Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497k)

 

 

Summary Prospectus				August 30, 2013
PBW		PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio   NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

 

Before you invest, you may wish to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.invescopowershares.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling Invesco Distributors, Inc. at [phone] or by sending an e-mail request to [e-mail]. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated August 30, 2013 (as each may be amended or supplemented), are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

Investment Objective

The PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (the “Underlying Index”).

Fund Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or the example below.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees			0.50%
Other Expenses (1)			0.34%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (1)			0.84%
Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption (2)			0.14%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption			0.70%

 

(1)	Other Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in the table above have been restated to reflect current fees.

(2)

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding interest expenses, brokerage commissions and other trading expenses, sub-licensing fees, offering costs, taxes, Acquired Funds Fees and Expenses, if applicable, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year (the “Expense Cap”) until at least August 31, 2014, and neither the Adviser nor the Fund can discontinue the agreement prior to its expiration. The expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to recapture by the Adviser for up to three fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the expenses were incurred, but no recapture payment will be made by the Fund if it would result in the Fund exceeding its Expense Cap.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

After Fee Waivers and Expense Assumption in the first year and the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. This example does not include the brokerage commissions that investors may pay to buy and sell Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, your costs, based on these assumptions, would be:

 

1 Year		3 Years		5 Years		10 Years
$72		$254		$452		$1,024

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it purchases and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, may affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover was 52% of the average value of its portfolio, excluding the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of the Fund’s in-kind creations and redemptions.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks of companies engaged in the business of the advancement of cleaner energy and conservation that comprise the Underlying Index. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Underlying Index was comprised of the stocks of approximately 56 companies that are publicly traded in the United States, and that WilderHill (the “Index Provider”) believes will substantially benefit from a societal transition toward the use of cleaner energy and conservation. Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, the Index Provider includes stocks in the Underlying Index based on its evaluation. At its discretion, the Index Provider reviews the Underlying Index’s components stocks quarterly or more often.

Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets) in securities of issuers in any one industry or sector only to the extent that the Underlying Index reflects a concentration in that industry or sector. The Fund will not otherwise concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in any one industry or sector.

 

 

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Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

The following summarizes the principal risks of the Fund.

Clean Energy Industry Concentration Risk. Obsolescence of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants and general economic conditions can significantly affect the clean energy industry. In addition, intense competition and legislation resulting in more strict government regulations and enforcement policies and specific expenditures for cleanup efforts can significantly affect the clean energy industry. Risks associated with hazardous materials, fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of alternative energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects and tax and other government regulations can significantly affect this industry. Also, supply and demand for specific products or services, the supply and demand for oil and gas, the price of oil and gas, production spending, government regulation, world events and economic conditions may affect this industry. Currently, certain valuation methods used to value companies involved in the alternative power and power technology sectors, particularly those companies that have not yet traded publicly, have not been in widespread use for a significant period of time. As a result, the use of these valuation methods may serve to increase further the volatility of certain alternative power and power technology company share prices.

Equity Risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities the Fund holds will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities the Fund holds participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of securities the Fund holds; the price of securities may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the securities the Fund holds. In addition, securities of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, the Underlying Index from time to time will be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or a sector. To the extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, the Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, the Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which the Fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or sectors or the market as a whole.

Non-Correlation Risk. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to the Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of the Fund and the Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between the Fund’s portfolio and the Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, costs or liquidity constraints.

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not utilize an investing strategy that seeks returns in excess of the Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.

Market Risk. Securities in the Underlying Index are subject to market fluctuations. You should anticipate that the value of the Shares will decline, more or less, in correlation with any decline in value of the securities in the Underlying Index.

Market Trading Risk. The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for the Shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of the Fund. Any of these factors may lead to the Shares trading at a premium or discount to the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market. Often small and medium capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security may be more volatile than the market as a whole and may perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.

The Shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

Performance

The bar chart below shows how the Fund has performed. The table below the bar chart shows the Fund’s average annual total returns (before and after taxes). The bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund’s total return has varied from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns compared with broad measures of market performance and additional indexes with characteristics relevant to the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects fee waivers, if any, absent which, performance would have

 

 

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been lower. Although the information shown in the bar chart and the table gives you some idea of the risks involved in investing in the Fund, the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at www.InvescoPowerShares.com.

 

 

Annual Total Returns—Calendar Years

 

The Fund’s year-to-date total return for the six months ended June 30, 2013 was 33.25%.

 

Best Quarter		Worst Quarter
31.54% (1st Quarter 2006)		(41.88)% (4th Quarter 2008)

Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2012

After-tax returns in the table below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

		1 Year				5 Years				Since Inception (03/03/05)
Return Before Taxes			(16.87	)%			(31.02	)%			(15.10	)%
Return After Taxes on Distributions			(17.73	)%			(31.20	)%			(15.25	)%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares			(10.74	)%			(22.35	)%			(11.47	)%
WilderHill Clean Energy Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)			(18.12	)%			(31.47	)%			(15.62	)%
NASDAQ Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)			15.91	%			2.63	%			5.02	%
S&P 500 ® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes			16.00	%			1.66	%			4.28	%

Management of the Fund

Investment Adviser. Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”).

Portfolio Managers. The following individuals are responsible jointly and primarily for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio:

 

Name		Title with Adviser/Trust		Date Began Managing the Fund
Peter Hubbard		Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management of the Adviser and Vice President of the Trust		June 2007
Brian McGreal		Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Adviser		April 2010
Michael Jeanette		Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Adviser		August 2008
Brian Picken		Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Adviser		August 2010
Theodore Samulowitz		Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Adviser		August 2013

Purchase and Sale of Shares

The Fund issues and redeems Shares at net asset value (“NAV”) only with authorized participants (“APs”) and only in large blocks of 50,000 Shares (each block of Shares is called a “Creation Unit”), or multiples thereof (“Creation Unit Aggregations”), in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

Individual Shares of the Fund may be purchased and sold only on a national securities exchange through brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca” or the “Exchange”) and because the Shares of the Fund will trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a premium), at NAV, or less than NAV (at a discount).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions generally will be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains. A sale of Shares may result in capital gain or loss.

 

 

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