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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

PowerShares Global Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Massachusetts

 

(See Below)

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

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

 

 

 

301 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, Illinois

 

60187

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

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

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

to be so Registered:

 

Each Class is to be so Registered:

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

 

NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

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

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

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

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

NONE

 




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

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value, of each of the following four portfolios, each a separate series of the PowerShares Global Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-138490; 811-21977) filed on June 6, 2007, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Each of the Trust’s four investment portfolios to which this filing relates and their respective I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Asia Pacific ex-Japan Portfolio

 

51-0629936

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio

 

51-0629937

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan Portfolio

 

30-0414926

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Europe Portfolio

 

51-0629934

 

Item 2.    Exhibits

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-138490; 811-21977), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2006.

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

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SIGNATURE

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

 

POWERSHARES GLOBAL EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUND TRUST

 

 

 

Date: June 20, 2007

By:

 /s/ H. Bruce Bond

 

 

 

H. Bruce Bond

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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