Invesco PowerShares Licenses Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index for New ETF

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“Invesco PowerShares”) has recently selected the Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index as the basis for a new exchange traded fund (ETF).*

The Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index offers a unique and practical alternative to conventional weighted indexes. Rather than assigning an equal weight to each index constituent, Russell’s sector equal weight methodology equally weights each sector within the index and then equally weights the companies within each sector. This innovative approach can provide greater potential diversification benefits than traditional equal weight indexes.

Invesco PowerShares is a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds and a pioneer in the development of smart beta ETFs. The firm believes that smart beta strategies can provide investors with a valuable alternative that expands portfolio construction opportunities and offers a full suite of smart beta ETFs in various categories.

“We are excited that Invesco PowerShares has selected our Russell 1000® Equal Weight Index as the basis for a new smart beta ETF,” said Ron Bundy, CEO of Russell Indexes. “The Russell Indexes suite of smart beta indexes are designed to provide investors with new ways of segmenting and gaining exposure to the global equity market beyond traditional market capitalization weighted indexes. We are glad to build on our relationship with PowerShares and pleased that investors now have more ways of accessing these indexes.”

About Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is leading the Intelligent ETF Revolution® through its family of more than 170 domestic and international exchange-traded funds, which seek to outperform traditional benchmark indexes while providing advisors and investors access to an innovative array of focused investment opportunities. With franchise assets of over $100 billion1 as of November 30, 2014, PowerShares ETFs trade on both US stock exchanges. For more information, please visit us at invescopowershares.com or follow us on Twitter @PowerShares.

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1US franchise assets include QQQs, BLDRS and DB Funds. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of PowerShares QQQ, BLDRS and DB Funds. PowerShares QQQ and BLDRS Funds are unit investment trusts. Invesco PowerShares and Invesco Distributors, Inc. are not affiliated with ALPS Distributors, Inc.

*This press release is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. Before investing, investors should carefully read the prospectus/summary prospectus and carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. For this and more complete information about the new equal weight ETFs, call 800 983 0903 or visit invescopowershares.com for the prospectus/summary prospectus.

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