Exhibit 99.1
DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Unit Holder
DB Commodity Services LLC:
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of DB Commodity Services LLC (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statements of income and expenses, changes in member’s capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of DB Commodity Services LLC as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ KPMG LLP
March 29, 2011
DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds | $ | 7,711,150 | 6,686,890 | |||||
Investment in DB Exchange Traded Funds | 14,786 | 25,654 | ||||||
Due from affiliate, net | 97,703,702 | 42,209,136 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | — | 1,825,640 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 105,429,638 | 50,747,320 | |||||
| Liabilities and Member’s Capital | ||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||
Accrued expenses | $ | 8,015,861 | 8,614,248 | |||||
Total liabilities | 8,015,861 | 8,614,248 | ||||||
Member’s capital | 97,413,777 | 42,133,072 | ||||||
Total liabilities and member’s capital | $ | 105,429,638 | 50,747,320 | |||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Statements of Income and Expenses
Years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
| 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Income: | ||||||||
Management fees | $ | 85,148,636 | 48,882,828 | |||||
Equity in earnings in investment in DB Exchange Traded Funds | 4,798 | 4,416 | ||||||
Total income | 85,153,434 | 48,887,244 | ||||||
Expenses: | ||||||||
Legal fees | 1,252,507 | 2,069,380 | ||||||
Audit fees and tax services | 5,864,957 | 5,382,643 | ||||||
Printing services | 1,180,466 | 900,042 | ||||||
Administrator and trustee fees | 4,177,274 | 3,043,784 | ||||||
Distribution fees | 15,027,747 | 8,627,659 | ||||||
Registration fees | 1,825,640 | 377,680 | ||||||
Other | 544,138 | 155,920 | ||||||
Total expenses | 29,872,729 | 20,557,108 | ||||||
Net income | $ | 55,280,705 | 28,330,136 | |||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Statements of Changes in Member’s Capital
Years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
| 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Member’s capital, January 1 | $ | 42,133,072 | 13,802,936 | |||||
Net income | 55,280,705 | 28,330,136 | ||||||
Member’s capital, December 31 | $ | 97,413,777 | 42,133,072 | |||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
| 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 55,280,705 | 28,330,136 | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
(Increase) decrease in operating assets: | ||||||||
Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds | (1,024,260 | ) | (4,785,814 | ) | ||||
Due from affiliate, net | (55,494,566 | ) | (21,533,008 | ) | ||||
Decrease in investment in DB Exchange Traded Funds | 10,868 | (4,416 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 1,825,640 | (1,825,640 | ) | |||||
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities: | ||||||||
Accrued expenses | (598,387 | ) | (181,258 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | — | — | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | — | — | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | — | — | |||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| (1) | Organization and Basis of Presentation |
DB Commodity Services LLC (the Company), a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 23, 2005, and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corporation. The Company is registered as a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association.
The Company serves as the managing owner, commodity pool operator, and commodity trading advisor to the following funds:
| • | PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) |
| • | PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund (DBV) |
| • | PowerShares DB Multi Sector Commodity Trust in seven separate series, or Funds: |
| • | PowerShares DB Energy Fund (DBE) |
| • | PowerShares DB Oil Fund (DBO) |
| • | PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund (DBP) |
| • | PowerShares DB Gold Fund (DGL) |
| • | PowerShares DB Silver Fund (DBS) |
| • | PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund (DBB) |
| • | PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) |
| • | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Trust in two separate series, or Funds: |
| • | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) |
| • | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN) |
| (2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| (a) | Basis of Accounting |
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
| (b) | Use of Estimates |
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period of the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| (c) | Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds |
Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds represents outstanding management fees for services provided to the DB Exchange Traded Funds as commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor and managing owner. The fees are recorded at the invoiced amounts and do not bear interest. Management has determined that there was no risk of unrecoverable amounts, and therefore, no allowance for doubtful accounts was provided for as of December 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009.
| (d) | Investment in DB Exchange Traded Funds |
The Company’s investments in DB Exchange Traded Funds consist of capital contributions in the general shares of the Funds and are accounted for using the equity method. The Company adjusts the carrying amount of the investments to recognize the Company’s share of earnings or losses of the investment. Distributions received from the investments reduce the carrying amount of the respective investments.
| (e) | Income Taxes |
The Company is a limited liability company and did not elect to be taxable as a corporation for U.S. income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company will not incur U.S. income taxes. No provision for federal, state, and local income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements, as its owner member is liable for income taxes, if any, on the Company’s income, loss, and other items, and there is no tax sharing arrangement between the Company and its owner member. Based on the effective tax rate of the Company’s owner member, the Company’s pro rata income tax expense would be approximately $16,600,000 and $8,500,000 for the federal tax, $3,700,000 and $1,900,000 for the New York State tax, and $4,200,000 and $2,200,000 for the New York City tax for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As the Company is not required to separately file its own returns, the following is the major tax jurisdiction for the Company’s parent, DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corporation, and the earliest tax year subject to examination: United States – 2007.
| (f) | Revenue Recognition |
Fees for management services are recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Fees for management services are accrued for each of the Funds monthly.
| (3) | Related-Party Transactions |
| (a) | Management Fees and Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds |
The DBA and DBC Funds pay the Company a management fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.85% per annum of their net asset values. Effective January 4, 2010, the Management Fee paid to the Company by the DBA and DBC Funds was increased from 0.75% to 0.85% per annum of their net asset values.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
The DBO, DBS, DGL, DBB, DBE, DBP, DBV, UDN, and UUP Funds pay the Company a management fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.75% per annum of their net asset values. Effective January 4, 2010, the Management Fee paid to the Company by the DBO, DBS, DGL, UDN, and UUP Funds was increased from 0.50% to 0.75% per annum of their net asset values.
During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company earned management fees of $85,148,636 and $48,882,828, respectively. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds was $7,711,150 and $6,686,890, respectively.
| 2010 Management Fees | 2009 Management Fees | 2010 Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds | 2009 Due from DB Exchange Traded Funds | |||||||||||||
DBA Fund | $ | 18,940,346 | 14,834,932 | 1,833,427 | 1,569,426 | |||||||||||
DBB Fund | 3,242,004 | 2,116,853 | 290,028 | 371,746 | ||||||||||||
DBC Fund | 38,197,079 | 20,523,876 | 3,507,167 | 2,685,592 | ||||||||||||
DBE Fund | 2,147,831 | 1,493,885 | 98,899 | 214,483 | ||||||||||||
DBO Fund | 3,469,732 | 1,152,707 | 381,087 | 142,660 | ||||||||||||
DBP Fund | 2,194,672 | 1,162,569 | 244,532 | 166,549 | ||||||||||||
DBS Fund | 733,609 | 377,189 | 122,896 | 52,553 | ||||||||||||
DGL Fund | 1,649,412 | 644,501 | 206,598 | 79,290 | ||||||||||||
DBV Fund | 2,887,129 | 2,486,774 | 227,190 | 266,329 | ||||||||||||
UDN Fund | 1,424,186 | 1,383,499 | 98,615 | 155,745 | ||||||||||||
UUP Fund | 10,262,636 | 2,706,043 | 700,711 | 982,517 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 85,148,636 | 48,882,828 | 7,711,150 | 6,686,890 | ||||||||||||
| (b) | Organization and Offering Costs |
The Company assumes all organization and offering costs of the Funds. Expenses incurred with the continuous offering of limited shares will also be paid by the Company.
| (c) | Administration Expenses |
The Company assumes all routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Funds, including, but not limited to, computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, audit and tax preparation expenses, filing fees and printing, mailing and duplication costs. Accordingly, such expenses are recorded in the statement of income and expenses of the Company. Please refer to note 7 for further details on service agreements.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| (d) | Service Agreement |
The Company, in its capacity as the managing owner and on behalf of the Funds, entered into a service agreement with Deutsche Bank AG for services including, but not limited to, trading, accounting, legal, human resources, and other. The costs of these services are assumed by Deutsche Bank AG with no cost allocation to the Company or the Funds.
| (e) | Due from Affiliate, Net |
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch provides the Company with a cash facility to cover its operational expenses and to deposit management fees received from the DB Exchange Traded Funds. This cash management program is noninterest-bearing and there is no expiration date. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had a net receivable from affiliate of $97,703,702 and $42,209,136, respectively.
| (4) | Investments in DB Exchange Traded Funds |
Investments in DB Exchange Traded Funds as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 amount to $14,786 and $25,654, respectively. The Company’s ownership in each of the DB Exchange Traded Funds represents less than 1.0% of the Funds’ equity.
| (5) | Accrued Expenses |
Accrued expenses as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 consist of the following:
| 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Audit fees and tax services | $ | 4,808,500 | 4,224,921 | |||||
Distribution fees | 1,392,102 | 2,448,232 | ||||||
Administrator and trustee fees | 670,769 | 770,030 | ||||||
Legal fees | 590,947 | 857,596 | ||||||
Printing services | 392,133 | 162,599 | ||||||
Other | 161,410 | 150,870 | ||||||
| $ | 8,015,861 | 8,614,248 | ||||||
| (6) | Prepaid Expenses |
There were no prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2010. Prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2009 consisted of prepaid filing fees associated with the DB Exchange Traded Funds’ registration statements filed on January 4, 2010.
| (7) | Service Agreements |
| (a) | Trust Agreement |
Under the Trust Agreement of the Funds, Wilmington Trust Company (the Trustee of the Funds) has delegated to the Company the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Funds. Trustee fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Company.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| (b) | Administration Agreement |
The Company, in its capacity as the managing owner and on behalf of each of the Funds, has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon as the administrator (the Administrator), custodian and transfer agent of the Funds and has entered into separate administrative, custodian, transfer agency and service agreements (collectively referred to as the Administration Agreement). The Administrator performs or supervises the performance of services necessary for the operation and administration of each of the Funds (other than making investment decisions), including receiving and processing orders to create and redeem shares of the Funds, net asset value calculations, accounting, and other fund administrative services. The Administrator’s monthly fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Company.
| (c) | Distribution Services Agreement |
ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the Distributor) provides certain distribution services to the Funds. Pursuant to the Distribution Services Agreement between the Company in its capacity as managing owner of the Funds and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Company and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing including reviewing and approving marketing materials. Distribution fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Company.
| (d) | License Agreement |
Under the License Agreement among Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the Licensor), and the Company in its own capacity, and in its capacity as the managing owner and on behalf of the Funds, the Licensor granted to the Funds a nonexclusive license to use the PowerShares® trademark (the Trademark) anywhere in the world, solely in connection with the marketing and promotion of the Funds and to use or refer to the Trademark in connection with the issuance and trading of the Funds’ shares as necessary. License fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Company.
| (e) | Marketing Agreement |
Pursuant to a marketing agreement between Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc., an affiliate of the Licensor, and the Company in its capacity as the managing owner and on behalf of the Funds, Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc. assists the Company and the Administrator with certain functions and duties such as providing various educational and marketing activities regarding each of the Funds, primarily in the secondary trading market. Activities include, but are not limited to, communicating each of the Funds’ names, characteristics, uses, benefits, and risks, consistent with the prospectus, engagement in public seminars, road shows, conferences, media interviews, fielding incoming telephone “800” number calls, and distributing sales literature and other communications (including electronic media) regarding each of the Funds. Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc. will not open customer accounts or handle orders for the Funds. Marketing fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Company.
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DB COMMODITY SERVICES LLC
(An Indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010 and 2009
| (8) | Commitments and Contingencies |
The Company has entered into various service agreements on behalf of the Funds that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services that are in the best interests of the Funds. While the Company’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated until a claim arises, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position.
| (9) | Business and Credit Concentration |
The Company’s business is to serve as the managing owner, commodity pool operator, and commodity trading advisor to the DB Exchange Traded Funds. The basis for the management fee calculation is the Funds’ net asset value. Accordingly, factors that may have the effect of causing a decline in the Funds’ net asset value will affect the Company’s income from management fees.
| (10) | Subsequent Events |
The Company evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through March 29, 2011, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. This evaluation did not result in any subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments to the Company’s financial statements and notes to the financial statements.
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