UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: May 21, 2009
POWERSHARES DB COMMODITY INDEX TRACKING FUND
(Registrant)
DB COMMODITY INDEX TRACKING MASTER FUND
(Rule 140 Co-Registrant)
(Exact Name of each Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund – Delaware | | 32-6042243 (Fund) |
DB Commodity Index Tracking Master Fund – Delaware | | 30-0317551 (Master Fund) |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (IRS Employer ID Number(s)) |
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c/o DB Commodity Services LLC | | |
60 Wall Street | | |
New York, New York | | 10005 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
001-32726
001-32727
(Commission File Number(s))
(212) 250-5883
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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As disclosed in the prospectus of PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (the “Fund”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and commodity exchange rules impose speculative position limits on market participants trading in five commodities included in the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Excess Return™ (the “Index”), namely, light, sweet crude oil, heating oil, gold, corn and wheat (the “Index Commodities”). The Index is comprised of futures contracts on the Index Commodities that expire in a specific month and trade on a specific exchange (the “Index Contracts”). Because the Fund is approaching position limits with respect to certain of the Index Contracts, the Fund plans to invest in other futures contracts based on the Index Commodities (“Replacement Futures Contracts”) when (and if) the Fund surpasses these position limits. When applicable, the specifications and weights of these Replacement Futures Contracts will be communicated on the Index Weights webpage of the Fund, which may be found at http://www.dbfunds.db.com/dbc/weights.aspx. This webpage will continue to disclose the Index Weights as it has since inception of the Fund, and will also disclose the Fund weights, which will reflect the weights of the underlying futures contracts of the Fund.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
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| | | | By: | | DB Commodity Services LLC, its Managing Owner |
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Hans Ephraimson |
| | | | Name: | | Hans Ephraimson |
| | | | Title: | | Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Michael Gilligan |
| | | | Name: | | Michael Gilligan |
| | | | Title: | | Principal Financial Officer |
DB Commodity Index Tracking Master Fund
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| | | | By: | | DB Commodity Services LLC, its Managing Owner |
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Hans Ephraimson |
| | | | Name: | | Hans Ephraimson |
| | | | Title: | | Chief Executive Officer |
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Michael Gilligan |
| | | | Name: | | Michael Gilligan |
Date: May 21, 2009 | | | | Title: | | Principal Financial Officer |
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