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PowerShares Cleantech(TM) Portfolio Goes Global
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - June 26, 2008) - Invesco PowerShares, a leading provider of
exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 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™ 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™
(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™ 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.