| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 25 | OMB APPROVAL |
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NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 001-31670
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, American Stock
Exchange, LLC
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)
301 West Roosevelt Road
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)
Shares of Beneficial Interest, no par value, of the following portfolios:
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio PowerShares Buyback AchieversTM Portfolio PowerShares CleantechTM Portfolio PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio, PowerShares Dynamic Deep Value Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Hardware & Consumer Electronics Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Telecommunications & Wireless Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio PowerShares High Growth Rate Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio | | PowerShares Dynamic Industrials Sector Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Insurance Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Growth Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Value Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic OTC Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Value Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation Portfolio PowerShares Value Line TimelinessTM Select Portfolio PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio and PowerShares Zacks Small Cap Portfolio |
(Description of class of securities)
Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
o | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1) |
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o | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2) |
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o | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3) |
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o | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4) |
o Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.(1)
x Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
October 27, 2008 | | By | /s/ H. Bruce Bond | | Principal Executive Officer |
Date | | Name | | Title |
(1) Form 25 and attached Notice will be considered compliance with the provisions of 17 CFR 240.19d-1 as applicable. See General Instructions.
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