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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     811-21977

                              Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II                            

(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:  May 31

Date of reporting period:  May 31, 2018

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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:


LOGO

 

 

Invesco Annual Report to Shareholders

May 31, 2018

 

ENY   Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF
TAO   Invesco China Real Estate ETF
HAO   Invesco China Small Cap ETF
FRN   Invesco Frontier Markets ETF
CUT   Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF
LVL   Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF
SEA   Invesco Shipping ETF
HGI   Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF


 

Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment      3  
Manager’s Analysis      4  
Trust II May Portfolios   
Schedules of Investments   

Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY)

     20  

Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO)

     21  

Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO)

     22  

Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)

     27  

Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT)

     28  

Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)

     30  

Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)

     32  

Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)

     33  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities      36  
Statements of Operations      38  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      40  
Financial Highlights      43  
Notes to Financial Statements      47  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      60  
Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      61  
Fees and Expenses      62  
Tax Information      64  
Proxy Results      65  
Trustees and Officers      66  
Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement      72  

Effective June 4, 2018, the Funds’ names changed as part of an overall rebranding strategy whereby the PowerShares name was changed to the Invesco brand. This resulted in all references to the PowerShares name being changed to Invesco.

 

 

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The Market Environment

 

 

 

International Equity

Global equity markets delivered positive returns over the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. That positive performance was despite significant turbulence in late January and early February 2018, during which time stocks were whipsawed—first by concerns about accelerated U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) tightening and then by fears of a brewing trade war. The fiscal year saw continued global economic growth despite rising risks from geopolitics and tighter monetary policy. In Europe, economic growth remained positive, with improving employment, industrial production and consumption trends in many countries. The political environment in Germany improved, with Chancellor Angela Merkel finally securing a coalition government in order to continue her leadership. French President Emmanuel Macron continued his efforts at labor reform, boosting business confidence and business spending. The European Central Bank remained supportive of European equities, maintaining a dovish tone throughout the fiscal year.

Economic growth in emerging markets remained strong during the fiscal year. While industrial production in emerging markets improved after weakness in the fourth quarter of 2017, consumer spending moderated. Latin America produced mixed results, while India continued its economic reforms. Chinese growth appeared to stabilize. President Xi Jinping was able to consolidate power in early 2018, with China abolishing term limits. At the close of the fiscal year, equity valuations in developed and emerging markets appeared relatively full in absolute terms—but non-U.S. equity markets were trading at a material discount to those of the U.S. In sum, while valuations were not cheap, recent earnings growth and upward earnings revisions improved in many non-U.S. developed markets.

 

 

 

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ENY    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on May 18, 2018, Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (formerly known as PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the S&P/TSX High Income Energy Index (the “High Income Energy Index” or the “Index”). The High Income Energy Index is a rules-based index (i.e., an index based on specified criteria) comprised of Canadian equity securities considered by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“Index Provider”) to be “high yielding” (with dividend yields generally higher than 1.5%-2.0%) in the energy sector that meet size and liquidity requirements. The securities in the Index are selected from a universe of common stocks and Canadian royalty trusts listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”), that have a minimum dividend yield as described above. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index. The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 2.78%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 2.78%. During the same time period, the Index returned 2.95%. During the fiscal year, 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, partially offset by a favorable difference in the withholding tax rate experienced by the Fund for dividend income compared to that used by the Index.

During this same time period, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 12.19%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization and based on the average performance of approximately 250 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of stocks listed on the TSX.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry and most underweight in the diversified banks sub-industry during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark

Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight in the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the integrated oil & gas sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the coal & consumable fuels and oil & gas refining & marketing sub-industries, respectively. The oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada), an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 5.22%) and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada), an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 5.14%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (Canada), an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 2.85%) and Enbridge Inc. (Canada), an oil, gas & consumable fuels company (portfolio average weight of 4.85%).

 

Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      91.8  
Energy Equipment & Services      8.2  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.0  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
Vermilion Energy, Inc.      6.2  
Cenovus Energy, Inc.      6.0  
Suncor Energy, Inc.      5.6  
Crescent Point Energy Corp.      5.4  
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.      5.2  
Cameco Corp.      5.1  
Keyera Corp.      5.1  
Pembina Pipeline Corp.      4.9  
Inter Pipeline Ltd.      4.9  
ARC Resources Ltd.      4.7  
Total      53.1  
 

 

 

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Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

   

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/TSX High Income Energy Index (Net),

    2.95     (5.98 )%      (16.88 )%      (8.08 )%      (34.38 )%      (8.91 )%      (60.67 )%        (5.91 )%      (48.58 )% 
S&P/TSX Composite Index     12.19     4.02     12.55     3.25     17.33     1.19     12.52       4.23     57.22
Fund                    
NAV Return     2.78     (5.94 )%      (16.79 )%      (8.14 )%      (34.57 )%      (9.51 )%      (63.20 )%        (6.56 )%      (52.30 )% 
Market Price Return     2.78     (6.28 )%      (17.68 )%      (8.14 )%      (34.60 )%      (9.61 )%      (63.59 )%        (6.62 )%      (52.61 )% 

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: July 3, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.01% and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.66%. 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 invesco.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/TSX High Income Energy Index (Net) performance is comprised of the performance of the Sustainable Canadian Energy Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, prior to the conversion date, July 31, 2013, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through May 31, 2018.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on May 18, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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TAO    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco China Real Estate ETF (formerly known as PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco China Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the AlphaShares China Real Estate Index (the “China Real Estate Index” or the “Index”). The China Real Estate Index is designed to measure and monitor the performance of the investable universe of publicly-traded companies and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) deriving a majority of their revenues from real estate development, management and/or ownership of property in China or the Special Administrative Regions of China, which are Hong Kong and Macau. The Index was created by AlphaShares, LLC (“AlphaShares” or the “Index Provider”) and is maintained by Standard & Poor’s (the “Index Administrator”). The Index includes equity securities of companies of all categories of market capitalizations, as defined by AlphaShares (subject to the minimum capitalization requirements set forth in the Index methodology). The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), American depositary shares (“ADSs”), global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) and international depositary receipts (“IDRs”) that comprise the Index and depositary receipts representing common stocks included in the Index (or underlying securities representing the ADRs, ADSs, GDRs and IDRs included in the Index). The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 27.37%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 27.61%. During the same time period, the Index returned 28.71%. During the fiscal year, 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, as well as trading costs associated with portfolio rebalances during the period.

During this same time period, the MSCI China Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 30.85%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization and based on the average performance of approximately 150 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of Chinese stocks.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the real estate development sub-industry and most underweight

the internet software & services sub-industry during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the internet software & services sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the real estate development sub-industry contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the diversified real estate activities sub-industry. The investment banking & brokerage sub-industry was the most significant detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (China), a real estate development company (portfolio average weight of 5.68%) and China Evergrande Group (China), a real estate development company (portfolio average weight of 3.03%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Hang Lung Group Ltd. (Hong Kong), a real estate operating company (portfolio average weight of 1.59%) and Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong), a diversified real estate activities company (portfolio average weight of 2.52%).

 

Sub-Industry Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018

 
Real Estate Development      54.2  
Diversified Real Estate Activities      25.2  
Real Estate Operating Companies      13.8  
Retail REITs      5.1  
Office REITs      0.8  
Diversified REITs      0.7  
Real Estate Management & Development      0.0  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.2  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.      5.6  
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.      5.0  
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.      4.7  
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.      4.5  
China Resources Land Ltd.      4.5  
Link REIT      4.3  
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.      4.1  
China Evergrande Group      4.1  
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.      4.0  
New World Development Co. Ltd.      3.9  
Total      44.7  
 

 

 

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Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

   

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  
AlphaShares China Real Estate Index     28.71     12.51     42.41     11.02     68.68     7.60     108.00       6.07     85.10
MSCI China Index (Net)     30.85     6.93     22.27     11.67     73.68     5.18     65.75       3.75     46.89
Fund                    
NAV Return     27.61     11.71     39.40     10.43     64.23     6.86     94.17       5.26     70.87
Market Price Return     27.37     11.77     39.64     10.89     67.68     6.77     92.51       5.28     71.30

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: December 18, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.06% 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 invesco.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.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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HAO    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on May 18, 2018, Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco China Small Cap ETF (formerly known as PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco China Small Cap ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the AlphaShares China Small Cap Index (the “China Small Cap Index” or the “Index”). The China Small Cap Index is designed to measure and monitor the performance of publicly-traded mainland China-based small capitalization companies. For inclusion in the Index, AlphaShares, LLC (“AlphaShares” or the “Index Provider”) defines small- capitalization companies as those companies with a maximum $1.5 billion float-adjusted market capitalization. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), American depositary shares (“ADSs”), global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) and international depositary receipts (“IDRs”) that comprise the Index and depositary receipts representing common stocks included in the Index (or underlying securities representing the ADRs, ADSs, GDRs and IDRs included in the Index). The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 34.61%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 33.51%. During the same time period, the Index returned 33.73%. During the fiscal year, 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, partially offset by a positive impact as a result of the Index’s methodology which removes long term halted securities at the rebalance date at a zero valuation.

During this same time period, the MSCI China Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 30.85%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization and based on the average performance of approximately 150 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of Chinese stocks.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight the real estate sector and most underweight the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark

Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight the telecommunications services sector.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the real estate sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the materials and health care sectors, respectively. The financials and information technology sectors detracted the most from performance.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Sunac China Holdings, Ltd., a real estate company (no longer held at fiscal year-end) and BeiGene Ltd. ADR, a health care company (no longer held at fiscal year-end). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included China Jicheng Holdings Ltd., a consumer discretionary company (no longer held at fiscal year-end) and Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (China), a health care company (portfolio average weight of 0.74%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Industrials      17.1  
Real Estate      15.9  
Consumer Discretionary      15.5  
Information Technology      13.9  
Health Care      9.2  
Materials      9.0  
Financials      6.2  
Consumer Staples      5.5  
Utilities      4.3  
Energy      2.4  
Telecommunication Services      0.8  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.2  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
Zall Group Ltd.      1.6  
China First Capital Group Ltd.      1.3  
Momo, Inc., Class A ADR      1.3  
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.      1.1  
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., H-Shares      1.1  
Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares      1.0  
51job, Inc. ADR      1.0  
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.      1.0  
Genscript Biotech Corp.      1.0  
Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., H-Shares      0.9  
Total      11.3  
 

 

 

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Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

    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  
AlphaShares China Small Cap Index     33.73     0.50     1.50     7.63     44.41     5.28     67.33       5.25     69.67
MSCI China Index (Net)     30.85     6.93     22.27     11.67     73.68     5.18     65.75       5.62     75.90
Fund                                                            
NAV Return     33.51     1.25     3.81     8.84     52.71     5.31     67.74       5.01     65.68
Market Price Return     34.61     1.46     4.45     9.16     54.96     5.15     65.23       5.00     65.57

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: January 30, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.90% 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 invesco.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.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on May 18, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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FRN    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (formerly known as PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the BNY Mellon New Frontier Index (the “New Frontier Index” or the “Index”). The New Frontier Index is composed of all liquid (as determined by The Bank of New York Mellon, the Fund’s index provider (“BNY Mellon” or the “Index Provider”)) American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) and equity securities of issuers in certain countries that are represented in the Index. The New Frontier Index tracks the performance of ADRs listed on a U.S. exchange, GDRs traded on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) and ordinary share classes of equity securities listed on exchanges in Frontier Market countries. The Index Provider categorizes countries as “Frontier Market” based upon an evaluation of gross domestic product growth, per capita income growth, experienced and expected inflation rates, privatization of infrastructure and social inequalities. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in ADRs, GDRs and equity securities that comprise the Index or in the securities underlying such ADRs and GDRs. The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 8.23%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 8.89%. During the same time period, the Index returned 11.63%. During the fiscal year, 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, trading costs associated with portfolio rebalances during the period and negative impacts from currency repatriation, particularly in Nigera.

During this same time period, the MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 14.03%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization and based on the average performance of approximately 850 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of emerging market equities.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight the financials sector and most underweight the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The

majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the health care sector as well as fees and operating expenses that the Fund incurred.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the real estate sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the materials and financials sectors, respectively. The information technology sector detracted most significantly.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Petro Vietnam Gas JSC, a utility company (portfolio average weight of 1.51%) and Vingroup JSC, a real estate company (portfolio average weight of 1.35%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Oman Telecommunications Co. SAOG, a telecommunications service company (portfolio average weight of 0.86%) and YPF SA ADR, an energy company (portfolio average weight of 1.86%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Financials      39.7  
Telecommunication Services      11.8  
Materials      11.5  
Industrials      10.4  
Consumer Staples      8.6  
Energy      6.0  
Information Technology      5.1  
Real Estate      4.0  
Utilities      1.5  
Consumer Discretionary      1.0  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.4  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
KAZ Minerals PLC      8.4  
Copa Holdings SA, Class A      8.2  
Safaricom PLC      5.4  
National Bank of Kuwait SAK      5.3  
MercadoLibre, Inc.      5.1  
BankMuscat SAOG      4.5  
Banca Transilvania SA      4.2  
Kuwait Finance House KSC      3.4  
Attijariwafa Bank      3.2  
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC      2.7  
Total      50.4  
 

 

 

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Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

    1 Year    

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

          Fund Inception  
Index               Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
BNY Mellon New Frontier Index (Net)     11.63     8.55     27.90     1.44     7.39       (1.23 )%      (11.63 )% 
MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM (Net)     14.03     6.17     19.67     4.52     24.76       2.38     26.37
Fund                                                
NAV Return     8.89     6.28     20.06     (0.45 )%      (2.22 )%        (2.47 )%      (22.08 )% 
Market Price Return     8.23     5.76     18.30     (0.31 )%      (1.53 )%        (2.54 )%      (22.64 )% 

 

Predecessor 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. 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 0.70%. 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 invesco.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 Predecessor Fund.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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CUT    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (formerly known as PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the MSCI ACWI IMI Timber Select Capped Index (the “Timber Index” or the “Index”). The Timber Index is designed to measure the performance of global equity securities of companies that are primarily engaged in the ownership and management of forests and timberlands and produce finished products that use timber as a raw material. These companies include companies that produce forest products, paper products and paper packaging products, and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that own and/or manage timberland. A “forest product” is a specific coded category within the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”); companies included within that GICS Code are considered to be producers of forest products. Index constituents must be constituents of the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index, a rules-based index developed by MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI” or the “Index Provider”) that measures equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stock, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) and global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) that comprise the Index and depositary receipts representing common stocks included in the Index (or underlying securities representing the ADRs and GDRs included in the Index). The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Index in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of the securities in the Index in proportions expected by Invesco Capital Management LLC to correspond generally to the performance of the Index as a whole.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 23.79%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 23.42%. During the same time period, the Index returned 23.43%. During the fiscal year, 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 positive impacts as a result of the Fund’s use of sampling during the period.

During this same time period, the MSCI World Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.57%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on

the average performance of approximately 1,644 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of stocks of developed countries.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Fund seeks to track 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 materials sector and most underweight in the financial sector during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being overweight in the materials sector.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the materials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the real estate sector. There were no detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Stora Enso Oyj, Class R, a paper products company (portfolio average weight of 3.74%) and UPM-Kymmene Oyj, a paper products company (portfolio average weight of 5.02%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Sappi Ltd., a paper products company (portfolio average weight of 1.63%) and Clearwater Paper Corp., a paper products company (portfolio average weight of 0.30%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Materials      90.1  
Real Estate      8.4  
Financials      0.2  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      1.3  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
UPM-Kymmene Oyj      5.1  
Weyerhaeuser Co.      5.1  
International Paper Co.      5.0  
WestRock Co.      4.9  
Amcor Ltd.      4.7  
Stora Enso Oyj, Class R      4.3  
Packaging Corp. of America      4.3  
Mondi PLC      3.9  
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC      3.6  
Avery Dennison Corp.      3.6  
Total      44.5  
 

 

 

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Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

    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-MSCI ACWI IMI Timber Select Capped Index (Net),

    23.43     10.53     35.02     11.14     69.59     7.20     100.47       5.87     82.70
MSCI World Index (Net)     11.57     7.65     24.74     9.40     56.73     5.38     68.95       4.77     63.55
Fund                    
NAV Return     23.42     10.29     34.16     10.62     65.65     6.32     84.52       4.78     63.75
Market Price Return     23.79     10.37     34.44     10.74     66.54     6.22     82.81       4.79     63.86

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: November 9, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. 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 0.55%. 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 invesco.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-MSCI ACWI IMI Timber Select Capped Index (Net) performance is comprised of the performance of the Beacon Global Timber Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, prior to the conversion date, May 20, 2016, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through May 31, 2018.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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LVL    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (formerly known as PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index (the “Dividend Opportunities Index” or the “Index”). The Dividend Opportunities Index tracks the performance of common stocks and American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) listed on the exchanges of the countries included in the S&P Global Broad Market Index (“S&P Global BMI”). The Dividend Opportunities Index consists of common stocks and sponsored and unsponsored ADRs (which may include other investment companies, including business development companies) that offer high dividend yields chosen from a universe consisting of the stocks listed on the exchanges of those countries included in the S&P Global BMI. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. is the Fund’s index provider. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks and ADRs that comprise the Index and depositary receipts and shares representing common stocks that comprise the Index (or underlying securities representing ADRs that comprise the Index). The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 3.17%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 3.07%. During the same time period, the Index returned 3.48%. During the fiscal year, 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, partially offset by a favorable difference in the withholding tax rate experienced by the Fund for dividend income compared to that used by the Index.

During this same time period, the MSCI World Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.57%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,640 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of stocks of developed countries.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Fund seeks to track 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 the consumer staples sector and most underweight the information technology sector during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the energy sector.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the financials sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the real estate and telecommunications services sectors, respectively. The information technology and consumer discretionary sectors were the most significant detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Fraport AG, an industrials company (no longer held at fiscal year-end) and Hikari Tsushin, Inc., a consumer discretionary company (portfolio average weight of 1.01%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Sun Life Financial, Inc., a financials company (portfolio average weight of 1.50%) and Spark New Zealand Ltd., a telecommunications services company (no longer held at fiscal year-end).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Financials      21.4  
Consumer Staples      14.1  
Consumer Discretionary      10.0  
Industrials      9.6  
Utilities      9.0  
Real Estate      8.3  
Health Care      8.1  
Telecommunication Services      7.0  
Information Technology      6.7  
Energy      2.9  
Materials      2.8  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.      3.0  
Enagas SA      2.9  
BCE, Inc.      2.2  
Swiss RE AG      2.1  
Owens & Minor, Inc.      2.1  
Verizon Communications, Inc.      2.0  
WPP PLC      2.0  
Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC      2.0  
Helvetia Holding AG      1.9  
Pfizer, Inc.      1.8  
Total      22.0  
 

 

 

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Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

         

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-S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index (Net),

    3.48     2.03     6.22     1.58     8.16     (0.49 )%      (4.76 )%        (2.68 )%      (25.73 )% 
MSCI World Index (Net)     11.57     7.65     24.74     9.40     56.73     5.38     68.95       4.68     64.94
Fund                    
NAV Return     3.07     1.93     5.90     1.55     8.01     (0.28 )%      (2.78 )%        (1.94 )%      (19.29 )% 
Market Price Return     3.17     1.90     5.82     1.60     8.25     (0.30 )%      (2.99 )%        (1.96 )%      (19.41 )% 

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: June 25, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.80% and the net 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 invesco.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 Global Dividend Opportunities Index (Net) performance is comprised of the performance of the Benchmarks By Design High Income Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, prior to the conversion date, September 30, 2008, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through May 31, 2018.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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SEA    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim Shipping ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco Shipping ETF (formerly known as PowerShares Shipping Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco Shipping ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the Dow Jones Global Shipping IndexSM (the “Global Shipping Index” or the “Index”). The Global Shipping Index is designed to measure the performance of high dividend-paying companies in the shipping industry. CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME Indexes” or the “Index Provider”) uses a rules-based methodology to rank companies by yield that are involved in the shipping industry globally that primarily transport goods and materials. The Index Provider determines whether a company is “high-dividend paying” by ranking it relative to other companies in the shipping industry based upon indicated annual yield (most recent distribution annualized and divided by the current share price). The Index Provider considers a company to be in the shipping industry if its revenues are derived primarily from shipping activities (excluding companies solely involved in transporting passengers). The Global Shipping Index constituents are weighted based on their float-adjusted market capitalization. The Fund will at all times invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stock, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) and master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) that comprise the Index and the underlying stocks in respect of the ADRs and GDRs in the Index. The depositary receipts included in the Index may be sponsored or unsponsored. The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 0.40%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 0.58%. During the same time period, the Index returned (0.15)%. During the fiscal year, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to income received from the security lending program in which the Fund participates partially offset by the 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 MSCI World Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 11.57%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 1,640 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a representation of stocks of developed countries.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Fund seeks to track 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 the oil & gas storage & transportation sub-industry and most underweight the diversified banks sub-industry during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The majority of the Fund’s underperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund being underweight the oil & gas refining sub-industry.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the oil & gas storage & transportation sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the construction machinery & heavy trucks sector. The marine sub-industry was the most significant detracting sub-industry.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Golar LNG Ltd., a marine company (portfolio average weight of 2.93%) and Seaspan Corp., a diversified banks company (portfolio average weight of 0.93%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included AP Moller – Maersk A/S, Class B, a diversified banks company (portfolio average weight of 19.13%) and Nordic American Tankers Ltd., a marine company (portfolio average weight of 2.43%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Energy      51.6  
Industrials      48.3  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
AP Moller—Maersk A/S, Class B      18.0  
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.      7.0  
Golar LNG Ltd.      5.8  
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd.      4.7  
Matson, Inc.      4.6  
Sembcorp Marine Ltd.      4.1  
Euronav NV      4.1  
Seaspan Corp.      3.9  
GasLog Partners LP      3.7  
Ship Finance International Ltd.      3.4  
Total      59.3  
 

 

 

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Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

    1 Year     3 Years
Average
Annualized
    3 Years
Cumulative
    5 Years
Average
Annualized
    5 Years
Cumulative
          Fund Inception  
Index               Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  

Blended-Dow Jones Global Shipping IndexSM

    (0.15 )%      (12.57 )%      (33.17 )%      (4.61 )%      (21.00 )%        (6.76 )%      (42.73 )% 
MSCI World Index (Net)     11.57     7.65     24.74     9.40     56.73       10.88     127.82
Fund                
NAV Return     0.58     (11.60 )%      (30.93 )%      (3.91 )%      (18.06 )%        (6.08 )%      (39.35 )% 
Market Price Return     0.40     (11.62 )%      (30.96 )%      (3.88 )%      (17.93 )%        (6.12 )%      (39.54 )% 

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: June 11, 2010

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 of 0.65% 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 invesco.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 Predecessor Fund.

 

  The Blended-Dow Jones Global Shipping IndexSM performance is comprised of the performance of the Delta Global Shipping Index, the Fund’s previous underlying index, prior to the conversion date, July 27, 2011, followed by the performance of the Index, starting from the conversion date through May 31, 2018.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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HGI    Manager’s Analysis
   Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)

 

Welcome to Invesco! Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF (the “Predecessor Fund”) was reorganized into Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (formerly known as PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio), a newly created exchange-traded fund in Invesco’s family of ETFs, in a tax-free transaction. The ticker symbol and underlying index did not change. Performance information set forth below refers to both the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.

As an index fund, the Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Index (the “Multi-Asset Income Index” or the “Index”). The Multi-Asset Income Index is comprised of stocks selected, based on investment and other criteria, from a universe of international companies, global real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), Canadian royalty trusts, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”) of emerging market companies and U.S. listed closed-end funds that invest in international companies, and at all times is comprised of at least 40% non-U.S. securities. The companies in the universe are selected using a proprietary methodology developed by Zacks Investment Research, Inc. (“Zacks” or the “Index Provider”). Zacks seeks to identify companies with potentially high income and superior risk-return profiles by using a proprietary strategy that evaluates stocks on multiple factors, including dividend yield and market capitalization. The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index (and underlying securities representing the ADRs included in the Index). The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 4.71%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 4.82%. During the same time period, the Index returned 5.24%. During the fiscal year, 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, partially offset by a favorable difference in the withholding tax rate experienced by the Fund for dividend income compared to that used by the Index.

During this same time period, the MSCI EAFE® Index (Net) (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 7.97%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 920 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the market place, and because its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the developed equity market excluding the U.S. and Canada.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Fund seeks to track 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 the energy sector and most underweight the health care sector during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. 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 May 31, 2018, the energy sector contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return, followed by the financials and health care sectors, respectively. The materials and information technology sectors were the most significant detracting sectors.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, included Anadarko Petroleum Corp., an energy company (no longer held at fiscal year-end) and Braskem SA ADR, a materials company (portfolio average weight of 0.92%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return during this period included Qiwi PLC ADR, an information technology company (portfolio average weight of 0.75%) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia ADR, a utilities company (portfolio average weight of 0.70%).

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Energy      16.7  
Financials      11.4  
Consumer Discretionary      11.0  
Closed-End Funds      9.9  
Telecommunication Services      9.5  
Industrials      9.3  
Materials      8.6  
Utilities      8.1  
Information Technology      6.8  
Consumer Staples      4.1  
Real Estate      2.9  
Health Care      1.6  
Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.1  
Top Ten Fund Holdings
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of May 31, 2018
 
Security   
Huaneng Power International, Inc., H-Shares ADR      1.6  
Devon Energy Corp.      1.5  
South32 Ltd.      1.5  
Babcock International Group PLC      1.5  
Murphy Oil Corp.      1.4  
Noble Energy, Inc.      1.4  
Range Resources Corp.      1.3  
Apache Corp.      1.3  
EOG Resources, Inc.      1.3  
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.      1.2  
Total      14.0  
 

 

 

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Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

Fund Performance History as of May 31, 2018

 

         

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  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Index     5.24     2.57     7.89     3.60     19.33     1.47     15.69       0.97     11.12
MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)     7.97     4.33     13.55     5.93     33.40     2.10     23.04       1.51     17.68
Fund                    
NAV Return     4.82     2.38     7.32     3.45     18.46     1.22     12.85       0.64     7.19
Market Price Return     4.71     2.41     7.41     3.49     18.73     0.79     8.23       0.62     6.91

 

Predecessor Fund Inception: July 11, 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. The adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay certain Fund expenses through December 31, 2020. According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the total gross annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 1.74%, including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.15%, and the net annual operating expense ratio was indicated as 0.85%. 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 invesco.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.

 

  Reflects invested dividends net of withholding taxes.

 

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

 

  Effective after the close of business on April 6, 2018, the Predecessor Fund was reorganized into the Fund. Returns shown are blended returns of the Predecessor Fund and the Fund.
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks—100.0%  
   Energy Equipment & Services—8.2%  
  25,127      Enerflex Ltd. (Canada)    $ 284,160  
  36,552      Ensign Energy Services, Inc. (Canada)      165,403  
  29,416      Mullen Group Ltd. (Canada)      339,694  
  21,003      Pason Systems, Inc. (Canada)      325,763  
  46,358      Secure Energy Services, Inc. (Canada)      280,893  
  19,848      ShawCor Ltd. (Canada)      395,216  
     

 

 

 
        1,791,129  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—91.8%  
  49,964      AltaGas Ltd. (Canada)      980,253  
  100,392      ARC Resources Ltd. (Canada)      1,033,948  
  62,607      Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (Canada)      220,563  
  109,159      Cameco Corp. (Canada)      1,128,448  
  33,032      Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada)      1,143,082  
  124,890      Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)      1,317,064  
  147,090      Crescent Point Energy Corp. (Canada)      1,183,796  
  39,437      Enbridge Income Fund Holdings, Inc. (Canada)      862,494  
  31,200      Enbridge, Inc. (Canada)      969,047  
  26,160      Freehold Royalties Ltd. (Canada)      246,233  
  40,640      Gibson Energy, Inc. (Canada)      557,657  
  57,285      Inter Pipeline Ltd. (Canada)      1,081,491  
  39,538      Keyera Corp. (Canada)      1,107,930  
  29,334      Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. (Canada)(b)      360,004  
  37,293      Parkland Fuel Corp. (Canada)      909,038  
  31,132      Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Canada)      1,082,372  
  46,789      Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (Canada)      381,973  
  46,071      PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (Canada)      949,335  
  30,663      Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)      1,220,658  
  40,061      TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. (Canada)      239,958  
  22,949      TransCanada Corp. (Canada)      960,277  
  38,602      Vermilion Energy, Inc. (Canada)      1,352,498  
  118,600      Whitecap Resources, Inc. (Canada)      858,506  
     

 

 

 
        20,146,625  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $26,246,326)—100.0%
     21,937,754  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.0%      945  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 21,938,699  
     

 

 

 

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)  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 value of this security at May 31, 2018 represented 1.64% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

Canada        100.0
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—99.8%  
   Diversified Real Estate Activities—25.2%  
  178,100      Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)    $ 266,555  
  89,806      Great Eagle Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      457,951  
  758,944      Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)      1,722,201  
  509,223      Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,349,746  
  1,328,798      Joy City Property Ltd. (China)      203,280  
  222,694      Kerry Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)      1,190,953  
  2,119,191      New World Development Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,252,750  
  1,178,267      Shenzhen Investment Ltd. (China)      500,198  
  242,302      Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,910,613  
  183,339      Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A (Hong Kong)      1,890,852  
  346,156      Swire Pacific Ltd., Class B (Hong Kong)      591,331  
  444,435      Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The) (Hong Kong)      1,436,284  
  298,310      Wheelock & Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      2,247,550  
     

 

 

 
        21,020,264  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified REITs—0.7%  
  379,930      Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Hong Kong)      269,782  
  427,372      Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Hong Kong)      299,111  
     

 

 

 
        568,893  
     

 

 

 
   Office REITs—0.8%  
  761,597      Champion REIT (Hong Kong)      532,059  
  444,342      Prosperity REIT (Hong Kong)      184,100  
     

 

 

 
        716,159  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Development—54.2%  
  543,089      Agile Group Holdings Ltd. (China)      1,035,754  
  3,365,019      Carnival Group International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      148,000  
  480,361      China Aoyuan Property Group Ltd. (China)      391,924  
  1,157,516      China Evergrande Group (China)(b)      3,393,977  
  1,692,287      China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd. (China)      966,510  
  498,551      China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Ltd. (China)      216,730  
  1,236,081      China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (China)      4,136,474  
  1,013,344      China Resources Land Ltd. (China)      3,720,519  
  614,630      China SCE Property Holdings Ltd. (China)      324,391  
  1,226,668      China South City Holdings Ltd. (China)      259,591  
  492,801      China Vanke Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      1,762,214  
  1,310,210      CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd. (China)      1,013,873  
  450,872      CK Asset Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,764,859  
  2,386,691      Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      4,679,577  
  2,586,806      Fullshare Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      1,220,168  
  599,728      Future Land Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      470,201  
  242,875      Greentown China Holdings Ltd. (China)      365,358  
  380,231      Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      891,907  
  249,434      Hopson Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      239,444  
  412,497      Jiayuan International Group Ltd. (China)(b)      790,902  
  491,289      K Wah International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      328,814  
  886,456      Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      481,416  
  520,047      KWG Property Holding Ltd. (China)      717,338  
  473,728      Logan Property Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      712,632  
  531,895      Longfor Properties Co. Ltd. (China)      1,593,485  
  724,816      Poly Property Group Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      349,280  
  522,728      Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd. (China)      314,537  
  178,864      Ronshine China Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      263,138  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Real Estate Development (continued)  
  405,880      Shimao Property Holdings Ltd. (China)    $ 1,200,438  
  1,295,112      Shui On Land Ltd. (China)      363,232  
  1,161,859      Sino Land Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      2,011,441  
  1,136,729      Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd. (China)      768,045  
  807,462      Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (China)      3,072,703  
  212,364      Times China Holdings Ltd. (China)      343,826  
  1,421,298      Wang On Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)      208,371  
  230,899      Yanlord Land Group Ltd. (China)      291,764  
  2,316,388      Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. (China)      522,683  
  594,592      Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd. (China)      418,420  
  1,133,077      Zall Group Ltd. (China)(b)      1,398,263  
     

 

 

 
        45,152,199  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development—0.0%  
  76,080      Asian Growth Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)(c)      0  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Operating Companies—13.8%  
  595,950      China Logistics Property Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      214,246  
  321,803      Hang Lung Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)      996,898  
  440,829      Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,200,419  
  191,848      Hysan Development Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      1,109,146  
  377,031      Red Star Macalline Group Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(d)      511,414  
  6,078,425      Renhe Commercial Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      128,633  
  699,448      SOHO China Ltd. (China)      365,589  
  394,419      Swire Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)      1,546,169  
  444,114      Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      3,428,173  
     

 

 

 
        11,500,687  
     

 

 

 
   Retail REITs—5.1%  
  516,370      Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust REIT (Hong Kong)      624,056  
  408,794      Link REIT (Hong Kong)      3,616,746  
     

 

 

 
        4,240,802  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $70,289,195)—99.8%
     83,199,004  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.2%      145,246  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 83,344,250  
     

 

 

 

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)  Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). See Note 5.
(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 May 31, 2018 was $988,798, which represented 1.19% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following countries:

 

Hong Kong      52.5
China      47.3
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—99.8%  
   Consumer Discretionary—15.5%  
  246,772      361 Degrees International Ltd. (China)    $ 77,705  
  11,269      500.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      215,238  
  254,538      Ajisen China Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      103,514  
  1,628,689      Asia Television Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      56,060  
  727,983      Baic Motor Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      707,181  
  129,342      Best Pacific International Holdings Ltd. (China)(c)      49,467  
  1,503,811      Bosideng International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      168,706  
  11,210      Bright Scholar Education Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      200,435  
  446,801      C.Banner International Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      132,716  
  205,503      Chaowei Power Holdings Ltd. (China)      119,464  
  205,520      China Animation Characters Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)(c)      71,789  
  1,543,527      China Beidahuang Industry Group Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      59,032  
  8,154      China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)      62,460  
  1,386,075      China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd. (China)      263,286  
  1,242,695      China First Capital Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      1,245,206  
  305,266      China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd. (China)(b)      157,222  
  192,840      China Lilang Ltd. (China)      290,090  
  282,232      China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd. (China)      537,540  
  184,405      China New Higher Education Group Ltd. (China)(c)      185,718  
  900,695      China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd. (China)      399,587  
  960,928      China Vanguard You Champion Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      88,202  
  310,947      China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd. (China)      372,225  
  458,649      China Yuhua Education Corp. Ltd. (China)(c)      336,204  
  462,050      China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Ltd. (China)      398,778  
  468,951      Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      98,643  
  231,980      Cogobuy Group (China)(c)      119,477  
  303,209      Cosmo Lady China Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      171,238  
  336,044      Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd. (China)      180,785  
  420,490      Fu Shou Yuan International Group Ltd. (China)      468,513  
  180,918      Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (China)      210,806  
  4,532,726      Gome Retail Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      508,506  
  357,742      Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd. (China)      220,734  
  375,981      Grand Baoxin Auto Group Ltd. (China)(b)      165,843  
  495,654      Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      135,854  
  149,821      Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      175,908  
  2,614,753      Huayi Tencent Entertainment Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      186,669  
  47,350      Imax China Holding, Inc. (Hong Kong)(c)      167,509  
  20,721,483      Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      248,315  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Consumer Discretionary (continued)  
  28,891      Jumei International Holding Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)    $ 75,117  
  14,018      Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (China)(b)      77,099  
  665,015      Li Ning Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      798,613  
  407,220      Ozner Water International Holding Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      107,462  
  35,077      Poly Culture Group Corp. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      58,759  
  840,990      Pou Sheng International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      157,602  
  141,940      Q Technology Group Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      120,694  
  307,085      Qingling Motors Co. Ltd., Class H (China)      102,568  
  505,753      Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      223,084  
  771,786      Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      366,995  
  13,456      Tarena International, Inc., Class A ADR (China)      129,312  
  268,728      TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd. (China)      132,923  
  298,461      Tianneng Power International Ltd. (China)      463,435  
  29,873      Tuniu Corp., Class A ADR (China)(b)      202,240  
  460,440      Virscend Education Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      325,190  
  219,895      Wisdom Education International Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      192,587  
  115,718      Xiabuxiabu Catering Management China Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      244,590  
  372,168      Xingda International Holdings Ltd. (China)      133,321  
  183,591      Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      142,769  
  376,997      Xtep International Holdings Ltd. (China)      239,824  
  421,462      Yadea Group Holdings Ltd. (China)(c)      155,815  
  261,845      Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (China)      839,530  
     

 

 

 
        14,646,154  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Staples—5.5%  
  2,691,437      C.P. Pokphand Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      264,198  
  912,065      China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd. (China)      387,190  
  300,510      China Foods Ltd. (China)      150,942  
  1,348,437      China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      0  
  222,871      China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      28,696  
  990,491      China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      189,407  
  1,631,920      China Shengmu Organic Milk Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      168,515  
  402,609      Cofco Meat Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      66,724  
  846,792      Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      653,110  
  76,532      Health and Happiness H&H International Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      601,492  
  650,999      Nvc Lighting Holding Ltd. (China)      69,713  
  607,982      Tibet Water Resources Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      261,201  
  140,749      Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      891,776  
  534,440      Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. (China)      575,718  
  123,595      Vinda International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      221,534  
  351,971      Yashili International Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      86,151  
  174,054      Yihai International Holding Ltd. (China)      321,297  
  1,393,404      Yuanshengtai Dairy Farm Ltd. (China)(b)      38,369  
 

 

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

 

 

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May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Consumer Staples (continued)  
  256,706      Zhou Hei Ya International Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(c)    $ 220,572  
     

 

 

 
        5,196,605  
     

 

 

 
   Energy—2.4%  
  867,368      China Coal Energy Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      381,484  
  708,649      China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. (China)      248,438  
  1,013,123      Honghua Group Ltd. (China)(b)      103,325  
  405,905      NewOcean Energy Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      85,899  
  408,945      Sinopec Kantons Holdings Ltd. (China)      219,483  
  869,683      Sinopec Oilfield Service Corp., H-Shares (China)(b)      140,805  
  734,179      Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      1,059,504  
     

 

 

 
        2,238,938  
     

 

 

 
   Financials—6.2%  
  228,935      Bank of Chongqing Co. Ltd., Class H (China)      167,525  
  487,485      Central China Securities Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      164,688  
  2,221,000      China Financial International Investments Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      64,556  
  391,604      China International Capital Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      825,728  
  351,597      China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      501,119  
  4,201,007      China Minsheng Financial Holding Corp. Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      115,145  
  2,505,602      China Reinsurance Group Corp., H-Shares (China)      562,185  
  329,468      CSC Financial Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      269,651  
  291,649      Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      352,842  
  17,664      Fanhua, Inc. ADR (China)      511,726  
  1,299,403      Guotai Junan International Holdings Ltd. (China)      354,496  
  256,812      Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., H-Shares, Class H (China)(c)      597,165  
  392,460      Huishang Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H (China)      188,121  
  9,958      Noah Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      596,285  
  339,822      Orient Securities Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      284,624  
  243,325      Shengjing Bank Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      160,373  
  4,192      Yirendai Ltd. ADR (China)      98,344  
     

 

 

 
        5,814,573  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care—9.2%  
  1,820,672      Beijing Enterprises Medical & Health Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      97,484  
  863,000      China Animal Healthcare Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      64,904  
  214,093      China Resources Phoenix Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      274,025  
  116,167      China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (China)      252,944  
  134,611      Consun Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (China)      151,186  
  166,988      Dawnrays Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. (China)      103,248  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Health Care (continued)  
  244,397      Genscript Biotech Corp. (China)    $ 912,888  
  759,874      Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      84,278  
  89,880      Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      469,787  
  2,279,911      Hua Han Health Industry Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)(d)      0  
  877,107      Lifetech Scientific Corp. (China)(b)      320,914  
  38,314      Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., H-Shares (China)      275,725  
  739,547      Luye Pharma Group Ltd. (China)      811,751  
  188,220      Microport Scientific Corp. (China)      256,746  
  699,645      Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      602,054  
  16,546      Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      120,549  
  1,952,314      Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (China)      505,242  
  20,923      Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (China)(b)      162,572  
  724,833      SSY Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)      775,272  
  226,498      Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      393,852  
  255,411      United Laboratories International Holdings Ltd. (The) (Hong Kong)(b)      296,954  
  284,091      Universal Medical Financial & Technical Advisory Services Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      258,589  
  95,829      Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (China)(b)(c)      1,074,452  
  259,593      Yestar Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      90,346  
  55,986      Yichang Hec Changjiang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      306,904  
     

 

 

 
        8,662,666  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials—17.1%  
  9,169      51job, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      975,582  
  165,708      Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      115,765  
  854,868      AviChina Industry & Technology Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      571,064  
  327,344      Car, Inc. (China)(b)      366,398  
  112,108      China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd. (China)(c)      118,623  
  1,175,128      China Chengtong Development Group Ltd. (China)(b)      50,186  
  654,772      China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      520,869  
  2,558,342      China Energy Engineering Corp. Ltd., Class H (China)      401,160  
  175,849      China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)      257,805  
  184,724      China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      288,714  
  411,195      China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. (China)      289,886  
  342,502      China Machinery Engineering Corp., H-Shares (China)      189,499  
  216,636      China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd. (China)      81,195  
  234,173      CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd. (China)      276,441  
  978,927      CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd. (China)      113,565  
  2,613,902      Concord New Energy Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)      123,295  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Industrials (continued)  
  1,551,873      COSCO SHIPPING Development Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)    $ 294,779  
  535,505      COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      303,110  
  1,063,842      COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      598,095  
  214,436      Cosco Shipping International Hong Kong Co. Ltd. (China)      89,666  
  102,749      CSSC Offshore and Marine Engineering Group Company Ltd., H-Shares (China)      118,675  
  1,623,264      CWT International Ltd. (China)(b)      65,186  
  767,777      Dalian Port Pda Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      129,200  
  140,880      Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      106,861  
  83,090      Dongjiang Environmental Co. Ltd., Class H (China)      122,239  
  13,446      eHi Car Services Ltd., Class A ADR (China)(b)      178,159  
  162,170      First Tractor Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      55,820  
  493,115      Greentown Service Group Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      509,199  
  591,827      Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      341,780  
  283,077      Harbin Electric Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      98,158  
  909,868      Jiangnan Group Ltd. (China)      57,997  
  505,013      Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      762,269  
  776,188      Lonking Holdings Ltd. (China)      388,878  
  1,189,242      Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., H-Shares (China)      356,281  
  5,330,145      New Provenance Everlasting Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      52,322  
  454,792      Qingdao Port International Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      363,525  
  305,175      Qinhuangdao Port Co. Ltd., Class H (China)      81,700  
  24,432      Seaspan Corp. (Hong Kong)      214,513  
  1,056,043      Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      403,884  
  183,668      Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (China)      488,195  
  290,333      Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      304,614  
  394,289      Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd. (China)      862,554  
  345,781      Sichuan Expressway Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      119,020  
  493,969      Sinopec Engineering Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      530,862  
  884,298      Sinotrans Ltd., H-Shares (China)      501,664  
  529,324      Sinotrans Shipping Ltd. (China)      145,082  
  273,309      Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd. (China)      386,751  
  525,424      SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      616,243  
  140,487      Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      76,475  
  634,153      Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      90,545  
  407,702      Xiamen International Port Co. Ltd., Class H (China)      75,364  
  267,980      Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      429,088  
  269,558      Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd. (China)      212,371  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Industrials (continued)  
  591,108      Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd. H-Shares (China)    $ 591,549  
  539,941      Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      245,736  
     

 

 

 
        16,108,456  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology—13.9%  
  20,325      21Vianet Group, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      168,088  
  1,264,265      Agtech Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      148,279  
  2,827,938      Anxin-China Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      0  
  12,044      Baozun, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      738,418  
  16,198      Bitauto Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      403,816  
  215,058      Boyaa Interactive International Ltd. (China)(b)      75,121  
  261,129      BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd. (China)      414,789  
  163,790      Camsing International Holding Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      133,427  
  6,384      Changyou.com Ltd., Class A ADR (China)      119,572  
  14,737      Cheetah Mobile, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      193,497  
  788,365      China Aerospace International Holdings Ltd. (China)      84,423  
  579,557      China All Access Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      57,629  
  359,612      China Electronics Huada Technology Co. Ltd. (China)      55,472  
  584,740      China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      456,959  
  882,921      Chinasoft International Ltd. (China)      742,882  
  583,557      Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      93,736  
  1,155,484      Coolpad Group Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      0  
  3,704      Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (China)(b)      213,573  
  425,093      Digital China Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      277,465  
  74,172      Fang Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      376,052  
  641,650      FIT HON Teng Ltd. (Taiwan)(c)      291,207  
  8,825      GDS Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      333,673  
  2,030,488      Green Leader Holdings Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      82,833  
  763,171      Hi Sun Technology China Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      141,073  
  21,148      Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (China)      504,803  
  146,246      Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (China)(c)      354,235  
  16,280      JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      117,867  
  10,862      JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      191,388  
  348,165      Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      50,599  
  355,984      Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      471,974  
  851,808      Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (China)      934,973  
  147,047      Legend Holdings Corp., H-Shares (China)(c)      468,652  
  493,113      Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      148,359  
  39,432      Link Motion, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      44,164  
  26,706      Momo, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)      1,226,339  
  308,064      National Agricultural Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      0  
  85,730      Netdragon Websoft Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      225,141  
  146,854      O-NET Technologies Group Ltd. (China)(b)      93,982  
  12,350      Phoenix New Media Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      68,048  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Information Technology (continued)  
  7,735      Renren, Inc., Class A ADR (China)(b)    $ 67,991  
  117,896      Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(b)      121,441  
  12,618      Sohu.com, Inc. ADR (China)(b)      457,529  
  237,856      Tian GE Interactive Holdings Ltd. (China)(c)      212,259  
  1,095,232      Vision Values Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      69,812  
  179,203      Wasion Group Holdings Ltd. (China)      104,861  
  201,955      XI’an Haitiantian Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      115,599  
  1,805,430      Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (China)      748,028  
  13,965      Xunlei Ltd. ADR (China)(b)      172,747  
  71,322      Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Ltd. Co., Class H (China)(c)      293,684  
  316,189      ZTE Corp. H-Shares (China)(b)(d)      257,977  
     

 

 

 
        13,124,436  
     

 

 

 
   Materials—9.0%  
  446,685      Angang Steel Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      443,032  
  967,357      BBMG Corp., H-Shares (China)      424,228  
  14,134,272      Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group Ltd. (China)(b)      428,849  
  198,150      Chiho Environmental Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      83,108  
  735,707      China BlueChemical Ltd., H-Shares (China)      245,731  
  406,686      China Metal Resources Utilization Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      256,118  
  728,940      China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd. (China)      858,653  
  285,912      China Sanjiang Fine Chemicals Co. Ltd. (China)      115,908  
  2,598,948      China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd. (China)(b)(d)      0  
  458,093      China Silver Group Ltd. (China)      88,183  
  587,018      China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. (China)      318,049  
  238,793      Cpmc Holdings Ltd. (China)      151,602  
  527,317      Fufeng Group Ltd. (China)      298,476  
  465,837      Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co. Ltd. (China)      348,599  
  334,659      Huabao International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      220,997  
  575,849      Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. (China)      675,384  
  714,078      Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      345,926  
  856,413      MMG Ltd. (China)(b)      622,318  
  4,445,146      North Mining Shares Co. Ltd., Class C (Hong Kong)(b)      71,969  
  104,762      Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      156,258  
  2,580,785      Shougang Concord International Enterprises Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      74,027  
  1,579,278      Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd. (China)      396,624  
  4,053,065      Sino Haijing Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      93,522  
  729,556      Sinofert Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      98,587  
  1,032,656      West China Cement Ltd. (China)      193,521  
  179,545      Youyuan International Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      108,952  
  434,671      Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      362,958  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Materials (continued)  
  2,364,980      Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)    $ 985,892  
     

 

 

 
        8,467,471  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate—15.9%  
  2,227,187      Avic International Holding HK Ltd. (China)(b)      89,438  
  356,256      Beijing Capital Land Ltd., Class H (China)      184,392  
  290,624      Beijing North Star Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      104,851  
  674,308      C C Land Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)      153,874  
  3,725,190      Carnival Group International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      163,841  
  262,476      Central China Real Estate Ltd. (China)      142,211  
  530,476      China Aoyuan Property Group Ltd. (China)      432,812  
  1,204,666      China Electronics Optics Valley Union Holding Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      101,360  
  656,309      China Logistics Property Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      235,945  
  550,620      China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Ltd. (China)      239,365  
  530,475      China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd. (China)      206,938  
  680,093      China SCE Property Holdings Ltd. (China)      358,941  
  1,358,668      China South City Holdings Ltd. (China)      287,525  
  176,314      China Vast Industrial Urban Development Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)(c)      85,413  
  146,184      Colour Life Services Group Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      142,566  
  592,243      Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd. (China)      107,212  
  660,786      Future Land Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      518,072  
  1,032,356      Glorious Property Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      73,701  
  268,432      Greentown China Holdings Ltd. (China)      403,804  
  733,290      Ground International Development Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)      131,810  
  292,310      Guorui Properties Ltd. (China)(c)      92,416  
  275,094      Hopson Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      264,077  
  455,337      Jiayuan International Group Ltd. (China)(b)      873,041  
  1,472,035      Joy City Property Ltd. (China)      225,192  
  975,368      Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      529,703  
  572,406      KWG Property Holding Ltd. (China)      789,561  
  521,522      Logan Property Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)      784,528  
  416,202      Lvgem China Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd. (China)      162,360  
  563,025      Mingfa Group International Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)(b)(d)      0  
  802,842      Poly Property Group Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      386,880  
  579,070      Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd. (China)      348,439  
  416,119      Red Star Macalline Group Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(c)      564,434  
  368,846      Redco Group (China)(c)      210,187  
  6,733,483      Renhe Commercial Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)(b)      142,496  
  198,187      Ronshine China Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)(c)      291,565  
  578,489      Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Ltd. (China)      124,634  
  1,296,621      Shenzhen Investment Ltd. (China)      550,442  
  1,435,472      Shui On Land Ltd. (China)      402,598  
  389,783      Skyfame Realty Holdings Ltd. (China)(b)      290,692  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Real Estate (continued)  
  774,419      SOHO China Ltd. (China)    $ 404,775  
  234,459      Times China Holdings Ltd. (China)      379,599  
  13,767      Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. ADR (China)      73,929  
  254,787      Yanlord Land Group Ltd. (China)      321,948  
  2,556,202      Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. (China)      576,796  
  655,951      Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd. (China)      461,599  
  1,246,387      Zall Group Ltd. (China)(b)      1,538,092  
     

 

 

 
        14,954,054  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunication Services—0.8%  
  988,131      China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      636,151  
  586,988      Citic Telecom International Holdings Ltd. (China)      167,622  
     

 

 

 
        803,773  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities—4.3%  
  820,418      Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      224,868  
  943,378      China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      197,235  
  239,942      China Everbright Greentech Ltd. (China)(c)      267,957  
  1,790,123      China Oil & Gas Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)      141,491  
  166,155      China Power Clean Energy Development Co. Ltd. (China)      91,718  
  1,778,521      China Power International Development Ltd. (China)      494,276  
  365,139      China Water Affairs Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)      359,360  
  1,205,455      CT Environmental Group Ltd. (China)      170,580  
  1,159,198      Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., H-Shares (China)(b)      373,880  
  1,065,944      Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      282,652  
  676,046      Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      311,127  
  1,944,681      Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd., H-Shares (China)      835,473  
  382,907      Kangda International Environmental Co. Ltd. (China)(c)      72,245  
  376,112      SIIC Enviornment Holdings Ltd. (Singapore)      115,298  
  164,008      Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd. (China)      73,388  
  138,371      Yunnan Water Investment Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(c)      55,566  
     

 

 

 
        4,067,114  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $94,178,676)—99.8%
     94,084,240  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.2%      152,661  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 94,236,901  
     

 

 

 

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)  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 May 31, 2018 was $14,619,254, which represented 15.51% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(d)  Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). See Note 5.

This Fund has holdings greater than 10% of net assets in the following country:

 

China        89.6
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—99.6%  
   Argentina—12.5%  
  29,633      Adecoagro SA(a)    $ 240,916  
  6,078      Banco Macro SA ADR      477,792  
  15,200      BBVA Banco Frances SA ADR      218,120  
  9,931      Cresud S.A.C.I.F.y A. ADR      168,132  
  3,800      Despegar.com Corp.(a)      88,502  
  2,961      Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte ADR(a)      131,942  
  30,001      Grupo Financiero Galicia SA, Class B ADR      1,268,742  
  17,281      Grupo Supervielle SA ADR      296,715  
  6,195      IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones SA ADR      117,705  
  14,906      Loma Negra Cia Industrial Argentina SA ADR(a)      192,287  
  13,146      MercadoLibre, Inc.(a)      3,823,251  
  17,706      Pampa Energia SA ADR(a)      844,576  
  13,019      Telecom Argentina SA ADR      286,809  
  12,283      Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA ADR(a)      204,758  
  51,496      YPF SA ADR      935,167  
     

 

 

 
        9,295,414  
     

 

 

 
   Kazakhstan—11.0%  
  114,142      Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC GDR(b)      1,375,411  
  461,846      KAZ Minerals PLC(a)      6,225,449  
  205,402      Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC(a)      579,435  
     

 

 

 
        8,180,295  
     

 

 

 
   Kenya—9.7%  
  651,175      East African Breweries Ltd.      1,509,133  
  3,631,945      KCB Group Ltd.      1,647,628  
  14,470,087      Safaricom PLC      4,031,361  
     

 

 

 
        7,188,122  
     

 

 

 
   Kuwait—16.0%  
  470,942      Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC      1,137,240  
  427,867      Alimtiaz Investment Co. KSC      183,998  
  386,355      Boubyan Bank KSC      639,026  
  239,351      Boubyan Petrochemicals Co. KSC      676,960  
  805,331      Gulf Bank KSC      695,307  
  36,680      Human Soft Holding Co. KSC      402,837  
  1,470,466      Kuwait Finance House KSC      2,490,502  
  1,236,547      Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSC      1,533,924  
  1,641,576      National Bank of Kuwait SAK      3,926,098  
  25,808      National Gulf Holding(a)(c)      0  
  264,205      Warba Bank KSCP(a)      207,134  
     

 

 

 
        11,893,026  
     

 

 

 
   Morocco—10.1%  
  45,892      Attijariwafa Bank      2,343,865  
  44,263      Banque Centrale Populaire      1,353,929  
  29,057      BMCE Bank      621,092  
  23,632      Cosumar      684,044  
  80,200      Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha SA      181,561  
  3,787      Lafargeholcim Maroc SA      719,750  
  86,413      Maroc Telecom SA      1,302,050  
  16,974      Societe d’Exploitation des Ports      339,762  
     

 

 

 
        7,546,053  
     

 

 

 
   Nigeria—4.6%  
  17,567,522      Guaranty Trust Bank PLC      1,972,238  
  189,257      Nestle Nigeria PLC      772,504  
Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)  
   Nigeria (continued)  
  2,177,131      Nigerian Breweries PLC    $ 651,178  
     

 

 

 
        3,395,920  
     

 

 

 
   Oman—6.7%  
  3,166,536      BankMuscat SAOG      3,356,577  
  834,813      Oman Telecommunications Co. SAOG      1,622,344  
     

 

 

 
        4,978,921  
     

 

 

 
   Panama—10.1%  
  53,333      Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E      1,420,258  
  54,874      Copa Holdings SA, Class A      6,080,039  
     

 

 

 
        7,500,297  
     

 

 

 
   Romania—9.3%  
  5,265,102      Banca Transilvania SA      3,138,188  
  338,068      BRD-Groupe Societe Generale      1,049,835  
  19,234,742      OMV Petrom SA      1,474,019  
  140,229      Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale Romgaz SA      1,230,895  
     

 

 

 
        6,892,937  
     

 

 

 
   Uruguay—0.4%  
  36,670      Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A      271,358  
     

 

 

 
   Vietnam—9.2%   
  117,844      Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC      279,548  
  69,980      Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC      89,753  
  30,640      Bao Viet Holdings      116,213  
  62,744      FLC Faros Construction JSC(a)      166,998  
  304,298      Hoa Phat Group JSC(a)      748,536  
  188,685      Masan Group Corp.(a)      670,152  
  143,521      No Va Land Investment Group Corp.(a)      320,949  
  31,290      Petro Vietnam Gas JSC      124,030  
  26,260      Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp.      276,348  
  137,110      Saigon Securities, Inc.      192,385  
  221,530      Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB(a)      114,136  
  219,840      Vietnam Dairy Products JSC      1,582,817  
  319,120      Vincom Retail JSC(a)      601,691  
  313,170      Vingroup JSC(a)      1,592,902  
     

 

 

 
        6,876,458  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $68,744,791)—99.6%
     74,018,801  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.4%      308,066  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 74,326,867  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

GDR—Global Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(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 value of this security at May 31, 2018 represented 1.85% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). See Note 5.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—98.7%  
   Australia—5.9%  
  1,052,539      Amcor Ltd.    $ 11,197,435  
  1,096,657      Orora Ltd.      2,854,462  
  312,667      Quintis Ltd.(a)(b)      0  
     

 

 

 
        14,051,897  
     

 

 

 
   Brazil—5.6%  
  283,042      Duratex SA      741,037  
  226,736      Fibria Celulose SA ADR      4,194,616  
  640,534      Klabin SA      3,610,266  
  402,153      Suzano Papel E Celulose SA      4,654,286  
     

 

 

 
        13,200,205  
     

 

 

 
   Canada—5.3%  
  64,378      Canfor Corp.(a)      1,611,435  
  26,689      Canfor Pulp Products, Inc.      465,803  
  64,745      Cascades, Inc.      623,393  
  63,645      Interfor Corp.(a)      1,265,344  
  38,408      Mercer International, Inc.      616,448  
  35,335      Norbord, Inc.      1,472,837  
  44,114      Stella-Jones, Inc.      1,591,192  
  54,966      West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.      3,992,789  
  358,780      Western Forest Products, Inc.      768,893  
     

 

 

 
        12,408,134  
     

 

 

 
   Chile—1.8%  
  1,136,022      Empresas CMPC SA      4,298,311  
     

 

 

 
   China—1.0%   
  668,056      Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co. Ltd.      499,925  
  1,431,435      Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.      1,678,857  
  339,485      Youyuan International Holdings Ltd.(a)      206,007  
     

 

 

 
        2,384,789  
     

 

 

 
   Finland—12.0%  
  97,935      Huhtamaki Oyj      3,989,751  
  174,310      Metsa Board Oyj, Class B      1,990,974  
  500,797      Stora Enso Oyj, Class R      10,233,076  
  331,416      UPM-Kymmene Oyj      12,151,329  
     

 

 

 
        28,365,130  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong—1.0%  
  1,486,799      Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.      2,365,489  
     

 

 

 
   Ireland—3.6%   
  204,774      Smurfit Kappa Group PLC      8,461,755  
     

 

 

 
   Japan—4.4%   
  9,191      Daiken Corp.      215,806  
  61,091      Daio Paper Corp.      877,187  
  114,082      Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd.      619,526  
  84,556      Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.      1,426,583  
  783,160      OJI Holdings Corp.      5,154,028  
  10,891      Pack Corp. (The)      380,426  
  160,135      Rengo Co. Ltd.      1,423,815  
  7,691      Tokushu Tokai Paper Co. Ltd.      300,150  
     

 

 

 
        10,397,521  
     

 

 

 
   Malaysia—0.0%  
  161,675      Ta Ann Holdings Bhd      113,741  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Portugal—1.2%   
  55,928      Altri SGPS SA    $ 515,749  
  36,262      Corticeira Amorim SGPS SA      480,007  
  195,623      Navigator Co. SA (The)      1,219,393  
  22,158      Semapa-Sociedade de Investimento e Gestao      557,391  
     

 

 

 
        2,772,540  
     

 

 

 
   South Africa—2.7%  
  107,525      Mondi Ltd.      2,977,589  
  158,099      Mpact Ltd.      311,330  
  481,076      Sappi Ltd.      3,161,465  
     

 

 

 
        6,450,384  
     

 

 

 
   South Korea—0.1%  
  15,141      Hansol Paper Co. Ltd.      260,555  
     

 

 

 
   Spain—0.9%   
  123,099      Ence Energia y Celulosa SA      968,494  
  11,260      Miquel y Costas & Miquel SA      421,916  
  40,585      Papeles y Cartones de Europa SA      703,990  
     

 

 

 
        2,094,400  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden—4.6%  
  160,849      BillerudKorsnas AB      2,440,500  
  95,995      Holmen AB, Class B      2,260,285  
  550,623      Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B      6,089,978  
     

 

 

 
        10,790,763  
     

 

 

 
   Taiwan—0.6%  
  655,000      Cheng Loong Corp.      390,226  
  351,000      Chung Hwa Pulp Corp.      126,522  
  464,000      Long Chen Paper Co. Ltd.      514,928  
  1,056,000      YFY, Inc.(a)      459,950  
     

 

 

 
        1,491,626  
     

 

 

 
   Thailand—0.1%  
  287,300      Polyplex Thailand PCL NVDR      143,695  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom—7.0%   
  970,533      DS Smith PLC      7,141,666  
  333,755      Mondi PLC      9,277,486  
     

 

 

 
        16,419,152  
     

 

 

 
   United States—40.9%  
  79,910      Avery Dennison Corp.      8,392,947  
  82,680      Bemis Co., Inc.      3,497,364  
  35,068      Boise Cascade Co.      1,672,744  
  44,010      CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Class A REIT      558,927  
  14,948      Clearwater Paper Corp.(a)      359,499  
  56,980      Domtar Corp.      2,739,029  
  281,475      Graphic Packaging Holding Co.      4,075,758  
  219,562      International Paper Co.      11,746,567  
  16,443      Invesco India ETF(c)      407,786  
  79,651      KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.      2,739,994  
  131,733      Louisiana-Pacific Corp.      3,843,969  
  15,344      Neenah, Inc.      1,245,166  
  39,705      P.H. Glatfelter Co.      694,441  
  85,747      Packaging Corp. of America      10,075,273  
  54,002      PotlatchDeltic Corp. REIT      2,727,101  
  117,314      Rayonier, Inc. REIT      4,559,995  
  53,047      Resolute Forest Products, Inc.(a)      570,255  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
       United States (continued)  
  27,920      Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.    $ 1,223,175  
  152,113      Sealed Air Corp.      6,626,042  
  90,416      Sonoco Products Co.      4,622,970  
  31,113      Verso Corp., Class A(a)      629,416  
  198,214      WestRock Co.      11,670,840  
  321,648      Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT      12,007,120  
     

 

 

 
        96,686,378  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $161,330,467)—98.7%
     233,156,465  
   Other assets less liabilities—1.3%      3,033,460  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 236,189,925  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund

NVDR—Non-voting Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). See Note 5.
(c)  Affiliated company. The Fund’s Adviser also serves as the adviser for the Invesco India ETF and therefore, Invesco India ETF is considered to be affiliated with the Fund. See Note 4.
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—99.9%  
   Australia—7.7%  
  142,502      AusNet Services    $ 175,214  
  35,987      Charter Hall Group REIT      173,452  
  109,776      DuluxGroup Ltd.      618,812  
  39,699      GPT Group (The) REIT      151,093  
  83,908      Mirvac Group REIT      146,025  
  34,687      Sonic Healthcare Ltd.      618,354  
  56,067      Stockland REIT      176,056  
  61,837      Transurban Group      555,385  
  96,084      Vicinity Centres REIT      194,114  
     

 

 

 
        2,808,505  
     

 

 

 
   Belgium—1.4%  
  29,535      bpost SA      522,314  
     

 

 

 
   Canada—8.0%   
  19,460      BCE, Inc.      810,233  
  4,776      Emera, Inc.      149,112  
  3,921      Fortis, Inc.      125,229  
  12,582      H&R Real Estate Investment Trust      196,024  
  5,699      Intact Financial Corp.      430,764  
  14,545      Sun Life Financial, Inc.      600,884  
  10,188      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)      594,536  
     

 

 

 
        2,906,782  
     

 

 

 
   France—1.1%  
  5,341      Danone SA      407,677  
     

 

 

 
   Germany—1.1%   
  5,190      Fielmann AG      411,358  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong—3.7%   
  26,144      Hang Seng Bank Ltd.      654,254  
  19,604      Power Assets Holdings Ltd.      136,331  
  178,806      Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.      552,774  
     

 

 

 
        1,343,359  
     

 

 

 
   Japan—3.9%  
  29      Activia Properties, Inc. REIT      129,325  
  105      GLP J-REIT      117,520  
  2,306      Hikari Tsushin, Inc.      410,493  
  39      Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp. REIT      141,972  
  21      Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. REIT      110,369  
  70      Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. REIT      127,185  
  22      Nippon Building Fund, Inc. REIT      123,521  
  90      ORIX JREIT, Inc.      142,400  
  88      United Urban Investment Corp. REIT      135,104  
     

 

 

 
        1,437,889  
     

 

 

 
   Singapore—3.3%  
  113,435      Singapore Exchange Ltd.      614,056  
  238,637      Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.      585,240  
     

 

 

 
        1,199,296  
     

 

 

 
   Spain—3.8%  
  39,402      Enagas SA      1,049,122  
  23,107      Iberdrola SA      163,779  
  8,153      Red Electrica Corp. SA      158,458  
     

 

 

 
        1,371,359  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Switzerland—7.3%  
  1,238      Helvetia Holding AG    $ 700,790  
  6,095      Nestle SA      461,140  
  1,995      PSP Swiss Property AG      183,245  
  2,561      Roche Holding AG-BR      559,559  
  8,906      Swiss RE AG      771,654  
     

 

 

 
        2,676,388  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom—10.5%  
  12,035      Diageo PLC      442,397  
  16,356      Experian PLC      400,786  
  126,147      Kingfisher PLC      512,301  
  17,265      Pennon Group PLC      171,568  
  18,255      RELX PLC      401,409  
  14,967      SSE PLC      272,349  
  33,912      Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC      727,867  
  17,253      United Utilities Group PLC      178,106  
  44,824      WPP PLC      735,126  
     

 

 

 
        3,841,909  
     

 

 

 
   United States—48.1%  
  8,592      Aflac, Inc.      387,156  
  2,622      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.      423,217  
  2,505      American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT      91,057  
  1,868      American Electric Power Co., Inc.      126,931  
  2,637      Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A REIT      107,669  
  58,522      Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. REIT      1,087,924  
  2,216      Aqua America, Inc.      76,895  
  3,092      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      402,022  
  619      AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT      102,469  
  11,240      Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.      638,994  
  629      Boston Properties, Inc. REIT      76,593  
  14,887      CA, Inc.      532,061  
  13,517      Cisco Systems, Inc.      577,311  
  12,994      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      558,742  
  5,175      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      326,491  
  1,958      Dominion Energy, Inc.      125,684  
  4,715      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.      562,499  
  1,161      DTE Energy Co.      118,921  
  2,113      Duke Energy Corp.      163,039  
  2,225      Edison International      138,306  
  424      Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT      101,349  
  1,939      Eversource Energy      110,678  
  794      Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT      94,399  
  10,449      General Mills, Inc.      441,888  
  5,208      Genuine Parts Co.      472,834  
  4,358      Great Plains Energy, Inc.      147,911  
  3,146      Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)      381,421  
  3,049      Johnson & Johnson      364,721  
  8,861      Kellogg Co.      570,560  
  5,249      Kimberly-Clark Corp.      529,362  
  1,348      Lockheed Martin Corp.      424,000  
  4,189      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      449,647  
  656      NextEra Energy, Inc.      108,771  
  2,584      NorthWestern Corp.      140,776  
  7,723      Omnicom Group, Inc.      556,674  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
       United States (continued)  
  46,037      Owens & Minor, Inc.    $ 750,403  
  7,724      Paychex, Inc.      506,540  
  4,148      PepsiCo, Inc.      415,837  
  18,264      Pfizer, Inc.      656,226  
  6,352      PPL Corp.      173,537  
  6,191      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      452,995  
  742      PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT      90,940  
  2,615      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.      138,543  
  4,255      Southern Co. (The)      191,049  
  15,645      Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.      399,730  
  2,845      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      365,639  
  2,897      UDR, Inc. REIT      105,654  
  4,003      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      464,828  
  9,189      Validus Holdings Ltd.      622,647  
  15,666      Verizon Communications, Inc.      746,798  
     

 

 

 
        17,600,338  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $37,713,294)—99.9%
     36,527,174  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.1%      40,575  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 36,567,749  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

BR—Bearer Shares

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—99.9%  
   Belgium—4.1%  
  337,511      Euronav NV    $ 3,189,479  
     

 

 

 
   Bermuda—13.8%   
  175,461      Golar LNG Ltd.      4,558,477  
  266,101      Teekay Corp.      2,123,486  
  148,759      Teekay LNG Partners LP      2,573,530  
  1,383,862      Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A      1,536,087  
     

 

 

 
        10,791,580  
     

 

 

 
   China—7.9%  
  4,369,982      COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation Co. Ltd., H-Shares      2,473,527  
  3,787,782      COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd.      3,645,743  
     

 

 

 
        6,119,270  
     

 

 

 
   Denmark—18.0%  
  9,402      AP Moller—Maersk A/S, Class B      14,048,703  
     

 

 

 
   Greece—4.9%   
  600,241      Capital Product Partners LP      1,842,740  
  535,088      Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.      1,947,720  
     

 

 

 
        3,790,460  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong—3.9%  
  343,619      Seaspan Corp.      3,016,975  
     

 

 

 
   Japan—7.0%   
  205,314      Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.      5,438,756  
     

 

 

 
   Monaco—11.4%   
  310,591      Costamare, Inc.      2,264,208  
  166,691      Dynagas LNG Partners LP      1,288,522  
  137,017      GasLog Ltd.      2,466,306  
  116,849      GasLog Partners LP      2,856,958  
     

 

 

 
        8,875,994  
     

 

 

 
   Norway—6.5%  
  426,067      Frontline Ltd.      2,473,334  
  183,610      Ship Finance International Ltd.      2,616,443  
     

 

 

 
        5,089,777  
     

 

 

 
   Singapore—4.1%  
  1,999,678      Sembcorp Marine Ltd.      3,199,604  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom—5.8%   
  141,314      Golar LNG Partners LP      2,369,836  
  104,166      KNOT Offshore Partners LP      2,187,486  
     

 

 

 
        4,557,322  
     

 

 

 
   United States—12.5%  
  529,933      DHT Holdings, Inc.      2,193,923  
  105,222      Matson, Inc.      3,602,801  
  856,898      Nordic American Tankers Ltd.      2,030,848  
  721,532      Teekay Offshore Partners LP      1,948,137  
     

 

 

 
        9,775,709  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $86,469,683)—99.9%
     77,893,629  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.1%      111,079  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 78,004,708  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
   Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests—90.0%  
   Argentina—0.6%  
  3,310      Telecom Argentina SA ADR    $ 72,919  
     

 

 

 
   Australia—4.9%   
  3,268      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.      67,283  
  63,418      Beach Energy Ltd.      78,696  
  3,634      National Australia Bank Ltd.      73,691  
  1,755      Newcrest Mining Ltd.      27,568  
  62,753      South32 Ltd.      176,633  
  44,363      Telstra Corp. Ltd.      93,988  
  3,390      Westpac Banking Corp.      71,437  
     

 

 

 
        589,296  
     

 

 

 
   Austria—1.6%  
  2,040      Erste Group Bank AG      84,965  
  12,035      Telekom Austria AG, Class A      106,487  
     

 

 

 
        191,452  
     

 

 

 
   Belgium—0.7%  
  1,103      KBC Group NV      85,235  
     

 

 

 
   Brazil—3.4%   
  5,690      Banco Santander Brasil SA ADR      50,925  
  2,441      Braskem SA ADR      58,462  
  5,695      Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR      39,125  
  10,945      Cia Paranaense de Energia ADR      68,516  
  4,983      Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Preference Shares) ADR      57,554  
  3,545      Telefonica Brasil SA ADR      42,717  
  2,407      Ultrapar Participacoes SA ADR      32,302  
  4,341      Vale SA ADR      59,037  
     

 

 

 
        408,638  
     

 

 

 
   Canada—2.0%  
  4,288      Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.      148,193  
  7,873      Enerplus Corp.      96,130  
     

 

 

 
        244,323  
     

 

 

 
   Chile—1.0%  
  1,997      Banco Santander Chile ADR      64,224  
  1,077      Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR      56,144  
     

 

 

 
        120,368  
     

 

 

 
   China—6.5%  
  1,395      China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., H-Shares ADR      135,943  
  49,720      China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.      101,796  
  1,569      China Telecom Corp. Ltd., H-Shares ADR      72,990  
  90,242      CITIC Ltd.      134,141  
  6,317      Huaneng Power International, Inc., H-Shares ADR      192,668  
  26,007      Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. ADR      139,658  
     

 

 

 
        777,196  
     

 

 

 
   Colombia—0.7%  
  1,665      Bancolombia SA ADR      77,223  
     

 

 

 
   Denmark—0.6%   
  401      GN Store Nord A/S      15,288  
  784      Vestas Wind Systems A/S      51,332  
     

 

 

 
        66,620  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Finland—0.8%  
  2,695      UPM-Kymmene Oyj    $ 98,812  
     

 

 

 
   France—8.0%   
  296      Atos SE      40,150  
  1,871      BNP Paribas SA      115,884  
  542      CIE Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA      70,037  
  4,574      Electricite de France SA      60,867  
  4,261      Engie SA      67,321  
  568      Ingenico Group SA      45,351  
  83      Kering SA      47,445  
  172      LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE      59,641  
  431      Pernod Ricard SA      72,296  
  1,672      Publicis Groupe SA      116,206  
  1,068      Renault SA      103,013  
  802      Sodexo SA      77,721  
  777      Vinci SA      75,933  
     

 

 

 
        951,865  
     

 

 

 
   Germany—5.1%  
  149      adidas AG      33,672  
  294      Allianz SE      60,531  
  300      Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA      29,913  
  505      HeidelbergCement AG      44,683  
  768      Henkel AG & Co. KGaA      86,466  
  337      Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen      69,353  
  864      Siemens AG      112,453  
  713      thyssenkrupp AG      18,785  
  5,175      TUI AG      119,668  
  178      Volkswagen AG      33,058  
  32      Wirecard AG      4,936  
     

 

 

 
        613,518  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong—5.0%  
  7,024      AIA Group Ltd.      64,472  
  19,433      Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.      127,833  
  73,181      Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.      116,431  
  136,523      PCCW Ltd.      80,408  
  6,798      Power Assets Holdings Ltd.      47,275  
  46,983      Sino Land Co. Ltd.      81,338  
  75,066      SmarTone Telecommunications Holding Ltd.      84,213  
     

 

 

 
        601,970  
     

 

 

 
   India—1.3%  
  3,142      Infosys Ltd. ADR      57,153  
  6,662      Vedanta Ltd. ADR      97,931  
     

 

 

 
        155,084  
     

 

 

 
   Ireland—1.1%  
  2,141      Glanbia PLC      39,587  
  261      Kerry Group PLC, Class A      27,466  
  566      Paddy Power Betfair PLC      68,712  
     

 

 

 
        135,765  
     

 

 

 
   Israel—1.3%  
  11,768      Bank Hapoalim BM      81,194  
  505      Delek Group Ltd.      76,396  
     

 

 

 
        157,590  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   Japan—5.2%  
  1,607      Alps Electric Co. Ltd.    $ 38,221  
  1,590      ANA Holdings, Inc.      64,130  
  5,689      Asahi Kasei Corp.      78,309  
  8,700      Fujitsu Ltd.      53,387  
  1,266      Kyocera Corp.      75,229  
  4,767      Mitsubishi Corp.      132,991  
  5,420      NTT DoCoMo, Inc.      140,582  
  597      Olympus Corp.      21,211  
  323      Sony Corp.      15,341  
     

 

 

 
        619,401  
     

 

 

 
   Mexico—1.0%  
  892      Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, Series L ADR      52,146  
  728      Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV ADR      61,989  
     

 

 

 
        114,135  
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands—1.3%  
  852      Akzo Nobel NV      74,690  
  2,143      Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A      74,341  
     

 

 

 
        149,031  
     

 

 

 
   Norway—1.2%  
  3,870      Marine Harvest ASA      77,423  
  10,094      Norsk Hydro ASA      63,333  
     

 

 

 
        140,756  
     

 

 

 
   Philippines—0.7%  
  3,640      PLDT, Inc. ADR      87,942  
     

 

 

 
   Portugal—0.7%   
  4,914      Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA      77,151  
     

 

 

 
   Russia—1.7%   
  12,341      Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR      118,227  
  4,826      Qiwi PLC ADR      78,567  
     

 

 

 
        196,794  
     

 

 

 
   South Africa—0.5%  
  1,585      Sasol Ltd. ADR      57,662  
     

 

 

 
   Spain—2.1%   
  759      Amadeus IT Group SA      60,158  
  9,295      Bankinter SA      89,448  
  13,496      Iberdrola SA      95,657  
     

 

 

 
        245,263  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden—0.5%  
  5,376      Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A      58,839  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland—0.7%   
  1,127      Ferguson PLC      87,609  
     

 

 

 
   Taiwan—2.6%   
  10,865      ASE Industrial Holding Co. Ltd. ADR      53,456  
  2,363      Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. ADR      85,611  
  8,895      Himax Technologies, Inc. ADR      66,268  
  1,184      Silicon Motion Technology Corp. ADR      57,578  
  1,226      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR      47,446  
     

 

 

 
        310,359  
     

 

 

 
Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(continued)
 
   United Kingdom—15.8%  
  2,042      Ashtead Group PLC    $ 63,338  
  1,686      Associated British Foods PLC      59,452  
  10,427      Auto Trader Group PLC(a)      48,922  
  15,679      Babcock International Group PLC      173,791  
  20,907      Barclays PLC      54,872  
  10,838      Barratt Developments PLC      78,684  
  25,012      BT Group PLC      68,195  
  3,218      Bunzl PLC      98,059  
  56,924      Centrica PLC      110,513  
  4,074      GlaxoSmithKline PLC      82,617  
  11,529      Greene King PLC      88,948  
  16,221      Inmarsat PLC      80,856  
  780      Intertek Group PLC      56,732  
  38,266      ITV PLC      82,794  
  18,838      Legal & General Group PLC      67,630  
  18,529      Marks & Spencer Group PLC      70,022  
  19,098      Petrofac Ltd.      148,055  
  2,805      Prudential PLC      67,595  
  8,943      Sage Group PLC (The)      78,826  
  5,635      SSE PLC      102,538  
  2,838      Superdry PLC      46,827  
  31,694      Taylor Wimpey PLC      80,193  
  7,990      United Utilities Group PLC      82,482  
     

 

 

 
        1,891,941  
     

 

 

 
   United States—11.4%  
  3,950      Apache Corp.      158,000  
  2,956      BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust      85,428  
  5,583      Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.      127,572  
  1,850      Carnival PLC      119,073  
  4,398      Devon Energy Corp.      182,825  
  1,330      EOG Resources, Inc.      156,687  
  5,321      Murphy Oil Corp.      163,621  
  4,522      Noble Energy, Inc.      161,435  
  10,149      Range Resources Corp.      160,760  
  755      Shire PLC      41,190  
     

 

 

 
        1,356,591  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $10,847,169)
     10,741,348  
     

 

 

 
     
   Closed-End Funds—9.9%  
   United States—9.9%  
  4,914      Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund      91,646  
  5,806      BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.      65,434  
  4,634      BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust      79,566  
  4,378      DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund      87,604  
  3,386      First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund      74,153  
  8,914      Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.      62,754  
  4,795      Nuveen Global High Income Fund      75,186  
  3,879      PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund      91,506  
  3,684      PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund      101,642  
  9,401      PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II      100,027  
 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI) (continued)

May 31, 2018

 

Number
of Shares
          Value  
       Closed-End Funds (continued)  
       United States—(continued)  
  5,081      Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.    $ 69,965  
  8,102      Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc.      74,376  
  12,264      Western Asset High Income Fund II, Inc.      78,980  
  13,503      Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.      64,274  
  4,804      Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc.      69,898  
     

 

 

 
   Total Closed-End Funds
(Cost $1,217,887)
     1,187,011  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $12,065,056)—99.9%
     11,928,359  
   Other assets less liabilities—0.1%      13,883  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%    $ 11,942,242  
     

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  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 value of this security at May 31, 2018 represented less than 1% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
 

 

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

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

May 31, 2018

 

        
    
Invesco Canadian
Energy Income
ETF (ENY)
     Invesco China
Real Estate
ETF (TAO)
     Invesco China
Small Cap
ETF (HAO)
     Invesco Frontier
Markets ETF
(FRN)
 
Assets:           

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at value

  $ 21,937,754      $ 83,199,004      $ 94,084,240      $ 74,018,801  

Affiliated investments in securities, at value

                          

Cash segregated as collateral

    960,161                      4,138,324  

Foreign currencies, at value

    8,719        107,554        61,967        134,936  

Receivables:

          

Investments sold

    231,126                      7,254,439  

Dividends

    62,321        336,914        535,374        448,248  

Expenses absorbed

    7,387                      7,394  

Foreign tax reclaims

                         1,023  

Shares sold

                         28,763  

Other assets

    21                      48  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

    23,207,489        83,643,472        94,681,581        86,031,976  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities:           

Due to custodian

    13,780        161,344        239,564        4,908,735  

Payables:

          

Collateral upon receipt of securities in-kind

    960,161                      4,138,324  

Investments purchased

    225,451        112        28        658  

Shares repurchased

                         2,481,990  

Accrued advisory fees

           7,179        49,115         

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees

    1,665        1,048        1,734        1,197  

Accrued expenses

    67,733        129,539        154,239        174,205  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    1,268,790        299,222        444,680        11,705,109  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 21,938,699      $ 83,344,250      $ 94,236,901      $ 74,326,867  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:           

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 111,451,618      $ 82,414,369      $ 153,616,013      $ 139,896,151  

Undistributed net investment income

    66,641        574,843        1,345,287        153,015  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (85,270,391      (12,554,615      (60,630,322      (71,001,931

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (4,309,169      12,909,653        (94,077      5,279,632  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 21,938,699      $ 83,344,250      $ 94,236,901      $ 74,326,867  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    2,720,000        2,760,000        2,900,000        5,140,000  

Net asset value

  $ 8.07      $ 30.20      $ 32.50      $ 14.46  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 8.02      $ 30.28      $ 32.46      $ 14.35  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at cost

  $ 26,246,326      $ 70,289,195      $ 94,178,676      $ 68,744,791  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated investments in securities, at cost

  $      $      $      $  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currencies, at cost

  $ 8,661      $ 107,767      $ 61,943      $ 134,948  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco MSCI
Global Timber
ETF (CUT)
     Invesco S&P
Global Dividend
Opportunities Index
ETF (LVL)
     Invesco
Shipping ETF
(SEA)
     Invesco Zacks
International
Multi-Asset
Income ETF
(HGI)
 
        
$ 232,748,679      $ 36,527,174      $ 77,893,629      $ 11,928,359  
  407,786                       
                1,267,985         
  12,724        136,202        2,269        2,022  
        
  8,903,072               432,487         
  328,918        88,946        122,486        81,941  
         672               15,436  
  355,897        57,625        335,965        11,900  
                        
  48                      27  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  242,757,124        36,810,619        80,054,821        12,039,685  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  187,844        145,575        297,539        16,345  
        
                1,267,985         
  6,127,681        50               3  
                432,487         
  73,830               52,102         
  1,668        1,169               2,201  
  176,176        96,076               78,894  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,567,199        242,870        2,050,113        97,443  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 236,189,925      $ 36,567,749      $ 78,004,708      $ 11,942,242  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
$ 189,413,345      $ 78,157,735      $ 118,965,019      $ 44,655,536  
  2,841,181        17,839        (1,698,503      14,283  
  (27,899,410      (40,422,975      (30,703,447      (32,590,414
  71,834,809        (1,184,850      (8,558,361      (137,163

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 236,189,925      $ 36,567,749      $ 78,004,708      $ 11,942,242  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  7,050,000        3,360,000        7,100,000        700,000  
$ 33.50      $ 10.88      $ 10.99      $ 17.06  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 33.54      $ 10.86      $ 10.96      $ 17.02  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 160,909,743      $ 37,713,294      $ 86,469,683      $ 12,065,056  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 420,724      $      $      $  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 12,653      $ 135,093      $ 2,249      $ 2,003  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended May 31, 2018

 

        
    
Invesco Canadian
Energy Income
ETF (ENY)
     Invesco China
Real Estate
ETF (TAO)
     Invesco China
Small Cap
ETF (HAO)
     Invesco Frontier
Markets ETF
(FRN)
 
Investment Income:           

Unaffiliated dividend income net of foreign taxes withheld*

  $ 871,996      $ 2,290,916      $ 2,355,297      $ 2,473,659  

Affiliated dividend income

    19        17        12        880  

Non-cash dividend income

           2,156,549                

Securities lending income

    15,404        114,714        435,137        12,547  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Income

    887,419        4,562,196        2,790,446        2,487,086  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Expenses:           

Advisory fees

    102,761        343,090        452,823        352,676  

Professional fees

    48,087        44,448        49,997        47,272  

Sub-licensing fees

    15,272        78,081        115,138        70,535  

Trustees’ and officer’s fees

    8,827        9,308        9,330        10,305  

Custodian & transfer agent fees

    8,168        37,802        83,745        282,382  

Printing fees

    7,444        16,557        14,770        15,397  

Accounting & administration fees

    6,235        15,541        24,912        16,076  

Listing fee and expenses

    5,110        5,740        5,017        5,013  

Intraday valuation fees

    2,545        2,709        1,504        7,600  

Other expenses

    1,525        1,334        2,744        1,765  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    205,974        554,610        759,980        809,021  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (51,904      (74,314      (59,308      (317,200
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    154,070        480,296        700,672        491,821  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    733,349        4,081,900        2,089,774        1,995,265  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):           

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investment securities net of foreign taxes withheld**

    (1,295,006      (1,530,902      (853,482      944,464  

In-kind redemptions

    450,968        825,375        10,268,443        3,419,275  

Foreign currencies

    3,317        (4,528      (10,226      (672,954
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (840,721      (710,055      9,404,735        3,690,785  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investments securities

    691,715        10,807,607        15,108,601        (2,395,531

Foreign currencies

    (819      (95      1,174        55,275  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    690,896        10,807,512        15,109,775        (2,340,256
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (149,825      10,097,457        24,514,510        1,350,529  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 583,524      $ 14,179,357      $ 26,604,284      $ 3,345,794  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

  * Foreign taxes withheld

  $ 153,882      $ 8,244      $ 89,742      $ 212,369  

** Foreign capital gains taxes withheld

  $      $      $      $ 1,803  

 

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

 

 

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Invesco MSCI
Global Timber

ETF (CUT)
     Invesco S&P
Global Dividend
Opportunities Index
ETF (LVL)
     Invesco
Shipping ETF
(SEA)
     Invesco Zacks
International
Multi-Asset
Income ETF
(HGI)
 
        
$ 5,516,360      $ 1,814,848      $ 2,428,255      $ 533,915  
  625               17        16  
                        
  68,956        6,806        987,469        30,977  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,585,941        1,821,654        3,415,741        564,908  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  1,085,835        269,974        687,669        67,051  
  51,940        51,958               49,681  
  130,300        23,758               13,410  
  15,097        9,237               8,088  
  69,281        25,395               16,006  
  36,908        9,791               4,590  
  49,340        13,301               3,203  
  5,110        5,017               5,110  
  2,480        6,022               4,096  
  2,878        1,447               1,800  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,449,169        415,900        687,669        173,035  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (255,325      (70,315             (79,160

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,193,844        345,585        687,669        93,875  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,392,097        1,476,069        2,728,072        471,033  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
        
  2,843,723        3,286,726        (7,376,973      815,995  
  1,477,955        816,921        5,098,482        253,901  
  (25,408      (9,444      (20,564      (2,803

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  4,296,270        4,094,203        (2,299,055      1,067,093  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  36,147,593        (3,384,387      276,262        (910,389
  17,571        (901      7,313        39  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  36,165,164        (3,385,288      283,575        (910,350

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  40,461,434        708,915        (2,015,480      156,743  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 44,853,531      $ 2,184,984      $ 712,592      $ 627,776  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 309,186      $ 183,748      $ 58,542      $ 44,206  
$      $      $      $  

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended May 31, 2018 and 2017

 

    Invesco Canadian Energy
Income ETF (ENY)
     Invesco China Real Estate
ETF (TAO)
 
    2018      2017      2018      2017  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 733,349      $ 842,025      $ 4,081,900      $ 1,230,989  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (840,721      (1,483,309      (710,055      113,449  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    690,896        1,117,587        10,807,512        5,911,699  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    583,524        476,303        14,179,357        7,256,137  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (851,464      (846,327      (3,971,680      (950,372
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    5,443,957               32,072,370        46,360,577  

Value of shares repurchased

    (7,833,765      (4,407,991      (2,973,908      (21,118,129

Transaction fees

                          
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (2,389,808      (4,407,991      29,098,462        25,242,448  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in Net Assets

    (2,657,748      (4,778,015      39,306,139        31,548,213  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    24,596,447        29,374,462        44,038,111        12,489,898  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 21,938,699      $ 24,596,447      $ 83,344,250      $ 44,038,111  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ 66,641      $ 135,517      $ 574,843      $ 454,283  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    650,000               1,100,000        2,100,000  

Shares repurchased

    (950,000      (500,000      (100,000      (1,000,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    3,020,000        3,520,000        1,760,000        660,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    2,720,000        3,020,000        2,760,000        1,760,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco China Small Cap
ETF (HAO)
     Invesco Frontier Markets
ETF (FRN)
     Invesco MSCI Global Timber
ETF (CUT)
     Invesco S&P Global Dividend
Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)
 
2018      2017      2018      2017      2018      2017      2018      2017  
                    
$ 2,089,774      $ 2,152,602      $ 1,995,265      $ 1,288,584      $ 4,392,097      $ 3,222,390      $ 1,476,069      $ 2,818,098  
  9,404,735        (10,352,159      3,690,785        (2,423,085      4,296,270        3,524,416        4,094,203        3,863,991  
  15,109,775        23,609,157        (2,340,256      11,742,054        36,165,164        24,475,645        (3,385,288      3,590,922  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  26,604,284        15,409,600        3,345,794        10,607,553        44,853,531        31,222,451        2,184,984        10,273,011  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  (3,252,830      (3,021,200      (2,284,088      (1,546,958      (3,518,655      (3,735,200      (1,765,272      (2,719,976

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  11,812,995               33,925,310        17,028,606        9,311,470        13,735,812               23,170,327  
  (26,614,585      (21,580,496      (24,745,195      (1,735,744      (4,659,172      (14,080,512      (23,910,516      (23,314,340
                251,008                                     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (14,801,590      (21,580,496      9,431,123        15,292,862        4,652,298        (344,700      (23,910,516      (144,013

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  8,549,864        (9,192,096      10,492,829        24,353,457        45,987,174        27,142,551        (23,490,804      7,409,022  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  85,687,037        94,879,133        63,834,038        39,480,581        190,202,751        163,060,200        60,058,553        52,649,531  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 94,236,901      $ 85,687,037      $ 74,326,867      $ 63,834,038      $ 236,189,925      $ 190,202,751      $ 36,567,749      $ 60,058,553  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 1,345,287      $ 1,866,978      $ 153,015      $ 859,968      $ 2,841,181      $ 2,007,980      $ 17,839      $ 203,519  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                    
  400,000               2,200,000        1,350,000        300,000        550,000               2,240,000  
  (900,000      (900,000      (1,700,000      (150,000      (150,000      (550,000      (2,160,000      (2,240,000
  3,400,000        4,300,000        4,640,000        3,440,000        6,900,000        6,900,000        5,520,000        5,520,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  2,900,000        3,400,000        5,140,000        4,640,000        7,050,000        6,900,000        3,360,000        5,520,000  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

For the years ended May 31, 2018 and 2017

 

    Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)      Invesco Zacks International
Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)
 
    2018      2017      2018      2017  
Operations:           

Net investment income

  $ 2,728,072      $ 3,511,559      $ 471,033      $ 540,175  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (2,299,055      (12,835,162      1,067,093        602,464  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    283,575        9,369,976        (910,350      1,397,165  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    712,592        46,373        627,776        2,539,804  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:           

Net investment income

    (5,308,659      (3,310,900      (440,660      (556,170

Return of capital

    (71,081                     
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
    (5,379,740      (3,310,900      (440,660      (556,170
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:           

Proceeds from shares sold

    25,524,866        80,133,626                

Value of shares repurchased

    (46,337,290      (10,609,735      (3,377,340      (3,080,112
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

    (20,812,424      69,523,891        (3,377,340      (3,080,112
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in Net Assets

    (25,479,572      66,259,364        (3,190,224      (1,096,478
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:           

Beginning of year

    103,484,280        37,224,916        15,132,466        16,228,944  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 78,004,708      $ 103,484,280      $ 11,942,242      $ 15,132,466  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

  $ (1,698,503    $ 1,052,504      $ 14,283      $ (17,190
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:           

Shares sold

    2,200,000        6,800,000                

Shares repurchased

    (4,100,000      (900,000      (200,000      (200,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    9,000,000        3,100,000        900,000        1,100,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    7,100,000        9,000,000        700,000        900,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018      2017      2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Data:            

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 8.14      $ 8.35    $ 10.74   $ 16.36   $ 14.51

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.26        0.26      0.29     0.41     0.42

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    (0.03      (0.21      (2.39     (5.63     1.88

Total from investment operations

    0.23        0.05      (2.10     (5.22     2.30

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.30      (0.26      (0.29     (0.40     (0.39

Return of capital

                              (0.06

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.30      (0.26      (0.29     (0.40     (0.45

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 8.07      $ 8.14    $ 8.35   $ 10.74   $ 16.36

Market price, end of year

  $ 8.02 (b)     $ 8.09    $ 8.33   $ 10.79   $ 16.44

Net Asset Value Total Return(c)

    2.78      0.36      (19.34 )%      (32.39 )%      16.30

Market Price Total Return(c)

    2.78          
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 21,939      $ 24,596    $ 29,374   $ 42,082   $ 46,127

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.66      0.66      0.69     0.70     0.71

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.88      0.90      0.87     0.79     0.80

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.14      2.95      3.68     3.15     2.87

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    28      22      35     28     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.

Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018     2017      2016     2015      2014  
Per Share Data:            

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 25.02     $ 18.92    $ 24.50   $ 20.52    $ 22.03

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment income(a)

    1.74 (b)      0.68      0.81     0.66      0.68

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    5.09       5.82      (5.42     3.86      (1.54

Total from investment operations

    6.83       6.50      (4.61     4.52      (0.86

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (1.65     (0.40      (0.97     (0.54      (0.65

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.65     (0.40      (0.97     (0.54      (0.65

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 30.20     $ 25.02    $ 18.92   $ 24.50    $ 20.52

Market price, end of year

  $ 30.28 (c)    $ 25.14    $ 18.83   $ 24.55    $ 20.43
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     27.61     34.94      (19.05 )%      22.50      (3.82 )% 
Market Price Total Return(d)     27.37          
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 83,344     $ 44,038    $ 12,490   $ 34,548    $ 22,778

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70     0.70      0.70     0.70      0.71

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.81     0.99      1.15     0.88      0.95

Net investment income, after Waivers

    5.95 %(b)      3.14      3.94     3.04      3.32

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    20     17      32     16      9

 

(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 $0.82 and 2.82%, 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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Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO)

 

    Year Ended May 31  
    2018      2017      2016     2015      2014  
Per Share Data:             

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 25.20      $ 22.06    $ 34.78   $ 24.72    $ 24.68

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income(a)

    0.66        0.55      0.72     0.51      0.56

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    7.69        3.35      (12.50     10.14      0.03

Total from investment operations

    8.35        3.90      (11.78     10.65      0.59

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

    (1.05      (0.76      (0.94     (0.59      (0.55

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.05      (0.76      (0.94     (0.59      (0.55

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 32.50      $ 25.20    $ 22.06   $ 34.78    $ 24.72

Market price, end of year

  $ 32.46 (b)     $ 24.97    $ 22.04   $ 34.56    $ 24.70
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     33.51      18.05      (34.14 )%      43.88      2.24
Market Price Total Return(c)     34.61           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 94,237      $ 85,687    $ 94,879   $ 299,087    $ 206,421

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.75      0.75      0.75     0.75      0.76

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.81      0.90      0.87     0.83      0.84

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.24      2.27      2.83     1.86      2.23

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    34      27      28     31      29

 

(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.

Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018      2017      2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Data:            

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 13.76      $ 11.48    $ 13.23   $ 16.79   $ 17.41

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.42        0.34      0.34     0.23     0.38

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    0.77        2.41      (1.89     (3.36     (0.35

Total from investment operations

    1.19        2.75      (1.55     (3.13     0.03

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.54      (0.47      (0.20     (0.43     (0.65

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.54      (0.47      (0.20     (0.43     (0.65

Transaction fees(a)

    0.05                            

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 14.46      $ 13.76    $ 11.48   $ 13.23   $ 16.79

Market price, end of year

  $ 14.35 (b)     $ 13.74    $ 11.33   $ 13.33   $ 16.86
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     8.89      24.72      (11.59 )%      (18.75 )%      0.24
Market Price Total Return(c)     8.23          
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 74,327      $ 63,834    $ 39,481   $ 62,058   $ 87,970

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.70      0.70      0.70     0.70     0.71

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    1.15      1.17      1.28     0.77     0.81

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.83      2.83      2.96     1.50     2.28

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    98      74      57     94     24

 

(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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Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018      2017      2016     2015      2014  
Per Share Data:             

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 27.57      $ 23.63    $ 26.28   $ 25.37    $ 22.19

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income(a)

    0.63        0.47      0.67     0.61      0.53

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    5.80        3.99      (2.96     0.99      3.01

Total from investment operations

    6.43        4.46      (2.29     1.60      3.54

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

    (0.50      (0.52      (0.36     (0.69      (0.36

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 33.50      $ 27.57    $ 23.63   $ 26.28    $ 25.37

Market price, end of year

  $ 33.54 (b)     $ 27.52    $ 23.59   $ 26.26    $ 25.33

Net Asset Value Total Return(c)

    23.42      19.09      (8.72 )%      6.50      15.93

Market Price Total Return(c)

    23.79           
Ratios/Supplemental Data:             

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 236,190      $ 190,203    $ 163,060   $ 199,709    $ 253,668

Ratio to average net assets of:

            

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.55      0.57      0.60     0.70      0.71

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.67      0.70      0.75     0.76      0.75

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.02      1.85      2.83     2.44      2.18

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    10      8      60     29      5

 

(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.

Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018      2017      2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Data:            

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 10.88      $ 9.54    $ 11.77   $ 14.01   $ 13.07

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.30        0.51      0.52     0.65     0.80

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    0.03        1.33      (2.20     (2.18     1.03

Total from investment operations

    0.33        1.84      (1.68     (1.53     1.83

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.33      (0.50      (0.55     (0.71     (0.89

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 10.88      $ 10.88    $ 9.54   $ 11.77   $ 14.01

Market price, end of year

  $ 10.86 (b)     $ 10.85    $ 9.49   $ 11.76   $ 14.08
Net Asset Value Total Return(c)     3.07      19.90      (14.31 )%      (11.23 )%      14.89

Market Price Total Return(c)

    3.17          
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 36,568      $ 60,059    $ 52,650   $ 76,292   $ 99,774

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, after Waivers

    0.64      0.64      0.64     0.65     0.66

Expenses, prior to Waivers

    0.77      0.77      0.77     0.74     0.75

Net investment income, after Waivers

    2.73      5.00      5.46     5.16     6.14

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    66      107      85     74     94

 

(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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Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018      2017      2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Data:            

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 11.50      $ 12.01    $ 19.60   $ 22.68   $ 17.51

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.30        0.57      1.02     0.99     0.56

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    (0.21      (0.38      (7.15     (3.35     5.06

Total from investment operations

    0.09        0.19      (6.13     (2.36     5.62

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (0.59      (0.70      (1.46     (0.72     (0.45

Return of capital

    (0.01                          

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.60      (0.70      (1.46     (0.72     (0.45

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 10.99      $ 11.50    $ 12.01   $ 19.60   $ 22.68

Market price, end of year

  $ 10.96 (b)     $ 11.49    $ 12.00   $ 19.55   $ 22.69

Net Asset Value Total Return(c)

    0.58      1.83      (32.56 )%      (10.52 )%      32.57

Market Price Total Return(c)

    0.40          
Ratios/Supplemental Data:            

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 78,005      $ 103,484    $ 37,225   $ 70,577   $ 117,953

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.65      0.65      0.65     0.65     0.66

Net investment income

    2.58      4.84      6.95     4.82     2.72

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    37      24      34     27     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.

Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)

 

    Year Ended May 31,  
    2018     2017      2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Data:           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 16.81     $ 14.75    $ 17.65   $ 19.61   $ 17.26

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment income(a)

    0.60       0.53      0.54     0.70     0.65

Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)

    0.20       2.07      (2.89     (2.00     2.41

Total from investment operations

    0.80       2.60      (2.35     (1.30     3.06

Less distributions from:

          

Net investment income

    (0.55     (0.54      (0.55     (0.66     (0.68

Return of capital

                             (0.03

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.55     (0.54      (0.55     (0.66     (0.71

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 17.06     $ 16.81    $ 14.75   $ 17.65   $ 19.61

Market price, end of year

  $ 17.02 (b)    $ 16.79    $ 14.66   $ 17.60   $ 19.74

Net Asset Value Total Return(c)

    4.82     18.09      (13.30 )%      (6.64 )%      18.23

Market Price Total Return(c)

    4.71         
Ratios/Supplemental Data:           

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 11,942     $ 15,132    $ 16,229   $ 26,480   $ 33,344

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses, after Waiver

    0.70 %(d)      0.70      0.70     0.70     0.70

Expenses, prior to Waiver

    1.29 %(d)      1.37      1.13     0.97     0.84

Net investment income, after Waivers

    3.51     3.45      3.56     3.81     3.70

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

    99     103      117     108     85

 

(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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Notes to Financial Statements

Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II

May 31, 2018

 

Note 1—Organization

Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (the “Trust”), formerly PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on October 10, 2006 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”). This report includes the following portfolios:

 

Full Name

  

Predecessor Fund

(as defined below)

  

Short Name

Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF    Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF    “Canadian Energy Income ETF”
Invesco China Real Estate ETF    Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF    “China Real Estate ETF”
Invesco China Small Cap ETF    Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF    “China Small Cap ETF”
Invesco Frontier Markets ETF    Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF    “Frontier Markets ETF”
Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF    Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF    “MSCI Global Timber ETF”
Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    “S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF”
Invesco Shipping ETF    Guggenheim Shipping ETF    “Shipping ETF”
Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF    Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF    “Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF”

Effective June 4, 2018, the Funds’ names changed as part of an overall rebranding strategy whereby the PowerShares name was changed to the Invesco brand. This resulted in all references to the PowerShares name being changed to Invesco.

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.

Each Fund acquired all or substantially all of the assets and all of the stated liabilities included in the financial statements of a corresponding fund of the Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2, and Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust for S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (each a “Predecessor Fund”) after the close of business on April 6, 2018, or May 18, 2018 for Canadian Energy Income ETF and China Small Cap ETF (each a “Reorganization”). Each Fund adopted the performance and financial information of its corresponding Predecessor Fund. Information presented prior to the close of business on April 6, 2018 or May 18, 2018, as applicable, is that of the Predecessor Fund.

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. Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds.

The investment objective of each of the Funds is to seek investment results that correspond to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of each Fund’s respective index listed below (each, an Underlying Index):

 

Fund

  

Underlying Index

Canadian Energy Income ETF    S&P/TSX High Income Energy Index
China Real Estate ETF    AlphaShares China Real Estate Index
China Small Cap ETF    AlphaShares China Small Cap Index
Frontier Markets ETF    BNY Mellon New Frontier Index
MSCI Global Timber ETF    MSCI ACWI IMI Timber Select Capped Index
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index
Shipping ETF    Dow Jones Global Shipping Index
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF    Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Index

 

 

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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 generally 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, or at the final settlement price set by such exchange. Swaps and options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source. 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”).

Investment companies are valued using such company’s NAV per share, unless the shares are exchange-traded, in which case they 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. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a Fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. 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 Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”), formerly Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, 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.

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 exchange-traded equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices may be used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans, and unlisted equity securities.

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.

 

 

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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

Asset Class Risk. The securities in each Fund’s portfolio may underperform the returns of other securities or indices that track other industries, markets, asset classes or sectors.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an authorized participant (“AP”) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with a Fund. Each Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as APs on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). Such market makers have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders; consequently, there is no assurance that market makers will establish or maintain an active trading market for the Shares. In addition, to the extent that APs exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to a Fund and no other AP is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units, that Fund’s Shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.

Equity Securities Risk. Each Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities and equity-based derivatives, if any, in each Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which each Fund has investment exposure.

Tracking Error Risk. The performance of each Fund may diverge from that of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons, including operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows and operational inefficiencies. Each Fund’s return also may diverge from the return of the Underlying Index because the Fund bears the costs and risks associated with buying and selling securities (especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the Underlying Index) while such costs and risks are not factored into the return of the Underlying Index. Transaction costs, including brokerage costs, will decrease each Fund’s NAV to the extent not offset by the transaction fee payable by an AP. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on each Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Underlying Index. In addition, each Fund may use a representative sampling approach, which may cause each Fund’s returns to not be as well correlated with the return of the Underlying Index as would be the case if the Fund purchased all of the securities in the Underlying Index in the proportions represented in the Underlying Index. Errors in the Underlying Index data, the Underlying Index computations and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. In addition, each Fund may be unable to invest in certain securities included in its Underlying Index, or invest in them in the exact proportions in which they are represented in the Underlying Index, due to legal restrictions or limitations imposed by the governments of certain countries, a lack of liquidity on stock exchanges in which such securities trade, potential adverse tax consequences or other regulatory reasons. To the extent each Fund calculates its NAV based on fair value prices and the value of its Underlying Index is based on the securities’ closing prices (i.e., the value of the Underlying Index is not based on fair value prices), each Fund’s ability to track the Underlying Index may be adversely affected. For tax efficiency purposes, each Fund may sell certain securities, and such sale may cause each Fund to realize a loss and, thus, each Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of the Underlying Index. In light of the factors discussed above, each Fund’s return may deviate significantly from the return of its Underlying Index.

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-Diversification Risk. Each Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single issuer’s securities could cause greater fluctuations in the value of the Shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Issuer-Specific Changes Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.

 

 

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Regulatory and Legal Risk. U.S. and non-U.S. governmental agencies and other regulators regularly implement additional regulations and legislators regularly pass new laws that affect the investments held by a Fund, the strategies used by the Fund or the level of regulation or taxation applying to the Fund. These may impact the investment strategies, performance, costs and operations of the Fund or taxation of shareholders.

Micro-Capitalization Securities Risk. For China Real Estate ETF, China Small Cap ETF, Frontier Markets ETF and Shipping ETF, micro-capitalization stocks involve substantially greater risks of loss and price fluctuations 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.

Small- and Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk. Small- and mid-capitalization securities may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole. Securities of small- and mid-capitalization companies may be more speculative, volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to have inexperienced management as well as limited product and market diversification and financial resources, and may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than large capitalization companies.

Passive Management Risk. Each Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, each Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign investments are usually much greater for emerging markets. Emerging markets are riskier because they develop unevenly and may never fully develop. They are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, the securities markets in many of these countries have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity then developed markets. Because these markets are so small, they may be more likely to suffer sharp and frequent price changes or long term price depression due to adverse publicity, investor perceptions or the transactions of a few large investors. Traditional measures of investment value used in the U.S., such as price to earnings ratios, may not apply to certain small markets, making it more difficult to value their securities.

REIT Risk. For China Real Estate ETF, MSCI Global Timber ETF and Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF, in addition to the risks pertaining to real estate investments more generally, REITs are subject to additional risks. The value of a REIT can depend on the structure of and cash flow generated by the REIT. REITs whose investments are concentrated in a limited number or type of properties, investments or narrow geographic area are subject to the risks affecting those properties or areas to a greater extent than a REIT with less concentrated investments. REITs are also subject to certain requirements under federal tax law. In addition, REITs may have expenses, including advisory and administration expenses, and each Fund and its shareholders will incur its pro rata share of the underlying expenses.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk. For S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF, investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), business development companies and closed-end funds, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease or the portfolio becomes illiquid. Moreover, the Fund and its shareholders will incur its pro rata share of the underlying investment companies’ expenses, which will reduce the Fund’s performance, and the purchase of shares of some investment companies (in the case of closed-end investment companies) may sometimes require the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such companies’ portfolio securities or NAVs. In addition, investments by the Fund in another ETF or closed-end fund are subject to, among other risks, the risk that the ETF’s or closed end fund’s shares may trade at a discount or premium relative to the NAV of the shares and the listing exchange may halt trading of the ETF’s or closed-end fund’s shares.

Depositary Receipt Risk. Each Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of depositary receipts. The underlying securities of the depositary receipts in each Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of each Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the depositary receipts may change materially when U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Portfolio Turnover Risk. Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities to reflect the rebalancing of the Underlying Index. A high portfolio turnover rate (such as 100% or more) could result in high brokerage costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account.

Foreign Securities and Currency Risk. Foreign securities carry unique or additional risks when compared to U.S. securities, including currency fluctuations, adverse political and economic developments, unreliable or untimely information, less liquidity and more volatility, limited legal recourse and higher transactional costs. Because foreign exchanges may be open on days when a Fund does not price its shares, the value of the non-U.S. securities in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or sell your shares. As a result, trading spreads and the resulting premium or discount on the shares may widen, and, therefore, increase the difference between the market price of the shares and the NAV of such shares. Securities exchanges or foreign governments may

 

 

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adopt rules or regulations that may negatively impact a Fund’s ability to invest in foreign securities or may prevent the Fund from repatriating its investments.

C. Country Determination

For the purposes of presentation in the Schedules 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 whether each Fund’s Underlying Index has made a country determination and may 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.

D. Repurchase Agreements

The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions. In a repurchase agreement, a Fund buys a security and the seller simultaneously agrees to repurchase the security on a specified future date at an agreed-upon price. The repurchase price reflects an agreed-upon interest rate during the time the Fund’s money is invested in the security. Because the security constitutes collateral for the repurchase obligation, a repurchase agreement can be considered a collateralized loan. The Funds follow certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent in such agreements. These procedures include effecting repurchase transactions only with large, well-capitalized and well-established financial institutions whose condition will be continually monitored. In addition, the value of the collateral underlying the repurchase agreement will always be at least equal to the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned on the repurchase agreement. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial institution, the Funds will seek to liquidate such collateral. However, the exercising of the Funds right to liquidate such collateral could involve certain costs or delays and, to the extent that proceeds from any sale upon a default of the obligation to repurchase were less than the repurchase price, the Funds could suffer a loss. It is the current policy of the Funds not to invest in repurchase agreements that do not mature within seven days if any such investment, together with any other illiquid assets held by the Funds, amounts to more than 15% of a Fund’s net assets. The investments of the Funds in repurchase agreements, at times, may be substantial when, in the view of the Adviser, liquidity or other considerations so warrant.

E. Foreign Currency Translations

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Funds. Foreign investments may also subject the Funds to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation, or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

F. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Proceeds from lawsuits related to investment holdings are recorded as realized gains in the respective Fund. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued on a daily basis. Dividend income from REITs is recorded based on the income included in the distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT classifications, including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts.

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

 

 

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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 NAV 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.

G. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

The Funds intend to pay substantially all of their net investment income to shareholders. Distribution frequency is as follows:

 

    

Frequency

Canadian Energy Income ETF    Quarterly
China Real Estate ETF    Annually
China Small Cap ETF    Annually
Frontier Markets ETF    Annually
MSCI Global Timber ETF    Annually
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    Quarterly
Shipping ETF    Quarterly
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF    Quarterly

In addition, the Funds intend to distribute any capital gains to shareholders as capital gain dividends at least annually. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. 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. Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the 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.

The Funds file tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and 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.

I. 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 Shipping ETF) is responsible for all of its expenses, including the investment advisory fees, cost 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.

Shipping ETF 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.

 

 

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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.

J. 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.

Note 3—Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into Investment Advisory Agreements with the Adviser on behalf of the Funds, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of each Fund’s investments, managing each Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, each of the following Funds accrues daily and pays monthly to the Adviser an annual fee equal to a percentage of its average daily net assets as follows:

 

Fund

   Management Fees
(as a % of Net Assets)
 
Canadian Energy Income ETF      0.50
China Real Estate ETF      0.50
China Small Cap ETF      0.55
Frontier Markets ETF      0.50
MSCI Global Timber ETF      0.50
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      0.50
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      0.50

Pursuant to another Investment Advisory Agreement, Shipping ETF accrues daily and pays monthly to the Adviser, as compensation for its services, an annual unitary management fee equal to 0.65% of its average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of Shipping ETF, 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.

Prior to the Reorganization, the Predecessor Funds were managed by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors LLC (“GFIA”) and each acquired Fund paid GFIA an investment advisory fee calculated at the same annualized rates as disclosed above for each respective Fund.

Effective on the Reorganization, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of each Fund (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, sub-licensing fees, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if applicable, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding the percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets listed below per year through at least December 31, 2020 for Canadian Energy Income ETF, China Real Estate ETF, China Small Cap ETF, Frontier Markets ETF, MSCI Global Timber ETF, S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF and Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF. The Adviser also has agreed to waive a portion of the unitary management fee for Shipping ETF through at least April 6, 2020 to prevent the expenses (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, taxes, and litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses) of Shipping ETF from exceeding 0.65%. Neither the Adviser nor the Fund can discontinue the agreement prior to its expiration.

 

Fund

   Expense Cap  
Canadian Energy Income ETF      0.65
China Real Estate ETF      0.65
China Small Cap ETF      0.70
Frontier Markets ETF      0.65
MSCI Global Timber ETF      0.55
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      0.60
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      0.65

Prior to the Reorganization, GFIA limited expenses for the Predecessors Funds shown above in the table to the same expense caps.

 

 

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Further, the Adviser agrees to reimburse each Fund listed below in the amount equal to the licensing fees that each Fund pays that cause the Fund’s operating expenses (excluding interest expenses, offering costs, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to exceed the following percentages:

 

Fund

   Limit     Contract End Date  
Canadian Energy Income ETF      0.66     12/31/20  
China Real Estate ETF      0.70     12/31/20  
China Small Cap ETF      0.75     12/31/20  
Frontier Markets ETF      0.70     12/31/20  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      0.55     12/31/20  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      0.64     12/31/20  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      0.70     12/31/20  

Additionally, through at least August 31, 2020, 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 investment in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investment of cash collateral from securities lending). There is no guarantee that the Adviser will extend the waiver of these fees past that date.

For the period June 1, 2017 to April 6, 2018, GFIA waived fees and/or paid Fund expenses for each Fund and for the period after the close of business on April 6, 2018 to May 31, 2018, the Adviser waived fees in the following amounts:

 

     Period after the close of business      Period June 1, 2017  

Fund

   April 6, 2018 to May 31, 2018      to April 6, 2018  
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 11,234    $ 40,670 ** 
China Real Estate ETF      31,615        42,699  
China Small Cap ETF           59,308 ** 
Frontier Markets ETF      60,956        256,244  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      54,500        200,825  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      25,090        45,225  
Shipping ETF              
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      17,590        61,570  

 

* For the period after the close of business May 18, 2018 to May 31, 2018
** For the period June 1, 2017 to May 18, 2018

Except for Shipping ETF, the fees waived and/or expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser up to three years from the date the fees were waived or the expense were incurred, but no recapture payment will be made by the Funds if it would result in the Funds exceeding (i) the Expense Cap or (ii) the expense cap in effect at the time the fees and/or expenses subject to recapture were waived and/or borne by the Adviser. Amounts waived by GFIA prior to the Reorganization are not subject to recapture.

For the following Funds, the amounts available for potential recapture by the Adviser and the expiration schedule at May 31, 2018 are as follows:

 

     Total
Potential
Recapture

Amounts
     Potential Recapture Amounts
Expiring
 

Fund

      5/31/19      5/31/20      5/31/21  
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 11,234      $      $      $ 11,234  
China Real Estate ETF      31,613                      31,613  
China Small Cap ETF                            
Frontier Markets ETF      60,879                      60,879  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      53,954                      53,954  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      25,090                      25,090  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      17,590                      17,590  

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. Prior to the Reorganization, the Board of Trustees for each Predecessor Fund adopted a distribution and service plan pursuant to rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. No 12b-1 fees were paid by the Predecessor Funds under this plan.

 

 

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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. Prior to the Reorganization, GFIA engaged external service providers to perform these services for each Predecessor Fund.

The Adviser has entered into licensing agreements on behalf of each Fund with the following entities (each a “Licensor”):

 

Fund

  

Licensor

Canadian Energy Income ETF    S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC
China Real Estate ETF    AlphaShares
China Small Cap ETF    AlphaShares
Frontier Markets ETF    The Bank of New York Corporation
MSCI Global Timber ETF    MSCI, Inc.
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC
Shipping ETF    CME Group Index Services LLC
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF    Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

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. Prior to the Reorganization, each Underlying Index name trademark had been licensed to GFIA for use by the corresponding Predecessor Fund. 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.

Note 4—Investments in Affiliates

The Adviser also serves as the adviser for Invesco India ETF, and therefore Invesco India ETF is considered to be affiliated with the Funds. The table below shows MSCI Global Timber ETF’s transactions in, and earnings from, investments in affiliates (excluding affiliated money market funds) for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018.

MSCI Global Timber ETF

 

     Value
May 31, 2017
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
May 31, 2018
     Dividend
Income
 
Invesco India ETF    $      $ 515,407      $ (91,722    $ (12,938    $ (2,961    $ 407,786      $ 526  

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 the 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 May 31, 2018, 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.

 

 

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Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, there were no transfers between valuation levels.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
China Real Estate ETF            
Investments in Securities            

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests

   $ 83,199,004      $      $ 0      $ 83,199,004  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
China Small Cap ETF            
Investments in Securities            

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests

   $ 93,732,663      $      $ 351,577      $ 94,084,240  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Frontier Markets ETF            
Investments in Securities            

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests

   $ 74,018,801      $      $ 0      $ 74,018,801  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
MSCI Global Timber ETF            
Investments in Securities            

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests

   $ 233,156,465      $      $ 0      $ 233,156,465  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 6—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholder Paid during the Fiscal Years ended May 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     2018      2017  
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
     Ordinary
Income
     Return of
Capital
 
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 851,464      $      $ 846,327      $  
China Real Estate ETF      3,971,680               950,372         
China Small Cap ETF      3,252,830               3,021,200         
Frontier Markets ETF      2,284,088               1,546,958         
MSCI Global Timber ETF      3,518,655               3,735,200         
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      1,765,272               2,719,976         
Shipping ETF      5,308,659        71,081        3,310,900         
Zacks International Multi·Asset Income ETF      440,660               556,170         

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Investments
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)—
Foreign
Currencies
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Late-Year
Ordinary
Loss
Deferral
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
    Total Net
Assets
 
Canadian Energy Income ETF   $ 56,810     $     $ (5,153,298   $ (597   $ (84,415,834   $     $ 111,451,618     $ 21,938,699  
China Real Estate ETF     1,170,708             11,496,081       (156     (11,736,752           82,414,369       83,344,250  
China SmallCap ETF     1,977,974             (2,439,710     359       (58,917,735           153,616,013       94,236,901  
Frontier Markets ETF     240,611             3,678,412       5,622       (69,493,929           139,896,151       74,326,867  
MSCI Global Timber ETF     2,841,181             69,473,594       8,810       (25,547,005           189,413,345       236,189,925  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF     58,064             (1,226,842     1,270       (40,422,478           78,157,735       36,567,749  
Shipping ETF           (1,489,070     (13,937,136     17,693       (25,347,057     (204,741     118,965,019       78,004,708  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF     25,945             (157,131     (466     (32,581,642           44,655,536       11,942,242  

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. 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 for each Fund as of May 31, 2018:

 

            Not subject to expiration                
     2019      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*      Expired  
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 713,500      $ 50,401,200      $ 33,301,134      $ 84,415,834      $ 12,656,635  
China Real Estate ETF      6,818,237        1,065,037        3,853,478        11,736,752        4,375,466  
China Small Cap ETF             7,038,318        51,879,417        58,917,735        5,907,224  
Frontier Markets ETF      364,152        8,595,436        60,534,341        69,493,929        3,686,218  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      1,561,810        11,816,961        12,168,234        25,547,005        17,944,749  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      872,241        15,989,755        23,560,482        40,422,478        2,131,832  
Shipping ETF             5,387,920        19,959,137        25,347,057         
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      2,491,614        18,786,606        11,303,422        32,581,642        3,876,528  

 

* 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—Securities Lending

During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, 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 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 8—Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, 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  
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 6,458,948      $ 6,444,406  
China Real Estate ETF      13,994,035        13,611,009  
China Small Cap ETF      31,949,876        32,989,995  
Frontier Markets ETF      75,444,945        68,809,354  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      22,274,548        23,238,543  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      35,307,249        35,445,647  
Shipping ETF      38,325,270        38,947,455  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      13,312,920        13,253,132  

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 5,414,735      $ 7,802,541  
China Real Estate ETF      31,809,130        2,941,793  
China Small Cap ETF      11,838,008        26,187,725  

 

 

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     Cost of
Securities
Received
     Value of
Securities
Delivered
 
Frontier Markets ETF      9,945,895        7,958,155  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      8,850,992        4,437,030  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF             23,764,149  
Shipping ETF      25,447,443        46,255,213  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF             3,355,915  

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

At May 31, 2018, the aggregate cost of investment, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end:

 

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost  
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 130,828      $ (5,284,126    $ {5,153,298    $ 27,091,052  
China Real Estate ETF      15,267,852        (3,771,771      11,496,081        71,702,923  
China Small Cap ETF      18,283,714        {20,723,424      (2,439,710      96,523,950  
Frontier Markets ETF      8,639,409        (4,960,997      3,678,412        70,340,389  
MSCI Global Timber ETF      75,360,637        (5,887,043      69,473,594        163,682,871  
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      1,943,975        (3,170,817      (1,226,842      37,754,016  
Shipping ETF      4,142,707        (18,079,843      (13,937,136}        91,830,765  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      776,338        (933,469}        (157,131}        12,085,490  

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 asset of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018, the reclassifications were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
     Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
 
Canadian Energy Income ETF    $ 49,239      $ 12,733,039      $ (12,782,278
China Real Estate ETF      10,340        3,546,286        (3,556,626
China Small Cap ETF      641,365        (4,102,644      3,461,279  
Frontier Markets ETF      (418,130      779,884        (361,754
MSCI Global Timber ETF      (40,241      16,645,512        (16,605,271
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF      103,523        1,226,480        (1,330,003
Shipping ETF      (170,420      (862,904      1,033,324  
Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF      1,100        3,629,097        (3,630,197

Note 10—Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by each Fund 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 Shipping ETF. 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 Invesco Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to a 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.

 

 

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Note 11—Capital

Shares are issued and redeemed by the Funds only in creation units of 50,000 to 100,000 shares. Transactions are permitted on an in-kind basis, with a separate cash payment, which is balancing each component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of a Fund 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 Participating 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.

Note 13—Significant Event

On April 19, 2018, the Board of Trustees of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II approved a change in fiscal year end for Canadian Energy Income ETF, China Real Estate ETF, China Small Cap ETF, Frontier Market ETF, MSCI Global Timber ETF, S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF and Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF funds from May 31 to October 31, effective October 31, 2018 and for Shipping ETF from May 31 to August 31, effective August 31, 2018.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Shareholders of Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF, Invesco China Real Estate ETF, Invesco China Small Cap ETF, Invesco Frontier Markets ETF, Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF, Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF, Invesco Shipping ETF and Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF

 

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (eight of the funds constituting Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (formerly known as PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II), hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of May 31, 2018, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for the year ended May 31, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of May 31, 2018, the results of each of their operations, changes in each of their net assets and each of the financial highlights for the year ended May 31, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fund Name

  

Formerly Known As

  

Predecessor Fund

Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF    PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio    Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF
Invesco China Real Estate ETF    PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio    Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF
Invesco China Small Cap ETF    PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio    Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF
Invesco Frontier Markets ETF    PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio    Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF
Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF    PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio    Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF
Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF    PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio    Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF
Invesco Shipping ETF    PowerShares Shipping Portfolio    Guggenheim Shipping ETF
Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF    PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio    Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF

The financial statements as of and for the year ended May 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the periods ended on or prior to May 31, 2017 (not presented herein, other than the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights) were audited by other auditors whose report dated July 31, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and financial highlights.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2018 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois

July 26, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

 

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Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Trustees appointed, upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Funds for the Funds’ current fiscal year. PwC serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for other Invesco ETFs.

Prior to April 6, 2018, each of the Predecessor Funds was a separate series of an unaffiliated investment company that was audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm (the “Prior Auditor”). The Board of Trustees selected a new independent auditor for the Funds’ current fiscal year.

Effective April 9, 2018, the Prior Auditor resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Predecessor Funds. The Prior Auditor’s report on the financial statements of the Predecessor Funds for the past two years did not contain an adverse or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the Predecessor Funds’ two most recent fiscal years and through April 9, 2018, there were no (1) disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the Prior Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in connection with its report; or (2) “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund of the Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, (excluding Invesco Shipping ETF), you incur advisory fees and other Fund expenses. As a shareholder of the Invesco Shipping ETF, you incur a unitary management fee. In addition to the unitary management fee, a shareholder of the Invesco Shipping ETF 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 May 31, 2018

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (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. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. 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.

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
December 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
May 31, 2018
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 987.20       0.58   $ 2.87  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.04       0.58       2.92  
Invesco China Real Estate ETF (TAO)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,082.70       0.70       3.63  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.44       0.70       3.53  
Invesco China Small Cap ETF (HAO)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,141.70       0.75       4.00  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.19       0.75       3.78  
Invesco Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,000.90       0.70       3.49  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.44       0.70       3.53  

 

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
December 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
May 31, 2018
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,080.20       0.55   $ 2.85  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,022.19       0.55       2.77  
Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF (LVL)        

Actual

    1,000.00       972.50       0.63       3.10  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.79       0.63       3.18  
Invesco Shipping ETF (SEA)        

Actual

    1,000.00       981.90       0.65       3.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,023.36       0.65       3.28  
Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF (HGI)        

Actual

    1,000.00       1,006.10       0.70       3.50  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.72       0.70       3.53  

 

(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 May 31, 2018. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 182/365. 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 May 31, 2018:

 

     Qualified Dividend
Income*
  Corporate
Dividends-Received
Deduction*
Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF        79 %       0 %
Invesco China Real Estate ETF        6 %       0 %
Invesco China Small Cap ETF        25 %       0 %
Invesco Frontier Markets ETF        62 %       1 %
Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF        100 %       44 %
Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF        79 %       33 %
Invesco Shipping ETF        23 %       3 %
Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF        87 %       15 %

 

* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

 

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Proxy Results

 

Special Meetings (“Meetings”) of Shareholders of Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF, Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF, Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF, Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF, Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF and Guggenheim Shipping ETF were held on Friday, March 16, 2018. The Meetings were held for the following purpose:

 

(1) Approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that provides for the reorganization of the Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF into PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio (now known as the Invesco China Real Estate ETF); Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF into PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio (now known as the Invesco Frontier Markets ETF); Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF into PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio (now known as the Invesco Zacks International Multi-Asset Income ETF); Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF into PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio (now known as the Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF); Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF into PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio (now known as the Invesco S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF); and Guggenheim Shipping ETF into PowerShares Shipping Portfolio (now known as the Invesco Shipping ETF).

The results of the voting on the above matter were as follows:

 

Matter

  Votes For      Votes
Against
     Votes
Abstain
     Broker
Non-Votes

(1)  Approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization.

          

     Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF

    1,033,840        33,365        181,742      N/A

     Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF

    2,112,399        36,468        224,593      N/A

     Guggenheim International Multi-Asset Income ETF

    409,208        8,591        65,246      N/A

     Guggenheim MSCI Global Timber ETF

    3,178,249        33,816        492,791      N/A

     Guggenheim S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF

    2,372,584        61,567        215,259      N/A

     Guggenheim Shipping ETF

    4,249,636        61,442        171,263      N/A

 

 

Special Meetings (“Meetings”) of Shareholders of Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF and Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF were held on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The Meetings were held for the following purpose:

 

(1) Approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that provides for the reorganization of the Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF into PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio (now known as the Invesco Canadian Energy Income ETF) and Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF into PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio (now known as the Invesco China Small Cap ETF).

The results of the voting on the above matter were as follows:

 

Matter

   Votes For      Votes
Against
     Votes
Abstain
     Broker
Non-Votes

(1)  Approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization.

           

     Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF

     1,220,232        45,675        127,913      N/A

     Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF

     1,252,526        46,459        276,019      N/A

 

 

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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 each Independent Trustee are shown below.

As of May 31, 2018

 

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 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 2007    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    206   

Trustee

and

Investment

Oversight

Committee

member,

Mission

Aviation Fellowship (2017-Present)

Todd J. Barre—1957
c/o Invesco 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.    206    None
Marc M. Kole—1960
c/o Invesco 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 2007    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).    206    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 affiliated person of 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 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, RDG Funds LLC (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel LLC (1999-2007).    206    None
Gary R. Wicker—1961
c/o Invesco 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).    206    None
Donald H. Wilson—1959
c/o Invesco Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Chairman of the Board and Trustee    Chairman since 2012; Trustee since 2007    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, McHenry Bancorp Inc. and McHenry Savings Bank (subsidiary) (2018-Present); 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).    206    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 affiliated person of 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.

 

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 Capital Management LLC
3500 Lacey Road,
Suite 700
Downers Grove, IL 60515
   Trustee    Since 2007    Chairman, Performance Trust Capital Partners (2004-Present).    206    None

 

 

* This is the date the Unaffiliated Trustee began serving the Trust. The Unaffiliated 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 affiliated person of 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 Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below.

 

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 (2006-Present) and Executive Vice President (2008-Present), Invesco Group Services, Inc., Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc.; Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited (2007-Present); Executive Vice President (2008-Present), Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd.; Manager, Horizon Flight Works LLC, Director and Executive Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc. and Director, Invesco Finance PLC (2011-Present); Director and Secretary (2012-Present), Invesco Services (Bahamas) Private Limited; and Director and Executive Vice President (2014-Present), INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd.; 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.    206    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 affiliated person of 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 Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

  

President and Principal

Executive Officer

   Since 2015    President and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-Present) and Managing Director (2013-Present), Invesco Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-Present); formerly, Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-2015) and Invesco 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).

Steven M. Hill—1964

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President
and Treasurer
   Since 2013    Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Head of Global ETF Administration, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2011-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer—Investment Pools, Invesco 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 Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2009    Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); Portfolio Manager, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2007-2008); Research Analyst, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

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, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); formerly, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco 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.

 

* This is the date for which the Officers 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

Anna Paglia—1974

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2011    Secretary, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2015-Present); Head of Legal (2010-Present) and Secretary (2015-Present), Invesco 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 Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2013    Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Services, Invesco 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, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Managing Director—Chief Administrative Officer, Americas, Invesco 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).

Melanie Zimdars—1976

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chief Compliance Officer    Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Capital Management LLC (2017-Present); Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at ALPS Holding, Inc. (2009-2017); Mutual Fund Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer at Wasatch Advisors, Inc. (2005-2008); Compliance Officer, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2001-2005).

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 for which the Officers began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement for

 

PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio

PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio

PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio

PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio

PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio

PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio

PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio

PowerShares Solar Portfolio

PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

 

At a meeting held on December 19, 2017, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the funds listed above (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided, (ii) the proposed advisory fee and net expense ratio for each Fund and comparisons to amounts paid by other comparable registered investment companies, (iii) the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as each Fund grows, (iv) whether the fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, and (v) any benefits to be realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund.

The Trustees noted that each Fund was created in connection with the purchase by Invesco Ltd. of the exchange-traded funds business of Guggenheim Capital LLC (the “Transaction”) and that each Fund was structured substantially similar to a corresponding Guggenheim ETF, including the advisory fee and net expense ratio, that would be reorganized into the Fund (a “Reorganization”) in connection with the Transaction.

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 to be performed by the Adviser for each Fund, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support that would be provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, and they considered the quality of services provided by the Adviser to other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The Trustees also reviewed information related to the Adviser’s portfolio transaction policies and procedures, as well as reports on the correlation and tracking error between the underlying indexes and the performance of other ETFs for which the Adviser serves as investment adviser.

The Trustees also considered the services to be 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 for the other ETFs and that was expected to be provided for each Fund.

The Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser regarding the resources that would be added in connection with the Transaction to maintain and enhance the services provided to the Funds and all other PowerShares ETFs.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to each Fund under the Agreement were expected to be appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s proposed advisory fee and net expense ratio, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) databases on the net advisory fees and net expense ratios of comparable passive ETFs, open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively managed funds peers. The Trustees noted that the fee data provided by the Adviser included only seven passive peer ETFs for PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio and only eight passive peer ETFs for PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio. The Trustees also considered fee and expense data on Adviser-identified selected peers for certain Funds. The Trustees noted that the proposed annual advisory fee to be charged to each Fund, except for PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio, is 0.50% of the average daily net assets for each Fund. The Trustees noted that the proposed annual advisory fee to be charged to PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio is 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its contractual advisory fee and/or reimburse Fund expenses (an “Expense Cap”) to the extent necessary to prevent the annual operating expenses of each Fund from exceeding the percentage of

 

 

Effective June 4, 2018, the Trust and the PowerShares Funds became the Invesco ETFs and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC became Invesco Capital Management LLC.

 

 

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that Fund’s average daily net assets as set forth in the table below, excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, offering costs, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, if applicable, and extraordinary expenses, through the later of two years from the closing date of the Reorganization or December 31, 2020 for each Fund except PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio and PowerShares Solar Portfolio, and through two years from the closing date of the Reorganization for PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio and PowerShares Solar Portfolio:

 

Fund

   Fee Waiver  
PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio      0.66
PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio      0.70
PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio      0.75
PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio      0.70
PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio      0.55
PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio      0.64
PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio      0.63
PowerShares Solar Portfolio      0.70
PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio      0.70

The Trustees noted each Fund’s proposed contractual advisory fee as compared to the median net advisory fees of its peer groups and select peer groups, as shown below:

 

Fund

   ETF Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Open-End
Index Fund
Peer Group
(Number of Peers)1
  Open-End Active
Fund Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Select Peer Group
(Number of Peers)2
PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  N/A
PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio    Higher than
median (8)
  Higher than
median (1)
  Lower than
median (12)
  N/A
PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio    Lower than
median (21)
  N/A   Lower than
median (19)
  Lower than
median (2)
PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio    Lower than
median (54)
  Higher than
median (7)
  Lower than
median (211)
  Lower than
median (1)
PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio    Higher than
median (18)
  Higher than
median (1)
  Lower than
median (3)
  Higher than
median (1)
PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio    Lower than
median (7)
  Higher than
median (2)
  Lower than
median (35)
  Lower than
median (4)
PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  Higher than
median (1)
PowerShares Solar Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  Higher than
median (4)
PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio    Same as
median (42)
  Higher than
median (2)
  Lower than
median (21)
  Higher than
median (2)

 

 

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The Trustees also noted each Fund’s net expense ratio as compared to the median net expense ratios of its peer groups and select peer group, as shown below:

 

Fund

   ETF Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Open-End
Index Fund

Peer Group
(Number of Peers)1
  Open-End Active
Fund Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Select Peer Group
(Number of Peers)2
PowerShares Canadian Energy Income Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  N/A
PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio    Higher than
median (8)
  Higher than
median (1)
  Lower than
median (12)
  N/A
PowerShares China Small Cap Portfolio    Higher than
median (21)
  N/A   Lower than
median (19)
  Higher than
median (2)
PowerShares Frontier Markets Portfolio    Higher than
median (54)
  Higher than
median (7)
  Lower than
median (211)
  Lower than
median (1)
PowerShares MSCI Global Timber Portfolio    Higher than
median (18)
  Higher than
median (1)
  Lower than
median (3)
  Higher than
median (1)
PowerShares S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index Portfolio    Higher than
median (7)
  Lower than
median (2)
  Lower than
median (35)
  Higher than
median (4)
PowerShares S&P Global Water Index Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  Higher than
median (1)
PowerShares Solar Portfolio    Higher than
median (15)
  N/A   Lower than
median (29)
  Higher than
median (4)
PowerShares Zacks International Multi-Asset Income Portfolio    Higher than
median (42)
  Higher than
median (2)
  Lower than
median (21)
  Higher than
median (2)

 

1  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.
2  The information provided by the Adviser did not include select peer groups for certain Funds. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees considered each Fund’s proposed contractual advisory fee in light of the administrative, operational and management oversight services to be provided by the Adviser. The Board concluded that the contractual advisory fee to be charged to each Fund and expense ratio of each Fund (giving effect to the Fund’s Expense Cap) were reasonable and appropriate in light of the services expected to be provided by the Adviser.

In conjunction with their review of the contractual advisory fee, the Trustees considered that the Adviser did not provide a profitability analysis for the Adviser in managing each Fund because the Funds had not yet commenced operations. However, the Trustees noted other information the Board received at its April 2017 meeting on the Adviser’s overall profitability from its relationship with other ETFs for which it serves as investment adviser.

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 may be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees also noted that the Excess Expense Agreement with the Trust provides that the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed by each Fund 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 proposed advisory fee rate for each Fund is reasonable in relation to the proposed services and product strategy of each Fund, and they concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it would derive from its relationships with each Fund, 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 Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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PowerShares China All-Cap Portfolio

PowerShares China Technology Portfolio

PowerShares MSCI Emerging Markets Equal Country Weight Portfolio

 

PowerShares S&P High Income Infrastructure Portfolio

PowerShares Shipping Portfolio

 

 

At a meeting held on December 19, 2017, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the funds listed above (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided, (ii) the proposed unitary advisory fee for each Fund and comparisons to amounts paid by other comparable registered investment companies, (iii) the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as each Fund grows, (iv) whether the fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, and (v) any benefits to be realized by the Adviser from its relationship with each Fund.

The Trustees noted that each Fund was created in connection with the purchase by Invesco Ltd. of the exchange-traded funds business of Guggenheim Capital LLC (the “Transaction”) and that each Fund was structured substantially similar to a corresponding Guggenheim ETF, including the unitary advisory fee, that would be reorganized into the Fund in connection with the Transaction.

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 to be performed by the Adviser for each Fund, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support that would be provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, and they considered the quality of services provided by the Adviser to other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The Trustees also reviewed information related to the Adviser’s portfolio transaction policies and procedures, as well as reports on the correlation and tracking error between the underlying indexes and the performance of other ETFs for which the Adviser serves as investment adviser.

The Trustees also considered the services to be 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 for the other ETFs and that was expected to be provided for each Fund.

The Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser regarding the resources that would be added in connection with the Transaction to maintain and enhance the services provided to the Funds and all other PowerShares ETFs.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to each Fund under the Agreement were expected to be appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s proposed advisory fee, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) databases on the median net expense ratios of comparable passive ETFs, open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively managed funds peers. The Trustees noted that the fee data provided by the Adviser included only six passive peer ETFs for PowerShares China Technology Portfolio and PowerShares S&P High Income Infrastructure Portfolio. The Trustees also considered fee and expense data on Adviser-identified selected peers for certain Funds. The Trustees noted that the proposed annual advisory fee to be charged to each Fund was a unitary fee, and that the Adviser has agreed to pay all other expenses of each Fund except for the fee payment under the Agreement, payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation

 

 

Effective June 4, 2018, the Trust and the PowerShares Funds became the Invesco ETFs and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC became Invesco Capital Management LLC became Invesco Capital Management LLC.

 

 

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expenses and other extraordinary expenses. The Trustees noted each Fund’s proposed unitary advisory fee as compared to the median net expense ratio of its peer groups and select peer group, as applicable, as shown below:

 

Fund

   ETF Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Open-End
Index Fund
Peer Group
(Number of Peers)1
  Open-End Active
Fund Peer Group
(Number of Peers)
  Select Peer Group
(Number of Peers)2
PowerShares China All-Cap Portfolio    Higher than
median (21)
  N/A   Lower than
median (19)
  Higher than
median (3)
PowerShares China Technology Portfolio    Higher than
median (6)
  N/A   Lower than
median (6)
  Lower than
median (2)
PowerShares MSCI Emerging Markets Equal Country Weight Portfolio    Higher than
median (54)
  Higher than
median (7)
  Lower than
median (211)
  Higher than
median (4)
PowerShares S&P High Income Infrastructure Portfolio    Lower than
median (6)
  N/A   Lower than
median (22)
  Lower than
median (4)
PowerShares Shipping Portfolio    Higher than
median (20)
  Higher than
median (1)
  Lower than
median (10)
  N/A

 

1  The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have any comparable open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.
2  The information provided by the Adviser did not include select peer groups for certain Funds. Those Funds have been designated with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees 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. The Trustees considered each Fund’s proposed unitary advisory fee in light of the administrative, operational and management oversight services to be provided by the Adviser. The Board concluded that the unitary advisory fee to be charged to each Fund is reasonable and appropriate in light of the services expected to be provided by the Adviser.

In conjunction with their review of the unitary advisory fee, the Trustees considered that the Adviser did not provide a profitability analysis for the Adviser in managing each Fund because the Funds had not yet commenced operations. However, the Trustees noted other information the Board received at its April 2017 meeting on the Adviser’s overall profitability from its relationship with other ETFs for which it serves as investment adviser.

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 may be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees noted that any reduction in fixed costs associated with the management of each Fund would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but that a unitary advisory fee provides a level of certainty in expenses for each Fund. The Trustees considered whether the proposed advisory fee rate for each Fund is reasonable in relation to the proposed services and product strategy of each Fund, and they concluded that the flat advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate.

Fall-Out Benefits. The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it would derive from its relationships with each Fund, 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 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.invesco.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 13(a)(1). No substantive amendments to this Code were made during the reporting period. There were no waivers for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018.

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 the Board.

 

 

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) through (d)

Fees Billed by PwC to Registrant


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm, billed the series of the Registrant with a fiscal year end of May 31, 2018 aggregate fees for services rendered to these series as 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 May 31, 2018

Audit Fees

   $    123,600

Audit-Related Fees

   $   0

Tax Fees

   $   0

All Other Fees

   $   0

Total Fees

   $    123,600

Fees Billed by PwC Related to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates

PwC billed Invesco Capital Management LLC (“Invesco”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Affiliates for the last fiscal year as shown in the following table. The Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services provided to Invesco and Affiliates.

 

    

Fees Billed for Non-Audit Services Rendered

to Invesco and Affiliates for Fiscal Year End

2018 That Were Required

to be Pre-Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

Audit-Related Fees(1)

   $    662,000

Tax Fees

   $   0

All Other Fees

   $   0

Total Fees

   $    662,000

 

 

(1) Audit-Related Fees for the fiscal year end 2018 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.

(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 Invesco ETFs

Applicable to    Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-


     Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (collectively the “Funds”)
Risk Addressed by Policy    Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services
Relevant Law and Other Sources    Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; Regulation S-X.
Last Reviewed by Compliance for Accuracy    June 15, 2018
Approved/Adopted Date    June 2009

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.

Adopted:      June 26, 2009

Amended:      June 15, 2018

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 exceptions under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g)

PwC billed Invesco and Affiliates additional aggregate fees of $2,004,000 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 for non-audit services not required to be pre-approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee. In total, PwC billed the Registrant, Invesco and Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $2,666,000 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018.

 

(h)

With respect to the non-audit services above billed to Invesco 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 $24 million and non-audit services of approximately $14 million for the fiscal year ended 2018. The Audit Committee considered this information in evaluating PwC’s independence.


PwC informed the Audit Committee of the Board of the Trust (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. The SEC no-action relief was initially set to expire 18 months from issuance, but has been extended by the SEC without an expiration date, except that the no-action letter will be withdrawn upon the effectiveness of any amendments to the Loan Rule designed to address the concerns expressed in the letter.

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 last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. 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.
  (a)(4)    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) Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
By:    /s/ Daniel E. Draper                    
Name: Daniel E. Draper
Title:   President
Date: August 3, 2018

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: August 3, 2018
By:    /s/ Steven Hill                            
Name: Steven Hill
Title:   Treasurer
Date: August 3, 2018