40-17G 1 h78252e40v17g.htm FORM 40-17G e40v17g
December 10, 2010
VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION
Securities & Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:    PowerShares Exchange Traded Fund Trust, File No. 811-21265
PowerShares Exchange Traded Fund Trust II, File No. 811-21977
PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange Traded Fund Trust, File No. 811-22148
PowerShares India Exchange Traded Fund Trust, File No. 811-22147
Gentlemen:
Enclosed for filing pursuant to Rule 17g-1(g) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) are the following documents regarding the joint insured fidelity bond for the above-referenced investment companies:
  1.   A copy of the Investment Company Blanket Bond with attached riders pertaining thereto.
 
  2.   A copy of the Resolution to the Consideration of the Fidelity Bond.
 
  3.   A statement showing the amount of the single insured bond which each of the above-referenced investment companies would have provided and maintained had each investment company not been named as an insured under a joint insured bond;
 
  4.   A statement as to the period for which premium have been paid; and
 
  5.   A copy of the Agreement Regarding Allocation of Recoveries Under Joint Insured Bond.
If you should need any additional information, please contact me at 630.868.7117.
         
Sincerely,
 
   
/s/ Bruce T. Duncan      
Bruce T. Duncan     
Treasurer     
 
CC:

 


 

ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
a Risk Retention Group
INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND
RIDER NO. 7
         
 
INSURED       BOND NUMBER
         
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust       07722110B
 
EFFECTIVE DATE   BOND PERIOD   AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
         
December 2, 2010   May 1, 2010 to May 1, 2011   /S/ John Mulligan
 
In consideration of the premium charged for this Bond, it is hereby understood and agreed that Item 1 of the Declarations, Name of Insured, shall include the following:
    PowerShares KBW International Financial Portfolio
 
    PowerShares KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Portfolio
 
    PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio
 
    PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio, each a series of: PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
Except as above stated, nothing herein shall be held to alter, waive or extend any of the terms of this Bond.
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AMOUNT OF THE SINGLE INSURED BOND WHICH EACH INVESTMENT COMPANY WOULD HAVE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED HAD EACH COMPANY NOT BEEN NAMED AS AN INSURED UNDER A JOINT INSURED BOND
Had the following investment companies not been named as insured under a joint insured bond, pursuant to section 17g-1(g)(1)(B)(iii), each of them would have provided and maintained a single insured bond in the amounts set forth below:
         
1. PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio
  $ 125,000.00  
2. PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio
  $ 125,000.00  
3. PowerShares KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Portfolio
  $ 125,000.00  
4. PowerShares KBW International Financial Portfolio
  $ 125,000.00  
         
     
/s/ Bruce T. Duncan      
Bruce T. Duncan  December 10, 2010   
     
 

 


 

FIDELITY BOND
INSURANCE ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
     THIS INSURANCE ALLOCATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of September 23, 2010, by and among PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, for itself and on behalf of each series thereof now or hereafter existing, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, a Massachusetts business trust, for itself and on behalf of each series thereof now or hereafter existing, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, for itself and on behalf of each series thereof now or hereafter existing, and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, for itself and on behalf of each series thereof now or hereafter existing (individually referred to herein as a “Trust,” and collectively as the “Trusts” and each series of the Trusts identified from time to time on Schedule A and being referred to herein as a “Series”) (the Trusts sometimes individually hereinafter referred to as a “Party” or collectively as “Parties”).
     WHEREAS, the Trusts have been named as insureds (“Insureds”) under a joint fidelity bond (the “Bond”) approved by each Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”);
     WHEREAS, the Bond is intended to satisfy the requirements of Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
     WHEREAS, the Parties, in accordance with the requirements of Rule 17g-1(f), desire to establish (i) the criteria by which the premiums for the Bond shall be allocated among the Parties and (ii) the criteria by which the amounts payable under the Bond shall be allocated among the Parties covered under same.
     NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
     1. Each Series of a Trust shall pay a percentage of the premium for the Bond, as allocated in such equitable manner as determined by the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts, which amounts are set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement. From time to time adjustments may be made by mutual agreement of the Trusts to the portion of the premiums theretofore paid by a Trust or Series, based on a subsequent change or changes in the net assets of one or more Trusts or the addition or withdrawal of a Trust or Series pursuant to this Agreement.
     2. If the insurer issuing the Bond (the “Insurer”) is willing, with or without additional premium, to add, as an Insured under the Bond, any investment company not listed as a signatory to this Agreement or any Series of a Trust not identified on Schedule A of this Agreement, the Trusts agree (a) that such addition may be made provided that the non-interested directors or trustees of the Trusts covered by the Bond shall approve such addition and (b) that such additional entity may become a party to this Agreement and be included within the terms “Trust” or “Party” provided that in each case such entity shall have executed and delivered to the Trusts its written agreement to become a party hereto and to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
     3. In the event that the claims of loss of two or more Parties as Insureds under the Bond are so related that the Insurer is entitled to assert that the claims must be aggregated, or in

 


 

the event that the aggregate recovery by the Insureds under the Bond is less than the aggregate loss incurred by the Insureds that gave rise to the claims, the following rules shall determine, as between the claimants, the priority of satisfaction of the claims under the Bond:
  (a)   First, all claims of each Trust which have been duly proven and established under the Bond shall be satisfied up to the minimum amount of the Bond required for such Trust under Rule 17g-1(d); and
 
  (b)   Second, the remaining amount of recovery, if any, shall then be applied to claims of the Parties in proportion to the total of the unsatisfied amount of the claims of all such Parties.
     4. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first above written, and shall remain in full force and effect during the effective period of the Bond as specified therein. Any Party may withdraw from this Agreement and the Bond upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to the other Parties and the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 17g-1 under the Act. The withdrawing Party shall be entitled to receive its proportionate share of any premium refund received from the Insurer.
     5. The obligations of the Trusts which are organized as Massachusetts business trusts, or any other investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust which may be added pursuant to Section 2 under this Agreement, are not binding upon any of the trustees or holders of shares of beneficial interest of any such trust individually, but bind only the respective trust estate of each.
     6. This Agreement shall supersede all prior agreements entered into between or among any of the Trusts with respect to the same matters.
     7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims made under the Bond during a period prior to the effective date of this Agreement (and any recoveries related to any such claims) shall be subject to the terms of the premium sharing and allocation agreement in effect during that period.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Trusts have caused this Agreement to be executed by their officers, as appropriate, hereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUND TRUST
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce T. Duncan    
       
  POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUND TRUST II
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce T. Duncan    
       
  POWERSHARES INDIA EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUND TRUST
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce T. Duncan    
       
  POWERSHARES ACTIVELY MANAGED
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce T. Duncan    
       
       

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SCHEDULE A
SERIES
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
  1.   PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio
 
  2.   PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  3.   PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Value Portfolio
 
  4.   PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio
 
  5.   PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio
 
  6.   PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio
 
  7.   PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio
 
  8.   PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio
 
  9.   PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio
 
  10.   PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio
 
  11.   PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio
 
  12.   PowerShares Dynamic OTC Portfolio
 
  13.   PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio
 
  14.   PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio
 
  15.   PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio
 
  16.   PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio
 
  17.   PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio
 
  18.   PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio
 
  19.   PowerShares Dynamic Insurance Portfolio
 
  20.   PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio
 
  21.   PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio
 
  22.   PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio

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  23.   PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio
 
  24.   PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio
 
  25.   PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio
 
  26.   PowerShares Value Line Timeliness Select Portfolio
 
  27.   PowerShares Dynamic Telecommunications & Wireless Portfolio
 
  28.   PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio
 
  29.   PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio
 
  30.   PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  31.   PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio
 
  32.   PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
 
  33.   PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Value Portfolio
 
  34.   PowerShares Zacks Small Cap Portfolio
 
  35.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio
 
  36.   PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio
 
  37.   PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio
 
  38.   PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio
 
  39.   PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio
 
  40.   PowerShares Dynamic Industrials Sector Portfolio
 
  41.   PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Portfolio
 
  42.   PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio
 
  43.   PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Portfolio
 
  44.   PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Portfolio
 
  45.   PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio
 
  46.   PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio
 
  47.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid Portfolio

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  48.   PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio
 
  49.   PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio
 
  50.   PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio
 
  51.   PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio
 
  52.   PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio
 
  53.   PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio
 
  54.   PowerShares Global Listed Private Equity Portfolio
 
  55.   PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders Portfolio
 
  56.   PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation Portfolio
 
  57.   PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio
 
  58.   PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio
 
  59.   PowerShares FTSE NASDAQ Small Cap Portfolio
 
  60.   PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio
 
  61.   PowerShares NXQ Portfolio
 
  62.   PowerShares NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Portfolio
 
  63.   PowerShares Dynamic Dividend Portfolio
 
  64.   PowerShares Security Portfolio
 
  65.   PowerShares S&P US Stars Portfolio
 
  66.   PowerShares Evangelical 150 Portfolio
 
  67.   PowerShares Catholic 150 Portfolio
 
  68.   PowerShares NASDAQ Transportation Portfolio
 
  69.   PowerShares NASDAQ Financial-100 Portfolio
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
  70.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Asia Pacific ex-Japan Portfolio
 
  71.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Small-Mid Portfolio

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  72.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio
 
  73.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Portfolio
 
  74.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Europe Portfolio
 
  75.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan Portfolio
 
  76.   PowerShares Global Water Portfolio
 
  77.   PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio
 
  78.   PowerShares Dynamic Developed International Opportunities Portfolio
 
  79.   PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio
 
  80.   PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio
 
  81.   PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio
 
  82.   PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio
 
  83.   PowerShares Insured New York Municipal Bond Portfolio
 
  84.   PowerShares Insured California Municipal Bond Portfolio
 
  85.   PowerShares VRDO Tax-Free Weekly Portfolio
 
  86.   PowerShares DWA Developed Markets Technical Leaders
 
  87.   PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders
 
  88.   PowerShares Autonomic Balanced NFA Global Asset Portfolio
 
  89.   PowerShares Autonomic Balanced Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio
 
  90.   PowerShares Autonomic Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio
 
  91.   PowerShares Global Nuclear Energy Portfolio
 
  92.   PowerShares Preferred Portfolio
 
  93.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Latin America Portfolio
 
  94.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Australia Portfolio
 
  95.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Brazil Portfolio
 
  96.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Canada Portfolio

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  97.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI China Portfolio
 
  98.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI France Portfolio
 
  99.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Germany Portfolio
 
  100.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Hong Kong Portfolio
 
  101.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Mexico Portfolio
 
  102.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI South Africa Portfolio
 
  103.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI South Korea Portfolio
 
  104.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI Taiwan Portfolio
 
  105.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI United Kingdom Portfolio
 
  106.   PowerShares Dynamic Emerging Markets Portfolio
 
  107.   PowerShares Developed International Growth Portfolio
 
  108.   PowerShares Developed International Value Portfolio
 
  109.   PowerShares Dynamic Japan Portfolio
 
  110.   PowerShares Dynamic Australia Portfolio
 
  111.   PowerShares Dynamic Canada Portfolio
 
  112.   PowerShares Dynamic France Portfolio
 
  113.   PowerShares Dynamic Germany Portfolio
 
  114.   PowerShares Dynamic UK Portfolio
 
  115.   PowerShares Ireland Portfolio
 
  116.   PowerShares S&P European Stars Portfolio
 
  117.   PowerShares International Corporate Bond Portfolio
 
  118.   PowerShares Aggregate Bond Portfolio
 
  119.   PowerShares 1-20 Laddered Treasury Portfolio
 
  120.   PowerShares 1-10 Laddered Treasury Portfolio
 
  121.   PowerShares 1-5 Laddered Treasury Portfolio

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  122.   PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio
 
  123.   PowerShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure Portfolio
 
  124.   PowerShares Space and Satellite Portfolio
 
  125.   PowerShares DJ Global Exchanges Portfolio
 
  126.   PowerShares Asia-Pacific Water Portfolio
 
  127.   PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio
 
  128.   PowerShares Global Agriculture Portfolio
 
  129.   PowerShares Global Biotech Portfolio
 
  130.   PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio
 
  131.   PowerShares Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio
 
  132.   PowerShares Global Steel Portfolio
 
  133.   PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio
 
  134.   PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio
 
  135.   PowerShares DWA Relative Strength Portfolio
 
  136.   PowerShares Financial Corporate Bond Portfolio
 
  137.   PowerShares Industrial Corporate Bond Portfolio
 
  138.   PowerShares Utilities Corporate Bond Portfolio
 
  139.   PowerShares Convertible Portfolio
 
  140.   PowerShares FTSE RAFI QQQF Portfolio
 
  141.   PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio
 
  142.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary Portfolio
 
  143.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples Portfolio
 
  144.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy Portfolio
 
  145.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Financials Portfolio
 
  146.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care Portfolio

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  147.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Industrials Portfolio
 
  148.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio
 
  149.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Materials Portfolio
 
  150.   PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio
 
  151.   PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio
 
  152.   PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio
 
  153.   PowerShares KBW International Financial Portfolio
 
  154.   PowerShares KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Portfolio
PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
  155.   PowerShares India Portfolio (including PowerShares Mauritius)
PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
  156.   PowerShares Active AlphaQ Fund
 
  157.   PowerShares Active Alpha Multi-Cap Fund
 
  158.   PowerShares Active Mega Cap Fund
 
  159.   PowerShares Active Low Duration Fund
 
  160.   PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund
 
  161.   PowerShares Active Dorsey Write Sector Rotation Fund
 
  162.   PowerShares Active Premia Plus Fund
 
  163.   PowerShares MBS Opportunity Fund
 
  164.   PowerShares Bank Loan Fund
 
  165.   PowerShares Emerging Market Debt Local Currency Fund

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SCHEDULE B
SERIES
     The premium of the Bond shall be allocated 25% to each Trust, one-half per capita and one-half pro rata by assets to each Series of a Trust then existing as of May 1, 2010.

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RESOLVED, that giving due consideration to the value of the aggregate assets of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (“Trust II”), the access to such assets, the type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of such assets, the nature of the securities in Trust II’s portfolios, the nature and method of conducting Trust II’s operations, and the accounting procedures and controls of Trust II, the coverage against larceny and embezzlement provided under a fidelity bond (the “Bond”) issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company in the amount of $10 million is deemed by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of Trust II (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), to be adequate as to amount, type and form and in the best interests of PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio, PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio, PowerShares KBW International Financial Portfolio, and PowerShares KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Portfolio (the “New Funds”), and therefore, the appropriate officers of Trust II be, and each hereby is, authorized to cause the New Funds to be added to the Bond; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the officers of Trust II are authorized and directed to add the New Funds to the joint allocation agreement among Trust II, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust concerning the Bond, such agreement being in substantially the form presented at this Meeting; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the proper officers of Trust II be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed at all times to take all actions necessary to assure compliance with these resolutions and Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act.


 

PERIOD FOR WHICH PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN PAID
The premiums for the PowerShares Exchange Traded Fund Trust II have been paid through May 1, 2010 through May 1, 2011.
         
     
By:   /s/ Bruce T. Duncan      
  Bruce T. Duncan     
  December 10, 2010