993        25,526        26,502  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    14,120        23,729        7,501        7,727  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    8,908        45,090        24,483        7,807  

Recapture (Note 3)

                          

Other expenses

    51,735        74,143        17,849        19,373  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    2,448,979        6,142,771        152,260        186,442  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (502      (1,343      (114,365      (74,440
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    2,448,477        6,141,428        37,895        112,002  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    3,144,641        22,134,979        148,722        82,543  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (15,360,958      (26,328,316      (175,221      (3,256,004

In-kind redemptions

    49,815,250        138,404,084        392,133        2,191,030  

Foreign currencies

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    34,454,292        112,075,768        216,912        (1,064,974
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investment securities

    19,256,044        59,582,637        2,570,917        6,816,011  

Foreign currencies

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation

    19,256,044        59,582,637        2,570,917        6,816,011  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    53,710,336        171,658,405        2,787,829        5,751,037  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 56,854,977      $ 193,793,384      $ 2,936,551      $ 5,833,580  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

  90  

 


 

 

PowerShares
Russell 2000
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXSV)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWM)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXMG)
    PowerShares
Russell Midcap
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXMV)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Equal Weight
Portfolio (EQWL)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Pure Growth
Portfolio (PXLG)
    PowerShares
Russell Top 200
Pure Value
Portfolio (PXLV)
    PowerShares
Zacks Micro Cap
Portfolio (PZI)
 
             
$ 1,471,120     $ 370,814     $ 398,710     $ 1,477,366     $ 656,311     $ 1,727,830     $ 1,810,927     $ 1,039,878  
  38,750       731       355       262       230       555       264       366  
  147,259       17,461       37,946       33,329             23,068             36,454  
  (86     (411           (2,133     (783           (3,425     (752

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  1,657,043       388,595       437,011       1,508,824       655,758       1,751,453       1,807,766       1,075,946  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
  209,436       61,734       184,203       163,815       82,548       411,897       200,877       117,547  
  15,848       4,181       12,479       13,483       5,594       28,413       21,512       23,509  
  36,142       36,222       36,135       36,028       36,128       36,074       36,125       35,790  
  25,244       25,861       25,248       25,090       24,868       26,358       25,444       34,217  
  8,338       7,675       8,300       8,070       7,814       9,553       8,316       7,687  
  11,722       13,703       4,505       5,938       3,179       4,083       4,229       7,248  
                                15,151              
  23,490       18,652       21,741       22,097       19,522       22,401       18,910       17,747  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  330,220       168,028       292,611       274,521       179,653       553,930       315,413       243,745  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (48,779     (106,412     (45,058     (54,360     (97,214     (263     (45,396     (79,349

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  281,441       61,616       247,553       220,161       82,439       553,667       270,017       164,396  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  1,375,602       326,979       189,458       1,288,663       573,319       1,197,786       1,537,749       911,550  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
             
  (7,792,451     (720,435     (8,543,761     (3,515,353     (224,952     (9,792,401     (2,122,492     (1,215,138
  7,524,978             1,884,026       5,686,190       727,972       8,581,218       8,282,876       4,154,018  
  (6                                          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (267,479     (720,435     (6,659,735     2,170,837       503,020       (1,211,183     6,160,384       2,938,880  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
             
  12,294,857       3,633,321       17,543,731       2,742,235       4,764,560       21,973,094       5,632,709       1,096,744  
  (29                                          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  12,294,828       3,633,321       17,543,731       2,742,235       4,764,560       21,973,094       5,632,709       1,096,744  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  12,027,349       2,912,886       10,883,996       4,913,072       5,267,580       20,761,911       11,793,093       4,035,624  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 13,402,951     $ 3,239,865     $ 11,073,454     $ 6,201,735     $ 5,840,899     $ 21,959,697     $ 13,330,842     $ 4,947,174  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 3,144,641      $ 2,394,933      $ 22,134,979      $ 24,237,976  

Net realized gain (loss)

    34,454,292        6,768,820        112,075,768        (23,521,415

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    19,256,044        1,296,040        59,582,637        (24,474,487
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    56,854,977        10,459,793        193,793,384        (23,757,926
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (3,353,714      (2,182,044      (22,676,158      (23,938,985
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    372,304,835        266,442,635        1,311,062,395        396,601,556  

Value of shares repurchased

    (428,505,381      (158,547,925      (1,200,505,766      (460,948,721
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (56,200,546      107,894,710        110,556,629        (64,347,165
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (2,699,283      116,172,459        281,673,855        (112,044,076
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    443,751,868        327,579,409        975,298,822        1,087,342,898  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 441,052,585      $ 443,751,868      $ 1,256,972,677      $ 975,298,822  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 330,271      $ 539,344      $ 2,944,814      $ 3,485,993  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    11,450,000        8,650,000        39,700,000        13,300,000  

Shares repurchased

    (13,250,000      (5,100,000      (36,550,000      (15,400,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    14,400,000        10,850,000        32,500,000        34,600,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    12,600,000        14,400,000        35,650,000        32,500,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell 2000
Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)
     PowerShares Russell 2000
Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)
     PowerShares Russell 2000
Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)
     PowerShares Russell
Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
                    
$ 148,722      $ 127,115      $ 82,543      $ 80,568      $ 1,375,602      $ 1,724,311      $ 326,979      $ 426,021  
  216,912        1,476,128        (1,064,974      5,313,096        (267,479      8,397,908        (720,435      5,053,874  
  2,570,917        (2,766,711      6,816,011        (8,134,006      12,294,828        (14,486,084      3,633,321        (6,753,851

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,936,551        (1,163,468      5,833,580        (2,740,342      13,402,951        (4,363,865      3,239,865        (1,273,956

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  (170,196      (138,899      (78,015      (145,600      (1,722,034      (1,647,876      (354,780      (425,755

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  7,821,834        12,873,920        11,461,400        35,117,426        48,264,771        68,582,873               24,737,975  
  (1,786,067      (14,648,979      (9,740,909      (38,302,893      (36,198,182      (74,996,370             (33,973,183

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,035,767        (1,775,059      1,720,491        (3,185,467      12,066,589        (6,413,497             (9,235,208

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  8,802,122        (3,077,426      7,476,056        (6,071,409      23,747,506        (12,425,238      2,885,085        (10,934,919

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  13,075,307        16,152,733        26,719,235        32,790,644        59,667,615        72,092,853        23,357,334        34,292,253  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 21,877,429      $ 13,075,307      $ 34,195,291      $ 26,719,235      $ 83,415,121      $ 59,667,615      $ 26,242,419      $ 23,357,334  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 4,999      $ 14,585      $ 19,525      $ 14,997      $ 98,267      $ 322,551      $ 21,065      $ 48,478  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  200,000        350,000        450,000        1,350,000        1,800,000        2,600,000               600,000  
  (50,000      (400,000      (400,000      (1,500,000      (1,450,000      (2,900,000             (850,000
  400,000        450,000        1,150,000        1,300,000        2,500,000        2,800,000        600,000        850,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  550,000        400,000        1,200,000        1,150,000        2,850,000        2,500,000        600,000        600,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

     PowerShares Russell
Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)
     PowerShares Russell
Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)
 
     2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:            

Net investment income

   $ 189,458      $ 192,398      $ 1,288,663      $ 1,160,598  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (6,659,735      16,044,559        2,170,837        10,092,452  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     17,543,731        (24,188,266      2,742,235        (11,073,689
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     11,073,454        (7,951,309      6,201,735        179,361  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:            

Net investment income

     (160,836      (409,368      (1,190,811      (1,090,750
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:            

Proceeds from shares sold

     12,023,198        91,126,421        49,978,805        43,244,079  

Value of shares repurchased

     (21,983,708      (103,621,188      (37,150,015      (44,306,740
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     (9,960,510      (12,494,767      12,828,790        (1,062,661
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     952,108        (20,855,444      17,839,714        (1,974,050
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:            

Beginning of year

     67,014,994        87,870,438        50,363,596        52,337,646  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 67,967,102      $ 67,014,994      $ 68,203,310      $ 50,363,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 45,489      $ 16,867      $ 291,580      $ 193,728  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:            

Shares sold

     400,000        2,800,000        1,650,000        1,550,000  

Shares repurchased

     (750,000      (3,250,000      (1,300,000      (1,600,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

     2,300,000        2,750,000        1,850,000        1,900,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

     1,950,000        2,300,000        2,200,000        1,850,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Russell
Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)
     PowerShares Russell
Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)
     PowerShares Russell
Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)
     PowerShares Zacks
Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
                    
$ 573,319      $ 735,628      $ 1,197,786      $ 1,176,283      $ 1,537,749      $ 1,194,351      $ 911,550      $ 344,756  
  503,020        7,178,998        (1,211,183      31,202,722        6,160,384        2,691,966        2,938,880        (1,028,304
  4,764,560        (8,004,214      21,973,094        (32,667,566      5,632,709        (1,493,930      1,096,744        22,641  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,840,899        (89,588      21,959,697        (288,561      13,330,842        2,392,387        4,947,174        (660,907

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  (585,203      (736,635      (1,357,534      (1,168,868      (1,576,335      (1,133,932      (1,069,483      (314,529

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  6,718,231        30,707,855        37,553,154        179,576,353        46,557,912        57,153,056        19,783,952         
  (6,075,183      (38,325,557      (63,314,455      (172,206,268      (51,570,518      (31,730,490      (20,698,564      (6,919,902

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  643,048        (7,617,702      (25,761,301      7,370,085        (5,012,606      25,422,566        (914,612      (6,919,902

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,898,744        (8,443,925      (5,159,138      5,912,656        6,741,901        26,681,021        2,963,079        (7,895,338

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  33,804,687        42,248,612        151,414,762        145,502,106        68,028,529        41,347,508        21,024,285        28,919,623  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 39,703,431      $ 33,804,687      $ 146,255,624      $ 151,414,762      $ 74,770,430      $ 68,028,529      $ 23,987,364      $ 21,024,285  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 69,479      $ 81,363      $ 142,666      $ 302,414      $ 134,805      $ 173,391      $ 56,423      $ 93,697  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  150,000        750,000        1,100,000        5,350,000        1,400,000        2,000,000        1,100,000         
  (150,000      (950,000      (1,900,000      (5,050,000      (1,600,000      (1,050,000      (1,150,000      (450,000
  850,000        1,050,000        4,600,000        4,300,000        2,300,000        1,350,000        1,350,000        1,800,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  850,000        850,000        3,800,000        4,600,000        2,100,000        2,300,000        1,300,000        1,350,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio (PWB)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 30.82      $ 30.19      $ 25.62      $ 21.29    $ 18.73

Net investment income(a)

    0.24        0.19        0.18        0.10      0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    4.19        0.62        4.56        4.34      2.55  

Total from investment operations

    4.43        0.81        4.74        4.44      2.76

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.25      (0.18      (0.17      (0.11      (0.20

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.00      $ 30.82      $ 30.19    $ 25.62    $ 21.29

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.02      $ 30.81      $ 30.17    $ 25.62    $ 21.28
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     14.46      2.70      18.52      20.91      14.91
Market Price Total Return(c)     14.57      2.73      18.44      20.96      14.92
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 441,053      $ 443,752      $ 327,579      $ 285,675    $ 212,897  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.57      0.57      0.58      0.58      0.59

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.57      0.57      0.58      0.58      0.59

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.74      0.64      0.63      0.43      1.08

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    116      97      143      123      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 30.01      $ 31.43     $ 29.51      $ 25.21    $ 20.73

Net investment income(a)

    0.67        0.73       0.64        0.55      0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.28        (1.43     1.88        4.30      4.48  

Total from investment operations

    5.95        (0.70     2.52        4.85      5.00

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.70      (0.72     (0.60      (0.55      (0.52

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.26      $ 30.01     $ 31.43      $ 29.51    $ 25.21

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.27      $ 30.00     $ 31.42      $ 29.49    $ 25.22
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     20.06      (2.17 )%      8.56      19.48      24.55
Market Price Total Return(c)     20.14      (2.18 )%      8.60      19.35      24.72
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 1,256,973      $ 975,299     $ 1,087,343      $ 801,088    $ 574,825  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.56      0.57     0.57      0.57      0.59

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.56      0.57     0.57      0.57      0.59

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.04      2.44     2.10      2.04      2.36

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    118      98     82      103      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.69      $ 35.89     $ 32.85     $ 27.80      $ 24.21

Net investment income(a)

    0.36        0.31       0.41       0.33        0.46  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    7.19        (3.17     3.03       5.12        3.60  

Total from investment operations

    7.55        (2.86     3.44       5.45        4.06

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.46      (0.34     (0.40     (0.40      (0.47

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 39.78      $ 32.69     $ 35.89   $ 32.85      $ 27.80

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 39.77      $ 32.71     $ 35.90   $ 32.84      $ 27.76
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     23.21      (8.00 )%      10.53     19.76      17.05
Market Price Total Return(c)     23.11      (7.97 )%      10.59     19.90      17.03
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 21,877      $ 13,075     $ 16,153     $ 14,784      $ 15,290  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.25      0.26 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    1.00      1.17 %(d)      0.98 %(d)      0.94      1.22

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.98      0.94     1.20     1.06      1.88

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    47      143     7     50      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)  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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 23.23      $ 25.22     $ 23.90     $ 19.74     $ 17.66

Net investment income(a)

    0.07        0.06       0.25       0.20       0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.27        (1.93     1.39       4.17       2.08  

Total from investment operations

    5.34        (1.87     1.64       4.37       2.21

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.07      (0.12     (0.32     (0.21     (0.13

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 28.50      $ 23.23     $ 25.22     $ 23.90     $ 19.74

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 28.49      $ 23.26     $ 25.21     $ 23.89     $ 19.72
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     23.02      (7.47 )%      6.92     22.31     12.63
Market Price Total Return(c)     22.82      (7.31 )%      6.92     22.38     12.65
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 34,195      $ 26,719     $ 32,791     $ 29,872     $ 26,646  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.65      0.67 %(d)      0.69 %(d)      0.70 %(d)      0.92 %(d) 

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.29      0.27     1.02     0.90     0.72

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    55      144     6     39     39

 

(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. Estimated investment companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 23.87      $ 25.75     $ 24.67      $ 19.63    $ 16.35

Net investment income(a)

    0.52        0.63       0.42        0.30      0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.55        (1.91     1.03        5.03      3.31

Total from investment operations

    6.07        (1.28     1.45        5.33      3.63

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.67      (0.60     (0.37      (0.29      (0.35

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 29.27      $ 23.87     $ 25.75    $ 24.67    $ 19.63

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 29.26      $ 23.88     $ 25.75    $ 24.68    $ 19.61
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     25.64      (4.93 )%      5.91      27.29      22.56
Market Price Total Return(c)     25.54      (4.90 )%      5.87      27.47      22.58
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 83,415      $ 59,668     $ 72,093      $ 65,376    $ 48,084  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39     0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.46      0.50     0.55      0.54      0.70

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.90      2.67     1.65      1.31      1.87

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    50      137     5      43      31

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 38.93      $ 40.34     $ 36.31      $ 30.41    $ 26.60

Net investment income(a)

    0.54        0.56       0.50        0.40      0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    4.86        (1.41     4.03        5.90      3.80  

Total from investment operations

    5.40        (0.85     4.53        6.30      4.23

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.59      (0.56     (0.50      (0.40      (0.42

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 43.74      $ 38.93     $ 40.34    $ 36.31    $ 30.41

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 43.74      $ 38.89     $ 40.35    $ 36.25    $ 30.39
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     14.00      (2.02 )%      12.52      20.85      16.16
Market Price Total Return(c)     14.11      (2.14 )%      12.73      20.73      16.00
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 26,242      $ 23,357     $ 34,292      $ 30,867    $ 19,768  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.25      0.26     0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.68      0.69     0.66      0.69      1.00

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.32      1.50     1.31      1.19      1.58

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    36      135     5      50      38

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.14      $ 31.95     $ 30.02      $ 26.06    $ 22.65

Net investment income(a)

    0.09        0.07       0.47        0.33      0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.70        (2.72     1.92        4.01      3.38  

Total from investment operations

    5.79        (2.65     2.39        4.34      3.64

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.08      (0.16     (0.46      (0.38      (0.23

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 34.85      $ 29.14     $ 31.95      $ 30.02    $ 26.06

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 34.85      $ 29.12     $ 31.95      $ 29.99    $ 26.04
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     19.89      (8.34 )%      7.98      16.80      16.23
Market Price Total Return(c)     19.98      (8.40 )%      8.09      16.77      16.25
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 67,967      $ 67,015     $ 87,870      $ 91,555    $ 82,101  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39     0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.46      0.44     0.46      0.45      0.54

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.30      0.25     1.51      1.19      1.14

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    49      147     3      33      33

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 27.22      $ 27.55     $ 25.88     $ 20.98    $ 17.06

Net investment income(a)

    0.68        0.68       0.43       0.37      0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.80        (0.37     1.63       4.87      3.94  

Total from investment operations

    4.48        0.31       2.06       5.24      4.31

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.70      (0.64     (0.39     (0.34      (0.39

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 31.00      $ 27.22     $ 27.55   $ 25.88    $ 20.98

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 31.00      $ 27.21     $ 27.53   $ 25.87    $ 20.98
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     16.60      1.35     7.98     25.19      25.74
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.64      1.39     7.94     25.14      25.89
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 68,203      $ 50,364     $ 52,338     $ 42,709    $ 28,321  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39 %(d)      0.39 %(d)      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.49      0.54 %(d)      0.56 %(d)      0.62      0.82

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.28      2.62 %      1.58     1.56      2.08

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    39      131     4     33      25

 

(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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 39.77      $ 40.24      $ 37.06      $ 30.97    $ 26.66

Net investment income(a)

    0.74        0.78        0.75        0.63      0.65  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.95        (0.48      3.14        6.03      4.35  

Total from investment operations

    7.69        0.30        3.89        6.66      5.00

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.75      (0.77      (0.71      (0.57      (0.69

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 46.71      $ 39.77      $ 40.24    $ 37.06    $ 30.97

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 46.75      $ 39.73      $ 40.21    $ 37.08    $ 30.98
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     19.58      0.81      10.52      21.69      19.10
Market Price Total Return(c)     19.80      0.78      10.38      21.72      19.15
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 39,703      $ 33,805      $ 42,249      $ 40,770    $ 27,874  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.25      0.26      0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.54      0.54      0.57      0.60      0.80

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.74      1.99      1.92      1.85      2.38

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    27      101      3      38      43

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.92      $ 33.84     $ 29.53      $ 25.10    $ 22.20

Net investment income(a)

    0.29        0.28       0.55        0.50      0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.61        (0.91     4.29        4.57      2.87  

Total from investment operations

    5.90        (0.63     4.84        5.07      3.26

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.33      (0.29     (0.53      (0.62      (0.36

Net realized gains

                        (0.02       

Total distributions

    (0.33      (0.29     (0.53      (0.64      (0.36

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 38.49      $ 32.92     $ 33.84    $ 29.53    $ 25.10

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 38.50      $ 32.92     $ 33.82    $ 29.52    $ 25.08
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     18.06      (1.89 )%      16.49      20.54      14.87
Market Price Total Return(c)     18.09      (1.83 )%      16.46      20.59      14.83
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 146,256      $ 151,415     $ 145,502      $ 106,322    $ 82,816  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39     0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.39      0.39     0.43      0.45      0.79

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.84      0.85     1.73      1.84      1.63

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    30      105     2      22      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.58      $ 30.63     $ 29.40      $ 25.16    $ 20.37

Net investment income(a)

    0.73        0.80       0.72        0.63      0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.13        (1.09     1.16        4.17      4.77  

Total from investment operations

    6.86        (0.29     1.88        4.80      5.29

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.84      (0.76     (0.65      (0.54      (0.50

Net realized gains

                        (0.02       

Total distributions

    (0.84      (0.76     (0.65      (0.56      (0.50

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.60      $ 29.58     $ 30.63    $ 29.40    $ 25.16

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.63      $ 29.55     $ 30.62    $ 29.39    $ 25.16
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     23.47      (0.84 )%      6.41      19.27      26.41
Market Price Total Return(c)     23.69      (0.92 )%      6.41      19.23      26.53
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 74,770      $ 68,029     $ 41,348      $ 14,701    $ 7,549  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.39      0.39     0.39      0.39      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.46      0.55     0.62      1.05      2.10

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.23      2.78     2.37      2.32      2.43

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    28      77     2      23      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (PZI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017     2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 15.57     $ 16.07     $ 16.26      $ 13.57    $ 11.34

Net investment income(a)

    0.67 (b)      0.21       0.21        0.20      0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.00       (0.52     (0.09      2.65      2.25  

Total from investment operations

    3.67       (0.31     0.12      2.85      2.45

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.79     (0.19     (0.31 )      (0.16      (0.22

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 18.45     $ 15.57     $ 16.07    $ 16.26    $ 13.57

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 18.44     $ 15.57     $ 16.05    $ 16.25    $ 13.54
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     23.87     (1.94 )%      0.71      21.06      21.95
Market Price Total Return(d)     23.81     (1.82 )%      0.64      21.25      21.90
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 23,987     $ 21,024     $ 28,920      $ 61,782    $ 42,055  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers(e)

    0.70     0.70     0.70      0.70      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers(e)

    1.04     1.00     0.90      0.79      0.98

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.89 %(b)      1.37     1.28      1.29      1.72

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

    141     134     115      123      96

 

(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 period. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividend are $0.25 and 1.45%, 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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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 Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)    “Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)    “Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)    “Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)    “Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)    “Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)    “Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)    “Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)    “Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio”
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)    “Russell Top 200 Pure 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
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    Russell 2000® Equal Weight Index
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio    Russell 2000® Pure Growth Index
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio    Russell 2000® Pure Value Index
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    Russell Midcap® Equal Weight Index
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio    Russell Midcap® Pure Growth Index
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    Russell Midcap® Pure Value Index
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio    Russell Top 200® Equal Weight Index
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio    Russell Top 200® Pure Growth Index
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio    Russell Top 200® Pure Value Index
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio    Zacks Micro Cap IndexTM

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

 

 

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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 will 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. Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Pure 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.

Small- and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. For Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio and Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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, Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Pure 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.

Value Risk. For Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio, Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio, Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Pure 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.

 

 

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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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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.

 

 

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G. 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.

H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, Russell Top 200 Pure Growth 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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, Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Top 200 Equal Weight 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 Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.25% 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, Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Top 200 Equal Weight 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, 2018. The Expense Cap for each of Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio is 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year, through at least August 31, 2018. 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, 2018, and sub-licensing fees are excluded from the expenses subject to the Expense Cap for these Funds in addition to the excluded expenses above. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or

 

 

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pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio and Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 502  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      1,343  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      114,365  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      74,440  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      48,779  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      106,412  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      45,058  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      54,360  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      97,214  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      263  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      45,396  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      79,349  

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, 2017 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
      4/30/18      4/30/19      4/30/20  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    $ 328,201      $ 91,595      $ 122,351      $ 114,255  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      253,103        93,101        85,694        74,308  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      226,526        108,992        68,966        48,568  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      307,486        80,056        121,137        106,293  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      152,118        64,245        42,984        44,889  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      208,383        86,833        67,330        54,220  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      277,390        76,197        104,089        97,104  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      45,493        45,493                
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      192,745        79,809        67,669        45,267  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      232,325        77,042        76,103        79,180  

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 Group, Inc.
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio    NYSE Group, Inc.
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    Frank Russell Company

 

 

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Fund

  

Licensor

Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio    Frank Russell Company
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 tables below show certain Funds’ transactions in, and earnings from, investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT    $ 3,238      $ 1,997      $ (1,113    $ 922      $ (21    $ 5,023      $ 372  

Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT    $ 257,964      $ 253,532      $ (145,978    $ 90,363      $ (8,595    $ 447,286      $ 38,332  

Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 12,559      $ 2,591      $ (1,158    $ 1,538      $ (345    $ 15,185      $ 479  

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.

 

 

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Except for the Funds listed below, as of April 30, 2017, 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  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 22,338,602      $      $ 1,567      $ 22,340,169  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 88,143,942      $      $ 0      $ 88,143,942  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 25,695,022      $      $ 2,209      $ 25,697,231  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 3,353,714      $ 2,182,044  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      22,676,158        23,938,985  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      170,196        138,899  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      78,015        145,600  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      1,722,034        1,647,876  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      354,780        425,755  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      160,836        409,368  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      1,190,811        1,090,750  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      585,203        736,635  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      1,357,534        1,168,868  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      1,576,335        1,133,932  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      1,069,483        314,529  

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   $ 364,230     $ (33,959   $ 53,609,967     $     $ (193,281,817   $ (4,688,824   $ 585,082,988     $ 441,052,585  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio     2,990,368       (45,554     95,362,691             (213,426,146     (7,008,629     1,379,099,947       1,256,972,677  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio     25,126       (15,173     1,925,808             (7,656,420     (23,073     27,621,161       21,877,429  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio     36,049       (16,524     3,591,739             (25,923,798           56,507,825       34,195,291  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio     116,709       (18,442     6,063,264       (27     (28,930,390     (155,293     106,339,300       83,415,121  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio     36,714       (15,649     1,646,904             (7,835,286     (128,057     32,537,793       26,242,419  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio     68,983       (23,494     10,191,531             (115,309,272           173,039,354       67,967,102  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio     308,744       (17,164     711,738             (27,662,549     (82,354     94,944,895       68,203,310  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio     85,722       (16,243     4,478,672             (8,724,092           43,879,372       39,703,431  

 

 

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    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
 
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio   $ 155,444     $ (12,778   $ 19,849,049     $     $ (10,329,158   $ (22,177   $ 136,615,244     $ 146,255,624  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio     145,692       (10,887     6,039,424             (2,042,128           70,638,329       74,770,430  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio     77,139       (18,047     2,557,652             (41,481,146     (1,405,831     64,257,597       23,987,364  

 

* 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, 2017:

 

                   Post-effective/no
expiration
               
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 131,638,879      $ 15,986,258      $ 44,638,676      $ 1,018,004      $ 193,281,817      $ 68,715,641  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      56,819,182        17,964,198        119,916,863        18,725,903        213,426,146        22,558,581  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      2,009,294        2,491,519        1,968,785        1,186,822        7,656,420        2,738,120  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      10,392,627        4,547,805        6,459,754        4,523,612        25,923,798        9,888,431  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      9,588,502        5,376,983        7,538,252        6,426,653        28,930,390        16,547,947  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      3,611,366        741,893        1,781,930        1,700,097        7,835,286        3,815,763  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      82,364,246        12,021,724        12,534,125        8,389,177        115,309,272        54,769,394  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      18,996,863        2,751,107        4,741,951        1,172,628        27,662,549        12,697,113  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      5,621,834        1,626,267        743,656        732,335        8,724,092        2,328,337  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio                    4,325,577        6,003,581        10,329,158         
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio                    770,987        1,271,141        2,042,128         
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      12,380,833        7,234,973        20,320,056        1,545,284        41,481,146        28,782,755  

 

* 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, 2017, 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    $ 504,939,053      $ 504,603,514  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      1,310,397,704        1,310,488,955  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      7,220,162        7,194,970  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      16,139,776        15,782,444  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      36,588,019        35,853,318  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      8,889,956        8,899,600  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      31,363,201        31,558,266  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      22,534,913        22,336,891  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      8,972,590        8,968,340  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      41,866,693        42,245,481  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      19,241,275        19,743,639  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      32,885,414        33,868,643  

 

 

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For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $ 372,180,295      $ 428,639,383  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      1,310,269,241        1,199,804,193  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      7,776,970        1,776,017  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      11,446,931        10,033,759  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      47,950,174        36,407,526  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio              
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      12,026,348        21,812,068  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      49,905,946        37,022,639  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      6,720,047        6,070,895  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      37,550,921        63,131,874  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      46,536,413        51,002,181  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      19,632,608        19,546,704  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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    $ 57,039,622      $ (3,429,655    $ 53,609,967      $ 387,548,877  
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio      120,583,033        (25,220,342      95,362,691        1,161,809,324  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      3,297,548        (1,371,740      1,925,808        20,414,361  
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio      5,804,308        (2,212,569      3,591,739        33,773,398  
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      12,790,462        (6,727,198      6,063,264        82,080,678  
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      3,599,205        (1,952,301      1,646,904        25,626,616  
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio      13,896,556        (3,705,025      10,191,531        59,843,391  
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      5,834,777        (5,123,039      711,738        69,338,039  
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio      5,495,334        (1,016,662      4,478,672        35,245,639  
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio      24,149,547        (4,300,498      19,849,049        131,488,644  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio      7,225,075        (1,185,651      6,039,424        68,709,748  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      3,277,202        (719,550      2,557,652        23,139,579  

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio    $      $ 22,172,538      $ (22,172,538
Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio             (105,076,601      105,076,601  
Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      11,888        2,342,201        (2,354,089
Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio             7,841,744        (7,841,744
Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio      122,148        9,411,652        (9,533,800
Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      388        3,815,450        (3,815,838
Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio             53,073,804        (53,073,804
Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio             7,404,080        (7,404,080
Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio             1,659,350        (1,659,350
Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio             (7,430,964      7,430,964  
Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio             (7,938,571      7,938,571  
Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio      120,659        24,580,293        (24,700,952

 

 

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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, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders of PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio:

 

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 Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap 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 is included in the 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 the Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,130.80       0.58   $ 3.06  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.92       0.58       2.91  
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio (PWV)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,147.60       0.57       3.04  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.97       0.57       2.86  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,175.60       0.25       1.35  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,023.55       0.25       1.25  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXSG)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,177.60       0.39       2.11  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.86       0.39       1.96  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio (PXSV)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,179.80       0.39       2.11  

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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWM)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,121.80       0.25   $ 1.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,023.55       0.25       1.25  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio (PXMG)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,164.00       0.39       2.09  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.86       0.39       1.96  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio (PXMV)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,115.00       0.39       2.05  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.86       0.39       1.96  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWL)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,148.60       0.25       1.33  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,023.55       0.25       1.25  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio (PXLG)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,164.70       0.39       2.09  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.86       0.39       1.96  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio (PXLV)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,141.20       0.39       2.07  

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       1,166.20       0.70       3.76  

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, 2017. 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio        100 %       97 %
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio        91 %       82 %
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio        92 %       86 %
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio        55 %       51 %

 

* 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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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

   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road,
Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    None

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road,
Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

* This is the date the Officer 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

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general 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 and

 

 

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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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio;

 

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

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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® Quality Portfolio;

 

 

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    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          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 Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio          X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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 contractual 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          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          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 Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          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          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          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 WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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.

In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.com.


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     April 30, 2017

2017 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® Quality Portfolio
PHO    PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio
PBW    PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio
PUW    PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

     29  

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

     30  

PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)

     32  

PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP)

     34  

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ)

     36  

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

     38  

PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

     44  

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

     46  

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

     47  

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

     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      64  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      77  
Fees and Expenses      78  
Tax Information      80  
Trustees and Officers      81  
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreements      87  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

Global Equity

The fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, began on a negative note, with global equity investors concerned about economic weakness in China, falling oil prices and uncertainty over the US Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) monetary policy. Central banks, including the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan, soothed investors’ nerves throughout the reporting period with accommodative monetary policies and dovish rhetoric. Other factors contributing to investor sentiment included rebounding oil prices and, in the US, generally positive economic data.

In June 2016, the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union caused global markets to decline sharply, but only briefly. The outcome of the November US presidential election caused US stocks, particularly in the health care and financials sector, to rally. However, non-US equities, particularly emerging market equities, traded lower due to currency weakness and the potential for a less favorable trade environment. Also in November, OPEC agreed to cut production for the first time in eight years; the agreement helped support higher oil prices and energy stocks.

Global equity markets began calendar 2017 with a broad rally that marked the best first quarter for equities since 2013. Volatility was largely absent, and emerging market equities posted double-digit gains in the quarter. Improved consumer confidence and eurozone employment data fueled positive market sentiment, while investors generally shrugged off Fed interest rate hikes in

December 2016 and March 2017. For the reporting period as a whole, US equities outperformed non-US equities, and emerging markets outperformed their developed-market counterparts (excluding the US)—a reversal from previous years.

 

 

 

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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 SPADE® 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. These companies are engaged principally in the development, manufacture, operation and support of defense, military, homeland security and space operations. These may include, for example, companies that provide the following products or services: defense electronics, aircraft, naval vessels, missiles, spacecraft and launch vehicles, ground vehicles, communications, sensors, information technology and network centric warfare, unmanned vehicles, satellite-based services and ground-based equipment and electronics, products or services.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, ISBC, LLC (the “Index Provider”) identifies common stocks for inclusion in the Index and weights them according to its 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 25.18%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 25.06%. During the same time period, the Index returned 25.83%. 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 26.90%. 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 because 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 Fund tracks an Index that 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.

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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to being underweight the aerospace & defense industry, and fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the aerospace & defense industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the IT services and communications equipment industries, respectively. The software industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the construction & engineering industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Boeing Co. (The), an aerospace & defense company (portfolio average weight of 6.89%), and General Dynamics Corp., an aerospace & defense company (portfolio average weight of 6.70%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included FireEye, Inc., a software company (portfolio average weight of 0.78%), and ViaSat, Inc., a communications equipment company (portfolio average weight of 1.18%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Aerospace & Defense      71.1  
IT Services      7.2  
Industrial Conglomerates      7.0  
Communications Equipment      4.9  
Containers & Packaging      3.8  
Machinery      2.6  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      1.8  
Software      0.6  
Construction & Engineering      0.6  
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, 2017
 
Security   
United Technologies Corp.      7.0  
Honeywell International, Inc.      7.0  
Boeing Co. (The)      7.0  
General Dynamics Corp.      6.9  
Lockheed Martin Corp.      6.7  
Raytheon Co.      5.5  
Northrop Grumman Corp.      5.2  
Harris Corp.      3.9  
Rockwell Collins, Inc.      3.8  
Ball Corp.      3.8  
Total      56.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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  
SPADE® Defense Index     25.83     13.86     47.60     20.06     149.46     10.32     166.99       11.94     266.41
S&P Composite 1500® Aerospace & Defense Index     26.90       14.35       49.52       20.22       151.16       11.26       190.78         13.41       326.00  
Fund                    
NAV Return     25.06       13.15       44.87       19.29       141.58       9.59       149.95         11.22       240.18  
Market Price Return     25.18       13.19       45.00       19.32       141.88       9.61       150.26         11.24       240.65  

 

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 annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.64%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 Cleantech IndexTM (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in stocks of clean technology (or “cleantech”) companies (as described below) that comprise the Index and American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) based on the stocks in the Index. The Fund anticipates that the majority of its investments will be in the stocks that comprise the Index, rather than in ADRs. The Index is a modified equally weighted index currently comprised of stocks of publicly traded cleantech companies and ADRs on such stocks.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Cleantech Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) identifies the securities for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider 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/services across a broad range of industries, including, but not limited to, clean energy, energy efficiency and transmission, clean water, advanced materials, eco-friendly agriculture, transportation, manufacturing efficiency, recycling and pollution prevention. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 24.13%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.21%. During the same time period, the Index returned 24.31%. 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, as well as trading costs associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 benchmark similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the electrical equipment industry and most underweight in the banks industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to significant overweight in the electrical equipment and electronic equipment instruments & components industries, compared to the Benchmark Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the electrical equipment industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the electronic equipment instruments & components and machinery industries, respectively. The semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry was the only detracting industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 1.72%), and Raven Industries, Inc., an industrials conglomerates company (portfolio average weight of 1.07%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included SunPower Corp., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 1.05%), and SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany), a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 0.83%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Electrical Equipment      19.6  
Machinery      9.9  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      9.9  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      8.2  
Professional Services      7.5  
Industrial Conglomerates      7.4  
Software      6.8  
Chemicals      6.6  
Building Products      5.8  
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers      3.8  
Life Sciences Tools & Services      3.1  
Auto Components      2.9  
Aerospace & Defense      2.4  
Commercial Services & Supplies      2.2  
Communications Equipment      1.6  
Mortgage REITs      1.3  
Construction & Engineering      0.9  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Trimble, Inc.      3.2  
Eurofins Scientific SE      3.1  
Schneider Electric SE      3.1  
Novozymes A/S, Class B      3.1  
Vestas Wind Systems A/S      3.1  
Siemens AG      3.1  
Roper Technologies, Inc.      3.1  
SGS SA      3.0  
Autodesk, Inc.      3.0  
ABB Ltd.      3.0  
Total      30.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

         

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  
The Cleantech Index™     24.31     6.75     21.64     11.82     74.81     4.57     56.41       N/A       N/A  
S&P 500® Index     17.92     10.47     34.83     13.68     89.81     7.15     99.55       7.64     116.84
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.21     6.04     19.24     10.98     68.36     3.79     45.11       4.51     59.09
Market Price Return     24.13     6.14     19.58     11.14     69.55     3.83     45.57       4.55     59.66

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.73% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.67%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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 and Benchmark Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund.
 

 

 

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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 Leaders Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is composed of approximately 100 common stocks from an eligible universe of approximately 1,000 securities of large capitalization companies that trade on any U.S. exchange and that are included within the NASDAQ Composite Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that is designed to identify companies that demonstrate powerful relative strength characteristics. The Index Provider bases these relative strength characteristics on each security’s market performance. The Fund generally invests in all of the securities comprising the Index proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 14.17%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 14.12%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.89%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the Russell 3000® Growth Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.83%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,940 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 because of its 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was overweight in the financials sector and underweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. 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.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and financials sectors, respectively. The real estate sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the energy and consumer staples sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 2.43%), and Domino’s Pizza, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 2.64%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Tractor Supply Co., a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and GGP, Inc. REIT, a real estate company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Industrials      24.8  
Information Technology      18.4  
Consumer Discretionary      18.1  
Financials      14.7  
Health Care      12.3  
Materials      3.5  
Utilities      3.0  
Consumer Staples      2.8  
Energy      1.4  
Telecommunication Services      0.5  
Real Estate      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, 2017
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      3.0  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      3.0  
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      2.6  
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.      2.5  
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      2.4  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      2.3  
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      2.3  
Rollins, Inc.      2.3  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.      2.3  
Exelixis, Inc.      2.2  
Total      24.9  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Technical Leaders Index     14.89     8.66     28.28     11.36     71.22     6.55     88.60       7.13     101.47
Dorsey Wright® Technical Leaders Index     14.89       8.66       28.28       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A         N/A       N/A  
Russell 3000® Growth Index     19.83       11.88       40.05       13.79       90.77       8.80       132.50         9.23       145.28  
Fund                    
NAV Return     14.12       7.93       25.74       11.04       68.79       6.43       86.49         7.01       99.20  
Market Price Return     14.17       7.97       25.87       11.04       68.83       6.40       86.03         7.00       98.83  

 

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 annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.64%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index, Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective constituent securities. Blended-Index, Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index, 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.

 

  The data known as the Blended-Index is comprised of price only returns from Fund inception through the conversion date, December 31, 2013, and total returns starting at the conversion date through April 30, 2017.

 

  Fund, Blended-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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Red Rocks Capital LLC (the “Index Provider”) includes securities in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index is comprised of securities, ADRs and GDRs of 40 to 75 private equity companies, including business development companies, master limited partnerships and other vehicles that are listed on a nationally recognized exchange, all of whose principal businesses are to invest in, lend capital to, or provide services to privately held companies. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.32%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 22.21%. During the same time period, the Index returned 23.33%. 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 Fund incurred during the period as well as slippage around the reinvestment of dividends received from the underlying portfolio holdings.

During the same time period, the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.29%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 930 securities. The Benchmark Index performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the developed equity market excluding the U.S. and Canada. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the capital markets industry and most underweight in the banks industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to its allocation to the capital markets industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the capital markets industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the diversified financial services and electrical equipment industries, respectively. The construction & engineering industry was the only detracting industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included 3i Group PLC (United Kingdom), a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 5.61%), and Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland), a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 5.69%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Brait SE (South Africa), a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 2.97%), and Allied Minds PLC (United Kingdom), a capital markets company (portfolio average weight of 0.92%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Capital Markets      51.0  
Diversified Financial Services      22.0  
Internet Software & Services      4.3  
Electrical Equipment      3.6  
Industrial Conglomerates      3.5  
Food Products      1.6  
Health Care Providers & Services      1.4  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      12.6  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Partners Group Holding AG      5.9  
3i Group PLC      5.6  
Onex Corp.      4.6  
Melrose Industries PLC      3.6  
Leucadia National Corp.      3.5  
Fosun International Ltd.      3.5  
Ares Capital Corp.      3.4  
Wendel SA      3.0  
IAC/InterActiveCorp.      3.0  
Eurazeo SA      3.0  
Total      39.1  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio (PSP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index     23.33     7.05     22.67     13.98     92.36     0.14     1.38       1.22     13.61
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)     11.29       0.86       2.60       6.78       38.84       0.87       9.02         2.30       27.01  
Fund                    
NAV Return     22.21       6.25       19.95       12.95       83.82       (2.22     (20.13       (1.04     (10.40
Market Price Return     23.32       6.19       19.75       12.95       83.84       (2.20     (19.95       (1.02     (10.20

 

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, 2019. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 2.24%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 1.58% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 2.22%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The data included as the Blended-Index is comprised of the Red Rocks Capital Listed Private Equity Index from Fund 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, 2017.

 

  Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

 

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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 equity securities of companies deriving a majority of their revenues from the People’s Republic of China and that comprise the Index. The Index is composed of securities of U.S. exchange-listed companies that are headquartered or incorporated in the People’s Republic of China.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Nasdaq, Inc. (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 in the Index may include common stocks, ordinary shares, American depository receipts (“ADRs”), shares of beneficial interest, limited partnership interests or tracking stocks. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 19.31%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 19.23%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.48%. 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 fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period partially offset by income received from the security lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the FTSE/Xinhua China 50 Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 18.21%. 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 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 the Fund tracks an Index that has 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 consumer discretionary sector and most underweight in the financials sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to security selection within the consumer discretionary sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the consumer discretionary sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return followed by the information technology and industrials sectors, respectively. The telecommunication services sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the health care and materials sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NetEase, Inc. ADR (China), an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 8.78%), and New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China), a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 6.43%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included 58.com, Inc., Class A ADR (China), an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.67%), and 21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China), an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.61%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio (PGJ) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Information Technology      43.0  
Consumer Discretionary      39.1  
Health Care      4.8  
Telecommunication Services      4.2  
Industrials      3.1  
Energy      3.0  
Financials      1.7  
Real Estate      0.5  
Consumer Staples      0.4  
Utilities      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, 2017
 
Security   
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR      9.0  
JD.Com, Inc., Class A ADR      8.4  
Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR      7.8  
Baidu, Inc. ADR      7.6  
NetEase, Inc. ADR      6.4  
TAL Education Group ADR      5.0  
SINA Corp.      4.0  
58.com, Inc., Class A ADR      3.9  
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., Class A ADR      3.9  
China Biologic Products, Inc.      3.6  
Total      59.6  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

    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     19.48     10.36     34.41     12.26     78.31     6.88     94.60       9.24     199.08
FTSE/Xinhua China 50 Index     18.21       7.22       23.27       4.10       22.28       3.77       44.73         9.24       198.89  
Fund                    
NAV Return     19.23       10.02       33.17       12.05       76.65       6.49       87.46         8.76       183.14  
Market Price Return     19.31       10.08       33.41       12.14       77.31       6.48       87.39         8.74       182.37  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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 BuyWrite IndexSM (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 Index is a total return benchmark index that is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical “buy-write” strategy on the S&P 500® Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (the “Index Provider”) calculates the Index. The Index is based on (1) buying an S&P 500 stock index portfolio, and (2) “writing” (or selling) the near-term S&P 500 Index “covered” call option, generally on the third Friday of each month. A “buy-write,” also called a covered call, generally is considered an investment strategy in which an investor buys a stock or basket of stocks, and sells call options that correspond to the stock or basket of stocks. In return for a premium, the Fund gives the right to the purchaser of the option written by the Fund to receive a cash payment equal to the difference between the value of the S&P 500 Index and exercise price, if the value on the expiration date is above the exercise price. In addition, covered call options partially hedge against a decline in the price of the securities on which they are written to the extent of the premium the Fund receives. The Fund will write options that are traded on national securities exchanges. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 12.18%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 11.86%. During the same time period, the Index returned 12.73%. 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 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 because 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 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the covered call feature of the Fund. The sale of calls, while providing benefit in the form of cash flow to the Fund, during a period of rising markets, resulted in the options being exercised, which resulted in underperformance versus the Benchmark Index.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and industrials sectors, respectively. There were no detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Apple, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 3.27%), and Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 2.44%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.53%), and Gilead Sciences, Inc., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.54%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

 

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
       
Information Technology      22.9  
Financials      14.3  
Health Care      14.2  
Consumer Discretionary      12.7  
Industrials      10.3  
Consumer Staples      9.4  
Energy      6.4  
Utilities      3.2  
Real Estate      3.0  
Materials      2.9  
Telecommunication Services      2.3  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      (1.6)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
       
Security   
Apple, Inc.      3.7  
Microsoft Corp.      2.6  
Amazon.com, Inc.      1.8  
Facebook, Inc., Class A      1.8  
Exxon Mobil Corp.      1.7  
Johnson & Johnson      1.7  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B      1.6  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1.5  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A      1.4  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C      1.3  
Total      19.1  
 

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

   

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 IndexSM     12.73     6.48     20.74     7.12     41.06       4.45     50.27
S&P 500® Index     17.92       10.47       34.83       13.68       89.81         7.68       100.02  
Fund                
NAV Return     11.86       5.65       17.93       6.29       35.67         3.60       39.24  
Market Price Return     12.18       5.62       17.81       6.25       35.41         3.61       39.33  

 

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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares S&P 500® 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® Quality Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and calculates the Index, which is constructed from the constituents of the S&P 500® Index that are of the highest quality-that is, stocks of companies that seek to generate higher revenue and cash flow than their counterparts through prudent use of assets and finances. In selecting constituent securities for the Index, the Index Provider first calculates the quality score of each security in the S&P 500® Index. The quality score of each component stock is derived by the Index Provider from each component stock’s return-on-equity, accruals ratio and financial leverage ratio. Return on equity is calculated as the company’s trailing 12-month earnings per share divided by the company’s latest book value per share. Accruals ratio is computed using the change of the company’s net operating assets over the last year divided by the company’s average net operating assets over the last two years. Financial leverage is calculated as the company’s latest total debt divided by the company’s book value. The Index Provider then selects the 100 stocks with the highest quality score for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each component stock of the Index by the total quality score multiplied by its 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.88%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.84%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.19%. 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 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 upon quality scores as computed by the Index Provider, 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 financials

sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the consumer discretionary and information technology sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the information technology sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the industrials and consumer staples sectors, respectively. The telecommunication services sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the real estate and utilities sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Boeing Co. (The), an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 3.39%), and Home Depot, Inc. (The), a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 4.99%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Verizon Communications, Inc., a telecommunication services company (portfolio average weight of 4.23%), and Gilead Sciences, Inc., a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Industrials      20.9  
Information Technology      20.7  
Consumer Staples      18.2  
Consumer Discretionary      16.9  
Materials      9.0  
Financials      5.7  
Telecommunication Services      4.3  
Health Care      3.2  
Real Estate      0.8  
Utilities      0.2  
Energy      0.1  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      5.6  
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      5.0  
Altria Group, Inc.      4.5  
General Electric Co.      4.4  
PepsiCo, Inc.      4.4  
Verizon Communications, Inc.      4.3  
Boeing Co. (The)      4.0  
International Business Machines Corp.      4.0  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A      3.1  
United Technologies Corp.      2.4  
Total      41.7  
 

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-S&P 500® Quality Index     14.19     12.11     40.90     14.97     100.91     6.16     81.82       6.51     105.33
S&P 500® Index     17.92       10.47       34.83       13.68       89.81       7.15       99.55         7.99       140.18  
Fund                    
NAV Return     13.84       11.77       39.63       14.61       97.74       5.94       78.02         6.35       101.77  
Market Price Return     13.88       11.80       39.75       14.62       97.81       5.94       78.07         6.31       100.91  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.38% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.29%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-S&P 500® Quality Index is comprised of the performance of the Value Line Timeliness Select Index, the Fund’s underlying index from Fund inception through the conversion date, June 29, 2010, followed by the performance of the S&P 500® High Quality Rankings Index, the Fund’s underlying index for the period June 29, 2010 through March 18, 2016, followed by the performance of the Index for the period March 18, 2016 through April 30, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Water IndexSM (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks and American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) of companies in the water industry that comprise the Index.

The Index was created by, and is a trademark of, Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”). The Index seeks to track the performance of U.S. exchange-listed companies that create products designed to conserve and purify water for homes, businesses and industries. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.74%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.73%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.48%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 benchmark. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the machinery industry and most underweight in the banks industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the machinery industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the water utilities and life sciences tools & services industries, respectively. The independent power and renewable electricity producers industry was the only detracting industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Waters Corp., a life sciences tools & services company (portfolio average weight of 6.06%), and Roper Technologies, Inc., an industrial conglomerates company (portfolio average weight of 7.94%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A, an independent power and renewable electricity producers company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Energy Recovery, Inc., a machinery company (portfolio average weight of 1.18%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Machinery      30.0  
Water Utilities      13.3  
Chemicals      8.8  
Life Sciences Tools & Services      8.5  
Industrial Conglomerates      8.1  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies      7.6  
Trading Companies & Distributors      7.3  
Building Products      5.5  
Construction & Engineering      4.5  
Commercial Services & Supplies      3.3  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      3.0  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Waters Corp.      8.5  
Roper Technologies, Inc.      8.2  
Ecolab, Inc.      8.1  
Danaher Corp.      7.6  
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.      7.3  
IDEX Corp.      4.4  
Pentair PLC      4.3  
Rexnord Corp.      4.3  
Toro Co. (The)      4.2  
A.O. Smith Corp.      4.2  
Total      61.1  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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-NASDAQ OMX US Water IndexSM     17.48     2.26     6.94     8.70     51.76     5.20     66.02       6.82     112.08
S&P 500® Index     17.92       10.47       34.83       13.68       89.81       7.15       99.55         7.99       140.18  
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.73       1.60       4.88       7.99       46.83       3.97       47.66         5.66       87.30  
Market Price Return     16.74       1.60       4.88       7.99       46.86       3.97       47.61         5.56       85.19  

 

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 annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, WilderHill (the “Index Provider”) includes stocks in the Index based on its evaluation that such companies will substantially benefit from a societal transition toward the use of cleaner energy and conservation. At its discretion, the Index Provider reviews the Index’s component stocks quarterly or more often. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 3.60%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 3.60%. During the same time period, the Index returned 2.14%. 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 income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates partially offset by fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the NASDAQ Composite Index (Price Only) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 26.64%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,540 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 because 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 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry and most underweight in the internet software & services industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the independent power and renewable electricity producers industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the electronic equipment, instruments & components and construction & engineering industries, respectively. The semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the electrical equipment and oil, gas & consumable fuels industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 3.46%), and TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A, an independent power and renewable electricity producers company (portfolio average weight of 3.26%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included SunPower Corp., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 2.96%), and First Solar, Inc., a semiconductors & semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 3.00%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      28.3  
Electrical Equipment      20.5  
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers      14.4  
Construction & Engineering      8.4  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      6.1  
Chemicals      5.5  
Software      3.3  
Automobiles      3.1  
Aerospace & Defense      2.7  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      2.7  
Auto Components      2.5  
Commercial Services & Supplies      2.4  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Plug Power, Inc.      4.0  
Ballard Power Systems, Inc.      3.7  
TPI Composites, Inc.      3.4  
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR      3.3  
Canadian Solar, Inc.      3.3  
SunPower Corp.      3.2  
Tesla, Inc.      3.1  
Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      2.9  
First Solar, Inc.      2.9  
Ameresco, Inc., Class A      2.9  
Total      32.7  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

    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  
WilderHill Clean Energy Index     2.14     (13.79 )%      (35.93 )%      (3.01 )%      (14.15 )%      (13.83 )%      (77.43 )%        (10.04 )%      (72.38 )% 
NASDAQ Composite Index (Price Only)     26.64       13.70       46.98       14.70       98.52       9.13       139.50         9.27       193.81  
Fund                    
NAV Return     3.60       (12.23     (32.39     (1.45     (7.03     (12.93     (74.95       (9.17     (68.96
Market Price Return     3.60       (12.23     (32.39     (1.45     (7.04     (12.94     (74.98       (9.17     (68.94

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.76% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

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

 

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

 

 

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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 that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Progressive Energy Index LLC (the “Index Provider”) includes the companies in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology. The Index is composed of common stocks of companies that are publicly traded in the United States and are engaged in a business or businesses that the Index Provider believes may substantially benefit from a societal shift toward the transitional energy technologies significant in improving the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power. At its discretion, the Index Provider reviews the Index component stocks quarterly, or more often. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.85%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.84%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.71%. 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 Composite Index (Price Only) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 26.64%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,540 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 because 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 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the oil, gas & consumable fuels industry and most underweight in the internet software & services industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative

to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the software, internet software & services, and the technology hardware storage & peripherals industries as well as stock selection in the independent power and renewable electricity producers industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the machinery industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the building products and electrical equipment industries, respectively. The oil, gas & consumable fuels industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the independent power and renewable electricity producers and commercial services & supplies industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included MasTec, Inc., a construction & engineering company (portfolio average weight of 2.62%), and McDermott International, Inc., an energy equipment & services company (portfolio average weight of 2.96%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Southwestern Energy Co., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 2.77%), and Range Resources Corp., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 2.77%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      19.4  
Machinery      16.4  
Electrical Equipment      12.9  
Chemicals      8.2  
Building Products      7.7  
Construction & Engineering      5.4  
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers      5.0  
Electric Utilities      4.7  
Commercial Services & Supplies      3.9  
Auto Components      3.1  
Mortgage REITs      2.8  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components      2.7  
Energy Equipment & Services      2.7  
Food & Staples Retailing      2.6  
Automobiles      2.5  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
REX American Resources Corp.      3.0  
FMC Corp.      2.9  
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      2.9  
MasTec, Inc.      2.8  
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      2.8  
Methanex Corp.      2.8  
Chesapeake Energy Corp.      2.8  
Regal Beloit Corp.      2.7  
Green Plains, Inc.      2.7  
Chart Industries, Inc.      2.7  
Total      28.1  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Index     17.71     (5.96 )%      (16.83 )%      1.82     9.45     0.62     6.33       1.95     22.59
NASDAQ Composite Index (Price Only)     26.64       13.70       46.98       14.70       98.52       9.13       139.50         9.43       157.91  
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.84       (6.27     (17.67     1.23       6.30       (0.10     (0.99       1.24       13.88  
Market Price Return     16.85       (6.27     (17.65     1.23       6.30       (0.11     (1.06       1.24       13.88  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.99% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70%.The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

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

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Aerospace & Defense—71.1%  
  55,622      AAR Corp.    $ 2,001,836  
  106,037      Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,376,289  
  37,644      Aerovironment, Inc.(b)      1,075,489  
  84,325      Axon Enterprise, Inc.(b)      2,072,709  
  213,698      Boeing Co. (The)      39,497,801  
  160,013      BWX Technologies, Inc.      7,867,839  
  43,497      Cubic Corp.      2,257,494  
  71,198      Curtiss-Wright Corp.      6,654,165  
  98,952      DigitalGlobe, Inc.(b)      3,186,255  
  18,039      Ducommun, Inc.(b)      530,166  
  68,886      Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel)      8,182,968  
  59,264      Engility Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,680,134  
  47,427      Esterline Technologies Corp.(b)      4,337,199  
  202,884      General Dynamics Corp.      39,316,890  
  135,549      HEICO Corp.      9,633,468  
  147,297      Hexcel Corp.      7,622,620  
  74,453      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      14,956,863  
  66,037      KEYW Holding Corp. (The)(b)      626,691  
  119,166      Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(b)      908,045  
  124,464      L3 Technologies, Inc.      21,379,181  
  140,865      Lockheed Martin Corp.      37,956,074  
  62,325      Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)      2,329,709  
  57,802      Moog, Inc., Class A(b)      3,968,107  
  120,594      Northrop Grumman Corp.      29,661,300  
  94,649      Orbital ATK, Inc.      9,370,251  
  201,830      Raytheon Co.      31,326,034  
  209,824      Rockwell Collins, Inc.      21,840,580  
  15,863      Sparton Corp.(b)      353,269  
  56,585      Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      7,629,356  
  435,603      Textron, Inc.      20,325,236  
  85,949      TransDigm Group, Inc.      21,206,197  
  79,495      Triumph Group, Inc.      2,082,769  
  336,518      United Technologies Corp.      40,042,277  
  17,557      Vectrus, Inc.(b)      446,650  
     

 

 

 
        404,701,911  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—4.9%  
  37,605      Comtech Telecommunications Corp.      526,846  
  198,263      Harris Corp.      22,183,647  
  78,845      ViaSat, Inc.(b)      5,048,445  
     

 

 

 
        27,758,938  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—0.6%  
  230,136      KBR, Inc.      3,233,411  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging—3.8%  
  281,801      Ball Corp.      21,667,679  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—1.8%  
  219,710      FLIR Systems, Inc.      8,069,948  
  30,478      OSI Systems, Inc.(b)      2,358,997  
     

 

 

 
        10,428,945  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—7.0%  
  302,270      Honeywell International, Inc.      39,639,688  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services—7.2%  
  238,498      Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.      8,569,233  
  39,196      CACI International, Inc., Class A(b)      4,625,128  
  262,566      CSRA, Inc.      7,635,419  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   IT Services (continued)  
  241,735      Leidos Holdings, Inc.    $ 12,729,765  
  62,437      ManTech International Corp., Class A      2,216,514  
  72,523      Science Applications International Corp.      5,293,454  
     

 

 

 
        41,069,513  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—2.6%  
  119,135      Oshkosh Corp.      8,266,778  
  99,251      Woodward, Inc.      6,716,315  
     

 

 

 
        14,983,093  
     

 

 

 
   Software—0.6%  
  281,372      FireEye, Inc.(b)      3,519,964  
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—0.4%  
  43,686      Kaman Corp.      2,097,365  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $492,657,774)
     569,100,507  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  128,000      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c) (Cost $128,000)      128,000  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $492,785,774)—100.0%
     569,228,507  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (79,017
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 569,149,490  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.9%  
   Aerospace & Defense—2.4%  
  43,141      Hexcel Corp.    $ 2,232,547  
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components—2.9%  
  64,498      BorgWarner, Inc.      2,726,975  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—5.8%  
  64,249      Johnson Controls International PLC      2,670,831  
  77,965      Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland)      2,711,280  
     

 

 

 
        5,382,111  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—6.6%  
  635      Gurit Holding AG (Switzerland)      553,061  
  66,828      Novozymes A/S, Class B (Denmark)      2,886,506  
  45,059      Umicore SA (Belgium)      2,637,351  
     

 

 

 
        6,076,918  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—2.2%  
  54,044      CECO Environmental Corp.      610,157  
  125,152      Tomra Systems ASA (Norway)      1,457,294  
     

 

 

 
        2,067,451  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—1.6%  
  40,595      CalAmp Corp.(b)      728,274  
  156,256      Telit Communications PLC (United Kingdom)      751,516  
     

 

 

 
        1,479,790  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—0.9%  
  35,752      Aegion Corp.(b)      815,861  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—19.6%  
  113,948      ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)      2,788,461  
  28,136      EnerSys      2,338,383  
  125,083      Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA (Spain)      2,701,708  
  51,980      Lumenpulse, Inc. (Canada)(b)      801,389  
  36,799      Schneider Electric SE (France)      2,905,239  
  58,620      Sensata Technologies Holding NV(b)      2,413,972  
  68,813      SGL Carbon SE (Germany)(b)(c)      695,611  
  35,065      TPI Composites, Inc.(b)      689,027  
  33,146      Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)      2,853,648  
     

 

 

 
        18,187,438  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—9.9%  
  30,147      Badger Meter, Inc.      1,198,343  
  26,907      Horiba Ltd. (Japan)      1,585,888  
  26,835      Itron, Inc.(b)      1,740,250  
  606,333      Opus Group AB (Sweden)      482,749  
  118,027      Pure Technologies Ltd. (Canada)      389,309  
  82,799      Trimble, Inc.(b)      2,933,569  
  16,960      Vaisala Oyj, Class A (Finland)      812,433  
     

 

 

 
        9,142,541  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers—3.8%  
  12,489,643      Energy Development Corp. (Philippines)      1,507,306  
  34,831      Ormat Technologies, Inc.      2,057,119  
     

 

 

 
        3,564,425  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—7.4%  
  36,379      Raven Industries, Inc.      1,127,749  
  12,963      Roper Technologies, Inc.      2,835,008  
  19,896      Siemens AG (Germany)      2,851,212  
     

 

 

 
        6,813,969  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—3.1%  
  5,918      Eurofins Scientific SE (Luxembourg)    $ 2,913,515  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—9.9%  
  51,021      Donaldson Co., Inc.      2,361,252  
  12,418      Kadant, Inc.      771,779  
  11,007      Lindsay Corp.(c)      956,068  
  34,074      Woodward, Inc.      2,305,787  
  54,121      Xylem, Inc.      2,782,361  
     

 

 

 
        9,177,247  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage REITs—1.3%  
  53,274      Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      1,167,766  
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services—7.5%  
  52,610      Intertek Group PLC (United Kingdom)      2,767,489  
  31,562      Mistras Group, Inc.(b)      710,145  
  62,527      Ricardo PLC (United Kingdom)      709,847  
  1,246      SGS SA (Switzerland)      2,802,546  
     

 

 

 
        6,990,027  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—8.2%  
  27,335      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      2,017,323  
  66,911      Cree, Inc.(b)      1,464,013  
  765,733      Meyer Burger Technology AG (Switzerland)(b)(c)      630,771  
  21,090      Power Integrations, Inc.      1,390,886  
  24,698      SMA Solar Technology AG (Germany)(c)      638,888  
  43,409      SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      701,055  
  106,048      SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      735,973  
     

 

 

 
        7,578,909  
     

 

 

 
   Software—6.8%  
  25,152      ANSYS, Inc.(b)      2,770,744  
  31,102      Autodesk, Inc.(b)      2,801,357  
  60,179      Silver Spring Networks, Inc.(b)      686,643  
     

 

 

 
        6,258,744  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $66,005,659)—99.9%
     92,576,234  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—3.7%  
  3,423,677      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $3,423,677)
     3,423,677  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $69,429,336)—103.6%
     95,999,911  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.6)%      (3,360,840
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 92,639,071  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2K.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—18.1%  
  22,824      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 21,111,972  
  209,782      CBS Corp., Class B      13,963,090  
  28,174      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      9,724,538  
  59,883      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      9,592,658  
  190,394      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      34,535,568  
  52,223      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      8,152,010  
  296,806      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      6,995,717  
  167,365      Liberty Ventures, Series A(b)      9,012,605  
  3,553      NVR, Inc.(b)      7,501,271  
  140,505      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      34,866,316  
  39,562      Panera Bread Co., Class A(b)      12,370,246  
  65,372      Pool Corp.      7,819,799  
  22,753      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      42,020,696  
  2,801,077      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      13,865,331  
  105,177      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      8,271,119  
  42,150      Vail Resorts, Inc.      8,331,369  
  77,837      Visteon Corp.(b)      8,013,319  
     

 

 

 
        256,147,624  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—2.8%  
  333,582      Altria Group, Inc.      23,944,516  
  43,810      Costco Wholesale Corp.      7,777,151  
  52,359      Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      7,525,559  
     

 

 

 
        39,247,226  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—1.4%  
  255,914      Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)      11,605,700  
  76,152      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      7,603,016  
     

 

 

 
        19,208,716  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—14.7%  
  92,286      American Financial Group, Inc.      8,980,351  
  59,639      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      7,624,846  
  331,852      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)      32,179,689  
  353,168      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      16,764,885  
  81,745      Chubb Ltd.      11,219,501  
  120,477      Discover Financial Services      7,540,655  
  10,711      Markel Corp.(b)      10,385,386  
  173,020      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      33,309,810  
  118,472      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      7,582,208  
  136,438      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      19,397,391  
  93,623      Torchmark Corp.      7,181,820  
  375,080      W.R. Berkley Corp.      25,497,938  
  219,541      Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      10,516,014  
  11,978      White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      10,288,383  
     

 

 

 
        208,468,877  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—12.3%  
  67,107      Align Technology, Inc.(b)      9,033,944  
  53,882      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      10,074,318  
  161,093      Cantel Medical Corp.      11,986,930  
  66,658      Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      13,353,597  
  186,080      Danaher Corp.      15,506,046  
  1,361,042      Exelixis, Inc.(b)      30,487,341  
  53,529      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      8,978,419  
  84,528      Masimo Corp.(b)      8,684,407  
  31,721      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      16,286,196  
  100,163      NuVasive, Inc.(b)      7,262,819  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Health Care (continued)  
  44,026      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.    $ 7,699,267  
  48,950      Waters Corp.(b)      8,316,116  
  288,542      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      26,554,520  
     

 

 

 
        174,223,920  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—24.8%  
  37,424      3M Co.      7,328,742  
  247,543      A.O. Smith Corp.      13,337,617  
  235,638      Alaska Air Group, Inc.      20,050,437  
  444,435      Copart, Inc.(b)      13,733,042  
  103,652      Deluxe Corp.      7,453,615  
  106,570      EnerSys      8,857,033  
  43,329      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      8,704,363  
  119,626      IDEX Corp.      12,532,020  
  54,080      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      7,467,907  
  371,014      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      33,265,115  
  43,087      Lennox International, Inc.      7,126,159  
  88,329      Lockheed Martin Corp.      23,800,249  
  460,712      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      37,488,135  
  108,744      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      14,803,321  
  69,051      Northrop Grumman Corp.      16,983,784  
  152,363      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.      13,487,173  
  829,484      Rollins, Inc.      32,208,864  
  123,519      Roper Technologies, Inc.      27,013,605  
  61,058      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      8,313,047  
  85,811      Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b)      11,569,897  
  135,836      Toro Co. (The)      8,818,473  
  150,221      Union Pacific Corp.      16,818,743  
     

 

 

 
        351,161,341  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—18.4%  
  1,235,859      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      16,436,925  
  301,852      Amphenol Corp., Class A      21,826,918  
  294,557      Apple, Inc.      42,313,113  
  134,204      Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      8,252,204  
  290,955      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      9,476,404  
  37,701      Coherent, Inc.(b)      8,128,336  
  106,967      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      10,142,611  
  68,884      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      10,349,821  
  61,525      Fair Isaac Corp.      8,335,407  
  161,598      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      19,252,786  
  60,510      Intuit, Inc.      7,576,457  
  84,805      IPG Photonics Corp.(b)      10,712,568  
  84,577      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      8,197,203  
  74,062      Littelfuse, Inc.      11,416,657  
  257,451      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      29,946,700  
  202,228      MAXIMUS, Inc.      12,333,886  
  97,749      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      8,944,033  
  145,342      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      9,134,745  
  86,125      Visa, Inc., Class A      7,856,322  
     

 

 

 
        260,633,096  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.5%  
  599,209      Chemours Co. (The)      24,142,131  
  95,611      Ecolab, Inc.      12,342,424  
  155,572      RPM International, Inc.      8,176,864  
  253,620      United States Steel Corp.      5,660,798  
     

 

 

 
        50,322,217  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate—0.5%  
  160,567      Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT    $ 7,023,200  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.5%  
  114,554      T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      7,706,048  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—3.0%  
  93,167      Atmos Energy Corp.      7,548,390  
  195,325      CMS Energy Corp.      8,867,755  
  64,685      NextEra Energy, Inc.      8,639,329  
  362,797      UGI Corp.      18,197,897  
     

 

 

 
        43,253,371  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,198,209,220)
     1,417,395,636  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  740,212      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $740,212)
     740,212  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,198,949,432)—100.1%
     1,418,135,848  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (1,066,016
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,417,069,832  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—87.4%  
   Capital Markets—51.0%  
  1,546,030      3i Group PLC (United Kingdom)    $ 15,871,396  
  125,393      Alaris Royalty Corp. (Canada)(b)      1,996,494  
  791,363      Allied Minds PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      1,604,335  
  136,606      Altamir (France)      2,292,346  
  289,988      Apollo Global Management LLC, Class A      7,762,979  
  556,915      Apollo Investment Corp.      3,781,453  
  555,891      Ares Capital Corp.      9,783,682  
  77,393      AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (Germany)(b)      3,817,752  
  189,273      BlackRock Capital Investment Corp.      1,387,371  
  1,004,011      Brait SE (South Africa)(c)      6,400,465  
  193,728      Bure Equity AB (Sweden)      2,395,674  
  303,979      Carlyle Group LP (The)      5,380,428  
  59,005      Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (Germany)      2,245,017  
  355,662      Fifth Street Finance Corp.      1,632,489  
  502,918      FS Investment Corp.(b)      4,878,305  
  74,541      Gimv NV (Belgium)      4,545,599  
  77,029      Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.      1,925,725  
  122,330      Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(b)      2,484,522  
  234,492      Hercules Capital, Inc.      3,639,316  
  625,892      Intermediate Capital Group PLC (United Kingdom)      6,324,129  
  1,705,545      IP Group PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      3,078,135  
  135,366      JAFCO Co. Ltd. (Japan)      4,821,055  
  111,626      Main Street Capital Corp.(b)      4,469,505  
  184,692      Medley Capital Corp.      1,425,822  
  141,467      New Mountain Finance Corp.      2,107,858  
  27,848      Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland)(b)      16,827,135  
  213,028      PennantPark Investment Corp.      1,706,354  
  267,318      Princess Private Equity Holding Ltd. (Guernsey)      2,918,236  
  608,530      Prospect Capital Corp.(b)      5,659,329  
  864,200      Ratos AB, Class B (Sweden)(b)      4,054,170  
  112,944      Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.(c)      1,434,389  
  94,723      Solar Capital Ltd.      2,160,632  
  111,322      Triangle Capital Corp.(b)      2,106,212  
  5,419,959      Zeder Investments Ltd. (South Africa)      2,903,604  
     

 

 

 
        145,821,913  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services—22.0%  
  48,320      Ackermans & van Haaren NV (Belgium)      7,903,232  
  1,119,595      Apax Global Alpha Ltd. (Guernsey)(d)      2,031,487  
  531,396      Better Capital PCC Ltd. (United Kingdom)      735,618  
  838,812      China Merchants China Direct Investments Ltd. (China)      1,235,966  
  168,890      Compass Diversified Holdings(b)      2,845,796  
  76,696      Electra Private Equity PLC (United Kingdom)      2,640,389  
  127,104      Eurazeo SA (France)      8,614,630  
  171,531      FNFV Group(c)      2,349,975  
  139,238      HgCapital Trust PLC (United Kingdom)      2,666,059  
  399,376      Leucadia National Corp.      10,140,157  
  181,456      Onex Corp. (Canada)      13,070,724  
  61,919      Wendel SA (France)      8,674,443  
     

 

 

 
        62,908,476  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—3.6%  
  3,337,225      Melrose Industries PLC (United Kingdom)      10,210,968  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Food Products—1.6%  
  46,091      Schouw & Co. (Denmark)    $ 4,747,579  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services—1.4%  
  130,232      Lifco AB, Class B (Sweden)      3,963,672  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—3.5%  
  6,552,789      Fosun International Ltd. (China)      9,924,958  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—4.3%  
  104,232      IAC/InterActiveCorp.(c)      8,652,298  
  204,907      Rocket Internet SE (Germany)(c)(d)      3,737,485  
     

 

 

 
        12,389,783  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $231,537,726)
     249,967,349  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—8.6%  
  24,590,156      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(e)
(Cost $24,590,156)
     24,590,156  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $256,127,882)—96.0%
     274,557,505  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—11.9%  
  34,133,098      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(e)(f)
(Cost $34,133,098)
     34,133,098  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $290,260,980)—107.9%
     308,690,603  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.9)%      (22,547,277
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 286,143,326  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(d)  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, 2017 was $5,768,972, which represented 2.02% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(e)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2K.
 

 

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, 2017

 

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

United Kingdom     15.1
 

 

Open Over-The-Counter Total Return Swap Agreements

 

Counterparty

 

Pay/Receive

 

Reference Entity

 

Rate

  Termination
Date
  Notional
Value(a)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Citibank, N.A.   Receive   The Blackstone Group LP  

1-Month LIBOR plus 65 basis points

  October-2017     $       11,144,503     $ 293,230  
Citibank, N.A.   Receive   Brookfield Business Partners LP  

1-Month LIBOR plus 65 basis points

  October-2017     CAD       3,591,205       59,915  
Citibank, N.A.   Receive   KKR & Co. LP  

1-Month LIBOR plus 65 basis points

  October-2017       9,863,672       837,860  
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC   Receive   Riverstone Energy Ltd.  

1-Month LIBOR plus 85 basis points

  August-2018     GBP       2,332,892       (2,554
             

 

 

 
Total Open Over-The-Counter Total Return Swap Agreements—Equity Risk     $ 1,188,451  
             

 

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

CAD—Canadian Dollar

GBP—Pound Sterling

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

 

(a)  Notional Value is denominated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—39.1%  
  49,723      500.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)    $ 646,896  
  76,176      AirMedia Group, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      202,628  
  55,054      China Automotive Systems, Inc. (China)(b)      262,608  
  35,237      China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)      358,360  
  56,247      China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      3,992,412  
  236,582      Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      11,949,757  
  367,147      JD.Com, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      12,875,845  
  158,669      Jumei International Holding Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      525,194  
  82,827      Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      339,591  
  213,273      New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      13,764,640  
  64,894      TAL Education Group ADR (China)(b)      7,729,524  
  52,570      Tarena International, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      978,328  
  55,411      Tuniu Corp., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      453,262  
  431,365      Vipshop Holdings Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      5,983,033  
     

 

 

 
        60,062,078  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—0.4%  
  137,511      Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.(c)      655,927  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—3.0%  
  19,002      China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., H-Shares ADR (China)      1,546,193  
  17,491      CNOOC Ltd. ADR (China)      2,031,579  
  13,671      PetroChina Co. Ltd., H-Shares ADR (China)      960,388  
  26,179      Sino Clean Energy, Inc. (China)(b)      0  
     

 

 

 
        4,538,160  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—1.7%  
  44,481      China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., H-Shares ADR (China)      675,666  
  63,575      Fanhua, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      537,844  
  43,075      Noah Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,086,352  
  15,992      Yintech Investment Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)      252,034  
     

 

 

 
        2,551,896  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—4.8%  
  47,254      China Biologic Products, Inc. (China)(b)      5,575,972  
  80,435      iKang Healthcare Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,179,981  
  99,086      Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (China)(b)      553,891  
     

 

 

 
        7,309,844  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—3.1%  
  46,579      51job, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      1,909,273  
  51,368      eHi Car Services Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      519,844  
  34,748      Zhaopin Ltd., Class A ADR (Australia)(b)      623,727  
  125,356      ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,746,209  
     

 

 

 
        4,799,053  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—43.0%  
  100,833      21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      545,507  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  153,338      58.com, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)    $ 6,069,118  
  87,501      Autohome, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      3,027,535  
  64,456      Baidu, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      11,616,905  
  48,744      Baozun, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      744,321  
  47,542      Bitauto Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      1,393,931  
  100,425      Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      1,335,652  
  32,387      Changyou.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      1,057,436  
  64,762      Cheetah Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      682,591  
  31,828      China Customer Relations Center, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      475,510  
  12,448      Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (China)(b)      231,657  
  517,377      Fang Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      1,733,213  
  104,753      Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (China)      1,680,238  
  69,954      JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      490,378  
  39,637      JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      687,306  
  136,899      Momo, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      5,199,424  
  36,794      NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)      9,764,760  
  148,150      NQ Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      558,525  
  53,989      Phoenix New Media Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      188,422  
  27,213      Renren, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      200,832  
  33,125      Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. ADR (China)(b)      208,356  
  80,717      SINA Corp. (China)(b)      6,199,873  
  67,469      Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(b)      2,617,797  
  98,994      Weibo Corp., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      5,529,805  
  17,421      Yirendai Ltd. ADR (China)(b)(c)      434,828  
  66,623      YY, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      3,262,528  
     

 

 

 
        65,936,448  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—0.5%  
  63,726      Nam Tai Property, Inc. (China)      500,249  
  73,359      Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. ADR (China)      341,853  
     

 

 

 
        842,102  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—4.2%  
  101,557      China Mobile Ltd. ADR (China)      5,415,019  
  6,693      China Telecom Corp. Ltd., H-Shares ADR (China)      328,091  
  51,354      China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. ADR (China)      666,575  
     

 

 

 
        6,409,685  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—0.2%  
  12,921      Huaneng Power International, Inc., H-Shares ADR (China)      353,519  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $135,331,134)
     153,458,712  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  164,476      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $164,476)
   $ 164,476  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $135,495,610)—100.1%
     153,623,188  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—7.7%   
  11,762,737      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $11,762,737)
     11,762,737  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $147,258,347)—107.8%
     165,385,925  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.8)%      (11,926,364
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 153,459,561  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2K.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China     98.3%  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—101.6%(b)
 
   Consumer Discretionary—12.7%  
  1,199      Advance Auto Parts, Inc.    $ 170,426  
  6,438      Amazon.com, Inc.(c)      5,955,086  
  1,066      AutoNation, Inc.(c)      44,772  
  463      AutoZone, Inc.(c)      320,484  
  2,444      Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.      94,705  
  4,402      Best Buy Co., Inc.      228,068  
  3,250      BorgWarner, Inc.      137,410  
  3,042      CarMax, Inc.(c)      177,957  
  6,794      Carnival Corp.      419,665  
  6,046      CBS Corp., Class B      402,422  
  3,497      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      1,207,025  
  467      Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(c)      221,577  
  4,562      Coach, Inc.      179,697  
  76,935      Comcast Corp., Class A      3,015,083  
  5,524      D.R. Horton, Inc.      181,684  
  2,019      Darden Restaurants, Inc.      171,999  
  4,382      Delphi Automotive PLC      352,313  
  2,481      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      71,403  
  3,507      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(c)      98,126  
  3,689      DISH Network Corp., Class A(c)      237,719  
  4,131      Dollar General Corp.      300,365  
  3,837      Dollar Tree, Inc.(c)      317,588  
  1,960      Expedia, Inc.      262,091  
  2,152      Foot Locker, Inc.      166,436  
  63,454      Ford Motor Co.      727,817  
  3,567      Gap, Inc. (The)      93,455  
  1,870      Garmin Ltd.      95,071  
  22,159      General Motors Co.      767,588  
  2,412      Genuine Parts Co.      221,952  
  4,090      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      148,181  
  3,367      H&R Block, Inc.      83,468  
  6,156      Hanesbrands, Inc.      134,262  
  2,866      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      162,817  
  1,819      Hasbro, Inc.      180,281  
  19,802      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      3,091,092  
  6,384      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)      150,471  
  2,868      Kohl’s Corp.      111,938  
  3,905      L Brands, Inc.      206,223  
  2,174      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      114,222  
  3,303      Lennar Corp., Class A      166,801  
  5,007      LKQ Corp.(c)      156,419  
  14,077      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      1,194,856  
  4,943      Macy’s, Inc.      144,434  
  5,112      Marriott International, Inc., Class A      482,675  
  5,567      Mattel, Inc.      124,812  
  13,314      McDonald’s Corp.      1,863,028  
  2,641      Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(c)      98,589  
  1,025      Mohawk Industries, Inc.(c)      240,660  
  6,997      Netflix, Inc.(c)      1,064,943  
  7,841      Newell Brands, Inc.      374,329  
  6,205      News Corp., Class A      78,928  
  1,947      News Corp., Class B      25,311  
  21,543      NIKE, Inc., Class B      1,193,698  
  1,851      Nordstrom, Inc.      89,348  
  3,813      Omnicom Group, Inc.      313,124  
  1,490      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(c)      369,743  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  800      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(c)    $ 1,477,456  
  4,650      PulteGroup, Inc.      105,416  
  1,289      PVH Corp.      130,228  
  915      Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A      73,859  
  6,407      Ross Stores, Inc.      416,455  
  2,724      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      290,378  
  1,553      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      116,040  
  1,132      Signet Jewelers Ltd.      74,531  
  10,576      Staples, Inc.      103,328  
  23,691      Starbucks Corp.      1,422,881  
  9,041      Target Corp.      504,940  
  3,491      TEGNA, Inc.      88,951  
  1,740      Tiffany & Co.      159,471  
  12,588      Time Warner, Inc.      1,249,611  
  10,597      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      833,348  
  2,125      Tractor Supply Co.      131,559  
  1,836      TripAdvisor, Inc.(c)      82,638  
  17,107      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      522,448  
  7,918      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B      236,431  
  951      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(c)      267,649  
  2,987      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(c)      64,191  
  2,997      Under Armour, Inc., Class C(c)      58,172  
  5,385      VF Corp.      294,183  
  5,649      Viacom, Inc., Class B      240,421  
  23,648      Walt Disney Co. (The)      2,733,709  
  1,211      Whirlpool Corp.      224,858  
  1,707      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      162,694  
  1,293      Wynn Resorts Ltd.      159,052  
  5,464      Yum! Brands, Inc.      359,258  
     

 

 

 
        41,588,793  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—9.4%  
  31,527      Altria Group, Inc.      2,263,008  
  9,284      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      424,743  
  2,876      Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      136,092  
  3,144      Campbell Soup Co.      180,906  
  4,140      Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      205,054  
  2,085      Clorox Co. (The)      278,744  
  62,814      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      2,710,424  
  14,351      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      1,033,846  
  6,721      Conagra Brands, Inc.      260,640  
  2,808      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      484,492  
  7,135      Costco Wholesale Corp.      1,266,605  
  7,652      Coty, Inc., Class A      136,588  
  16,674      CVS Health Corp.      1,374,605  
  2,976      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      272,750  
  3,614      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      314,924  
  9,428      General Mills, Inc.      542,204  
  2,270      Hershey Co. (The)      245,614  
  4,384      Hormel Foods Corp.      153,791  
  1,892      JM Smucker Co. (The)      239,754  
  4,110      Kellogg Co.      291,810  
  5,783      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      750,344  
  9,695      Kraft Heinz Co. (The)      876,331  
  15,021      Kroger Co. (The)      445,373  
  1,847      McCormick & Co., Inc.      184,515  
  2,982      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      264,563  
 

 

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

 

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  2,998      Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B    $ 287,478  
  24,817      Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      1,117,510  
  6,539      Monster Beverage Corp.(c)      296,740  
  23,200      PepsiCo, Inc.      2,628,096  
  25,219      Philip Morris International, Inc.      2,795,274  
  41,558      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      3,629,260  
  13,444      Reynolds American, Inc.      867,138  
  8,079      Sysco Corp.      427,137  
  4,664      Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      299,709  
  13,862      Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      1,199,618  
  24,480      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      1,840,406  
  5,178      Whole Foods Market, Inc.      188,324  
     

 

 

 
        30,914,410  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—6.4%  
  9,087      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      518,141  
  6,172      Apache Corp.      300,206  
  6,914      Baker Hughes, Inc.      410,484  
  7,724      Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      179,506  
  12,383      Chesapeake Energy Corp.(c)      65,135  
  30,774      Chevron Corp.      3,283,586  
  1,546      Cimarex Energy Co.      180,387  
  2,408      Concho Resources, Inc.(c)      304,997  
  20,090      ConocoPhillips      962,512  
  8,528      Devon Energy Corp.      336,771  
  9,377      EOG Resources, Inc.      867,373  
  2,818      EQT Corp.      163,839  
  67,405      Exxon Mobil Corp.      5,503,618  
  14,093      Halliburton Co.      646,587  
  1,764      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      106,969  
  4,373      Hess Corp.      213,534  
  31,210      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      643,862  
  13,772      Marathon Oil Corp.      204,790  
  8,580      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      437,065  
  2,635      Murphy Oil Corp.      68,984  
  6,156      National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      215,275  
  3,233      Newfield Exploration Co.(c)      111,926  
  7,400      Noble Energy, Inc.      239,242  
  12,424      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      764,573  
  3,426      ONEOK, Inc.      180,242  
  7,171      Phillips 66      570,525  
  2,760      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      477,452  
  3,058      Range Resources Corp.      81,006  
  22,663      Schlumberger Ltd.      1,645,107  
  7,585      TechnipFMC PLC (United Kingdom)(c)      228,536  
  1,902      Tesoro Corp.      151,608  
  6,328      Transocean Ltd.(c)      69,798  
  7,332      Valero Energy Corp.      473,721  
  13,424      Williams Cos., Inc. (The)      411,177  
     

 

 

 
        21,018,534  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—14.3%  
  922      Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.      152,674  
  6,525      Aflac, Inc.      488,592  
  5,936      Allstate Corp. (The)      482,537  
  12,307      American Express Co.      975,330  
  15,127      American International Group, Inc.      921,386  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Financials (continued)  
  2,504      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.    $ 320,136  
  4,269      Aon PLC      511,597  
  2,903      Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      162,016  
  904      Assurant, Inc.      87,001  
  162,968      Bank of America Corp.      3,803,673  
  16,865      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      793,667  
  13,141      BB&T Corp.      567,428  
  30,875      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(c)      5,100,859  
  1,979      BlackRock, Inc.      761,064  
  7,814      Capital One Financial Corp.      628,089  
  1,492      CBOE Holdings, Inc.      122,956  
  19,748      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      767,210  
  7,572      Chubb Ltd.      1,039,257  
  2,437      Cincinnati Financial Corp.      175,683  
  45,040      Citigroup, Inc.      2,662,765  
  8,276      Citizens Financial Group, Inc.      303,812  
  5,521      CME Group, Inc.      641,485  
  2,859      Comerica, Inc.      202,131  
  6,267      Discover Financial Services      392,252  
  4,466      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(c)      154,300  
  12,199      Fifth Third Bancorp      298,022  
  5,606      Franklin Resources, Inc.      241,675  
  6,023      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      1,347,947  
  6,078      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      293,932  
  17,652      Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      227,005  
  9,684      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      582,977  
  6,564      Invesco Ltd.(d)      216,218  
  58,066      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      5,051,742  
  17,434      KeyCorp      317,996  
  5,264      Leucadia National Corp.      133,653  
  3,661      Lincoln National Corp.      241,370  
  4,487      Loews Corp.      209,184  
  2,507      M&T Bank Corp.      389,613  
  8,371      Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      620,542  
  17,675      MetLife, Inc.      915,742  
  2,698      Moody’s Corp.      319,227  
  23,359      Morgan Stanley      1,013,080  
  1,870      Nasdaq, Inc.      128,787  
  4,731      Navient Corp.      71,911  
  3,496      Northern Trust Corp.      314,640  
  5,584      People’s United Financial, Inc.      97,552  
  7,903      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      946,384  
  4,346      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      283,055  
  9,442      Progressive Corp. (The)      375,036  
  6,991      Prudential Financial, Inc.      748,247  
  2,079      Raymond James Financial, Inc.      154,927  
  19,593      Regions Financial Corp.      269,404  
  4,200      S&P Global, Inc.      563,598  
  5,836      State Street Corp.      489,640  
  7,988      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      453,798  
  12,521      Synchrony Financial      348,084  
  3,957      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      280,512  
  1,781      Torchmark Corp.      136,620  
  4,547      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      553,188  
  25,886      U.S. Bancorp      1,327,434  
  3,726      Unum Group      172,626  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Financials (continued)  
  73,201      Wells Fargo & Co.    $ 3,941,142  
  2,071      Willis Towers Watson PLC      274,656  
  4,308      XL Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      180,290  
  3,291      Zions Bancorporation      131,739  
     

 

 

 
        46,881,095  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—14.2%  
  28,090      Abbott Laboratories      1,225,848  
  25,911      AbbVie, Inc.      1,708,571  
  5,392      Aetna, Inc.      728,297  
  5,235      Agilent Technologies, Inc.      288,187  
  3,652      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      466,653  
  5,450      Allergan PLC      1,329,037  
  2,685      AmerisourceBergen Corp.      220,304  
  11,972      Amgen, Inc.      1,955,267  
  4,297      Anthem, Inc.      764,393  
  7,902      Baxter International, Inc.      439,983  
  3,460      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      646,916  
  3,510      Biogen, Inc.(c)      951,947  
  22,165      Boston Scientific Corp.(c)      584,713  
  27,191      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      1,524,056  
  1,171      C.R. Bard, Inc.      360,059  
  5,128      Cardinal Health, Inc.      372,242  
  12,646      Celgene Corp.(c)      1,568,736  
  2,797      Centene Corp.(c)      208,097  
  4,770      Cerner Corp.(c)      308,857  
  4,179      Cigna Corp.      653,470  
  796      Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      159,463  
  9,917      Danaher Corp.      826,384  
  2,531      DaVita, Inc.(c)      174,664  
  3,734      DENTSPLY Sirona, Inc.      236,138  
  3,455      Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(c)      378,910  
  15,783      Eli Lilly & Co.      1,295,153  
  1,910      Envision Healthcare Corp.(c)      107,017  
  9,847      Express Scripts Holding Co.(c)      604,015  
  21,247      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      1,456,482  
  4,693      HCA Holdings, Inc.(c)      395,198  
  1,288      Henry Schein, Inc.(c)      223,854  
  4,540      Hologic, Inc.(c)      204,981  
  2,428      Humana, Inc.      538,967  
  1,430      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(c)      239,854  
  2,378      Illumina, Inc.(c)      439,597  
  2,750      Incyte Corp.(c)      341,770  
  597      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(c)      499,014  
  44,108      Johnson & Johnson      5,446,015  
  1,663      Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(c)      233,069  
  1,703      Mallinckrodt PLC(c)      79,905  
  3,448      McKesson Corp.      476,824  
  22,252      Medtronic PLC      1,848,919  
  44,632      Merck & Co., Inc.      2,781,913  
  421      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(c)      216,150  
  7,487      Mylan NV(c)      279,639  
  1,337      Patterson Cos., Inc.      59,483  
  1,785      PerkinElmer, Inc.      106,047  
  2,330      Perrigo Co. PLC      172,280  
  96,753      Pfizer, Inc.      3,281,862  
  2,235      Quest Diagnostics, Inc.      235,815  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Health Care (continued)  
  1,236      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)    $ 480,174  
  5,031      Stryker Corp.      686,077  
  6,346      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      1,049,184  
  15,640      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      2,735,123  
  1,452      Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B      175,344  
  1,519      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(c)      137,834  
  4,038      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)      477,695  
  1,302      Waters Corp.(c)      221,197  
  3,269      Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.      391,136  
  7,997      Zoetis, Inc.      448,712  
     

 

 

 
        46,447,491  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—10.3%  
  9,692      3M Co.      1,897,984  
  717      Acuity Brands, Inc.      126,264  
  2,007      Alaska Air Group, Inc.      170,776  
  1,552      Allegion PLC      122,049  
  8,195      American Airlines Group, Inc.      349,271  
  3,731      AMETEK, Inc.      213,413  
  7,162      Arconic, Inc.      195,738  
  9,259      Boeing Co. (The)      1,711,341  
  2,298      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      167,065  
  9,534      Caterpillar, Inc.      974,947  
  1,400      Cintas Corp.      171,458  
  15,061      CSX Corp.      765,701  
  2,515      Cummins, Inc.      379,614  
  4,764      Deere & Co.      531,710  
  11,880      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      539,827  
  2,528      Dover Corp.      199,409  
  7,310      Eaton Corp. PLC      552,928  
  10,486      Emerson Electric Co.      632,096  
  1,949      Equifax, Inc.      263,719  
  2,928      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      164,232  
  4,702      Fastenal Co.      210,085  
  3,986      FedEx Corp.      756,144  
  2,122      Flowserve Corp.      107,946  
  2,266      Fluor Corp.      116,291  
  4,893      Fortive Corp.      309,531  
  2,488      Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.      158,585  
  4,627      General Dynamics Corp.      896,666  
  141,830      General Electric Co.      4,111,652  
  12,374      Honeywell International, Inc.      1,622,726  
  5,070      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      700,116  
  4,219      Ingersoll-Rand PLC      374,436  
  1,412      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      126,600  
  1,968      Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.      108,083  
  15,259      Johnson Controls International PLC      634,317  
  1,733      Kansas City Southern      156,091  
  1,265      L3 Technologies, Inc.      217,289  
  4,059      Lockheed Martin Corp.      1,093,698  
  5,207      Masco Corp.      192,763  
  5,463      Nielsen Holdings PLC      224,693  
  4,723      Norfolk Southern Corp.      554,905  
  2,839      Northrop Grumman Corp.      698,281  
  5,704      PACCAR, Inc.      380,628  
  2,167      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      348,454  
  2,718      Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      175,338  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Industrials (continued)  
  2,458      Quanta Services, Inc.(c)    $ 87,112  
  4,761      Raytheon Co.      738,955  
  3,749      Republic Services, Inc.      236,150  
  2,077      Robert Half International, Inc.      95,646  
  2,090      Rockwell Automation, Inc.      328,862  
  2,639      Rockwell Collins, Inc.      274,694  
  1,656      Roper Technologies, Inc.      362,167  
  869      Ryder System, Inc.      59,014  
  942      Snap-on, Inc.      157,813  
  10,001      Southwest Airlines Co.      562,256  
  2,481      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      337,788  
  1,383      Stericycle, Inc.(c)      118,025  
  4,391      Textron, Inc.      204,884  
  808      TransDigm Group, Inc.      199,358  
  13,229      Union Pacific Corp.      1,481,119  
  4,654      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(c)      326,757  
  11,204      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      1,203,982  
  1,370      United Rentals, Inc.(c)      150,234  
  12,183      United Technologies Corp.      1,449,655  
  2,515      Verisk Analytics, Inc.(c)      208,267  
  880      W.W. Grainger, Inc.      169,576  
  6,576      Waste Management, Inc.      478,601  
  2,918      Xylem, Inc.      150,014  
     

 

 

 
        33,785,789  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—22.9%  
  10,121      Accenture PLC, Class A      1,227,677  
  11,244      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      587,499  
  8,058      Adobe Systems, Inc.(c)      1,077,677  
  12,540      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(c)      166,782  
  2,815      Akamai Technologies, Inc.(c)      171,546  
  909      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      226,914  
  4,830      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(c)      4,465,432  
  4,804      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(c)      4,352,232  
  5,002      Amphenol Corp., Class A      361,695  
  5,916      Analog Devices, Inc.      450,799  
  85,287      Apple, Inc.      12,251,478  
  17,554      Applied Materials, Inc.      712,868  
  3,184      Autodesk, Inc.(c)      286,783  
  7,297      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      762,464  
  6,519      Broadcom Ltd.      1,439,460  
  5,096      CA, Inc.      167,302  
  81,408      Cisco Systems, Inc.      2,773,571  
  2,541      Citrix Systems, Inc.(c)      205,669  
  9,894      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(c)      595,916  
  15,087      Corning, Inc.      435,260  
  2,360      CSRA, Inc.      68,629  
  4,615      Dxc Technology Co.(c)      347,694  
  16,434      eBay, Inc.(c)      549,060  
  5,011      Electronic Arts, Inc.(c)      475,143  
  1,053      F5 Networks, Inc.(c)      135,974  
  38,286      Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)      5,752,471  
  5,344      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.      449,911  
  3,488      Fiserv, Inc.(c)      415,560  
  2,216      FLIR Systems, Inc.      81,394  
  1,464      Gartner, Inc.(c)      167,028  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Information Technology (continued)  
  2,475      Global Payments, Inc.    $ 202,356  
  2,024      Harris Corp.      226,465  
  27,063      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.      504,184  
  27,528      HP, Inc.      518,077  
  76,858      Intel Corp.      2,778,417  
  13,952      International Business Machines Corp.      2,236,366  
  3,950      Intuit, Inc.      494,579  
  6,209      Juniper Networks, Inc.      186,705  
  2,548      KLA-Tencor Corp.      250,265  
  2,647      Lam Research Corp.      383,418  
  15,316      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      1,781,557  
  3,518      Microchip Technology, Inc.      265,890  
  16,851      Micron Technology, Inc.(c)      466,267  
  125,618      Microsoft Corp.      8,599,808  
  2,678      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      230,228  
  4,404      NetApp, Inc.      175,499  
  9,575      NVIDIA Corp.      998,672  
  48,721      Oracle Corp.      2,190,496  
  5,191      Paychex, Inc.      307,722  
  18,256      PayPal Holdings, Inc.(c)      871,176  
  2,055      Qorvo, Inc.(c)      139,802  
  24,010      QUALCOMM, Inc.      1,290,297  
  2,898      Red Hat, Inc.(c)      255,256  
  10,646      salesforce.com, inc.(c)      916,833  
  4,799      Seagate Technology PLC      202,182  
  3,006      Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      299,818  
  10,060      Symantec Corp.      318,198  
  2,446      Synopsys, Inc.(c)      180,270  
  5,776      TE Connectivity Ltd.      446,889  
  2,127      Teradata Corp.(c)      62,066  
  16,250      Texas Instruments, Inc.      1,286,675  
  2,683      Total System Services, Inc.      153,763  
  1,447      VeriSign, Inc.(c)      128,667  
  30,204      Visa, Inc., Class A      2,755,209  
  4,683      Western Digital Corp.      417,115  
  7,818      Western Union Co. (The)      155,265  
  13,882      Xerox Corp.      99,812  
  4,046      Xilinx, Inc.      255,343  
  14,269      Yahoo!, Inc.(c)      687,908  
     

 

 

 
        74,881,403  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—2.9%  
  3,537      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      496,949  
  1,830      Albemarle Corp.      199,305  
  1,454      Avery Dennison Corp.      120,987  
  2,846      Ball Corp.      218,829  
  3,790      CF Industries Holdings, Inc.      101,345  
  18,145      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      1,139,506  
  14,055      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      1,120,886  
  2,381      Eastman Chemical Co.      189,885  
  4,268      Ecolab, Inc.      550,956  
  2,173      FMC Corp.      159,129  
  21,616      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(c)      275,604  
  1,285      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      178,088  
  6,685      International Paper Co.      360,789  
  5,366      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      454,822  
  1,025      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      225,695  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Materials (continued)  
  7,128      Monsanto Co.    $ 831,196  
  5,693      Mosaic Co. (The)      153,313  
  8,640      Newmont Mining Corp.      292,118  
  5,183      Nucor Corp.      317,873  
  4,180      PPG Industries, Inc.      459,131  
  4,634      Praxair, Inc.      579,157  
  3,145      Sealed Air Corp.      138,443  
  1,319      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      441,443  
  2,152      Vulcan Materials Co.      260,134  
  4,071      WestRock Co.      218,043  
     

 

 

 
        9,483,626  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—3.0%  
  1,444      Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT      162,464  
  6,944      American Tower Corp. REIT      874,527  
  2,553      Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      111,668  
  2,233      AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      423,913  
  2,500      Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      316,500  
  4,888      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(c)      175,039  
  5,861      Crown Castle International Corp. REIT      554,451  
  2,590      Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      297,436  
  1,263      Equinix, Inc. REIT      527,555  
  5,967      Equity Residential REIT      385,349  
  1,065      Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      260,361  
  2,047      Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT      154,610  
  1,172      Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      153,403  
  9,495      GGP, Inc. REIT      205,187  
  7,611      HCP, Inc. REIT      238,605  
  12,017      Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT      215,705  
  3,987      Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT      138,588  
  6,919      Kimco Realty Corp. REIT      140,387  
  1,965      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      122,675  
  1,845      Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT      183,042  
  8,605      Prologis, Inc. REIT      468,198  
  2,428      Public Storage REIT      508,375  
  4,407      Realty Income Corp. REIT      257,148  
  2,374      Regency Centers Corp. REIT      149,989  
  5,199      Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT      859,187  
  1,635      SL Green Realty Corp. REIT      171,561  
  4,345      UDR, Inc. REIT      162,242  
  5,764      Ventas, Inc. REIT      368,954  
  2,799      Vornado Realty Trust REIT      269,376  
  5,894      Welltower, Inc. REIT      421,067  
  12,176      Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      412,401  
     

 

 

 
        9,689,963  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—2.3%  
  99,837      AT&T, Inc.      3,956,541  
  8,885      CenturyLink, Inc.      228,078  
  4,750      Level 3 Communications, Inc.(c)      288,610  
  66,264      Verizon Communications, Inc.      3,042,180  
     

 

 

 
        7,515,409  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests (continued)
 
   Utilities—3.2%  
  10,716      AES Corp. (The)    $ 121,198  
  3,701      Alliant Energy Corp.      145,523  
  3,944      Ameren Corp.      215,697  
  7,993      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      542,165  
  2,897      American Water Works Co., Inc.      231,065  
  7,001      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      199,739  
  4,551      CMS Energy Corp.      206,615  
  4,959      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      393,150  
  10,211      Dominion Resources, Inc.      790,638  
  2,917      DTE Energy Co.      305,089  
  11,373      Duke Energy Corp.      938,273  
  5,296      Edison International      423,521  
  2,917      Entergy Corp.      222,450  
  5,151      Eversource Energy      305,969  
  15,063      Exelon Corp.      521,632  
  7,193      FirstEnergy Corp.      215,358  
  7,601      NextEra Energy, Inc.      1,015,190  
  5,258      NiSource, Inc.      127,507  
  5,136      NRG Energy, Inc.      86,798  
  8,240      PG&E Corp.      552,492  
  1,810      Pinnacle West Capital Corp.      154,013  
  11,050      PPL Corp.      421,116  
  8,229      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      362,487  
  2,323      SCANA Corp.      154,038  
  4,073      Sempra Energy      460,330  
  16,110      Southern Co. (The)      802,278  
  5,130      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      310,468  
  8,245      Xcel Energy, Inc.      371,437  
     

 

 

 
        10,596,236  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $287,983,588)—101.6%
     332,802,749  
   Other assets less liabilities—(1.6)%      (5,206,528
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 327,596,221  
     

 

 

 

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 covered call options written. See Note 2I 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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PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

 

Open Exchange-Traded Index Options Written—Equity Risk

 
     Contract
Month
     Strike
Price
     Number of
Contracts
     Premiums
Received
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Notional Value*      Value  
Call Option S&P 500 Index      May - 2017      $ 2,355        1,395      $ (3,586,203    $ (1,582,272    $ 328,522,500      $ (5,168,475

 

* 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      1,452      $ 3,729,398  
Written      16,013        39,167,881  
Closed      (10,683      (26,210,914
Expired      (5,387      (13,100,162
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
End of year      1,395      $ 3,586,203  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—16.9%  
  83,331      Best Buy Co., Inc.    $ 4,317,379  
  105,949      CBS Corp., Class B      7,051,965  
  46,088      Darden Restaurants, Inc.      3,926,237  
  42,588      Genuine Parts Co.      3,918,948  
  34,323      Hasbro, Inc.      3,401,753  
  440,093      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      68,698,517  
  36,933      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      1,940,460  
  237,595      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      20,167,064  
  140,180      Marriott International, Inc., Class A      13,235,796  
  48,446      Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(b)      1,808,489  
  64,266      Nordstrom, Inc.      3,102,120  
  81,071      Omnicom Group, Inc.      6,657,550  
  28,583      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      7,092,871  
  112,956      Ross Stores, Inc.      7,342,140  
  409,459      Starbucks Corp.      24,592,108  
  179,644      Target Corp.      10,033,117  
  63,571      TEGNA, Inc.      1,619,789  
  190,168      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      14,954,811  
  32,422      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      3,090,141  
     

 

 

 
        206,951,255  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—18.2%  
  773,763      Altria Group, Inc.      55,540,708  
  75,119      Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      3,554,631  
  93,750      Campbell Soup Co.      5,394,375  
  40,922      Clorox Co. (The)      5,470,862  
  153,367      Conagra Brands, Inc.      5,947,572  
  53,239      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      4,879,355  
  175,326      General Mills, Inc.      10,082,998  
  57,814      Hershey Co. (The)      6,255,475  
  31,669      McCormick & Co., Inc.      3,163,733  
  470,622      PepsiCo, Inc.      53,312,060  
  692,501      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      60,476,113  
  156,624      Sysco Corp.      8,280,711  
     

 

 

 
        222,358,593  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—0.1%  
  58,477      TechnipFMC PLC (United Kingdom)(b)      1,761,912  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—5.7%  
  117,429      Aflac, Inc.      8,793,084  
  275,636      American Express Co.      21,844,153  
  73,530      Aon PLC      8,811,835  
  16,127      Assurant, Inc.      1,552,062  
  99,382      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      3,433,648  
  115,108      State Street Corp.      9,657,561  
  137,979      SunTrust Banks, Inc.      7,838,587  
  70,613      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      5,005,756  
  32,277      Torchmark Corp.      2,475,969  
     

 

 

 
        69,412,655  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—3.2%  
  194,972      Baxter International, Inc.      10,856,041  
  24,384      C.R. Bard, Inc.      7,497,592  
  9,222      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      4,734,759  
  114,273      Stryker Corp.      15,583,409  
     

 

 

 
        38,671,801  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials—20.9%  
  146,710      American Airlines Group, Inc.    $ 6,252,780  
  266,789      Boeing Co. (The)      49,310,611  
  43,523      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      3,164,122  
  26,993      Cintas Corp.      3,305,833  
  202,813      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      9,215,823  
  178,021      Emerson Electric Co.      10,731,106  
  50,585      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      2,837,313  
  100,540      Fortive Corp.      6,360,161  
  82,671      General Dynamics Corp.      16,020,813  
  1,844,770      General Electric Co.      53,479,882  
  109,043      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      15,057,748  
  49,996      Northrop Grumman Corp.      12,297,016  
  35,844      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      5,763,715  
  45,298      Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      1,605,361  
  34,769      Rockwell Automation, Inc.      5,470,902  
  35,404      Rockwell Collins, Inc.      3,685,202  
  202,055      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      21,712,830  
  248,940      United Technologies Corp.      29,621,371  
     

 

 

 
        255,892,589  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—20.7%  
  87,126      Amphenol Corp., Class A      6,300,081  
  299,029      Applied Materials, Inc.      12,143,568  
  127,513      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      13,323,833  
  43,987      Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)      3,560,308  
  431,042      eBay, Inc.(b)      14,401,113  
  25,007      F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      3,229,154  
  62,597      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      7,457,807  
  33,611      Harris Corp.      3,760,735  
  458,514      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.      8,542,116  
  305,723      International Business Machines Corp.      49,004,340  
  124,431      Intuit, Inc.      15,580,005  
  62,918      KLA-Tencor Corp.      6,179,806  
  46,347      Lam Research Corp.      6,713,363  
  327,958      Mastercard, Inc., Class A      38,148,074  
  65,908      Microchip Technology, Inc.      4,981,327  
  88,100      NetApp, Inc.      3,510,785  
  97,238      Paychex, Inc.      5,764,269  
  275,954      Symantec Corp.      8,728,425  
  45,017      Teradata Corp.(b)      1,313,596  
  309,946      Texas Instruments, Inc.      24,541,524  
  145,704      Western Union Co. (The)      2,893,681  
  270,238      Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      13,028,174  
     

 

 

 
        253,106,084  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—9.0%  
  25,739      Avery Dennison Corp.      2,141,742  
  331,886      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      20,842,441  
  282,729      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.      22,547,638  
  104,064      International Paper Co.      5,616,334  
  145,410      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      12,324,952  
  118,838      Monsanto Co.      13,857,699  
  71,092      PPG Industries, Inc.      7,808,745  
  82,986      Praxair, Inc.      10,371,590  
  64,038      Sealed Air Corp.      2,818,953  
  33,474      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      11,203,078  
     

 

 

 
        109,533,172  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate—0.8%  
  105,338      Equity Residential REIT    $ 6,802,728  
  42,916      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      2,679,246  
     

 

 

 
        9,481,974  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—4.3%  
  1,134,580      Verizon Communications, Inc.      52,088,568  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—0.2%  
  112,924      NiSource, Inc.      2,738,407  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,102,356,867)—100.0%
     1,221,997,010  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      226,281  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,222,223,291  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity
Interests—99.9%
 
   Building Products—5.5%  
  616,172      A.O. Smith Corp.    $ 33,199,347  
  451,292      Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      10,402,281  
     

 

 

 
        43,601,628  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—8.8%  
  362,085      Calgon Carbon Corp.      5,268,337  
  500,610      Ecolab, Inc.      64,623,745  
     

 

 

 
        69,892,082  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—3.3%  
  604,115      Tetra Tech, Inc.      26,550,854  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—4.5%  
  275,218      Aegion Corp.(b)      6,280,475  
  167,022      Layne Christensen Co.(b)      1,331,165  
  183,803      Valmont Industries, Inc.      28,002,387  
     

 

 

 
        35,614,027  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—3.0%  
  200,516      Badger Meter, Inc.      7,970,511  
  249,673      Itron, Inc.(b)      16,191,294  
     

 

 

 
        24,161,805  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies—7.6%  
  725,433      Danaher Corp.      60,450,332  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates—8.1%  
  296,657      Roper Technologies, Inc.      64,878,886  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—8.5%  
  400,417      Waters Corp.(b)      68,026,844  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—30.0%  
  631,658      Energy Recovery, Inc.(b)      5,331,194  
  211,041      Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      8,673,785  
  56,162      Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      1,607,356  
  336,591      IDEX Corp.      35,261,273  
  145,085      Lindsay Corp.      12,602,083  
  232,238      Mueller Industries, Inc.      7,440,906  
  1,748,217      Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      19,667,441  
  534,455      Pentair PLC (United Kingdom)      34,477,692  
  1,399,658      Rexnord Corp.(b)      34,151,655  
  515,370      Toro Co. (The)      33,457,820  
  213,578      Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A      13,284,552  
  644,855      Xylem, Inc.      33,151,996  
     

 

 

 
        239,107,753  
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—7.3%  
  1,443,272      HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(b)      58,163,861  
     

 

 

 
   Water Utilities—13.3%  
  170,279      American States Water Co.      7,580,821  
  397,827      American Water Works Co., Inc.      31,730,682  
  780,693      Aqua America, Inc.      25,833,131  
  25,376      Artesian Resources Corp., Class A      974,692  
  282,166      California Water Service Group      10,073,326  
  1,993,051      Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR (Brazil)      18,336,069  
  35,087      Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      1,883,119  
  108,087      Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Cayman Islands)      1,275,427  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Water Utilities (continued)  
  29,834      Global Water Resources, Inc.    $ 272,683  
  67,145      Middlesex Water Co.      2,559,567  
  112,384      SJW Corp.      5,488,835  
     

 

 

 
        106,008,352  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $609,178,906)
     796,456,424  
     

 

 

 
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  488,990      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c) (Cost $488,990)      488,990  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $609,667,896)—100.0%
     796,945,414  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      201,357  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 797,146,771  
     

 

 

 

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)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.9%  
   Aerospace & Defense—2.7%  
  54,404      Hexcel Corp.    $ 2,815,407  
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components—2.5%  
  70,137      Gentherm, Inc.(b)      2,605,590  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles—3.1%  
  10,084      Tesla, Inc.(b)(c)      3,167,082  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—5.5%  
  19,458      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      2,733,849  
  82,670      Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR (Chile)      2,938,918  
     

 

 

 
        5,672,767  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—2.4%  
  153,424      Aqua Metals, Inc.(b)(c)      2,531,496  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—8.4%  
  465,713      Ameresco, Inc., Class A(b)      3,003,849  
  69,282      MYR Group, Inc.(b)      2,927,857  
  76,368      Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      2,706,482  
     

 

 

 
        8,638,188  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—20.5%  
  76,567      American Superconductor Corp.(b)(c)      398,914  
  1,164,216      Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      3,806,986  
  343,463      FuelCell Energy, Inc.(b)(c)      394,982  
  164,534      General Cable Corp.      2,961,612  
  70,713      Hydrogenics Corp. (Canada)(b)(c)      530,348  
  263,730      LSI Industries, Inc.      2,392,031  
  1,846,113      Plug Power, Inc.(b)(c)      4,135,293  
  564,558      Sunrun, Inc.(b)(c)      2,986,512  
  179,644      TPI Composites, Inc.(b)      3,530,005  
     

 

 

 
        21,136,683  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—6.1%  
  44,104      Itron, Inc.(b)      2,860,144  
  85,408      Maxwell Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      520,989  
  32,809      Universal Display Corp.      2,931,484  
     

 

 

 
        6,312,617  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers—14.4%  
  131,553      Atlantica Yield PLC (Spain)      2,741,565  
  50,590      Ormat Technologies, Inc.      2,987,845  
  137,384      Pattern Energy Group, Inc.      3,025,196  
  254,417      Sky Solar Holdings Ltd. ADR (Hong Kong)(b)(c)      516,467  
  575,035      TerraForm Global, Inc., Class A      2,731,416  
  228,414      TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A(b)      2,875,732  
     

 

 

 
        14,878,221  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.7%  
  267,137      Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(b)      2,791,582  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—28.3%  
  38,977      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      2,876,503  
  254,642      Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)(b)(c)      3,386,739  
  95,406      Cree, Inc.(b)      2,087,483  
  139,715      Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (China)(b)      2,600,096  
  102,201      First Solar, Inc.(b)(c)      3,020,039  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  
  411,568      Hanwha Q CELLS Co. Ltd. ADR (South Korea)(b)(c)    $ 2,854,224  
  486,524      JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      3,410,533  
  172,304      SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(b)(c)      2,782,710  
  469,885      SunPower Corp.(b)(c)      3,261,002  
  87,464      Veeco Instruments, Inc.(b)      2,886,312  
     

 

 

 
        29,165,641  
     

 

 

 
   Software—3.3%  
  87,426      EnerNOC, Inc.(b)      493,957  
  253,947      Silver Spring Networks, Inc.(b)      2,897,535  
     

 

 

 
        3,391,492  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $98,436,773)
     103,106,766  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  58,817      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $58,817)
     58,817  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $98,495,590)-100.0%
     103,165,583  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—25.7%  
  26,512,018      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $26,512,018)
     26,512,018  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $125,007,608)—125.7%
     129,677,601  
   Other assets less liabilities—(25.7)%      (26,500,723
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 103,176,878  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2K.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Auto Components—3.1%  
  32,138      Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)(c)    $ 131,766  
  10,104      Tenneco, Inc.      636,855  
     

 

 

 
        768,621  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles—2.5%  
  17,551      Tata Motors Ltd. ADR (India)      626,044  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—7.7%  
  12,061      A.O. Smith Corp.      649,847  
  10,914      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      594,813  
  10,563      Owens Corning      642,758  
     

 

 

 
        1,887,418  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals—8.2%  
  5,761      Albemarle Corp.      627,431  
  9,806      FMC Corp.      718,093  
  14,812      Methanex Corp. (Canada)      679,871  
     

 

 

 
        2,025,395  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies—3.9%  
  11,566      CECO Environmental Corp.      130,580  
  39,514      Covanta Holding Corp.      574,929  
  9,062      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.(c)      136,383  
  18,656      Hudson Technologies, Inc.(c)      132,458  
     

 

 

 
        974,350  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—5.4%  
  20,880      Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV      628,071  
  15,775      MasTec, Inc.(c)      696,466  
     

 

 

 
        1,324,537  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities—4.7%  
  14,585      Avangrid, Inc.      634,448  
  188,765      Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR (Brazil)(b)      515,328  
     

 

 

 
        1,149,776  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—12.9%  
  3,121      Acuity Brands, Inc.      549,608  
  8,844      Eaton Corp. PLC      668,960  
  10,608      Emerson Electric Co.      639,450  
  7,865      EnerSys      653,660  
  8,555      Regal Beloit Corp.      674,562  
     

 

 

 
        3,186,240  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—2.7%  
  23,084      Corning, Inc.      665,973  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services—2.7%  
  100,592      McDermott International, Inc.(c)      657,872  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing—2.6%  
  17,330      Andersons, Inc. (The)      647,275  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers—5.0%  
  58,189      Calpine Corp.(c)      593,528  
  36,542      NRG Yield, Inc., Class C      646,793  
     

 

 

 
        1,240,321  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery—16.4%  
  16,155      Altra Industrial Motion Corp.      713,243  
  18,361      Chart Industries, Inc.(c)      670,360  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Machinery (continued)  
  10,903      ESCO Technologies, Inc.    $ 641,642  
  10,026      Luxfer Holdings PLC ADR (United Kingdom)      117,204  
  12,566      Lydall, Inc.(c)      658,458  
  5,183      WABCO Holdings, Inc.(c)      616,103  
  9,232      Woodward, Inc.      624,730  
     

 

 

 
        4,041,740  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage REITs—2.8%  
  31,620      Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT      693,110  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—19.4%  
  128,460      Chesapeake Energy Corp.(b)(c)      675,700  
  48,208      Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(c)      117,628  
  79,958      Cosan Ltd., Class A (Brazil)      614,877  
  22,460      Golar LNG Ltd. (Bermuda)(b)      572,955  
  29,201      Green Plains, Inc.      671,623  
  17,723      Pacific Ethanol, Inc.(c)      120,516  
  23,827      Range Resources Corp.      631,177  
  7,721      REX American Resources Corp.(c)      731,024  
  86,085      Southwestern Energy Co.(c)      646,498  
     

 

 

 
        4,781,998  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $19,568,387)
     24,670,670  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  31,358      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $31,358)
     31,358  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $19,599,745)—100.1%
     24,702,028  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan   
     
   Money Market Fund—6.7%   
  1,655,718      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,655,718)
     1,655,718  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $21,255,463)—106.8%
     26,357,746  
   Other assets less liabilities—(6.8)%      (1,685,238
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 24,672,508  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
 

 

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, 2017

 

(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2K.
 

 

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, 2017

 

    PowerShares
Aerospace &
Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares
CleantechTM
Portfolio (PZD)
     PowerShares
DWA
Momentum
Portfolio (PDP)
     PowerShares
Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio (PSP)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 569,100,507      $ 92,576,234      $ 1,417,395,636      $ 249,967,349  

Affiliated investments, at value

    128,000        3,423,677        740,212        58,723,254  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    569,228,507        95,999,911        1,418,135,848        308,690,603  

Cash segregated as collateral

                         205,540  

Foreign currencies, at value

                         5,669  

Receivables:

          

Dividends

    343,806        83,887        198,932        2,905,506  

Foreign tax reclaims

           158,545               935,464  

Securities lending

           11,859               32,662  

Investments sold

                         6,314,533  

Shares sold

                         3,257,637  

Receivable for swaps

                         178,154  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

                         1,191,005  

Other assets

    1,036        704        2,671        1,068  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    569,573,349        96,254,906        1,418,337,451        323,717,841  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:           

Due to custodian

    50        76,720        483         

Payables:

          

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

           3,423,677               34,133,098  

Investments purchased

                         2,857,309  

Collateral upon receipt of securities in-kind

                         205,540  

Payable for swaps

                         5,223  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

                         2,554  

Open written options, at value

                          

Accrued advisory fees

    223,208        29,155        576,634        107,661  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    24,756        21,261        58,380        34,104  

Accrued expenses

    175,845        65,022        632,122        229,026  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    423,859        3,615,835        1,267,619        37,574,515  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 569,149,490      $ 92,639,071      $ 1,417,069,832      $ 286,143,326  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:           

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 518,747,260      $ 133,501,195      $ 1,541,299,030      $ 377,734,271  

Undistributed net investment income

    168,740        770,616        (57,012      (270,688

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (26,209,243      (68,200,284      (343,358,602      (110,952,241

Net unrealized appreciation

    76,442,733        26,567,544        219,186,416        19,631,984  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 569,149,490      $ 92,639,071      $ 1,417,069,832      $ 286,143,326  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    12,700,000        2,500,000        30,900,000        23,350,000  

Net asset value

  $ 44.81      $ 37.06      $ 45.86      $ 12.25  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 44.84      $ 37.19      $ 45.87      $ 12.29  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 492,657,774      $ 66,005,659      $ 1,198,209,220      $ 231,537,726  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 128,000      $ 3,423,677      $ 740,212      $ 58,723,254  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 492,785,774      $ 69,429,336      $ 1,198,949,432      $ 290,260,980  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

  $      $      $      $ 5,680  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Premium received on written options

  $      $      $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $      $ 3,261,447      $      $ 32,909,942  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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®
Quality
Portfolio (SPHQ)
     PowerShares
Water
Resources
Portfolio (PHO)
     PowerShares
WilderHill Clean
Energy
Portfolio (PBW)
     PowerShares
WilderHill
Progressive Energy
Portfolio (PUW)
 
              
$ 153,458,712      $ 332,586,531      $ 1,221,997,010      $ 796,456,424      $ 103,106,766      $ 24,670,670  
  11,927,213        216,218               488,990        26,570,835        1,687,076  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  165,385,925        332,802,749        1,221,997,010        796,945,414        129,677,601        26,357,746  
                                      
                                      
              
  1,477        313,086        1,881,869        890,516        24,909        26,007  
                              2,161        13,049  
  60,968                             209,643        2,769  
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
  873               1,896        1,563        743        636  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  165,449,243        333,115,835        1,223,880,775        797,837,493        129,915,057        26,400,207  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
         151,487        1,009,902                       
              
  11,762,737                             26,512,018        1,655,718  
         3,077                              
                                      
                                      
                                      
         5,168,475                              
  60,524        196,575        175,469        321,068        79,478        4,802  
  36,179               30,617        92,470        47,846        17,914  
  130,242               441,496        277,184        98,837        49,265  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  11,989,682        5,519,614        1,657,484        690,722        26,738,179        1,727,699  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 153,459,561      $ 327,596,221      $ 1,222,223,291      $ 797,146,771      $ 103,176,878      $ 24,672,508  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
$ 428,924,521      $ 309,059,641      $ 1,181,990,226      $ 1,201,110,314      $ 1,237,172,282      $ 55,786,866  
  (1,760,763      352,899        3,336,890        1,241,766        (126,771      48,676  
  (291,831,775      (25,053,208      (82,743,968      (592,482,827      (1,138,538,626      (36,265,317
  18,127,578        43,236,889        119,640,143        187,277,518        4,669,993        5,102,283  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 153,459,561      $ 327,596,221      $ 1,222,223,291      $ 797,146,771      $ 103,176,878      $ 24,672,508  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,300,000        14,750,000        44,250,000        29,850,000        24,750,000        950,000  
$ 35.69      $ 22.21      $ 27.62      $ 26.71      $ 4.17      $ 25.97  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 35.69      $ 22.23      $ 27.63      $ 26.70      $ 4.17      $ 25.96  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 135,331,134      $ 287,749,195      $ 1,102,356,867      $ 609,178,906      $ 98,436,773      $ 19,568,387  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 11,927,213      $ 234,393      $      $ 488,990      $ 26,570,835      $ 1,687,076  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 147,258,347      $ 287,983,588      $ 1,102,356,867      $ 609,667,896      $ 125,007,608      $ 21,255,463  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$      $      $      $      $      $  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$      $ 3,586,203      $      $      $      $  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 11,416,985      $      $      $      $ 24,767,863      $ 1,615,003  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2017

 

    PowerShares
Aerospace &
Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares
CleantechTM
Portfolio (PZD)
     PowerShares
DWA
Momentum
Portfolio (PDP)
     PowerShares
Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio (PSP)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 8,120,583      $ 1,939,769      $ 18,171,243      $ 11,875,957  

Affiliated dividend income

    1,189        271        4,569        110,047  

Securities lending income

           146,459               578,460  

Foreign withholding tax

           (146,080      (10,433      (427,186
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    8,121,772        1,940,419        18,165,379        12,137,278  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:           

Advisory fees

    1,949,134        390,028        7,061,302        1,371,701  

Sub-licensing fees

    233,894        58,505        1,412,262        274,341  

Accounting & administration fees

    72,098        36,827        258,270        50,557  

Professional fees

    29,472        31,197        46,045        59,220  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    15,582        11,655        17,732        18,230  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    12,750        8,191        30,255        11,970  

Other expenses

    60,330        30,952        116,132        65,208  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    2,373,260        567,355        8,941,998        1,851,227  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (568      (40,189      (2,158      (49,771
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    2,372,692        527,166        8,939,840        1,801,456  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    5,749,080        1,413,253        9,225,539        10,335,822  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities

    (2,787,310      (86,938      (52,779,892      (16,035,964

In-kind redemptions

    21,196,017        2,849,865        127,156,029        9,098,736  

Swap agreements

                         4,824,587  

Written options

                          

Foreign currencies

           (4,003             (151,316
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    18,408,707        2,758,924        74,376,137        (2,263,957
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investment securities

    57,669,292        12,798,619        101,474,027        43,515,015  

Swap agreements

                         2,414,847  

Written options

                          

Foreign currencies

           (2,976             37,159  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation

    57,669,292        12,795,643        101,474,027        45,967,021  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    76,077,999        15,554,567        175,850,164        43,703,064  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 81,827,079      $ 16,967,820      $ 185,075,703      $ 54,038,886  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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®
Quality
Portfolio  (SPHQ)
     PowerShares
Water
Resources
Portfolio (PHO)
     PowerShares
WilderHill Clean
Energy
Portfolio (PBW)
     PowerShares
WilderHill
Progressive Energy
Portfolio (PUW)
 
              
$ 1,348,345      $ 6,118,241      $ 25,716,886      $ 9,147,891      $ 172,703      $ 315,717  
  952        7,399        1,844        2,280        598        83  
  649,955                             1,931,633        20,531  
  (46,644                           (38,975      (16,511

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,952,608        6,125,640        25,718,730        9,150,171        2,065,959        319,820  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  747,103        2,164,525        3,123,268        3,636,591        451,191        119,586  
  149,421               500,741        545,495        90,238        23,939  
  36,827               204,176        135,807        36,827        36,827  
  31,879               56,838        32,847        26,380        25,558  
  81,279               34,929        61,665        27,462        5,589  
  9,707               23,200        18,472        8,770        7,665  
  30,402               99,467        89,380        47,460        18,118  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,086,618        2,164,525        4,042,619        4,520,257        688,328        237,282  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (41,123      (145      (920,354      (1,072      (56,926      (69,875

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,045,495        2,164,380        3,122,265        4,519,185        631,402        167,407  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  907,113        3,961,260        22,596,465        4,630,986        1,434,557        152,413  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
              
  (8,964,818      (1,735,671      (24,227,489      (13,015,932      (15,554,997      (3,007,030
  16,381,464        6,634,486        47,511,742        63,633,039        6,292,845        2,770,110  
                                      
         (11,157,158                            
                                      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  7,416,646        (6,258,343      23,284,253        50,617,107        (9,262,152      (236,920

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  15,838,871        38,078,379        92,945,130        58,560,808        10,171,102        3,812,896  
                                      
         (3,213,530                            
                                      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  15,838,871        34,864,849        92,945,130        58,560,808        10,171,102        3,812,896  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  23,255,517        28,606,506        116,229,383        109,177,915        908,950        3,575,976  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 24,162,630      $ 32,567,766      $ 138,825,848      $ 113,808,901      $ 2,343,507      $ 3,728,389  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares Aerospace & Defense
Portfolio (PPA)
     PowerShares CleantechTM
Portfolio (PZD)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 5,749,080      $ 4,037,803      $ 1,413,253      $ 544,679  

Net realized gain (loss)

    18,408,707        14,051,317        2,758,924        1,899,628  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    57,669,292        (10,888,996      12,795,643        (2,560,492
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    81,827,079        7,200,124        16,967,820        (116,185
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (5,934,618      (3,934,869      (820,687      (576,797

Return of capital

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (5,934,618      (3,934,869      (820,687      (576,797
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    277,012,088        110,857,357        10,079,801         

Value of shares repurchased

    (82,489,845      (78,000,522      (5,053,738      (4,353,113
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    194,522,243        32,856,835        5,026,063        (4,353,113
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    270,414,704        36,122,090        21,173,196        (5,046,095
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    298,734,786        262,612,696        71,465,875        76,511,970  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 569,149,490      $ 298,734,786      $ 92,639,071      $ 71,465,875  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 168,740      $ 354,278      $ 770,616      $ 182,053  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    6,600,000        3,150,000        300,000         

Shares repurchased

    (2,100,000      (2,300,000      (150,000      (150,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    8,200,000        7,350,000        2,350,000        2,500,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    12,700,000        8,200,000        2,500,000        2,350,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
              
$ 9,225,539      $ 5,251,402      $ 10,335,822      $ 22,814,219      $ 907,113      $ 326,329  
  74,376,137        11,667,965        (2,263,957      (5,143,054      7,416,646        5,207,596  
  101,474,027        (151,181,845      45,967,021        (60,132,281      15,838,871        (28,892,998

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  185,075,703        (134,262,478      54,038,886        (42,461,116      24,162,630        (23,359,073

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (11,481,353      (5,095,535      (11,056,794      (22,461,093      (2,659,581      (604,271
                                     (172,929

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (11,481,353      (5,095,535      (11,056,794      (22,461,093      (2,659,581      (777,200

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  671,193,039        825,218,576        28,301,549        27,886,163        16,535,584        31,179,637  
  (865,740,010      (1,119,618,364      (111,064,844      (113,645,852      (47,827,306      (74,425,765

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (194,546,971      (294,399,788      (82,763,295      (85,759,689      (31,291,722      (43,246,128

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (20,952,621      (433,757,801      (39,781,203      (150,681,898      (9,788,673      (67,382,401

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  1,438,022,453        1,871,780,254        325,924,529        476,606,427        163,248,234        230,630,635  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,417,069,832      $ 1,438,022,453      $ 286,143,326      $ 325,924,529      $ 153,459,561      $ 163,248,234  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ (57,012    $ 1,885,622      $ (270,688    $ (11,297,899    $ (1,760,763    $ (204,010

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  15,600,000        19,600,000        2,500,000        2,400,000        500,000        950,000  
  (20,200,000      (28,200,000      (10,350,000      (11,100,000      (1,550,000      (2,450,000
  35,500,000        44,100,000        31,200,000        39,900,000        5,350,000        6,850,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  30,900,000        35,500,000        23,350,000        31,200,000        4,300,000        5,350,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares S&P 500
BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)
     PowerShares S&P 500®
Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 3,961,260      $ 4,832,789      $ 22,596,465      $ 11,619,554  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (6,258,343      48,746,477        23,284,253        95,897,301  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    34,864,849        (52,833,355      92,945,130        (44,054,301
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    32,567,766        745,911        138,825,848        63,462,554  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (4,415,671      (5,351,930      (21,152,308      (10,888,763

Net realized gains

    (2,349,199      (12,062,642              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (6,764,870      (17,414,572      (21,152,308      (10,888,763
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    44,370,524        113,491,101        761,004,994        927,220,372  

Value of shares repurchased

    (40,472,367      (203,197,290      (555,533,133      (614,252,831
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    3,898,157        (89,706,189      205,471,861        312,967,541  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    29,701,053        (106,374,850      323,145,401        365,541,332  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    297,895,168        404,270,018        899,077,890        533,536,558  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 327,596,221      $ 297,895,168      $ 1,222,223,291      $ 899,077,890  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 352,899      $ 807,310      $ 3,336,890      $ 1,892,733  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    2,050,000        5,400,000        30,000,000        39,250,000  

Shares repurchased

    (1,950,000      (9,800,000      (22,150,000      (25,800,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    14,650,000        19,050,000        36,400,000        22,950,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    14,750,000        14,650,000        44,250,000        36,400,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
              
$ 4,630,986      $ 4,118,173      $ 1,434,557      $ 2,660,810      $ 152,413      $ 330,986  
  50,617,107        (42,964,308      (9,262,152      (38,371,622      (236,920      (5,276,031
  58,560,808        (35,442,735      10,171,102        (2,472,953      3,812,896        (1,905,394

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  113,808,901        (74,288,870      2,343,507        (38,183,765      3,728,389        (6,850,439

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (3,714,832      (5,414,109      (1,849,749      (2,346,665      (151,173      (367,721
                                      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (3,714,832      (5,414,109      (1,849,749      (2,346,665      (151,173      (367,721

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  168,314,105        149,177,885        20,828,567        5,301,285        4,954,622         
  (161,724,111      (244,171,049      (19,400,534      (7,305,808      (7,346,386      (3,464,537

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,589,994        (94,993,164      1,428,033        (2,004,523      (2,391,764      (3,464,537

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  116,684,063        (174,696,143      1,921,791        (42,534,953      1,185,452        (10,682,697

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  680,462,708        855,158,851        101,255,087        143,790,040        23,487,056        34,169,753  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 797,146,771      $ 680,462,708      $ 103,176,878      $ 101,255,087      $ 24,672,508      $ 23,487,056  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,241,766      $ 325,612      $ (126,771    $ 246,275      $ 48,676      $ 47,436  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  6,750,000        6,650,000        5,200,000        1,250,000        200,000         
  (6,500,000      (11,000,000      (5,100,000      (1,550,000      (300,000      (150,000
  29,600,000        33,950,000        24,650,000        24,950,000        1,050,000        1,200,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  29,850,000        29,600,000        24,750,000        24,650,000        950,000        1,050,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio (PPA)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 36.43      $ 35.73   $ 32.16    $ 23.22    $ 19.99

Net investment income(a)

    0.60        0.53 (b)      0.32        0.33         0.44  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    8.43        0.67     3.52        9.00      3.22  

Total from investment operations

    9.03        1.20     3.84        9.33      3.66

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.65      (0.50 )     (0.27      (0.39 )      (0.43

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 44.81      $ 36.43   $ 35.73    $ 32.16    $ 23.22

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 44.84      $ 36.42   $ 35.71    $ 32.15    $ 23.20
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     25.06      3.43     11.99      40.52      18.69
Market Price Total Return(d)     25.18      3.46     11.96      40.59      18.65
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 569,149      $ 298,735   $ 262,613    $ 98,086    $ 47,607  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.61      0.64     0.66      0.66      0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.61      0.64     0.66      0.69      0.74

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.47      1.50 %(b)      0.94      1.13      2.18

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    10      16     13      8      17

 

(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 $0.33 and 0.93%, 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 30.41     $ 30.60   $ 31.90   $ 25.47    $ 23.06  

Net investment income(a)

    0.59 (b)      0.22     0.27       0.17      0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.41       (0.18 )     (1.33     6.53      2.37  

Total from investment operations

    7.00       0.04     (1.06     6.70      2.63  

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.35     (0.23 )     (0.24     (0.27 )      (0.22

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 37.06     $ 30.41   $ 30.60   $ 31.90    $ 25.47  

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 37.19     $ 30.29   $ 30.54   $ 31.92    $ 25.36  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     23.21     0.15     (3.36 )%      26.52      11.59
Market Price Total Return(d)     24.13     (0.05 )%      (3.61 )%      27.15      11.50
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 92,639     $ 71,466   $ 76,512   $ 84,535    $ 71,314  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.68     0.67     0.67     0.67      0.67

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.73     0.73     0.72     0.72      0.76

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.81 %(b)      0.76     0.89     0.58      1.16

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    24     25     22     24      22

 

(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 $0.39 and 1.20%, 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 40.51      $ 42.44   $ 36.96   $ 31.77   $ 27.86

Net investment income(a)

    0.28        0.12     0.16       0.06     0.23  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.41        (1.94 )     5.43       5.23     3.92  

Total from investment operations

    5.69        (1.82 )     5.59       5.29     4.15

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.34      (0.11 )     (0.11     (0.10 )     (0.24

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 45.86      $ 40.51   $ 42.44   $ 36.96   $ 31.77

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 45.87      $ 40.50   $ 42.43   $ 36.93   $ 31.76
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     14.12      (4.29 )%      15.13     16.71     15.02
Market Price Total Return(c)     14.17      (4.29 )%      15.19     16.65     14.98
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 1,417,070      $ 1,438,022   $ 1,871,780   $ 1,260,444   $ 876,929  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.64     0.63 %(d)      0.64 %(d)      0.67 %(d) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.64     0.63 %(d)      0.64 %(d)      0.67 %(d) 

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.65      0.29     0.39     0.17     0.82

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    68      100     73     75     66

 

(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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 10.45      $ 11.95   $ 11.79    $ 11.70   $ 9.22

Net investment income(a)

    0.41        0.60 (b)      0.35        0.38 (c)      0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.85        (1.53 )     0.41        1.38     2.64  

Total from investment operations

    2.26        (0.93 )     0.76        1.76     2.88

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.46      (0.57 )     (0.60      (1.67 )     (0.40

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 12.25      $ 10.45   $ 11.95    $ 11.79   $ 11.70

Market price at end of year(d)

  $ 12.29      $ 10.39   $ 11.93    $ 11.85   $ 11.75
Net Asset Value Total Return(e)     22.21      (8.09 )%      6.79      16.20     31.87
Market Price Total Return(e)     23.32      (8.47 )%      6.09      16.31     32.00
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 286,143      $ 325,925   $ 476,606    $ 583,601   $ 408,492  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers(f)

    0.66      0.64     0.64      0.69     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers(f)

    0.67      0.66     0.66      0.70     0.70

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.77      5.51 %(b)      3.04      3.20 %(c)      2.47

Portfolio turnover rate(g)

    39      35     30      53     53

 

(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 $0.34 and 3.12%, respectively.
(c)  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.
(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)  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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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.
(g)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 30.51      $ 33.67     $ 27.65    $ 19.65    $ 21.56

Net investment income(a)

    0.19        0.06       0.21      0.21      0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    5.54        (3.10     6.06      8.08      (1.81

Total from investment operations

    5.73        (3.04     6.27      8.29      (1.47

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.55      (0.09     (0.25 )      (0.29 )      (0.44

Return of capital

           (0.03                    

Total distributions

    (0.55      (0.12     (0.25      (0.29      (0.44

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 35.69      $ 30.51   $ 33.67    $ 27.65    $ 19.65

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 35.69      $ 30.49   $ 33.62    $ 27.60    $ 19.59
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     19.23      (9.04 )%      22.79      42.28      (6.73 )%(d) 
Market Price Total Return(c)     19.31      (8.97 )%      22.83      42.46      (6.70 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 153,460      $ 163,248     $ 230,631    $ 258,569    $ 181,744  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70      0.70     0.70      0.70      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.73      0.70     0.70      0.70      0.75

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.61      0.18     0.68      0.75      1.78

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    30      47     25      37      63

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio (PBP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 20.33      $ 21.22      $ 21.32    $ 20.83      $ 20.60

Net investment income(a)

    0.29        0.30        0.28      0.28        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.10        (0.11      0.65      1.57        0.70  

Total from investment operations

    2.39        0.19        0.93      1.85        1.03

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.33      (0.34      (0.86 )      (1.35      (0.65

Net realized gains

    (0.18      (0.74      (0.17 )      (0.01      (0.15

Total distributions

    (0.51      (1.08      (1.03 )      (1.36      (0.80

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 22.21      $ 20.33      $ 21.22    $ 21.32      $ 20.83

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 22.23      $ 20.29    $ 21.22    $ 21.35      $ 20.83
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     11.86      0.90      4.48      9.34      5.22
Market Price Total Return(c)     12.18      0.67      4.32      9.50      4.97
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 327,596      $ 297,895      $ 404,270    $ 249,458      $ 205,222  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses

    0.75      0.75      0.75      0.75      0.75

Net investment income

    1.37      1.47      1.33      1.37      1.61

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    24      43      50      32      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 24.70      $ 23.25    $ 20.90    $ 17.87      $ 15.33

Net investment income(a)

    0.54        0.45        0.41        0.36        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    2.84        1.46        2.33        3.03        2.52  

Total from investment operations

    3.38        1.91        2.74        3.39        2.85

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.46      (0.46      (0.39      (0.36      (0.31

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 27.62      $ 24.70    $ 23.25    $ 20.90      $ 17.87

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 27.63      $ 24.70      $ 23.24    $ 20.89      $ 17.87
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     13.84      8.39      13.17      19.15      18.86
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.88      8.43      13.18      19.09      18.86
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 1,222,223      $ 899,078    $ 533,537    $ 365,686      $ 228,736  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.29      0.29      0.29      0.29      0.39

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.38      0.38      0.38      0.39      0.55

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.10      1.92      1.83      1.87      2.06

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    49      102      18      13      17

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions. For the year ended April 30, 2016, 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 Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 22.99      $ 25.19   $ 25.92   $ 22.06    $ 18.78

Net investment income(a)

    0.16        0.13       0.14       0.16      0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.68        (2.17     (0.72     3.83      3.28  

Total from investment operations

    3.84        (2.04     (0.58     3.99      3.44

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.12      (0.16     (0.15     (0.13 )      (0.16

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 26.71      $ 22.99   $ 25.19   $ 25.92    $ 22.06

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 26.70      $ 22.98   $ 25.17   $ 25.91    $ 22.05
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     16.73      (8.09 )%      (2.25 )%      18.16      18.48
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.74      (8.06 )%      (2.29 )%      18.17      18.49
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 797,147      $ 680,463   $ 855,159   $ 990,247    $ 877,064  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.62      0.61     0.61     0.61      0.62

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.62      0.61     0.61     0.61      0.62

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.64      0.58     0.56     0.66      0.81

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    44      89     25     34      31

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 4.11      $ 5.76     $ 6.59   $ 4.79    $ 5.08

Net investment income(a)

    0.06        0.11       0.14       0.10      0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.08        (1.66     (0.82     1.85      (0.26

Total from investment operations

    0.14        (1.55     (0.68     1.95      (0.15

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.08      (0.10     (0.15     (0.15 )      (0.14

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 4.17      $ 4.11   $ 5.76   $ 6.59    $ 4.79

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 4.17      $ 4.11   $ 5.76   $ 6.59    $ 4.79
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     3.60      (27.19 )%      (10.36 )%      41.23      (2.64 )% 
Market Price Total Return(c)     3.60      (27.19 )%      (10.36 )%      41.23      (2.65 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 103,177      $ 101,255   $ 143,790   $ 218,101    $ 142,494  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70      0.70     0.70     0.70      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.76      0.76     0.72     0.70      0.70

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.59      2.37     2.39     1.55      2.48

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    59      60     48     57      52

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 22.37      $ 28.47     $ 32.73   $ 27.56    $ 25.87

Net investment income(a)

    0.15        0.30       0.50       0.24      0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.60        (6.07     (4.27     5.27      1.54  

Total from investment operations

    3.75        (5.77     (3.77     5.51      1.89

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.15      (0.33     (0.49     (0.34 )      (0.20

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 25.97      $ 22.37   $ 28.47   $ 32.73    $ 27.56

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 25.96      $ 22.36   $ 28.47   $ 32.71    $ 27.55
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     16.84      (20.29 )%      (11.59 )%      20.24      7.38
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.85      (20.32 )%      (11.54 )%      20.21      7.38
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 24,673      $ 23,487   $ 34,170   $ 45,819    $ 38,584  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70      0.70     0.70     0.70      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.99      0.99     0.86     0.84      0.87

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.64      1.34     1.69     0.78      1.40

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    39      40     41     37      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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® Quality Portfolio (SPHQ)    “S&P 500® 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., except for Shares of DWA Momentum Portfolio, Golden Dragon China Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio, which are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. Prior to December 7, 2016, Shares of DWA Momentum Portfolio, Golden Dragon China Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio were 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 Leaders 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 BuyWriteSM Index
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    S&P 500® Quality 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 following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

 

 

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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 (“OTC”) 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. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the relevant exchange or clearinghouse.

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 will 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.

Momentum Investing Risk. DWA 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.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Aerospace & Defense Portfolio, Golden Dragon China Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio are 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 Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. For each Fund (except S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio, S&P 500® Quality Portfolio and WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio), investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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 Securities Risk. For CleantechTM Portfolio, Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and Water Resources Portfolio, since their Underlying Indexes may include ADRs and/or 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 institutions or vehicles whose principal business is to invest in and lend capital to, or provide services to privately held companies. The

 

 

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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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

 

 

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F. 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other 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.

G. 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.

H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. 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.

 

 

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J. Swap Agreements

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio may enter 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 cash or liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount of the potential obligation of the Fund under any swap transaction. Cash held as collateral is recorded as deposits with brokers on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. 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.

K. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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® 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® Quality Portfolio has agreed to pay the Adviser an annual fee of 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

 

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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 the Fund’s 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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

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 S&P 500 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® 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, 2018. The Expense Cap (including sub-licensing fees) for S&P 500® Quality Portfolio is 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year through at least August 31, 2018. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees. 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 and Water Resources Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 568  
CleantechTM Portfolio      40,189  
DWA Momentum Portfolio      2,158  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      49,771  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      41,123  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      145  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      920,354  
Water Resources Portfolio      1,072  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      56,926  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      69,875  

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, 2017 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        04/30/18      04/30/19      04/30/20  
CleantechTM Portfolio    $ 117,852      $ 35,420      $ 42,340      $ 40,092  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      49,476               8,803        40,673  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      1,835,067        392,147        523,569        919,351  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      153,896        34,402        62,834        56,660  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      202,213        60,563        71,809        69,841  

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.

 

 

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

 

Fund

  

Licensor

Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    SPADE Indexes
CleantechTM Portfolio    Cleantech Indices LLC
DWA Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio    Red Rocks Capital, LLC
Golden Dragon China Portfolio    Nasdaq, Inc.
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio    S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC
Water Resources Portfolio    Nasdaq, Inc.
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio    WilderHill
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio    Progressive Energy Index 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 (except for 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 investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 214,744      $ 40,571      $ (49,477    $ 20,725      $ (10,345    $ 216,218      $ 7,134  

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, 2017, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The value 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.

 

 

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     Investments in Securities  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 308,690,603      $      $      $ 308,690,603  

Swap Agreements*

            1,188,451               1,188,451  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 308,690,603      $ 1,188,451      $      $ 309,879,054  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Golden Dragon China Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 165,385,925      $      $ 0      $ 165,385,925  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Unrealized appreciation.

Note 6. Derivative Investments

The Funds may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) under which a Fund may trade OTC derivatives. An OTC transaction entered into under an ISDA Master Agreement typically involves a collateral posting arrangement, payment netting provisions and close-out netting provisions. These netting provisions allow for reduction of credit risk through netting of contractual obligations. The enforceability of the netting provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement depends on the governing law of the ISDA Master Agreement, among other factors.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset OTC derivative assets or liabilities that are subject to ISDA Master Agreements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Value of Derivative Investments at Fiscal Year-End

The table below summarizes the value of each Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of April 30, 2017:

 

     Value  
     Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio
     S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio
 

Derivative Assets

   Equity Risk  
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements—OTC    $ 1,191,005      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements              
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Derivative Assets subject to master netting agreements    $ 1,191,005      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative Liabilities

   Equity Risk  
Options written, at value—Exchange-Traded    $      $ (5,168,475
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements—OTC      (2,554       
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Derivative Liabilities      (2,554      (5,168,475
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements             5,168,475  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Derivative Liabilities subject to master netting agreements    $ (2,554    $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative transactions as of April 30, 2017:

Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

 

     Financial Derivative
Assets
     Financial Derivative
Liabilities
     Net value of
derivatives
     Collateral
(Received)/Pledged
     Net
amount
 

Counterparty

   Swap agreements      Swap agreements         Non-Cash      Cash     
Citibank, N.A.    $ 1,335,465      $ (2,601    $ 1,332,864      $      $ (1,080,000    $ 252,864  
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC      33,694        (5,176      28,518                      28,518  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 1,369,159      $ (7,777    $ 1,361,382      $      $ (1,080,000    $ 281,382  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Effect of Derivative Investments for the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2017

The table below summarizes each Fund’s gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the year:

 

     Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statements of Operations
 
   Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio
     S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio
 
   Equity Risk  
Realized Gain (Loss):      

Options written

   $      $ (11,157,158

Swap agreements

     4,824,587         
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation):      

Options written

            (3,213,530

Swap agreements

     2,414,847         
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 7,239,434      $ (14,370,688
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The table below summarizes the average notional value of options written outstanding and swap agreements during the year.

 

     Average Notional Value  
   Global Listed
Private Equity
Portfolio
     S&P 500
BuyWrite
Portfolio
 
Options written    $      $ 292,151,250  
Swap agreements      27,176,811         

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, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 5,934,618      $      $      $ 3,934,869      $      $  
CleantechTM Portfolio      820,687                      576,797                
DWA Momentum Portfolio      11,481,353                      5,095,535                
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      11,056,794                      22,461,093                
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      2,659,581                      604,271               172,929  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      6,764,870                      16,484,756        929,816         
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      21,152,308                      10,888,763                
Water Resources Portfolio      3,714,832                      5,414,109                
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      1,849,749                      2,346,665                
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      151,173                      367,721                

 

 

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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
    Late-Year
Ordinary/
Post-October
Capital
Losses
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio   $ 192,476     $ (23,736   $ 72,949,316     $     $ (22,708,088   $ (7,738   $ 518,747,260     $ 569,149,490  
CleantechTM Portfolio     791,024       (20,408     24,926,270       (3,031     (66,008,424     (547,555     133,501,195       92,639,071  
DWA Momentum Portfolio           (57,012     215,564,662             (305,862,382     (33,874,466     1,541,299,030       1,417,069,832  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio     12,138,710       (32,265     (3,185,693     13,910       (100,107,819     (417,788     377,734,271       286,143,326  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio     51,961       (35,023     12,983,615             (284,080,835     (4,384,678     428,924,521       153,459,561  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio     18,536,580                                     309,059,641       327,596,221  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio     3,365,784       (28,894     114,225,803             (67,201,871     (10,127,757     1,181,990,226       1,222,223,291  
Water Resources Portfolio     1,331,846       (90,080     180,108,929             (582,463,437     (2,850,801     1,201,110,314       797,146,771  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio     444,139       (46,988     (3,707,456           (1,127,624,136     (3,060,963     1,237,172,282       103,176,878  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio     65,799       (17,123     4,364,198             (34,924,460     (602,772     55,786,866       24,672,508  

 

* 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.

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, 2017.

 

                   Post-effective/no
expiration
               
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 6,428,813      $ 9,464,875      $ 710,644      $ 6,103,756      $ 22,708,088      $ 7,470,897  
CleantechTM Portfolio      25,186,026        12,098,616        1,605,720        27,118,062        66,008,424        14,341,075  
DWA Momentum Portfolio      60,219,842        10,496,532        235,146,008               305,862,382        92,771,702  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      47,149,399               17,689,457        35,268,963        100,107,819        7,687,052  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      74,072,167        35,483,714        19,677,953        154,847,001        284,080,835        22,836,421  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio                                          
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      42,466,537        9,869,908        7,893,621        6,971,805        67,201,871        37,241,965  
Water Resources Portfolio      265,948,030        33,978,301        159,822,794        122,714,312        582,463,437        93,208,162  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      460,657,845        241,008,862        82,963,825        342,993,604        1,127,624,136        261,712,498  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      12,433,887        2,282,887        6,043,369        14,164,317        34,924,460        8,319,827  

 

* 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 8. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, 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    $ 40,765,171      $ 41,166,282  
CleantechTM Portfolio      19,422,859        18,604,788  
DWA Momentum Portfolio      988,430,779        990,321,874  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      96,278,823        100,525,915  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      45,129,761        45,958,856  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      70,355,800        83,599,547  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      532,489,792        526,529,110  
Water Resources Portfolio      323,949,295        321,076,743  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      54,676,240        54,018,514  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      10,428,975        9,344,675  

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $ 276,950,935      $ 82,041,648  
CleantechTM Portfolio      10,079,558        5,080,103  
DWA Momentum Portfolio      670,959,703        864,526,897  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      24,488,291        95,895,451  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      16,537,334        48,657,673  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio      44,588,153        41,378,674  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      760,507,924        558,926,611  
Water Resources Portfolio      168,295,074        163,200,200  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      20,411,893        19,374,469  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      4,952,100        8,330,807  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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    $ 79,770,546      $ (6,821,230    $ 72,949,316      $ 496,279,191  
CleantechTM Portfolio      28,989,889        (4,063,619      24,926,270        71,073,641  
DWA Momentum Portfolio      228,259,643        (12,694,981      215,564,662        1,202,571,186  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      27,419,345        (30,605,038      (3,185,693      311,876,296  
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      33,281,054        (20,297,439      12,983,615        152,402,310  
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio                           332,802,749  
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      135,873,198        (21,647,395      114,225,803        1,107,771,207  
Water Resources Portfolio      182,390,544        (2,281,615      180,108,929        616,836,485  
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      12,602,129        (16,309,585      (3,707,456      133,385,057  
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio      5,674,211        (1,310,013      4,364,198        21,993,548  

 

 

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Note 9. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Aerospace & Defense Portfolio    $      $ (12,808,530    $ 12,808,530  
CleantechTM Portfolio      (4,003      11,524,578        (11,520,575
DWA Momentum Portfolio      313,180        (25,108,126      24,794,946  
Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio      11,748,183        (1,356,907      (10,391,276
Golden Dragon China Portfolio      195,715        8,253,942        (8,449,657
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio                     
S&P 500® Quality Portfolio             (4,989,642      4,989,642  
Water Resources Portfolio             32,447,748        (32,447,748
WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio      42,146        257,824,129        (257,866,275
WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio             5,770,372        (5,770,372

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, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders of PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio, PowerShares Cleantech 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® Quality Portfolio, PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio, PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio and PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio:

 

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 Cleantech 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® 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”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary 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, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity 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 is included in the 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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,174.40       0.61   $ 3.29  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.77       0.61       3.06  
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio (PZD)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,180.20       0.68       3.68  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.42       0.68       3.41  
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio (PDP)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,119.00       0.63       3.31  

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       1,175.90       0.65       3.51  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.57       0.65       3.26  

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,123.70       0.70   $ 3.69  

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       1,070.90       0.75       3.85  

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       1,125.40       0.29       1.53  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,023.36       0.29       1.45  
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,133.80       0.63       3.33  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,145.60       0.70       3.72  

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       1,115.10       0.70       3.67  

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, 2017. 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Corporate Dividends
Received Deduction*
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio        100 %       29 %
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio        54 %       18 %
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio        50 %       0 %
PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio        0 %       0 %
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio        14 %       8 %
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio        91 %       72 %

 

* 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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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
   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None
Marc M. Kole—1960
c/o Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    None
Yung Bong Lim—1964
c/o Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief
Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President
and Treasurer
   Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

* This is the date the Officer 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    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable

 

 

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Agreement (continued)

 

period the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement and 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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio;

 

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

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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® Quality Portfolio;

 

 

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    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
   Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          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 Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio          X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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 contractual 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          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          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 Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          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          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          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 WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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.

In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment

Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 11, 2017, 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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 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, 2016, 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 the Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general 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 and 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 ratios of its ETF peer funds and open-end index peer funds, but was lower than the median net expense ratio of its 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 fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement 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.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory

Agreement (continued)

 

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.com.


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     April 30, 2017

2017 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


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

     16  

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

     19  

PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

     22  

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)

     24  

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)

     26  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      28  
Statements of Operations      29  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      30  
Financial Highlights      32  
Notes to Financial Statements      35  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      45  
Fees and Expenses      46  
Tax Information      47  
Trustees & Officers      48  
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement      54  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

Global Equity

The fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, began on a negative note, with global equity investors concerned about economic weakness in China, falling oil prices and uncertainty over the US Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) monetary policy. Central banks, including the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan, soothed investors’ nerves throughout the reporting period with accommodative monetary policies and dovish rhetoric. Other factors contributing to investor sentiment included rebounding oil prices and, in the US, generally positive economic data.

In June 2016, the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union caused global markets to decline sharply, but only briefly. The outcome of the November US presidential election caused US stocks, particularly in the health care and financials sector, to rally. However, non-US equities, particularly emerging market equities, traded lower due to currency weakness and the potential for a less favorable trade environment. Also in November, OPEC agreed to cut production for the first time in eight years; the agreement helped support higher oil prices and energy stocks.

Global equity markets began calendar 2017 with a broad rally that marked the best first quarter for equities since 2013. Volatility was largely absent, and emerging market equities posted double-digit gains in the quarter. Improved consumer confidence and eurozone employment data fueled positive market sentiment, while investors generally shrugged off Fed interest rate hikes in

December 2016 and March 2017. For the reporting period as a whole, US equities outperformed non-US equites, and emerging markets outperformed their developed-market counterparts (excluding the US)—a reversal from previous years.

 

 

 

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PKW    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares BuyBack 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 BuyBack AchieversTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that identifies a universe of “BuyBack AchieversTM”. To qualify for the universe of “BuyBack AchieversTM,” an issuer must have effected a net reduction in shares outstanding of 5% or more in the past 12 months. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 15.96%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 15.92%. During the same time period, the Index returned 16.68%. 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 500® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.92%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 510 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. stock 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 selects and 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 information technology sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The 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, 2017, the industrials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and financials sectors, respectively. The health care sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the utilities and real estate sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Boeing Co. (The), an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 4.63%), and Applied Materials, Inc., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 1.64%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Express Scripts Holding Co., a health care company (portfolio average weight of 2.25%), and Target Corp., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.37%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Industrials      25.3  
Financials      24.5  
Consumer Discretionary      24.2  
Information Technology      12.7  
Health Care      8.5  
Consumer Staples      2.6  
Energy      1.4  
Real Estate      0.5  
Materials      0.2  
Telecommunication Services      0.1  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
McDonald’s Corp.      5.3  
Boeing Co. (The)      5.2  
General Electric Co.      4.8  
United Technologies Corp.      4.4  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      4.1  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      4.1  
American Express Co.      3.3  
American International Group, Inc.      2.7  
Applied Materials, Inc.      2.0  
Capital One Financial Corp.      1.8  
Total      37.7  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
NASDAQ US BuyBack Achievers™ Index     16.68     8.38     27.30     14.22     94.40     9.06     138.14       9.19     148.74
S&P 500® Index     17.92       10.47       34.83       13.68       89.81       7.15       99.55         7.38       109.09  
Fund                    
NAV Return     15.92       7.69       24.90       13.45       87.95       8.30       121.91         8.42       131.08  
Market Price Return     15.96       7.69       24.88       13.45       87.92       8.26       121.12         8.40       130.68  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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PFM    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

 

As an index fund, the PowerShares 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 Broad Dividend AchieversTM Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stock in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that identifies a universe of “Dividend AchieversTM.” To qualify for the universe of “Dividend Achievers,TM” an issuer must have increased its annual regular cash dividend payments for at least each of its last ten or more calendar or fiscal years. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 12.94%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 12.80%. During the same time period, the Index returned 13.45%. 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® Value Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.33%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,050 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the value segment of the U.S. 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 selects and weights stocks based on market capitalization and focuses on stocks of companies with 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the financials sector.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the industrials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the information technology and consumer staples sectors, respectively. There were no detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Microsoft Corp., an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 4.05%), and Johnson & Johnson, a health care company (portfolio average weight of 4.06%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included CVS Health Corp., a consumer staples company (portfolio average weight of 1.35%), and Target Corp., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 0.57%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Consumer Staples      22.5  
Industrials      15.5  
Information Technology      11.9  
Energy      9.7  
Health Care      9.3  
Consumer Discretionary      7.4  
Utilities      6.8  
Telecommunication Services      6.2  
Financials      5.6  
Materials      3.2  
Real Estate      1.9  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Microsoft Corp.      4.3  
Johnson & Johnson      4.0  
Exxon Mobil Corp.      4.0  
AT&T, Inc.      3.5  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      3.3  
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      3.2  
Chevron Corp.      2.9  
Verizon Communications, Inc.      2.7  
Coca-Cola Co. (The)      2.7  
PepsiCo, Inc.      2.3  
Total      32.9  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
NASDAQ US Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index     13.45     8.31     27.05     11.71     73.94     6.12     81.16       7.15     123.08
Russell 3000® Value Index     17.33       8.29       26.98       13.28       86.56       5.57       71.88         7.16       123.53  
Fund                    
NAV Return     12.80       7.71       24.96       11.09       69.21       5.51       71.04         6.51       108.02  
Market Price Return     12.94       7.75       25.12       11.13       69.53       5.51       71.05         6.52       108.26  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.55%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 and 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. The Index is a market capitalization weighted index designed to track the performance of preferred securities and securities that Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Index Provider”) believes are functionally equivalent to preferred securities, including, but not limited to, depositary preferred securities, perpetual subordinated debt and certain capital securities. All securities in the Index are traded in the U.S. market and issued by financial institutions. The Index is composed of preferred and equivalent securities with either fixed or floating rate dividends or coupons, issued by financial institutions that have received an industrial sector classification of “financial” from the Bloomberg Professional Service. Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes securities in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology.

In general, preferred stock is a class of equity security that pays distributions to preferred stockholders. Preferred stockholders have priority over common stockholders in the payment of specified dividends, such that preferred stockholders receive dividends before any dividends are paid to common stockholders. In addition, preferred stock takes precedence over common stock in receiving proceeds from an issuer in the event of the issuer’s liquidation, but is generally junior to debt, including senior and subordinated debt.

The Index may include fixed or variable rate securities, meaning that dividends and coupons (as applicable) may be paid either on a fixed rate or a variable rate percentage of the fixed par value at which the preferred stock or other securities are issued. Variable rate preferred securities are securities that pay interest at rates that adjust whenever a specified benchmark interest rate (e.g., the LIBOR or a T-Bill rate) changes, float at a fixed margin above a generally recognized base lending rate, or are reset or re-determined on specified dates (such as the last day of a month or calendar quarter). Preferred stocks often have a liquidation value that equals the original purchase price of the stock at the time of issuance. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 5.89%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.06%. During the same time period, the Index returned 5.99%. The Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to the Fund’s

sampling methodology, partially offset by 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 6.26%. 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. preferred stock market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that employs a methodology that focuses on financial sector preferred securities, whereas the Benchmark Index includes preferred stocks from across the U.S. preferred stock market, including convertible preferred stocks.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the majority of the Fund’s underperformance during that period can be primarily attributed to non-financial sector convertible preferred securities that were included in the Benchmark Index but not held by the Fund, as well as fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, 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 banks company (portfolio average weight of 6.95%), and Citigroup, Inc., 6.88%, Series K, a banks company (portfolio average weight of 2.01%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Arch Capital Group Ltd., 5.25%, Series E, an insurance company (portfolio average weight of 0.29%), and Barclays Bank PLC, 7.75%, a preferred shares company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Banks      69.2  
Capital Markets      16.5  
Insurance      8.2  
Consumer Finance      5.2  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance      0.7  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.2  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.00%, Series 2      7.1  
Barclays Bank PLC, 8.13%, Series 5      3.2  
Wells Fargo & Co., 8.00%, Series J      3.0  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 6.13%, Series P      2.8  
BB&T Corp., 5.63%, Series E      2.8  
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.85%      2.4  
HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.13%      2.3  
ING Groep NV, 6.38%      2.2  
Citigroup, Inc., 6.88%, Series K      2.1  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.15%, Series BB      2.1  
Total      30.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Wells Fargo® Hybrid and Preferred Securities Financial Index     5.99     7.87     25.51     7.70     44.89     5.31     67.82       5.24     70.29
S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index     6.26       6.24       19.92       6.96       39.97       4.91       61.43         5.07       67.38  
Fund                    
NAV Return     6.06       7.59       24.55       7.40       42.88       4.44       54.40         4.38       56.22  
Market Price Return     5.89       7.61       24.62       7.35       42.57       4.40       53.78         4.30       55.04  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks in the Index that have a consistent record of dividend increases, principally on the basis of dividend yield and consistent growth in dividends. To qualify for inclusion in the Index, an issuer must have increased its annual regular cash dividend payments for each of its last ten or more calendar or fiscal years, and must have a minimum market capitalization of $1 billion. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 17.94%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 17.95%. During the same time period, the Index returned 18.52%. 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 Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 15.60%. 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 Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the U.S. dividend-paying equity securities market.

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 semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry and most underweight in the electric utilities industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection within the multi-utilities industry and allocation to the banks industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the banks industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the multi-utilities and tobacco industries, respectively. The diversified telecommunication services industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the health care providers & services industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included ONEOK, Inc., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 3.26%), and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A, a personal products company (portfolio average weight of 1.87%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Murphy Oil Corp., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Occidental Petroleum Corp., an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 2.13%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY) (continued)

 

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Multi-Utilities      15.6  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      9.3  
Electric Utilities      8.9  
Tobacco      7.5  
Insurance      5.8  
Diversified Telecommunication Services      5.0  
Specialty Retail      4.2  
Capital Markets      3.8  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      3.7  
Food Products      3.6  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure      3.4  
Banks      3.4  
Multi-line Retail      2.2  
Energy Equipment & Services      2.1  
Beverages      2.0  
Machinery      2.0  
Metals & Mining      1.9  
Personal Products      1.9  
Electrical Equipment      1.8  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods      1.8  
Gas Utilities      1.8  
Food & Staples Retailing      1.7  
Media      1.7  
Household Products      1.6  
IT Services      1.6  
Health Care Providers & 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, 2017
 
Security   
Vector Group Ltd.      3.7  
Mercury General Corp.      2.6  
AT&T, Inc.      2.5  
ONEOK, Inc.      2.5  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.      2.5  
Verizon Communications, Inc.      2.5  
Southern Co. (The)      2.5  
PPL Corp.      2.4  
Duke Energy Corp.      2.3  
Gap, Inc. (The)      2.3  
Total      25.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

          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  
NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers™ 50 Index     18.52     15.83     55.40     17.49     123.84     5.44     69.80       5.76     100.27
Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index     15.60       10.91       36.42       14.19       94.17       6.63       89.96         7.89       156.26  
Fund                    
NAV Return     17.95       15.24       53.02       16.88       118.09       5.01       63.04         5.29       89.49  
Market Price Return     17.94       15.26       53.11       16.89       118.21       5.04       63.54         5.30       89.72  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.54%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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PID    Manager’s Analysis
   PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 (Net) (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend-paying common stocks and other securities that comprise the Index. The Index is composed of Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”) that are listed on the London Stock Exchange or the London International Exchange, in addition to ADRs and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC or NYSE Arca, Inc.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes stock in the Index pursuant to a proprietary selection methodology that identifies companies that have increased their aggregate annual regular cash dividend payments consistently for at least each of the last five consecutive years. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 7.19%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 7.12%. During the same time period, the Index returned 7.27%. 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, partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.29%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 930 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 international equity market benchmark. The Benchmark Index also was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the overall international developed equity market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index in part because the Fund tracks an Index that 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 consumer staples sector during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock

selection in the consumer discretionary, industrials and information technology sectors.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the energy and materials sectors, respectively. The industrials sector detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the telecommunication services and health care sectors, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included HSBC Holdings PLC ADR, a financials company (portfolio average weight of 2.75%), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP, a utilities company (portfolio average weight of 1.94%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Seaspan Corp., an industrials company (portfolio average weight of 3.21%), and Teekay Offshore Partners LP, an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Financials      22.2  
Energy      21.0  
Telecommunication Services      13.2  
Industrials      12.0  
Health Care      9.0  
Utilities      5.9  
Information Technology      5.7  
Consumer Discretionary      5.4  
Consumer Staples      4.1  
Materials      1.5  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Golar LNG Partners LP      4.0  
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR      3.9  
Seaspan Corp.      3.6  
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR      3.4  
BP PLC ADR      3.1  
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B ADR      3.0  
Vodafone Group PLC ADR      2.7  
Westpac Banking Corp. ADR      2.3  
National Grid PLC ADR      2.2  
LUKOIL PJSC ADR      2.2  
Total      30.4  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Blended-NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers™ Index (Net),     7.27     (3.21 )%      (9.33 )%      3.37     18.05     1.01     10.60       3.93     56.59
NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Net)     7.27       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A         N/A       N/A  
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)     11.29       0.86       2.60       6.78       38.84       0.87       9.02         4.03       58.30  
Fund                    
NAV Return     7.12       (3.47     (10.05     3.01       15.97       0.42       4.27         3.33       46.34  
Market Price Return     7.19       (3.50     (10.15     2.98       15.81       0.42       4.27         3.33       46.32  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.58%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index, Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective constituent securities. Blended-Index, Index and Benchmark Index returns do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The Blended-Index, 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.

 

  The data known as the Blended-Index is comprised of gross total returns of the Index from Fund inception through the conversion date, March 9, 2015, and net returns of the Index starting at the conversion date through April 30, 2017.

 

  Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—24.2%  
  114,171      American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.    $ 1,608,669  
  4,904      America’s Car-Mart, Inc.(b)(c)      182,919  
  13,251      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(c)      810,961  
  63,231      AutoNation, Inc.(c)      2,655,702  
  17,798      AutoZone, Inc.(c)      12,319,598  
  94,180      Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.      3,649,475  
  193,671      Best Buy Co., Inc.      10,034,095  
  28,062      Big Lots, Inc.(b)      1,416,850  
  13,696      BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(c)      617,690  
  64,551      Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.      1,400,111  
  12,394      Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      827,176  
  30,625      Brinker International, Inc.(b)      1,353,319  
  43,996      Burlington Stores, Inc.(c)      4,352,084  
  117,238      CarMax, Inc.(c)      6,858,423  
  30,420      Carter’s, Inc.      2,799,857  
  233,036      CBS Corp., Class B      15,510,876  
  80,219      Chico’s FAS, Inc.      1,108,627  
  11,023      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      1,265,440  
  17,973      Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(c)      8,527,649  
  10,297      Churchill Downs, Inc.      1,717,540  
  90,285      Dana, Inc.      1,753,335  
  44,164      Denny’s Corp.(c)      560,883  
  17,219      Dillard’s, Inc., Class A(b)      953,416  
  95,632      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(c)      2,752,289  
  172,359      Dollar General Corp.      12,532,223  
  30,098      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      5,459,476  
  45,402      DSW, Inc., Class A      936,189  
  49,135      Express, Inc.(c)      424,035  
  25,414      Finish Line, Inc. (The), Class A      401,795  
  23,521      Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(c)      371,161  
  17,190      FTD Cos., Inc.(c)      343,800  
  6,112      Gaia, Inc.(c)      66,926  
  12,289      Genesco, Inc.(c)      655,004  
  42,858      GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      333,435  
  13,399      Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      923,861  
  352,165      Groupon, Inc., Class A(c)      1,380,487  
  129,800      H&R Block, Inc.      3,217,742  
  110,040      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      6,251,372  
  77,169      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(c)      887,444  
  24,880      Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(c)      1,380,840  
  24,923      Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.(c)      587,684  
  17,072      iRobot Corp.(c)      1,361,321  
  19,827      Jack in the Box, Inc.      2,021,759  
  14,543      JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(b)(c)      71,261  
  9,973      Kirkland’s, Inc.(c)      117,282  
  107,990      Kohl’s Corp.      4,214,850  
  73,331      La Quinta Holdings, Inc.(c)      1,034,700  
  43,503      Lear Corp.      6,206,138  
  17,002      Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      1,873,280  
  513,137      McDonald’s Corp.      71,803,260  
  101,781      Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(c)      3,799,485  
  23,091      Murphy USA, Inc.(c)      1,606,441  
  104,542      Nordstrom, Inc.(b)      5,046,242  
  13,374      Panera Bread Co., Class A(c)      4,181,782  
  23,080      Papa John’s International, Inc.      1,824,705  
  53,554      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      2,555,061  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  15,704      Potbelly Corp.(c)    $ 219,071  
  198,637      PulteGroup, Inc.      4,503,101  
  8,061      Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(c)      473,584  
  19,925      Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.      396,508  
  26,912      Select Comfort Corp.(c)      831,581  
  11,088      Shoe Carnival, Inc.      281,303  
  42,795      Signet Jewelers Ltd.(b)      2,817,623  
  2,954,250      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)      14,623,538  
  20,586      Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      403,486  
  27,528      Sonic Corp.(b)      739,953  
  33,465      Sotheby’s(b)(c)      1,584,902  
  17,021      Stage Stores, Inc.(b)      49,020  
  346,275      Target Corp.      19,339,459  
  33,765      Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(b)(c)      1,585,267  
  62,150      Time, Inc.      944,680  
  101,878      Toll Brothers, Inc.      3,666,589  
  54,427      Tribune Media Co., Class A      1,989,851  
  659,319      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A      20,135,602  
  35,748      Vista Outdoor, Inc.(c)      699,231  
  20,559      Visteon Corp.(c)      2,116,549  
  14,677      Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.(c)      283,266  
  154,711      Wendy’s Co. (The)      2,280,440  
  65,627      Wyndham Worldwide Corp.      6,254,909  
  221,701      Yum! Brands, Inc.      14,576,841  
  15,630      Zumiez, Inc.(c)      280,559  
     

 

 

 
        329,984,938  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—2.6%  
  115,012      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.      10,203,865  
  355,011      Monster Beverage Corp.(c)      16,110,399  
  7,107      Natural Health Trends Corp.      203,829  
  85,550      Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(c)      1,908,620  
  199,595      Whole Foods Market, Inc.      7,259,270  
     

 

 

 
        35,685,983  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—1.4%  
  26      Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.(c)      180  
  24,163      Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(c)      252,503  
  281,150      Valero Energy Corp.      18,165,101  
     

 

 

 
        18,417,784  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—24.5%  
  563,839      American Express Co.      44,684,241  
  613,737      American International Group, Inc.      37,382,721  
  96,405      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      12,325,379  
  137,649      Apollo Investment Corp.      934,637  
  23,009      ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. REIT      553,827  
  34,695      Assurant, Inc.      3,339,047  
  77,775      Assured Guaranty Ltd.      2,965,561  
  53,941      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      3,554,712  
  47,741      Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.      763,856  
  302,437      Capital One Financial Corp.      24,309,886  
  14,427      Clifton Bancorp, Inc.      240,931  
  108,803      CNO Financial Group, Inc.      2,292,479  
  240,531      Discover Financial Services      15,054,835  
  172,113      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(c)      5,946,504  
  25,630      Everest Re Group Ltd.      6,451,327  
  10,649      First Community Bancshares, Inc.      281,772  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  6,915      First Financial Northwest, Inc.    $ 108,427  
  137,115      Fortress Investment Group LLC, Class A      1,102,405  
  354,199      Franklin Resources, Inc.      15,269,519  
  249,234      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      55,778,569  
  231,940      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      11,216,618  
  6,443      HCI Group, Inc.(b)      307,267  
  69,927      Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT(d)      1,140,509  
  194,154      Investors Bancorp, Inc.      2,689,033  
  55,288      Kearny Financial Corp.      807,205  
  61,058      Legg Mason, Inc.      2,282,348  
  141,299      Lincoln National Corp.      9,315,843  
  56,433      LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.      2,372,443  
  84,473      MBIA, Inc.(c)      709,573  
  56,674      MSCI, Inc.      5,685,536  
  28,696      Mtge Investment Corp. REIT      516,528  
  16,739      National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A      528,450  
  61,279      Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(c)      987,205  
  182,332      Navient Corp.      2,771,446  
  19,190      Nelnet, Inc., Class A      863,742  
  41,791      PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust REIT      747,223  
  33,583      PHH Corp.(c)      433,221  
  28,635      Primerica, Inc.      2,399,613  
  48,265      Redwood Trust, Inc. REIT      823,884  
  7,285      Regional Management Corp.(c)      144,462  
  755,147      Regions Financial Corp.      10,383,271  
  25,602      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      3,639,836  
  26,268      State National Cos., Inc.      385,352  
  76,659      Synovus Financial Corp.      3,204,346  
  32,256      TICC Capital Corp.      236,436  
  175,109      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      21,303,761  
  4,273      Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.      454,647  
  118,694      Voya Financial, Inc.      4,436,782  
  2,859      White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.      2,455,709  
  166,016      XL Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      6,947,770  
     

 

 

 
        333,530,694  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—8.5%  
  121,928      DaVita, Inc.(c)      8,414,251  
  376,123      Express Scripts Holding Co.(c)      23,071,385  
  819,041      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      56,145,260  
  232,098      HCA Holdings, Inc.(c)      19,544,973  
  33,836      INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A(c)      1,522,620  
  68,419      Innoviva, Inc.(c)      806,318  
  25,028      LifePoint Health, Inc.(c)      1,555,490  
  14,787      Magellan Health, Inc.(c)      1,017,346  
  11,245      Orthofix International NV(c)      444,740  
  8,459      Providence Service Corp. (The)(c)      372,196  
  28,172      United Therapeutics Corp.(c)      3,541,220  
     

 

 

 
        116,435,799  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—25.3%  
  21,167      Aegion Corp.(c)      483,031  
  49,794      AGCO Corp.      3,186,318  
  37,335      Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(c)      686,591  
  315,874      American Airlines Group, Inc.      13,462,550  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  53,540      Avis Budget Group, Inc.(c)    $ 1,632,970  
  30,596      Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.(c)      286,684  
  383,605      Boeing Co. (The)      70,901,712  
  62,509      BWX Technologies, Inc.      3,073,568  
  24,974      Continental Building Products, Inc.(c)      608,117  
  5,353      CRA International, Inc.      203,093  
  105,242      Cummins, Inc.      15,885,227  
  457,859      Delta Air Lines, Inc.      20,805,113  
  38,691      DigitalGlobe, Inc.(c)      1,245,850  
  18,219      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.(c)      341,606  
  8,648      Franklin Covey Co.(c)      183,770  
  24,644      GATX Corp.(b)      1,476,176  
  2,276,650      General Electric Co.      66,000,083  
  29,616      Griffon Corp.      710,784  
  52,026      Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.(c)      857,909  
  20,978      Hub Group, Inc., Class A(c)      821,289  
  13,841      Huron Consulting Group, Inc.(c)      615,924  
  13,159      Insperity, Inc.      1,202,075  
  16,798      Kforce, Inc.      381,315  
  41,205      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      3,668,481  
  42,381      ManpowerGroup, Inc.      4,279,633  
  59,759      MRC Global, Inc.(c)      1,089,407  
  28,101      MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      2,515,883  
  10,242      MYR Group, Inc.(c)      432,827  
  116,714      Pitney Bowes, Inc.      1,551,129  
  91,439      Quanta Services, Inc.(c)      3,240,598  
  30,406      RPX Corp.(c)      390,413  
  385,484      Southwest Airlines Co.      21,671,910  
  74,640      Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A      4,266,422  
  52,205      Swift Transportation Co., Class A(c)      1,283,199  
  48,920      Timken Co. (The)      2,360,390  
  197,126      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(c)      13,840,216  
  52,916      United Rentals, Inc.(c)      5,802,769  
  502,293      United Technologies Corp.      59,767,844  
  36,791      W.W. Grainger, Inc.      7,089,626  
  37,570      Wabash National Corp.      855,845  
  60,016      Wabtec Corp.(b)      5,034,742  
  4,011      Willis Lease Finance Corp.(c)      91,090  
     

 

 

 
        344,284,179  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—12.7%  
  35,042      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      8,747,534  
  676,560      Applied Materials, Inc.      27,475,102  
  47,665      Aspen Technology, Inc.(c)      2,930,921  
  56,338      Bankrate, Inc.(c)      597,183  
  18,269      Care.com, Inc.(c)      216,488  
  90,853      CDK Global, Inc.      5,906,353  
  99,851      CDW Corp.      5,900,196  
  580,835      Corning, Inc.      16,757,090  
  31,581      DHI Group, Inc.(c)      121,587  
  19,639      DST Systems, Inc.      2,417,757  
  676,220      eBay, Inc.(c)      22,592,510  
  8,874      ePlus, Inc.(c)      632,272  
  40,594      F5 Networks, Inc.(c)      5,241,903  
  134,435      Fiserv, Inc.(c)      16,016,586  
  124,665      Genpact Ltd.      3,044,319  
  12,772      GSI Technology, Inc.(c)      102,559  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Information Technology (continued)  
  49,983      Harmonic, Inc.(c)    $ 289,901  
  83,593      Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(c)      2,005,396  
  17,125      Kimball Electronics, Inc.(c)      295,406  
  102,688      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      8,828,087  
  77,107      NCR Corp.(c)      3,180,664  
  169,763      NetApp, Inc.      6,765,056  
  57,509      NetScout Systems, Inc.(c)      2,165,214  
  182,679      Nuance Communications, Inc.(c)      3,268,127  
  31,051      Planet Payment, Inc.(c)      129,483  
  79,230      Qorvo, Inc.(c)      5,390,017  
  69,936      Rambus, Inc.(c)      875,599  
  30,234      RetailMeNot, Inc.(c)      350,714  
  46,548      Sanmina Corp.(c)      1,733,913  
  15,822      ScanSource, Inc.(c)      624,969  
  387,728      Symantec Corp.      12,263,837  
  64,117      VeriSign, Inc.(b)(c)      5,701,284  
     

 

 

 
        172,568,027  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—0.2%  
  29,273      Carpenter Technology Corp.      1,188,484  
  10,313      Clearwater Paper Corp.(c)      501,212  
  66,648      Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(c)      1,710,187  
     

 

 

 
        3,399,883  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—0.5%  
  19,910      Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. REIT      210,847  
  26,172      Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT      482,612  
  45,139      iStar, Inc. REIT(c)      552,050  
  90,164      Macerich Co. (The) REIT      5,628,938  
  51,466      New Senior Investment Group, Inc. REIT      536,276  
     

 

 

 
        7,410,723  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.1%  
  20,483      General Communication, Inc., Class A(c)      766,884  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,243,917,989)
     1,362,484,894  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  953,002     

Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(e)

(Cost $953,002)

     953,002  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments

(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)

(Cost $1,244,870,991)—100.1%

     1,363,437,896  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—2.5%  
  33,704,628     

Invesco Government & Agency
Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(e)(f)

(Cost $33,704,628)

   $ 33,704,628  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments

(Cost $1,278,575,619)—102.6%

     1,397,142,524  
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.6)%      (34,761,870
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 1,362,380,654  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(c)  Non-income producing security.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.
 

 

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 AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Discretionary—7.4%  
  3,213      Aaron’s, Inc.    $ 115,475  
  14,097      Best Buy Co., Inc.      730,366  
  889      Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      59,332  
  3,121      Columbia Sportswear Co.      176,711  
  1,080      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.      173,005  
  17,919      Gap, Inc. (The)      469,478  
  6,666      Genuine Parts Co.      613,406  
  5,584      Hasbro, Inc.      553,430  
  1,138      International Speedway Corp., Class A      42,220  
  2,172      John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      114,465  
  6,008      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      315,660  
  39,075      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      3,316,686  
  37,339      McDonald’s Corp.      5,224,846  
  1,766      Meredith Corp.      103,399  
  1,462      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.      75,805  
  234      NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A      19,808  
  59,532      NIKE, Inc., Class B      3,298,668  
  2,827      Polaris Industries, Inc.(b)      241,030  
  17,704      Ross Stores, Inc.      1,150,760  
  25,233      Target Corp.      1,409,263  
  5,591      Tiffany & Co.      512,415  
  29,284      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      2,302,894  
  18,584      VF Corp.      1,015,244  
  3,946      Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      213,281  
  15,895      Yum! Brands, Inc.      1,045,096  
     

 

 

 
        23,292,743  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—22.5%  
  87,396      Altria Group, Inc.      6,273,285  
  1,266      Andersons, Inc. (The)      47,285  
  25,654      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      1,173,671  
  9,690      Brown-Forman Corp., Class B      458,531  
  6,267      Bunge Ltd.      495,281  
  1,760      Casey’s General Stores, Inc.      197,243  
  11,438      Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      566,524  
  5,762      Clorox Co. (The)      770,322  
  193,370      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      8,343,916  
  39,660      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      2,857,106  
  19,732      Costco Wholesale Corp.      3,502,825  
  46,076      CVS Health Corp.      3,798,506  
  9,384      Flowers Foods, Inc.      184,020  
  26,056      General Mills, Inc.      1,498,481  
  23,754      Hormel Foods Corp.      833,290  
  841      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      113,182  
  5,231      JM Smucker Co. (The)      662,872  
  15,774      Kellogg Co.      1,119,954  
  15,981      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      2,073,535  
  42,142      Kroger Co. (The)      1,249,510  
  1,232      Lancaster Colony Corp.      155,109  
  5,107      McCormick & Co., Inc.      510,189  
  2,362      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      130,453  
  64,287      PepsiCo, Inc.      7,282,431  
  115,102      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      10,051,858  
  24,266      Sysco Corp.      1,282,943  
  1,695      Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.      63,308  
  1,136      Universal Corp.      83,439  
  5,743      Vector Group Ltd.      124,738  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  48,489      Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.    $ 4,196,238  
  138,374      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      10,402,957  
     

 

 

 
        70,503,002  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—9.7%  
  6,310      Buckeye Partners LP      436,526  
  85,258      Chevron Corp.      9,097,029  
  11,779      Enbridge Energy Partners LP      227,806  
  48,479      Energy Transfer Equity LP      904,618  
  14,483      Energy Transfer Partners LP      346,723  
  95,216      Enterprise Products Partners LP      2,601,301  
  154,210      Exxon Mobil Corp.      12,591,246  
  5,298      Genesis Energy LP      166,039  
  4,876      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      295,681  
  2,820      Holly Energy Partners LP      104,819  
  10,243      Magellan Midstream Partners LP      761,055  
  34,333      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      2,112,853  
  9,468      ONEOK, Inc.      498,111  
  3,073      TC PipeLines LP      186,009  
  724      TransMontaigne Partners LP      31,856  
     

 

 

 
        30,361,672  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—5.6%  
  1,165      1st Source Corp.      56,281  
  18,032      Aflac, Inc.      1,350,236  
  3,966      American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.      94,073  
  3,909      American Financial Group, Inc.      380,385  
  6,921      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      884,850  
  7,657      AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.(b)      122,895  
  2,498      Assurant, Inc.      240,408  
  3,868      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      254,901  
  710      BancFirst Corp.      68,195  
  5,442      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      258,332  
  2,942      BOK Financial Corp.      247,981  
  6,288      Brown & Brown, Inc.      269,755  
  20,923      Chubb Ltd.      2,871,682  
  7,400      Cincinnati Financial Corp.      533,466  
  4,566      Commerce Bancshares, Inc.      250,902  
  2,000      Community Bank System, Inc.      111,900  
  792      Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.      35,600  
  2,864      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.      270,333  
  5,102      Eaton Vance Corp.      219,029  
  2,075      Erie Indemnity Co., Class A      256,926  
  1,777      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      290,113  
  25,395      Franklin Resources, Inc.      1,094,778  
  1,910      Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      168,596  
  496      Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.      49,228  
  18,141      Invesco Ltd.(c)      597,565  
  2,485      Mercury General Corp.      152,803  
  11,806      Old Republic International Corp.      244,148  
  14,203      People’s United Financial, Inc.      248,126  
  3,121      Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.      209,731  
  1,839      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda)      261,451  
  1,974      RLI Corp.      112,952  
  11,608      S&P Global, Inc.      1,557,678  
  7,151      SEI Investments Co.      362,627  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Financials (continued)  
  1,283      Southside Bancshares, Inc.    $ 44,546  
  10,934      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      775,111  
  680      Tompkins Financial Corp.      56,216  
  5,290      Torchmark Corp.      405,796  
  12,564      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      1,528,536  
  2,237      UMB Financial Corp.      162,160  
  3,640      United Bankshares, Inc.      145,236  
  5,445      W.R. Berkley Corp.      370,151  
  1,179      Westamerica Bancorporation(b)      64,869  
  394      Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.      21,985  
     

 

 

 
        17,702,532  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.3%  
  77,625      Abbott Laboratories      3,387,555  
  9,761      AmerisourceBergen Corp.      800,890  
  83      Atrion Corp.      42,919  
  9,561      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      1,787,620  
  3,236      C.R. Bard, Inc.      995,005  
  14,171      Cardinal Health, Inc.      1,028,673  
  102,622      Johnson & Johnson      12,670,738  
  61,901      Medtronic PLC      5,143,354  
  681      National Healthcare Corp.      50,680  
  2,743      Owens & Minor, Inc.      95,045  
  6,440      Perrigo Co. PLC      476,174  
  16,750      Stryker Corp.      2,284,198  
  3,290      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      302,779  
     

 

 

 
        29,065,630  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—15.5%  
  26,875      3M Co.      5,262,931  
  6,607      A.O. Smith Corp.      355,985  
  2,496      ABM Industries, Inc.      107,802  
  2,139      Brady Corp., Class A      83,314  
  6,362      C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.      462,517  
  2,901      Carlisle Cos., Inc.      294,132  
  26,345      Caterpillar, Inc.      2,694,040  
  4,719      Cintas Corp.      577,936  
  41,617      CSX Corp.      2,115,808  
  7,553      Cummins, Inc.      1,140,050  
  5,931      Donaldson Co., Inc.      274,487  
  6,985      Dover Corp.      550,977  
  28,976      Emerson Electric Co.      1,746,673  
  8,091      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      453,824  
  12,993      Fastenal Co.      580,527  
  11,971      FedEx Corp.      2,270,899  
  2,080      Franklin Electric Co., Inc.      85,488  
  13,599      General Dynamics Corp.      2,635,350  
  1,173      Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)      33,571  
  2,515      Graco, Inc.      271,243  
  3,272      Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      150,218  
  15,568      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      2,149,785  
  3,971      ITT, Inc.      167,298  
  5,000      J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.      448,300  
  3,496      L3 Technologies, Inc.      600,508  
  2,952      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.      262,817  
  478      Lindsay Corp.      41,519  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Industrials (continued)  
  13,041      Lockheed Martin Corp.    $ 3,513,898  
  1,448      Matthews International Corp., Class A      99,260  
  1,076      McGrath RentCorp      37,456  
  1,697      MSA Safety, Inc.      132,112  
  2,014      MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A      180,313  
  2,580      Nordson Corp.      323,016  
  7,843      Northrop Grumman Corp.      1,929,064  
  13,157      Raytheon Co.      2,042,098  
  2,010      Regal Beloit Corp.      158,489  
  15,234      Republic Services, Inc.      959,590  
  5,741      Robert Half International, Inc.      264,373  
  9,795      Rollins, Inc.      380,340  
  4,577      Roper Technologies, Inc.      1,000,990  
  2,402      Ryder System, Inc.      163,120  
  6,855      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      933,308  
  792      Tennant Co.      58,014  
  4,860      Toro Co. (The)      315,511  
  36,556      Union Pacific Corp.      4,092,810  
  36,201      United Technologies Corp.      4,307,557  
  2,643      W.W. Grainger, Inc.      509,306  
  19,753      Waste Management, Inc.      1,437,623  
     

 

 

 
        48,656,247  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—11.9%  
  29,608      Accenture PLC, Class A      3,591,451  
  16,551      Analog Devices, Inc.      1,261,186  
  20,165      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      2,107,041  
  1,308      Badger Meter, Inc.      51,993  
  502      Cass Information Systems, Inc.      33,368  
  5,592      Harris Corp.      625,689  
  42,494      International Business Machines Corp.      6,811,363  
  3,488      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      338,057  
  12,700      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      560,705  
  9,723      Microchip Technology, Inc.      734,864  
  196,026      Microsoft Corp.      13,419,940  
  66,351      QUALCOMM, Inc.      3,565,703  
  44,906      Texas Instruments, Inc.      3,555,657  
  11,182      Xilinx, Inc.      705,696  
     

 

 

 
        37,362,713  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—3.2%  
  9,775      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      1,373,387  
  5,057      Albemarle Corp.      550,758  
  2,799      AptarGroup, Inc.      224,760  
  4,153      Bemis Co., Inc.      186,594  
  1,517      Compass Minerals International, Inc.(b)      100,122  
  13,104      Ecolab, Inc.      1,691,595  
  2,261      H.B. Fuller Co.      119,449  
  477      Hawkins, Inc.      24,375  
  3,550      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      491,994  
  533      NewMarket Corp.      250,883  
  14,322      Nucor Corp.      878,368  
  11,549      PPG Industries, Inc.      1,268,542  
  2,935      Royal Gold, Inc.      207,446  
  6,000      RPM International, Inc.      315,360  
  1,992      Sensient Technologies Corp.      162,945  
  4,191      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      1,402,644  
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Materials (continued)  
  2,711      Silgan Holdings, Inc.    $ 164,341  
  4,464      Sonoco Products Co.      233,512  
  1,007      Stepan Co.      85,394  
  5,792      Westlake Chemical Corp.      360,552  
     

 

 

 
        10,093,021  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—1.9%  
  7,140      Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT      819,958  
  3,897      Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT      315,306  
  2,945      Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      719,964  
  3,240      Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      424,084  
  21,032      HCP, Inc. REIT      659,353  
  1,804      National Health Investors, Inc. REIT      131,999  
  6,615      National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT      279,285  
  8,837      OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. REIT      291,621  
  11,690      Realty Income Corp. REIT      682,112  
  4,323      Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. REIT      134,834  
  612      Universal Health Realty Income Trust REIT      42,687  
  1,336      Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A REIT      26,266  
  16,287      Welltower, Inc. REIT      1,163,543  
  4,777      WP Carey, Inc. REIT      299,040  
     

 

 

 
        5,990,052  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—6.2%  
  276,481      AT&T, Inc.      10,956,942  
  725      ATN International, Inc.      50,163  
  4,623      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      126,948  
  183,597      Verizon Communications, Inc.      8,428,938  
     

 

 

 
        19,562,991  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—6.8%  
  10,228      Alliant Energy Corp.      402,165  
  1,644      American States Water Co.      73,191  
  4,176      AmeriGas Partners LP      188,004  
  7,972      Aqua America, Inc.      263,793  
  4,725      Atmos Energy Corp.      382,819  
  2,889      Avista Corp.      116,542  
  2,398      Black Hills Corp.      163,112  
  2,155      California Water Service Group      76,933  
  19,347      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      551,970  
  732      Chesapeake Utilities Corp.      53,656  
  495      Connecticut Water Service, Inc.      26,567  
  13,704      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      1,086,453  
  28,215      Dominion Resources, Inc.      2,184,687  
  31,427      Duke Energy Corp.      2,592,727  
  14,636      Edison International      1,170,441  
  14,236      Eversource Energy      845,618  
  8,774      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      236,021  
  1,557      MGE Energy, Inc.      100,115  
  731      Middlesex Water Co.      27,866  
  3,832      National Fuel Gas Co.      212,216  
  3,877      New Jersey Resources Corp.      156,437  
  21,005      NextEra Energy, Inc.      2,805,428  
  1,286      Northwest Natural Gas Co.      76,646  
  2,173      NorthWestern Corp.      129,902  
  8,971      OGE Energy Corp.      312,011  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Utilities (continued)  
  3,996      Portland General Electric Co.    $ 181,179  
  30,573      PPL Corp.      1,165,137  
  6,419      SCANA Corp.      425,644  
  919      SJW Corp.      44,884  
  3,571      South Jersey Industries, Inc.      133,984  
  44,519      Southern Co. (The)      2,217,046  
  2,133      Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.      178,660  
  2,054      Spire, Inc.      140,802  
  7,768      UGI Corp.      389,643  
  3,725      Vectren Corp.      221,339  
  14,177      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      857,992  
  22,785      Xcel Energy, Inc.      1,026,464  
  577      York Water Co. (The)      21,638  
     

 

 

 
        21,239,732  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $241,169,429)—100.0%
     313,830,335  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  457,845      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $457,845)
     457,845  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $241,627,274)—100.1%
     314,288,180  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (393,095
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 313,895,085  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests—99.8%  
   Banks—69.2%  
  648,879      Bank of America Corp., 6.00%, Series EE    $ 16,786,500  
  1,033,073      Bank of America Corp., 6.20%, Series CC      26,859,898  
  560,928      Bank of America Corp., 6.20%, Series D      14,410,240  
  75,639      Bank of America Corp., 6.38%, Series 3      1,955,268  
  1,058,980      Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Y(b)      28,486,562  
  1,161,679      Bank of America Corp., 6.63%, Series W(b)      31,342,099  
  2,038,606      Barclays Bank PLC, 8.13%, Series 5 (United Kingdom)(b)      53,268,775  
  61,882      BB&T Corp., 5.20%, Series G      1,552,000  
  368,223      BB&T Corp., 5.63%      9,507,518  
  1,849,463      BB&T Corp., 5.63%, Series E(b)      47,346,253  
  448,006      BB&T Corp., 5.85%(b)      11,451,033  
  335,449      Citigroup, Inc., 5.80%, Series C      8,624,394  
  808,972      Citigroup, Inc., 6.30%, Series S(b)      21,631,911  
  1,187,898      Citigroup, Inc., 6.88%, Series K      34,983,596  
  925,610      Citigroup, Inc., 7.13%, Series J      27,129,629  
  411,415      Fifth Third Bancorp, 6.63%, Series I      11,758,241  
  4,409,601      HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.00%, Series 2 (United Kingdom)(b)      118,485,979  
  1,394,724      HSBC Holdings PLC, 8.13% (United Kingdom)(b)      37,894,651  
  416,272      Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 6.25%, Series D      11,280,971  
  808,082      ING Groep NV, 6.13% (Netherlands)      20,775,788  
  175,658      ING Groep NV, 6.20% (Netherlands)      4,498,601  
  1,438,183      ING Groep NV, 6.38% (Netherlands)      37,320,849  
  761,237      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.45%, Series P(b)      19,289,746  
  1,080,532      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.50%, Series O      27,423,902  
  1,177,012      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.10%, Series AA(b)      31,602,772  
  1,268,880      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.13%, Series Y(b)      34,031,362  
  1,279,911      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.15%, Series BB(b)      34,429,606  
  125,837      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.30%, Series W      3,411,441  
  620,709      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.70%, Series T      16,926,734  
  405,534      KeyCorp, 6.13%, Series E      11,403,616  
  315,302      KKR Financial Holdings LLC, 7.38%, Series A      8,150,557  
  207,075      People’s United Financial, Inc., 5.63%, Series A      5,706,987  
  1,619,306      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 6.13%, Series P(b)      47,397,087  
  417,040      Regions Financial Corp., 6.38%, Series A      10,813,847  
  464,960      Regions Financial Corp., 6.38%, Series B(b)      13,088,624  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Banks (continued)  
  513,830      Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 5.75%, Series L (United Kingdom)    $ 12,907,410  
  467,808      Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.60%, Series S (United Kingdom)      11,905,714  
  415,784      SunTrust Banks, Inc., 5.88%, Series E      10,731,385  
  735,567      U.S. Bancorp, 5.15%, Series H(b)      19,176,232  
  1,040,861      U.S. Bancorp, 6.50%, Series F      30,538,862  
  943,398      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.20%      23,358,534  
  447,999      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.25%, Series P(b)      11,253,735  
  1,123,806      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.50%, Series X      28,038,960  
  532,500      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.63%, Series Y      13,307,175  
  921,671      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.70%, Series W      23,447,310  
  1,483,110      Wells Fargo & Co., 5.85%      40,192,281  
  534,082      Wells Fargo & Co., 6.00%, Series T      14,153,173  
  699,755      Wells Fargo & Co., 6.00%, Series V      18,501,522  
  274,311      Wells Fargo & Co., 6.63%(b)      8,199,156  
  1,919,928      Wells Fargo & Co., 8.00%, Series J      50,417,309  
     

 

 

 
        1,157,155,795  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets—16.5%  
  536,109      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), 5.20%      13,515,308  
  548,809      Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 5.95%, Series D(b)      14,795,891  
  439,565      Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 6.00%, Series B      11,353,964  
  543,390      Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 6.00%, Series C(b)      14,888,886  
  918,026      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 5.50%, Series J(b)      24,749,981  
  860,997      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 5.95%(b)      22,136,233  
  355,846      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.20%, Series B(b)      9,529,556  
  266,219      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.30%, Series N      7,179,926  
  404,243      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.38%, Series K(b)      11,553,265  
  634,456      Morgan Stanley, 5.85%, Series K      16,736,949  
  542,570      Morgan Stanley, 6.38%, Series I      15,067,169  
  327,489      Morgan Stanley, 6.63%, Series G      8,812,729  
  669,219      Morgan Stanley, 6.88%, Series F      19,407,351  
  651,683      Morgan Stanley, 7.13%, Series E      19,126,896  
  340,344      Northern Trust Corp., 5.85%, Series C(b)      9,165,464  
  593,080      State Street Corp., 5.25%, Series C      14,886,308  
  314,638      State Street Corp., 5.35%, Series G      8,407,127  
  768,433      State Street Corp., 5.90%, Series D(b)      21,623,704  
  519,856      State Street Corp., 6.00%, Series E      13,932,141  
     

 

 

 
        276,868,848  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance—5.2%  
  456,397      Capital One Financial Corp., 5.20%, Series G      10,720,765  
  863,419      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.00%, Series B      22,068,990  
  434,247      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.00%, Series H      11,203,573  
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Consumer Finance (continued)  
  478,533      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.20%, Series F(b)    $ 12,805,543  
  397,377      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.25%, Series C      10,514,595  
  281,958      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.70%, Series D      7,753,845  
  488,449      Discover Financial Services, 6.50%, Series B      12,636,176  
     

 

 

 
        87,703,487  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance—8.2%  
  794,832      Aegon NV, 6.38% (Netherlands)      20,490,769  
  274,114      Aegon NV, 6.50% (Netherlands)      7,135,187  
  323,034      Allstate Corp. (The), 5.63%(b)      8,389,193  
  129,975      Allstate Corp. (The), 6.25%,
Series F(b)
     3,569,114  
  708,976      Allstate Corp. (The), 6.63%, Series E      19,525,199  
  315,330      Allstate Corp. (The), 6.75%, Series C      8,608,509  
  372,367      Arch Capital Group Ltd., 5.25%, Series E      8,601,678  
  301,396      Arch Capital Group Ltd., 6.75%, Series C      7,634,361  
  227,920      Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 5.63% (Bermuda)      5,561,248  
  241,850      Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 5.95% (Bermuda)      6,675,060  
  444,119      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., 5.50%, Series E(b)      10,756,562  
  293,548      PartnerRe Ltd., 7.25%, Series H (Bermuda)      8,492,344  
  339,733      Prudential PLC, 6.50% (United Kingdom)      8,948,567  
  205,609      Prudential PLC, 6.75% (United Kingdom)(b)      5,417,797  
  277,637      RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., 5.38%, Series E (Bermuda)(b)      7,063,085  
     

 

 

 
        136,868,673  
     

 

 

 
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.7%  
  414,327      New York Community Bancorp, Inc., 6.38%, Series A.(b)      11,352,560  
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,601,242,026)
     1,669,949,363  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.4%  
  6,798,245      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $6,798,245)
     6,798,245  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $1,608,040,271)—100.2%
     1,676,747,608  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
         Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
    
   Money Market Fund—1.6%  
  26,528,490      Invesco Government & Agency
Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(c)(d)
(Cost $26,528,490)
  $ 26,528,490  
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $1,634,568,761)—101.8%
    1,703,276,098  
   Other assets less liabilities—(1.8)%     (30,364,707
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 1,672,911,391  
    

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(c)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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 2I.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

United Kingdom     14.9
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%  
   Banks—3.4%  
  1,051,891      People’s United Financial, Inc.    $ 18,376,536  
  375,850      United Bankshares, Inc.(b)      14,996,415  
     

 

 

 
        33,372,951  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages—2.0%  
  453,403      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      19,564,340  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets—3.8%  
  616,371      Invesco Ltd.(c)      20,303,261  
  242,886      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.      17,218,188  
     

 

 

 
        37,521,449  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services—5.0%  
  630,196      AT&T, Inc.      24,974,668  
  528,985      Verizon Communications, Inc.      24,285,701  
     

 

 

 
        49,260,369  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities—8.9%  
  278,128      Duke Energy Corp.      22,945,560  
  485,571      OGE Energy Corp.      16,888,159  
  624,746      PPL Corp.      23,809,070  
  484,870      Southern Co. (The)      24,146,526  
     

 

 

 
        87,789,315  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment—1.8%  
  301,562      Emerson Electric Co.      18,178,157  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services—2.1%  
  340,026      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      20,619,177  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing—1.7%  
  226,672      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      17,041,201  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products—3.6%  
  960,757      Flowers Foods, Inc.      18,840,445  
  297,264      General Mills, Inc.      17,095,652  
     

 

 

 
        35,936,097  
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities—1.8%  
  290,188      Northwest Natural Gas Co.      17,295,205  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services—1.6%  
  446,799      Owens & Minor, Inc.      15,481,585  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.4%  
  100,135      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(b)      16,040,626  
  128,058      McDonald’s Corp.      17,919,156  
     

 

 

 
        33,959,782  
     

 

 

 
   Household Products—1.6%  
  184,128      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      16,079,898  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance—5.8%  
  689,876      AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.(b)      11,072,510  
  411,792      Mercury General Corp.      25,321,090  
  997,148      Old Republic International Corp.      20,621,021  
     

 

 

 
        57,014,621  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services—1.6%  
  98,773      International Business Machines Corp.      15,832,324  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Machinery—2.0%  
  188,001      Caterpillar, Inc.    $ 19,224,982  
     

 

 

 
   Media—1.7%  
  290,836      Meredith Corp.      17,028,448  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining—1.9%  
  278,414      Compass Minerals International,
Inc.(b)
     18,375,324  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-line Retail—2.2%  
  389,665      Target Corp.      21,762,790  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities—15.6%  
  487,078      Avista Corp.      19,648,726  
  778,978      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      22,224,242  
  254,305      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      20,161,300  
  259,702      Dominion Resources, Inc.      20,108,726  
  585,784      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      15,757,590  
  326,733      NorthWestern Corp.      19,532,099  
  267,355      SCANA Corp.      17,728,310  
  308,607      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      18,676,896  
     

 

 

 
        153,837,889  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—9.3%  
  193,758      Chevron Corp.      20,673,979  
  258,717      Exxon Mobil Corp.      21,124,243  
  400,797      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      24,665,047  
  470,736      ONEOK, Inc.(b)      24,765,421  
     

 

 

 
        91,228,690  
     

 

 

 
   Personal Products—1.9%  
  331,093      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A      18,286,266  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—3.7%  
  374,811      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      16,547,906  
  378,985      QUALCOMM, Inc.      20,366,654  
     

 

 

 
        36,914,560  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail—4.2%  
  851,636      Gap, Inc. (The)      22,312,863  
  357,438      Williams-Sonoma, Inc.      19,319,524  
     

 

 

 
        41,632,387  
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.8%  
  317,134      VF Corp.      17,325,030  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco—7.5%  
  238,751      Altria Group, Inc.      17,137,547  
  264,999      Universal Corp.      19,464,177  
  1,695,409      Vector Group Ltd.(b)      36,824,283  
     

 

 

 
        73,426,007  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $937,432,489)
     983,988,844  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%  
  2,391,801      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $2,391,801)
     2,391,801  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $939,824,290)—100.1%
     986,380,645  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
         Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
    
   Money Market Fund—3.0%  
  28,944,378      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $28,944,378)
  $ 28,944,378  
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $968,768,668)—103.1%
    1,015,325,023  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.1)%     (30,599,819
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 984,725,204  
    

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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 AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Australia—2.3%  
  710,861      Westpac Banking Corp. ADR(a)    $ 18,731,187  
     

 

 

 
   Brazil—0.6%  
  200,238      Ultrapar Participacoes SA ADR(a)      4,441,279  
     

 

 

 
   Canada—30.8%  
  159,568      Bank of Montreal(a)      11,305,393  
  226,515      Bank of Nova Scotia (The)(a)      12,601,029  
  379,644      BCE, Inc.      17,300,377  
  140,830      Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A      5,203,669  
  424,937      Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP(a)      16,729,770  
  359,532      Cae, Inc.      5,490,054  
  163,896      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(a)      13,247,714  
  81,510      Canadian National Railway Co.      5,892,358  
  299,575      Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.      9,547,455  
  327,794      Enbridge, Inc.      13,587,061  
  406,276      Fortis, Inc.      13,212,096  
  72,129      Franco-Nevada Corp.      4,913,427  
  167,635      Gildan Activewear, Inc., Class A      4,700,485  
  157,247      Imperial Oil Ltd.      4,571,170  
  188,402      Magna International, Inc.      7,869,552  
  146,367      Methanex Corp.      6,718,245  
  482,735      Pembina Pipeline Corp.(a)      15,389,592  
  204,298      Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.      6,692,802  
  164,151      Royal Bank of Canada      11,241,060  
  722,511      Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B      15,324,458  
  308,295      Suncor Energy, Inc.      9,668,131  
  461,893      TELUS Corp.      15,371,799  
  217,550      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)      10,244,430  
  278,747      TransCanada Corp.      12,945,011  
     

 

 

 
        249,767,138  
     

 

 

 
   Chile—1.7%  
  192,698      Banco de Chile ADR(a)      14,118,982  
     

 

 

 
   Colombia—1.4%  
  291,797      Bancolombia SA (Preference Shares) ADR      11,523,064  
     

 

 

 
   Denmark—1.9%  
  391,395      Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B ADR      15,139,159  
     

 

 

 
   France—1.8%  
  309,456      Sanofi ADR      14,637,269  
     

 

 

 
   Germany—1.1%  
  90,206      Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA ADR(a)      4,008,755  
  52,024      SAP SE ADR(a)      5,211,764  
     

 

 

 
        9,220,519  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong—3.6%  
  4,122,550      Seaspan Corp.(a)      29,022,752  
     

 

 

 
   India—2.2%  
  88,845      Axis Bank Ltd. GDR(b)      3,487,166  
  28,498      HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR      2,268,726  
  567,061      Infosys Ltd. ADR      8,256,408  
  79,844      Reliance Industries Ltd. GDR(b)(c)      3,453,253  
     

 

 

 
        17,465,553  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Israel—1.5%  
  383,794      Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR    $ 12,120,214  
     

 

 

 
   Mexico—2.4%  
  611,267      America Movil SAB de CV, Series L ADR      9,407,399  
  97,292      Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV ADR(a)      10,010,374  
     

 

 

 
        19,417,773  
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands—0.5%  
  28,247      ASML Holding NV      3,724,367  
     

 

 

 
   Norway—2.0%  
  983,663      Statoil ASA ADR(a)      16,161,583  
     

 

 

 
   Russia—6.2%  
  363,109      LUKOIL PJSC ADR      18,033,809  
  2,638,898      Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR      27,233,427  
  43,814      Novatek PJSC GDR(b)      5,310,257  
     

 

 

 
        50,577,493  
     

 

 

 
   South Korea—0.0%  
  218      Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. GDR(b)      213,858  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden—3.0%  
  3,800,977      Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B ADR      24,668,341  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland—3.0%  
  510,854      ABB Ltd. ADR(a)      12,567,008  
  155,555      Novartis AG ADR      11,982,402  
     

 

 

 
        24,549,410  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom—29.9%  
  721,925      BP PLC ADR      24,776,466  
  185,194      British American Tobacco PLC ADR(a)      12,600,600  
  794,945      BT Group PLC ADR(a)      15,827,355  
  80,462      Diageo PLC ADR      9,448,652  
  1,433,929      Golar LNG Partners LP(a)      32,736,599  
  767,158      HSBC Holdings PLC ADR(a)      31,583,895  
  136,855      Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC ADR(a)      7,224,575  
  279,214      National Grid PLC ADR(a)      18,112,612  
  139,114      Pentair PLC      8,974,244  
  300,250      Prudential PLC ADR(a)      13,328,097  
  510,437      Relx NV ADR(a)      9,836,121  
  438,628      Relx PLC ADR      8,987,488  
  232,137      Smith & Nephew PLC ADR      7,716,234  
  218,828      Unilever NV(a)      11,431,575  
  821,305      Vodafone Group PLC ADR      21,509,978  
  83,097      WPP PLC ADR(a)      8,899,689  
     

 

 

 
        242,994,180  
     

 

 

 
   United States—4.1%  
  34,158      Aon PLC      4,093,495  
  19,602      Broadcom Ltd.      4,328,318  
  8,519      Shire PLC ADR      1,507,522  
  76,701      STERIS PLC      5,660,534  
  264,026      Thomson Reuters Corp.      11,994,701  
 

 

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) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   United States (continued)  
  40,284      Willis Towers Watson PLC    $ 5,342,464  
     

 

 

 
        32,927,034  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $786,147,181)—100.0%
     811,421,155  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—14.6%  
  118,684,850      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $118,684,850)
     118,684,850  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $904,832,031)—114.6%
     930,106,005  
   Other assets less liabilities—(14.6)%      (118,326,025
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 811,779,980  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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, 2017 was $12,464,534, which represented 1.54% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack
AchieversTM
Portfolio (PKW)
     PowerShares
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio
(PFM)
     PowerShares
Financial
Preferred
Portfolio (PGF)
     PowerShares
High Yield
Equity
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio (PEY)
     PowerShares
International
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio (PID)
 
Assets:              

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 1,361,344,385      $ 313,232,770      $ 1,669,949,363      $ 963,685,583      $ 811,421,155  

Affiliated investments, at value

    35,798,139        1,055,410        33,326,735        51,639,440        118,684,850  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    1,397,142,524        314,288,180        1,703,276,098        1,015,325,023        930,106,005  

Cash segregated as collateral

                                682,907  

Receivables:

             

Investments sold

    23,188,952        52,791               4,256,494         

Shares sold

    7,876,876                             3,017,800  

Dividends

    337,194        591,532        4,744,810        2,133,915        2,066,939  

Securities lending

    38,848        329        59,563        25,740        133,332  

Foreign tax reclaims

                                1,028,835  

Other assets

    3,825        1,014        2,929        1,661        1,614  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    1,428,588,219        314,933,846        1,708,083,400        1,021,742,833        937,037,432  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:              

Due to custodian

    1,758        289,776        7,140,833        2,692,670        1,914,128  

Payables:

             

Collateral upon return of securities loaned.

    33,704,628        457,845        26,528,490        28,944,378        118,684,850  

Shares repurchased

    15,675,288                      4,259,982         

Investments purchased

    15,227,407                             3,017,913  

Collateral upon receipt of securities in-kind

                                682,907  

Accrued advisory fees

    560,160        103,097        684,467        343,306        263,301  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    64,501        28,096        96,912        32,980        60,824  

Accrued expenses

    973,823        159,947        721,307        744,313        633,529  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    66,207,565        1,038,761        35,172,009        37,017,629        125,257,452  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 1,362,380,654      $ 313,895,085      $ 1,672,911,391      $ 984,725,204      $ 811,779,980  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:              

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,506,274,906      $ 262,378,179      $ 1,619,932,696      $ 1,003,463,165      $ 1,245,412,417  

Undistributed net investment income

    (60,301      632,531        (93,986      (32,008      3,658,780  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (262,400,856      (21,776,531      (15,634,656      (65,262,308      (462,564,598

Net unrealized appreciation

    118,566,905        72,660,906        68,707,337        46,556,355        25,273,381  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 1,362,380,654      $ 313,895,085      $ 1,672,911,391      $ 984,725,204      $ 811,779,980  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    26,100,000        13,100,000        88,650,000        57,900,000        53,800,000  

Net asset value

  $ 52.20      $ 23.96      $ 18.87      $ 17.01      $ 15.09  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 52.19      $ 23.99      $ 18.87      $ 17.02      $ 15.09  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 1,242,896,882      $ 240,426,214      $ 1,601,242,026      $ 918,336,514      $ 786,147,181  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 35,678,737      $ 1,201,060      $ 33,326,735      $ 50,432,154      $ 118,684,850  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 1,278,575,619      $ 241,627,274      $ 1,634,568,761      $ 968,768,668      $ 904,832,031  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $ 32,368,453      $ 440,496      $ 25,868,963      $ 27,829,795      $ 115,655,114  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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, 2017

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack
AchieversTM
Portfolio  (PKW)
     PowerShares
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio  (PFM)
     PowerShares
Financial
Preferred
Portfolio (PGF)
     PowerShares
High Yield
Equity
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio (PEY)
     PowerShares
International
Dividend
AchieversTM
Portfolio  (PID)
 
Investment Income:              

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 23,663,783      $ 8,098,547      $ 104,001,676      $ 37,040,627      $ 25,585,226  

Affiliated dividend income

    32,485        20,680        27,386        674,228        2,149  

Securities lending income

    228,597        564        811,818        377,726        2,115,917  

Foreign withholding tax

                                (2,165,001
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    23,924,865        8,119,791        104,840,880        38,092,581        25,538,291  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:              

Advisory fees

    7,115,156        1,191,038        8,580,653        4,043,807        2,861,414  

Sub-licensing fees

    1,423,033        297,760        1,621,739        1,010,952        715,354  

Accounting & administration fees

    257,095        55,406        318,476        192,056        130,538  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    59,489        20,007        50,177        27,517        151,147  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    31,560        11,546        34,549        20,887        18,463  

Other expenses

    136,666        68,674        178,913        121,313        140,881  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    9,022,999        1,644,431        10,784,507        5,416,532        4,017,797  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (2,244      (430      (10,870      (1,256      (1,089
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    9,020,755        1,644,001        10,773,637        5,415,276        4,016,708  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    14,904,110        6,475,790        94,067,243        32,677,305        21,521,583  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):              

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investment securities

    (42,037,115      (338,474      (2,171,626      (952,070      (108,859,704

In-kind redemptions

    178,034,517        9,315,233        32,361,833        143,428,330        19,762,304  

Foreign currencies

                                (7,390
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    135,997,402        8,976,759        30,190,207        142,476,260        (89,104,790
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

             

Investment securities

    50,609,710        20,314,745        (28,372,096      (12,049,124      117,088,063  

Foreign currencies

                                (1,236
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    50,609,710        20,314,745        (28,372,096      (12,049,124      117,086,827  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    186,607,112        29,291,504        1,818,111        130,427,136        27,982,037  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 201,511,222      $ 35,767,294      $ 95,885,354      $ 163,104,441      $ 49,503,620  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares
BuyBack AchieversTM
Portfolio (PKW)
     PowerShares
Dividend AchieversTM
Portfolio (PFM)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 14,904,110      $ 28,501,250      $ 6,475,790      $ 7,046,193  

Net realized gain (loss)

    135,997,402        (5,228,193      8,976,759        14,356,466  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    50,609,710        (194,908,268      20,314,745        (13,429,976
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    201,511,222        (171,635,211      35,767,294        7,972,683  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (20,170,488      (29,971,633      (6,990,329      (7,191,272
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    688,393,424        552,688,479        29,541,769        13,765,872  

Value of shares repurchased

    (1,146,787,729      (1,682,571,530      (31,476,117      (71,313,646
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (458,394,305      (1,129,883,051      (1,934,348      (57,547,774
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (277,053,571      (1,331,489,895      26,842,617        (56,766,363
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    1,639,434,225        2,970,924,120        287,052,468        343,818,831  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 1,362,380,654      $ 1,639,434,225      $ 313,895,085      $ 287,052,468  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ (60,301    $ 3,331,080      $ 632,531      $ 1,149,675  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    13,550,000        12,800,000        1,250,000        650,000  

Shares repurchased

    (23,350,000      (37,800,000      (1,350,000      (3,500,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    35,900,000        60,900,000        13,200,000        16,050,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    26,100,000        35,900,000        13,100,000        13,200,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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
AchieversTM Portfolio (PEY)
     PowerShares
International Dividend
AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
              
$ 94,067,243      $ 87,221,748      $ 32,677,305      $ 20,186,708      $ 21,521,583      $ 38,185,806  
  30,190,207        30,926,030        142,476,260        37,918,749        (89,104,790      (123,252,756
  (28,372,096      (9,113,684      (12,049,124      25,751,399        117,086,827        (202,703,610

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  95,885,354        109,034,094        163,104,441        83,856,856        49,503,620        (287,770,560

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (94,148,860      (87,907,150      (32,938,791      (20,340,136      (28,035,512      (39,292,920

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  333,269,773        404,047,155        799,352,925        505,920,545        199,878,965        12,037,214  
  (298,473,329      (260,512,094      (682,576,819      (368,978,245      (111,250,849      (555,136,253

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  34,796,444        143,535,061        116,776,106        136,942,300        88,628,116        (543,099,039

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  36,532,938        164,662,005        246,941,756        200,459,020        110,096,224        (870,162,519

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  1,636,378,453        1,471,716,448        737,783,448        537,324,428        701,683,756        1,571,846,275  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,672,911,391      $ 1,636,378,453      $ 984,725,204      $ 737,783,448      $ 811,779,980      $ 701,683,756  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ (93,986    $ (88,742    $ (32,008    $ 60,731      $ 3,658,780      $ 8,062,597  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  17,650,000        21,700,000        49,500,000        36,700,000        13,650,000        700,000  
  (16,050,000      (14,400,000      (41,100,000      (27,150,000      (7,700,000      (38,200,000
  87,050,000        79,750,000        49,500,000        39,950,000        47,850,000        85,350,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  88,650,000        87,050,000        57,900,000        49,500,000        53,800,000        47,850,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 45.67      $ 48.78   $ 43.42   $ 34.60   $ 29.40

Net investment income(a)

    0.51        0.56       0.51     0.39     0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.70        (3.08     5.38     8.70     5.18  

Total from investment operations

    7.21        (2.52     5.89     9.09     5.55

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.68      (0.59     (0.53 )     (0.27 )     (0.35

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 52.20      $ 45.67   $ 48.78   $ 43.42   $ 34.60

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 52.19      $ 45.65   $ 48.77   $ 43.42   $ 34.61
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     15.92      (5.18 )%      13.63     26.36     19.08
Market Price Total Return(c)     15.96      (5.20 )%      13.61     26.32     19.11
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 1,362,381      $ 1,639,434   $ 2,970,924   $ 2,905,121   $ 418,621  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63 %(d)      0.63 %(d)      0.66 %(d)      0.70

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.63 %(d)      0.63 %(d)      0.66 %(d)      0.70

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.05      1.21 %      1.09     0.95     1.21

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    57      53     68     92     80

 

(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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 21.75      $ 21.42    $ 20.50    $ 18.33    $ 15.81

Net investment income(a)

    0.50        0.49        0.44      0.39      0.38  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    2.25        0.33        0.90      2.16      2.52  

Total from investment operations

    2.75        0.82        1.34      2.55      2.90

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.54      (0.49      (0.42 )      (0.38 )      (0.38

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 23.96      $ 21.75    $ 21.42    $ 20.50    $ 18.33

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 23.99      $ 21.75    $ 21.40    $ 20.50    $ 18.32
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     12.80      3.98      6.54      14.11      18.67
Market Price Total Return(c)     12.94      4.08      6.44      14.17      18.68
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 313,895      $ 287,052    $ 343,819    $ 351,557    $ 296,928  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.55      0.55 %       0.55      0.55      0.58

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.55      0.55 %       0.55      0.55      0.58

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.17      2.35 %       2.07      2.05      2.28

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    6      7      20      21      18

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 18.80      $ 18.45    $ 17.99    $ 18.67    $ 17.79

Net investment income(a)

    1.03        1.06        1.07      1.10      1.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.07        0.36        0.45      (0.68 )      0.85  

Total from investment operations

    1.10        1.42        1.52      0.42      2.03

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (1.03      (1.07      (1.06 )      (1.10 )      (1.15

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 18.87      $ 18.80    $ 18.45    $ 17.99    $ 18.67

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 18.87      $ 18.83    $ 18.46    $ 17.98    $ 18.70
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     6.06      8.01      8.73      2.63      11.78
Market Price Total Return(c)     5.89      8.12      8.85      2.41      11.71
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 1,672,911      $ 1,636,378    $ 1,471,716    $ 1,435,558    $ 1,891,452  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63 %       0.63      0.63      0.64

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.63 %       0.63      0.63      0.64

Net investment income, after Waivers

    5.48      5.76 %       5.87      6.28      6.47

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    8      13      9      30      18

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 14.90      $ 13.45    $ 12.32    $ 10.77    $ 9.36

Net investment income(a)

    0.52        0.48        0.43      0.42      0.42  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    2.12        1.46        1.13      1.54      1.41  

Total from investment operations

    2.64        1.94        1.56      1.96      1.83

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.53      (0.49      (0.43 )      (0.41 )      (0.42

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 17.01      $ 14.90    $ 13.45    $ 12.32    $ 10.77

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 17.02      $ 14.91    $ 13.45    $ 12.32    $ 10.76
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     17.95      14.92      12.89      18.61      20.16
Market Price Total Return(c)     17.94      14.99      12.89      18.72      20.05
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 984,725      $ 737,783    $ 537,324    $ 393,103    $ 322,476  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.54      0.54 %       0.54      0.55      0.57

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.54      0.54 %       0.54      0.55      0.57

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.23      3.62 %       3.29      3.70      4.31

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    49      59      45      51      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 14.66      $ 18.42   $ 18.56    $ 17.27     $ 15.35

Net investment income(a)

    0.44        0.56       0.51         0.67 (b)      0.40  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.56        (3.78     (0.17 )      1.26       1.93  

Total from investment operations

    1.00        (3.22     0.34      1.93       2.33

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.57      (0.54     (0.48 )      (0.64     (0.41

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 15.09      $ 14.66   $ 18.42    $ 18.56     $ 17.27

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 15.09      $ 14.65   $ 18.43    $ 18.58     $ 17.31
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     7.12      (17.53 )%      1.83      11.50     15.63
Market Price Total Return(d)     7.19      (17.63 )%      1.77      11.35     15.75
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 811,780      $ 701,684   $ 1,571,846    $ 1,160,654     $ 877,341  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.56      0.58 %      0.55      0.54     0.56

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.56      0.58 %      0.55      0.54     0.56

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.01      3.62 %      2.77      3.82 %(b)      2.57

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    61      61     66      49     46

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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 The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, except for Shares of Financial Preferred Portfolio, which is listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. Prior to December 7, 2016, Shares of BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio, Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio were 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 and 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 following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

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 will 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 Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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.

Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. At times, BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio has concentrated its investments in the consumer discretionary sector. Companies engaged in the consumer discretionary sector are affected by fluctuations in supply and demand and changes in consumer preferences. Changes in consumer spending as a result of world events, political and economic conditions, commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import controls, increased competition, depletion of resources and labor relations also may adversely affect these companies.

Financial Sector Risk. For Financial Preferred Portfolio and International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, the market value of securities of issuers in the financial sector can be affected by factors such as adverse regulatory or economic occurrences affecting the financial sector, availability of credit, fluctuations in asset values, unstable interest rates, increased competition, continuing consolidations and development of new products and structures. Furthermore, increased government involvement in financial institutions, including measures such as taking ownership positions in such institutions, could result in a dilution in the value of the shares held by shareholders in such institutions.

Variable- and Floating-Rate Securities Risk. Financial Preferred Portfolio’s investments in variable- and floating-rate instruments are subject to credit risk and default risk, which could impair their value. Variable- and floating-rate securities also may be subject to liquidity risk, meaning that there may be limitations on the Fund’s ability to sell the securities at any given time. Securities with floating or variable interest rates may decline in value if their coupon rates do not reset as high, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates, and generally carry lower yields than fixed notes of the same maturity. Due to these securities’ variable- or floating-rate features, there can be no guarantee that they will pay a certain level of a dividend, and such securities generally will pay lower levels of income in a falling interest rate environment.

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.

 

 

 

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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.

ADR and GDR Risk. International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). ADRs are certificates that evidence ownership of shares of a foreign issuer and are alternatives to purchasing directly underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. GDRs are certificates issued by an international bank that generally are traded and denominated in the currencies of countries other than the home country of the issuer of the underlying shares. ADRs and GDRs may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies, such as currency, political, economic and market risks. Moreover, ADRs and GDRs may not track the price of the underlying foreign securities on which they are based, and their value may change materially at times when U.S. markets are not open for trading.

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 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

 

 

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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.

G. 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.

H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, each Fund 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or

 

 

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interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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, 2018. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees. 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, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 2,244  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      430  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      10,870  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      1,256  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      1,089  

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, 2017, 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.

 

 

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

 

Fund

  

Licensor

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    Nasdaq, Inc.
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    Nasdaq, Inc.
Financial Preferred Portfolio    Wells Fargo & Company
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    Nasdaq, Inc.
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    Nasdaq, 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 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 tables below show certain Funds’ transactions in, and earnings from, investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. REIT    $      $ 1,060,094      $ (41,099    $ 119,402      $ 2,112      $ 1,140,509      $ 28,083  

Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 558,707      $ 65,269      $ (58,971    $ 46,340      $ (13,780    $ 597,565      $ 19,853  

High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco Ltd.    $ 14,243,668      $ 17,106,196      $ (12,311,055    $ 1,221,583      $ 42,869      $ 20,303,261      $ 671,513  

The 1940 Act defines “affiliated person” to include an issuer of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The Fund listed below has not owned enough of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer to have control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of that issuer. The table below shows International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investment in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

 

    Value
April 30, 2016
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value
April 30, 2017
    Dividend
Income
 
Teekay Offshore Partners LP*   $ 47,785,546     $ 11,240,245     $ (52,664,729   $ 40,956,179     $ (47,317,241     $—     $ 417,034  

 

* At April 30, 2017, this security was no longer held.

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

 

 

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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, 2017, 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, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Ordinary
Income
 
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 20,170,488      $ 29,971,633  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      6,990,329        7,191,272  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      94,148,860        87,907,150  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      32,938,791        20,340,136  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      28,035,512        39,292,920  

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
Loss
Deferrals*
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio   $     $ (60,301   $ 108,182,605     $     $ (221,349,322   $ (30,667,234   $ 1,506,274,906     $ 1,362,380,654  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio     659,615       (27,084     69,355,047             (18,406,925     (63,747     262,378,179       313,895,085  
Financial Preferred Portfolio           (93,986     65,560,675             (11,280,982     (1,207,012     1,619,932,696       1,672,911,391  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio           (32,008     37,339,844             (56,045,797           1,003,463,165       984,725,204  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio     4,879,705       (58,090     8,508,476       (593     (424,511,766     (22,450,169     1,245,412,417       811,779,980  

 

* 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, 2017:

 

                   Post-effective/no expiration                
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 12,142,749      $ 2,107,645      $ 171,205,751      $ 35,893,177      $ 221,349,322      $ 800,254  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      14,632,363        2,339,194        59,254        1,376,114        18,406,925        1,008,304  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      7,354,935               1,178,343        2,747,704        11,280,982        9,034,558  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      44,815,128        2,187,574        334,066        8,709,029        56,045,797        81,487,358  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      145,514,837        11,745,409        148,412,554        118,838,966        424,511,766        59,472,841  

 

* 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, 2017, 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    $ 815,229,079      $ 821,890,698  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      18,361,972        18,592,660  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      160,984,285        137,002,771  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      491,308,827        488,191,427  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      440,251,574        443,581,070  

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 688,604,297      $ 1,142,814,683  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      29,474,597        31,225,485  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      305,770,453        295,328,256  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      794,712,560        681,864,581  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      199,808,377        111,623,323  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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  
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 147,783,798      $ (39,601,193    $ 108,182,605      $ 1,288,959,919  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      74,839,992        (5,484,945      69,355,047        244,933,133  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      72,959,781        (7,399,106      65,560,675        1,637,715,423  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      55,939,943        (18,600,099      37,339,844        977,985,179  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      51,764,466        (43,255,990      8,508,476        921,597,529  

Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio    $ 1,874,997      $ (133,998,971    $ 132,123,974  
Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      (2,605      (7,792,860      7,795,465  
Financial Preferred Portfolio      76,373        (19,907,823      19,831,450  
High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      168,747        (50,207,085      50,038,338  
International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      2,110,112        41,476,784        (43,586,896

 

 

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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, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders of PowerShares BuyBack Achievers Portfolio, PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio, PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio:

 

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 Achievers Portfolio, PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio, PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio (each an individual portfolio of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, 2017.

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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio (PKW)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,121.10       0.63   $ 3.31  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PFM)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,094.30       0.55       2.86  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.07       0.55       2.76  
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio (PGF)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,030.40       0.63       3.17  

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       1,113.80       0.54       2.83  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.12       0.54       2.71  
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio (PID)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,071.00       0.54       2.77  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.12       0.54       2.71  

 

(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, 2017. 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio        100 %       76 %
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio        82 %       0 %

 

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

The Funds intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. The gross foreign source income and foreign taxes paid are as follows:

 

     Gross Foreign
Income
   Foreign Taxes
Paid
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      $ 21,364,957      $ 1,712,193

 

 

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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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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

  Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee   Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    None

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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares

Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

* This is the date the Officer 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

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable

 

 

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period the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement and 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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio;

 

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

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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® Quality Portfolio;

 

 

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    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
 
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio            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 Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio         N/A        X  
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio            X  
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      X           X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      X           X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      X           X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      X        N/A        X  
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio            X  
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio            X  
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio            X  

 

* 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 contractual 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            X  
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio            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 Financial Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio            X  
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio            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            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio         N/A        X  
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio            X  
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      X        X        X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      X           X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      X        X        X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio         X        X  
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio         N/A        X  
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      X        X        X  
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio            X  
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio            X  
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio            X  
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio            X  

 

* 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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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.com.

 


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     April 30, 2017

2017 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


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

     33  

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

     34  

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

     35  

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

     36  

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

     37  

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)

     38  

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

     39  

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

     40  

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

     41  

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)

     42  

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

     43  

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

     44  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      46  
Statements of Operations      48  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      50  
Financial Highlights      54  
Notes to Financial Statements      61  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      72  
Fees and Expenses      73  
Tax Information      75  
Trustees and Officers      76  
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement      82  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

 

 

 

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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 and 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. These companies may include, for example, companies involved in the research, development or production of pharmaceuticals, including veterinary drugs.

Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of biotechnology and genome companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 10.15%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 10.09%. During the same time period, the Index returned 9.64%. 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 revenue generated through the Fund’s securities lending program partially offset by 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 4.47%. 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 biotechnology and genome industry benchmark.

The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the biotech industry. It is important to note, however, that the Index includes stocks from its proprietary “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 pharmaceuticals sub-industry and most underweight in the biotechnology sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to stock selection in the biotechnology sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the biotechnology sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the health care equipment sub-industry. The pharmaceuticals sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Exelixis, Inc., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 3.29%), and Incyte Corp., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 5.33%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 1.83%), and Achillion 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, 2017
 
Biotechnology      88.9  
Pharmaceuticals      8.2  
Health Care 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, 2017

 
Security   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      6.7  
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      5.3  
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.      5.2  
Incyte Corp.      5.0  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      4.8  
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      4.8  
Biogen, Inc.      4.6  
Amgen, Inc.      4.6  
Insmed, Inc.      3.5  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.      3.3  
Total      47.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Biotech & Genome IntellidexSM Index     9.64     3.27     10.14     14.73     98.82     9.09     138.66       10.08     212.20
S&P Composite 1500® Biotech Index     4.47       9.54       31.45       22.33       173.95       14.55       288.87         14.73       409.70  
Fund                    
NAV Return     10.09       3.53       10.96       14.63       97.95       8.66       129.37         9.74       200.94  
Market Price Return     10.15       3.57       11.09       14.69       98.48       8.66       129.47         9.74       200.87  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.58%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies also may include manufacturers of building materials from home improvement and general construction projects and specialized machinery used for building and construction; companies that provide installation, maintenance or repair work; and land developers.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of building and construction companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.41%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.33%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.15%. 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 that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Construction & Engineering Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 17.35%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 15 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 because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the building & construction 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 building products sub-industry and most underweight in the construction & engineering sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. 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 building products and construction materials sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the building products sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the construction & engineering and construction materials sub-industries, respectively. The specialty stores sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the heavy electrical equipment and industrial conglomerates sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included MasTec, Inc., a construction & engineering company (portfolio average weight of 2.89%), and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a construction materials company (portfolio average weight of 5.05%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a building products company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Tractor Supply Co., a specialty stores company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Construction Materials      20.9  
Building Products      20.7  
Homebuilding      18.5  
Construction & Engineering      13.4  
Forest Products      5.7  
Home Improvement Retail      5.1  
Home Furnishings      5.0  
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks      2.8  
Distributors      2.7  
Multi-Utilities      2.6  
Industrial Machinery      2.6  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
NVR, Inc.      5.3  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      5.1  
A.O. Smith Corp.      5.1  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      5.0  
PulteGroup, Inc.      5.0  
Mohawk Industries, Inc.      5.0  
Vulcan Materials Co.      4.9  
Lennox International, Inc.      4.8  
MasTec, Inc.      3.1  
Boise Cascade Co.      2.9  
Total      46.2  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Building & Construction IntellidexSM Index     19.15     11.18     37.44     16.92     118.54     6.24     83.13       7.49     129.82
S&P Composite 1500® Construction & Engineering Index     17.35       0.81       2.46       6.39       36.33       3.25       37.75         7.00       117.87  
Fund                    
NAV Return     18.33       10.42       34.62       16.01       110.14       5.48       70.43         6.61       109.00  
Market Price Return     18.41       10.43       34.66       16.08       110.73       5.48       70.54         6.61       109.00  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies include petroleum refineries that process the crude oil into finished products, such as gasoline and automotive lubricants, and companies involved in gathering and processing natural gas, and manufacturing natural gas liquid.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of energy exploration and production companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (3.96)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (3.96)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (3.36)%. 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 (1.60)%. 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 another energy exploration & production industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace and because its exposure to the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of that 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 oil & gas refining & marketing sub-industry and most underweight in the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative underweight allocation to the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry, as well as fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, there were no contributing sub-industries. The oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas refining & marketing and integrated oil & gas sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Marathon Petroleum Corp., an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 5.11%), and Delek US Holdings, Inc., an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 2.65%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included CVR Refining LP, an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 1.96%), and Tellurian, Inc., an oil & gas refining & marketing company (portfolio average weight of 0.32%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      60.3  
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing      37.0  
Gas Utilities      2.7  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
ConocoPhillips      5.4  
Phillips 66      5.4  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.      5.4  
Valero Energy Corp.      5.1  
EOG Resources, Inc.      5.1  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      5.0  
Continental Resources, Inc.      4.9  
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      4.6  
Rice Energy, Inc.      3.2  
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      3.0  
Total      47.1  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production IntellidexSM Index     (3.36 )%      (15.32 )%   

 

(39.28

)% 

    (0.24 )%      (1.21 )%      2.00     21.88       4.37     63.57
S&P Composite 1500® Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index     (1.60     (15.66     (40.01     (3.52     (16.40     0.54       5.58         2.37       30.90  
Fund                    
NAV Return     (3.96     (15.66     (40.01     (0.80     (3.95     1.37       14.62         3.76       52.91  
Market Price Return     (3.96     (15.66     (40.00     (0.79     (3.90     1.38       14.74         3.75       52.73  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.77% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.75%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies may include consumer manufacturing of agricultural inputs like livestock and crops, as well as processed food and beverage products; food and beverage stores such as grocery stores, supermarkets, wholesale distributors of grocery items; and food and beverage services like restaurants, bars, snack bars, coffeehouses and other establishments providing food and refreshment. Companies with focused operations as tobacco growers and manufactures, or pet supplies stores are specifically excluded from this universe.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of food and beverage companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.03%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.03%. During the same time period, the Index returned 6.76%. 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 fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period, as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Food Beverage & Tobacco Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 10.43%. 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 another food & beverage industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the packaged foods & meats sub-industry and most underweight in the tobacco sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund’s underweight allocation to the tobacco sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the packaged foods & meats sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the agricultural products and food distributors sub-industries, respectively. There were no detracting sub-industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc., an agricultural products company (portfolio average weight of 2.80%), and Sysco Corp., a food distributors company (portfolio average weight of 5.04%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Monster Beverage Corp., a soft drinks company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A, a packaged foods & meats company (portfolio average weight of 3.51%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Packaged Foods & Meats      46.5  
Agricultural Products      13.7  
Food Distributors      13.1  
Restaurants      8.5  
Food Retail      7.1  
Distillers & Vintners      5.7  
Soft Drinks      5.3  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      5.7  
PepsiCo, Inc.      5.3  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.      5.2  
Sysco Corp.      5.1  
Hershey Co. (The)      5.1  
Kellogg Co.      4.8  
General Mills, Inc.      4.8  
Kroger Co. (The)      4.6  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      3.5  
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      3.3  
Total      47.4  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Food & Beverage IntellidexSM Index     6.76     9.98     33.03     13.53     88.61     9.14     139.89       9.44     191.15
S&P Composite 1500® Food Beverage & Tobacco Index     10.43       14.08       48.47       14.24       94.54       12.59       227.23         13.06       328.21  
Fund                    
NAV Return     6.03       9.27       30.48       12.78       82.48       8.40       124.10         8.71       169.02  
Market Price Return     6.03       9.25       30.39       12.78       82.43       8.39       123.91         8.71       168.93  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.58%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies may include, hospitality industry companies such as hotels, restaurants and bars, cruise lines, casinos, and all other recreation and amusement businesses; as well as entertainment programming companies engaged in the production of motion pictures, music by recording artists, programming for radio and television, related post-production and movie theaters.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of leisure companies and entertainment companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 18.55%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 18.52%. During the same time period, the Index returned 19.44%. 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 as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 21.20%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 45 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 in the leisure & entertainment industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 airlines sub-industry and most underweight in the restaurants sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative underweight allocation to the restaurants sub-industry, as well as fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the airlines sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the restaurants and leisure facilities sub-industries, respectively. The food distributors sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included United Continental Holdings, Inc., an airlines company (portfolio average weight of 5.16%), and American Airlines Group, Inc., an airlines company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). 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 Sonic Corp., a restaurants company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Restaurants      20.7  
Airlines      20.0  
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines      16.8  
Movies & Entertainment      12.6  
Leisure Facilities      10.6  
Broadcasting      7.5  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail      5.7  
Casinos & Gaming      3.2  
Cable & Satellite      3.0  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.1)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      5.6  
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      5.6  
Time Warner, Inc.      5.1  
CBS Corp., Class B      5.0  
Southwest Airlines Co.      4.9  
Viacom, Inc., Class B      4.9  
United Continental Holdings, Inc.      4.7  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.      4.5  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      3.3  
Scientific Games Corp., Class A      3.2  
Total      46.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment IntellidexSM Index     19.44     10.56     35.14     15.16     102.54     10.34     167.50       10.82     237.87
S&P Composite 1500® Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Index     21.20       15.08       52.41       13.57       88.91       11.96       209.43         12.32       296.18  
Fund                    
NAV Return     18.52       9.74       32.15       14.29       94.97       9.66       151.45         10.13       213.77  
Market Price Return     18.55       9.75       32.19       14.26       94.79       9.66       151.37         10.13       213.86  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies produce and distribute information and entertainment content and may include television and radio stations, broadcast and cable networks, motion picture companies, music producers, print publishers, and providers of content delivered via the internet; as well as direct to home satellite services; traditional cable services; and advertising and related services.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of media companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 11.57%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 11.49%. During the same time period, the Index returned 12.29%. 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, as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Media Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.93%. 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 a media industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative underweight allocation to the movies & entertainment sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the cable & satellite sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the internet software & services and diversified support services sub-industries, respectively. The publishing sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the advertising and internet & direct marketing retail sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Time Warner, Inc., a movies and entertainment company (portfolio average weight of 5.07%), and Charter Communications, Inc., Class A, a cable & satellite company (portfolio average weight of 3.46%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Gannett Co., Inc., a publishing company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A, a movies & entertainment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS) (continued)

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Internet Software & Services      21.8  
Broadcasting      21.0  
Cable & Satellite      18.2  
Movies & Entertainment      15.7  
Publishing      12.9  
Advertising      5.2  
IT Consulting & Other Services      2.6  
Diversified Support Services      2.6  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      5.5  
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A      5.3  
Yahoo!, Inc.      5.2  
Walt Disney Co. (The)      5.2  
DISH Network Corp., Class A      5.1  
Time Warner, Inc.      5.1  
CBS Corp., Class B      5.0  
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      4.8  
IAC/InterActiveCorp.      3.0  
Match Group, Inc.      3.0  
Total      47.2  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Media IntellidexSM Index     12.29     6.85     21.99     15.01     101.24     6.79     92.84       6.73     116.49
S&P Composite 1500® Media Index     19.93       11.76       39.57       19.67       145.45       10.71       176.70         10.73       234.65  
Fund                    
NAV Return     11.49       6.12       19.49       14.18       94.05       6.16       81.82         6.09       101.48  
Market Price Return     11.57       6.16       19.64       14.19       94.12       6.17       81.98         6.09       101.55  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.61%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies may include communications equipment companies that offer a broad range of access, transport, and connectivity equipment and devices which span across a diverse set of markets including enterprise networking, home networking, satellite, wireless (terrestrial), wireline wide area networking, and cable (CATV). Such companies also may provide integrated circuits specialized to facilitate communications within a network; software that enables, manages, supports, and secures enterprise networks; and equipment used to build storage networks, which are specialized, high speed networks dedicated to accessing storage data.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of networking companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 30.22%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 30.19%. During the same time period, the Index returned 30.76%. 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 partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Communications Equipment Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 28.40%. 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 another networking industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace and because its exposure to the communications equipment industry, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of that 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 systems software sub-industry and most underweight in the communications equipment sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the systems software and internet software & services sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the communications equipment sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the systems software and technology hardware, storage & peripherals sub-industries, respectively. The electronic equipment & instruments sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included VMware, Inc., Class A, a systems software company (portfolio average weight of 4.66%), and Arista Networks, Inc., a communications equipment company (portfolio average weight of 2.77%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Acacia Communications, Inc., a communications equipment company (portfolio average weight of 1.54%), and Fitbit, Inc., Class A, an electronic equipment & instruments company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ) (continued)

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Communications Equipment      54.4  
Systems Software      21.0  
Internet Software & Services      6.6  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals      5.2  
Electronic Components      5.1  
Application Software      5.0  
Consumer Electronics      2.6  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Symantec Corp.      5.5  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.      5.4  
Apple, Inc.      5.2  
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.      5.1  
VMware, Inc., Class A      5.1  
Amphenol Corp., Class A      5.1  
Citrix Systems, Inc.      5.0  
Cisco Systems, Inc.      4.9  
Extreme Networks, Inc.      3.4  
LogMeIn, Inc.      3.3  
Total      48.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Networking IntellidexSM Index     30.76     12.53     42.48     10.45     64.39     9.77     153.90       10.29     219.31
S&P Composite 1500® Communications Equipment Index     28.40       8.13       26.42       9.23       55.46       4.13       49.90         5.49       88.33  
Fund                    
NAV Return     30.19       11.98       40.41       9.80       59.59       9.04       137.71         9.61       196.82  
Market Price Return     30.22       12.00       40.49       9.83       59.81       9.05       137.77         9.62       196.89  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.88% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. The Index may include companies 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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of oil and gas services companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (17.92)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (17.99)%. 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 that the Fund incurred during the period partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Energy Equipment & Services Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned (2.20)%. 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 another oil & gas services industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative overweight allocation to the oil & gas drilling sub-industry, as well as stock selection in the oil & gas storage transportation sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, there were no contributing sub-industries. The oil & gas drilling sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas storage & transportation and oil & gas equipment & services sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Exterran Corp., an oil & gas equipment & services company (portfolio average weight of 1.37%), and McDermott International, Inc., an oil & gas equipment & services company (portfolio average weight of 2.85%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Seadrill Ltd., an oil & gas drilling company (portfolio average weight of 2.56%), and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., an oil & gas drilling company (portfolio average weight of 3.09%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      65.3  
Oil & Gas Drilling      25.6  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      9.1  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Baker Hughes, Inc.      5.8  
Core Laboratories NV      5.8  
Schlumberger Ltd.      5.4  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      5.3  
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      5.2  
Halliburton Co.      5.1  
Transocean Ltd.      4.6  
Key Energy Services, Inc.      4.4  
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.      3.3  
USA Compression Partners LP      3.1  
Total      48.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Oil Services IntellidexSM Index     (17.42 )%      (25.97 )%      (59.43 )%      (10.79 )%      (43.50 )%      (6.09 )%      (46.65 )%        (2.58 )%      (25.99 )% 
S&P Composite 1500® Energy Equipment & Services Index     (2.20     (13.51     (35.31     (2.38     (11.37     (0.55     (5.40       2.57       34.00  
Fund                    
NAV Return     (17.99     (26.47     (60.25     (11.39     (45.37     (6.71     (50.09       (3.18     (31.04
Market Price Return     (17.92     (26.46     (60.24     (11.39     (45.37     (6.71     (50.09       (3.18     (31.04

 

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, 2018. 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 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. These companies may include, for example, pharmaceutical companies and other companies involved in the research, development, manufacture, sale or distribution of drugs, including companies that facilitate the testing or regulatory approval of drugs.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of pharmaceutical companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (1.44)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (1.47)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (1.04)%. 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 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 6.98%. 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 another pharmaceuticals industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad-based 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 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative overweight allocation to the biotechnology sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the health care equipment sub-industry was the only contributing sub-industry. The biotechnology 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 Medicines Co. (The), a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 4.20%), and Akorn, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 4.24%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Impax Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceuticals company (portfolio average weight of 3.72%), and Novavax, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Pharmaceuticals      63.9  
Biotechnology      27.7  
Health Care Equipment      8.4  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Akorn, Inc.      6.3  
Celgene Corp.      5.3  
Johnson & Johnson      5.1  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      5.1  
Pfizer, Inc.      5.0  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      5.0  
Allergan PLC      5.0  
Merck & Co., Inc.      4.8  
Amgen, Inc.      4.7  
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.      4.5  
Total      50.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Pharmaceutical IntellidexSM Index     (1.04 )%      5.45     17.27     16.91     118.44     14.41     284.27       14.84     415.40
S&P Composite 1500® Pharmaceuticals Index     6.98       7.26       23.39       15.06       101.70       9.11       139.18         9.06       179.61  
Fund                    
NAV Return     (1.47     4.91       15.48       16.26       112.36       13.68       260.48         14.15       380.15  
Market Price Return     (1.44     4.94       15.57       16.26       112.41       13.69       260.63         14.16       380.42  

 

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. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.57%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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. Dealers of motor vehicles and parts, auction houses or rental companies also may be included.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of retail companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 1.92%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 1.98%. During the same time period, the Index returned 2.66%. 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 fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period, as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Retailing Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 16.71%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 95 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 retail industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 apparel retail sub-industry and most underweight in the internet & direct marketing retail sub-industry during the fiscal

year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s relative underweight allocation to the internet & direct marketing retail sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the computer & electronics retail sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the homefurnishing retail and trucking sub-industries, respectively. The specialty stores sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the automotive retail and drug retail sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Best Buy Co., Inc., a computer & electronics retail company (portfolio average weight of 3.48%), and Burlington Stores, Inc., an apparel retail company (portfolio average weight of 2.63%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Target Corp., a general merchandise stores company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Francesca’s Holdings Corp., an apparel retail company (portfolio average weight of 1.34%).

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR) (continued)

 

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Apparel Retail      16.0  
Food Retail      14.7  
Hypermarkets & Super Centers      12.7  
Automotive Retail      12.0  
Specialty Stores      7.7  
General Merchandise Stores      5.9  
Computer & Electronics Retail      5.7  
Home Improvement Retail      5.3  
Drug Retail      4.9  
Homefurnishing Retail      3.6  
Forest Products      3.0  
Trading Companies & Distributors      2.9  
Distributors      2.8  
Diversified Support Services      2.8  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Best Buy Co., Inc.      5.7  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)      5.3  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      5.2  
Ulta Beauty, Inc.      5.0  
Costco Wholesale Corp.      4.9  
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      4.9  
Ross Stores, Inc.      4.7  
Kroger Co. (The)      4.4  
Aaron’s, Inc.      3.6  
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.      3.3  
Total      47.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Retail IntellidexSM Index     2.66     4.42     13.86     8.85     52.81     7.86     113.11       9.52     185.05
S&P Composite 1500® Retailing Index     16.71       19.47       70.53       18.22       130.95       12.36       220.65         12.61       292.41  
Fund                    
NAV Return     1.98       3.74       11.64       8.04       47.23       7.13       99.04         8.81       164.22  
Market Price Return     1.92       3.73       11.61       8.03       47.16       7.11       98.83         8.80       163.90  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.88% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 principally engaged in the manufacture of semiconductors. These companies manufacture semiconductors that serve as the core electronic components of virtually all electronic equipment; make or test chips for third parties; and provide equipment or services used in the production of semiconductors and other thin film products like flat panel displays and thin film heads.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, NSYE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of semiconductor companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 74.96%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 74.65%. During the same time period, the Index returned 75.86%. 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, as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Semiconductor Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 42.80%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 45 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 semiconductors industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad-based representation of the semiconductors 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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s allocations to the semiconductors and semiconductor equipment sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the semiconductors sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the semiconductor equipment and electronic components sub-industries, respectively. There were no detracting sub-industries.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NVIDIA Corp., a semiconductors company (portfolio average weight of 5.39%), and Applied Materials, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company (portfolio average weight of 5.00%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Photronics, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and M/A.Com Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., a semiconductors company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Semiconductors      57.2  
Semiconductor Equipment      40.4  
Electronic Components      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, 2017
 
Security   
Lam Research Corp.      5.8  
Micron Technology, Inc.      5.5  
Applied Materials, Inc.      5.2  
Broadcom Ltd.      4.9  
NVIDIA Corp.      4.9  
Texas Instruments, Inc.      4.8  
Intel Corp.      4.7  
Analog Devices, Inc.      4.4  
Teradyne, Inc.      3.1  
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.      3.0  
Total      46.3  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Semiconductor IntellidexSM Index     75.86     29.41     116.70     23.96     192.64     9.80     154.66       10.55     228.36
S&P Composite 1500® Semiconductor Index     42.80       20.87       76.61       16.59       115.41       9.63       150.73         8.13       152.42  
Fund                    
NAV Return     74.65       28.40       111.70       22.98       181.35       8.96       135.95         9.74       201.04  
Market Price Return     74.96       28.44       111.90       23.07       182.33       8.97       136.04         9.75       201.14  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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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 are companies that are principally engaged in the research, design, production or distribution of products or processes that relate to software applications and systems and information-based services. These companies may include companies that design and market computer applications targeted toward various end user markets, including home/office, design/engineering, and IT infrastructure; as well as distributors of third-part software applications, primarily to resellers, retailers, and corporations.

Strictly in accordance with its existing guidelines and mandated procedures, NYSE Group, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) includes common stocks of software companies in the Index principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential, which the Index Provider identifies pursuant to a proprietary selection 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 26.52%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 26.67%. During the same time period, the Index returned 27.61%. 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, as well as slippage associated with the portfolio’s quarterly rebalances.

During this same time period, the S&P Composite 1500® Software & Services Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 27.25%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization 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 another software industry benchmark. The Benchmark Index was also selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because 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 most underweight in the internet software & services sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance

relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the application software sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the home entertainment software and systems software sub-industries, respectively. The semiconductor equipment sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Activision Blizzard, Inc., a home entertainment software company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Electronic Arts, Inc., a home entertainment software company (portfolio average weight of 2.54%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A, a health care technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.96%), and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a health care technology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Application Software      38.2  
Health Care Technology      19.8  
Systems Software      14.7  
Home Entertainment Software      8.0  
Internet Software & Services      6.0  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      5.5  
Communications Equipment      5.2  
Education Services      2.7  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.1)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Cerner Corp.      5.5  
Adobe Systems, Inc.      5.3  
Electronic Arts, Inc.      5.2  
Intuit, Inc.      4.9  
VMware, Inc., Class A      4.9  
Synopsys, Inc.      4.9  
Autodesk, Inc.      4.9  
CDK Global, Inc.      4.6  
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A      3.2  
LogMeIn, Inc.      3.2  
Total      46.6  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

          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  
Dynamic Software IntellidexSM Index     27.61     17.25     61.21     15.61     106.51     10.88     180.97       12.06     285.73
S&P Composite 1500® Software & Services Index     27.25       18.16       64.98       17.54       124.30       11.40       194.34         11.36       257.90  
Fund                    
NAV Return     26.67       16.42       57.78       14.80       99.42       10.14       162.80         11.35       257.71  
Market Price Return     26.52       16.42       57.77       14.78       99.24       10.13       162.42         11.34       257.13  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.63%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Biotechnology—88.9%  
  245,132      Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.(b)    $ 3,958,882  
  86,133      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      11,006,075  
  132,504      Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      7,102,214  
  64,566      Amgen, Inc.      10,544,919  
  591,536      Array BioPharma, Inc.(b)(c)      5,128,617  
  39,456      Biogen, Inc.(b)      10,700,862  
  125,829      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)      12,059,451  
  205,786      Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.(b)      6,155,059  
  281,891      Exelixis, Inc.(b)      6,314,358  
  161,961      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      11,102,427  
  92,130      Incyte Corp.(b)      11,449,916  
  442,158      Insmed, Inc.(b)      8,157,815  
  478,774      Insys Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      5,386,207  
  138,181      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      6,658,942  
  398,719      Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)      6,224,004  
  405,848      Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,823,919  
  321,696      Myriad Genetics, Inc.(b)(c)      5,915,989  
  142,254      Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)      7,596,364  
  719,285      OPKO Health, Inc.(b)(c)      5,588,844  
  598,468      Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      4,739,867  
  31,126      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      12,092,140  
  189,145      Repligen Corp.(b)      6,958,645  
  97,167      Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)      6,636,506  
  41,565      United Therapeutics Corp.(b)      5,224,721  
  131,054      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      15,503,688  
  986,845      ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.(b)(c)      6,947,389  
     

 

 

 
        204,977,820  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—2.9%  
  221,719      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(b)      6,622,746  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—8.2%  
  102,945      ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      5,571,383  
  708,475      Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      6,758,852  
  304,514      Dyax Corp.(b)      338,011  
  531,971      Innoviva, Inc.(b)      6,269,278  
     

 

 

 
        18,937,524  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $219,566,083)—100.0%
     230,538,090  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—13.5%  
  31,201,422      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $31,201,422)
     31,201,422  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $250,767,505)—113.5%
     261,739,512  
   Other assets less liabilities—(13.5)%      (31,108,684
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 230,630,828  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Building Products—20.7%  
  299,805      A.O. Smith Corp.    $ 16,153,493  
  202,741      Gibraltar Industries, Inc.(b)      7,957,584  
  268,323      Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc.(b)      8,862,709  
  92,057      Lennox International, Inc.      15,225,307  
  142,414      Owens Corning      8,665,892  
  124,220      Trex Co., Inc.(b)      9,091,662  
     

 

 

 
        65,956,647  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—13.4%  
  120,525      Argan, Inc.      8,057,096  
  134,058      EMCOR Group, Inc.      8,812,973  
  147,267      Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.      8,087,904  
  222,985      MasTec, Inc.(b)      9,844,788  
  222,451      Quanta Services, Inc.(b)      7,883,663  
     

 

 

 
        42,686,424  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks—2.8%  
  126,349      Oshkosh Corp.      8,767,357  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials—20.9%  
  440,618      Forterra, Inc.(b)      8,477,490  
  357,496      Headwaters, Inc.(b)      8,494,105  
  72,587      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.      15,982,932  
  354,735      Summit Materials, Inc., Class A(b)      9,102,500  
  141,101      US Concrete, Inc.(b)(c)      8,748,262  
  130,174      Vulcan Materials Co.      15,735,433  
     

 

 

 
        66,540,722  
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—2.7%  
  71,869      Pool Corp.      8,596,970  
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—5.7%  
  305,427      Boise Cascade Co.(b)      9,315,523  
  344,382      Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      8,864,393  
     

 

 

 
        18,179,916  
     

 

 

 
   Home Furnishings—5.0%  
  67,228      Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)      15,784,462  
     

 

 

 
   Home Improvement Retail—5.1%  
  104,669      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      16,338,831  
     

 

 

 
   Homebuilding—18.5%  
  72,380      Cavco Industries, Inc.(b)      8,595,125  
  281,009      MDC Holdings, Inc.      8,714,089  
  7,911      NVR, Inc.(b)      16,702,099  
  701,228      PulteGroup, Inc.      15,896,839  
  243,282      Toll Brothers, Inc.      8,755,719  
     

 

 

 
        58,663,871  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—2.6%  
  339,983      SPX Corp.(b)      8,179,991  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities—2.6%  
  305,427      MDU Resources Group, Inc.      8,215,987  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $299,657,162)
     317,911,178  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  253,639      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $253,639)
   $ 253,639  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $299,910,801)—100.1%
     318,164,817  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—1.4%  
  4,653,236      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e) (Cost $4,653,236)      4,653,236  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $304,564,037)—101.5%
     322,818,053  
   Other assets less liabilities—(1.5)%      (4,822,990
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 317,995,063  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Gas Utilities—2.7%  
  27,189      National Fuel Gas Co.    $ 1,505,727  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—60.3%  
  45,154      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.      2,574,681  
  72,129      Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      1,676,278  
  62,987      ConocoPhillips      3,017,707  
  64,458      Continental Resources, Inc.(b)      2,733,664  
  16,095      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      1,606,925  
  30,807      Energen Corp.(b)      1,601,656  
  30,535      EOG Resources, Inc.      2,824,487  
  26,732      EQT Corp.      1,554,198  
  101,693      Marathon Oil Corp.      1,512,175  
  42,945      Newfield Exploration Co.(b)      1,486,756  
  43,427      Noble Energy, Inc.      1,403,995  
  22,624      PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      1,249,523  
  16,109      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      2,786,696  
  82,826      Rice Energy, Inc.(b)      1,763,366  
  40,264      RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      1,532,045  
  194,617      Southwestern Energy Co.(b)      1,461,574  
  122,554      Wildhorse Resource Development Corp.(b)      1,337,064  
  121,635      WPX Energy, Inc.(b)      1,451,106  
     

 

 

 
        33,573,896  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—37.0%  
  138,538      Alon USA Energy, Inc.      1,674,924  
  71,431      CVR Energy, Inc.(c)      1,563,625  
  144,450      CVR Refining LP(b)(c)      1,451,722  
  69,446      Delek US Holdings, Inc.      1,671,565  
  55,274      HollyFrontier Corp.      1,555,410  
  59,171      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      3,014,171  
  66,221      PBF Energy, Inc., Class A      1,478,053  
  37,899      Phillips 66      3,015,244  
  90,887      Tellurian, Inc.(b)(c)      911,597  
  18,287      Tesoro Corp.      1,457,657  
  44,447      Valero Energy Corp.      2,871,721  
     

 

 

 
        20,665,689  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $55,648,867)
     55,745,312  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  84,512      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $84,512)
     84,512  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $55,733,379)—100.1%
     55,829,824  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—2.2%  
  1,222,175      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e) (Cost $1,222,175)    $ 1,222,175  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $56,955,554)—102.3%
     57,051,999  
   Other assets less liabilities—(2.3)%      (1,291,504
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 55,760,495  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%  
   Agricultural Products—13.7%  
  166,073      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.    $ 7,597,840  
  51,025      Bunge Ltd.      4,032,506  
  72,075      Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.      4,418,197  
  33,403      Ingredion, Inc.      4,135,959  
     

 

 

 
        20,184,502  
     

 

 

 
   Distillers & Vintners—5.7%  
  48,752      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      8,411,670  
     

 

 

 
   Food Distributors—13.1%  
  101,478      Andersons, Inc. (The)      3,790,203  
  108,659      SpartanNash Co.      3,998,651  
  141,581      Sysco Corp.      7,485,388  
  93,702      United Natural Foods, Inc.(b)      3,891,444  
     

 

 

 
        19,165,686  
     

 

 

 
   Food Retail—7.1%  
  226,985      Kroger Co. (The)      6,730,105  
  63,622      Weis Markets, Inc.      3,677,988  
     

 

 

 
        10,408,093  
     

 

 

 
   Packaged Foods & Meats—46.5%  
  162,083      Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(b)      3,995,346  
  69,158      Campbell Soup Co.      3,979,351  
  100,852      Conagra Brands, Inc.      3,911,041  
  221,622      Dean Foods Co.      4,374,818  
  212,734      Flowers Foods, Inc.      4,171,714  
  123,202      General Mills, Inc.      7,085,347  
  68,921      Hershey Co. (The)      7,457,252  
  30,673      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      4,127,972  
  65,331      John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.      4,801,829  
  100,109      Kellogg Co.      7,107,739  
  30,395      Lancaster Colony Corp.      3,826,730  
  197,796      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.      5,134,784  
  49,187      Post Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,141,054  
  65,019      Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A      4,178,121  
     

 

 

 
        68,293,098  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants—8.5%  
  21,924      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      3,976,794  
  51,853      Papa John’s International, Inc.      4,099,498  
  303,906      Wendy’s Co. (The)      4,479,575  
     

 

 

 
        12,555,867  
     

 

 

 
   Soft Drinks—5.3%  
  68,360      PepsiCo, Inc.      7,743,821  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $136,072,020)
     146,762,737  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  81,688      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $81,688)
     81,688  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $136,153,708)—100.0%
     146,844,425  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (23,483
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 146,820,942  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.1%  
   Airlines—20.0%  
  143,725      Delta Air Lines, Inc.    $ 6,530,864  
  79,872      Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,337,049  
  112,109      SkyWest, Inc.      4,170,455  
  126,704      Southwest Airlines Co.      7,123,299  
  97,305      United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)      6,831,784  
     

 

 

 
        28,993,451  
     

 

 

 
   Broadcasting—7.5%  
  109,416      CBS Corp., Class B      7,282,729  
  48,438      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      3,619,287  
     

 

 

 
        10,902,016  
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—3.0%  
  175,491      MSG Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      4,378,500  
     

 

 

 
   Casinos & Gaming—3.2%  
  193,519      Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)      4,596,076  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines—16.8%  
  281,664      Belmond Ltd., Class A (United Kingdom)(b)      3,492,634  
  281,463      La Quinta Holdings, Inc.(b)      3,971,443  
  126,035      Marcus Corp. (The)      4,259,983  
  40,680      Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.      4,482,122  
  75,950      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      8,096,270  
     

 

 

 
        24,302,452  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—5.7%  
  4,430      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      8,181,413  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Facilities—10.6%  
  57,951      Cedar Fair LP      4,153,348  
  234,168      ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.      3,149,560  
  172,816      Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.(b)      4,075,001  
  188,988      Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A      3,930,951  
     

 

 

 
        15,308,860  
     

 

 

 
   Movies & Entertainment—12.6%  
  126,229      AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A      3,824,739  
  74,747      Time Warner, Inc.      7,420,135  
  165,415      Viacom, Inc., Class B      7,040,062  
     

 

 

 
        18,284,936  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants—20.7%  
  70,506      Bob Evans Farms, Inc.      4,705,571  
  187,113      Bojangles’, Inc.(b)      4,107,130  
  52,443      Darden Restaurants, Inc.      4,467,619  
  71,096      Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(b)      4,550,855  
  21,243      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      3,853,268  
  50,239      Papa John’s International, Inc.      3,971,895  
  294,446      Wendy’s Co. (The)      4,340,134  
     

 

 

 
        29,996,472  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $136,240,155)
     144,944,176  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  50,978      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $50,978)
   $ 50,978  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $136,291,133)—100.1%
     144,995,154  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (93,611
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 144,901,543  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Advertising—5.2%  
  163,114      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)    $ 3,844,597  
  46,887      Omnicom Group, Inc.      3,850,360  
     

 

 

 
        7,694,957  
     

 

 

 
   Broadcasting—21.0%  
  66,864      AMC Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      3,990,443  
  110,624      CBS Corp., Class B      7,363,133  
  135,633      Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      3,903,518  
  189,363      E.W. Scripps Co. (The), Class A(b)      4,219,008  
  57,572      Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A      3,972,468  
  48,975      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A      3,659,412  
  100,535      Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A      3,966,106  
     

 

 

 
        31,074,088  
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—18.2%  
  22,612      Charter Communications, Inc.,
Class A(b)
     7,804,758  
  118,487      DISH Network Corp., Class A(b)      7,635,303  
  177,438      MSG Networks, Inc., Class A(b)      4,427,078  
  1,446,856      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      7,161,937  
     

 

 

 
        27,029,076  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Support Services—2.6%  
  83,533      Viad Corp.      3,775,692  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—21.8%  
  54,194      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      8,142,648  
  53,808      IAC/InterActiveCorp.(b)      4,466,602  
  238,310      Match Group, Inc.(b)      4,439,715  
  76,652      Shutterstock, Inc.(b)      3,313,666  
  161,541      Yahoo!, Inc.(b)      7,787,892  
  119,546      Yelp, Inc., Class A(b)      4,233,124  
     

 

 

 
        32,383,647  
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—2.6%  
  135,086      Acxiom Corp.(b)      3,903,985  
     

 

 

 
   Movies & Entertainment—15.7%  
  121,654      Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A(b)      4,125,287  
  75,578      Time Warner, Inc.      7,502,628  
  91,226      Viacom, Inc., Class B      3,882,579  
  66,850      Walt Disney Co. (The)      7,727,860  
     

 

 

 
        23,238,354  
     

 

 

 
   Publishing—12.9%  
  75,422      John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A      3,974,739  
  63,060      Meredith Corp.      3,692,163  
  271,270      New York Times Co. (The), Class A      3,919,852  
  302,207      News Corp., Class A      3,844,073  
  85,699      Scholastic Corp.      3,704,768  
     

 

 

 
        19,135,595  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $137,371,023)
     148,235,394  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  113,996      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c) (Cost $113,996)    $ 113,996  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $137,485,019)—100.1%
     148,349,390  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (119,034
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 148,230,356  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%  
   Application Software—5.0%  
  16,142      Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 1,306,533  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—54.4%   
  11,095      Acacia Communications, Inc.(b)(c)      508,595  
  32,810      ADTRAN, Inc.      656,200  
  5,971      Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      833,791  
  26,800      ARRIS International PLC(b)      696,532  
  27,395      Ciena Corp.(b)      627,620  
  37,903      Cisco Systems, Inc.      1,291,355  
  18,658      CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      784,382  
  113,146      Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      884,236  
  4,880      F5 Networks, Inc.(b)      630,154  
  20,609      Finisar Corp.(b)      470,710  
  8,016      InterDigital, Inc.      720,638  
  24,754      Juniper Networks, Inc.      744,353  
  14,451      Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(b)      617,780  
  16,258      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      1,397,700  
  12,785      NETGEAR, Inc.(b)      602,813  
  18,742      NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)      705,636  
  73,848      Oclaro, Inc.(b)(c)      591,523  
  13,064      Plantronics, Inc.      713,294  
  14,386      Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.(b)      741,167  
     

 

 

 
        14,218,479  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Electronics—2.6%  
  13,454      Garmin Ltd.      684,001  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Components—5.1%  
  18,440      Amphenol Corp., Class A      1,333,396  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—6.6%  
  7,625      LogMeIn, Inc.      861,625  
  35,634      Mimecast Ltd.(b)      861,274  
     

 

 

 
        1,722,899  
     

 

 

 
   Systems Software—21.0%  
  12,927      Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Israel)(b)      1,344,537  
  18,904      Fortinet, Inc.(b)      737,256  
  8,655      Proofpoint, Inc.(b)      652,328  
  45,145      Symantec Corp.      1,427,936  
  14,219      VMware, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      1,338,292  
     

 

 

 
        5,500,349  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—5.2%  
  9,450      Apple, Inc.      1,357,493  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $22,930,088)
     26,123,150  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.3%  
  69,451      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d) (Cost $69,451)      69,451  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $22,999,539)—100.2%
     26,192,601  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—7.0%   
  1,830,776      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e) (Cost $1,830,776)    $ 1,830,776  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $24,830,315)—107.2%
     28,023,377  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.2)%      (1,878,293
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 26,145,084  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Oil & Gas Drilling—25.6%  
  98,926      Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(b)    $ 774,591  
  61,480      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(b)      886,542  
  102,023      Ensco PLC, Class A      804,962  
  28,675      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      1,738,852  
  71,212      Nabors Industries Ltd.      736,332  
  39,008      Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      844,328  
  57,748      Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A(b)      812,514  
  522,034      Seadrill Ltd. (United Kingdom)(b)      360,099  
  137,778      Transocean Ltd.(b)      1,519,691  
     

 

 

 
        8,477,911  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—65.3%  
  61,381      Archrock Partners LP      1,003,579  
  77,363      Archrock, Inc.      912,883  
  32,881      Baker Hughes, Inc.      1,952,145  
  26,913      Basic Energy Services, Inc.(b)      731,226  
  17,407      Core Laboratories NV      1,929,044  
  16,720      Dril-Quip, Inc.(b)      861,916  
  34,375      Exterran Corp.(b)      940,844  
  50,611      Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      855,326  
  37,063      Halliburton Co.      1,700,451  
  61,606      Key Energy Services, Inc.(b)(c)      1,458,830  
  49,941      Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.(b)      963,861  
  140,022      McDermott International, Inc.(b)      915,744  
  49,645      National Oilwell Varco, Inc.      1,736,086  
  37,998      Oceaneering International, Inc.      1,002,767  
  30,472      Oil States International, Inc.(b)      906,542  
  54,224      RPC, Inc.(c)      985,250  
  24,504      Schlumberger Ltd.      1,778,745  
  61,210      USA Compression Partners LP(c)      1,025,268  
     

 

 

 
        21,660,507  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—9.1%  
  249,518      Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (Monaco)      1,097,879  
  103,013      Teekay Corp. (Bermuda)(c)      894,153  
  192,729      Teekay Offshore Partners LP(c)      1,023,391  
     

 

 

 
        3,015,423  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $38,221,551)
     33,153,841  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  49,691      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $49,691)
     49,691  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $38,271,242)—100.1%
     33,203,532  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—12.0%   
  3,984,750      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $3,984,750)
   $ 3,984,750  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments (Cost $42,255,992)—112.1%      37,188,282  
   Other assets less liabilities—(12.1)%      (4,014,708
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 33,173,574  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Biotechnology—27.7%  
  222,259      Amgen, Inc.    $ 36,299,340  
  108,661      Biogen, Inc.(b)      29,469,950  
  323,746      Celgene Corp.(b)      40,160,691  
  557,528      Gilead Sciences, Inc.      38,218,544  
  2,250,200      Heron Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      34,540,570  
  300,856      Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      33,446,162  
     

 

 

 
        212,135,257  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—8.4%  
  681,509      Abbott Laboratories      29,741,053  
  614,005      Baxter International, Inc.      34,187,798  
     

 

 

 
        63,928,851  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—63.9%  
  1,433,751      Akorn, Inc.(b)      47,958,971  
  156,565      Allergan PLC      38,179,941  
  693,476      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      38,869,330  
  1,838,396      Depomed, Inc.(b)      22,042,368  
  374,810      Eli Lilly & Co.      30,756,909  
  2,148,626      Impax Laboratories, Inc.(b)      30,188,195  
  317,792      Johnson & Johnson      39,237,778  
  1,313,802      Lannett Co., Inc.(b)(c)      34,158,852  
  596,847      Medicines Co. (The)(b)(c)      29,436,494  
  587,317      Merck & Co., Inc.      36,607,469  
  730,926      Mylan NV(b)      27,300,086  
  368,036      Perrigo Co. PLC      27,212,582  
  1,135,500      Pfizer, Inc.      38,516,160  
  538,461      Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)      30,913,046  
  1,866,116      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(b)      17,261,573  
     

 

 

 
        488,639,754  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks (Cost $820,510,384)      764,703,862  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  48,140      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d) (Cost $48,140)      48,140  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan) (Cost $820,558,524)—100.0%
     764,752,002  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—8.6%  
  65,681,100      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $65,681,100)
     65,681,100  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $886,239,624)—108.6%
     830,433,102  
   Other assets less liabilities—(8.6)%      (65,524,631
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 764,908,471  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Apparel Retail—16.0%  
  4,512      Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)    $ 446,327  
  26,661      Chico’s FAS, Inc.      368,455  
  3,924      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      450,475  
  23,002      Francesca’s Holdings Corp.(b)      362,972  
  10,444      Ross Stores, Inc.      678,860  
     

 

 

 
        2,307,089  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive Retail—12.0%  
  5,852      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.(b)      358,143  
  11,415      Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A      352,952  
  4,857      Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      334,890  
  7,537      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.      359,590  
  17,047      Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A      334,121  
     

 

 

 
        1,739,696  
     

 

 

 
   Computer & Electronics Retail—5.7%  
  15,939      Best Buy Co., Inc.      825,800  
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—2.8%  
  3,351      Pool Corp.      400,847  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Support Services—2.8%  
  12,970      Copart, Inc.(b)      400,773  
     

 

 

 
   Drug Retail—4.9%   
  8,119      Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.      702,618  
     

 

 

 
   Food Retail—14.7%  
  8,084      Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A      377,523  
  21,412      Kroger Co. (The)      634,866  
  26,209      Smart & Final Stores, Inc.(b)      309,266  
  6,002      Weis Markets, Inc.      346,975  
  12,368      Whole Foods Market, Inc.      449,824  
     

 

 

 
        2,118,454  
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—3.0%  
  14,244      Boise Cascade Co.(b)      434,442  
     

 

 

 
   General Merchandise Stores—5.9%  
  7,502      Big Lots, Inc.      378,776  
  12,448      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(b)      476,758  
     

 

 

 
        855,534  
     

 

 

 
   Home Improvement Retail—5.3%  
  4,881      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      761,924  
     

 

 

 
   Homefurnishing Retail—3.6%  
  14,311      Aaron’s, Inc.      514,337  
     

 

 

 
   Hypermarkets & Super Centers—12.7%  
  4,017      Costco Wholesale Corp.      713,098  
  4,305      PriceSmart, Inc.      374,320  
  9,906      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      744,733  
     

 

 

 
        1,832,151  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Stores—7.7%  
  4,269      Tiffany & Co.      391,254  
  2,573      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)      724,145  
     

 

 

 
        1,115,399  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Trading Companies & Distributors—2.9%  
  10,921      Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A(b)    $ 412,268  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $13,543,180)
     14,421,332  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.4%  
  58,040      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $58,040)
     58,040  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $13,601,220)—100.4%
     14,479,372  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.4)%      (50,736
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 14,428,636  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Electronic Components—2.4%  
  316,872      Knowles Corp.(b)    $ 5,618,140  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—40.4%  
  97,646      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      7,206,275  
  593,153      Amkor Technology, Inc.(b)      6,987,342  
  305,242      Applied Materials, Inc.      12,395,878  
  280,025      Brooks Automation, Inc.      7,073,431  
  276,807      Entegris, Inc.(b)      6,864,814  
  66,963      KLA-Tencor Corp.      6,577,106  
  292,393      Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (Singapore)(b)      6,526,212  
  93,759      Lam Research Corp.      13,580,991  
  89,458      MKS Instruments, Inc.      7,000,088  
  217,745      Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      6,870,943  
  275,530      Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(b)      6,750,485  
  207,106      Teradyne, Inc.      7,304,629  
     

 

 

 
        95,138,194  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors—57.2%  
  420,429      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      5,591,706  
  135,239      Analog Devices, Inc.      10,305,212  
  52,411      Broadcom Ltd.      11,572,873  
  108,472      Cirrus Logic, Inc.(b)      6,980,173  
  305,065      Intel Corp.      11,028,100  
  376,047      Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)      5,648,226  
  134,204      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      5,925,107  
  82,801      Microchip Technology, Inc.      6,258,100  
  470,081      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      13,007,141  
  68,273      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.      6,246,979  
  109,845      NVIDIA Corp.      11,456,833  
  385,426      ON Semiconductor Corp.(b)      5,465,341  
  91,281      Power Integrations, Inc.      6,019,982  
  173,254      Semtech Corp.(b)      5,916,624  
  82,877      Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(b)      5,896,698  
  63,166      Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      6,300,177  
  143,083      Texas Instruments, Inc.      11,329,312  
     

 

 

 
        134,948,584  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $191,229,166)
     235,704,918  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  95,816      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $95,816)
     95,816  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $191,324,982)—100.0%
     235,800,734  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (101,946
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 235,698,788  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.1%  
   Application Software—38.2%  
  40,439      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 5,408,312  
  45,114      Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)      2,774,060  
  55,171      Autodesk, Inc.(b)      4,969,252  
  85,157      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      2,773,563  
  72,414      CDK Global, Inc.      4,707,634  
  20,016      Fair Isaac Corp.      2,711,768  
  39,813      Intuit, Inc.      4,984,986  
  47,945      PTC, Inc.(b)      2,591,427  
  77,778      RealPage, Inc.(b)      2,881,675  
  67,473      Synopsys, Inc.(b)      4,972,760  
     

 

 

 
        38,775,437  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—5.2%  
  29,853      InterDigital, Inc.      2,683,785  
  69,804      NetScout Systems, Inc.(b)      2,628,120  
     

 

 

 
        5,311,905  
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—5.5%  
  68,347      Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., Class A(b)      2,829,566  
  27,929      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      2,706,879  
     

 

 

 
        5,536,445  
     

 

 

 
   Education Services—2.7%  
  146,105      K12, Inc.(b)      2,754,079  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology—19.8%  
  86,756      Cerner Corp.(b)      5,617,451  
  107,999      HealthStream, Inc.(b)      3,001,292  
  225,959      Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      2,767,998  
  46,507      Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)      3,042,953  
  169,214      Quality Systems, Inc.(b)      2,412,992  
  60,145      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      3,224,975  
     

 

 

 
        20,067,661  
     

 

 

 
   Home Entertainment Software—8.0%  
  55,457      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      5,258,433  
  45,309      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      2,847,670  
     

 

 

 
        8,106,103  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—6.0%  
  28,398      LogMeIn, Inc.      3,208,974  
  102,588      MINDBODY, Inc., Class A(b)      2,908,370  
     

 

 

 
        6,117,344  
     

 

 

 
   Systems Software—14.7%  
  111,632      Barracuda Networks, Inc.(b)      2,269,478  
  51,244      CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)      2,585,260  
  90,446      Progress Software Corp.      2,688,055  
  32,232      Proofpoint, Inc.(b)      2,429,326  
  52,958      VMware, Inc., Class A(b)      4,984,407  
     

 

 

 
        14,956,526  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $89,402,442)
     101,625,500  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  24,343      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $24,343)
   $ 24,343  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $89,426,785)—100.1%
     101,649,843  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (104,473
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 101,545,370  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

    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)

  $ 230,538,090      $ 317,911,178      $ 55,745,312      $ 146,762,737      $ 144,944,176  

Affiliated investments, at value

    31,201,422        4,906,875        1,306,687        81,688        50,978  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    261,739,512        322,818,053        57,051,999        146,844,425        144,995,154  

Receivables:

             

Securities lending

    361,716        2,849        7,848                

Dividends

    25        42,123        42        104,475        28,945  

Investments sold

                                 

Expenses absorbed

                                 

Shares sold

                                243  

Other assets

    988        690        710        1,029        808  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    262,102,241        322,863,715        57,060,599        146,949,929        145,025,150  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:              

Due to custodian

    91,804        744                       

Payables:

             

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    31,201,422        4,653,236        1,222,175                

Shares repurchased

                                 

Expenses recaptured

           1,712                       

Accrued advisory fees

    94,362        125,411        17,283        60,280        56,802  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    29,644        18,913        21,046        25,324        19,745  

Accrued expenses

    54,181        68,636        39,600        43,383        47,060  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    31,471,413        4,868,652        1,300,104        128,987        123,607  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 230,630,828      $ 317,995,063      $ 55,760,495      $ 146,820,942      $ 144,901,543  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:              

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 425,491,366      $ 328,224,359      $ 167,480,483      $ 210,444,679      $ 181,331,374  

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    839,252        (17,802      308,344        (24,151      85,767  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (206,671,797      (28,465,510      (112,124,777      (74,290,303      (45,219,619

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    10,972,007        18,254,016        96,445        10,690,717        8,704,021  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 230,630,828      $ 317,995,063      $ 55,760,495      $ 146,820,942      $ 144,901,543  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    5,350,000        10,750,000        2,750,000        4,350,000        3,450,000  

Net asset value

  $ 43.11      $ 29.58      $ 20.28      $ 33.75      $ 42.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 43.13      $ 29.60      $ 20.28      $ 33.74      $ 42.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 219,566,083      $ 299,657,162      $ 55,648,867      $ 136,072,020      $ 136,240,155  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 31,201,422      $ 4,906,875      $ 1,306,687      $ 81,688      $ 50,978  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 250,767,505      $ 304,564,037      $ 56,955,554      $ 136,153,708      $ 136,291,133  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $ 29,847,925      $ 4,451,290      $ 1,186,669      $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
 
                 
$ 148,235,394      $ 26,123,150      $ 33,153,841      $ 764,703,862      $ 14,421,332      $ 235,704,918      $ 101,625,500  
  113,996        1,900,227        4,034,441        65,729,240        58,040        95,816        24,343  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  148,349,390        28,023,377        37,188,282        830,433,102        14,479,372        235,800,734        101,649,843  
                 
         11,942        6,070        199,182                       
  12,915        29        8,165        458,672        1,599        72,191        22  
                32,135        3,031,804                       
                              525                
                                             
  730        633        668        2,290        634        674        709  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  148,363,035        28,035,981        37,235,320        834,125,050        14,482,130        235,873,599        101,650,574  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
                                             
                 
         1,830,776        3,984,750        65,681,100                       
                       3,032,745                       
                                     7,634         
  65,734        4,488        11,671        312,311               92,165        40,477  
  21,435        17,546        26,345        45,246        16,750        17,625        18,313  
  45,510        38,087        38,980        145,177        36,744        57,387        46,414  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  132,679        1,890,897        4,061,746        69,216,579        53,494        174,811        105,204  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 148,230,356      $ 26,145,084      $ 33,173,574      $ 764,908,471      $ 14,428,636      $ 235,698,788      $ 101,545,370  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
$ 214,735,022      $ 57,418,605      $ 240,896,057      $ 1,038,456,782      $ 36,551,185      $ 223,089,006      $ 113,591,531  
  60,240        121,195        (25,435      747,015        (9,481      31,204        (103,946
  (77,429,277      (34,587,778      (202,629,338      (218,488,804      (22,991,220      (31,897,174      (24,165,273
  10,864,371        3,193,062        (5,067,710      (55,806,522      878,152        44,475,752        12,223,058  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 148,230,356      $ 26,145,084      $ 33,173,574      $ 764,908,471      $ 14,428,636      $ 235,698,788      $ 101,545,370  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,300,000        600,000        3,100,000        12,600,000        400,000        5,550,000        1,900,000  
$ 27.97      $ 43.58      $ 10.70      $ 60.71      $ 36.07      $ 42.47      $ 53.44  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 27.98      $ 43.59      $ 10.70      $ 60.71      $ 36.05      $ 42.51      $ 53.39  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 137,371,023      $ 22,930,088      $ 38,221,551      $ 820,510,384      $ 13,543,180      $ 191,229,166      $ 89,402,442  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 113,996      $ 1,900,227      $ 4,034,441      $ 65,729,240      $ 58,040      $ 95,816      $ 24,343  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 137,485,019      $ 24,830,315      $ 42,255,992      $ 886,239,624      $ 13,601,220      $ 191,324,982      $ 89,426,785  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$      $ 1,776,697      $ 3,810,878      $ 64,196,201      $      $      $  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

  47  

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2017

 

    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

  $ 647,546      $ 1,354,079      $ 1,079,854      $ 2,885,742      $ 1,818,452  

Affiliated dividend income

    422        423        682        539        401  

Securities lending income

    2,797,911        7,208        166,703                

Foreign withholding tax

                                 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    3,445,879        1,361,710        1,247,239        2,886,281        1,818,853  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:              

Advisory fees

    1,237,849        791,410        322,598        913,291        633,102  

Sub-licensing fees

    74,270        47,484        19,372        54,797        37,986  

Accounting & administration fees

    44,620        42,054        36,827        41,084        36,631  

Professional fees

    27,922        26,250        39,740        28,269        28,214  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    11,225        9,163        8,337        10,900        9,582  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    7,286        4,543        5,565        3,367        3,835  

Recapture (Note 3)

           44,936                       

Taxes

                  109,764                

Other expenses

    39,787        23,983        22,778        33,011        24,732  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    1,442,959        989,823        564,981        1,084,719        774,082  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (206      (170      (49,045      (268      (200
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    1,442,753        989,653        515,936        1,084,451        773,882  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    2,003,126        372,057        731,303        1,801,830        1,044,971  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):              

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investment securities

    (39,672,361      (8,211,696      (13,533,257      (11,797,763      (11,169,266

In-kind redemptions

    27,922,361        21,627,657        16,358,892        27,666,452        21,705,393  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (11,750,000      13,415,961        2,825,635        15,868,689        10,536,127  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

    31,645,703        10,573,563        (6,397,391      (2,278,113      7,527,722  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    19,895,703        23,989,524        (3,571,756      13,590,576        18,063,849  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 21,898,829      $ 24,361,581      $ (2,840,453    $ 15,392,406      $ 19,108,820  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
 
                 
$ 838,441      $ 233,121      $ 444,713      $ 11,818,736      $ 259,231      $ 1,346,050      $ 442,930  
  304        224        225        1,850        192        330        221  
         60,786        50,513        1,356,769        10,544                
                (11,020                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  838,745        294,131        484,431        13,177,355        269,967        1,346,380        443,151  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
  497,658        124,912        220,364        4,861,245        96,830        568,318        428,966  
  29,859        7,502        13,235        291,673        5,815        34,099        25,738  
  36,827        36,827        36,827        174,697        36,827        36,853        36,827  
  26,272        25,588        27,925        37,186        25,541        26,116        26,533  
  8,700        7,674        7,993        23,894        7,625        8,629        8,568  
  3,658        3,803        4,448        9,787        3,525        3,994        3,327  
                                     15,074         
                                             
  24,219        17,021        21,074        91,952        16,460        22,999        21,680  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  627,193        223,327        331,866        5,490,434        192,623        716,082        551,639  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (278      (66,031      (54,300      (860      (70,700      (148      (11,243

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  626,915        157,296        277,566        5,489,574        121,923        715,934        540,396  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  211,830        136,835        206,865        7,687,781        148,044        630,446        (97,245

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 
                 
  (8,813,551      (723,228      (12,986,255      (133,394,162      (3,995,603      (2,086,530      (4,253,281
  10,349,071        4,737,381        2,778,246        76,415,974        2,380,008        12,594,121        13,562,971  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,535,520        4,014,153        (10,208,009      (56,978,188      (1,615,595      10,507,591        9,309,690  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  8,137,501        1,941,605        1,097,948        27,322,624        1,210,879        45,382,539        10,743,771  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  9,673,021        5,955,758        (9,110,061      (29,655,564      (404,716      55,890,130        20,053,461  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 9,884,851      $ 6,092,593      $ (8,903,196    $ (21,967,783    $ (256,672    $ 56,520,576      $ 19,956,216  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Biotechnology & Genome
Portfolio (PBE)
     PowerShares Dynamic
Building & Construction
Portfolio (PKB)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 2,003,126      $ 4,270,915      $ 372,057      $ 103,450  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (11,750,000      (38,017,218      13,415,961        554,277  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    31,645,703        (78,486,936      10,573,563        3,421,640  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    21,898,829        (112,233,239      24,361,581        4,079,367  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (1,200,757      (4,955,367      (485,721      (67,537
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    73,446,820        93,026,648        417,784,463        34,203,109  

Value of shares repurchased

    (131,098,196      (219,516,036      (183,866,342      (33,191,270
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (57,651,376      (126,489,388      233,918,121        1,011,839  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (36,953,304      (243,677,994      257,793,981        5,023,669  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    267,584,132        511,262,126        60,201,082        55,177,413  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 230,630,828      $ 267,584,132      $ 317,995,063      $ 60,201,082  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 839,252      $ 36,883      $ (17,802    $ 49,810  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    1,750,000        1,750,000        15,000,000        1,400,000  

Shares repurchased

    (3,200,000      (4,600,000      (6,650,000      (1,400,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    6,800,000        9,650,000        2,400,000        2,400,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    5,350,000        6,800,000        10,750,000        2,400,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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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)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
                    
$ 731,303      $ 1,896,595      $ 1,801,830      $ 3,062,976      $ 1,044,971      $ 557,579      $ 211,830      $ 315,578  
  2,825,635        (39,225,841      15,868,689        13,614,760        10,536,127        (3,610,897      1,535,520        (6,158,013
  (6,397,391      776,822        (2,278,113      (1,735,070      7,527,722        (5,120,787      8,137,501        (6,304,545

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (2,840,453      (36,552,424      15,392,406        14,942,666        19,108,820        (8,174,105      9,884,851        (12,146,980

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  (4,659,938      (2,429,800      (2,825,653      (2,995,165      (921,794      (444,265      (132,206      (1,074,222

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  50,986,365        49,529,499        95,111,390        342,040,166        236,681,567        158,374,155        140,220,058        125,469,044  
  (62,407,209      (53,458,266      (261,312,296      (319,253,170      (252,721,340      (199,941,946      (92,203,321      (167,455,100

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (11,420,844      (3,928,767      (166,200,906      22,786,996        (16,039,773      (41,567,791      48,016,737        (41,986,056

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (18,921,235      (42,910,991      (153,634,153      34,734,497        2,147,253        (50,186,161      57,769,382        (55,207,258

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  74,681,730        117,592,721        300,455,095        265,720,598        142,754,290        192,940,451        90,460,974        145,668,232  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 55,760,495      $ 74,681,730      $ 146,820,942      $ 300,455,095      $ 144,901,543      $ 142,754,290      $ 148,230,356      $ 90,460,974  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 308,344      $ 3,806,375      $ (24,151    $ 711,699      $ 85,767      $ (17,566    $ 60,240      $ (19,384

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  2,350,000        1,800,000        2,850,000        10,700,000        6,050,000        4,250,000        5,200,000        4,800,000  
  (2,900,000      (2,200,000      (7,800,000      (9,850,000      (6,600,000      (5,550,000      (3,500,000      (6,650,000
  3,300,000        3,700,000        9,300,000        8,450,000        4,000,000        5,300,000        3,600,000        5,450,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,750,000        3,300,000        4,350,000        9,300,000        3,450,000        4,000,000        5,300,000        3,600,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares Dynamic
Networking Portfolio (PXQ)
     PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas
Services Portfolio (PXJ)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 136,835      $ 103,581      $ 206,865      $ 733,288  

Net realized gain (loss)

    4,014,153        1,107,416        (10,208,009      (21,165,065

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    1,941,605        (3,430,513      1,097,948        (975,438
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    6,092,593        (2,219,516      (8,903,196      (21,407,215
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (105,774             (311,011      (831,786

Net realized gains

                          

Return of capital

                  (270,928       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (105,774             (581,939      (831,786
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    24,087,502        9,058,713        18,842,331        15,134,853  

Value of shares repurchased

    (24,118,556      (14,134,635      (21,717,430      (20,147,734
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (31,054      (5,075,922      (2,875,099      (5,012,881
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    5,955,765        (7,295,438      (12,360,234      (27,251,882
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    20,189,319        27,484,757        45,533,808        72,785,690  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 26,145,084      $ 20,189,319      $ 33,173,574      $ 45,533,808  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ 121,195      $ 90,135      $ (25,435    $ 84,581  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    600,000        250,000        1,500,000        1,050,000  

Shares repurchased

    (600,000      (400,000      (1,850,000      (1,450,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    600,000        750,000        3,450,000        3,850,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    600,000        600,000        3,100,000        3,450,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
                    
$ 7,687,781      $ 9,639,772      $ 148,044      $ 168,368      $ 630,446      $ 252,292      $ (97,245    $ (146,626
  (56,978,188      135,708,693        (1,615,595      59,120        10,507,591        (4,881,907      9,309,690        (516,409
  27,322,624        (370,625,568      1,210,879        (1,126,743      45,382,539        (3,462,052      10,743,771        (4,707,107

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (21,967,783      (225,277,103      (256,672      (899,255      56,520,576        (8,091,667      19,956,216        (5,370,142

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  (8,704,516      (9,438,012      (176,636      (182,321      (737,311      (100,980      (27,911      (83,133
         (78,190,579                                          
                                                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (8,704,516      (87,628,591      (176,636      (182,321      (737,311      (100,980      (27,911      (83,133

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  127,298,859        402,286,845        28,684,191        18,333,024        205,868,787        43,249,104        115,699,119        98,889,794  
  (500,243,797      (847,789,130      (35,238,705      (34,245,374      (74,952,115      (64,968,217      (107,928,638      (76,919,326

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (372,944,938      (445,502,285      (6,554,514      (15,912,350      130,916,672        (21,719,113      7,770,481        21,970,468  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (403,617,237      (758,407,979      (6,987,822      (16,993,926      186,699,937        (29,911,760      27,698,786        16,517,193  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  1,168,525,708        1,926,933,687        21,416,458        38,410,384        48,998,851        78,910,611        73,846,584        57,329,391  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 764,908,471      $ 1,168,525,708      $ 14,428,636      $ 21,416,458      $ 235,698,788      $ 48,998,851      $ 101,545,370      $ 73,846,584  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 747,015      $ 1,763,750      $ (9,481    $ 19,111      $ 31,204      $ 138,069      $ (103,946    $ (58,979

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  2,050,000        5,400,000        800,000        500,000        5,800,000        1,600,000        2,400,000        2,300,000  
  (8,250,000      (12,500,000      (1,000,000      (900,000      (2,250,000      (2,600,000      (2,250,000      (1,900,000
  18,800,000        25,900,000        600,000        1,000,000        2,000,000        3,000,000        1,750,000        1,350,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  12,600,000        18,800,000        400,000        600,000        5,550,000        2,000,000        1,900,000        1,750,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 39.35      $ 52.98   $ 39.71    $ 28.26      $ 22.26

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.33        0.50       0.34        0.03        (0.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    3.63        (13.56     13.21        11.42        6.05  

Total from investment operations

    3.96        (13.06     13.55      11.45        6.00

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.20      (0.57     (0.28              

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 43.11      $ 39.35   $ 52.98    $ 39.71      $ 28.26

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 43.13      $ 39.35   $ 52.95    $ 39.68      $ 28.27
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     10.09      (24.92 )%      34.25      40.52      26.96
Market Price Total Return(c)     10.15      (24.88 )%      34.28      40.36      27.29
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 230,631      $ 267,584   $ 511,262      $ 361,320      $ 155,453  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.58      0.58 %      0.57      0.59      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.58      0.58 %      0.57      0.59      0.63

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.81      1.00 %      0.69      0.09      (0.20 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    69      74     95      64      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 Building & Construction Portfolio (PKB)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.08      $ 22.99    $ 22.09    $ 19.65      $ 14.23

Net investment income(a)

    0.07        0.04        0.03        0.00 (b)       0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    4.52        2.08        0.89        2.44        5.44  

Total from investment operations

    4.59        2.12        0.92      2.44        5.51

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.09      (0.03      (0.02             (0.09

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 29.58      $ 25.08    $ 22.99    $ 22.09      $ 19.65

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 29.60      $ 25.08    $ 22.98    $ 22.10      $ 19.63
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     18.33      9.21      4.17      12.42      38.85
Market Price Total Return(d)     18.41      9.26      4.08      12.58      39.01
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 317,995      $ 60,201    $ 55,177      $ 123,688      $ 104,121  

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      0.68 %       0.65      0.63      0.69

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.24      0.18 %       0.15      0.01      0.44

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    129      90      96      117      95

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 22.63     $ 31.78   $ 37.76   $ 30.27      $ 24.58

Net investment income(a)

    0.24       0.51       0.39       0.48        0.53  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (1.15     (9.04     (5.84     7.55        5.81  

Total from investment operations

    (0.91     (8.53     (5.45 )     8.03        6.34

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (1.44     (0.62     (0.53     (0.54      (0.65

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 20.28     $ 22.63   $ 31.78   $ 37.76      $ 30.27

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 20.28     $ 22.63   $ 31.77   $ 37.76      $ 30.23
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     (3.96 )%      (26.93 )%      (14.51 )%      26.93      26.14
Market Price Total Return(c)     (3.96 )%      (26.91 )%      (14.54 )%      27.10      26.03
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 55,760     $ 74,682   $ 117,593     $ 130,273      $ 104,427  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.80 %(d)      0.65 %      0.64     0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.88 %(d)      0.67 %      0.64     0.64      0.69

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.13     2.09 %      1.20     1.46      1.97

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    91     134     140     96      80

 

(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)  Expenses, after Waivers and Expenses, prior to Waivers include state income taxes paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. Expenses, after Waivers and Expenses, prior to Waivers excluding the taxes paid are 0.63% and 0.71%, respectively.
(e)  Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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 Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 32.31      $ 31.45    $ 26.98    $ 23.62      $ 19.77

Net investment income(a)

    0.33        0.39        0.31        0.38        0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.61        0.88        4.58        3.19        3.92  

Total from investment operations

    1.94        1.27        4.89      3.57        4.18

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.50      (0.41      (0.42 )      (0.21      (0.33 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 33.75      $ 32.31    $ 31.45    $ 26.98      $ 23.62

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 33.74      $ 32.30    $ 31.43    $ 26.99      $ 23.61
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     6.03      4.06      18.25      15.16      21.45
Market Price Total Return(c)     6.03      4.10      18.13      15.25      21.40
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 146,821      $ 300,455    $ 265,721      $ 434,371      $ 236,226  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.59      0.58 %       0.58      0.61      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.59      0.58 %       0.58      0.61      0.63

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.99      1.21 %       1.05      1.47      1.28

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    145      109      124      145      92

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 35.69      $ 36.40   $ 32.35    $ 27.23      $ 22.18

Net investment income(a)

    0.31        0.11       0.31        0.15        0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    6.26        (0.74     4.04        5.10        5.09  

Total from investment operations

    6.57        (0.63     4.35      5.25        5.21

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.26      (0.08     (0.30 )      (0.13      (0.16 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 42.00      $ 35.69   $ 36.40    $ 32.35      $ 27.23

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 42.00      $ 35.68   $ 36.39    $ 32.34      $ 27.21
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     18.52      (1.73 )%      13.47      19.29      23.67
Market Price Total Return(c)     18.55      (1.73 )%      13.47      19.34      23.47
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 144,902      $ 142,754   $ 192,940      $ 177,930      $ 85,765  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.61      0.61 %      0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.61      0.61 %      0.63      0.63      0.69

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.83      0.29 %      0.88      0.48      0.52

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    183      136     187      171      93

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.13      $ 26.73   $ 23.81    $ 20.11      $ 14.84

Net investment income(a)

    0.06        0.07       0.21        0.09        0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.82        (1.45     2.89        3.70        5.28  

Total from investment operations

    2.88        (1.38     3.10      3.79        5.40

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.04      (0.22     (0.18      (0.09      (0.13

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 27.97      $ 25.13   $ 26.73    $ 23.81      $ 20.11

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 27.98      $ 25.12   $ 26.72    $ 23.79      $ 20.10
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     11.49      (5.18 )%      13.04      18.87      36.62
Market Price Total Return(c)     11.57      (5.18 )%      13.09      18.83      36.55
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 148,230      $ 90,461   $ 145,668      $ 171,430      $ 150,788  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.61 %      0.59      0.62      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.63      0.61 %      0.59      0.62      0.63

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.21      0.26 %      0.84      0.38      0.71

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    103      124     131      120      70

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 33.65      $ 36.65   $ 31.20   $ 25.00     $ 27.71

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.21        0.15       (0.01     (0.04     0.20 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    9.90        (3.15     5.46       6.44       (2.85

Total from investment operations

    10.11        (3.00     5.45     6.40       (2.65 )

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.18                (0.20     (0.06

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 43.58      $ 33.65     $ 36.65   $ 31.20     $ 25.00

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 43.59      $ 33.65   $ 36.64   $ 31.19     $ 24.97
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     30.19      (8.19 )%      17.47     25.69     (9.57 )% 
Market Price Total Return(d)     30.22      (8.16 )%      17.48     25.80     (9.58 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 26,145      $ 20,189   $ 27,485     $ 29,643     $ 30,000  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63 %      0.63     0.63     0.64

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.89      0.88 %      0.85     0.82     0.75

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.55      0.42 %      (0.02 )%      (0.12 )%      0.81 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    97      87     74     69     68

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 13.20     $ 18.91   $ 28.01   $ 22.49     $ 20.48

Net investment income(a)

    0.06       0.20       0.22       0.08       0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (2.41     (5.69     (9.07     5.53 (b)      2.00  

Total from investment operations

    (2.35     (5.49     (8.85 )     5.61       2.04

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (0.08     (0.22     (0.25     (0.09     (0.03

Return of capital

    (0.07                        

Total distributions

    (0.15     (0.22     (0.25     (0.09     (0.03

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 10.70     $ 13.20   $ 18.91   $ 28.01     $ 22.49

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 10.70     $ 13.19   $ 18.92   $ 28.00     $ 22.49
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     (17.99 )%      (29.06 )%      (31.67 )%      24.98 %(b)      9.95
Market Price Total Return(d)     (17.92 )%      (29.15 )%      (31.61 )%      24.94     9.95
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

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

  $ 33,174     $ 45,534   $ 72,786     $ 135,849     $ 116,973  

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63     0.63     0.63     0.61     0.62

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.75     0.72     0.64     0.61     0.62

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.47     1.46 %      0.96     0.31     0.18

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    90     89     79     259 %(b)      68

 

(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)  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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017     2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 62.16     $ 74.40   $ 57.65    $ 40.72      $ 32.00

Net investment income(a)

    0.48       0.41       0.32        0.26        0.54 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (1.40     (8.81     18.42        16.90        8.72  

Total from investment operations

    (0.92     (8.40     18.74      17.16        9.26

Distributions to shareholders from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.53     (0.39     (0.34      (0.23      (0.54

Net realized gains

          (3.45     (1.65              

Total distributions

    (0.53     (3.84     (1.99 )      (0.23      (0.54

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 60.71     $ 62.16   $ 74.40    $ 57.65      $ 40.72

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 60.71     $ 62.14   $ 74.35    $ 57.60      $ 40.72
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     (1.47 )%      (11.86 )%      32.95      42.27      29.25
Market Price Total Return(d)     (1.44 )%      (11.83 )%      32.97      42.15      29.29
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 764,908     $ 1,168,526   $ 1,926,934      $ 1,104,007      $ 468,305  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.56     0.57 %      0.56      0.58      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.56     0.57 %      0.56      0.58      0.63

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.79     0.58 %      0.48      0.52      1.52 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    26     26     47      39      24

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 35.69      $ 38.41   $ 33.15    $ 29.12      $ 25.98

Net investment income(a)

    0.27        0.25       0.22        0.32        0.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    0.43        (2.70     5.38        3.99        3.11  

Total from investment operations

    0.70        (2.45     5.60      4.31        3.77

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.32      (0.27     (0.34 )      (0.28      (0.63 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 36.07      $ 35.69   $ 38.41    $ 33.15      $ 29.12

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 36.05      $ 35.69   $ 38.42    $ 33.14      $ 29.11
Net Asset Value Total Return:(c)     1.98      (6.40 )%      16.97      14.81      14.87
Market Price Total Return(c)     1.92      (6.42 )%      17.04      14.81      14.83
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 14,429      $ 21,416   $ 38,410      $ 24,864      $ 24,750  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63      0.63     0.63      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.99      0.88 %      0.91      0.79      0.74

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.76      0.67 %      0.61      0.96      2.59

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    152      129     111      184      83

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)

 

    Year Ended April 30, 2017  
    2017      2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:            

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 24.50      $ 26.30   $ 20.62   $ 15.22      $ 15.75

Net investment income(a)

    0.19        0.10       0.25 (b)      0.10        0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    18.02        (1.86     5.88       5.41        (0.52

Total from investment operations

    18.21        (1.76     6.13     5.51        (0.41 )

Distribution to shareholder from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.24      (0.04     (0.33     (0.11      (0.12

Return of capital

                 (0.12             

Total distributions

    (0.24      (0.04     (0.45 )     (0.11      (0.12 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 42.47      $ 24.50   $ 26.30   $ 20.62      $ 15.22

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 42.51      $ 24.48   $ 26.31   $ 20.62      $ 15.19
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     74.65      (6.69 )%      29.90     36.38      (2.56 )% 
Market Price Total Return(d)     74.96      (6.80 )%      29.95     36.66      (2.50 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

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

  $ 235,699      $ 48,999   $ 78,911     $ 20,621      $ 16,744  

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      0.68 %      0.78     1.05      1.05

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.55      0.38 %      1.03 %(b)      0.55      0.77

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    62      104     103     126      91

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017     2016     2015      2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 42.20     $ 42.47   $ 33.96    $ 30.16     $ 26.87

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.05     (0.08     0.11        (0.00 )(b)      (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    11.30       (0.13     8.44        3.80       3.30  

Total from investment operations

    11.25       (0.21     8.55      3.80       3.29

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.06     (0.04 )             

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 53.44     $ 42.20   $ 42.47    $ 33.96     $ 30.16

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 53.39     $ 42.21   $ 42.48    $ 33.93     $ 30.12
Net Asset Value Total Return:(d)     26.67     (0.50 )%      25.18      12.60     12.24
Market Price Total Return(d)     26.52     (0.50 )%      25.32      12.65     12.09
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 101,545     $ 73,847   $ 57,329      $ 54,335     $ 48,257  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.63     0.63 %      0.63      0.63     0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.64     0.66 %      0.71      0.69     0.74

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    (0.11 )%      (0.19 )%      0.29      (0.01 )%      (0.03 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    154     154     132      150     95

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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 following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

 

 

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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 will 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 Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

 

 

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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.

The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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.

G. 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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H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio, Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, Dynamic Networking Portfolio, Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio, Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio and Dynamic Retail 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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.

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, 2018. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses during the period under this Expense Cap for Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio, Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio, Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio, Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio, and Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio.

Further, through August 31, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 206  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      170  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      49,045  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      268  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      200  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      278  

 

 

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Dynamic Networking Portfolio    $ 66,031  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      54,300  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      860  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      70,700  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      148  
Dynamic Software Portfolio      11,243  

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, 2017 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        04/30/18      04/30/19      04/30/20  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio    $ 64,291      $      $ 15,566      $ 48,725  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      144                      144  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      189,651        61,547        62,173        65,931  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      110,749        11,082        45,472        54,195  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      197,638        65,416        61,610        70,612  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      87,406        54,742        32,664         
Dynamic Software Portfolio      71,510        41,026        19,345        11,139  

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 Group, 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 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 an issuer of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The Fund listed below has not owned enough of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer to have control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of that issuer. The table below shows Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017.

Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

 

     Value
April 30, 2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Value
April 30, 2017
     Dividend
Income
 
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.*    $ 52,388,275      $ 37,897,276      $ (42,386,345    $ 27,440,477      $ (40,799,113    $ 34,540,570      $  

 

* At April 30, 2017, this security was no longer considered an affiliate.

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 Fund listed below, as of April 30, 2017, 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  
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 261,401,501      $      $ 338,011      $ 261,739,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 1,200,757      $      $      $ 4,955,367      $      $  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      485,721                      67,537                
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      4,659,938                      2,429,800                
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      2,825,653                      2,995,165                
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      921,794                      444,265                
Dynamic Media Portfolio      132,206                      1,074,222                
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      105,774                                     
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      311,011               270,928        831,786                
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      8,704,516                      49,953,074        37,675,517         
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      176,636                      182,321                
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      737,311                      100,980                
Dynamic Software Portfolio      27,911                      83,133                

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
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio   $ 867,985     $ (28,733   $ 6,510,757     $ (186,530,974   $ (15,679,573   $ 425,491,366     $ 230,630,828  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio           (17,802     15,886,696       (22,431,521     (3,666,669     328,224,359       317,995,063  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio     328,433       (20,089     (986,946     (105,588,315     (5,453,071     167,480,483       55,760,495  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio           (24,151     10,132,812       (70,541,574     (3,190,824     210,444,679       146,820,942  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio     104,784       (19,017     8,357,205       (41,588,510     (3,284,293     181,331,374       144,901,543  
Dynamic Media Portfolio     80,900       (20,660     10,077,111       (73,309,025     (3,332,992     214,735,022       148,230,356  

 

 

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    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
 
Dynamic Networking Portfolio   $ 137,960     $ (16,765   $ 3,098,094     $ (34,091,974   $ (400,836   $ 57,418,605     $ 26,145,084  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio           (25,435     (7,349,146     (196,034,495     (4,313,407     240,896,057       33,173,574  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio     791,197       (44,182     (76,582,044     (105,058,389     (92,654,893     1,038,456,782       764,908,471  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio     6,533       (16,014     828,452       (20,571,177     (2,370,343     36,551,185       14,428,636  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio     48,089       (16,885     43,651,548       (30,438,787     (634,183     223,089,006       235,698,788  
Dynamic Software Portfolio**           (17,539     12,139,575       (21,106,599     (3,061,598     113,591,531       101,545,370  

 

* 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 Software Portfolio incurred and will elect to defer Late-Year Ordinary Losses of $86,407,and Post-October Capital Losses of $2,975,191.

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.

The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2017.

 

                   Post-effective/
no expiration
               
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 50,397,332      $ 12,898,182      $ 116,533,637      $ 6,701,823      $ 186,530,974      $ 34,286,844  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      3,001,058        6,653,613        11,225,767        1,551,083        22,431,521        2,843,349  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      21,471,013        1,361,799        65,178,685        17,576,818        105,588,315        7,646,917  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      10,245,302               56,437,590        3,858,682        70,541,574        7,585,250  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      2,889,449        2,356,106        35,588,640        754,315        41,588,510        2,895,936  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      5,161,647        6,294,489        59,702,252        2,150,637        73,309,025        4,930,761  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      512,618        730,670        22,792,087        10,056,599        34,091,974        1,975,581  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      85,028,926        35,877,910        46,286,369        28,841,290        196,034,495        24,680,663  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio                    87,936,521        17,121,868        105,058,389         
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      1,816,180        2,176,015        15,694,128        884,854        20,571,177        2,427,604  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      10,902,954        2,120,823        15,300,302        2,114,708        30,438,787        14,001,359  
Dynamic Software Portfolio      2,938,722        3,242,208        14,925,669               21,106,599        7,095,351  

 

* 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, 2017, 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    $ 170,908,622      $ 170,379,519  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      216,637,786        217,277,222  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      59,079,654        62,782,157  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      273,892,337        275,083,575  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      239,856,783        238,668,485  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      106,572,543        107,224,022  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      24,697,768        25,729,989  

 

 

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     Purchases      Sales  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio    $ 39,264,581      $ 39,196,755  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      251,641,074        252,313,049  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      31,126,050        29,388,098  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      73,380,715        73,224,324  
Dynamic Software Portfolio      136,808,612        135,615,087  

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $ 72,066,247      $ 129,453,362  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      417,786,084        183,404,857  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      50,961,074        62,509,267  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      95,096,453        261,001,360  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      236,513,676        253,527,066  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      139,796,235        90,939,048  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      24,076,004        23,056,656  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      18,835,228        21,765,661  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      127,260,376        500,536,619  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      28,681,371        36,999,362  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      205,787,141        75,071,829  
Dynamic Software Portfolio      114,687,455        108,158,112  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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    $ 28,211,517      $ (21,700,760    $ 6,510,757      $ 255,228,755  
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      18,766,217        (2,879,521      15,886,696        306,931,357  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      2,983,859        (3,970,805      (986,946      58,038,945  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      12,284,544        (2,151,732      10,132,812        136,711,613  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      10,491,194        (2,133,989      8,357,205        136,637,949  
Dynamic Media Portfolio      11,720,718        (1,643,607      10,077,111        138,272,279  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      3,933,919        (835,825      3,098,094        24,925,283  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      942,991        (8,292,137      (7,349,146      44,537,428  
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio      63,684,035        (140,266,079      (76,582,044      907,015,146  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio      1,137,341        (308,889      828,452        13,650,920  
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio      44,010,719        (359,171      43,651,548        192,149,186  
Dynamic Software Portfolio      13,032,710        (893,135      12,139,575        89,510,268  

 

 

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Note 8. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio    $      $ 9,838,400      $ (9,838,400
Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio      46,052        (17,683,705      17,637,653  
Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio      430,604        (3,162,027      2,731,423  
Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio      287,973        (18,151,136      17,863,163  
Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio      (19,844      (15,047,545      15,067,389  
Dynamic Media Portfolio             (3,540,580      3,540,580  
Dynamic Networking Portfolio      (1      (2,645,548      2,645,549  
Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio      (5,870      24,946,451        (24,940,581
Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio             (54,350,016      54,350,016  
Dynamic Retail Portfolio             321,715        (321,715
Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio             1,977,452        (1,977,452
Dynamic Software Portfolio      80,189        (6,010,011      5,929,822  

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, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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

 

 

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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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders 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:

 

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”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, 2017.

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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,158.20       0.57   $ 3.05  

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       1,203.30       0.62       3.39  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.72       0.62       3.11  
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio (PXE)        

Actual

    1,000.00       993.20       0.63       3.11  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,042.30       0.59       2.99  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.87       0.59       2.96  
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio (PEJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,154.00       0.60       3.20  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60       3.01  
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,136.50       0.63       3.34  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,130.80       0.63       3.33  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,003.60       0.63       3.13  

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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,080.50       0.56   $ 2.89  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.02       0.56       2.81  
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,051.80       0.63       3.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,327.20       0.63       3.64  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.67       0.63       3.16  
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,138.40       0.63       3.34  

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, 2017. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio        31 %       31 %
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio        41 %       41 %
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio        100 %       76 %
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares Dynamic Software 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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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
   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None
Marc M. Kole—1960
c/o Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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
Yung Bong Lim—1964
c/o Invesco PowerShares
Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    None
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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of Birth of
Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

 

* This is the date the Officer 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

Sheri Morris—1964

Invesco Management Group, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza,

Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2012    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general 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 and

 

 

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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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual 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 Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® 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;

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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® Quality Portfolio;

 

 

 

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    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio                X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                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 Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio      X      N/A      X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio                X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio                X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio                X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio                X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

* 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 contractual 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                X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio                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 Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio                X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio                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                X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio                X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio                X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio                X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio                X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio                X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio      X           X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio           X      X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio           N/A      X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio      X      X      X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio                X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio                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 WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio                X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio                X

 

* 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.

In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.com.

 


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     April 30, 2017

2017 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


 

Table of Contents

 

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

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

     33  

PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ)

     34  

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 Agreements      80  

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

US Equity

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the US economy continued to expand and strengthen, with unemployment declining and inflation ticking upward somewhat. Signs of an improving economy prompted the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2016 and again in March 2017. Major US stock market indexes posted gains for the reporting period, with most hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors seemed to believe that the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth.

While US and overseas stock markets were jolted by the UK’s decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, markets recovered relatively quickly. During the second half of calendar 2016, small-cap stocks led the US market while large-cap stocks lagged—but that reversed in the first quarter of calendar 2017. Near the close of the fiscal year, headlines out of Washington, DC, suggested that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be somewhat more difficult than previously anticipated; this was a slight negative for investor sentiment. For the reporting period as a whole, information technology and financials were the strongest-performing sectors, while telecommunication services and energy were the weakest-performing sectors.

Global Equity

The fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, began on a negative note, with global equity investors concerned about economic weakness in China, falling oil prices and uncertainty over the US Federal Reserve’s (the “Fed”) monetary policy. Central banks, including the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan, soothed investors’ nerves throughout the reporting period with accommodative monetary policies and dovish rhetoric. Other factors contributing to investor sentiment included rebounding oil prices and, in the US, generally positive economic data.

In June 2016, the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union caused global markets to decline sharply, but only briefly. The outcome of the November US presidential election caused US stocks, particularly in the health care and financials sector, to rally. However, non-US equities, particularly emerging market equities, traded lower due to currency weakness and the potential for a less favorable trade environment. Also in November, OPEC agreed to cut production for the first time in eight years; the agreement helped support higher oil prices and energy stocks.

Global equity markets began calendar 2017 with a broad rally that marked the best first quarter for equities since 2013. Volatility was largely absent, and emerging market equities posted double-digit gains in the quarter. Improved consumer confidence and eurozone employment data fueled positive market sentiment, while investors generally shrugged off Fed interest rate hikes in

December 2016 and March 2017. For the reporting period as a whole, US equities outperformed non-US equities, and emerging markets outperformed their developed-market counterparts (excluding the US)—a reversal from previous years.

 

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the basic materials sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the basic materials sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the basic materials sector are principally engaged in the business of producing raw materials, including paper or wood products, chemicals, construction materials, and mining and metals. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.98%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 14.04%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.84%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Materials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 15.18%. 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 a benchmark similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the materials sector.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the specialty chemicals sub-industry and most underweight in the diversified chemicals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the steel sub-industry and underweight the construction materials sub-industry, as well as stock selection in the commodity chemicals sub-industry, and fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the specialty chemicals sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the diversified chemicals and silver sub-industries, respectively. The steel sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the gold and commodity chemicals sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Chemours Co. (The), a diversified chemicals company (portfolio average weight of 3.03%), and Albemarle Corp., a specialty chemicals company (portfolio average weight of 3.18%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Gold Resource Corp., a metals & mining company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and United States Steel Corp., a metals & mining company (portfolio average weight of 2.51%).

 

 

 

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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, 2017
 
Specialty Chemicals      38.0  
Steel      16.7  
Diversified Chemicals      9.9  
Paper Packaging      8.0  
Commodity Chemicals      5.8  
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals      5.0  
Industrial Gases      3.7  
Paper Products      3.2  
Forest Products      2.2  
Copper      2.1  
Aerospace & Defense      2.1  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      2.0  
Gold      1.3  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Chemours Co. (The)      5.4  
FMC Corp.      5.0  
International Paper Co.      4.6  
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.      4.1  
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      3.8  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.      3.5  
Avery Dennison Corp.      3.3  
Albemarle Corp.      3.2  
Ecolab, Inc.      3.0  
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      3.0  
Total      38.9  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Basic Materials Technical Leaders Index     14.84     7.32     23.61     12.01     76.33     9.16     140.26       11.02     201.19
S&P 500® Materials Index     15.18       5.75       18.28       9.96       60.77       5.69       73.96         7.29       110.04  
Fund                    
NAV Return     14.04       6.61       21.16       11.26       70.49       8.28       121.51         10.11       176.20  
Market Price Return     13.98       6.62       21.21       11.28       70.67       8.27       121.30         10.11       176.31  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Basic Materials Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the consumer discretionary (or cyclicals) sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the consumer discretionary sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the consumer discretionary sector 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. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 5.90%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 5.85%. During the same time period, the Index returned 6.55%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Consumer Discretionary Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 15.78%. 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 benchmark similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the consumer discretionary sector.

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 broadly, for the fiscal year, the Index weighting included small, mid and large capitalized components while the Benchmark Index was predominantly weighted to large capitalized components.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the home entertainment software sub-industry and most underweight in the internet & direct marketing retail sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the airlines sub-industry, and underweight internet & direct marketing retail, movies & entertainment and the home improvement retail sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the internet & direct marketing retail sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return followed by the home entertainment software and restaurants sub-industries, respectively. The footwear sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the airlines and specialty stores sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Domino’s Pizza, Inc., a restaurants company (portfolio average weight of 5.41%), and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., a home entertainment software company (portfolio average weight of 3.10%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A, a footwear company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and L Brands, Inc., an apparel 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, 2017
 
Apparel Retail      12.3  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail      12.0  
Home Entertainment Software      9.5  
Cable & Satellite      8.6  
Restaurants      8.3  
Auto Parts & Equipment      6.5  
Casinos & Gaming      5.3  
Broadcasting      5.1  
Airlines      4.9  
Automotive Retail      4.1  
Home Improvement Retail      2.6  
Leisure Facilities      2.6  
Specialty Stores      2.5  
Automobile Manufacturers      2.4  
Hypermarkets & Super Centers      2.3  
Tires & Rubber      2.2  
Industrial Machinery      2.2  
General Merchandise Stores      1.9  
Home Furnishings      1.6  
Specialized REITs      1.6  
Office Services & Supplies      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, 2017
 
Security   
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      5.1  
Amazon.com, Inc.      4.7  
Ross Stores, Inc.      4.6  
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.      4.1  
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      4.1  
Electronic Arts, Inc.      3.4  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.      3.4  
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A      3.2  
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.      3.2  
Southwest Airlines Co.      3.1  
Total      38.9  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Consumer Cyclicals Technical Leaders Index     6.55     4.91     15.47     9.64     58.40     5.81     75.93       6.78     99.76
S&P 500® Consumer Discretionary Index     15.78       14.06       48.37       16.51       114.67       10.60       173.91         10.71       192.46  
Fund                    
NAV Return     5.85       4.22       13.20       8.90       53.17       5.17       65.47         6.12       87.19  
Market Price Return     5.90       4.27       13.38       8.91       53.25       5.16       65.46         6.13       87.30  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.71% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Consumer Cyclicals Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the consumer staples sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the consumer staples sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the consumer staples sector are principally engaged in the businesses of providing consumer goods and services that have non-cyclical characteristics, including tobacco, textiles, food and beverages, and non-discretionary retail goods and services. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.12%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 8.12%. During the same time period, the Index returned 8.84%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Consumer Staples Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 8.64%. 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 benchmark similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the consumer staples sector.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the packaged foods & meats sub-industry and most underweight in the soft drinks sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the education services sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the tobacco and internet & direct marketing retail sub-industries, respectively. The personal products sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the packaged foods & meats and household appliances sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Nutrisystem, Inc., an internet & direct marketing retail company (portfolio average weight of 2.11%), and DeVry Education Group, Inc., an education services company (portfolio average weight of 1.37%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Amplify Snack Brands, Inc., a packaged foods & meats company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A, a personal products company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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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, 2017
 
Packaged Foods & Meats      21.9  
Household Products      15.6  
Tobacco      8.5  
Soft Drinks      8.2  
Education Services      6.7  
Distillers & Vintners      6.4  
Specialized Consumer Services      4.7  
Trading Companies & Distributors      4.4  
Agricultural Products      3.5  
Housewares & Specialties      3.4  
Environmental & Facilities Services      2.9  
Personal Products      2.8  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail      2.5  
Industrial Machinery      2.4  
Brewers      2.4  
Health Care Services      2.2  
Food Distributors      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, 2017
 
Security   
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      4.6  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      4.6  
Altria Group, Inc.      4.3  
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      3.6  
McCormick & Co., Inc.      3.5  
Ingredion, Inc.      3.5  
Newell Brands, Inc.      3.4  
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      3.4  
United Rentals, Inc.      3.1  
Post Holdings, Inc.      3.0  
Total      37.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Consumer Staples Technical Leaders Index     8.84     13.59     46.55     15.19     102.84     10.16     163.08       10.89     197.54
S&P 500® Consumer Staples Index     8.64       10.61       35.33       13.06       84.76       10.33       167.29         10.71       192.48  
Fund                    
NAV Return     8.12       12.87       43.80       14.46       96.49       9.42       145.96         10.15       177.18  
Market Price Return     8.12       12.88       43.84       14.47       96.57       9.41       145.75         10.15       177.13  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Consumer Staples Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the energy sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the energy sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the energy sector 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. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned (3.60)%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned (3.60)%. During the same time period, the Index returned (3.21)%. 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, partially offset by revenue generated through the Fund’s securities lending program.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Energy Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 2.08%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 35 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 similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the energy sector.

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.

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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the oil & gas drilling sub-industry as well as stock selection in the oil & gas equipment & services and the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the coal & consumable fuels sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas refining & marketing and oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industries, respectively. The oil & gas drilling sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the oil & gas equipment & services and oil & gas exploration & production sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., an oil & gas exploration & production company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and Targa Resources Corp., an oil & gas storage & transportation company (portfolio average weight of 3.36%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Whiting Petroleum Corp., an oil & gas exploration & production company (portfolio average weight of 1.47%), and Bill Barrett Corp., an oil & gas exploration & production company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI) (continued)

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      45.1  
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing      13.6  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      12.6  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      10.4  
Oil & Gas Drilling      9.1  
Integrated Oil & Gas      5.5  
Coal & Consumable Fuels      2.2  
Specialty Chemicals      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, 2017
 
Security   
Cheniere Energy, Inc.      4.5  
Concho Resources, Inc.      4.3  
Targa Resources Corp.      3.9  
Diamondback Energy, Inc.      3.9  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      3.9  
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A      3.8  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.      3.6  
WPX Energy, Inc.      3.6  
Valero Energy Corp.      3.5  
RSP Permian, Inc.      3.3  
Total      38.3  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio (PXI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Energy Technical Leaders Index     (3.21 )%      (14.07 )%      (36.56 )%      (0.35 )%      (1.76 )%      2.81     31.87       4.79     63.76
S&P 500® Energy Index     2.08       (7.47     (20.78     1.32       6.77       2.54       28.47         4.20       54.43  
Fund                    
NAV Return     (3.60     (14.58     (37.68     (0.99     (4.85     2.18       24.05         4.15       53.56  
Market Price Return     (3.60     (14.57     (37.65     (1.00     (4.92     2.17       23.98         4.15       53.63  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.76% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Energy Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the financials sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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 Underlying 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the financial sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the financial services sector are principally engaged in the business of providing services and products, including banking, investment services, insurance and real estate finance services. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 6.41%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 6.51%. During the same time period, the Index returned 7.27%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Financials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 27.16%. The Benchmark Index is

an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 70 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 similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the financials sector.

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 broadly, for the fiscal year, the Index weighting included small, mid and large capitalized components while the Benchmark Index was predominantly weighted to large capitalized components.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the regional banks sub-industry and most underweight in the diversified banks sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the retail real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and specialized REITs sub-industries, and underweight the diversified bank sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the regional banks sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the life & health insurance and property & casualty insurance sub-industries, respectively. The specialized REITs sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the investment banking & brokerage and retail REITs sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Principal Financial Group, Inc., a life & health insurance company (portfolio average weight of 1.62%), and Western Alliance Bancorp, a regional banks company (portfolio average weight of 2.39%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., a regional banks company (portfolio average weight of 1.46%), and Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A, a life & health insurance 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, 2017
 
Regional Banks      47.1  
Life & Health Insurance      17.2  
Investment Banking & Brokerage      8.2  
Diversified Banks      6.5  
Multi-line Insurance      4.5  
Property & Casualty Insurance      4.2  
Specialized REITs      3.0  
Financial Exchanges & Data      2.6  
Reinsurance      2.0  
Mortgage REITs      1.9  
Consumer Finance      1.9  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance      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, 2017
 
Security   
Fifth Third Bancorp      4.7  
Unum Group      4.6  
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      4.2  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4.2  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      3.7  
Principal Financial Group, Inc.      3.3  
Prudential Financial, Inc.      3.1  
E*TRADE Financial Corp.      2.6  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      2.6  
Western Alliance Bancorp      2.5  
Total      35.5  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Financials Technical Leaders Index     7.27     5.60     17.76     11.28     70.66     3.68     43.47       4.06     52.17
S&P 500® Financials Index     27.16       11.91       40.17       15.74       107.66       (0.31     (3.06       0.26       2.81  
Fund                    
NAV Return     6.51       4.89       15.41       10.50       64.73       2.88       32.84         3.27       40.44  
Market Price Return     6.41       4.91       15.46       10.49       64.70       2.87       32.66         3.27       40.40  

 

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, 2018. 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 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Financials Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the healthcare sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the healthcare sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the healthcare sector are principally engaged in the business of providing healthcare-related products and services, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and supplies, and facilities. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 24.26%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 24.19%. During the same time period, the Index returned 25.04%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

 

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Health Care Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 10.09%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 60 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 similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the health care sector.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the health care equipment sub-industry and most underweight in the pharmaceuticals sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the biotechnology, health care equipment and health care supplies sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the health care equipment sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the biotechnology and health care supplies sub-industries, respectively. The health care services sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the health care facilities and life sciences tools & services sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Exelixis, Inc., a biotechnology company (portfolio average weight of 3.98%), and Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Puma Biotechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and DexCom, Inc., a health care equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH) (continued)

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Biotechnology      42.4  
Health Care Equipment      24.5  
Managed Health Care      10.8  
Pharmaceuticals      9.1  
Health Care Supplies      7.8  
Health Care Services      3.6  
Life Sciences Tools & Services      1.8  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Exact Sciences Corp.      5.9  
Exelixis, Inc.      5.4  
Masimo Corp.      4.4  
Clovis Oncology, Inc.      4.0  
Align Technology, Inc.      3.8  
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.      3.7  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      3.6  
Becton, Dickinson and Co.      3.4  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.      2.9  
Boston Scientific Corp.      2.9  
Total      40.0  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Healthcare Technical Leaders Index     25.04     7.44     24.03     12.37     79.13     7.75     110.86       8.74     142.02
S&P 500® Health Care Index     10.09       10.86       36.26       17.06       119.84       9.76       153.73         10.18       178.05  
Fund                    
NAV Return     24.19       6.67       21.37       11.57       72.87       6.96       95.99         7.95       124.04  
Market Price Return     24.26       6.66       21.35       11.56       72.79       6.95       95.89         7.95       124.00  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Healthcare Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the industrials sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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 as compared to that of a benchmark index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the industrials sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the industrials sector 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. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 16.48%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 16.50%. During the same time period, the Index returned 17.28%. 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, as well as trading costs around the rebalances during the period.

 

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Industrials Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 19.40%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 70 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 similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the industrial sector.

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.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the building products sub-industry and most underweight in the industrial conglomerates sub-industry during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to stock selection in the aerospace & defense sub-industry as well as being underweight in the industrial conglomerate sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the aerospace & defense sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the building products and industrial machinery sub-industries, respectively. The construction materials sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the electrical components & equipment and specialty chemicals sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included A. O. Smith Corp., a building products company (portfolio average weight of 3.73%), and Packaging Corp. of America, a paper packaging company (portfolio average weight of 2.06%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Energy Recovery, Inc., an industrial machinery company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and U.S. Concrete, Inc., a construction materials 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, 2017
 
Aerospace & Defense      19.0  
Industrial Machinery      10.2  
Building Products      7.1  
Construction & Engineering      6.8  
Airport Services      6.1  
Electronic Components      5.8  
IT Consulting & Other Services      4.5  
Life Sciences Tools & Services      4.2  
Health Care Equipment      3.1  
Electronic Equipment & Instruments      2.9  
Paper Packaging      2.8  
Human Resource & Employment Services      2.8  
Electronic Manufacturing Services      2.5  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      2.4  
Electrical Components & Equipment      2.3  
Diversified Support Services      2.3  
Health Care Services      2.3  
Trucking      2.2  
Commodity Chemicals      2.0  
Agricultural & Farm Machinery      2.0  
Semiconductor Equipment      1.8  
Commercial Printing      1.8  
Trading Companies & Distributors      1.5  
Distributors      1.5  
Money Market Fund Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      6.1  
Lockheed Martin Corp.      5.7  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.      4.2  
Dycom Industries, Inc.      3.6  
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      3.3  
Accenture PLC, Class A      3.2  
Danaher Corp.      3.1  
Parker-Hannifin Corp.      2.9  
Coherent, Inc.      2.9  
Packaging Corp. of America      2.8  
Total      37.8  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Industrials Technical Leaders Index     17.28     5.16     16.28     13.49     88.27     7.71     110.09       8.69     140.97
S&P 500® Industrials Index     19.40       10.01       33.12       14.81       99.51       7.84       112.70         8.22       130.16  
Fund                    
NAV Return     16.50       4.46       14.00       12.63       81.26       6.82       93.35         7.81       120.97  
Market Price Return     16.48       4.49       14.07       12.64       81.34       6.81       93.25         7.81       121.02  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.65% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Industrials Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the technology sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the technology sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the technology sector are principally engaged in the business of providing technology-related products and services, including computer hardware and software, Internet, electronics and semiconductors, and wireless communication technologies. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 25.38%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 25.46%. During the same time period, the Index returned 25.95%. 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 partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Information Technology Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 35.36%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 70 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 similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the technology sector.

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.

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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to being underweight the data processing & outsourced services, the systems software and technology hardware storage & peripherals sub-industries.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the semiconductors sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the IT consulting & other services and internet software & services sub-industries, respectively. The internet & direct marketing retail sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the systems software and electrical components & equipment sub-industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included NVIDIA Corp., a semiconductors company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and DXC Technology Co., an IT consulting & other services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Acacia Communications Inc., a communications equipment company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and NeoPhotonics Corporation, a semiconductors 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, 2017
 
Semiconductors      18.0  
Application Software      15.8  
Internet Software & Services      13.3  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals      11.5  
Semiconductor Equipment      9.8  
Communications Equipment      9.5  
Electronic Components      4.7  
Wireless Telecommunication Services      4.0  
Health Care Technology      3.1  
IT Consulting & Other Services      2.8  
Systems Software      2.1  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services      1.9  
Aerospace & Defense      1.9  
Technology Distributors      1.6  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Apple, Inc.      4.9  
Amphenol Corp., Class A      4.7  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.      4.2  
T-Mobile US, Inc.      3.9  
Facebook, Inc., Class A      3.5  
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.      3.4  
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.      3.1  
Lam Research Corp.      2.8  
Adobe Systems, Inc.      2.6  
Micron Technology, Inc.      2.5  
Total      35.6  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (PTF) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Technology Technical Leaders Index     25.95     12.74     43.28     11.79     74.63     5.93     77.86       6.49     94.06
S&P 500® Information Technology Index     35.36       17.68       62.99       15.65       106.84       11.04       184.93         11.16       205.40  
Fund                    
NAV Return     25.46       12.08       40.80       11.05       68.92       5.21       66.15         5.76       80.60  
Market Price Return     25.38       12.04       40.66       11.05       68.88       5.19       65.93         5.76       80.48  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.70% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Technology Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 Leaders 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 Index is composed of at least 30 common stocks of companies in the utilities sector that have powerful relative strength or “momentum” characteristics. Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC (the “Index Provider”) selects these common stocks from approximately 2,000 of the largest constituents by dollar volume within the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. “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.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider uses a proprietary methodology to analyze the relative strength of each security within the universe of eligible securities and determine a “momentum” score. 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. After giving each eligible security a momentum score, the Index Provider selects at least 30 common stocks with the highest momentum scores from the utilities sector for inclusion in the Index. Companies in the utilities sector are principally engaged in providing energy, water, natural gas or telecommunications services. These companies 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 telephone services. The total number of securities in the Index may vary depending on the capitalization characteristics of the securities that qualify for inclusion in the Index. The Index Provider weights each security by its momentum score, with higher scoring securities 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 13.78%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 13.65%. During the same time period, the Index returned 14.28%. 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 partially offset by income received from the securities lending program in which the Fund participates.

During this same time period, the S&P 500® Utilities Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 10.57%. 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 a benchmark indices similar to the Index. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of the utilities sector.

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.

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, 2017. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during the period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the gas utilities sub-industry as well as stock selection in the oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the electric utilities sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the multi-utilities and gas utilities sub-industries, respectively. The wireless telecommunication services sub-industry was the only detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included ONEOK, Inc., an oil & gas storage & transportation company (portfolio average weight of 3.64%), and NRG Energy, Inc., an independent power producers & energy traders company (portfolio average weight of 1.39%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., a wireless telecommunication services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end), and TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A, a renewable electricity 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, 2017
 
Electric Utilities      35.6  
Multi-Utilities      32.7  
Gas Utilities      15.3  
Water Utilities      6.7  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      3.3  
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders      2.5  
Integrated Telecommunication Services      2.1  
Renewable Electricity      1.7  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
PG&E Corp.      3.8  
Edison International      3.7  
CMS Energy Corp.      3.6  
Duke Energy Corp.      3.5  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.      3.4  
ONEOK, Inc.      3.4  
NiSource, Inc.      3.4  
NextEra Energy, Inc.      3.3  
Xcel Energy, Inc.      3.3  
DTE Energy Co.      3.2  
Total      34.6  
 

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio (PUI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of April 30, 2017

 

    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® Utilities Technical Leaders Index     14.28     10.85     36.20     14.37     95.67     6.90     94.83       9.10     172.69
S&P 500® Utilities Index     10.57       10.07       33.34       11.87       75.19       6.34       84.88         8.75       162.80  
Fund                    
NAV Return     13.65       10.18       33.77       13.65       89.61       6.12       81.16         8.32       150.96  
Market Price Return     13.78       10.23       33.95       13.70       90.03       6.13       81.22         8.34       151.37  

 

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, 2018. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.74% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.60%. The Financial Highlights section of the Shareholder 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

powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Blended-Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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.

 

  The Blended-Dorsey Wright® Utilities Technical Leaders 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, 2017.

 

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

 

 

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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 companies that comprise the Index.

Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Index Provider”) compiles the Index strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures. The Index is designed to track the performance of the largest and most liquid U.S.-listed companies engaged in Internet-related businesses that are listed on one of the three major U.S. stock exchanges. Companies in the Index include Internet software and services companies involved in Internet-related services, including Internet access providers, Internet search engines, web hosting, website design, and e-commerce. 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, 2017, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 29.73%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 29.63%. During the same time period, the Index returned 30.31%. 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 NASDAQ-100® Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 30.23%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by modified market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 110 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 tracks an Index that includes 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 during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017. The Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, the internet software & services sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the internet & direct marketing retail and

specialized real estate investment trust (“REIT”) sub-industries, respectively. The casinos & gaming sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the application software sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return included Netflix, Inc., an internet & direct marketing retail company (portfolio average weight of 5.64%), and Amazon.com, Inc., an internet & direct marketing retail company (portfolio average weight of 8.32%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return included Baidu, Inc. ADR (China), an internet software & services company (portfolio average weight of 6.23%), and TripAdvisor, Inc., an internet & direct marketing retail company (portfolio average weight of 1.51%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Internet Software & Services      55.0  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail      38.7  
Specialized REITs      4.1  
Communications Equipment      1.6  
Alternative Carriers      0.3  
Wireless Telecommunication Services      0.1  
Casinos & Gaming      0.1  
Application Software      0.1  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      (0.0)  
Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2017
 
Security   
Facebook, Inc., Class A      8.2  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C      8.2  
Amazon.com, Inc.      8.1  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)      8.0  
Netflix, Inc.      8.0  
JD.Com, Inc., Class A ADR      4.3  
Equinix, Inc. REIT      4.1  
Yahoo!, Inc.      3.9  
Baidu, Inc. ADR      3.8  
eBay, Inc.      3.7  
Total      60.3  

 

* Excluding money market fund holdings.
 

 

 

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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, 2017

 

   

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     30.31     17.81     63.52     19.87     147.46       17.96     333.76
NASDAQ-100® Index     30.23       17.40       61.80       16.95       118.81         13.95       219.11  
Fund                
NAV Return     29.63       17.18       60.88       19.28       141.47         17.35       314.02  
Market Price Return     29.73       17.26       61.23       19.29       141.54         17.14       307.69  

 

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 powershares.com to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Index and Benchmark Index performance results are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective 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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Schedule of Investments(a)

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Aerospace & Defense—2.1%  
  76,958      Arconic, Inc.    $ 2,103,262  
     

 

 

 
   Commodity Chemicals—5.8%  
  35,987      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      3,050,258  
  88,947      Olin Corp.      2,857,867  
     

 

 

 
        5,908,125  
     

 

 

 
   Copper—2.1%  
  165,904      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(b)      2,115,276  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Chemicals—9.9%  
  134,752      Chemours Co. (The)      5,429,158  
  30,684      Eastman Chemical Co.      2,447,049  
  86,072      Huntsman Corp.      2,132,004  
     

 

 

 
        10,008,211  
     

 

 

 
   Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—5.0%  
  69,124      FMC Corp.      5,061,951  
     

 

 

 
   Forest Products—2.2%  
  88,398      Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(b)      2,275,365  
     

 

 

 
   Gold—1.3%  
  18,622      Royal Gold, Inc.      1,316,203  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Gases—3.7%  
  26,965      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      3,788,582  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—2.0%  
  49,193      US Silica Holdings, Inc.      2,041,510  
     

 

 

 
   Paper Packaging—8.0%  
  40,636      Avery Dennison Corp.      3,381,321  
  86,676      International Paper Co.      4,677,904  
     

 

 

 
        8,059,225  
     

 

 

 
   Paper Products—3.2%  
  78,768      KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      1,661,217  
  20,740      Neenah Paper, Inc.      1,624,979  
     

 

 

 
        3,286,196  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Chemicals—38.0%  
  29,894      Albemarle Corp.      3,255,756  
  33,886      Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.      4,184,921  
  13,739      Balchem Corp.      1,115,057  
  30,952      Celanese Corp., Series A      2,694,062  
  23,685      Ecolab, Inc.      3,057,497  
  32,486      H.B. Fuller Co.      1,716,235  
  33,488      Ingevity Corp.(b)      2,117,446  
  26,129      Innospec, Inc.      1,724,514  
  16,736      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.      2,319,442  
  16,759      Minerals Technologies, Inc.      1,318,933  
  5,216      NewMarket Corp.      2,455,171  
  131,146      Platform Specialty Products Corp.(b)      1,858,339  
  67,619      PolyOne Corp.      2,651,341  
  22,534      PPG Industries, Inc.      2,475,135  
  12,917      Quaker Chemical Corp.      1,867,798  
  40,034      RPM International, Inc.      2,104,187  
  18,751      Sensient Technologies Corp.      1,533,832  
     

 

 

 
        38,449,666  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Steel—16.7%  
  316,477      AK Steel Holding Corp.(b)    $ 2,006,464  
  432,631      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.(b)      2,907,280  
  37,650      Nucor Corp.      2,309,074  
  97,221      Steel Dynamics, Inc.      3,513,567  
  121,425      SunCoke Energy, Inc.(b)      1,113,467  
  69,663      TimkenSteel Corp.(b)      1,050,518  
  119,677      United States Steel Corp.      2,671,191  
  29,579      Worthington Industries, Inc.      1,286,687  
     

 

 

 
        16,858,248  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $93,428,885)
     101,271,820  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  75,370      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $75,370)
     75,370  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $93,504,255)—100.1%
     101,347,190  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (78,343
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 101,268,847  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Airlines—4.9%  
  13,300      SkyWest, Inc.    $ 494,760  
  16,145      Southwest Airlines Co.      907,672  
     

 

 

 
        1,402,432  
     

 

 

 
   Apparel Retail—12.3%  
  8,087      Burlington Stores, Inc.(b)      799,966  
  5,731      Children’s Place, Inc. (The)      657,919  
  20,334      Ross Stores, Inc.      1,321,710  
  9,780      TJX Cos., Inc. (The)      769,099  
     

 

 

 
        3,548,694  
     

 

 

 
   Auto Parts & Equipment—6.5%  
  6,069      LCI Industries      613,879  
  4,695      Lear Corp.      669,789  
  5,735      Visteon Corp.(b)      590,418  
     

 

 

 
        1,874,086  
     

 

 

 
   Automobile Manufacturers—2.4%  
  7,195      Thor Industries, Inc.      692,015  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive Retail—4.1%   
  4,733      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)      1,174,494  
     

 

 

 
   Broadcasting—5.1%   
  28,420      Gray Television, Inc.(b)      416,353  
  6,578      Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A      453,882  
  23,231      TEGNA, Inc.      591,926  
     

 

 

 
        1,462,161  
     

 

 

 
   Cable & Satellite—8.6%  
  2,709      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(b)      935,038  
  15,966      Comcast Corp., Class A      625,708  
  186,821      Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c)      924,764  
     

 

 

 
        2,485,510  
     

 

 

 
   Casinos & Gaming—5.3%  
  26,571      Eldorado Resorts, Inc.(b)      508,170  
  20,933      Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(b)      430,592  
  24,365      Scientific Games Corp., Class A(b)      578,669  
     

 

 

 
        1,517,431  
     

 

 

 
   General Merchandise Stores—1.9%  
  14,602      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(b)      559,257  
     

 

 

 
   Home Entertainment Software—9.5%   
  14,883      Activision Blizzard, Inc.      777,637  
  10,482      Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)      993,903  
  15,572      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)      978,700  
     

 

 

 
        2,750,240  
     

 

 

 
   Home Furnishings—1.6%  
  9,078      Leggett & Platt, Inc.      476,958  
     

 

 

 
   Home Improvement Retail—2.6%   
  4,842      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      755,836  
     

 

 

 
   Hypermarkets & Super Centers—2.3%   
  3,758      Costco Wholesale Corp.      667,120  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—2.2%   
  4,581      Middleby Corp. (The)(b)      623,612  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—12.0%   
  1,457      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)    $ 1,347,710  
  12,152      Liberty Ventures, Series A(b)      654,385  
  797      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)      1,471,916  
     

 

 

 
        3,474,011  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Facilities—2.6%  
  3,778      Vail Resorts, Inc.      746,759  
     

 

 

 
   Office Services & Supplies—1.5%  
  30,708      ACCO Brands Corp.(b)      437,589  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants—8.3%  
  4,010      Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(c)      642,362  
  9,030      Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(b)      578,010  
  6,442      Domino’s Pizza, Inc.      1,168,515  
     

 

 

 
        2,388,887  
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—1.6%  
  6,282      Lamar Advertising Co., Class A REIT      452,744  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Stores—2.5%   
  2,565      Ulta Beauty, Inc.(b)      721,894  
     

 

 

 
   Tires & Rubber—2.2%  
  17,247      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)      624,859  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $25,310,236)
     28,836,589  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%  
  58,516      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $58,516)
     58,516  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $25,368,752)—100.2%
     28,895,105  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—4.3%  
  1,227,268      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $1,227,268)
     1,227,268  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $26,596,020)—104.5%
     30,122,373  
   Other assets less liabilities—(4.5)%      (1,285,873
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 28,836,500  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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

 

 

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PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio (PEZ) (continued)

April 30, 2017

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Agricultural Products—3.5%   
  21,621      Ingredion, Inc.    $ 2,677,112  
     

 

 

 
   Brewers—2.4%  
  19,540      Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B      1,873,691  
     

 

 

 
   Distillers & Vintners—6.4%  
  20,392      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      3,518,436  
  26,682      MGP Ingredients, Inc.      1,397,069  
     

 

 

 
        4,915,505  
     

 

 

 
   Education Services—6.7%  
  19,680      Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(b)      1,498,042  
  44,563      DeVry Education Group, Inc.      1,686,709  
  26,017      Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(b)      1,955,438  
     

 

 

 
        5,140,189  
     

 

 

 
   Environmental & Facilities Services—2.9%  
  58,761      Rollins, Inc.      2,281,690  
     

 

 

 
   Food Distributors—1.5%  
  41,975      US Foods Holding Corp.(b)      1,183,695  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Services—2.2%  
  8,292      Chemed Corp.      1,669,843  
     

 

 

 
   Household Products—15.6%  
  71,613      Church & Dwight Co., Inc.      3,546,992  
  24,188      Energizer Holdings, Inc.      1,432,655  
  73,349      HRG Group, Inc.(b)      1,467,713  
  14,850      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      1,926,787  
  18,123      Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      2,604,819  
  9,950      WD-40 Co.      1,043,258  
     

 

 

 
        12,022,224  
     

 

 

 
   Housewares & Specialties—3.4%  
  55,434      Newell Brands, Inc.      2,646,419  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—2.4%  
  13,802      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      1,879,142  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—2.5%  
  36,091      Nutrisystem, Inc.      1,929,064  
     

 

 

 
   Packaged Foods & Meats—21.9%  
  28,078      Campbell Soup Co.      1,615,608  
  49,069      Conagra Brands, Inc.      1,902,896  
  8,455      J & J Snack Foods Corp.      1,137,874  
  15,462      JM Smucker Co. (The)      1,959,345  
  27,567      Kellogg Co.      1,957,257  
  8,758      Lancaster Colony Corp.      1,102,632  
  27,354      McCormick & Co., Inc.      2,732,664  
  38,291      Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      2,226,622  
  27,420      Post Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,308,490  
     

 

 

 
        16,943,388  
     

 

 

 
   Personal Products—2.8%  
  34,044      Herbalife Ltd.(b)(c)      2,153,623  
     

 

 

 
   Soft Drinks—8.2%  
  5,960      Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated      1,262,686  
  30,302      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      2,777,178  
  25,606      National Beverage Corp.      2,268,435  
     

 

 

 
        6,308,299  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Specialized Consumer Services—4.7%  
  63,013      Service Corp. International    $ 2,030,279  
  33,133      Sotheby’s(b)(c)      1,569,179  
     

 

 

 
        3,599,458  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco—8.5%  
  46,716      Altria Group, Inc.      3,353,275  
  15,801      Philip Morris International, Inc.      1,751,383  
  19,627      Universal Corp.      1,441,603  
     

 

 

 
        6,546,261  
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—4.4%  
  23,077      Herc Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,049,311  
  21,613      United Rentals, Inc.(b)      2,370,082  
     

 

 

 
        3,419,393  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $70,539,467)
     77,188,996  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  82,698      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $82,698)
     82,698  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $70,622,165)—100.1%
     77,271,694  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—3.6%  
  2,751,133      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $2,751,133)
     2,751,133  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $73,373,298)—103.7%
     80,022,827  
   Other assets less liabilities—(3.7)%      (2,831,414
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 77,191,413  
     

 

 

 

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)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Coal & Consumable Fuels—2.2%   
  162,345      CONSOL Energy, Inc.(b)    $ 2,464,397  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Oil & Gas—5.5%   
  30,117      Chevron Corp.      3,213,484  
  48,525      Occidental Petroleum Corp.      2,986,229  
     

 

 

 
        6,199,713  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Drilling—9.1%   
  45,912      Helmerich & Payne, Inc.      2,784,104  
  129,847      Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.      2,810,538  
  215,603      Transocean Ltd.(b)      2,378,101  
  106,235      Unit Corp.(b)      2,282,990  
     

 

 

 
        10,255,733  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—12.6%   
  129,296      Archrock, Inc.      1,525,693  
  67,521      Exterran Corp.(b)      1,848,050  
  116,328      Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.(b)      1,965,943  
  70,027      Halliburton Co.      3,212,839  
  248,376      Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)      1,520,061  
  281,600      McDermott International, Inc.(b)      1,841,664  
  124,173      RPC, Inc.(c)      2,256,223  
     

 

 

 
        14,170,473  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—45.1%   
  30,479      Cimarex Energy Co.      3,556,290  
  37,874      Concho Resources, Inc.(b)      4,797,121  
  54,403      Continental Resources, Inc.(b)      2,307,231  
  44,113      Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)      4,404,242  
  37,107      EOG Resources, Inc.      3,432,398  
  203,653      Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)      2,618,978  
  293,787      Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(b)      3,507,817  
  143,900      Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(b)      4,286,781  
  62,341      PDC Energy, Inc.(b)      3,443,093  
  25,170      Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      4,354,158  
  116,484      Rice Energy, Inc.(b)      2,479,944  
  98,087      RSP Permian, Inc.(b)      3,732,210  
  219,021      Sanchez Energy Corp.(b)(c)      1,695,223  
  268,721      Whiting Petroleum Corp.(b)      2,230,384  
  335,571      WPX Energy, Inc.(b)      4,003,362  
     

 

 

 
        50,849,232  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—13.6%   
  107,350      CVR Energy, Inc.(c)      2,349,891  
  93,255      Delek US Holdings, Inc.      2,244,648  
  80,677      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      4,109,686  
  33,085      Phillips 66      2,632,243  
  61,783      Valero Energy Corp.      3,991,800  
     

 

 

 
        15,328,268  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—10.4%   
  111,248      Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)      5,045,097  
  67,043      SemGroup Corp., Class A      2,232,532  
  80,243      Targa Resources Corp.      4,423,796  
     

 

 

 
        11,701,425  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Chemicals—1.5%   
  144,394      Flotek Industries, Inc.(b)(c)      1,734,172  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $120,329,576)
     112,703,413  
     

 

 

 
     
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  141,457      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $141,457)
   $ 141,457  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $120,471,033)—100.1%
     112,844,870  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—7.0%   
  7,905,625      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $7,905,625)
     7,905,625  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $128,376,658)—107.1%
     120,750,495  
   Other assets less liabilities—(7.1)%      (8,019,455
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 112,731,040  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Consumer Finance—1.9%   
  128,479      SLM Corp.(b)    $ 1,611,127  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Banks—6.5%   
  86,447      Bank of America Corp.      2,017,673  
  41,072      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      3,573,264  
     

 

 

 
        5,590,937  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Exchanges & Data—2.6%   
  11,715      MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      2,255,372  
     

 

 

 
   Investment Banking & Brokerage—8.2%   
  44,353      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      1,723,114  
  65,797      E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)      2,273,286  
  13,907      Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A      1,025,641  
  27,623      Raymond James Financial, Inc.      2,058,466  
     

 

 

 
        7,080,507  
     

 

 

 
   Life & Health Insurance—17.2%   
  28,420      Lincoln National Corp.      1,873,731  
  16,555      Primerica, Inc.      1,387,309  
  43,632      Principal Financial Group, Inc.      2,841,752  
  24,878      Prudential Financial, Inc.      2,662,692  
  26,262      Torchmark Corp.      2,014,558  
  85,511      Unum Group      3,961,725  
     

 

 

 
        14,741,767  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage REITs—1.9%   
  52,912      Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      1,633,922  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-line Insurance—4.5%   
  13,186      American Financial Group, Inc.      1,283,130  
  18,598      Assurant, Inc.      1,789,871  
  19,609      Horace Mann Educators Corp.      757,888  
     

 

 

 
        3,830,889  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance—4.2%   
  12,629      Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)      1,224,634  
  11,615      Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.      766,009  
  26,401      Assured Guaranty Ltd.      1,006,670  
  12,093      Selective Insurance Group, Inc.      638,511  
     

 

 

 
        3,635,824  
     

 

 

 
   Regional Banks—47.1%   
  19,708      Ameris Bancorp      928,247  
  49,326      BancorpSouth, Inc.      1,501,977  
  75,560      Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.      3,586,833  
  12,905      Banner Corp.      712,356  
  18,703      Cathay General Bancorp      711,649  
  26,755      Centerstate Banks, Inc.      675,029  
  27,993      CVB Financial Corp.      602,969  
  14,041      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.(b)      841,056  
  38,196      East West Bancorp, Inc.      2,072,897  
  12,332      FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A(b)      582,687  
  164,751      Fifth Third Bancorp      4,024,867  
  21,894      First Merchants Corp.      905,974  
  20,599      First Republic Bank      1,904,584  
  15,169      Great Western Bancorp, Inc.      624,963  
  27,993      Home BancShares, Inc.      712,422  
  248,571      Huntington Bancshares, Inc.      3,196,623  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Regional Banks (continued)  
  84,004      Investors Bancorp, Inc.    $ 1,163,455  
  24,496      Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(b)      895,329  
  21,864      PacWest Bancorp      1,079,863  
  24,718      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.      1,581,952  
  135,347      Regions Financial Corp.      1,861,021  
  16,766      Renasant Corp.      710,878  
  26,832      Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida(b)      649,334  
  25,428      ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.      961,178  
  40,277      Sterling Bancorp      936,440  
  32,776      Synovus Financial Corp.      1,370,037  
  12,594      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(b)      958,403  
  24,015      United Community Banks, Inc.      656,810  
  36,687      Webster Financial Corp.      1,864,067  
  44,341      Western Alliance Bancorp(b)      2,123,934  
     

 

 

 
        40,397,834  
     

 

 

 
   Reinsurance—2.0%   
  13,528      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      1,691,541  
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—3.0%   
  15,376      CoreSite Realty Corp. REIT      1,504,542  
  21,137      DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT      1,089,612  
     

 

 

 
        2,594,154  
     

 

 

 
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.9%   
  16,809      Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(b)      753,884  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $85,261,571)
     85,817,758  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  96,496      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $96,496)
     96,496  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $85,358,067)—100.1%
     85,914,254  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%      (57,645
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 85,856,609  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Biotechnology—42.4%   
  20,348      Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.(b)    $ 395,565  
  17,686      Avexis, Inc.(b)      1,423,723  
  17,453      Bluebird Bio, Inc.(b)      1,552,444  
  24,306      Blueprint Medicines Corp.(b)      1,132,174  
  70,759      Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(b)(c)      1,124,361  
  43,159      Clovis Oncology, Inc.(b)      2,498,475  
  26,736      Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      424,300  
  31,048      Epizyme, Inc.(b)      560,416  
  65,763      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      2,351,027  
  123,887      Exact Sciences Corp.(b)(c)      3,717,849  
  152,802      Exelixis, Inc.(b)      3,422,765  
  14,012      Foundation Medicine, Inc.(b)      497,426  
  46,758      Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      1,353,644  
  186,007      Immunomedics, Inc.(b)(c)      1,065,820  
  16,005      Kite Pharma, Inc.(b)      1,313,690  
  11,063      Loxo Oncology, Inc.(b)      509,562  
  20,899      NewLink Genetics Corp.(b)      390,602  
  39,590      Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,583,204  
  86,238      Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      683,005  
  12,023      Sage Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      853,633  
     

 

 

 
        26,853,685  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—24.5%   
  11,503      Becton, Dickinson and Co.      2,150,716  
  68,864      Boston Scientific Corp.(b)      1,816,632  
  8,606      Cantel Medical Corp.      640,373  
  21,255      Glaukos Corp.(b)      1,010,250  
  12,178      Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.      921,144  
  11,070      IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)      1,856,771  
  8,319      Inogen, Inc.(b)      689,562  
  16,322      Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(b)      750,322  
  21,388      K2M Group Holdings, Inc.(b)      473,744  
  27,328      Masimo Corp.(b)      2,807,679  
  15,185      NuVasive, Inc.(b)      1,101,065  
  15,743      NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)      470,558  
  9,633      Penumbra, Inc.(b)      823,140  
     

 

 

 
        15,511,956  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Services—3.6%   
  12,034      Amedisys, Inc.(b)      652,243  
  36,805      Teladoc, Inc.(b)      912,764  
  20,099      Tivity Health, Inc.(b)      675,326  
     

 

 

 
        2,240,333  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Supplies—7.8%   
  17,955      Align Technology, Inc.(b)      2,417,102  
  15,458      Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(b)      520,935  
  45,131      OraSure Technologies, Inc.(b)      591,667  
  18,726      Spectranetics Corp. (The)(b)      535,564  
  9,106      West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.      838,025  
     

 

 

 
        4,903,293  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.8%   
  18,121      PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(b)      1,159,019  
     

 

 

 
   Managed Health Care—10.8%   
  11,950      Aetna, Inc.      1,614,087  
  7,469      Anthem, Inc.      1,328,660  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Managed Health Care (continued)   
  13,023      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.    $ 2,277,462  
  10,608      WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(b)      1,627,373  
     

 

 

 
        6,847,582  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals—9.1%   
  29,419      Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,295,907  
  186,853      Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd.(b)      14,948  
  58,309      Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.(b)      556,268  
  6,844      Heska Corp.(b)      740,863  
  29,067      Medicines Co. (The)(b)      1,433,585  
  36,124      Nektar Therapeutics(b)      685,272  
  32,323      Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)      1,053,730  
     

 

 

 
        5,780,573  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $54,188,609)
     63,296,441  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.2%  
  88,540      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $88,540)
     88,540  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $54,277,149)—100.2%
     63,384,981  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—9.4%  
  5,970,939      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $5,970,939)
     5,970,939  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $60,248,088)—109.6%
     69,355,920  
   Other assets less liabilities—(9.6)%      (6,076,982
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 63,278,938  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%  
   Aerospace & Defense—19.0%   
  16,975      Boeing Co. (The)    $ 3,137,489  
  23,321      HEICO Corp.      1,657,424  
  21,619      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.      4,343,041  
  27,636      Lockheed Martin Corp.      7,446,520  
  12,422      Northrop Grumman Corp.      3,055,315  
  16,656      Orbital ATK, Inc.      1,648,944  
  22,582      Raytheon Co.      3,504,952  
     

 

 

 
        24,793,685  
     

 

 

 
   Agricultural & Farm Machinery—2.0%   
  40,462      Toro Co. (The)      2,626,793  
     

 

 

 
   Airport Services—6.1%   
  98,372      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      8,004,530  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products—7.1%   
  59,580      A.O. Smith Corp.      3,210,170  
  23,602      Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      1,286,309  
  19,970      Lennox International, Inc.      3,302,838  
  21,492      Patrick Industries, Inc.(b)      1,527,007  
     

 

 

 
        9,326,324  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Printing—1.8%   
  32,130      Deluxe Corp.      2,310,468  
     

 

 

 
   Commodity Chemicals—2.0%   
  39,697      Trinseo SA      2,635,881  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering—6.8%   
  20,067      Argan, Inc.      1,341,479  
  44,078      Dycom Industries, Inc.(b)      4,657,281  
  44,673      EMCOR Group, Inc.      2,936,803  
     

 

 

 
        8,935,563  
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.4%   
  26,302      Fiserv, Inc.(b)      3,133,620  
     

 

 

 
   Distributors—1.5%   
  16,147      Pool Corp.      1,931,504  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Support Services—2.3%   
  24,604      Cintas Corp.      3,013,252  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Components & Equipment—2.3%   
  19,304      Rockwell Automation, Inc.      3,037,484  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Components—5.8%   
  46,075      II-VI, Inc.(b)      1,527,386  
  15,743      Littelfuse, Inc.      2,426,783  
  40,099      Universal Display Corp.      3,582,846  
     

 

 

 
        7,537,015  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment & Instruments—2.9%   
  17,568      Coherent, Inc.(b)      3,787,661  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.5%   
  132,788      KEMET Corp.(b)      1,488,554  
  47,428      Sanmina Corp.(b)      1,766,693  
     

 

 

 
        3,255,247  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment—3.1%   
  49,402      Danaher Corp.      4,116,669  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Health Care Services—2.3%   
  73,286      AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(b)    $ 2,993,733  
     

 

 

 
   Human Resource & Employment Services—2.8%   
  14,295      Insperity, Inc.      1,305,848  
  31,722      WageWorks, Inc.(b)      2,341,084  
     

 

 

 
        3,646,932  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Machinery—10.2%   
  25,035      IDEX Corp.      2,622,666  
  21,970      Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      3,033,837  
  24,975      John Bean Technologies Corp.      2,214,034  
  153,388      Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A      1,725,615  
  23,701      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      3,811,121  
     

 

 

 
        13,407,273  
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—4.5%   
  34,047      Accenture PLC, Class A      4,129,901  
  48,237      Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.      1,733,156  
     

 

 

 
        5,863,057  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services—4.2%   
  10,637      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)      5,461,249  
     

 

 

 
   Paper Packaging—2.8%   
  37,381      Packaging Corp. of America      3,692,495  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—1.8%   
  31,357      Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(b)      2,314,147  
     

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors—1.5%   
  13,917      Watsco, Inc.      1,931,680  
     

 

 

 
   Trucking—2.2%   
  32,489      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.      2,875,926  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $120,378,712)
     130,632,188  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%  
  100,659      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(c)
(Cost $100,659)
     100,659  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $120,479,371)—100.0%
     130,732,847  
   Other assets less liabilities—(0.0)%      (63,526
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 130,669,321  
     

 

 

 

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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%   
   Aerospace & Defense—1.9%  
  66,406      Mercury Systems, Inc.(b)    $ 2,482,256  
     

 

 

 
   Application Software—15.8%  
  112,963      8x8, Inc.(b)      1,643,612  
  25,025      Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)      3,346,844  
  122,712      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)      3,996,730  
  33,742      Ebix, Inc.(c)      2,081,881  
  26,577      Intuit, Inc.      3,327,706  
  40,626      Pegasystems, Inc.      1,850,514  
  56,223      RealPage, Inc.(b)      2,083,062  
  76,255      RingCentral, Inc., Class A(b)      2,436,347  
     

 

 

 
        20,766,696  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—9.5%  
  90,897      Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(b)(c)      4,489,403  
  22,145      Arista Networks, Inc.(b)      3,092,328  
  67,391      CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(b)      2,833,117  
  268,762      Extreme Networks, Inc.(b)      2,100,375  
     

 

 

 
        12,515,223  
     

 

 

 
   Data Processing & Outsourced Services—1.9%  
  25,840      Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.      2,504,413  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Components—4.7%  
  85,444      Amphenol Corp., Class A      6,178,456  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology—3.1%  
  41,008      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(b)      2,198,849  
  74,297      Vocera Communications, Inc.(b)      1,884,172  
     

 

 

 
        4,083,021  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—13.3%  
  3,157      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(b)      2,918,709  
  30,250      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      4,545,062  
  112,607      Five9, Inc.(b)      2,054,515  
  24,603      j2 Global, Inc.      2,220,175  
  64,119      MINDBODY, Inc., Class A(b)      1,817,774  
  49,406      Q2 Holdings, Inc.(b)      1,884,839  
  115,985      TrueCar, Inc.(b)(c)      2,032,057  
     

 

 

 
        17,473,131  
     

 

 

 
   IT Consulting & Other Services—2.8%  
  37,727      Leidos Holdings, Inc.      1,986,704  
  22,812      Science Applications International Corp.      1,665,048  
     

 

 

 
        3,651,752  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductor Equipment—9.8%  
  79,282      Applied Materials, Inc.      3,219,642  
  78,271      Brooks Automation, Inc.      1,977,125  
  25,143      Lam Research Corp.      3,641,964  
  55,634      Nanometrics, Inc.(b)      1,755,531  
  116,923      Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(b)      2,249,599  
     

 

 

 
        12,843,861  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors—18.0%  
  415,901      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)      5,531,483  
  32,468      Analog Devices, Inc.      2,474,062  
  52,295      Inphi Corp.(b)      2,166,059  
  94,503      MaxLinear, Inc., Class A(b)      2,630,018  
  120,473      Micron Technology, Inc.(b)      3,333,488  
  38,416      Microsemi Corp.(b)      1,803,247  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Semiconductors (continued)  
  32,006      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.    $ 2,928,549  
  34,966      Texas Instruments, Inc.      2,768,608  
     

 

 

 
        23,635,514  
     

 

 

 
   Systems Software—2.1%  
  87,681      Symantec Corp.      2,773,350  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Distributors—1.6%  
  35,554      CDW Corp.      2,100,886  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—11.5%  
  44,848      Apple, Inc.      6,442,415  
  60,799      NCR Corp.(b)      2,507,959  
  66,677      Seagate Technology PLC      2,809,102  
  37,145      Western Digital Corp.      3,308,505  
     

 

 

 
        15,067,981  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless Telecommunication Services—4.0%  
  77,024      T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)      5,181,405  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Cost $113,613,223)
     131,257,945  
     

 

 

 
     
   Money Market Fund—0.1%   
  105,657      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $105,657)
     105,657  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $113,718,880)—100.1%
     131,363,602  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—5.3%   
  6,947,671      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.67%(d)(e) (Cost $6,947,671)      6,947,671  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $120,666,551)—105.4%
     138,311,273  
   Other assets less liabilities—(5.4)%      (7,094,616
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 131,216,657  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—99.9%   
   Electric Utilities—35.6%   
  69,272      Alliant Energy Corp.    $ 2,723,775  
  51,726      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      3,508,575  
  58,916      Duke Energy Corp.      4,860,570  
  63,916      Edison International      5,111,363  
  68,092      Eversource Energy      4,044,665  
  34,912      IDACORP, Inc.      2,950,762  
  38,814      MGE Energy, Inc.      2,495,740  
  34,199      NextEra Energy, Inc.      4,567,618  
  88,119      OGE Energy Corp.      3,064,779  
  78,774      PG&E Corp.      5,281,797  
  89,082      PNM Resources, Inc.      3,318,304  
  56,682      Portland General Electric Co.      2,569,962  
  100,281      Xcel Energy, Inc.      4,517,659  
     

 

 

 
        49,015,569  
     

 

 

 
   Gas Utilities—15.3%   
  46,326      Atmos Energy Corp.      3,753,333  
  87,127      New Jersey Resources Corp.      3,515,575  
  37,075      ONE Gas, Inc.      2,551,872  
  71,112      South Jersey Industries, Inc.      2,668,122  
  32,874      Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.      2,753,526  
  40,188      Spire, Inc.      2,754,887  
  59,607      UGI Corp.      2,989,887  
     

 

 

 
        20,987,202  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders—2.5%  
  200,513      NRG Energy, Inc.      3,388,670  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Telecommunication Services—2.1%   
  63,770      Verizon Communications, Inc.      2,927,681  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities—32.7%   
  58,216      Ameren Corp.      3,183,833  
  65,891      Avista Corp.      2,658,043  
  41,774      Black Hills Corp.      2,841,467  
  129,894      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      3,705,876  
  108,804      CMS Energy Corp.      4,939,702  
  50,611      Consolidated Edison, Inc.      4,012,440  
  42,389      DTE Energy Co.      4,433,465  
  189,687      NiSource, Inc.      4,599,910  
  47,296      NorthWestern Corp.      2,827,355  
  60,373      SCANA Corp.      4,003,334  
  51,926      Vectren Corp.      3,085,443  
  76,525      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      4,631,293  
     

 

 

 
        44,922,161  
     

 

 

 
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—3.3%   
  87,483      ONEOK, Inc.      4,602,480  
     

 

 

 
   Renewable Electricity—1.7%   
  39,188      Ormat Technologies, Inc.      2,314,443  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks (continued)  
   Water Utilities—6.7%   
  55,077      American Water Works Co., Inc.    $ 4,392,941  
  85,588      Aqua America, Inc.      2,832,107  
  56,581      California Water Service Group      2,019,942  
     

 

 

 
        9,244,990  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $134,759,093)—99.9%
     137,403,196  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.1%      72,386  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 137,475,582  
     

 

 

 

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 NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)

April 30, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests—100.0%  
   Alternative Carriers—0.3%  
  26,625      Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.    $ 1,198,125  
     

 

 

 
   Application Software—0.1%   
  49,934      NQ Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR
(China)(b)(c)
     188,251  
     

 

 

 
   Casinos & Gaming—0.1%   
  16,734      500.com Ltd., Class A ADR
(China)(b)(c)
     217,710  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment—1.6%   
  41,464      Arista Networks, Inc.(c)      5,790,033  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—38.7%   
  20,826      1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A(c)      223,879  
  30,940      Amazon.com, Inc.(c)      28,619,190  
  244,990      Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (China)(c)      12,374,445  
  67,967      Etsy, Inc.(c)      731,325  
  80,010      Expedia, Inc.      10,698,937  
  15,930      FTD Cos., Inc.(c)      318,600  
  328,967      Groupon, Inc., Class A(c)      1,289,551  
  30,650      HSN, Inc.      1,130,985  
  427,799      JD.Com, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      15,002,911  
  18,745      Lands’ End, Inc.(b)(c)      442,382  
  31,657      Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.,
Class A(c)
     1,529,350  
  42,181      Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A(c)      620,061  
  30,559      MakeMyTrip Ltd. (India)(b)(c)      1,173,466  
  183,949      Netflix, Inc.(c)      27,997,038  
  17,486      Nutrisystem, Inc.      934,627  
  14,855      Overstock.com, Inc.(c)      257,734  
  12,012      PetMed Express, Inc.(b)      277,477  
  15,165      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(c)      28,007,025  
  19,693      Shutterfly, Inc.(c)      1,022,067  
  76,657      TripAdvisor, Inc.(c)      3,450,331  
     

 

 

 
        136,101,381  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services—55.0%  
  33,925      21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)(c)      183,534  
  27,641      2U, Inc.(c)      1,254,901  
  19,712      Actua Corp.(c)      275,968  
  101,150      Akamai Technologies, Inc.(c)      6,164,081  
  26,908      Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.(c)      877,470  
  31,759      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(c)      28,772,384  
  34,782      Angie’s List, Inc.(c)      204,518  
  29,461      Autohome, Inc., Class A ADR
(China)(c)
     1,019,351  
  75,101      Baidu, Inc. ADR (China)(c)      13,535,453  
  52,752      Bankrate, Inc.(c)      559,171  
  16,405      Baozun, Inc. ADR (China)(b)(c)      250,504  
  48,850      Bazaarvoice, Inc.(c)      229,595  
  17,976      Benefitfocus, Inc.(b)(c)      566,244  
  24,631      Blucora, Inc.(c)      454,442  
  19,935      Brightcove, Inc.(c)      173,434  
  15,955      Carbonite, Inc.(c)      344,628  
  18,199      Cimpress NV (Netherlands)(b)(c)      1,493,774  
  33,159      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.(c)      1,302,486  
  19,032      CoStar Group, Inc.(c)      4,584,618  
  29,252      Coupa Software, Inc.(c)      811,743  
  35,415      Criteo SA ADR (France)(c)      1,926,222  
  29,042      DHI Group, Inc.(c)      111,812  
  385,750      eBay, Inc.(c)      12,887,908  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Internet Software & Services (continued)  
  83,192      Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.(c)    $ 632,259  
  25,198      Envestnet, Inc.(c)      876,890  
  192,891      Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)      28,981,873  
  31,251      Five9, Inc.(c)      570,175  
  52,168      GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(c)      2,030,379  
  50,505      Gogo, Inc.(b)(c)      636,868  
  35,562      Hortonworks, Inc.(b)(c)      370,200  
  41,982      IAC/InterActiveCorp.(c)      3,484,926  
  27,975      j2 Global, Inc.      2,524,464  
  18,372      Liquidity Services, Inc.(c)      143,302  
  33,929      LivePerson, Inc.(c)      239,199  
  30,642      LogMeIn, Inc.      3,462,546  
  26,953      Match Group, Inc.(b)(c)      502,134  
  34,450      Meet Group, Inc. (The)(c)      205,322  
  25,785      MercadoLibre, Inc. (Argentina)      5,902,444  
  32,259      Mimecast Ltd.(c)      779,700  
  19,235      MINDBODY, Inc., Class A(c)      545,312  
  45,774      Momo, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      1,738,497  
  42,867      NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)      11,376,473  
  30,893      New Relic, Inc.(c)      1,235,102  
  38,626      NIC, Inc.      824,665  
  28,623      Nutanix, Inc., Class A(b)(c)      434,783  
  137,710      Pandora Media, Inc.(b)(c)      1,494,154  
  28,006      RetailMeNot, Inc.(c)      324,870  
  20,196      Shutterstock, Inc.(c)      873,073  
  41,351      SINA Corp. (China)(c)      3,176,170  
  22,716      Sohu.com, Inc. (China)(c)      881,381  
  10,056      SPS Commerce, Inc.(c)      555,695  
  9,983      Stamps.com, Inc.(b)(c)      1,059,695  
  10,385      Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A(b)(c)      387,880  
  50,016      TrueCar, Inc.(b)(c)      876,280  
  424,423      Twitter, Inc.(c)      6,994,491  
  59,743      VeriSign, Inc.(b)(c)      5,312,348  
  29,472      Web.com Group, Inc.(c)      568,810  
  22,015      WebMD Health Corp.(c)      1,193,873  
  33,292      Weibo Corp., Class A ADR
(China)(b)(c)
     1,859,691  
  24,696      Wix.com Ltd. (Israel)(c)      2,036,185  
  286,409      Yahoo!, Inc.(c)      13,807,778  
  162,025      Yandex NV, Class A (Russia)(c)      4,416,802  
  22,434      YY, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(c)      1,098,593  
  31,878      Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(c)      1,226,984  
     

 

 

 
        193,626,507  
     

 

 

 
   Specialized REITs—4.1%  
  34,776      Equinix, Inc. REIT      14,525,935  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.1%  
  22,406      Boingo Wireless, Inc.(c)      320,182  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks and Other Equity Interests
(Cost $290,195,041)
     351,968,124  
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

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, 2017

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Money Market Fund—0.0%  
  106,392      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 0.65%(d)
(Cost $106,392)
   $ 106,392  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)
(Cost $290,301,433)—100.0%
     352,074,516  
     

 

 

 
     
   Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan  
     
   Money Market Fund—4.1%  
  14,476,799      Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio—Institutional Class,
0.67%(d)(e)
(Cost $14,476,799)
     14,476,799  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments
(Cost $304,778,232)—104.1%
     366,551,315  
   Other assets less liabilities—(4.1)%      (14,612,179
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 351,939,136  
     

 

 

 

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, 2017.
(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. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2017.
(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.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China     17.9
 

 

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, 2017

 

    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)
     PowerShares
DWA Financial
Momentum
Portfolio (PFI)
 
Assets:              

Unaffiliated investments, at value(a)

  $ 101,271,820      $ 28,836,589      $ 77,188,996      $ 112,703,413      $ 85,817,758  

Affiliated investments, at value

    75,370        1,285,784        2,833,831        8,047,082        96,496  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at value

    101,347,190        30,122,373        80,022,827        120,750,495        85,914,254  

Receivables:

             

Dividends

    57,820        8,664        41,998        73,107        63,622  

Investments sold

                                 

Securities lending

           2,681        1,519        11,000         

Other assets

    847        738        1,028        789        646  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    101,405,857        30,134,456        80,067,372        120,835,391        85,978,522  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:              

Payables:

             

Shares repurchased

                                 

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

           1,227,268        2,751,133        7,905,625         

Accrued advisory fees

    26,818        577        25,398        41,076        28,016  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    18,965        17,431        18,620        21,699        16,479  

Accrued expenses

    91,227        52,680        80,808        135,951        77,418  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    137,010        1,297,956        2,875,959        8,104,351        121,913  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 101,268,847      $ 28,836,500      $ 77,191,413      $ 112,731,040      $ 85,856,609  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:              

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 129,050,449      $ 71,471,661      $ 113,569,901      $ 255,040,126      $ 100,241,421  

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    (9,366      (16,636      (17,913      (20,542      (15,674

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (35,615,171      (46,144,878      (43,010,104      (134,662,381      (14,925,325

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    7,842,935        3,526,353        6,649,529        (7,626,163      556,187  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 101,268,847      $ 28,836,500      $ 77,191,413      $ 112,731,040      $ 85,856,609  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    1,650,000        650,000        1,300,000        3,100,000        2,800,000  

Net asset value

  $ 61.38      $ 44.36      $ 59.38      $ 36.36      $ 30.66  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 61.38      $ 44.37      $ 59.38      $ 36.35      $ 30.64  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments, at cost

  $ 93,428,885      $ 25,310,236      $ 70,539,467      $ 120,329,576      $ 85,261,571  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments, at cost

  $ 75,370      $ 1,285,784      $ 2,833,831      $ 8,047,082      $ 96,496  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments, at cost

  $ 93,504,255      $ 26,596,020      $ 73,373,298      $ 128,376,658      $ 85,358,067  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

  $      $ 1,174,780      $ 2,700,372      $ 7,714,867      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

  46  

 


 

 

    
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)
 
           
$ 63,296,441      $ 130,632,188      $ 131,257,945      $ 137,403,196      $ 351,968,124  
  6,059,479        100,659        7,053,328               14,583,191  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  69,355,920        130,732,847        138,311,273        137,403,196        366,551,315  
           
  1,257        69,975        17,864        195,095        53  
                2,272,175        4,153,046         
  3,674               2,297               24,193  
  717        686        997        1,019         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  69,361,568        130,803,508        140,604,606        141,752,356        366,575,561  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           
           
                2,272,066        4,153,655         
  5,970,939               6,947,671               14,476,799  
  21,414        53,602        41,849        29,236        159,626  
  20,434        19,117        18,229        17,959         
  69,843        61,468        108,134        75,924         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,082,630        134,187        9,387,949        4,276,774        14,636,425  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 63,278,938      $ 130,669,321      $ 131,216,657      $ 137,475,582      $ 351,939,136  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           
$ 147,063,588      $ 183,021,719      $ 187,152,727      $ 151,781,962      $ 315,340,365  
  (135,123      10,597        (17,440      302,506        (763,581
  (92,757,359      (62,616,471      (73,563,352      (17,252,989      (24,410,731
  9,107,832        10,253,476        17,644,722        2,644,103        61,773,083  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 63,278,938      $ 130,669,321      $ 131,216,657      $ 137,475,582      $ 351,939,136  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,150,000        2,500,000        2,900,000        5,000,000        3,550,000  
$ 55.03      $ 52.27      $ 45.25      $ 27.50      $ 99.14  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 55.02      $ 52.26      $ 45.22      $ 27.51      $ 99.17  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 54,188,609      $ 120,378,712      $ 113,613,223      $ 134,759,093      $ 290,195,041  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 6,059,479      $ 100,659      $ 7,053,328      $      $ 14,583,191  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 60,248,088      $ 120,479,371      $ 120,666,551      $ 134,759,093      $ 304,778,232  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 5,845,969      $      $ 6,798,842      $      $ 14,146,144  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

  47  

 


 

Statements of Operations

For the year ended April 30, 2017

 

    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)
     PowerShares
DWA Financial
Momentum
Portfolio (PFI)
 
Investment Income:              

Unaffiliated dividend income

  $ 2,030,947      $ 412,899      $ 3,709,969      $ 1,039,516      $ 1,172,725  

Affiliated dividend income

    485        436        933        654        354  

Securities lending income

    49        12,566        7,227        432,541         

Foreign withholding tax

                                (1,035
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    2,031,481        425,901        3,718,129        1,472,711        1,172,044  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:              

Advisory fees

    729,631        225,067        964,786        783,822        275,030  

Sub-licensing fees

    164,079        67,487        289,429        235,129        53,514  

Accounting & administration fees

    36,830        35,936        43,913        38,383        36,827  

Professional fees

    27,933        27,444        30,405        27,906        26,358  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    9,381        8,804        11,281        9,779        8,065  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    5,382        4,366        4,537        2,321        3,122  

Other expenses

    27,632        16,099        28,128        28,099        19,120  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    1,000,868        385,203        1,372,479        1,125,439        422,036  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (125,530      (115,326      (215,185      (184,863      (92,176
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    875,338        269,877        1,157,294        940,576        329,860  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    1,156,143        156,024        2,560,835        532,135        842,184  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):              

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investment securities

    (8,207,019      (7,809,559      (16,542,364      (22,968,040      (2,819,014

In-kind redemptions

    30,571,800        3,355,327        18,859,675        32,533,623        5,194,084  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    22,364,781        (4,454,232      2,317,311        9,565,583        2,375,070  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

    (6,190,316      5,160,383        (2,462,507      (26,190,023      (777,578
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    16,174,465        706,151        (145,196      (16,624,440      1,597,492  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 17,330,608      $ 862,175      $ 2,415,639      $ (16,092,305    $ 2,439,676  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

  48  

 


 

 

    
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)
 
           
$ 115,722      $ 1,060,033      $ 701,733      $ 4,278,341      $ 778,900  
  437        390        598        550        265  
  22,906               478,233        140,383        190,647  
         (8,560      (10,779              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  139,065        1,051,863        1,169,785        4,419,274        969,812  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           
  337,706        442,814        761,518        721,721        1,726,226  
  101,393        44,478        228,637        200,018         
  34,126        36,073        35,045        38,051         
  26,499        25,557        28,447        28,015         
  8,424        8,420        9,969        9,992         
  2,869        3,097        6,617        6,378         
  19,027        18,046        24,365        27,634         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  530,044        578,485        1,094,598        1,031,809        1,726,226  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (124,992      (47,287      (181,049      (166,005      (116

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  405,052        531,198        913,549        865,804        1,726,110  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (265,987      520,665        256,236        3,553,470        (756,298

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           
           
  (8,034,317      (4,141,118      (15,683,419      (3,693,792      (8,708,341
  15,936,437        10,699,472        33,711,832        15,941,355        26,533,887  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  7,902,120        6,558,354        18,028,413        12,247,563        17,825,546  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,866,058        8,227,537        15,379,489        (6,365,320      58,680,808  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  14,768,178        14,785,891        33,407,902        5,882,243        76,506,354  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 14,502,191      $ 15,306,556      $ 33,664,138      $ 9,435,713      $ 75,750,056  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares DWA Basic
Materials Momentum
Portfolio (PYZ)
     PowerShares DWA Consumer
Cyclicals Momentum
Portfolio (PEZ)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 1,156,143      $ 814,137      $ 156,024      $ 722,497  

Net realized gain (loss)

    22,364,781        (3,589,718      (4,454,232      (19,340,333

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (6,190,316      9,952,259        5,160,383        (8,257,723
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    17,330,608        7,176,678        862,175        (26,875,559
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (1,284,408      (869,950      (418,318      (507,462

Return of capital

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1,284,408      (869,950      (418,318      (507,462
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    168,900,387        118,077,520        19,237,137        242,968,038  

Value of shares repurchased

    (252,175,160      (33,968,926      (83,808,889      (219,083,505
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (83,274,773      84,108,594        (64,571,752      23,884,533  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (67,228,573      90,415,322        (64,127,895      (3,498,488
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    168,497,420        78,082,098        92,964,395        96,462,883  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 101,268,847      $ 168,497,420      $ 28,836,500      $ 92,964,395  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ (9,366    $ 118,899      $ (16,636    $ 243,228  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    2,950,000        2,350,000        450,000        5,250,000  

Shares repurchased

    (4,400,000      (700,000      (2,000,000      (5,150,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    3,100,000        1,450,000        2,200,000        2,100,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    1,650,000        3,100,000        650,000        2,200,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

  50  

 


 

 

PowerShares DWA Consumer
Staples Momentum
Portfolio (PSL)
     PowerShares DWA Energy
Momentum
Portfolio (PXI)
     PowerShares DWA Financial
Momentum
Portfolio (PFI)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
              
$ 2,560,835      $ 1,859,483      $ 532,135      $ 1,751,429      $ 842,184      $ 444,647  
  2,317,311        2,917,120        9,565,583        (47,431,832      2,375,070        (1,326,466
  (2,462,507      2,304,927        (26,190,023      5,917,263        (777,578      (271,892

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,415,639        7,081,530        (16,092,305      (39,763,140      2,439,676        (1,153,711

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (3,477,597      (1,309,748      (693,416      (2,409,629      (1,505,911      (414,019
                (214,044                     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (3,477,597      (1,309,748      (907,460      (2,409,629      (1,505,911      (414,019

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  79,228,734        384,038,893        213,214,864        40,220,901        135,281,308        6,051,459  
  (298,045,382      (190,454,068      (208,770,512      (55,939,362      (79,776,451      (13,512,339

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (218,816,648      193,584,825        4,444,352        (15,718,461      55,504,857        (7,460,880

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (219,878,606      199,356,607        (12,555,413      (57,891,230      56,438,622        (9,028,610

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  297,070,019        97,713,412        125,286,453        183,177,683        29,417,987        38,446,597  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 77,191,413      $ 297,070,019      $ 112,731,040      $ 125,286,453      $ 85,856,609      $ 29,417,987  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ (17,913    $ 650,671      $ (20,542    $ 140,739      $ (15,674    $ 119,151  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  1,400,000        6,850,000        5,000,000        1,100,000        4,400,000        200,000  
  (5,400,000      (3,450,000      (5,200,000      (1,500,000      (2,600,000      (450,000
  5,300,000        1,900,000        3,300,000        3,700,000        1,000,000        1,250,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,300,000        5,300,000        3,100,000        3,300,000        2,800,000        1,000,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016

 

    PowerShares DWA Healthcare
Momentum Portfolio (PTH)
     PowerShares DWA Industrials
Momentum Portfolio (PRN)
 
    2017      2016      2017      2016  
Operations:           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (265,987    $ (954,074    $ 520,665      $ 441,691  

Net realized gain (loss)

    7,902,120        (58,814,460      6,558,354        (6,082,402

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    6,866,058        (13,159,154      8,227,537        (4,408,769
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    14,502,191        (72,927,688      15,306,556        (10,049,480
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

                  (553,696      (525,854

Return of capital

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

                  (553,696      (525,854
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    69,403,752        169,070,157        158,242,219        64,488,214  

Value of shares repurchased

    (95,958,769      (199,613,152      (85,202,042      (123,450,417
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (26,555,017      (30,542,995      73,040,177        (58,962,203
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (12,052,826      (103,470,683      87,793,037        (69,537,537
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    75,331,764        178,802,447        42,876,284        112,413,821  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 63,278,938      $ 75,331,764      $ 130,669,321      $ 42,876,284  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) at end of year

  $ (135,123    $ (194,516    $ 10,597      $ 43,628  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    1,350,000        2,800,000        3,250,000        1,400,000  

Shares repurchased

    (1,900,000      (4,200,000      (1,700,000      (2,850,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    1,700,000        3,100,000        950,000        2,400,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    1,150,000        1,700,000        2,500,000        950,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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)
     PowerShares DWA Utilities
Momentum Portfolio (PUI)
     PowerShares NASDAQ Internet
Portfolio (PNQI)
 
2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  
              
$ 256,236      $ (57,773    $ 3,553,470      $ 1,801,366      $ (756,298    $ (509,838
  18,028,413        (26,246,821      12,247,563        4,654,292        17,825,546        13,802,424  
  15,379,489        (4,839,493      (6,365,320      6,605,206        58,680,808        (6,067,975

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  33,664,138        (31,144,087      9,435,713        13,060,864        75,750,056        7,224,611  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (172,973             (3,999,102      (1,178,184              
  (192,217                                   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (365,190             (3,999,102      (1,178,184              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  105,469,937        288,451,357        181,244,678        198,194,423        84,874,769        136,066,781  
  (190,175,480      (139,271,747      (250,158,823      (44,017,408      (87,837,710      (80,990,297

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (84,705,543      149,179,610        (68,914,145      154,177,015        (2,962,941      55,076,484  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (51,406,595      118,035,523        (63,477,534      166,059,695        72,787,115        62,301,095  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  182,623,252        64,587,729        200,953,116        34,893,421        279,152,021        216,850,926  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 131,216,657      $ 182,623,252      $ 137,475,582      $ 200,953,116      $ 351,939,136      $ 279,152,021  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ (17,440    $ (100,703    $ 302,506      $ 748,138      $ (763,581    $ (305,621

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  2,500,000        7,050,000        6,650,000        8,250,000        950,000        1,750,000  
  (4,650,000      (3,600,000      (9,650,000      (1,800,000      (1,050,000      (1,100,000
  5,050,000        1,600,000        8,000,000        1,550,000        3,650,000        3,000,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,900,000        5,050,000        5,000,000        8,000,000        3,550,000        3,650,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio (PYZ)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 54.35      $   53.85      $ 52.33      $ 43.38      $ 38.24

Net investment income(a)

    0.46        0.58        0.43        0.51        0.63  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    7.14        0.59        1.57        8.95        5.16  

Total from investment operations

    7.60        1.17        2.00        9.46        5.79

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.57      (0.67      (0.48      (0.51      (0.65

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 61.38      $ 54.35      $ 53.85      $ 52.33      $ 43.38

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 61.38      $ 54.38      $ 53.80      $ 52.31      $ 43.29
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     14.04      2.32      3.82      21.97      15.37
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.98      2.47      3.77      22.18      15.26
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 101,269      $ 168,497      $ 78,082      $ 94,190      $ 80,253  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60      0.60      0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.69      0.69      0.69      0.68      0.72

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.79      1.17      0.79      1.08      1.59

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    132      96      80      158      63

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 42.26      $   45.93     $ 39.79      $ 34.19      $ 29.90

Net investment income(a)

    0.15        0.17       0.27        0.17        0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.30        (3.71     6.06        5.63        4.24  

Total from investment operations

    2.45        (3.54     6.33        5.80        4.63

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.35      (0.13     (0.19      (0.20      (0.34

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 44.36      $ 42.26     $ 45.93      $ 39.79      $ 34.19

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 44.37      $ 42.25     $ 45.93      $ 39.74      $ 34.16
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     5.85      (7.73 )%      15.91      16.97      15.67
Market Price Total Return(c)     5.90      (7.76 )%      16.06      16.93      15.60
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 28,837      $ 92,964     $ 96,463      $ 45,754      $ 23,933  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60     0.60      0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.86      0.71     0.81      0.91      0.93

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.35      0.39     0.63      0.42      1.29

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    117      139     114      236      130

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio (PSL)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 56.05      $   51.43      $ 43.04     $ 39.69      $ 32.61

Net investment income(a)

    0.76        0.43        0.76 (b)      0.66        0.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    3.69        4.54        8.37       3.26        7.13  

Total from investment operations

    4.45        4.97        9.13       3.92        7.79

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (1.12      (0.35      (0.74     (0.57      (0.71

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 59.38      $ 56.05      $ 51.43     $ 43.04      $ 39.69

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 59.38      $ 56.05      $ 51.43     $ 43.03      $ 39.67
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     8.12      9.67      21.28     9.93      24.29
Market Price Total Return(d)     8.12      9.67      21.31     9.97      24.27
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 77,191      $ 297,070      $ 97,713     $ 38,738      $ 37,708  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60      0.60     0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.71      0.69      0.78     0.79      0.82

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.33      0.76      1.54 %(b)      1.56      1.94

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    106      113      83     175      57

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 37.97     $   49.51     $ 60.41     $ 48.39      $ 40.45

Net investment income(a)

    0.14       0.51       0.53       0.34        0.47  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (1.50     (11.39     (10.82     12.01        8.13  

Total from investment operations

    (1.36     (10.88     (10.29     12.35        8.60

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.19     (0.66     (0.61     (0.33      (0.66

Return of capital

    (0.06                         

Total distributions

    (0.25     (0.66     (0.61     (0.33      (0.66

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 36.36     $ 37.97     $ 49.51     $ 60.41      $ 48.39

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 36.35     $ 37.95     $ 49.51     $ 60.37      $ 48.36
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     (3.62 )%      (22.01 )%      (17.08 )%      25.66      21.48
Market Price Total Return(c)     (3.60 )%      (22.05 )%      (17.02 )%      25.66      21.35
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 112,731     $ 125,286     $ 183,178     $ 214,441      $ 137,916  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60     0.60     0.60     0.64      0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.72     0.76     0.74     0.64      0.69

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.34     1.32     0.97     0.65      1.10

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    116     119     109     198      80

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017      2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 29.42      $   30.76     $ 27.82     $ 23.92     $ 20.08

Net investment income(a)

    0.47        0.42       0.37       0.32       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.43        (1.37     2.92       3.93       3.83  

Total from investment operations

    1.90        (0.95     3.29       4.25       4.18

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.66      (0.39     (0.35     (0.35     (0.34

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 30.66      $ 29.42     $ 30.76     $ 27.82     $ 23.92

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 30.64      $ 29.43     $ 30.76     $ 27.79     $ 23.90
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     6.51      (3.11 )%      11.84     17.89     21.07
Market Price Total Return(c)     6.41      (3.08 )%      11.96     17.86     21.03
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 85,857      $ 29,418     $ 38,447     $ 36,167     $ 20,330  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60     0.60 %(d)      0.64 %(d)      0.66 %(d) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.77      0.84     0.85 %(d)      0.91 %(d)      1.10 %(d) 

Net investment income, after Waivers

    1.53      1.38     1.24     1.20     1.66

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    204      119     115     232     118

 

(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 companies’ 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 investment companies 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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio (PTH)

 

    Year Ended April 30,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:           

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 44.31     $   57.68     $ 45.34     $ 38.76      $ 32.29

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.19     (0.27     (0.20     0.00 (b)       0.43  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    10.91       (13.10     12.54       6.73        6.39  

Total from investment operations

    10.72       (13.37     12.34       6.73        6.82

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

                      (0.15      (0.35

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 55.03     $ 44.31     $ 57.68     $ 45.34      $ 38.76

Market price at end of year(c)

  $ 55.02     $ 44.28     $ 57.64     $ 45.34      $ 38.69
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     24.19     (23.18 )%      27.22     17.41      21.31
Market Price Total Return(d)     24.26     (23.18 )%      27.13     17.62      21.06
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

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

  $ 63,279     $ 75,332     $ 178,802     $ 106,560      $ 60,071  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60     0.60     0.60     0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.78     0.70     0.68     0.68      0.74

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    (0.39 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.38 )%      0.01      1.26

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    175     200     151     278      93

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 45.13      $   46.84     $ 46.47      $ 36.74      $ 30.02

Net investment income(a)

    0.29        0.22       0.17        0.19        0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    7.14        (1.73     0.35        9.72        6.89  

Total from investment operations

    7.43        (1.51     0.52        9.91        7.41

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.29      (0.20     (0.15      (0.18      (0.65

Return of capital

                               (0.04

Total distributions

    (0.29      (0.20     (0.15      (0.18      (0.69 )

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 52.27      $ 45.13     $ 46.84      $ 46.47      $ 36.74

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 52.26      $ 45.13     $ 46.85      $ 46.43      $ 36.72
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     16.50      (3.24 )%      1.12      27.01      25.18
Market Price Total Return(c)     16.48      (3.26 )%      1.23      26.97      25.19
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 130,669      $ 42,876     $ 112,414      $ 169,622      $ 38,573  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60     0.60      0.63      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.65      0.65     0.64      0.66      0.92

Net investment income, after Waivers

    0.59      0.48     0.36      0.43      1.65

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    122      122     121      285      116

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016     2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:             

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 36.16      $   40.37     $ 32.44      $ 29.14      $ 27.29

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.07        (0.01     0.17        0.04        0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    9.12        (4.20     8.02        3.32        1.88  

Total from investment operations

    9.19        (4.21     8.19        3.36        2.05

Distributions to shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.05            (0.26      (0.06      (0.20

Return of capital

    (0.05                           

Total distributions

    (0.10            (0.26      (0.06      (0.20

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 45.25      $ 36.16     $ 40.37      $ 32.44      $ 29.14

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 45.22      $ 36.16     $ 40.36      $ 32.45      $ 29.06
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     25.46      (10.43 )%      25.29      11.52      7.59
Market Price Total Return(c)     25.38      (10.41 )%      25.22      11.86      7.34
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

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

  $ 131,217      $ 182,623     $ 64,588      $ 53,525      $ 32,053  

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60     0.60      0.64      0.65

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.72      0.70     0.77      0.80      0.89

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.17      (0.03 )%      0.46      0.13      0.63

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    147      159     157      263      95

 

(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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:              

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 25.12      $   22.51      $ 22.49      $ 19.82      $ 16.69

Net investment income(a)

    0.65        0.64        0.57        0.47        0.45  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    2.71        2.60        (0.01      2.68        3.14  

Total from investment operations

    3.36        3.24        0.56        3.15        3.59

Distributions to shareholders from:

             

Net investment income

    (0.98      (0.63      (0.54      (0.48      (0.46

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 27.50      $ 25.12      $ 22.51      $ 22.49      $ 19.82

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 27.51      $ 25.10      $ 22.50      $ 22.47      $ 19.79
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     13.65      14.86      2.48      16.27      21.90
Market Price Total Return(c)     13.78      14.81      2.53      16.35      21.94
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              

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

  $ 137,476      $ 200,953      $ 34,893      $ 41,601      $ 42,604  

Ratio to average net assets of:

             

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.60      0.60      0.60      0.63      0.63

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.71      0.74      0.80      0.77      0.81

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.46      2.74      2.49      2.31      2.54

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    54      91      47      131      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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance:          

Net asset value at beginning of year

  $ 76.48     $   72.28     $ 61.62     $ 46.09     $ 41.08

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.22     (0.16     (0.21     (0.27     (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    22.88       4.36       10.87       15.80       5.04  

Total from investment operations

    22.66       4.20       10.66       15.53       5.03

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

                            (0.02

Net asset value at end of year

  $ 99.14     $ 76.48     $ 72.28     $ 61.62     $ 46.09

Market price at end of year(b)

  $ 99.17     $ 76.44     $ 72.26     $ 61.51     $ 46.08
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     29.63     5.81     17.30     33.70     12.26
Market Price Total Return(c)     29.73     5.79     17.48     33.48     12.23
Ratios/Supplemental Data:          

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

  $ 351,939     $ 279,152     $ 216,851     $ 289,628     $ 64,525  

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Expenses

    0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60     0.60

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.26 )%      (0.21 )%      (0.31 )%      (0.42 )%      (0.02 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    14     27     31     21     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 for periods less than one year, if applicable, 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, 2017

 

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, 2017, 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 The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. Prior to December 7, 2016, Shares of each Fund (except for NASDAQ Internet Portfolio) were 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

DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Basic Materials Technical Leaders Index
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Consumer Cyclicals Technical Leaders Index
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Consumer Staples Technical Leaders Index
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Energy Technical Leaders Index
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Financials Technical Leaders Index
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Healthcare Technical Leaders Index
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Industrials Technical Leaders Index
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Technology Technical Leaders Index
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright® Utilities Technical Leaders Index
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio    NASDAQ Internet IndexSM

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

 

 

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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 will 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 Mid-Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small- and mid-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 mid-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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“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.

The Funds may periodically participate in litigation related to each Fund’s investments. As such, the Funds may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce each Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. 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 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”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) or the Adviser, expenses incurred in connection with the Board members’ services, including travel expenses and legal fees of counsel for the Independent Trustees and any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other 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.

 

 

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G. 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.

H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with 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.

I. Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio, DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio, DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio, DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio, DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio, DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio, DWA Utilities 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 securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is generally invested in an affiliated money market fund and is shown as such on the Schedules of Investments. Each Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. 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. When loaning securities, each Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to each 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. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or each Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to each Fund the securities loaned and each Fund will return the collateral. 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. Each Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to each Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. Each 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 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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

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, 2018. Unless the Adviser continues the Expense Agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2018. During its term, the Expense Agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the Expense Cap without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, through August 31, 2019, 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, 2017, the Adviser waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund in the following amounts:

 

DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 125,530  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      115,326  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      215,185  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      184,863  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      92,176  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      124,992  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      47,287  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      181,049  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      166,005  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      116  

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, 2017 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture
Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 
        4/30/18      4/30/19      4/30/20  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 271,955      $ 82,414      $ 64,234      $ 125,307  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      445,718        127,393        203,205        115,120  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      545,016        101,972        228,313        214,731  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      673,958        290,036        199,340        184,582  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      264,505        94,203        78,303        91,999  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      406,146        88,576        192,773        124,797  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      145,345        48,372        49,864        47,109  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      457,067        104,492        171,801        180,774  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      339,669        83,252        90,675        165,742  

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 Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio    Dorsey Wright & Associates, LLC
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio    Nasdaq, 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.

 

 

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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. 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, 2017, 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  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio            

Equity Securities

   $ 69,340,972      $      $ 14,948      $ 69,355,920  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 5. Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended April 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 1,284,408      $      $ 869,950      $  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      418,318               507,462         
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      3,477,597               1,309,748         
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      693,416        214,044        2,409,629         
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      1,505,911               414,019         
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      553,696               525,854         
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      172,973        192,217                
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      3,999,102               1,178,184         

 

 

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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   $ 8,666     $ (18,032   $ 7,238,568     $ (31,303,679   $ (3,707,125   $ 129,050,449     $ 101,268,847  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio           (16,636     3,462,066       (44,126,062     (1,954,529     71,471,661       28,836,500  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio           (17,913     6,442,211       (39,230,930     (3,571,856     113,569,901       77,191,413  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio           (20,542     (9,712,766     (115,467,608     (17,108,170     255,040,126       112,731,040  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio           (15,674     383,409       (13,035,410     (1,717,137     100,241,421       85,856,609  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio**           (19,957     9,016,797       (87,454,852     (5,326,638     147,063,588       63,278,938  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio     28,849       (18,252     10,156,767       (59,031,297     (3,488,465     183,021,719       130,669,321  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio           (17,440     17,581,734       (62,372,312     (11,128,052     187,152,727       131,216,657  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio     319,705       (17,199     2,396,314       (16,584,266     (420,934     151,781,962       137,475,582  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio**                 54,899,318       (13,809,358     (4,491,189     315,340,365       351,939,136  

 

* 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 and NASDAQ Internet Portfolio incurred and will elect to defer Late-Year Ordinary Losses of $115,166 and $267,316, and Post-October Capital Losses of $5,211,472 and $4,223,873, 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.

The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards and expiration dates for each Fund as of April 30, 2017:

 

                   Post-effective/ no
expiration
               
     2018      2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 4,534,904      $ 2,521,492      $ 21,732,766      $ 2,514,517      $ 31,303,679      $ 3,783,798  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio             2,042,056        41,681,282        402,724        44,126,062        1,993,654  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      3,935,363        1,180,566        33,738,969        376,032        39,230,930        2,156,980  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      3,914,682        1,167,692        96,476,790        13,908,444        115,467,608        2,869,667  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      4,413,894        1,979,006        6,365,897        276,613        13,035,410        1,821,971  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      18,737,951        2,739,963        65,976,938               87,454,852        17,890,879  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      21,245,288        2,746,746        34,870,158        169,105        59,031,297        6,525,387  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      7,658,564        3,016,840        51,533,698        163,210        62,372,312        8,220,697  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      5,885,935        874,386        8,310,646        1,513,299        16,584,266        1,366,073  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      3,360        74,863        6,210,819        7,520,316        13,809,358         

 

* 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 6. Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, 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    $ 206,660,505      $ 210,012,707  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      55,231,001        57,501,049  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      210,405,382        214,955,092  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      187,532,631        189,017,073  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      120,323,339        118,686,295  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      125,992,777        125,663,616  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      114,273,021        112,341,230  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      236,367,972        235,354,170  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      79,301,318        79,819,520  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      41,730,918        43,282,956  

For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 168,863,501      $ 248,829,144  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      19,233,920        81,807,329  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      79,220,188        294,325,720  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      213,222,133        207,389,343  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      132,910,144        79,485,857  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      69,196,140        96,354,313  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      158,201,611        87,093,970  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      105,448,816        191,031,690  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      181,211,891        249,902,527  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      84,814,875        86,945,235  

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

At April 30, 2017, 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  
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $ 11,453,640      $ (4,215,072    $ 7,238,568      $ 94,108,622  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      3,676,293        (214,227      3,462,066        26,660,307  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      7,324,815        (882,604      6,442,211        73,580,616  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio      1,045,582        (10,758,348      (9,712,766      130,463,261  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      2,107,058        (1,723,649      383,409        85,530,845  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      10,356,033        (1,339,236      9,016,797        60,339,123  
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio      10,596,960        (440,193      10,156,767        120,576,080  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio      18,850,591        (1,268,857      17,581,734        120,729,539  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio      2,955,611        (559,297      2,396,314        135,006,882  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      76,452,493        (21,553,175      54,899,318        311,651,997  

 

 

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Note 7. Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, 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, 2017, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio    $      $ (25,596,488    $ 25,596,488  
DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio      2,430        (669,988      667,558  
DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio      248,178        (15,520,290      15,272,112  
DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio             (27,116,488      27,116,488  
DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio      528,902        (3,035,094      2,506,192  
DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio      325,380        2,161,149        (2,486,529
DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio             (3,866,342      3,866,342  
DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio             (25,318,838      25,318,838  
DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio             (14,006,029      14,006,029  
NASDAQ Internet Portfolio      298,338        (24,255,212      23,956,874  

Note 8. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Funds to pay remuneration to the Independent Trustees, any Unaffiliated Trustee, 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, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated 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 9. 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.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Funds for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

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

Note 10. 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 and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such 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 of PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders 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:

 

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”) as of April 30, 2017, 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 as of April 30, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL

June 23, 2017

 

 

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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, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary 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, 2017.

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, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    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     $ 1,122.40       0.60   $ 3.16  

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       1,096.10       0.60       3.12  

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       1,093.50       0.60       3.11  

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       945.10       0.60       2.89  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60       3.01  
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio (PFI)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,049.90       0.60       3.05  

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       1,230.00       0.60       3.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60       3.01  

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2017
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month  Period(1)
 
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio (PRN)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,129.60       0.60   $ 3.17  

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       1,150.50       0.60       3.20  

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       1,096.50       0.60       3.12  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.82       0.60       3.01  
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (PNQI)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,142.00       0.60       3.19  

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, 2017. 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, 2017:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Dividends-Received
Deduction*
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio        64 %       61 %
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio        0 %       0 %
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio        100 %       100 %
PowerShares 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 (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by an Independent Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

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

   Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and 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).    135    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 (2010-2016); 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.    135    None

Marc M. Kole—1960

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2008; Trustee since 2006    Senior Director of Finance, By The Hand Club for Kids (2015-Present); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Yung Bong Lim—1964

c/o Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chairman of the Investment Oversight Committee since 2014; Trustee since 2013    Managing Partner, Residential Dynamics Group LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (1999-2007).    135    None

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).    135    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 and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-Present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (2016-Present); formerly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); 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).    135    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- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Unaffiliated Trustee, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Unaffiliated Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Unaffiliated Trustee, are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Unaffiliated 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
Unaffiliated
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Unaffiliated
Trustee During
the Past 5 Years

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).    135    None

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Effective May 18, 2016, Mr. Nussbaum became an Unaffiliated Trustee.
*** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 portfolios advised by the Adviser.

 

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustees and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

The information is current as of April 30, 2017.

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Interested 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
Interested
Trustee
   Other
Directorships
Held by
Interested
Trustee 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. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-Present); Director, Invesco Finance PLC, and Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC; Director and Secretary, Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; formerly, Director and Chairman, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2003-2006); Director, Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. (2008-2016); 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.    135    None

 

* This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected.
** Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser. At April 30, 2017, the Fund Complex consisted of the Trust’s 53 portfolios and four other exchange-traded fund trusts with 82 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

Daniel E. Draper—1968

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, 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 (2013-2015) and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).

Adam Henkel—1980

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

Chief Compliance

Officer

   Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2017-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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2017); and Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2010-2013).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco PowerShares Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2012    Vice President and Treasurer, 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).

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 (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); 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).

 

* This is the date the Officer 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    President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Treasurer, The Invesco Funds (2008-Present); 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, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); 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.

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 (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-Present); formerly, Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).

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 Services, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (2013-Present).

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, and 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, 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.) (2011-Present); Chief Administrative Officer, North American Retail, Invesco Ltd. (2007-Present); Director, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (2014-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate Feeder GP Ltd. (2015-Present); Director, Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (2002-Present); Director, Invesco Financial Services Ltd. / Services Financiers Invesco Ltée and Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltée (2014-Present); Director, Invesco IP Holdings (Canada) Ltd. (2016-Present); Director, Invesco Global Direct Real Estate GP Ltd. (2015-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Inc. (2009-2015); Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly, Invesco Trimark Ltd.) (2000-2011).

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 Officer 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 11, 2017, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio

PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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 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 Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio

PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio

PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio

PowerShares S&P 500® 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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, 2016, 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 certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general expected tracking error ranges and various explanations for any tracking error. The Trustees noted that for each applicable

 

 

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period the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement and 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 contractual advisory fee, net advisory fee, and gross and net expense ratio. The Trustees also compared each Fund’s contractual advisory fee and net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net 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 contractual advisory fee charged to each Fund is:

 

    0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each Fund other than PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio, PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio;

 

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

 

    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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio and PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, was -0.01% for PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio); and

 

    0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (The net advisory fees, after giving effect to the Expense Caps as defined below, were -0.06%, -0.19% and -0.62%, respectively, for PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio).

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual 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, 2018, 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 AchieversTM Portfolio, PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio, PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Value Portfolio;

 

 

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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® Quality Portfolio;

 

    0.25%, excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses for PowerShares Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio, PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio and PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight 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 contractual advisory fees for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net advisory fees of their ETF and open-end index peer funds as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the contractual advisory fees for all of the Funds were lower than the median net 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
Median*
     Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Active Fund
Median
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          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 Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio    X    N/A    X
PowerShares S&P 500® Quality Portfolio          X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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 contractual 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          X
PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM 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          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio          X
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio          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          X
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio          X
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio          X
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio       N/A    X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio          X
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Equal Weight Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio          X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell Midcap Pure Value Portfolio    X       X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure Growth Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares Russell 2000 Pure 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 AchieversTM Portfolio       X    X
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM 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 S&P 500® Quality Portfolio    X    X    X
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio          X
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio          X

 

* 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.

In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, the Adviser provided supplemental information regarding each of PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio, PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio and PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio’s advisory fees and total expenses and the Lipper peer data. The Adviser explained in detail its view that it believes that the advisory fees and total expenses for these Funds are competitive and generally in line with other comparable funds in the marketplace, noting, in particular, the unique underlying investment strategy and complexity of each Fund, the limited number of peers in the Lipper data, and/or the differing pricing philosophy of certain of the peers.

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 the Funds, 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 Cap agreed to by the Adviser. 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.

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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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At a meeting held on April 11, 2017, 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 the Funds.

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. (“Invesco”), 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 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, 2016, 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 the Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s Global Performance Measurement and Risk Group, an independent organization within Invesco, with respect to general 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 and 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 ratios of its ETF peer funds and open-end index peer funds, but was lower than the median net expense ratio of its 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 fees, the Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement 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.

 

 

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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. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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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.powershares.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, 2017.

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”), the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm, billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years shown in the following table. The Audit Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services provided to the Registrant.

 

    

Fees Billed by PwC for

Services Rendered to the

Registrant for fiscal

year end 2017

  

Fees Billed by PwC for
Services Rendered to the

Registrant for fiscal

year end 2016

Audit Fees

   $    723,925    $    755,425
Audit-Related Fees    $    0    $    0

Tax Fees(1)

   $    371,160    $    420,560

All Other Fees

   $    0    $    0

Total Fees

   $    1,095,085    $    1,175,985

 

 

(1)        Tax fees for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2017 include fees billed for reviewing tax returns, 2016 excise tax returns and excise tax distributions calculations. Tax fees for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 included fees billed for reviewing tax returns, 2015 excise tax returns and excise tax distribution calculations.


Fees Billed by PwC Related to PowerShares and PowerShares Affiliates

PwC billed Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with PowerShares that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to PowerShares and Affiliates for the last two fiscal years shown in the following table:

 

    

Fees Billed for Non-Audit

Services Rendered to

PowerShares and Affiliates

for fiscal year end 2017 That

Were Required

to be Pre-Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

  

Fees Billed for Non-Audit

Services Rendered to

PowerShares and Affiliates for  

fiscal year end 2016 That

Were Required

to be Pre-Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

Audit-Related Fees

   $  635,000    $  634,963

Tax Fees

   $  0    $  0

All Other Fees

   $  2,827,000    $  3,750,000

Total Fees(1)

   $  3,462,000    $  4,384,963

 

 

 

(1)

Audit-Related fees for the year end 2017 include fees billed related reviewing controls at a service organization. Audit-Related fees for the year end 2016 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.

All other fees for the year end 2017 include fees billed related to reviewing operating effectiveness of strategic projects

(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 September 29, 2016

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.

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.

 

  (e)(2)

There were no amounts that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

  (f)

Not applicable.

 

  (g)

In addition to the amounts shown in the tables above, PwC billed PowerShares and Affiliates additional aggregate fees of $2,112,000 for the fiscal year ended 2017 and $4,775,000 for the fiscal year ended 2016, for non-audit services not required to be pre-approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee. In total, PwC billed the Registrant, PowerShares and Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $5,945,000 for the fiscal year ended 2017 and $8,581,000 for the fiscal year ended 2016.

 

  (h)

With respect to the non-audit services above billed to PowerShares and Affiliates that were not required to be pre-approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee, the Audit Committee received information from PwC about such services, including by way of comparison, that PwC provided audit services to entities within the Investment Company Complex, as defined by Rule 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, of approximately $22 million and non-audit services of approximately $16 million for the fiscal year ended 2017. The Audit Committee considered this information in evaluating PwC’s independence.

PwC informed the Audit Committee that it has identified an issue related to its independence under Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (referred to as the “Loan Rule”). The Loan Rule prohibits accounting firms, such as PwC, from being deemed independent if they have certain financial relationships with their audit clients or certain affiliates of those clients. The Trust is required under various securities laws to have its financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm.


The Loan Rule specifically provides that an accounting firm would not be independent if it receives, or certain of its affiliates or covered persons receive, a loan from a lender that is a record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of an audit client’s equity securities (referred to as a “more than ten percent owner”). For purposes of the Loan Rule, audit clients include the Funds as well as all registered investment companies advised by the Adviser and its affiliates, including other subsidiaries of the Adviser’s parent company, Invesco Ltd. (collectively, the Invesco Fund Complex). PwC informed the Audit Committee that it has, and that certain of its affiliates or covered persons have, relationships with lenders who hold, as record owner, more than ten percent of the shares of certain funds within the Invesco Fund Complex. These relationships call into question PwC’s independence under the Loan Rule with respect to those funds, as well as all other funds in the Invesco Fund Complex, which may implicate the Loan Rule.

On June 20, 2016, the SEC Staff issued a “no-action” letter to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter) related to the audit independence issue described above. In that letter, the SEC confirmed that it would not recommend enforcement action against a fund that relied on audit services performed by an audit firm that was not in compliance with the Loan Rule in certain specified circumstances.

In an August 18, 2016 letter, and in subsequent communications, PwC affirmed to the Audit Committee that, as of the date of the letter and the subsequent communications, respectively, PwC is an independent accountant with respect to the Trust, within the meaning of PCAOB Rule 3520. In its letter and in its subsequent communications, PwC also informed the Audit Committee that, after evaluating the facts and circumstances and the applicable independence rules, PwC has concluded that with regard to its compliance with the independence criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC related to the Loan Rule, it believes that it remains objective and impartial despite matters that may ultimately be determined to be inconsistent with these criteria and therefore it can continue to serve as the Trust’s registered public accounting firm. PWC has advised the Audit Committee that this conclusion is based in part on the following considerations: (1) the lenders to PwC have no influence over any Fund, or other entity within the Invesco Fund Complex, or its investment adviser; (2) none of the officers or trustees of the Invesco Fund Complex whose shares are owned by PwC lenders are associated with those lenders; (3) PwC understands that the shares held by PwC lenders are held for the benefit of and on behalf of its policy owners/end investors; (4) investments in funds such as the Invesco Fund Complex funds are passive; (5) the PwC lenders are part of various syndicates of unrelated lenders; (6) there have been no changes to the loans in question since the origination of each respective note; (7) the debts are in good standing and no lender has the right to take action against PwC, as borrower, in connection with the financings; (8) the debt balances with each lender are immaterial to PwC and to each lender; and (9) the PwC audit engagement team has no involvement in PwC’s treasury function and PwC’s treasury function has no oversight of or ability to influence the PwC audit engagement team. In addition, PwC has communicated that the lending relationships appear to be consistent with the lending relationships described in the no-action letter and that they are not aware of other relationships that would be implicated by the Loan Rule. In addition to relying on PwC’s August 18, 2016 letter and subsequent communications regarding its independence, the Trust intends to rely upon the no-action letter.

If in the future the independence of PwC is called into question under the Loan Rule by circumstances that are not addressed in the SEC’s no-action letter, the Fund may need to take


other action in order for the Fund’s filings with the SEC containing financial statements to be deemed compliant with applicable securities laws. Such additional actions could result in additional costs, impair the ability of the Funds to issue new shares or have other material adverse effects on the Funds. In addition, the SEC has indicated that the no-action relief will expire 18 months from its issuance after which the Funds will no longer be able rely on the letter unless it’s term is extended or made permanent by the SEC Staff.

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 Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and 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 Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and 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/ Daniel E. Draper

Name:

 

Daniel E. Draper

Title:

 

President

Date: 7/5/2017

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/ Daniel E. Draper

Name:

 

Daniel E. Draper

Title:

 

President

Date: 7/5/2017

 

By:

 

  /s/ Steven Hill

Name:

 

Steven Hill

Title:

 

Treasurer

Date: 7/5/2017