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PowerSharesð DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
 
Description
The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund is based on the Optimum Yield™ version of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index™ and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on six of the most heavily-traded and important physical commodities in the world - crude oil, heating oil, gold, aluminum, corn and wheat.

DB Commodity Services LLC is committed to giving investors convenient and cost-effective access to the returns of the commodity and currency markets

You cannot invest directly in the index. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply.

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Shares may be sold throughout the day on the exchange through a brokerage account. Shares may only be redeemed directly from the Fund by Authorized Participants in large blocks consisting of 200,000 Shares.


IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

Commodities and futures generally are volatile and may not be suitable for all investors. The Fund will be successful only if significant losses are avoided. Please review the prospectus regarding specific break-even figures for the Fund.

The Fund is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. An investor may lose all or substantially all of an investment in the Fund.

Please see the prospectus for a full description of how the Fund invests and the master-feeder structure of the Fund.

The Fund is not a mutual fund or any other type of Investment Company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not subject to regulation thereunder.

Shares in the Fund are not FDIC insured, may lose value and have no bank guarantee.

This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.



Index Base Date: July 31, 1998

Performance data quoted represents past performance. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares of the Fund, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

*Index returns are hypothetical and do not represent Fund returns. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not actually been executed, the results may have underor over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown above. For a complete list of risks associated with investment, please see the prospectus.

‡Fund and Index performance since inception are based on the Fund’s exchange listing date: 02.03.06. From Fund Inception until May 24, 2006, the Fund followed the non-Optimum Yield version of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index™. Because the Fund has followed the Optimum Yield™ version of the Index since that date, the Index returns from Fund Inception reflect a blend of the performance of the non-Optimum Yield and Optimum Yield™ versions of the Index.

ðPowerShares Capital Management LLC is not a sponsor or promoter of the Fund and is not responsible for the performance of the Fund or the decisions or actions of the managing owner of the Fund, DB Commodity Services LLC.

†The Fund seeks to track the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Excess Return™ (Symbol: DBLCIX) Results for the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Total Return™(DB Commodity Index), which consists of the Index plus 3-month United States Treasury securities returns, are displayed because the Fund collateralizes futures positions with 3-month United States Treasury securities.

+The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index - Total Return (GSCI®) and Dow Jones - AIG Commodity Index Total Return (DJ-AIG®) Indexes are unmanaged indexes used as a measurement of change in commodity market conditions based on the average performance of a basket of commodities. GSCI® is a registered trademark of Goldman, Sachs & Co. DJ-AIG® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Co., Inc. and American International Group, Inc. The S&P 500 index is an unmanaged index that is a broad measurement of change in stock market conditions based on the average performance of approximately 500 stocks. You cannot invest directly in an index.

DBC Financial Details
Ticker: DBC
Last Update19-Aug-2008
04:15 PM
Price37.91
DB Commodity Index Level*726.82
Indicative Intra-day
NAV**
37.74
Last end of day
NAV***
37.74
Last date for end
of day NAV
19-Aug-2008
Data Source:   www.amex.com
(Data delayed 20 minutes)
   *Indicative intra-day and Index closing
   **Indicative intra-day value of the Fund
   ***Last end of day DBCNAV
About the Fund's Index
The Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity IndexTM – Excess Return (DBLCITM) is composed of futures contracts on six of the most heavily traded and important physical commodities in the world. The Index commodity components were chosen based on the depth and liquidity of their markets and to provide diversified commodity performance.

The Optimum YieldTM version of the Index provides a rules-based formula for replacing an expiring futures contract with a new contract having the highest "implied roll yield". This can minimize the negative effects of rolling futures contracts when a market is in contango and maximize the positive effects of rolling futures contracts when a market is backwardated.

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