UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

( See Below)

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

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

 

 

 

301 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, Illinois

 

60187

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

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

 

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

 

to be so Registered:

 

Each Class is to be so Registered:

 

 

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

 

NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

 

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

 

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

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  333-102228; 811-21265.

 

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

 

NONE

 

 

 



 

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

 

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value, of each of the Funds listed in the table below, each a series of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 202 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-102228; 811-21265) filed on August 28, 2008, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The Trust’s investment portfolios to which this filing relates and their I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

 

PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio

 

20-3412390

 

PowerShares Buyback Achievers TM  Portfolio

 

74-3184056

 

PowerShares Cleantech TM  Portfolio

 

74-3184057

 

PowerShares Dividend Achievers TM  Portfolio

 

30-0327727

 

PowerShares Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio

 

74-3183886

 

PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio

 

74-3183881

 

PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183870

 

PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio

 

20-2494634

 

PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio

 

20-3413546

 

PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183871

 

PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183872

 

PowerShares Dynamic Deep Value Portfolio

 

74-3183884

 

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio

 

20-3428152

 

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183873

 

PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183875

 

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio

 

34-2044003

 

PowerShares Dynamic Hardware & Consumer Electronics Portfolio

 

34-2044006

 

PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183879

 

PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio

 

74-3183882

 

PowerShares Dynamic Industrials Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183877

 

PowerShares Dynamic Insurance Portfolio

 

20-3428205

 

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio

 

20-6401407

 

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Portfolio

 

74-3183865

 

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio

 

20-6401441

 

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio

 

34-2044005

 

PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio

 

74-3183864

 

PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio

 

01-0772019

 

PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio

 

34-2044007

 

PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Growth Portfolio

 

20-6401456

 

PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Portfolio

 

74-3183866

 

PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Value Portfolio

 

20-6401471

 

PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio

 

20-2494468

 

PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio

 

20-3428257

 

PowerShares Dynamic OTC Portfolio

 

01-0772023

 

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio

 

20-2494562

 

PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio

 

20-3428312

 

PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio

 

34-2044008

 

PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio

 

20-6401505

 

PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Portfolio

 

74-3183868

 

PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Value Portfolio

 

20-6401536

 

PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio

 

34-2044010

 

PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio

 

74-3183880

 

 

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PowerShares Dynamic Telecommunications & Wireless Portfolio

 

34-2044011

 

PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio

 

20-3428397

 

PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio

 

06-6542784

 

PowerShares High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers TM  Portfolio

 

22-3915831

 

PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers TM  Portfolio

 

36-7435619

 

PowerShares International Dividend Achievers TM Portfolio

 

22-3915833

 

PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio

 

02-0783729

 

PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio

 

20-3412525

 

PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation Portfolio

 

02-0783733

 

PowerShares Value Line Timeliness TM  Select Portfolio

 

20-2510169

 

PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio

 

16-1739029

 

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio

 

36-7435603

 

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio

 

02-0783734

 

PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio

 

22-3915830

 

PowerShares Zacks Small Cap Portfolio

 

20-3413376

 

 

Item 2.    Exhibits

 

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(1) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-102228; 811-21265), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2003.

 

2. The Trust’s By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 73 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-102228; 811-21265), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2006.

 

3. A form of specimen certificate of beneficial interest, $.01 par value is included as Exhibit (d)(1) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-102228; 811-21265), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

 

POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST

 

 

Date: October 27, 2008

 

By:

/s/ H. Bruce Bond

 

 

H. Bruce Bond

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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