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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 25
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OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number:
323500080
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Expires:
February 28, 2009
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NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 001-31670
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, American
Stock
Exchange, LLC
(Exact name of Issuer as
specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or
registered)
301 West Roosevelt Road
Wheaton,
Illinois 60187
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)
Shares of Beneficial Interest, no par value, of
the following portfolios:
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PowerShares Aerospace &
Defense Portfolio
PowerShares Buyback Achievers
TM
Portfolio
PowerShares Cleantech
TM
Portfolio
PowerShares Dividend Achievers
TM
Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Aggressive Growth Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Banking Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials Sector Portfolio,
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio,
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio,
PowerShares Dynamic Deep Value Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Financial Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Hardware & Consumer Electronics Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Telecommunications & Wireless Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio
PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio
PowerShares High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers
TM
Portfolio
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers
TM
Portfolio
PowerShares International Dividend Achievers
TM
Portfolio
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PowerShares Dynamic Industrials
Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Insurance Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure and Entertainment Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic MagniQuant Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Growth Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Mid Cap Value Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic OTC Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Small Cap Value Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio
PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio
PowerShares Listed Private Equity Portfolio
PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio
PowerShares Value Line Industry Rotation Portfolio
PowerShares Value Line Timeliness
TM
Select Portfolio
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio
PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio
PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio
and PowerShares Zacks Small Cap Portfolio
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(Description of class of securities)
Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied
upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)
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o
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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)
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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)
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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)
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Pursuant
to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the
class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the
Exchange.(1)
x
Pursuant
to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange
and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal
of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has
caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.
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October 27, 2008
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By
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/s/ H. Bruce Bond
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Principal Executive Officer
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Date
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Name
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Title
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(1) Form 25 and attached Notice will be considered
compliance with the provisions of 17 CFR 240.19d-1 as applicable. See General
Instructions.
Persons who respond to the collection of
information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form
displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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SEC 1654(03-06)
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Persons who respond to the collection of
information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the
form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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