The PowerShares DB Oil Fund (Fund) is based on the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Oil Excess Return™ (Index) and managed by DB Commodity Services LLC. The Index is a rules-based index composed of
futures contracts on Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) and is intended to reflect the
performance of crude oil. You cannot invest directly in an index. Ordinary brokerage commissions apply. |

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Date |
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11/19/2009 |
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Price |
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27.59 |
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Bid/Ask Midpoint |
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27.58 |
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NAV |
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27.50 |
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Bid/Ask Prem/Disc  |
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0.08 |
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Bid/Ask Prem/Disc |
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0.27% |
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| As of 9/30/2009 |
| Index History (%) | 1 Year | 2 Year | 3 Year | Index Publicationa | Fund Inceptionb |
| DB Crude Oil Index | -34.44 | -5.06 | -0.81 | -3.11 | 3.46 |
| S&P GS Crude Index | -58.85 | -26.87 | -15.89 | -18.68 | -14.39 |
| DJ-UBS Crude Index | -57.23 | -25.68 | -14.49 | -17.28 | -13.51 |
| S&P 500 Index | -6.91 | -14.77 | -5.43 | -3.28 | -8.10 |
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| Fund History (%) | 1 Year | 2 Year | 3 Year | Index Publicationa | Fund Inceptionb |
| NAV | -34.94 | -5.68 | | | 2.61 |
| Market Price | -35.61 | -5.97 | | | 2.50 |
aFund performance and index history are based on the Index's initial publication date: May 31, 2006 |
| bFund and underlying Index returns are based on the inception date of the Fund. Returns for the benchmark indexes are based on the closest month end to the Fund's inception date. |
Total returns are based on the closing market price. Market returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. ET and do not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance data quoted.
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| As of 9/30/2009 |
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| Data beginning 1/31/2007, the month end following Fund inception |
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. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund seeks to track the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Crude Oil Excess
Return™ (Symbol: DBOLIX). Results for the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Crude
Oil Total Return™ (DB Crude Oil 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. Please see the prospectus for a full description of how the Fund invests and the master-feeder structure of the Fund.
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Bid/Ask MidPoint Above NAV |
Bid/Ask Midpoint Below NAV |
| Quarter |
Days  |
50-99 Basis Points |
100-199 Basis Points |
H200 Basis Points |
50-99 Basis Points |
100-199 Basis Points |
H200 Basis Points |
| 12/31/2009 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 9/30/2009 |
63 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 6/30/2009 |
63 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| 3/31/2009 |
61 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
| Fund Inception: 1/5/2007 |
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| Ex-Date |  | Record Date |  | Pay Date |  | $ / Share |  | Ordinary Income |  | Short Term Gains |  | Long Term Gains |  | Return of Capital |
| 12/15/2008 |  | 12/17/2008 |  | 12/31/2008 |  | 0.12000 |  | N.A. |  | N.A. |  | N.A. |  | 0.12000 |
| 12/17/2007 |  | 12/19/2007 |  | 12/28/2007 |  | 1.28000 |  | N.A. |  | N.A. |  | N.A. |  | 1.28000 | |
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| Distribution Information |

Throughout the year, the weightings of each commodity component in the Index will naturally change based on changes in the underlying futures prices. The Fund's underlying holdings are rebalanced to the Index's base weights according to the schedule described in the prospectus. |
| As of 11/19/2009 |
| Commodity |
Contract Expiry Date |
Index Weight |
Base Weight |
| Light Crude |
6/22/2010 |
100.00% |
100.00% |
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Commodities and futures generally are volatile and are not suitable for all investors. Funds focusing on a single sector generally experience greater price volatility. 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. 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.
Please review a copy of the prospectus carefully prior to investing. The prospectus provides a detailed explanation of the costs of investing, including the fees and expenses. You may purchase or sell PowerShares DB Oil Fund shares throughout the day through any brokerage account, which will result in typical brokerage commissions. However, only Authorized Participants may create or redeem PowerShares DB Oil Fund shares directly in large block creation/redemption units. Please review the prospectus carefully.
Shares are not individually redeemable and owners of the Shares may acquire those shares from the Fund and tender those shares for redemption to the Fund in Creation Units only, typically consisting of aggregations of 200,000 shares.
The S&P GSCI Crude Index — Total Return™
(S&P GSCI Crude) and the Dow Jones Crude Oil
Total Return Sub-IndexSM (DJ-UBS Crude) are
unmanaged indexes used as a measurement of
change in oil market conditions based on the
performance of a basket of crude oil futures. The
S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged
index considered representative of the U.S. stock market. S&P GSCI Crude Index — Total Return™
is a trademark of Standard & Poor's, a Division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Dow Jones Crude
Oil Total Return Sub-IndexSM is a trademark of Dow
Jones & Company, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
Except where indicated otherwise, all information is as of date noted, and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is either the source of such data or has obtained it from third-party financial reporting sources.
For more information regarding the PowerShares DB Oil Fund or any of the Invesco PowerShares products, please call 800.983.0903.