UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 25
NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING
AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 333-102228
Issuer: PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)
Address: 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
Telephone number: (800) 983-0903
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)
Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share, of the following portfolios:
PowerShares BuyBack AchieversTM Portfolio
PowerShares Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Basic Materials Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Financial Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Healthcare Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA NASDAQ Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio
PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio
PowerShares International Dividend AchieversTM Portfolio
PowerShares Water Resources 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:
| ☐ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1) |
| ☐ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2) |
| ☐ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3) |
| ☐ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4) |
| ☐ | 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) |
| ☒ | Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d-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.
December 5, 2016 | By: | /s/ Daniel Draper | President | |||||||
| 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. |
