CHICAGO, IL , announced today that the PowerShares Cleantech?
Portfolio (PZD) will be rebalancing to include a foreign security
weighting.
As of June 27, 2008, the Cleantech Index(TM) will rebalance to
allocate an approximate 45% weighting of components to companies
domiciled outside the United States including Canada, Philippines,
Singapore, China, Japan, India, France, Germany, Spain,
Switzerland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Austria,
Netherlands, Portugal, Hong Kong, Israel and Belgium.
The PowerShares Cleantech? Portfolio (PZD) tracks the Cleantech
Index(TM) (ticker: CTIUS), which is designed to track cleantech
companies, from a broad range of industry sectors. "Cleantech
businesses" are defined as those that provide knowledge-based
products (or services) that add economic value by reducing cost and
raising productivity and/or product performance, while reducing the
consumption of resources and the negative impact on the environment
and public health. The Cleantech Index(TM) focuses on companies
which are leaders in the innovation and commercial deployment of
cleantech products across a broad range of industries including,
but not limited to, alternative energy, energy efficiency and
transmission, air and water purification, advanced materials,
eco-friendly agriculture, transportation, manufacturing efficiency,
recycling and pollution prevention.
Invesco PowerShares is leading the intelligent ETF revolution
through its family of more than 100 domestic and international
index-based and actively managed exchange-traded funds. With assets
under management as of April 30, 2008 of approximately $13.86
billion, PowerShares ETFs trade on all of the major U.S. stock
exchanges that trade ETFs. For more information, please visit us at
www.invescopowershares.com.
Invesco PowerShares is a part of Invesco Ltd., a leading
independent global investment management company dedicated to
helping people worldwide build their financial security. By
delivering the combined power of its distinctive worldwide
investment management capabilities, including AIM, Atlantic Trust,
Invesco, Perpetual, PowerShares, Trimark, and WL Ross, Invesco
provides a comprehensive array of enduring investment solutions for
retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients around the world.
Operating in 20 countries, the company is currently listed on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ. Additional
information is available at www.invesco.com.
There are risks involved with investing in ETFs including
possible loss of money. Shares are not actively managed and are
subject to risk similar to stocks and covered call options, as well
as those risks related to short selling and margin maintenance.
Small- and Medium-Sized Capitalization Company Risk
Information
An investment in securities of small and medium capitalization
companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with
investing in more established, larger sized companies.
Foreign Risk Information
An investment in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves
risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities,
including, but not limited to: greater market volatility, the
availability of less reliable financial information, higher
transactional and custody costs, taxation by foreign governments,
decreased market liquidity, political instability, negative impact
of changes in currency exchange rates or foreign governmental
regulation, currency risk, fluctuation due to changes in interest
rates, effects of monetary policies issued by the United States,
foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities and
currency controls or other national or global political economic
developments, among others.
Shares are not FDIC insured, may lose value and have no bank
guarantee.
Shares are not individually redeemable and owners of the shares
may acquire those shares from the Fund and tender those shares for
redemption to the Fund in Creation Unit aggregations only,
typically consisting of 100,000 shares.
Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II.
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC and Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc. are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of
Invesco Ltd.
An investor should consider each Fund's investment objective,
risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The
prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds. For
more complete information about the Funds or to obtain a
prospectus, call 800.983.0903. Please read the prospectus carefully
before investing.
The information in the prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. The prospectus is not an offer to sell the portfolio
shares, nor is the portfolio soliciting an offer to buy its shares
in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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