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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 28, 2008.

No. 333-138490

No. 811-21977

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		o
Pre-Effective Amendment No.		o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 40		x
		and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 41		x

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

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POWERSHARES EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

301 West Roosevelt Road

Wheaton, IL 60187

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  [phone]

 

H. Bruce Bond		With a copy to:
301 West Roosevelt Road		Stuart M. Strauss
Wheaton, IL 60187		Clifford Chance US LLP
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)		31 West 52nd Street
		New York, NY 10019

 

APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

o             immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

 

x            on April 27, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

 

o             60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

 

o             on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.

 

o             75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

 

o             on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.

 

 

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The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s  Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to its Registration Statement until April 27, 2008. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 20 under the Investment  Company Act of 1940, filed on November 2, 2007, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Wheaton and State of Illinois, on the 28th day of March, 2008.

 

	PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II
	By:	/s/ Harold Bruce Bond
		Title: Harold Bruce Bond, President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURE		TITLE		DATE
/s/ Harold Bruce Bond		President and Chairman		March 28, 2008
Harold Bruce Bond
/s/ Bruce T. Duncan		Chief Financial Officer,		March 28, 2008
Bruce T. Duncan		Treasurer and Secretary
*/s/ Ronn R. Bagge		Trustee		March 28, 2008
Ronn R. Bagge
*/s/ Marc M. Kole		Trustee		March 28, 2008
Marc M. Kole
*/s/ D. Mark McMillan		Trustee		March 28, 2008
D. Mark McMillan
*/s/ Philip M. Nussbaum		Trustee		March 28, 2008
Philip M. Nussbaum
*/s/ Donald S. Wilson		Trustee		March 28, 2008
Donald S. Wilson
*By: /s/ Stuart M. Strauss				March 28, 2008
Stuart M. Strauss
Attorney-In-Fact

 

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