As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ~~August 20~~September 27, ~~2008~~2012

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

iSHARES^® DIVERSIFIED ALTERNATIVES TRUST

SPONSORED BY ~~BARCLAYS~~iSHARES® ~~GLOBAL~~DELAWARE ~~INVESTORS~~TRUST ~~INTERNATIONAL,~~SPONSOR ~~INC.~~LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	6799	~~N/A~~26-4632352
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Asset ~~Investors~~Management International, Inc.

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attn: ~~BGI’s~~ Product Management Team, and Intermediary Investor ~~Investors~~ and Exchange-Traded Products Department

(415) ~~597~~670-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Asset ~~Investors~~ Management International, Inc.

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Attn: ~~BGI’s~~ Product Management Team, and Intermediary ~~Investors~~Investor and Exchange-Traded Products Department

(415) ~~597~~670-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

David Yeres, Esq. Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 ~~Matthew~~Deepa ~~J. Fitzgerald~~Damre, Esq. ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Fund ~~Investors,~~Advisors ~~N.A.~~ 400 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨x Non-accelerated filer x¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ¨

~~Calculation~~CALCULATION ofOF ~~Registration Fee~~REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities to be registered

Amount to ~~be registered~~beregistered

~~Proposed maximum offering price per iShare(1)~~

Proposed maximumoffering price perShare

~~Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)~~

~~Amount~~Proposed ofmaximumaggregate ~~registration~~offering ~~fee~~price

Amount of registration Fee(1)

~~20,000~~

~~1,000,000~~

~~39.30~~$0

(1) ~~The~~This ~~proposed~~Registration ~~maximum~~Statement ~~aggregate~~(the ~~offering~~“replacement ~~price~~registration ~~has~~statement”) ~~been~~relates ~~calculated~~to ~~assuming~~shares of the registrant that ~~all~~were ~~Shares~~previously ~~are~~registered ~~sold~~pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-153099 (the “expiring registration statement”) originally declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12th, 2009, and which remain unsold at athe ~~price~~time of ~~$50.00~~effectiveness ~~per~~of ~~Share~~this replacement registration statement (such shares, the “unsold shares”). ~~The~~Prior ~~amount~~to the effectiveness of ~~the~~this replacement registration ~~fee~~statement, the registrant will file a pre-effective amendment hereto setting forth the total number of unsold shares and the ~~Shares~~amount isof ~~calculated~~registration fee paid in ~~reliance~~connection ~~upon~~with their registration pursuant to the expiring registration statement. As provided in Rule ~~457~~415(oa)(6) under the Securities Act, ~~and~~the ~~using~~fee so paid will continue to be applied to the ~~proposed~~unsold ~~maximum~~shares ~~aggregate~~and ~~offering~~no ~~price~~additional asfiling ~~described~~fee ~~above~~is required.

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell ~~these~~ securities ~~until~~ pursuant to the prospectus included in this registration statement ~~filed~~until ~~with~~it is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ~~is effective~~. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

~~Subject~~SUBJECT toTO ~~completion~~COMPLETION, ~~dated [ ]~~DATED SEPTEMBER 27, ~~2008~~2012

~~20,000~~[ ] Shares

iShares^® Diversified Alternatives Trust

The iShares® Diversified Alternatives Trust, or the Trust, ~~will~~is be a Delaware statutory trust that ~~will~~issues ~~issue~~ Shares representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets. The Trust ~~will~~seeks ~~seek~~ to maximize its absolute returns by investing in long and/or short positions in ~~futures~~foreign-currency ~~and/or~~ forward contracts ~~involving assets such as commodities, currencies, stock~~ and~~/or~~ ~~bond~~exchange-traded ~~indices,~~futures ~~interest~~contracts ~~rates and debt instruments. Investments for the Trust’s portfolio will be~~ selected by ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~ Fund Advisors, the Trust’s Advisor, following investment strategies that utilize quantitative methodologies to identify potentially profitable discrepancies in the relative values or market prices of one or more assets. See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies.” The objective of the Trust ~~will~~is be to maximize absolute returns from investments with historically low correlation to traditional asset classes while seeking to control the risks and volatility inherent in futures and forward contracts by taking long and short positions in historically correlated assets.

The Shares are ~~expected~~listed ~~to be~~for ~~listed~~trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol “~~[ ]~~ALT.” ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Institutional ~~Investors~~Trust Company, N.A. ~~will~~is be the Trustee of the Trust. The Trust ~~will~~is be a commodity pool, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and ~~will~~is be operated by its Sponsor, ~~Barclays~~iShares® ~~Global~~Delaware ~~Investors~~Trust ~~International,~~Sponsor ~~Inc.~~LLC, a commodity pool operator registered under the Commodity Exchange Act. The Trust ~~will~~is not be an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act.

Investing in the Shares involves significant risk. See “Risk Factors” starting on page 13 15.

• ~~Futures~~Effective ~~and~~on forward contracts are volatile and even asmall price movement may result in large losses. • The Trust will use leveraged investment techniques inseeking to achieve its investment objectives. Leveragewill cause the ~~value~~date of ~~the~~this ~~Shares~~prospectus, ~~to be more volatilethan if~~ the ~~Trust~~maximum ~~did~~annualized ~~not~~portfolio ~~use~~return ~~leverage.~~volatility •targeted ~~The~~by ~~return on~~ the ~~Shares~~Advisor ~~(if any)~~ will ~~not~~increase befrom ~~related~~8% ~~toany index or other benchmark. • The Trust will have no mandatory allocationrequirements. Accordingly, at any given time the Trustmay be disproportionately exposed~~ to ~~one or moremarkets, asset classes or contract counterparties~~10%. •This ~~The~~more ~~Trust~~aggressive ~~will~~approach ~~be subject to fees and expenses thatwill be payable regardless of profitability. • There~~ may beresult ~~conflicts~~in ofhigher ~~interest between you andthe Sponsor, the Trustee, the Trust’s Advisor andtheir affiliates. • Your~~ losses ~~may be exacerbated if there is no liquidmarket for the Shares at the time you want to sellthem~~. ~~• You may lose all or substantially all of yourinvestment in the Shares.~~

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Prices of futures and forward contracts are volatile and even a small price movement may result in large losses.

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The Trust uses leveraged investment techniques in seeking to achieve its investment objectives. Leverage causes the value of the Shares to be more volatile than if the Trust did not use leverage.

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The return on the Shares (if any) is not related to any index or other benchmark.

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The Trust has no mandatory holdings allocation requirements. Accordingly, at any given time, the Trust may be disproportionately exposed to one or more markets, asset classes or contract counterparties.

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The Trust is subject to fees and expenses that are payable regardless of profitability.

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There may be conflicts of interest between you and the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Trust’s Advisor and their affiliates.

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Your losses may be exacerbated if there is no liquid market for the Shares at the time you want to sell them.

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You may lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Shares.

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Neither the Advisor, nor any of the Advisor’s principals, has been responsible for or has any experience as advisor to or manager of an active commodity fund other than the Trust.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities offered in this prospectus, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS POOL NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.

The Shares ~~will~~are not be deposits or other obligations of ~~Barclays~~BlackRock Institutional ~~Bank~~Trust ~~PLC or Barclays Global Investors~~Company, N.A. or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates or any other bank, ~~will~~are not be guaranteed by ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Bank~~Institutional ~~PLC~~Trust ~~or Barclays Global Investors~~Company, N.A. or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates or any other bank and ~~will~~are not be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. An investment in the Shares ~~will~~is be speculative and ~~involve~~involves a high degree of risk.

The Trust ~~will~~intends ~~offer~~to offer Shares on a continuous basis. The Trust ~~will~~issues ~~issue~~ and ~~redeem~~redeems Shares only in one or more blocks of 5100,000 Shares called Baskets. These transactions ~~will~~ take place only with certain broker-dealers with whom the Trust has entered into written arrangements regarding the issuance and redemption of Shares (we refer to these broker-dealers as Authorized Participants), in each case in exchange for a consideration inper ~~cash~~Share equal to the net asset value per ~~Basket~~Share announced by the Trust on the first ~~announced~~Business Day (as defined herein) after the purchase or redemption order is ~~accepted~~received by the Trust. See “Business of the Trust—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value.” Only institutions that enter into an agreement with the Trust to become Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem Baskets.

~~The Trust will issue to~~ On [ ], ~~called~~2012, the ~~Initial~~Shares ~~Authorized~~closed ~~Participant, [ ]~~on ~~Baskets~~NYSE ofArca ~~Shares~~at ~~comprising~~ $[ ] ~~Shares, which we refer to as the Initial Shares~~.

The Authorized Participants ~~(including the Initial Authorized Participant)~~ may offer to the public, from time to time, Shares from any Baskets they purchase from the Trust ~~(including the Initial Shares)~~. Shares ~~(including the Initial Shares)~~ offered to the public by the Authorized Participants may be offered at a per-Share offering price that varies depending on, among other factors, the trading price of the Shares on NYSE Arca, the net asset value per Share and the supply of and demand for the Shares at the time of the offer. Shares initially comprising the same Basket but offered ~~by Authorized Participants~~ to the public at different times may have different offering prices. ~~Neither~~The ~~the Initial~~ Authorized ~~Participant~~Participants ~~nor any other Authorized Participant~~ will not receive from the Trust, the Sponsor or any of their affiliates, any fee or other compensation in connection with their sale of Shares to the public.; ~~The~~however, ~~Initial~~ Authorized ~~Participant~~Participants ~~and any other Authorized Participant~~ may receive commissions or fees from investors who purchase Shares through their commission- or fee-based brokerage accounts.

The date of this prospectus is [ ], ~~2008~~2012.

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION PERMITS YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMODITY POOL. IN SO DOING, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ~~FUTURES~~COMMODITY INTEREST TRADING CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES, AS WELL AS GAINS. SUCH TRADING LOSSES CAN SHARPLY REDUCE THE NET ASSET VALUE OF THE POOL AND CONSEQUENTLY THE VALUE OF YOUR INTEREST IN THE POOL. IN ADDITION, RESTRICTIONS ON REDEMPTIONS MAY AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO WITHDRAW YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE POOL.

FURTHER, COMMODITY POOLS MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT, AND ADVISORY AND BROKERAGE FEES. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THOSE POOLS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETION OR EXHAUSTION OF THEIR ASSETS. THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EACH EXPENSE TO BE CHARGED THIS POOL AT PAGES 1214 AND 3645 AND A STATEMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE RETURN NECESSARY TO BREAK EVEN, THAT IS, TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT OF YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT, AT PAGE 1214.

THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER FACTORS NECESSARY TO EVALUATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMMODITY POOL. THEREFORE, BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMODITY POOL, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY STUDY THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS OF THIS INVESTMENT, ~~BEGINNING~~ AT PAGE 1315.

YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THIS COMMODITY POOL MAY TRADE FOREIGN FUTURES OR OPTIONS CONTRACTS. TRANSACTIONS ON MARKETS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MARKETS FORMALLY LINKED TO A UNITED STATES MARKET, MAY BE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS WHICH OFFER DIFFERENT OR DIMINISHED ~~PROTECTIONS~~PROTECTION TO THE POOL AND ITS PARTICIPANTS. FURTHER, UNITED STATES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPEL THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES OF REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OR MARKETS IN NON-UNITED STATES JURISDICTIONS WHERE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE POOL MAY BE EFFECTED.

YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THIS COMMODITY POOL ~~HAS~~MAY ENGAGE IN OFF-EXCHANGE FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING. SUCH TRADING IS NOT ~~COMMENCED~~CONDUCTED IN THE INTERBANK MARKET. THE FUNDS THAT THE POOL USES FOR OFF-EXCHANGE FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING WILL NOT RECEIVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS FUNDS USED TO MARGIN OR GUARANTEE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUTURES AND ~~DOES~~OPTION CONTRACTS. IF THE POOL DEPOSITS SUCH FUNDS WITH A COUNTERPARTY AND THAT COUNTERPARTY BECOMES INSOLVENT, THE POOL’S CLAIM FOR AMOUNTS DEPOSITED OR PROFITS EARNED ON TRANSACTIONS WITH THE COUNTERPARTY MAY NOT ~~HAVE~~BE TREATED AS A COMMODITY CUSTOMER CLAIM FOR PURPOSES OF SUBCHAPTER IV OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER. THE POOL MAY BE A GENERAL CREDITOR AND ITS CLAIM MAY BE PAID, ALONG WITH THE CLAIMS OF OTHER GENERAL CREDITORS, FROM ANY ~~PERFORMANCE~~MONIES ~~HISTORY~~STILL AVAILABLE AFTER PRIORITY CLAIMS ARE PAID. EVEN POOL FUNDS THAT THE COUNTERPARTY KEEPS SEPARATE FROM ITS OWN FUNDS MAY NOT BE SAFE FROM THE CLAIMS OF PRIORITY AND OTHER GENERAL CREDITORS.

iSHARES^® DIVERSIFIED ALTERNATIVES TRUST 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.

AUTHORIZED PARTICIPANTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN SELLING TO THE PUBLIC SHARES PURCHASED FROM THE TRUST. SEE “PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.”

THE TRUST MAY CONSTITUTE A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME AS DEFINED IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (THE “FSMA”). THE TRUST IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR OTHERWISE RECOGNIZED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THEREFORE WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS AN UNREGULATED COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME

~~FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FSMA. AS SUCH, THE ISSUE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS RESTRICTED BY LAW. IN ADDITION, THIS PROSPECTUS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY A PERSON~~ AUTHORIZED TOPARTICIPANTS ~~CARRY~~MAY ~~ON INVESTMENT BUSINESS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (AN “AUTHORIZED PERSON”) FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 21(2)(B) OF THE FSMA. ACCORDINGLY, THIS PROSPECTUS CAN ONLY~~ BE ~~ISSUED OR~~REQUIRED ~~DISTRIBUTED~~TO INDELIVER THE UNITED KINGDOM: (1) BY AN AUTHORIZED PERSON IN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED BY CHAPTER II OF PART XVII OF THE FSMA AND RULES MADE THEREUNDER AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FSMA (FINANCIAL PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES) (EXEMPTIONS) ORDER 2001 (AS AMENDED), OR BY A ~~PERSON WHO IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED PERSON, IN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED BY THE FSMA (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED); AND (2) IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE ISSUANCE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS~~ PROSPECTUS ~~WOULD~~WHEN ~~NOT~~SELLING ~~CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN AN OFFER OF TRANSFERABLE SECURITIES~~ TO THE PUBLIC ~~IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN THE MEANING OF PART VI OF THE FSMA. ANY OTHER DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN OR INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM IS~~SHARES ~~UNAUTHORIZED.~~PURCHASED ~~ANY PERSON ISSUING OR DISTRIBUTING THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PART OF IT MAY BE ACTING IN BREACH OF APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATIONS AND ANY PERSONS RECEIVING THIS PROSPECTUS IN OR~~ FROM THE ~~UNITED KINGDOM IN CIRCUMSTANCES NOT FALLING WITHIN (1) OR (2) ABOVE MAY NOT RELY ON ITS CONTENTS~~TRUST. NOSEE ~~PART~~“PLAN OF ~~THIS PROSPECTUS SHOULD THEREFORE BE PUBLISHED, DISTRIBUTED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE WITH UNRESTRICTED ACCESS IN ANY FORM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM~~DISTRIBUTION.”

THE ~~SHARES~~TRUST MAY CONSTITUTE BEA ~~ACQUIRED~~COLLECTIVE ~~ONLY~~INVESTMENT INSCHEME ~~ACCORDANCE~~AS ~~WITH~~DEFINED IN THE ~~GERMAN~~FINANCIAL ~~SECURITIES~~SERVICES ~~PROSPECTUS~~AND MARKETS ACT ~~(WERTPAPIERPROSPEKTGESETZ,~~2000 (THE ~~“SECURITIES~~ ~~PROSPECTUS ACT~~“FSMA”). ~~AND~~THE TRUST IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR OTHERWISE RECOGNIZED IN THE ~~GERMAN~~UNITED KINGDOM AND THEREFORE WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS AN UNREGULATED COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT ~~ACT~~SCHEME ~~(INVESTMENTGESETZ,~~FOR THE ~~“INVESTMENT~~PURPOSES ~~ACT”),~~OF THE FSMA. AS SUCH, THE ~~CASE~~ISSUE ~~MAY~~AND BEDISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS RESTRICTED BY LAW. IN ADDITION, ~~AND~~THIS ~~ARE~~PROSPECTUS HAS NOT ~~REGISTERED~~BEEN ORAPPROVED BY A PERSON AUTHORIZED ~~FOR~~TO CARRY ~~DISTRIBUTION~~ON ~~UNDER~~INVESTMENT BUSINESS IN THE ~~SECURITIES~~UNITED ~~PROSPECTUS ACT~~KINGDOM OR(AN “AUTHORIZED PERSON”) FOR THE ~~INVESTMENT~~PURPOSES ~~ACT~~OF SECTION 21(2)(B) OF THE FSMA. ACCORDINGLY, ~~THE~~THIS ~~SHARES~~PROSPECTUS ~~MAY~~CAN ~~NOT~~ONLY BE, ~~AND~~ISSUED ~~ARE~~OR ~~NOT~~DISTRIBUTED ~~BEING,~~IN ~~OFFERED~~THE ORUNITED ~~ADVERTISED~~KINGDOM: ~~PUBLICLY~~(1) BY ORAN AUTHORIZED ~~OFFERED~~PERSON ~~SIMILARLY~~IN ~~UNDER~~CIRCUMSTANCES PERMITTED BY SECTION 235 OF THE ~~SECURITIES~~FSMA ~~PROSPECTUS~~AND ~~ACT~~RULES ORMADE THEREUNDER AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FSMA (FINANCIAL PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT ~~ACT.~~SCHEMES) ~~THEREFORE~~(EXEMPTIONS) ORDER 2001 (AS AMENDED), ~~THIS~~OR ~~OFFER~~BY A PERSON WHO IS ~~BEING~~NOT AN ~~MADE~~AUTHORIZED ~~ONLY~~PERSON, TOIN ~~RECIPIENTS TO~~CIRCUMSTANCES ~~WHOM~~PERMITTED ~~THIS~~BY ~~PROSPECTUS~~THE ISFSMA ~~PERSONALLY~~(FINANCIAL ~~ADDRESSED~~PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED); AND ~~DOES~~(2) IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE ISSUANCE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS WOULD NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN AN OFFER OROF TRANSFERABLE ~~ADVERTISEMENT~~SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC. ~~ALL~~IN ~~PROSPECTIVE~~THE ~~INVESTORS~~UNITED ~~ARE~~KINGDOM ~~URGED~~WITHIN TOTHE ~~SEEK~~MEANING ~~TAX~~OF ~~ADVICE~~PART ~~REGARDING~~VI OF THE ~~TAX~~FSMA. ~~TREATMENT~~ANY OTHER DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN OR INTO THE ~~SHARES~~UNITED ~~PURSUANT~~KINGDOM TOIS ~~GERMAN~~UNAUTHORIZED. ANY PERSON ISSUING OR DISTRIBUTING THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PART OF IT MAY BE ACTING IN BREACH OF APPLICABLE LAW, ~~INCLUDING~~OR REGULATIONS AND ANY PERSONS RECEIVING THIS PROSPECTUS IN OR FROM THE ~~GERMAN~~ ~~INVESTMENT~~UNITED ~~TAX~~KINGDOM ~~ACT~~IN CIRCUMSTANCES NOT FALLING WITHIN (~~INVESTMENTSTEUERGESETZ~~1) OR (2) ABOVE MAY NOT RELY ON ITS CONTENTS. NO PART OF THIS PROSPECTUS SHOULD THEREFORE BE PUBLISHED, ~~AND~~DISTRIBUTED ~~OTHER~~OR ~~APPLICABLE~~OTHERWISE ~~LAW~~MADE BYAVAILABLE ~~THEIR~~WITH ~~TAX~~UNRESTRICTED ~~ADVISOR~~ACCESS IN ANY FORM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

~~Other~~THE ~~Information~~TRUST HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE SWISS FINANCIAL MARKET SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY (THE “FINMA”) AS A FOREIGN COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 120 OF THE SWISS COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME ACT OF JUNE 23, 2006 (THE “CISA”). ACCORDINGLY, THE SHARES MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY OFFERED IN OR FROM SWITZERLAND AND NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OTHER OFFERING MATERIALS RELATING TO THE TRUST AND/OR THE SHARES MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH A PUBLIC OFFERING IN OR FROM SWITZERLAND. THE SHARES MAY ONLY BE OFFERED AND THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED IN OR FROM SWITZERLAND TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS (AS DEFINED IN THE CISA AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS).

~~“iShares”~~OTHER isINFORMATION ~~a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A.~~

“iShares” is a registered trademark of BlackRock Fund Advisors or its affiliates.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus includes statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable phrases. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this prospectus that address activities, events or developments that may occur in the future, including matters such as changes in market conditions (for the Trust’s assets and the Shares), the Trust’s operations, the Sponsor’s plans and references to the Trust’s future success and other similar matters, are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. These statements are based upon assumptions and analyses made by the Sponsor on the basis of its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Whether actual results and developments will conform to the Sponsor’s expectations and predictions, however, is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the special considerations discussed in this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, general economic, market and business conditions, changes in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities or regulatory bodies and other world economic and political developments. Consequently, the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized, will result in the expected consequences to, or have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value of the Shares. Moreover, none of the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, or any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any forward-looking statements. None of the Trust, the Sponsor, the Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is under a duty to update any forward-looking statements to conform the statements to actual results or to a change in the expectations or predictions of these persons.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page
Forward-Looking Statements	iii
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY		1
Prospectus Summary	1
RISK FACTORS		15
Risk Factors	13
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		38
Use of Proceeds	31
USE OF PROCEEDS		38
Business of the Trust	32
BUSINESS OF THE TRUST		39
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	38
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA		47
Description of the Shares and The Trust Agreement	40
SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION		48
The Securities Depository; Book-Entry-Only System; Global Security	46
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		51
The Sponsor	47
DESCRIPTION OF THE SHARES AND THE TRUST AGREEMENT		64
The Trustee	49
THE SECURITIES DEPOSITORY; BOOK-ENTRY-ONLY SYSTEM; GLOBAL SECURITY		70
The Delaware Trustee	49
THE SPONSOR		71
The Advisor	49
THE TRUSTEE		75
The Futures Commission Merchant	51
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE		75
Conflicts of Interest	52
THE ADVISOR		75
Certain Performance Data	54
THE FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT		78
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences	56
THE FOREIGN CURRENCY PRIME BROKER		81
ERISA and Related Considerations	68
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST		82
Plan of Distribution	69
CERTAIN PERFORMANCE DATA		86
Legal Matters	74
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES		89
Experts	74
ERISA AND RELATED CONSIDERATIONS		102
Where You Can Find More Information	74
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION		103
LEGAL MATTERS		111
EXPERTS		111
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION		111
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		F-1
PART 2—STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. None of the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Trust has authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. None of the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Trust is making an offer to sell the Shares in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus.

Certain defined terms used in this prospectus are set forth in the “Glossary” in the Statement of Additional Information attached hereto.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights some of the information contained in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in the Shares. You should carefully read this entire prospectus, including “Risk Factors” beginning on page 1315, before making a decision to invest in the Shares. Capitalized terms not defined in this section have the meaning set forth in the Glossary beginning on page 2-4 of Part 2 of this prospectus.

Structure of the Trust

The iShares® Diversified ~~Alternative~~ Alternatives Trust, or the Trust, ~~will~~is ~~be formed as~~ a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust ~~will~~intends ~~continuously~~to continuously issue and redeem Shares in transactions with Authorized Participants. Each Share represents a unit of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust, called the Portfolio, consist of cash and financial instruments that ~~will~~are be used, as needed, to secure the Trust’s trading obligations in respect of aforeign-currency ~~portfolio of futures and/or~~ forward contracts ~~involving commodities, currencies, certain eligible stock~~ and~~/or~~ ~~bond indices, interest rates and sovereign, private and mortgage~~exchange-traded orfutures ~~asset-backed~~contracts ~~debt instruments. Investments for the Trust’s portfolio will be~~ selected by ~~Barclays Global~~BlackRock Fund Advisors, the Trust’s Advisor, following investment strategies that utilize quantitative methodologies to identify potentially profitable discrepancies in the relative values or market prices of one or more assets and seek to control the risks and volatility inherent in these investments by taking long and short positions in historically correlated assets. See “—Investment Objective; Strategies.” The term of the Trust ~~will~~is be perpetual, unless it is dissolved under the circumstances described under “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Amendment and Dissolution.” The principal offices of the Trust ~~will~~are be located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, and the Trust’s telephone number is (415) ~~597~~670-2000.

The Trust ~~will~~is be a commodity pool as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”) and the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”). The Trust ~~will~~is be operated by its Sponsor, iShares® ~~Barclays~~Delaware ~~Global~~Trust ~~Investors~~Sponsor ~~International~~LLC, ~~Inc.,~~a ~~which~~limited isliability company registered under the CEA as a commodity pool operator ~~registered~~. ~~with~~The ~~the~~sole ~~CFTC,~~member and manager of the Sponsor is anBlackRock ~~indirect~~Asset ~~subsidiary~~Management ofInternational ~~Barclays~~Inc., ~~Bank~~a ~~PLC~~Delaware corporation. ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Institutional ~~Investors~~Trust Company, N.A. ~~will~~is be the Trustee of the Trust. The Advisor, ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~ Fund Advisors, ~~which~~ is ~~an indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, will serve as~~ the ~~commodity~~ commodity trading advisor of the Trust and is registered under the CEA. The Trust ~~will~~is not be an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act and ~~will~~is not be required to register under that Act.

The material terms of the agreement governing the Trust are discussed in greater detail under “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement.”

~~The~~Breakeven ~~estimated~~Point ~~amount~~Per ofUnit ~~all fees and expenses which are anticipated to be incurred by a new investor during the first twelve months is [ ]% (or $[ ]~~ of ~~the~~Initial ~~initial~~Investment ~~offering price of $50 per share. See “Breakeven Analysis.”~~

The estimated amount of all fees and expenses which are anticipated to be incurred by a new investor during the first twelve months is 1.07% of the per Share price of $50.65 as of August 31, 2012 (or expressed as a dollar amount, $0.54 of the price of $50.65 per Share). Based on certain interest rate, expense and other assumptions, the estimated twelve-month breakeven point is 0.93% of the $50.65 per Share price as of August 31, 2012 (or expressed as a dollar amount, $0.47 of the price of $50.65 per Share). See “Breakeven Analysis”.

Creations and Redemptions

The Trust ~~will~~issues ~~issue~~ Shares only in one or more blocks of 5100,000 Shares (each, ~~called~~a ~~Baskets,~~“Basket”) in exchange for cash in an amount equal to the Basket ~~net~~Amount ~~asset~~announced ~~value~~by ~~per~~the ~~Basket~~Trust on the first ~~announced~~Business Day after the purchase order is ~~accepted~~received by the Trust. The Trust ~~will~~redeems ~~redeem~~ Shares only in Baskets in exchange for cash in an amount equal to the ~~net~~Basket ~~asset~~Amount ~~value~~announced ~~per~~by ~~Basket~~the Trust on the first ~~announced~~Business Day after the redemption order is ~~accepted~~received by the Trust. The Trust ~~will~~does not redeem individual Shares or Baskets held by ~~parties who are not Authorized Participants.~~

The Sponsor

The Sponsor is Barclays Global Investors International, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC. The Sponsor’s primary business function in connection with the Trust will be to act as commodity pool operator of the Trust.

~~Barclays~~ parties ~~Global~~who ~~Investors~~are ~~International,~~not ~~Inc~~Authorized Participants. ~~has~~See ~~been~~“Risk ~~registered~~Factors—Risk ~~under~~Relating to the ~~CEA~~Trust ~~since~~and ~~October 13,~~Investment ~~2005~~in asthe aShares—Creation ~~commodity~~and ~~pool~~redemption ~~operator~~of ~~and~~Baskets ismay abe ~~member~~delayed when one or more of the ~~National~~exchanges ~~Futures~~where ~~Association~~the (Trust may need to trade, either to establish new positions or to liquidate existing ones, are scheduled to be closed, and may be subject to postponement, suspension or rejection under certain circumstances, all of which may reduce the ~~“NFA”)~~liquidity of the Shares.”

The Sponsor will arrange for the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering and the listing of the Shares on NYSE Arca. The Sponsor will be obligated under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor will receive an allocation that will accrue daily at an annualized rate equal to [ ]% of the net asset value of the Trust and will be payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. That allocation to the Sponsor is referred to in this prospectus as the “Sponsor’s Fee”. For a description of how the net asset value of the Trust will be calculated, see “Business of the Trust—Computation of Trust’s Net Asset Value.”

The Sponsor is iShares^® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The Sponsor’s primary business function in connection with the Trust is to direct the actions of the Trustee in the management of the Trust and to act as commodity pool operator of the Trust.

The Sponsor has been registered under the CEA as a commodity pool operator and has been a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) since June 2009.

The Sponsor arranged for the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering and the listing of the Shares on NYSE Arca. The Sponsor is obligated under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) fees for registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor is entitled to an allocation that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.95% of the Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust and is payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. That allocation to the Sponsor is referred to in this prospectus as the “Sponsor’s Fee.” For a description of how the net asset value of the Trust is calculated, see “Business of the Trust—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value.”

The Sponsor may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee if the Trustee ceases to meet certain objective requirements, or if, having received written notice of a material breach of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee has not cured the breach within 30 days. The Sponsor may also replace the Trustee during the 90 days following any merger, consolidation or conversion in which the Trustee is not the surviving entity or, in its discretion, at any time following the first anniversary of the creation of the Trust.

The principal office of the Sponsor is located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, and its telephone number is (415) ~~597~~670-2000.

The Advisor

The Advisor ~~will~~is beBlackRock ~~Barclays Global~~ Fund Advisors ~~(the “Advisor”)~~, a California corporation ~~and an indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC~~. The Advisor ~~will serve as~~ is the commodity trading advisor for the Trust and ~~will~~has ~~have~~ discretionary authority to make all determinations with respect to the Portfolio, subject to specified limitations. The Advisor has been registered as a commodity trading advisor under the CEA since April 5, 1993 and is a member of the NFA.

The Advisor and the Trust may each terminate the Advisory Agreement at any time upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

The Trustee

The Trustee of the Trust ~~will~~is beBlackRock ~~Barclays~~Institutional ~~Global~~Trust ~~Investors~~Company, N.A., a national banking association affiliated with the Sponsor. The Shares ~~will~~are not be deposits or other obligations of ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Bank PLC or Barclays Global Investors, N.A. or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates or any other bank, will not be guaranteed by Barclays Bank PLC or Barclays Global Investors, N.A. or any of their~~Institutional ~~subsidiaries~~Trust or affiliates or any other bank and will not be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. An investment in the Shares is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.

The Trustee will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust. Day-to-day administration includes (1) processing orders for the creation and redemption of Baskets and (2) calculating the net asset value of the Trust on each Business Day.

The Trustee will delegate the processing of creation and redemption orders of Baskets to SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Processing Agent”). The Trustee will also delegate the valuation of certain assets of the Trust for purposes of the daily calculation of the net asset value of the Trust and the remainder of its day-to-day

~~administrative~~Company, ~~responsibilities~~N.A. toor ~~the~~any ~~Trust~~of toits ~~State~~subsidiaries ~~Street~~or ~~Bank &~~affiliates ~~Trust~~or ~~Company~~any ~~(the~~other ~~“Trust~~bank, ~~Administrator”).~~are ~~Neither~~not ~~the~~guaranteed ~~Processing Agent~~by ~~nor~~BlackRock ~~the~~Institutional Trust ~~Administrator~~Company, isN.A. ~~affiliated~~or ~~with~~any ~~the~~of ~~Sponsor~~its subsidiaries or ~~the~~affiliates ~~Trustee.~~or ~~The~~any other ~~Trustee~~bank ~~will~~and ~~also~~are ~~retain~~not ~~PricewaterhouseCoopers~~insured ~~LLP~~by (the ~~“Tax~~Federal ~~Administrator”)~~Deposit toInsurance ~~provide~~Corporation ~~tax~~or ~~accounting~~any ~~and~~other ~~tax~~governmental ~~reporting services for the Trust~~agency. ~~The Trustee~~An ~~may~~investment ~~terminate~~in the ~~Processing~~Shares ~~Agent,~~is ~~the~~speculative ~~Trust~~and ~~Administrator~~involves ora ~~the~~high ~~Tax~~degree ~~Administrator~~of ~~at any time or appoint different agents to act on its behalf~~risk.

For a more detailed description of the role and responsibilities of the Trustee and the Trust Administrator, see “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement.”

The Delaware Trustee

Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware ~~banking~~ corporation, ~~will~~with ~~serve~~trust aspowers, is the Delaware Trustee of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee ~~will~~is not be entitled to exercise any of the powers, orand does not have any of the duties or responsibilities, of the Trustee. The Delaware Trustee ~~will~~is be a trustee of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

The Trust Administrator and Certain Agents of the Trust

The Trust has delegated the processing of creation and redemption orders of Baskets to SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Processing Agent”). The Trust has also delegated the valuation of certain assets of the Trust for purposes of the daily calculation of the net asset value of the Trust and certain other administrative responsibilities to State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Trust Administrator”). Neither the Processing Agent nor the Trust Administrator is affiliated with the Sponsor or the Trustee. The Trust has also retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the “Tax Administrator”) to provide tax accounting and tax reporting services for the Trust. The Trust may terminate the Processing Agent, the Trust Administrator or the Tax Administrator at any time or appoint different agents to act on its behalf.

Investment Objective; Strategies

The investment objective of the Trust ~~will~~is be to maximize absolute returns from ~~its~~a portfolio of ~~futures~~foreign ~~and/or~~currency forward contracts ~~involving~~and ~~commodities,~~exchange-traded ~~currencies,~~futures ~~certain~~contracts ~~eligible~~that ~~stock~~may ~~and/or~~involve ~~bond~~commodities, ~~indices~~currencies, interest rates and ~~sovereign,~~certain ~~private~~eligible ~~and~~stock ~~mortgage-~~ or ~~asset-backed~~bond ~~debt~~indices ~~instruments~~ while seeking to ~~reduce~~control the risks and volatility inherent in those investments by taking long and short positions in historically correlated assets. The Trust ~~will~~ also expects to earn interest on the assets used to collateralize its trading positions. The return on assets in the Portfolio, if any, ~~will~~is not be intended to track the performance of any index or other benchmark. There is no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objectives.

Since the inception of the Trust, the Advisor set a range between 6% and 8% as its target for the annualized portfolio return volatility of the Trust. Seeking to improve Trust returns, on the date of this prospectus the Advisor will increase the maximum portfolio return volatility to 10% per annum. This increase in volatility may result in higher losses.

Forward Contracts

A forward contract is an agreement between two parties, one of ~~whom~~which undertakes to purchase from or sell to the other, on a specified future date, a specified quantity of a specified asset at a specified location in exchange for a specified purchase price. At the discretion of the Advisor, the Trust may enter into foreign currency forward contracts. ~~The~~See ~~types~~“Business of ~~assets involved in a forward strategy or contract held by~~ the Trust—Investment ~~may~~Objective; ~~vary~~Strategies—Forward ~~from foreign currencies to physical commodities and financial assets such as bonds or interest rates~~Contracts.”

Futures Contracts

Futures ~~contracts~~ contracts are standardized forward contracts traded on an exchange. At the discretion of the Advisor, the Trust may engage in trading activities with respect to ~~various~~ futures contracts ~~involving~~that may involve commodities, currencies, ~~certain~~interest rates and certain eligible stock ~~and/~~or bond indices, ~~interest~~as ~~rates~~described ~~and~~elsewhere ~~sovereign,~~in ~~private~~this ~~and~~prospectus. ~~mortgage-~~See or“Business ~~asset-backed~~of ~~debt~~the ~~instruments~~Trust—Investment asObjective; ~~described~~Strategies—Futures ~~elsewhere in this prospectus~~Contracts.”

Interest

Futures contracts are customarily bought and sold on margins that represent a very small percentage (ranging upward from less than 2% to 5%) of the purchase price of the asset underlying the futures contract being traded. Similarly, it is expected that the Trust will be required to satisfy certain collateral requirements set forth by its over-the-counter counterparties with respect to the Trust’s forward contracts trading obligations. Interest paid on the Trust’s cash positions, together with any interest paid on collateral deposited as margin, net of expenses, will be reinvested.

being traded. Similarly the Trust may, from time to time, be required to satisfy collateral requirements set forth by its over-the-counter counterparties with respect to the Trust’s forward contracts trading obligations. Any interest paid on the Trust’s cash positions, together with any interest paid on collateral deposited as margin, net of expenses, is generally reinvested.

Strategies

The Advisor ~~will act as~~is the commodity trading advisor for the Trust. The Advisor ~~will~~invests ~~invest~~ cash proceeds from the sales of Baskets ~~of Shares~~ in short term United States government securities and other financial instruments ~~which~~that, itin ~~will~~compliance ~~use,~~with asthe ~~needed~~rules of the futures exchanges and other markets where the Advisor trades on behalf of the Trust, are eligible to secure the Trust’s trading obligations in respect of a portfolio of ~~futures~~foreign-currency ~~and/or~~ forward contracts ~~involving commodities, currencies, certain eligible stock~~ and~~/or~~ ~~bond indices, interest rates and sovereign, private and mortgage~~exchange-traded orfutures ~~asset-backed~~contracts ~~debt instruments~~ selected by the Advisor following strategies that utilize quantitative methodologies to identify potentially profitable discrepancies in the relative values or market prices of one or more assets and seek to control the risks and volatility of these investments by taking long and short positions in historically correlated assets. These strategies may include:

• Yield and Futures Curve Arbitrage Strategies which seek to take advantage of ~~pricing~~interest rate and ~~yield~~futures contract price differentials by ~~investing~~simultaneously inentering ~~assets~~into ~~with~~long ~~exposure~~and toshort ~~currency,~~positions in various bond futures contracts, interest ~~rate~~rates ~~and~~futures contracts, commodity ~~markets~~futures ~~while~~contracts ~~shorting~~and/or ~~similar~~currency ~~assets~~forward contracts that the Advisor determines to be mispriced relative to one another. The Advisor may enter into long positions in ~~other~~contracts ~~markets~~whose underlying assets are deemed relatively inexpensive and may enter into short positions on contracts whose underlying assets are deemed relatively expensive.

• Technical Strategies which, in general, seek to take advantage of a comparison between assets’ historical returns byand ~~capitalizing~~their recent performance. Technical strategies are based on ~~market~~the ~~sentiment~~theory ~~and~~that ~~pricing~~past ~~trends~~price history may be predictive of asset value, and ~~reversals~~so ~~with~~technical ~~respect~~strategies may be used to ~~different~~capture ~~asset~~returns ~~types~~arising from price changes over time. For example, ~~based~~if onrecent performance of an asset exceeds historical ~~relationships~~performance, ofthen ~~such~~a ~~changes~~long “momentum” trade opportunity to ~~returns~~buy may arise. ~~When~~If ~~implementing~~the ~~these~~historical ~~strategies~~performance of an asset exceeds recent performance, ~~the~~then ~~Trust~~a short “reversal” trade opportunity may ~~hold~~arise. All technical strategies are quantitative in nature and financial modeling is used for determining long and/or short positions in various asset types.

• Fundamental Relative Value Strategies which seek returns by attempting to identify instances where there are discrepancies between the market and fundamental values of an asset and trading long or short positions in ~~such~~that asset.

See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies—Investment Strategies” and “—Portfolio Construction.”

Characteristics of an Investment in the Shares

The Shares are intended to constitute a relatively cost-effective means of achieving investment exposure to non-traditional asset classes. An investment in Shares ~~will be~~is:

• Listed. Although there can be no assurance that an actively traded market in the Shares will ~~develop,~~exist at the time you wish to sell its Shares, ~~will~~the beShares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol “~~[ ]~~ALT.”

• Relatively cost efficient. Transactions in the asset classes that the ~~Trust~~Advisor, ~~will~~on ~~invest~~behalf of the Trust, invests or ~~trade~~trades in entail certain expenses. Nonetheless, because the expenses involved in the Portfolio ~~will~~are be dispersed among all Shareholders, an investment in the Shares may represent a cost-efficient alternative to investment positions in the same asset classes for investors not otherwise in a position to participate directly in the markets for physical commodities, foreign currencies, interest rates, sovereign, private and mortgage- or asset-backed debt instruments or futures, forwards or other over-the-counter derivative contracts involving such assets. See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies.”

~~The~~4 ~~Shares will be eligible for margin accounts.~~

cost-efficient alternative to investment positions in the same asset classes for investors not otherwise in a position to participate directly in the markets for physical commodities, foreign currencies, interest rates, or futures, forwards or other over-the-counter derivative contracts involving those assets. See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies.”

The Shares are eligible for margin accounts.

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Risk Factors

An investment in the Shares is speculative and involves, among others, the following risks:

Risks Relating to Regulatory Requirements

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Changes to the regulatory regime applicable to futures contracts may have an adverse effect on the ability of the Trust to pursue its strategies and, therefore, result in a decreasing value of the Shares.

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Regulatory and exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust.

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Changes in the margin requirements set by the relevant futures exchanges and over-the-counter market participants may limit the Trust’s ability to meet its investment objectives.

Risks Relating to Commodities Markets

• The price of the Shares fluctuates as a result of fluctuations in the prices of any commodities underlying the futures ~~and/or forward~~ contracts owned by the Trust. Commodity prices may be volatile, thereby creating the potential for losses regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares.

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Historical performance of specific commodities or commodity indices is no guide to their future performance or to the performance of the Shares.

• Commodity ~~derivatives~~futures trading may be illiquid. In addition, suspensions or disruptions of market trading in the commodities markets and related derivatives markets may adversely affect the value of your Shares.

• During a period when commodity prices are fairly stationary, “backwardation” (a situation where the prices of futures contracts are higher for contracts with shorter-term expirations than for contracts with longer-term expirations) or “contango” in(a situation where the prices of futures contracts with longer-term expirations are higher than the ~~commodities~~prices ~~underlying~~of futures contracts with shorter-term expirations) in the prices of the commodity-linked ~~derivative~~futures ~~instruments~~contracts held by the Trust may cause the price of your Shares to decrease.

Risks Relating to ~~Currencies~~Currency Markets

• ~~The~~As ~~price of the Shares will fluctuate as~~ a ~~result~~multinational ~~of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies underlying any~~ currency~~-linked~~, ~~derivative instruments owned by~~ the ~~Trust.~~euro ~~Exchange rates~~ may beexperience ~~volatile,~~greater ~~thereby~~price ~~creating~~volatility ~~the~~due ~~potential~~to ~~for losses regardless of~~ the ~~length~~influence of ~~time~~multiple ~~you~~and ~~intend~~uncoordinated topolitical ~~hold~~and ~~your~~fiscal ~~Shares~~regimes.

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A country’s decision to abandon the euro zone could have adverse consequences for the value of the Shares.

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The price of the Shares fluctuates as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies underlying any currency-linked futures or forward contracts owned by the Trust. Exchange rates may be volatile, thereby creating the potential for losses regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares.

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Substantial transactions in a currency by any official sector market participant (such as central banks, other governmental agencies and/or other multi-lateral institutions that buy, sell or hold currencies) could adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

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A country’s decision to abandon its current currency and adopt a new one could have adverse consequences for the value of any positions related to the old currency that the Trust may hold at the time.

Risks Relating Toto U.S. Government and Sovereign Debt Markets

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Investing in debt obligations of the U.S. government creates exposure to credit and interest rate risk.

• Investing in futures and/or forward contracts linked to sovereign debt instruments creates exposure to the direct or indirect consequences of political, social or economic changes in the countries in which the issuers are located and the creditworthiness of the sovereign.

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Investing in futures and/or forward contracts linked to non-U.S. sovereign debt instruments creates exposure to the non-U.S. interest rate fluctuations.

Risks Relating to Interest Rate Derivatives Markets

• Investing in interest rate futures ~~and/or forward~~ contracts creates exposure to interest rate fluctuations in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries.

Risks Relating to ~~the~~ Security Index Futures Markets

• Investing in security index futures contracts creates exposure to the performance of the underlying ~~equities in the~~ index.

Risks Relating to Derivative ~~Instruments~~Contracts

• The Trust’s ~~will~~use beof ~~subject~~leverage toand/or ~~credit~~short positions involves certain risks, including potentially high volatility and ~~other~~magnified ~~risks~~losses ~~associated~~in ~~with~~the ~~U.S.~~underlying ~~exchange-traded~~assets, ~~futures~~and ~~contracts~~should be considered to be speculative.

•6 ~~Trading on futures exchanges outside the United States is not subject to U.S. regulation.~~

• The Trust will trade in forward contracts that are not traded on regulated exchanges and, therefore, offer different or lower level of protections to investors.

• The Trust will be subject to credit risks associated with forward contracts.

• The positive performance of derivatives contracts, and therefore the value of the Shares, is wholly dependent upon an equal and offsetting loss.

• The Trust’s use of leverage and/or short positions will involve special risks, including potentially high volatility, and should be considered to be speculative.

• ~~Failure~~The ofTrust ~~Futures~~is ~~Commission~~subject ~~Merchants~~ to ~~segregate~~credit ~~assets~~risks ~~may~~and ~~increase~~other ~~losses~~risks associated with U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts.

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Trading on futures exchanges outside the United States is not subject to U.S. regulation.

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When entering into foreign currency forward contracts, the Trust assumes the risk that its counterparties may become unable or unwilling to pay any amounts owed to the Trust.

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The Advisor, on behalf of the Trust, trades in forward contracts that are not traded on regulated exchanges and, therefore, offer different or lower levels of protections to investors.

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Failure of the Clearing FCM to segregate assets or the insolvency of the Trust’s prime broker may increase losses.

Risks Relating to the Advisor and its Trading Strategies

• The lack of experience of the Advisor ~~will~~and ~~make~~its ~~decisions~~principals ~~regarding~~in ~~investments~~actively ~~for~~managing an entity like the Trust ~~relying~~and onapplying quantitative ~~models~~investment ~~that~~strategies ~~may~~similar beto ~~defective~~those orthat ~~not~~are ~~adequate~~used toin ~~analyze~~the ~~market~~selection ~~conditions~~of atinvestments for the ~~time~~Trust ~~the~~may ~~investment~~result ~~decisions~~in ~~are~~substantial ~~made;~~trading losses for the Trust and, as a result, ~~the~~you ~~returns~~could ~~expected~~lose ~~from~~some ~~those~~or ~~investments~~all ~~may~~of ~~not~~the ~~materialize~~value of your Shares.

• The ~~strategies~~Advisor ~~utilized~~makes bydecisions regarding investments for the ~~Advisor~~Trust relying on quantitative models that may be defective or not adequate to ~~identify~~analyze ~~investment~~market ~~opportunities~~conditions ~~for~~at the ~~Trust~~time ~~may~~the ~~fail~~investment todecisions ~~deliver~~are made; as a result, the returns ~~sought~~expected from those investments may not materialize.

• ~~Relative~~The ~~value~~ strategies ~~utilized~~used by the Advisor to identify investment opportunities for the Trust ~~are~~may ~~subject~~fail to ~~certain~~deliver ~~special~~the ~~risks~~desired returns.

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Relative value strategies used by the Advisor to identify investment opportunities for the Trust are subject to certain risks.

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Various actual and potential conflicts of interest involving the Advisor may be detrimental to Shareholders.

Risks Relating to the Trust and Investment in the Shares

• The Trust ~~will~~is be subject to the risks associated with being newly organized.

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The lack of an active trading market for the Shares may result in losses on your investment at the time of disposition of your Shares.

• The Shares of the Trust ~~will~~are be new securities products and their value could decrease if unanticipated operational or trading problems arise.

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You may not rely on past performance in deciding whether to buy the Shares.

• The Trust ~~will~~is be subject to the costs and risks associated with being actively managed. These costs and risks may cause your investment in the Shares to result in losses that you might have avoided if you had invested in products not exposed to those costs and risks.

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The price you receive upon the sale of your Shares may be less than their NAV.

• The NAV may not always correspond to the market price of the Shares and, as a result, Baskets may be created or redeemed at a value that differs from the market price of the Shares.

• ~~You~~None ~~cannot be assured~~ of the Sponsor’s, the Advisor or the ~~Advisor’s~~Trustee ~~continued~~can ~~services,~~assure ~~which~~you ~~discontinuance~~that ~~may~~it bewill ~~detrimental~~continue in its respective role. If any of them was no longer to act in those roles, the Trust and the value of the Shares may suffer.

•7 ~~The Trust may incur additional transactional costs as a result of the higher portfolio turnover rate attendant to an actively managed fund.~~

•Table Fees and expenses payable by the Trust will be charged regardless of profitability and may result in a depletion of its assets.Contents

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The Trust may incur additional transactional costs because the Portfolio is actively managed, and actively managed portfolios may have higher turnover rates.

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Fees and expenses payable by the Trust are charged regardless of profitability and may result in a depletion of its assets.

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It is not expected that the Trust will make any periodic distributions or dividend payments to Shareholders.

• The Trust could be liquidated at a time when the disposition of its interests will result in losses to investors in the Shares.

• The Sponsor ~~will~~has ~~have~~ broad discretion to liquidate the Trust at any time.

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The Shares may not provide anticipated benefits of diversification from other asset classes.

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The liquidity of the Shares may be affected by the withdrawal from participation of Authorized Participants or by the suspension of issuance, transfers or redemptions of Shares by the Trust.

• ~~You~~Creation and redemption of Baskets may be ~~adversely~~delayed ~~affected~~when byone ~~redemption~~or ~~orders~~more ~~that~~of the exchanges where the Trust may need to trade, either to establish new positions or to liquidate existing ones, are scheduled to be closed, and may be subject to postponement, suspension or rejection under certain circumstances, all of which may reduce the liquidity of the Shares.

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Competition from other commodities- and currencies-related investments could limit the market for, and reduce the liquidity of, the Shares.

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As a Shareholder, you will not have the rights normally associated with ownership of common shares.

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As a Shareholder, you will not have the protections normally associated with the ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act.

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Competing claims over ownership of relevant intellectual property rights could adversely affect the Trust or an investment in the Shares.

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The value of the Shares will be adversely affected if the Trust is required to indemnify the Sponsor or the Advisor or if the Sponsor is required to indemnify the Trustee.

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NYSE Arca may halt trading in the Shares, which would adversely impact your ability to sell your Shares.

Risks Relating to Regulatory Requirements

• Regulatory risks associated with futures contracts may adversely affect the value of the Shares.

• Regulatory and exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust.

• Changes in the margin requirements set by the relevant futures exchanges and over-the-counter market participants may limit the Trust’s ability to meet its investment objectives.

• Regulatory changes or actions may alter the nature of an investment in the Trust.

Risks Relating to Taxes

• The Trust’s ~~may~~classification as a publicly traded partnership not taxable as a corporation is not free from doubt, and if the Trust were to fail to qualify as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Trust’s income and items of deduction would not pass through to the Shareholders, the Trust would be required to pay tax at corporate rates on any portion of the Trust’s net income that does not constitute tax-exempt income, and distributions by the Trust to the Trust’s Shareholders would be taxable as dividends to the extent of the Trust’s earnings and profits.

• ~~Your~~Shareholders’ tax liability could exceed cash distributions on ~~your~~the Shares.

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The IRS could adjust or reallocate items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit with respect to the Shares if the IRS does not accept the assumptions or conventions utilized by the Trust.

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Shareholders could become subject to U.S. withholding tax beginning in 2014.

Conflicts of Interest

There may be conflicts of interest among the Shareholders and the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Advisor (or their affiliates). These conflicts may arise because of the affiliation between ~~the~~each ~~Sponsor and the Advisor and the Trustee. Because~~ of ~~this affiliation,~~ the Sponsor will have an incentive not to remove the Advisor or the Trustee. Conflicts may also result from the Sponsor’s authority to determine whether to make distributions to Shareholders. In addition, conflicts may arise in connection with trading activities for the proprietary accounts or customer accounts of the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their affiliates or other accounts under management in regard to position limits, timing of the taking of positions or other similar conflicts. Conflicts may also arise in connection with research reports published by the Sponsor or its affiliates with respect to markets in which the Portfolio may participate. For more information regarding these potential conflicts of interest, see “Conflicts of Interest” beginning on page 52.

Sponsor, the Advisor and the Trustee. Because of this affiliation, the Sponsor will have an incentive not to remove the Advisor or the Trustee. Conflicts may also result from the Sponsor’s authority to determine whether to make distributions to Shareholders. In addition, conflicts may arise in connection with trading activities for the proprietary accounts or customer accounts of the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their affiliates or other accounts under management in regard to position limits, timing of the taking of positions or other similar conflicts. Conflicts may also arise in connection with research reports published by the Sponsor or its affiliates with respect to markets in which the Portfolio may participate. For more information regarding these potential conflicts of interest, see “Conflicts of Interest” beginning on page 82.

Certain U.S. Tax Consequences

The Trust has received an opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP to the effect that, although the matter is not free from doubt due to the lack of clear guidance and direct authority, the Trust will not be treated as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Trust will not be a taxable entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will not incur U.S. federal income tax liability. Instead, you will be taxed as a beneficial owner of an interest in a partnership, which means that you generally will be required to take into account your allocable share of the Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, expense and credit in computing your U.S. federal income tax liability.

The Offering

Offering The Shares ~~will~~ represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interests in the net assets of the Trust.

~~Shares~~Use ~~Being~~of ~~Offered~~Proceeds UpProceeds received by the Trust from the issuance and sale of Baskets are invested by the Advisor in short-term United States government securities and other financial instruments that, in compliance with the rules of the futures exchanges and other markets where the Advisor trades on behalf of the Trust, are eligible to 20secure the Trust’s trading obligations in respect of a portfolio of foreign currency forward contracts and exchange-traded futures contracts that may involve commodities,~~000~~ ~~Shares~~currencies, interest rates and certain eligible stock or bond indices, selected by the Advisor. See “—Portfolio” below.

~~Use~~NYSE ofArca ~~Proceeds~~Symbol Proceeds received by the Trust from the issuance and sale of Baskets will be invested by the Advisor in financial instruments which will be used, as needed, to secure the Trust’s trading obligations in respect of a portfolio of futures and/or forward contracts involving commodities, currencies, certain eligible stock and/or bond indices, interest rates and sovereign, private and mortgage- or asset-backed debt instruments selected by the Advisor. See “—Portfolio” below.ALT

~~NYSE~~CUSIP ~~Arca Symbol [ ]~~464294107

~~CUSIP~~Creation [and ]Redemption The Trust intends to issue and redeem Baskets on a continuous basis. Baskets are issued and redeemed only in exchange for a consideration in cash equal to the Basket Amount announced by the Trust on the first Business Day after the purchase or redemption order is received by the Trust. Baskets may be created and redeemed only by Authorized Participants, who pay the Trustee a transaction fee of $800 per creation or redemption. See “—Net Asset Value” below and “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Creation of Baskets” and “—Redemption of Baskets.”

Creation and Redemption It is expected that the Trust will issue and redeem Baskets on a continuous basis. Baskets will be issued and redeemed only in exchange for a consideration in cash equal to the net asset value per Basket first announced after the purchase or redemption order is accepted by the Trust. Baskets may be created and redeemed only by Authorized Participants, who will pay the Trustee a transaction fee relating to the cost to the Trust of entering into or liquidating futures and/or forward positions in connection with such creation or redemption. See “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement.”

Authorized Participants

Baskets may be created and redeemed only by Authorized Participants. Each Authorized Participant must (1) be a registered broker-dealer and, if required in connection with its activities, a registered futures commission merchant, (2) be a DTC Participant, and (3) have entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trust and the Sponsor.

Suspension of Issuance, Transfers and Redemptions The Trust may suspend the issuance of Baskets ~~of Shares~~, registration of transfers of Shares and redemption of Baskets ~~of Shares~~ generally, or may refuse a particular purchase order, transfer or redemption order at any time, if the Trustee or the Sponsor determines that it is advisable to do so for any reason. See “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Requirements for Trustee Actions.”

Portfolio The Advisor ~~will~~selects ~~select~~ for the Portfolio ~~futures~~foreign ~~and/or~~currency forward contracts ~~involving~~and ~~commodities,~~exchange-traded ~~currencies,~~futures ~~certain~~contracts ~~eligible~~that ~~stock~~may ~~and/or~~involve ~~bond~~commodities, ~~indices~~currencies, interest rates and ~~sovereign,~~certain ~~private~~eligible ~~and~~stock ~~mortgage-~~ or ~~asset-backed~~bond ~~debt~~indices ~~instruments~~ with a view towards maximizing absolute returns ~~while seeking to reduce the volatility inherent in this type of investments. While the Advisor may select investments for the Portfolio following a variety of strategies that~~

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while seeking to control the volatility inherent in these types of investments. While the Advisor may select investments for the Portfolio following a variety of strategies that utilize quantitative methodologies to identify potentially profitable discrepancies in the relative values or market prices of one or more assets, there ~~will be~~are no mandatory holdings allocation requirements. Accordingly, at any given time, the Trust may be disproportionately exposed to one or more asset classes or contract counterparties, including over-the-counter counterparties and clearing organizations. See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies.”

The return on assets in the Portfolio, if any, is not intended to track the performance of any index or other benchmark.

While the Advisor ~~will~~has ~~have~~ the authority to ~~vary~~trade ~~the~~on ~~composition~~behalf of the ~~Portfolio~~Trust at any time in its discretion, it is generally expected that ~~changes~~such indiscretionary ~~the~~trading ~~composition of the Portfolio~~ will not occur more than once a week. The Trust, however, may need to trade more frequently in order to invest proceeds from the issuance of Baskets of Shares or raise funds to honor redemption requests. The Trust will post the composition of the Portfolio ~~periodically~~daily on its website at www.ishares.com.

Margin Assets The Trust ~~will~~deposits, ~~deposit~~from ~~with~~time ato ~~futures~~time, ~~commission~~with ~~merchant~~the Clearing FCM or other licensed financial or commodities market participant any required margin in the form of cash or other eligible assets (depending on the nature of the position being secured, customary practices in the relevant market and any applicable regulatory or counterparty requirements). ~~Interest~~Any interest paid on this collateral ~~will~~is be part of the return on the Portfolio.

Net Asset Value On each Business Day ~~on which NYSE Arca is open for regular trading~~, as soon as practicable after the close of regular trading of the Shares on NYSE Arca (normally 4:00 P.M., New York City time), the Trustee must determine the net asset value of the Trust, ~~and~~the net asset value per Share (the “NAV”) and the Basket Amount as of that ~~time~~date.

~~The~~On ~~Trustee~~each ~~will~~day ~~determine~~on which the ~~NAV~~Trustee bymust ~~dividing~~determine the net asset value of the Trust, onthe aNAV ~~given~~and ~~day~~the Basket Amount, the Trust Administrator values all futures and forward trading positions and other non-cash assets in the Portfolio and communicates that valuation to the Trustee for use by the ~~number~~Trustee ofin ~~Shares~~the ~~outstanding~~determination atof the ~~time~~Trust’s net asset value. The Trustee subtracts the ~~calculation~~Trust’s isaccrued ~~made~~fees (~~taking~~other ~~into~~than ~~account~~fees ~~orders~~computed ~~for~~by reference to the ~~creation~~value of the Trust or ~~redemption~~its assets), expenses and other liabilities on that day from the value of ~~Shares~~the ~~received~~Trust’s ~~prior~~assets toas of the ~~cut-off~~close ~~time~~of trading on that day. The result is the Trust’s “Adjusted Net Asset Value.” Fees computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets (including the Sponsor’s Fee) are calculated on the Adjusted Net Asset Value. The Trustee subtracts

On11 each Business Day on which NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, the Trustee will subtract the Trust’s accrued fees (other than fees computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets), expenses and other liabilities on that day from the value of the Trust’s assets as of the close of trading on that day. The result is the Trust’s “Adjusted Net Asset Value”. Fees computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets will be calculated on the Adjusted Net Asset Value. The Trustee will subtract the fees so calculated from the Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust to determine the Trust’s net asset value.

On each day on which the Trustee must determine the net asset value of the Trust and the NAV, the Trust Administrator must value all

~~forward~~the ~~and~~fees ~~futures~~so ~~trading~~calculated ~~positions~~from ~~and other non-cash assets in~~ the ~~Portfolio~~Adjusted ~~and~~Net ~~communicate~~Asset ~~such~~Value ~~valuation~~of to the ~~Trustee~~Trust ~~for~~to ~~use~~determine by the ~~Trustee in the determination of the~~ Trust’s net asset value.

The ~~NAV~~Trustee ~~for~~determines ~~each~~the ~~Business~~NAV ~~Day~~by ondividing ~~which~~the ~~NYSE~~net ~~Arca~~asset isvalue ~~open~~of ~~for~~the ~~regular~~Trust ~~trading~~on isa ~~expected~~given today beby ~~distributed~~the ~~through~~number ~~major~~of ~~market~~Shares ~~data~~outstanding ~~vendors and published online~~ at ~~http://www.iShares.com,~~the ortime ~~any~~the ~~successor~~calculation ~~thereto. It~~ is ~~expected~~made. ~~that~~The ~~the~~Trustee ~~Trust~~then ~~will~~determines ~~update~~ the ~~NAV~~Basket asAmount ~~soon~~corresponding asto ~~practicable~~that ~~after~~date ~~each~~by ~~subsequent~~multiplying the NAV isby ~~calculated.~~the ~~See~~number ~~“Business~~ of ~~the~~Shares ~~Trust—Computation~~in ofa ~~Trust’s~~Basket ~~Net~~(i.e., ~~Asset Value~~100,000).”

~~Voting~~The ~~Rights~~NAV ~~Except~~for ineach ~~limited~~Business ~~circumstances~~Day is expected to be distributed through major market data vendors and published online at www.ishares.com, ~~owners~~or ofany ~~Shares~~successor thereto. It is expected that the Trust will ~~not~~update ~~have~~the ~~voting~~NAV ~~rights~~as soon as practicable after each subsequent NAV is calculated. See “~~Description~~Business of the ~~Shares~~Trust—Computation ~~and~~of the Trust’s ~~Agreement—Voting~~Net ~~Rights~~Asset Value.”

~~Distributions~~You ~~The~~should ~~Trust~~note ~~will~~that ~~not~~while bethe ~~expected~~NAV tois ~~make~~updated ~~any~~on ~~distributions~~each orBusiness ~~pay~~Day, ~~any~~the ~~dividends~~NAV is calculated by reference to ~~its~~assets ~~shareholders~~that ~~except~~trade ~~(1)~~on infutures ~~connection~~exchanges ~~with~~or ~~redemptions~~other ofmarkets, ~~Baskets~~including in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Accordingly, ~~(2)~~the asNAV ~~determined~~may bynot always reflect the ~~Sponsor~~same-day invaluation ~~its~~of ~~absolute~~assets ~~discretion,~~that ~~and~~trade ~~(3)~~on markets in ~~connection~~non-U.S. ~~with~~jurisdictions ~~the~~if ~~liquidation~~one or more of ~~the~~those ~~Trust~~jurisdictions are not open for business on any given Business Day.

~~Limitation~~Voting ofRights ~~Liabilities~~Except ~~You~~in ~~cannot~~limited ~~lose~~circumstances, ~~more~~owners ~~than~~of ~~your~~Shares ~~investment~~have inno ~~the~~voting ~~Shares~~rights. ~~Under~~See ~~Delaware~~“Description ~~law,~~of ~~Shareholders’ liability will be limited to~~ the ~~same~~Shares ~~extent~~and as the ~~liability~~Trust ofAgreement—Voting ~~stockholders of a for profit Delaware business corporation~~Rights.”

Distributions

The Trust is not expected to make any distributions or pay any dividends to its Shareholders except (1) in connection with redemptions of Baskets, (2) as determined by the Sponsor in its absolute discretion, and (3) in connection with the liquidation of the Trust.

Limitation of Liabilities

You cannot lose more than your investment in the Shares. Under Delaware law, Shareholders’ liability is limited to the same extent as the liability of stockholders of a for profit Delaware business corporation.

Dissolution Events

The Trustee will dissolve the Trust if:

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the Trustee is notified that the Shares are delisted from NYSE Arca and are not approved for listing on another national securities exchange within five Business Days of their delisting;

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registered holders of at least 75% of the outstanding Shares notify the Trustee that they elect to dissolve the Trust;

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sixty days have elapsed since the Trustee notified the Sponsor of the Trustee’s election to resign, and a successor trustee has not been appointed and accepted its appointment;

•12 the SEC (or its staff) or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Trust is an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and the Trustee has actual knowledge of that determination;

• the Sponsor notifies the Trustee in writing that it has determined, in its discretion, that the dissolution of the Trust is advisable. The Sponsor may, for example (but will not be obligated to), decide to liquidate the Trust if, among other reasons, (1) legal, regulatory or market changes result, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in a decrease of investment opportunities available to the Trust in compliance with its investment objective and strategies, (2) it becomes impossible or impractical to compute the net asset value of the

~~Trust~~• orthe toSEC ~~assess~~(or ~~the~~its ~~accuracy~~staff) ofor ~~such~~a ~~valuations;~~court orof ~~(3)~~competent ~~the~~jurisdiction ~~value~~determines ofthat the ~~Portfolio~~Trust is ~~below~~an ainvestment ~~level~~company ~~such~~under ~~that~~the ~~continued~~Investment ~~operation~~Company ofAct, and the ~~Trust~~Trustee ishas ~~not~~actual ~~cost-efficient~~knowledge of that determination;

• the ~~Trust~~Sponsor isnotifies ~~treated~~the asTrustee anin ~~association~~writing ~~taxable~~that asit ahas ~~corporation~~determined, in its discretion, that the dissolution of the Trust is advisable. The Sponsor may, for ~~United~~example ~~States~~(but ~~federal~~is ~~income~~not ~~tax~~obligated ~~purposes~~to), ~~and~~decide to liquidate the ~~Trustee~~Trust ~~receives~~if, ~~notice~~among ~~from~~other reasons, (1) legal, regulatory or market changes result, in the ~~Sponsor~~opinion ~~that~~of the Sponsor, ~~has~~in ~~determined~~a ~~that~~decrease of investment opportunities available to the ~~dissolution~~Trust in compliance with its investment objective and strategies, (2) it becomes impossible or impractical to compute the net asset value of the Trust isor ~~advisable~~to assess the accuracy of such valuations; or (3) the value of the Portfolio is below a level such that continued operation of the Trust is not cost-efficient;

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the Trust is treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Trustee receives notice from the Sponsor that the Sponsor has determined that the dissolution of the Trust is advisable; or

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DTC is unable or unwilling to continue to perform its functions, and a comparable replacement is unavailable.

After dissolution of the Trust, the Trustee will deliver cash to the Shareholders upon surrender and cancellation of the Shares and, 90 days after dissolution, may sell any remaining Trust property and hold any remaining cash, uninvested and in a non-interest bearing account, for the pro rata benefit of the Shareholders who have not surrendered their Shares for cancellation. See “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Amendment and Dissolution.”

Clearance and Settlement The Shares ~~will~~are be issued only in book-entry form. Transactions in Shares ~~will~~ clear through the facilities of DTC. Investors may hold their Shares through DTC, if they are DTC Participants, or indirectly through entities that are DTC Participants.

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Breakeven Analysis

The following table indicates the approximate ~~percentage and~~ dollar returns and percentages required for the value of an initial $~~[ ]~~50.65 investment in a Share to equal the amount originally invested twelve months after issuance.

The table, as presented, is only an approximation. The capitalization of the Trust does not directly affect the level of the charges as a percentage of its net asset values, other than the Sponsor’s Fee and brokerage commissions. ~~The table does not reflect the transaction fees required for creation and redemption of Baskets.~~

Expense(1)	$		%	%
Sponsor’s Fee(2)	$[ ]		[ ]
Transaction Fee(2)		0.02			0.04
Syndication and Filing Expenses(2)	$ —		0.00
Sponsor’s Fee(3)		0.48			0.95
Trust Operating Expenses(2)	$ —		0.00
Syndication and Filing Expenses(3)		—			0.00
Commodity Trading Advisor Fee(2)	$ —		0.00
Trust Operating Expenses(3)		—			0.00
Brokerage Commissions and Fees(3)	$[ ]		[ ]
Commodity Trading Advisor Fee(3)		—			0.00
Interest Income(4)	$[ ]		[ ]
Brokerage Commissions and Fees(4)		0.04			0.08
12-Month Break Even(5)(6)	$[ ]		[ ]
Interest Income(5)		(0.07	)		(0.14	)
12-Month Break Even(6)		0.47			0.93

(1.) The foregoing breakeven analysis assumes that the Shares have a constant month-end net asset value. Calculations are based on $[50.65 ] as the net asset value per Share, which was the net asset value as of the close of business on August 31, 2012.

(2.) ~~From~~Per ~~the~~share ~~Sponsor’s~~amounts ~~Fee,~~assume the ~~Sponsor~~creation ~~will~~or beredemption ~~responsible~~of ~~for~~one ~~the~~Basket ~~ordinary~~(since ~~and~~the ~~recurring~~$800 ~~expenses~~fee ofis ~~the~~per ~~Trust~~transaction, ~~including~~creation ~~the~~or ~~Syndication~~redemption ~~and~~in ~~Filing~~more ~~Expenses,~~than ~~Trust~~one-Basket ~~Operating~~increments ~~Expenses~~will ~~and~~result ~~the~~in ~~Commodity~~a ~~Trading~~lower ~~Advisor~~per-Share ~~Fee~~transaction fee).

(3.) ~~Brokerage~~From ~~commissions~~the ~~and~~Sponsor’s ~~fees~~Fee, ~~assume~~the [Sponsor ].is ~~The~~responsible ~~actual~~for ~~amount~~the ofordinary ~~brokerage commissions~~ and ~~fees~~recurring toexpenses beof ~~incurred~~the ~~will~~Trust, ~~vary~~including ~~based~~the onSEC ~~the~~registration ~~trading~~fees, ~~frequency~~Trust inoperating ~~respect~~expenses ofand the ~~Portfolio~~commodity trading advisor fee.

(4.) ~~Interest~~Brokerage ~~income~~commissions isand ~~currently~~fees ~~estimated~~are an estimate based on historical commission and fee rates from August 2011 to beAugust ~~earned~~2012. atAnnual anbrokerage ~~annual~~commissions ~~rate~~and offees [are ~~]%,~~estimated ~~which~~to isbe $49,000, based on ~~the~~net ~~six-month~~assets Uof $61,000,000.S. ~~Treasury~~The ~~rate~~actual asamount of [brokerage ],commissions ~~2008~~and fees to be incurred will vary based upon the trading frequency of the Trust.

(5.) ItInterest income is ~~expected~~currently ~~that~~estimated ~~interest~~to ~~income~~be ~~will~~earned ~~exceed~~at an annual rate of 0.14%, which is based on the ~~fees~~six-month ~~and~~U.S. ~~costs~~Treasury ~~incurred~~rate as of August 31, 2012.

(6.) You may pay customary brokerage commissions in connection with purchases of Shares. Because ~~such~~ brokerage commission rates will vary from investor to investor, ~~such~~we ~~brokerage commissions~~ have not ~~been~~ included brokerage commissions in the breakeven table. Investors ~~are~~should ~~encouraged to~~ review the terms of their brokerage accounts for details on applicable charges.

Summary Financial Condition

As of the close of business on ~~[ ]~~ August 31, ~~2008~~2012, the ~~date of creation of the Trust,~~ net asset value of the Trust was $~~[ ]~~60,775,802, and the NAV was $~~[ ]~~50.65.

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RISK FACTORS

~~The~~Investing in the Shares ~~are~~is speculative and ~~involve~~involves a high degree of risk. You could lose all or a substantial portion of your investment in the Shares. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as the other information included in this prospectus.

~~Risk~~Risks ~~Factors~~ Relating to ~~Commodities~~Regulatory ~~Markets~~Requirements

~~The~~Changes ~~price~~to of the ~~Shares~~regulatory ~~will~~regime ~~fluctuate~~applicable asto futures acontracts ~~result~~may ofhave ~~fluctuations~~an ~~in the~~adverse ~~prices~~effect ofon ~~any commodities underlying~~ the ~~futures~~ability ~~and/or~~of ~~forward contracts owned by~~ the Trust. ~~Commodity~~to ~~prices~~pursue ~~may~~its bestrategies ~~volatile~~and, ~~thereby~~therefore, ~~creating~~result ~~the~~in ~~potential~~a ~~for~~decreasing ~~losses~~value ~~regardless~~ of the ~~length of time you intend to hold your~~ Shares.

The ~~price of the Shares will depend on the value of the investments in the Portfolio~~U.S. ~~To the extent that the Portfolio includes long or short positions in~~ futures ~~and~~markets ~~forward~~are ~~contracts~~subject ~~the~~to ~~value~~comprehensive ofregulation, ~~which~~not isonly ~~linked~~by to the ~~price~~CFTC ofbut analso ~~underlying~~by ~~commodity,~~self-regulatory ~~the Trust~~organizations, ~~and~~including ~~therefore~~ the ~~Shares,~~NFA ~~will~~and ~~be exposed to fluctuations in~~ the ~~price~~exchanges ofon ~~one~~which ~~or more underlying commodities. The price of certain physical commodities has been extremely volatile at times during~~ the ~~past~~futures ~~several~~contracts ~~years.~~are ~~Some commodity prices have recently been at historically high levels and there is no certainty that those prices will remain at those high levels~~traded. IfAs ~~they~~with doany ~~not,~~regulated ~~the value of commodity derivative contracts that may be held by the Trust~~activity, ~~and~~changes ~~consequently~~in the ~~value~~regulations ~~of the Shares,~~ may behave ~~adversely~~unexpected ~~affected~~results. ~~Commodity~~For ~~prices are affected by~~example, ~~among other factors, the cost of producing commodities,~~ changes in ~~consumer demand for commodities,~~ the ~~hedging~~amount ~~and~~or ~~trading~~quality ~~strategies~~ of ~~producers~~the ~~and~~collateral ~~consumers~~that oftraders ~~commodities,~~in ~~speculative~~futures ~~trading~~contracts inare ~~commodities~~required byto ~~commodity~~provide ~~pools~~to ~~and~~secure ~~other~~their ~~market~~open ~~participants~~positions, ~~disruptions~~or in ~~commodity supply, weather,~~the ~~political~~limits ~~and~~on ~~other global events and global macroeconomic factors. These factors cannot be controlled by~~ the ~~Trust,~~number ~~the Sponsor~~ or ~~the~~size ~~Advisor. Accordingly, the price~~ of ~~the~~positions ~~Shares~~that ~~could change substantially and in~~ a ~~rapid~~trader ~~and~~may ~~unpredictable~~have ~~manner. This~~open ~~exposes~~at ~~you to~~ a ~~potential~~given ~~loss~~time, ifmay ~~you~~adversely ~~need~~affect ~~to sell your Shares when~~ the ~~value~~ability of the ~~commodity derivative contracts held by the~~ Trust isto ~~lower~~enter ~~than~~into itcertain ~~was~~transactions ~~when~~that ~~you~~could ~~made~~otherwise ~~your~~present ~~investment.~~lucrative ~~These fluctuations can affect your investment regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares~~opportunities.

A number of bills have been introduced to the U.S. Congress in response to high energy and commodity prices. These bills generally target perceived excessive speculation in commodities and commodity indices, including by institutional “index funds,” on regulated futures markets and in the over-the-counter derivatives markets. These bills include a broad range of measures intended to limit speculation, including possible increases in the margin levels required for regulated futures contracts; imposing, or tightening existing speculative position limits applicable to regulated futures and over-the-counter derivatives positions; providing the CFTC authority to establish certain speculative position limits; imposing aggregate speculative position limits across regulated U.S. futures, over-the-counter positions and certain futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges; eliminating or narrowing existing exemptions from speculative position limits; restricting the access of certain classes of investors to futures markets and over-the-counter derivatives markets; and imposing additional reporting requirements on market participants, such as the Trust.

While it is impossible to predict which measures will be adopted or precisely how they will affect the value of your shares, any such measures could increase the costs of the Trust, result in significant direct limitations on the maximum permitted size of the Trust’s futures positions and therefore on the size of the Trust or the number or type of strategies available to the Trust; and could also affect liquidity in the market for the Shares and the correlation between the price of the Shares and the net asset value of the Trust.

Regulatory and exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust.

Prior to the adoption of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, position limits with respect to most U.S. futures contracts have been set by U.S. commodities exchanges and boards of trade. The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFTC to establish federal position limits on futures and options contracts in physical commodities (including energy) and on economically equivalent over-the-counter derivatives. As mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC has finalized regulations that impose federal position limits with respect to 28 physical delivery commodity futures and options contracts traded across various exchanges as well as to swaps that are economically equivalent to such contracts and directed the U.S. commodities exchanges and boards of trade to adopt corresponding position limits in futures, options and swaps not to exceed the limits adopted by the CFTC. The final rule significantly limits the availability of the bona fide hedging exemption to hedging of physical commodity positions or transactions and does not extend to financial hedging or risk management.

In addition to the federal position limits established by the CFTC, many U.S. and foreign futures exchanges impose “speculative position limits” or “accountability levels” on the maximum net long or short futures positions that any person may hold or control in contracts traded on such exchanges. Under the exchange rules and CFTC regulations, all accounts owned or managed by commodity trading advisors, such as the Advisor, their principals and their affiliates would be combined for position limit purposes.

Many U.S. futures exchanges and boards of trade also limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day by regulations referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits” or “daily limits.” Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular futures contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day. Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting the Trust to substantial losses.

In order to comply with the position limits established by the CFTC and the relevant exchanges, the Advisor may in the future be required to reduce the size of outstanding positions, not enter into new positions that would otherwise be taken for the Trust or not trade certain markets on behalf of the Trust. Modification of trades made by the Trust, if required, could adversely affect the Trust’s operations and profitability and significantly limit the Trust’s ability to reinvest income in additional contracts, create additional Baskets, or add to existing positions in the desired amount.

In addition, a violation of position limits by the Advisor could lead to regulatory action resulting in mandatory liquidation of certain open positions held on behalf of the Advisor’s accounts in order to ensure compliance with the position limits. There can be no assurance that the Advisor will liquidate positions held on behalf of all the Advisor’s accounts, including any proprietary accounts, in a proportionate manner or at prices favorable to the Trust. In the event the Advisor chooses to liquidate a disproportionate number of positions held on behalf of any of the Trust at unfavorable prices, the Trust may incur substantial losses and the value of the Shares may be adversely affected.

Further, the CFTC has proposed a new rule which would require each registered futures commission merchant, such as the Clearing FCM, to establish risk-based limits on position and order size. If the rule is adopted as proposed, the Trust’s Clearing FCM may be required to reduce its internal limits on the size of the positions it will execute or clear for the Trust, and the Trust may seek to use additional clearing FCMs, which may increase the costs of clearing for the Trust and adversely affect the value of the Shares.

The Trust may apply to the CFTC or to the relevant exchange for relief from certain position limits. If the Trust applies and is unable to obtain such relief, the Trust’s ability to issue new Baskets, or the Trust’s ability to reinvest income in additional futures contracts, may be limited to the extent these activities would cause the Trust to exceed applicable position limits. Limiting the size of the Trust may affect the correlation between the price of the Shares, as traded on the applicable U.S. futures exchange, and the net asset value of the Trust. Accordingly, the inability to create additional Baskets or add to existing positions in the desired amount could result in Shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. See “Risks Relating to the Trust and Investment in the Shares—The NAV may not always correspond to the market price and, as a result, Baskets may be created or redeemed at a value that differs from the market price of the Shares.”

Changes in the margin requirements set by the relevant futures exchanges and over-the-counter market participants may limit the Trust’s ability to meet its investment objectives.

The Trust is required to deposit margin securing its exposure to one or more positions in the Portfolio. Futures contracts are customarily bought and sold on margins that represent a very small percentage (ranging upward from less than 2% to 5%) of the purchase price of the contract being traded. The exchanges or futures commission merchants, however, may raise the margin requirements at any time at

their own discretion, particularly during the periods of perceived market volatility, and the Trust may be required to deposit additional funds in order to satisfy the additional margin requirements with respect to its open futures contract positions.

Commercial banks participating in trading over-the-counter derivative contracts often do not require margin deposits, but rely upon internal credit limitations and their judgments regarding the creditworthiness of their counterparties. In recent years, however, many over-the-counter market participants in foreign exchange trading have begun to require that their counterparties post margin. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act subjects the Trust’s foreign exchange derivatives trading to a retail foreign exchange regime promulgated by a relevant regulator of the Trust’s counterparty. Upon effectiveness of the new retail foreign exchange regulations applicable to the Trust, the Trust would be required to post margin in the amount required under the regulations (between 2% and 5% depending on a currency pair).

If any of the relevant futures exchanges or over-the-counter market participants imposes substantially higher margin requirements or if margin requirements under the new retail foreign exchange regulations are substantially higher than those presently imposed by the Trust’s counterparties, the Trust may be unable to either realize expected returns or to fully implement its trading strategies as a result of substantially greater margin obligations.

Risk Relating to Commodities Markets

The price of the Shares fluctuates as a result of fluctuations in the prices of any commodities underlying the futures contracts owned by the Trust. Commodity prices may be volatile, thereby creating the potential for losses regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares.

The price of the Shares depends on the value of the investments in the Portfolio. To the extent that the Portfolio includes long or short positions in futures contracts the value of which is linked to the price of an underlying commodity, the Trust, and therefore the Shares, are exposed to fluctuations in the price of one or more underlying commodities. The prices of certain physical commodities have been extremely volatile at times during the past several years. Depending on the level and type of fluctuation of these commodities, and whether the Portfolio includes long or short positions with respect to those assets, the value of commodity futures contracts that may be held by the Trust, and consequently the value of the Shares, may be adversely affected. Commodities prices are affected by, among other factors, the cost of producing, transporting and storing commodities, changes in consumer or commercial demand for commodities, the hedging and trading strategies of producers and consumers of commodities, speculative trading in commodities by commodity pools and other market participants, disruptions in commodity supply, weather, political and other global events, global macroeconomic factors, and government regulation of commodities or commodity futures markets. These factors cannot be controlled by the Trust, the Sponsor or the Advisor. Accordingly, the price of the Shares could change substantially and in a rapid and unpredictable manner. This exposes you to a potential loss if you need to sell your Shares when the value of the commodity futures contracts held by the Trust is lower than it was when you made your investment. These fluctuations can affect your investment regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares.

The following events would generally result in a decline in the price of any underlying commodities represented in the Portfolio:

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A significant increase in hedging activity by producers of the underlying commodities. Should producers of the underlying commodities represented in the Portfolio increase their hedging of their future production through forward sales or other short positions, this increased selling pressure could depress the price of one or more of the underlying commodities, which could adversely affect the price of the Shares.

•17 A significant change in the attitude of speculators and investors toward the underlying commodities. Should the speculative or investment community take a negative view towards one or more of the underlying commodities, it could cause a decline in the value of commodity-linked derivative contracts held by the Trust, which could reduce the price of the Shares.

Conversely, several factors may trigger a temporary increase in the price of the underlying commodities. The price of a commodity underlying a commodity-linked derivative instrument held by the Trust may be affected by several other factors, including:

• Large purchases or sales of physical commodities by the official sector. Governments and large institutions have large commodities holdings or may establish major commodities positions. For example, a significant portion of the aggregate world gold holdings is owned by governments, central banks and related institutions. Similarly, nations with centralized or nationalized oil production and organizations such as OPEC control large physical quantities of crude oil. If one or more of these or similar institutions decides to buy or sell any commodity in amounts large enough to cause a change in

~~world~~• ~~prices~~A significant change in the attitude of speculators and investors toward the underlying commodities. Should the speculative or investment community take a negative view towards one or more of the underlying commodities, it could cause a decline in the value of ~~any~~commodity-linked ~~trading~~derivative ~~positions~~contracts held by the Trust, ~~and~~which could reduce the price of the Shares ~~could be adversely affected~~.

Conversely, several factors may trigger a temporary increase in the price of the underlying commodities. The price of a commodity underlying a commodity-linked futures contract held by the Trust may be affected by several other factors, including:

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Large purchases or sales of physical commodities by the official sector. Governments and large institutions have large commodities holdings or may establish major commodities positions. For example, a significant portion of the aggregate world gold holdings is owned by governments, central banks and related institutions. Similarly, nations with centralized or nationalized oil production and organizations such as OPEC control large physical quantities of crude oil. If one or more of these or similar institutions decides to buy or sell any commodity in amounts large enough to cause a change in world prices, the value of any trading positions held by the Trust and the price of the Shares could be adversely affected.

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Other political factors. In addition to the organized political and institutional trading-related activities described above, peaceful political activity such as imposition of regulations or entry into trade treaties, as well as political disruptions caused by societal breakdown, insurrection or war may greatly influence commodities prices.

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Significant increases or decreases in the available supply of a physical commodity due to natural or technological factors. Natural factors would include depletion of known cost-effective sources for a commodity or the impact of severe weather on the ability to produce or distribute the commodity. Technological factors, such as increases in availability created by new or improved production, extraction, refining and processing equipment and methods or decreases caused by failure or unavailability of major production, refining and processing equipment (for example, shutting down or constructing oil refineries), also materially influence the supply of commodities.

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Significant increases or decreases in the demand for a physical commodity due to natural or technological factors. Natural factors would include such events as unusual climate conditions impacting the demand for energy commodities. Technological factors may include such developments as substitutes for energy or other commodities.

Prospective investors in the Shares should also keep in mind that the change in the price of the Shares that follows a change in the price of a ~~commodity~~ commodity underlying ~~derivative~~futures contracts owned by the Trust will not always be in the same direction as the change in the price of that underlying commodity. Depending upon the nature of the Trust’s position with respect to the underlying commodity, it may be the case that a decrease in the price of the underlying commodity has a positive impact on the price of the Shares, or that an increase in the price of the underlying commodity has a negative impact on the price of the Shares. The Trust’s use of leverage has the potential to magnify the impact of fluctuations in the price of underlying commodities on the value of the Trust’s assets. See “Risks Relating to Derivative Contracts—The Trust’s use of leverage and/or short positions involves certain risks, including potentially high volatility and magnified losses in the underlying assets, and should be considered to be speculative.”

Historical performance of specific commodities or commodity indices is no guide to their future performance or to the performance of the Shares.

At any given time, the Trust may be exposed to changes in the prices of one or more commodities. Even at a time when the prices of some or most commodities are increasing, it is possible for the price of the Shares to decrease as a result of lack of exposure to such commodities, mistaken anticipation by the Advisor of the direction in which the price of the commodity would move or many other factors. Therefore, there are no external indicators of how the Shares will perform. Because the Trust ~~will~~does not track or seek to replicate any commodity index or other similar benchmark, the past performance of any commodity index is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of the Shares. You may lose some or all of your investment in the Shares even during times when commodities indices are showing positive returns.

~~Commodity~~18 ~~derivatives trading may be illiquid. In addition, suspensions or disruptions of market trading in the commodities markets and related derivatives markets may adversely affect the value of your Shares.~~

The commodity and commodity derivatives markets are subject to temporary distortions or other disruptions due to various factors, including the lack of liquidity, congestion, disorderly markets, limitations on deliverable supplies, the participation of speculators, government regulation and intervention, technical and operational or system failures, nuclear accident, terrorism, riots and acts of God. In addition, forward contracts may entail breakage costs if terminated prior to the final maturity and futures positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired prices.

Further, U.S. futures exchanges and some foreign exchanges have regulations that limit position, size and/or the amount of fluctuation in futures contract prices that may occur during a single business day. These limits are generally referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits”, and the maximum or minimum price of a contract on any

~~given day as a result of these limits is referred~~ to asreplicate ~~a “limit price.” Once the limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made at a different price. It is not certain how long~~ any ~~such~~commodity ~~price~~index ~~limits may remain in effect. Limit prices may have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract~~ or ~~forcing~~other ~~the~~similar ~~liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices~~benchmark, ~~and possibly having a negative effect on~~ the ~~investment~~past ~~strategies~~performance of ~~the~~any ~~Trust and/or the value of~~ commodity~~-linked~~ ~~derivative~~index ~~instruments~~is ~~held~~not bynecessarily ~~the~~indicative ~~Trust. These circumstances could thereby adversely affect the price~~ of ~~your Shares. In addition, these circumstances could also limit trading in~~ the ~~commodity-linked~~future ~~derivative~~performance ~~instruments, which could affect the investment strategies~~ of the ~~Trust and/or the calculation of the NAV and the trading price of the~~ Shares. ~~Accordingly, these~~You ~~limits~~ may ~~result~~lose insome or aall ~~NAV~~of ~~that~~your ~~differs,~~investment ~~and may differ significantly, from the NAV that would prevail~~ in the ~~absence~~Shares ofeven ~~such~~during ~~limits.~~times ~~If Baskets are created or redeemed at a time~~ when ~~these~~commodities ~~price~~indices ~~limits~~ are inshowing ~~effect,~~positive ~~the creation or redemption price will reflect the price limits as well~~returns.

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~~During~~Further, aU.S. ~~period~~futures ~~when~~exchanges ~~commodity~~and some foreign exchanges have regulations that limit position, size and/or the amount of fluctuation in futures contract prices that may occur during a single business day. These limits are ~~fairly~~generally ~~stationary,~~referred to as “~~backwardation~~daily price fluctuation limits,” and the maximum or minimum price of a contract on any given day as a result of these limits is referred to as a “~~contango~~limit price.” Once the limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made at a different price. It is not certain how long these price limits may remain in effect. Limit prices may have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices, and possibly having a negative effect on the investment strategies of the ~~commodities~~Trust ~~underlying~~and/or the value of commodity-linked futures ~~derivative~~contracts ~~instruments~~ held by the Trust. ~~may~~These ~~cause~~circumstances could thereby adversely affect the price of your Shares. toIn ~~decrease~~addition, these circumstances could limit trading in commodity-linked futures contracts, which could affect the investment strategies of the Trust and/or the calculation of the NAV and the trading price of the Shares. Accordingly, these limits may result in an NAV that differs, and may differ significantly, from the NAV that would prevail in the absence of these limits. If Baskets are created or redeemed at a time when these price limits are in effect, the creation or redemption price will reflect the price limits as well.

~~As the futures contracts that are held by the Trust near expiration~~Furthermore, ~~they~~exchanges may be ~~replaced~~take ~~by contracts that have a later expiration. Thus~~steps, ~~for~~such ~~example,~~as arequiring ~~contract~~liquidation ~~purchased~~of ~~and~~open ~~held in March 2008 may specify a June 2008 expiration. As that contract nears expiration~~positions, ~~it may be replaced by selling the June 2008 contract and purchasing the contract expiring~~ in ~~September 2008. This process is referred to as “rolling.” Historically,~~ the ~~prices~~case of ~~some~~disorderly futures contracts (generally those relating to physical commodities that are typically consumed immediately rather than stored) have frequently been higher for contracts with shorter-term expirations than for contracts with longer-term expirationsmarkets, ~~which~~market iscongestion ~~referred~~and toother asmarket ~~“backwardation~~disruptions.” InThese ~~these~~actions ~~circumstances,~~could ~~absent~~require ~~other factors,~~ the ~~sale~~Trust ofto ~~the~~limit ~~June~~or ~~2008~~forego ~~contract would take place at~~ a ~~price~~desired ~~that~~investment isstrategy. ~~higher~~This ~~than~~could ~~the~~adversely ~~price~~affect ~~at which~~ the ~~September~~NAV ~~2008~~and ~~contract is purchased, thereby allowing~~ the ~~contract holder to purchase a greater quantity of the September 2008 contract. While some of the commodity derivative contracts held by the~~ Trust’s ~~may have historically exhibited periods of backwardation, backwardation will likely not exist at all times~~performance.

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15As the futures contracts that are held by the Trust near expiration, the Trust may replace them with contracts that have a later expiration. For example, a contract purchased and held in March may specify a June expiration. As that contract nears expiration, the Trust may replace it by selling the June contract and purchasing the contract expiring in September. This process is referred to as “rolling.” Historically, the prices of some futures contracts (generally those relating to physical commodities that are typically consumed immediately rather than stored) have frequently been higher for contracts with shorter-term expirations than for contracts with longer-term expirations, which is referred to as “backwardation.” In these circumstances, absent other factors, the sale of the June contract would take place at a price that is higher than the price at which the Trust would have purchased the September contract, thereby allowing the Trust to purchase a greater quantity of the September contract.

~~Risks~~Some ~~Relating~~of the commodities underlying the commodity-linked futures contracts held by the Trust may historically exhibit “contango” markets rather than backwardation. Contango markets are those in which the prices of contracts are higher in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months due to ~~Currencies~~the ~~Markets~~costs of long-term storage of a physical commodity prior to delivery or other factors. In addition, the forward price of a commodity may fluctuate between backwardation and contango. In the case of a contango market, the purchase price of the underlying asset of the futures contract being traded by a trader upon the sale of futures contracts about to expire will be higher than the amount realized in the sale.

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~~The price of the Shares~~Furthermore, ~~will~~when ~~depend on~~ the ~~value~~Trust ofrolls ~~the~~futures ~~investments~~contracts inclose ~~the~~to ~~Portfolio.~~their Toexpiration ~~the~~into ~~extent~~futures ~~that~~contracts ~~the~~expiring ~~Portfolio~~at ~~includes~~a ~~forward~~later ordate, ~~other~~it ~~derivative contracts the value of which~~ is ~~linked~~possible tothat the ~~price~~Trust ofmay anincur ~~underlying~~significant ~~foreign~~costs ~~currency,~~in ~~the~~connection ~~Trust,~~with ~~and therefore~~ the ~~Shares~~ roll, ~~are~~whether ~~exposed~~due to ~~fluctuations~~actions ~~in the price~~ of ~~that~~market ~~underlying~~participants ~~foreign currency~~or otherwise. ~~The~~This ~~price~~adverse ofeffect ~~various~~may ~~foreign~~be ~~currencies~~increased ~~has~~due ~~been~~to ~~extremely~~the ~~volatile~~actions atof ~~times during~~ the ~~past~~market ~~several~~participants ~~years.~~who ~~Some~~are ~~foreign~~aware ~~currencies~~of ~~prices have been at historically high levels and there is no certainty that those prices will remain at those high levels. If they move in directions that~~ the ~~Advisor~~composition ~~does not anticipate, the investment strategies~~ of the Trust’s ~~and/or~~Portfolio, ~~the~~which ~~value~~is ofpublished ~~the~~daily ~~Shares~~on ~~may~~the ~~be adversely~~Trust’s ~~affected~~website.

~~The~~Risks ~~value~~Relating ofto ~~the~~Currency ~~foreign~~Markets ~~currencies and, in turn, the currency-linked instruments held by the Trust may be affected by several factors, including, but not limited to:~~

As a multinational currency, the euro may experience greater price volatility due to the influence of multiple and uncoordinated political and fiscal regimes.

The euro is a multinational currency and its price may be affected by political, social, economic or financial events occurring in any of the seventeen euro zone countries. While the euro is the currency of a union of these countries, the union is economic and not political. The lack of a single fiscal policy and a central economic authority coordinating the response to events that may adversely affect the price of the euro creates uncertainties that do not exist in the case of a single-state currency. If the value of the euro is threatened by events or circumstances arising in localized areas of the euro zone and the euro zone members are not able to coordinate a successful response to such events, the value of the euro may decline and you may sustain a loss on your investment in the Shares.

A country’s decision to abandon the euro zone could have adverse consequences for the value of the Shares.

In the wake of the financial difficulties experienced by Greece, Ireland and Portugal there has been speculation about a possible breakup of the euro zone. If one or more nations decide to leave the euro zone, it is impossible to predict the effect of such a decision on the value of the euro and any of the other foreign currencies in which the Portfolio holds positions at any time. Similarly, the departure of one of the stronger economies (Germany, for example) could have devastating consequences for the value of the euro and adversely affect foreign currency positions in the Portfolio. Under these circumstances, the value of the Shares would decrease and you could sustain losses on your investment.

The price of the Shares depends on the value of the investments in the Portfolio. To the extent that the Portfolio includes forward or other derivative contracts linked to or affected by the price of a foreign currency, the Trust, and therefore the Shares, are exposed to fluctuations in the price of that foreign currency. The prices of various foreign currencies have been extremely volatile at times during the past

several years. Some foreign currency prices have recently experienced sharp fluctuations and there is no certainty that these prices will remain at their current levels. If they move in directions that the Advisor does not anticipate, the investment strategies of the Trust and/or the value of the Shares may be adversely affected.

The value of the foreign currencies and, in turn, the currency-linked instruments held by the Trust, may be affected by several factors, including, but not limited to:

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debt level and trade deficit of the United States and/or the relevant non-U.S. countries;

• inflation or deflation rates of the United States and the relevant non-U.S. countries and investors’ expectations concerning inflation or deflation rates generally;

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interest rates of the United States and the relevant non-U.S. countries and investors’ expectations concerning interest rates generally;

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investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and currency funds;

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global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations; and

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sovereign action to set or restrict currency conversion.

These factors cannot be controlled by the Trust, the Sponsor or the Advisor. Accordingly, the price of the Shares could change substantially and in a rapid and unpredictable manner. This exposes you to a potential loss if you need to sell your Shares when the value of the currency-linked instruments held by the Trust is lower than it was when you made your investment. These fluctuations can affect your investment regardless of the length of time you intend to hold your Shares.

Substantial transactions in a currency by any official sector market participant could adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

The official sector consists of central banks, other governmental agencies and/or other multi-lateral institutions that buy, sell or hold foreign currencies as part of their reserve assets. The official sector holds a significant amount of foreign currencies that can be ~~mobilized~~traded in the open market. In the event that future economic, political or social conditions or pressures require members of the official sector to sell their currency simultaneously or in an uncoordinated manner, the demand for the currency might not be sufficient to accommodate the sudden increase in the supply of the currency to the market. Consequently, the price of the currency could decline, which would adversely affect an investment in the Shares.

Conversely, unusual purchases of a currency by members of the official sector may have the effect of increasing the price of that currency which could adversely affect the value of Trust investments linked to that currency and, consequently, the performance of the Shares.

A country’s decision to abandon its currency at a time when the Trust has investments in futures and/or forward contracts, the value of which ~~depends~~ depends on the value of such currency, could have adverse effects for the value of the Trust’s contracts and, therefore, for the Trust’s investment strategy and/or the price of the Shares. For example, as members of the European Union, the ~~United~~ United Kingdom and Sweden have the option to adopt the euro as their currency in lieu of the British Pound Sterling and the Swedish Krona, respectively. Similarly, although Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, it may in the future ~~decide~~ decide to join it. If Switzerland joins the European Union, it will have the option to adopt the euro as its currency in lieu of the Swiss Franc. If the United Kingdom, Sweden or Switzerland adopts the euro as its currency by official act, the value of its currency could depreciate, depending on, among other things, the

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joins the European Union, it will have the option to adopt the euro as its currency in lieu of the Swiss Franc. If the United Kingdom, Sweden or Switzerland adopts the euro as its currency by official act, the value of its currency could depreciate, depending on, among other things, the relative value of its currency and the euro, the conversion ratio of its currency per euro and the timing of the adoption of the euro. If the British Pound Sterling, the Swedish Krona or the Swiss Franc declines in value at a time when the Trust has investments linked to that currency, the value of the currencies-linked derivative instruments held by the Trust and, in turn, the price of the Shares may be adversely affected.

Risks Relating Toto U.S. Government and Sovereign Debt Markets

Investing in debt obligations of the U.S. government creates exposure to credit and interest rate risk.

The Trust may invest in U.S. government debt instruments, which are U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds of varying maturities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government. The U.S. government debt instruments in which the Trust invests may be subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable to make interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting from fluctuations in the general level of interest rates. While the credit risk associated with U.S. government securities ~~generally~~was, isin the past, generally considered to be minimal, the ~~interest~~possibility ~~rate~~of ~~risk~~a ~~can~~default beby ~~substantial,~~the ~~and~~U.S. ~~such~~government ~~risks~~on ~~may~~its ~~vary~~debt ~~unpredictably~~obligations ~~over~~has ~~time.~~lately been the subject of speculation as the U.S. ~~government~~congress ~~securities~~has ~~generally~~labored ~~offer~~to ~~lower~~raise ~~yields~~the ~~than~~statutory ~~other fixed-income~~limit ~~securities,~~on ~~making~~public ~~them~~indebtedness ~~more~~and ~~susceptible~~ to address ~~changes~~the inbudget ~~interest rates~~deficit. ~~Thus~~Reflecting these concerns, aboth ~~rise~~Moody’s inand ~~the~~Fitch ~~general~~have ~~level~~placed ofa ~~interest~~“negative ~~rates~~outlook” ~~may~~on ~~cause~~their ~~the~~triple-A ~~value~~ratings of ~~the Portfolio’s~~ U.S. government securities, while Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the long-~~linked~~term sovereign ~~derivative~~credit ~~contracts~~rating on the United States of America to ~~fall substantially~~“AA+” but maintained the “A-1+” short-term rating.

~~Investing~~In inaddition, ~~futures~~the interest rate risk associated with U.S. government securities can be substantial, and/ such risks may vary unpredictably over time. U.S. government securities generally offer lower yields than other fixed-income securities, making them more susceptible to changes in interest rates. Thus, a rise in the general level of interest rates may cause the value of the Portfolio’s U.S. government securities or ~~forward~~U.S. ~~contracts~~government securities-linked derivative contracts to ~~sovereign~~fall ~~debt~~substantially. ~~instruments~~In ~~creates~~addition, ~~exposure~~recent tohistorically high deficit spending by the ~~direct~~U.S. orgovernment has necessitated additional issuances of U.S. government securities which may result in a significant decline in yields. A ~~indirect~~continuing ~~consequences~~rise in the level of ~~political,~~the ~~social~~U.S. orgovernment ~~economic~~deficit ~~changes~~may lead to a further increase in the ~~countries~~U.S. government borrowings and could be associated with an increase in the interest rates paid on U.S. government securities. Any such increase would adversely affect the value of U.S. government securities held by the Trust and, therefore, the value of the Shares. In addition, the Trust may become exposed to a greater credit risk with respect to U.S. government securities, which may cause a considerable decline in the ~~issuers~~value ~~are~~of ~~located~~the Portfolio.

~~The~~Investing ~~Trust may trade~~ in futures and/or forward contracts ~~involving~~linked ~~debt~~to ~~instruments issued or guaranteed by non-U.S. governments and their political subdivisions (such instruments, “~~sovereign debt” instruments). ~~An investment in sovereign debt instruments involves special risks and~~ creates exposure to the direct ~~and~~or indirect consequences of political, social or economic changes in the countries in which the ~~issuing~~issuers ~~governments~~ are located. ~~The ability~~ and ~~willingness of~~ the ~~non-U.S.~~creditworthiness ~~issuers~~ of the ~~sovereign~~ ~~debt or the non-U~~sovereign.S. governmental authorities that control repayment of their external debt to pay principal and interest on such debt when due may vary unpredictably and may depend on general economic and political conditions within the relevant country.

The ~~non-U.S.~~Trust ~~issuer~~may oftrade ~~the~~in ~~sovereign~~futures and forward contracts involving debt instruments issued or ~~the~~guaranteed by non-U.S. ~~governmental~~governments ~~authorities~~and ~~that~~their ~~control~~political subdivisions ~~the~~(such ~~repayment~~instruments, of“sovereign ~~the~~ debt” ~~may~~instruments). beAn ~~unable~~investment orin ~~unwilling~~sovereign todebt ~~repay~~instruments ~~principal~~involves orspecial ~~interest~~risks ~~when due,~~ and ~~the~~creates ~~Trust~~exposure ~~may~~to ~~have limited recourse in~~ the ~~event~~direct ofand aindirect ~~default.~~consequences ~~During periods~~ of ~~economic uncertainty~~political, ~~the~~social ~~market~~or ~~prices~~economic ofchanges ~~sovereign~~in ~~debt instruments may be more volatile~~the ~~than~~countries ~~prices~~in ofwhich ~~debt~~the ~~obligations~~issuing ofgovernments ~~the~~are Ulocated.S. ~~government~~The orability ~~other~~and ~~obligations.~~willingness Inof the ~~past, certain~~ non-U.S. issuers of the sovereign debt ~~have~~or ~~encountered~~the ~~difficulties~~non-U.S. ingovernmental ~~servicing~~authorities ~~their~~that ~~debt~~control ~~obligations,~~repayment ~~withheld payments~~ of ~~principal~~their ~~and~~external ~~interest~~debt ~~and declared~~to ~~moratoria~~pay ~~on the payment of~~ principal and interest on that ~~their sovereign~~ debt. Inwhen ~~some~~due ~~cases,~~may ~~remedies~~vary ~~must~~unpredictably ~~be pursued in the courts of the defaulting party itself,~~ and ~~the ability of the holder of sovereign debt instruments to obtain recourse~~ may bedepend ~~subject~~on togeneral ~~the~~economic and political ~~climate~~conditions inwithin the relevant country ~~and other unpredictable factors~~.

~~While~~The non-U.S. issuer of the ~~Trust~~sovereign ~~will~~debt ~~not~~or bethe ~~directly exposed~~non-U.S. togovernmental ~~these~~authorities ~~risks~~that ~~because~~control itthe ~~will~~repayment ~~not~~of ~~invest~~the ~~directly~~debt inmay ~~sovereign~~be ~~debt~~unable ~~instruments~~or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due, and the ~~value~~Trust ~~and/or~~may ~~liquidity~~have oflimited recourse in the ~~positions~~event ~~taken~~of bya default. During periods of economic uncertainty, the ~~Trust~~market ~~that~~prices ~~involve~~of non-U.S. sovereign debt instruments may be ~~adversely~~more ~~affected~~volatile bythan ~~the~~prices ~~occurrence~~ of ~~any~~debt obligations of the ~~events discussed above.~~

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U.S. government or other obligations. In the past, certain non-U.S. issuers of sovereign debt have encountered difficulties in servicing their debt obligations, withheld payments of principal and interest and declared moratoria on the payment of principal and interest on their sovereign debt. In some cases, remedies must be pursued in the courts of the defaulting party itself, and the ability of the holder of sovereign debt instruments to obtain recourse may be subject to the political climate in the relevant country and other unpredictable factors.

While the Trust is not directly exposed to these risks because it does not invest directly in sovereign debt instruments, the value and/or liquidity of the positions taken by the Trust that involve sovereign debt instruments may be adversely affected by the occurrence of any of the events discussed above.

Investing in futures and/or forward contracts linked to non-U.S. sovereign debt instruments creates exposure to non-U.S. interest rate fluctuations.

Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the sovereign bond-related positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of the Portfolio. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries may materially impact the Trust’s profitability. The Trust’s primary interest rate exposure is expected to be to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and other major industrialized, or Group of Seven countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States, collectively, “G-7”). However, the Trust also may take positions in futures contracts on the government debt of other nations.

Risks Relating to Interest Rate Derivatives Markets

Investing in interest rate futures ~~and/or forward~~ contracts creates exposure to interest rate fluctuations in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries.

Interest rate movements directly ~~affect~~ affect the price of the interest rate futures positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of its security index futures and currency forward positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements ~~between~~ between countries materially impact the Trust’s profitability. Because interest rates move up and down, interest rate futures contracts held by the Trust may trade at a premium some of the time and at a discount at other times. The Trust’s ~~primary~~ primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and ~~the~~ other G-7 countries. However, the Trust may also take futures positions on the interest rates and currencies of other nations.

Risks Relating to Security Index Futures Markets

Investing in security index futures contracts creates exposure to the performance of the underlying index.

The Trust may trade in certain stock or bond index futures that are designed to track the value of broader market indices (such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ 100 Index or the ~~Lehman~~Barclays Aggregate Bond Index). The value of the stock and bond index futures ~~contract~~contracts and the underlying broader market index may vary due to disruptions in the markets for the relevant index assets, the imposition of speculative position limits (as discussed in “~~The~~ Risk Factors— Risks Relating to ~~the~~ ~~Trust~~Regulatory ~~and Investment in the Shares~~Requirements—Regulatory and ~~U.S.~~ exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust.”), or due to other extraordinary circumstances. Further, some or a significant part of the securities (stocks or bonds) in the underlying index, may in turn be subject to specific risks that may affect the performance of the index and, consequently, the value of the Shares. In particular, to the extent that some or a significant part of the securities (stocks or bonds) in the index are subject to risks associated with emerging markets (either because their issuers are from, or are located or have extensive operations in emerging market countries), the performance of the index may be subject to the uncertainties that characterize an investment in an emerging market economy (such as political risks, lack of transparency, and different regulatory and legal systems). ~~Such~~These risks may have an adverse effect on the index and the price of the Shares.

In23 addition, stock index futures products are typically traded on electronic trading platforms and are subject to risks related to system access, varying response time, security and system or component failure.

Risks Relating to Derivative Instruments

The Trust will be subject to credit risks and other risks associated with U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts.

The Trust may trade in U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts as a means to achieve its investment objectives. Futures exchanges in the United States are subject to regulation under the CEA, by the CFTC, the governmental agency having responsibility for regulation of futures exchanges and trading on those exchanges. Because the Sponsor is a U.S. registered commodity pool operator, with respect to the U.S. exchange-traded

~~futures~~In ~~contracts~~addition, ~~the~~stock ~~Sponsor~~index ~~must~~futures ~~comply~~products ~~with~~are ~~various~~typically ~~U.S.~~traded ~~regulatory~~on ~~requirements~~electronic ~~under~~trading ~~the~~platforms ~~CEA~~ and are ~~the~~subject ~~rules~~to ~~and~~risks ~~regulations~~related ofto ~~the~~system ~~CFTC~~access, ~~including investor~~varying ~~protection~~response ~~requirements~~time, ~~antifraud~~security ~~prohibitions, disclosure requirements,~~ and ~~reporting~~system ~~and~~or ~~recordkeeping~~component ~~requirements~~failure. ~~The Sponsor is also subject to periodic inspections and audits by the CFTC.~~

Risks Relating to Derivative Contracts

The Trust’s use of leverage and/or short positions involves certain risks, including potentially high volatility and magnified losses in the underlying assets, and should be considered to be speculative.

The Trust uses leveraged investment techniques in seeking to achieve its investment objectives. Leverage may cause the value of the Shares to be more volatile than if the Trust did not use leverage. The more the Trust invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. In addition, derivatives contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes, which will be magnified by the leveraged positions of the Trust. Certain types of leveraging transactions, such as short sales, could theoretically be subject to unlimited losses in cases where the Trust, for any reason, is unable to close out the transaction. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

The Trust is subject to credit risks and other risks associated with U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts.

The Trust may trade in U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts as a means to achieve its investment objectives. Futures exchanges in the United States are subject to regulation under the CEA by the CFTC, the governmental agency currently having responsibility for regulation of futures exchanges and trading on those exchanges.

The risks associated with the Trust’s use of U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts include:

• Due to market conditions there may not always be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract. As a result, the Trust may be unable to close out ~~their~~its futures contracts at a desired price and at a time which is advantageous.

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Trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts.

Further, the counterparty to a U.S. exchange-traded futures contract is generally a clearing organization backed by a group of financial institutions. Each futures exchange in the United States has an associated “clearing house.” Once trades between members of an exchange have been confirmed, the clearing house becomes substituted for each buyer and each seller of contracts traded on the exchange and, in effect, becomes the other party to each trader’s open position in the market. Thereafter, each party to a trade looks only to the clearing house for performance. However, the obligations of the clearing house with respect to any open positions do not run to customers. There can be no assurance that the clearing house, or its members, will satisfy its obligations to the Trust. In addition, in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of any exchange or a clearing house, the Trust could experience a loss of the funds deposited through its U.S. futures commission merchant as margin with the exchange or clearing house, a loss of any profits on its open positions on the exchange, and the loss of unrealized profits on its closed positions on the exchange.

In addition, U.S. futures exchanges have rules that limit position, size and/or the amount of fluctuation in futures contract prices that may occur during a single business day. These limits are generally referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits,” and the maximum or minimum price of a contract on any given day as a result of these limits is referred to as a “limit price.” Once the limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made at a different price. It is not certain how long any such price limits may remain in effect. Limit prices may have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices, possibly having a negative effect on the

investment strategies of the Trust and/or the value of the futures contracts held by the Trust. These circumstances could thereby adversely affect the price of your Shares. In addition, these circumstances could also limit trading in futures contracts, which could affect the investment strategy of the Trust and/or the calculation of the NAV and the trading price of the Shares. Accordingly, these limits may result in an NAV that differs, and may differ significantly, from the NAV that would prevail in the absence of these limits. If Baskets are created or redeemed at a time when these price limits are in effect, the creation or redemption price will reflect the price limits.

Furthermore, exchanges may take steps, such as requiring liquidation of open positions, in the case of disorderly markets, market congestion or other market disruptions. These actions could require the Trust to limit or forego a desired investment strategy. This could adversely affect the NAV and the Trust’s performance.

In addition, during periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for particular futures contracts in the Portfolio, the ability of the Trust Administrator to assign an accurate daily value to these investments may be diminished and the Trust Administrator may be required to value these investments at prices other than market prices.

Trading on futures exchanges outside the United States is not subject to U.S. regulation.

The Trust may conduct trading on futures exchanges located outside of the United States. In that event, trading on ~~such~~those exchanges is not regulated by any United States governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading on United States exchanges, including different or diminished investor protections. In trading contracts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, Shares ~~will~~are be subject to the risk of adverse exchange-rate movements between the dollar and the functional currencies of ~~such~~those contracts. You could incur substantial losses from trading on ~~foreign~~ non-U.S. exchanges to which you would not otherwise have been subject had the Trust’s trading been limited to U.S. markets.

~~The~~When ~~Trust will~~entering ~~trade~~into inforeign ~~forward~~currency forward contracts, ~~that~~the ~~are~~Trust ~~not~~assumes ~~traded~~the onrisk ~~regulated~~that ~~exchanges~~its ~~and,~~counterparties ~~therefore,~~may ~~offer~~become ~~different~~unable or ~~lower~~unwilling ~~level~~to ofpay ~~protections~~any amounts owed to ~~investors~~the Trust.

AsCertain aforeign ~~means~~currencies tomarkets ~~achieve~~in which the Trust effects its ~~investment~~transactions ~~objectives,~~are over-the-counter ~~Trust~~or ~~may~~“interdealer” ~~from~~markets. ~~time~~Unlike exchange-traded tofutures ~~time~~contracts, ~~enter~~the ~~into~~counterparty to an over-the-counter forward ~~contracts.~~contract ~~These~~is ~~investment~~generally ~~vehicles~~a ~~are~~single ~~typically~~bank ~~traded~~or onother financial institution, rather than a ~~principal-to-principal~~clearing ~~basis~~organization ~~through~~backed ~~dealer~~by ~~markets~~a group of financial institutions. Participants in ~~that~~over-the-counter markets are ~~dominated~~typically bynot ~~major~~subject ~~money~~to ~~center~~the ~~and~~same ~~investment~~credit ~~banks~~evaluation and ~~other~~regulatory ~~institutions~~oversight ~~and~~as are ~~subject~~members toof ~~lesser~~“exchange-based” ~~degrees~~markets. ofTo ~~regulation~~the ~~or,~~extent that the Trust trades in ~~some~~over-the-counter ~~cases~~transactions, nothe ~~substantive~~Trust ~~regulation.~~may ~~With~~take a ~~respect~~credit risk with regard to ~~these~~parties ~~contracts,~~with ~~the~~which ~~Trust~~it trades and ~~investors~~also inmay bear the ~~Shares~~risk of settlement default. These risks may differ materially from those involved in exchange-traded futures transactions which generally are characterized by clearing ~~will~~organization ~~not~~guaranties, ~~receive~~daily ~~the~~marking-to-market ~~protections~~and ofsettlement, ~~the~~and ~~regulatory~~segregation and ~~statutory~~minimum ~~scheme~~capital ofrequirements ~~the~~applicable ~~CEA~~to intermediaries. ~~The~~Transactions ~~forward~~entered ~~markets~~into ~~rely~~directly ~~upon~~between two counterparties generally do not benefit from these protections, which in turn may subject the ~~integrity~~Trust ofto ~~market~~the ~~participants~~risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in ~~lieu~~accordance with agreed terms and conditions because of ~~the~~a ~~additional~~dispute ~~regulation~~over ~~imposed~~the byterms of the ~~exchanges~~contract or ~~the~~because ~~CFTC~~of ona ~~participants~~credit inor ~~the~~liquidity ~~futures~~problem. ~~markets~~This counterparty risk is increased for contracts with longer maturities when events may intervene to prevent settlement. The ~~lack~~ability of ~~regulation~~the inTrust ~~these~~to ~~markets~~transact ~~could~~business ~~expose~~with ~~investors~~any toone ~~significant~~or ~~losses~~any ~~under~~number ~~certain~~of ~~circumstances~~counterparties, ~~including~~the inlack ~~the~~of ~~event~~any independent evaluation of ~~trading~~the ~~abuses~~counterparties or their financial ~~failure~~capabilities, and the absence of a regulated market to facilitate settlement may increase the potential for losses by ~~participants~~the Trust.

~~In addition~~Further, ~~the~~if ~~Trust~~a ~~may~~counterparty ~~trade~~becomes inbankrupt ~~forward~~or ~~contracts~~otherwise ~~traded~~fails onto ~~electronic~~perform ~~trading~~its ~~facilities~~obligations ~~rather~~due ~~than~~to infinancial ~~the~~difficulties, ~~over-~~the~~-counter~~ ~~market.~~Trust ~~Many~~may ~~electronic~~experience ~~trading~~significant ~~facilities~~delays ~~have~~in ~~only~~obtaining ~~recently~~any ~~initiated~~recovery ~~trading~~in ~~and~~a dobankruptcy ~~not~~or ~~have~~other ~~significant~~reorganization ~~trading histories~~proceeding. AsThe aTrust ~~result,~~may ~~the~~obtain ~~trading~~only oflimited ~~contracts~~recovery onor ~~such~~may ~~facilities~~obtain ~~and~~no ~~inclusion~~recovery ofin such ~~contracts~~circumstances. inIn addition, the ~~Portfolio~~Trust may beenter ~~subject~~into toagreements ~~risks~~with ~~not presented by~~a ~~most~~limited ~~exchange-traded~~number ~~futures contracts, including risks related to the liquidity and price histories~~ of ~~the~~counterparties ~~relevant~~which ~~contracts.~~

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~~The~~ may increase the Trust’s ~~will~~exposure beto ~~subject~~counterparty credit risk. As evidenced by the upheaval of the credit markets leading to and following the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, counterparty credit ~~risks~~exposure ~~associated~~may ~~with~~surge ~~forward~~unexpectedly ~~contracts~~or as a result of events which may or may not relate to the credit standing of the counterparties to the Trust.

Certain foreign currencies and interest rates markets in which the Trust will effect its transactions are over-the-counter or “interdealer” markets. Unlike in exchange-traded futures contracts, the counterparty to an over-the-counter forward contract is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a clearing organization backed by a group of financial institutions. Participants in over-the-counter markets are typically not subject to the same credit evaluation and regulatory oversight as are members of “exchange-based” markets. To the extent that the Trust trades in over-the-counter transactions, the Trust may take a credit risk with regard to parties with which it trades and also may bear the risk of settlement default. These risks may differ materially from those involved in exchange-traded futures transactions which generally are characterized by clearing organization guaranties, daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries. Transactions entered into directly between two counterparties generally do not benefit from these protections, which in turn may subject the Trust to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in accordance with agreed terms and conditions because of a dispute over the terms of the contract or because of a credit or liquidity problem. Such counterparty risk is increased for contracts with longer maturities when events may intervene to prevent settlement. The ability of the Trust to transact business with any one or any number of counterparties, the lack of any independent evaluation of the counterparties or their financial capabilities, and the absence of a regulated market to facilitate settlement may increase the potential for losses by the Trust.

Further, if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Trust may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. The Trust may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. In addition, the Trust may enter into agreements with a limited number of counterparties which may increase the Trust’s exposure to counterparty credit risk.

Over-the-counter derivatives contracts have terms that make them less marketable than futures contracts. They are less marketable because they are not traded on an exchange, do not have uniform terms and conditions, and are entered into based upon the creditworthiness of the parties and the availability of credit support, such as collateral, and in general, are not transferable without the consent of the counterparty.

The ~~positive~~Advisor, ~~performance~~on behalf of ~~derivatives~~the ~~contracts~~Trust, ~~and~~trades ~~therefore~~in ~~the~~forward ~~value~~contracts ofthat ~~the~~are ~~Shares~~not traded on regulated exchanges and, istherefore, ~~wholly~~offer ~~dependent~~different or ~~upon~~lower anlevels ~~equal~~of ~~and~~protections ~~offsetting~~to ~~loss~~investors.

~~Trading~~As ina ~~derivatives~~means to achieve its investment objectives, the Trust may from time to time enter into forward contracts. isThese investment vehicles are typically traded on a ~~risk~~principal-to-principal ~~transfer~~basis ~~economic~~through ~~activity.~~dealer ~~For~~markets ~~every~~that ~~gain~~are ~~there~~dominated isby anmajor ~~equal~~money center and ~~offsetting~~investment ~~loss~~banks ~~rather~~and ~~than~~other aninstitutions ~~opportunity~~and are subject to ~~participate~~lesser degrees ~~over~~of ~~time~~regulation or, in ~~general~~some ~~economic~~cases, ~~growth~~no substantive regulation. ~~Unlike~~With ~~most alternative~~respect ~~investments~~to these contracts, anthe ~~investment~~Trust and investors in the Shares ~~does~~do not ~~involve~~receive ~~acquiring~~the ~~any~~protections ~~asset~~of ~~with~~the ~~intrinsic~~regulatory ~~value~~and statutory scheme of the CEA. ~~Overall~~The ~~stock~~forward ~~and~~markets ~~bond~~rely upon ~~prices~~the ~~could~~integrity ~~rise~~of ~~significantly,~~market ~~and~~participants in lieu of the ~~economy~~additional asregulation aimposed ~~whole~~by ~~prosper,~~the ~~while~~exchanges ~~Shares~~or ofthe CFTC on participants in the ~~Trust~~futures ~~may~~markets. ~~nonetheless~~The belack of regulation in these markets could expose investors to significant losses under ~~valued~~certain ~~and/~~circumstances including in the event of trading abuses or ~~trade~~financial ~~unprofitably~~failure by participants.

~~The~~In addition, the Trust’s ~~use~~may oftrade in ~~leverage~~forward contracts traded on electronic trading facilities rather than in the over-the-counter market. Many electronic trading facilities have only recently initiated trading and~~/or~~ ~~short~~do ~~positions~~not ~~will~~have ~~involve~~significant ~~special~~trading ~~risks~~histories. As a result, ~~including~~the trading ~~potentially~~of ~~high~~contracts ~~volatility,~~on these facilities and ~~should~~inclusion of these contracts in the Portfolio may be ~~considered~~subject to berisks ~~speculative~~not presented by most exchange-traded futures contracts, including risks related to the liquidity and price histories of the relevant contracts.

~~The~~Failure ~~Trust will use leveraged investment techniques in seeking to achieve its investment objectives. Leverage will cause the value~~ of the ~~Shares~~Clearing toFCM be more volatile than if the Trust did not use leverage. The more the Trust invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. In addition, derivatives contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to ~~occasional~~segregate ~~rapid~~assets ~~and~~or ~~substantial changes, which will be magnified by~~ the ~~leveraged~~insolvency ~~positions~~ of the Trust.’s ~~Certain~~prime ~~types~~broker ~~of leveraging~~may ~~transactions, such as short sales that are not “against the box,” could theoretically be subject to unlimited~~ increase losses ~~in cases where the Trust, for any reason, is unable to close out the transaction~~. ~~Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.~~

20The CEA requires a futures commission merchant, such as the Clearing FCM, to segregate all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of U.S. domestic futures contracts from its proprietary assets. Similarly, the CEA requires each futures commission merchant to hold in a separate secure account all funds received from customers with respect to any orders for the purchase or sale of foreign futures contracts and segregate any such funds from the funds received with respect to domestic futures contracts. However, all funds and other property received by the Clearing FCM from its customers are held by the Clearing FCM on a commingled basis in an omnibus account and may be freely accessed by the Clearing FCM, which may also invest any such funds in certain instruments permitted under the applicable regulation. There is a risk that assets deposited by the Trust with the Clearing FCM as margin for the purchase of domestic or foreign futures contracts may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Clearing FCM. In addition, the assets of the Trust might not be fully protected in the event of the Clearing FCM’s bankruptcy, as the Trust would be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the Clearing FCM’s combined domestic customer accounts.

Similarly, the CEA requires a clearing organization approved by the CFTC as a derivatives clearing organization to segregate all funds and other property received from a clearing member’s clients in connection with domestic futures and options contracts from any funds held at the clearing organization to support the clearing member’s proprietary trading. Nevertheless, all customer funds held at a clearing

~~Failure~~ organization in connection with any futures or options contracts are held in a commingled omnibus account and are not identified to the name of ~~Futures~~the ~~Commission~~clearing ~~Merchants~~member’s individual customers. With respect to ~~segregate~~futures ~~assets~~and options contracts, a clearing organization may ~~increase~~use ~~losses~~assets of a non-defaulting customer held in an omnibus account at the clearing organization to satisfy payment obligations of a defaulting customer of the clearing member to the clearing organization. As a result, in the event of a default or the Clearing FCM’s other clients or the Clearing FCM’s failure to extend own funds in connection with any such default, the Trust would not be able to recover the full amount of assets deposited by the Clearing FCM on behalf of the Trust with the clearing organization.

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Risks Relating to the Advisor and its Trading Strategies

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~~Relative~~To ~~value~~the ~~strategies~~extent ~~utilized~~that the Advisor’s, and the Advisor’s principals’, lack of prior experience in the application of the methodologies used by the ~~Advisor~~Trust toand ~~identify~~the making of investment ~~opportunities~~decisions ~~for~~similar ~~the~~to those required to generate Trust ~~are~~profits, ~~subject~~produce losses to ~~certain~~the ~~special~~Trust, ~~risks.~~the value of your Shares will be adversely affected and you will sustain a loss in your investment in the Shares.

~~The~~27 Advisor expects to utilize, among others, relative value trading strategies, which are composed of positions in contracts relating to two or more assets the prices of which are expected to either converge or diverge and, as a rule, mitigate the absolute price risk associated with taking an outright, unhedged position in

respect of a single asset, and may be based upon historical price relationships and intended to neutralize the adverse (and positive) price effects of macro-economic events and trends. However, relative value strategies are subject to certain special risks. The ~~success of the~~ Advisor’s ~~trading~~makes ~~activities~~decisions ~~will~~regarding ~~depend,~~investments ~~among~~for ~~other things, on~~ the ~~Advisor’s~~Trust ~~ability~~relying toon ~~identify~~quantitative ~~unjustified or~~models temporary discrepancies between the fundamental value and the market price of an asset or between the market prices of two or more assets whose prices are expected to move in relation to each other and to exploit those discrepancies to derive a profit to the extent that ~~the~~may ~~Advisor~~be isdefective ~~able to anticipate in which direction the relative values~~ or ~~prices~~not ~~will~~adequate ~~move~~ to ~~eliminate~~analyze ~~the~~market ~~identified~~conditions ~~discrepancy. For example, a relative value strategy may fail to profit fully or~~ at ~~all~~the ortime ~~may suffer a loss or a greater loss due to a failure of~~ the ~~component~~investment ~~contract~~decisions ~~prices~~are tomade; ~~converge or diverge~~ as ~~anticipated.~~a ~~This may occur with respect to prices relating to all or only certain contract maturities and may~~ result, ~~from~~the anreturns ~~unanticipated backwardation or contango of contract prices or other reversal of historic or~~ expected ~~relationships.~~from ~~See~~those ~~“—Risk~~investments ~~Factors~~may ~~Relating~~not ~~to Commodity Markets~~materialize.”

~~Identification~~The Advisor identifies and ~~exploitation~~evaluates potential investment opportunities for the Trust using proprietary analytical and business models that have been built and are updated on the basis of historical data collected or derived from several sources that track the ~~investment~~performance ~~opportunities~~of different variables across markets deemed relevant to beits ~~pursued~~investment decisions by the Advisor. ~~involve~~In athe ~~high~~process ~~degree~~ of building ~~uncertainty.~~these Ifmodels, ~~what~~ the Advisor ~~perceives~~has asrelied anand ~~unjustified~~will orrely ~~temporary~~on ~~price~~assumptions orthat ~~value discrepancy~~the ~~posing~~Advisor andeems ~~investment~~reasonable ~~opportunity~~under isthe ~~nothing~~circumstances. ~~more~~Although ~~than~~the aAdvisor ~~price~~is ~~differential~~expected ~~due~~ to ~~reasons~~take ~~not~~reasonable ~~likely~~care to ~~disappear~~ensure ~~within~~the reliability of the ~~time~~sources ~~horizon~~used, the accuracy of anthe ~~investment~~information ~~made~~derived byfrom such sources and the ~~Trust,~~reasonableness ~~fails~~of toits ~~anticipate~~assumptions, the ~~direction~~possibility for error remains. In addition, even in circumstances in which the ~~relative~~sources ~~prices~~are reliable, the information is accurate and the assumptions orare ~~values~~reasonable, ~~will~~it ~~move~~is topossible ~~eliminate~~for a ~~discrepancy~~model orto iffail ~~the~~to ~~Advisor~~perform ~~has~~as ~~incorrectly~~expected ~~evaluated~~in the ~~extent~~face of new market conditions, changing economic or regulatory environments or other unanticipated circumstances not built into the ~~expected~~model. ~~spread~~Investors ~~relationships,~~in ~~such~~the ~~that,~~Shares should ~~for~~be ~~example~~aware that, if the ~~value~~models ofused by the ~~Trust’s~~Advisor ~~long~~in ~~positions~~its ~~appreciates~~investment atdecisions aprove ~~slower~~to ~~rate~~be ~~than~~defective ~~the value~~or become inadequate in light of the ~~Trust’s~~circumstances ~~short~~prevailing ~~positions~~at inthe ~~related~~time ~~assets,~~they ~~the~~are ~~expected~~used ~~returns~~in connection with investment decisions for the Trust, the ~~will~~returns ~~not~~anticipated ~~materialize,~~by ~~and~~ the ~~Trust~~Advisor may ~~sustain~~fail ato ~~loss~~materialize, ~~that~~substantial ~~will~~losses ~~adversely~~may ~~affect~~occur and as a result the price of the Shares could be adversely affected. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

The ~~discrepancies~~strategies ~~that~~used by the Advisor ~~will seek~~ to identify ~~and~~investment ~~turn into profit~~ opportunities for the Trust may ~~arise~~fail ~~due~~ to adeliver ~~variety of circumstances. Some may be due to uneven flows of information to~~ the ~~relevant~~desired ~~markets, with the market for one asset reflecting the impact of specified items of information before or after the same information has an impact on the market for a related asset~~returns. Others may be the result of regulatory or legal restrictions applicable to one type of asset, but not to a functionally equivalent asset (which occurs, for example, when regulated financial institutions are prohibited from investing in a particular type of asset, but are free to take, via derivative arrangements, positions that leave them exposed to the performance of the same asset). A reduction in the volatility and market inefficiencies that create the opportunities in which the Advisor may seek to invest, as well as other market factors, will reduce the scope for the Advisor’s investment strategies, limit the Trust opportunities for profit and adversely affect the price of the Shares.

The Advisor utilizes specialized investment strategies, follows allocation methodologies, applies investment models and assumptions, and enters into other strategies intended, among other things, to affect the Trust’s performance while targeting risk levels. There can be no assurance that the Advisor will succeed in achieving any goal related to these practices. The Advisor may be unable or may choose in its judgment not to seek to achieve these goals. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

Relative value strategies used by the Advisor to identify investment opportunities for the Trust are subject to certain risks.

The Advisor utilizes, among others, relative value trading strategies which are composed of positions in contracts relating to two or more assets the prices of which are expected to either converge or diverge and, in theory, mitigate the absolute price risk associated with taking an outright, unhedged position in respect of a single asset, and may be based upon historical price relationships and intended to neutralize the adverse (and positive) price effects of macro-economic events and trends. However, relative value strategies are subject to certain risks. The success of the Advisor’s trading activities depends, among other things, on the Advisor’s ability to identify unjustified or temporary discrepancies between the fundamental value and the market price of an asset or between the market prices of two or more assets whose prices are expected to move in relation to each other and to exploit those discrepancies to derive a profit to the extent that the Advisor is able to anticipate in which direction the relative values or prices will move to eliminate the identified discrepancy. For example, a relative value strategy may fail to profit fully or at all or may suffer a loss or a greater loss due to a failure of the component contract prices to converge or diverge as anticipated. This may occur with respect to prices relating to all or only certain contract maturities and may result from an unanticipated backwardation or contango of contract prices or other reversal of historic or expected relationships. See “—Risk Factors Relating to Commodity Markets—During a period when commodity prices are fairly stationary, “backwardation” or “contango” in the prices of the commodity-linked futures contracts held by the Trust may cause the price of your Shares to decrease.”

Identification and exploitation of the investment opportunities to be pursued by the Advisor involve a high degree of uncertainty. If what the Advisor perceives as an unjustified or temporary price or value discrepancy posing an investment opportunity is nothing more than a price differential due to reasons not likely to disappear within the time horizon of an investment made by the Trust, if the Advisor fails to anticipate the direction in which the relative prices or values will move to eliminate a discrepancy, or if the Advisor has incorrectly evaluated the extent of the expected spread relationships, so that, for example, the value of the Trust’s long positions appreciates at a slower rate than the value of the Trust’s short positions in related assets, then the expected returns for the Trust will not materialize, and the Trust may sustain a loss that will adversely affect the price of the Shares.

The discrepancies that the Advisor seeks to identify and turn into profit opportunities for the Trust may arise due to a variety of circumstances. Some may be due to uneven flows of information to the relevant markets, with the market for one asset reflecting the impact of specified items of information before or after the same information has an impact on the market for a related asset. Others may be the result of regulatory or legal restrictions applicable to one type of asset, but not to a functionally equivalent asset (which occurs, for example, when regulated financial institutions are prohibited from investing in a particular type of asset, but are free to take, via derivative arrangements, positions that leave them exposed to the performance of the same asset). A reduction in the volatility and market inefficiencies that create the opportunities in which the Advisor may seek to invest, as well as other market factors, will reduce the scope for the Advisor’s investment strategies, limit the Trust’s opportunities for profit and adversely affect the price of the Shares.

Various actual and potential conflicts of interest involving the Advisor may be detrimental to Shareholders.

The Trust ~~will~~is be subject to actual and potential conflicts of interest involving the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Advisor. The relationships existing among the Advisor, the Trustee and the Sponsor are ~~affiliates~~described under “Conflicts of Interest”. ~~The~~ Because of these relationships, the Sponsor ~~has~~may have a disincentive to replace the ~~Advisor,~~Trustee ~~regardless~~or of the Advisor~~’s performance~~, ~~because~~regardless ~~it is an affiliate~~ of ~~the~~their ~~Sponsor~~performance.

A conflict of interest may also arise where the Advisor finds that futures positions established for the benefit of the Trust, when aggregated with the Advisor’s positions in other accounts of the Advisor (or the proprietary or other positions of its principals or affiliates), approach or exceed the position limits set by the CFTC or the relevant futures exchange in a particular asset. All futures contracts managed by the Advisor and its affiliates in respect of a particular futures contract may be combined for position limit purposes. It is possible that the Advisor will approach or reach ~~such~~ position limits and, if so, will have a conflict of interest among the various accounts it manages as to which accounts are allocated the limited contracts available. The Trust may be forced to forego certain opportunities as a result of ~~such~~those limitations. In addition, if ~~the position limits are exceeded by the Advisor (or its principals or affiliates)~~ in the opinion of the CFTC or other ~~regulatory~~regulating body, exchange, or board of trade the Advisor (or its principals or affiliates) exceed position limits, the Advisor may be forced to liquidate certain positions in order to comply with the aggregate applicable position limit requirements. In liquidating positions held on behalf of its accounts, however, the Advisor may choose not to liquidate positions held on behalf of the Trust in proportion to other accounts under its management. The result to the Trust would be a reduction in the potential for profit and/or potentially substantial losses should the exit of positions be at unfavorable prices by virtue of position limits. See “Conflicts of Interest.”

22In addition, the Sponsor and the Advisor may, from time to time, have conflicting demands in respect of their obligations to the Trust and, in the future, to other commodity pools and accounts. The Advisor may be effecting trades for its own accounts and for others (including other commodity pools in competition with the Trust) on a discretionary basis. It is possible that positions taken by the Advisor for other accounts may be taken ahead of or opposite positions taken on behalf of the Trust. In addition, the Advisor and certain of its affiliates may currently or in the future offer products or pursue investment strategies that

~~substantial~~may ~~losses~~utilize or include some or all of the strategies and/or exposures targeted by the Trust, or which may compete or conflict with the Trust’s activities. Further, a conflict of interest may also arise where the Advisor receives an incentive-based fee in lieu of, or in addition to, an asset-based fee for its advisory services in respect of certain accounts, other than the Trust, and may choose to devote greater resources and allocate more investment opportunities to those accounts. In the event the Sponsor or the Advisor trades for its own account, neither of them would make those trading records available for inspection. The result to the Trust would be, among others, a reduction in the potential for profit should the ~~exit~~entry of positions be at unfavorable prices by virtue of ~~position~~entry ~~limits.~~of ~~See~~other ~~“Conflicts~~trades in front of ~~Interest~~the Trust’s trades.”

~~Although~~The ~~the~~Sponsor ~~Advisor~~has ~~may~~not beestablished ~~able~~any toformal ~~achieve~~procedure ~~the~~to ~~same~~resolve ~~performance~~conflicts ~~results~~of ~~with~~interest. ~~over-the-counter~~Consequently, ~~substitutes~~investors ~~for~~are ~~futures~~dependent ~~contracts,~~on the ~~over-~~good faith of the~~-counter market~~ ~~may~~respective beparties subject to ~~differing~~such ~~prices,~~conflicts ~~lesser~~to ~~liquidity~~resolve ~~and~~them equitably. ~~greater~~Although ~~counterparty~~the ~~credit~~Sponsor ~~risks~~attempts ~~than~~to ~~the~~monitor ~~regulated~~these ~~commodities~~conflicts, ~~exchanges.~~it ~~See~~is ~~“Risks~~extremely ~~Relating~~difficult, toif ~~Derivative~~not ~~Instruments—The~~impossible, ~~Trust~~for ~~will~~the ~~trade~~Sponsor into ~~forward~~ensure ~~contracts~~ that ~~are not~~these ~~traded~~conflicts ondo ~~regulated~~not, ~~exchanges~~in ~~and~~fact, ~~therefore,~~result ~~offer~~in ~~different~~adverse orconsequences ~~lower level of protections~~ to ~~investors~~the Shareholders.”

In addition, the Sponsor and the Advisor may, from time to time, have conflicting demands in respect of their obligations to the Trust and, in the future, to other commodity pools and accounts. The Advisor may be effecting trades for its own accounts and for others (including other commodity pools in competition with the Trust) on a discretionary basis. It is possible that positions taken by the Advisor for other accounts may be taken ahead of or opposite positions taken on behalf of the Trust. In the event the Sponsor or the Advisor trade for their own account, such trading records will not be made available for inspection. The result to the Trust would be, among others, a reduction in the potential for profit should the entry of positions be at unfavorable prices by virtue of entry of other trades in front of the Trust’s trades.

The Sponsor has not established any formal procedure to resolve conflicts of interest. Consequently, investors will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably. Although the Sponsor will attempt to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Sponsor to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to the Shareholders.

Risks Relating to the Trust and Investment in the Shares

The Trust ~~will~~is be subject to the risks associated with being newly organized.

The Trust ~~will be~~ is newly organized. The success of the Trust will depend on a number of conditions that are beyond ~~the~~ its control. These conditions include the level of acceptance by the investor community of an investment vehicle such as the Trust, which has not been offered to retail investors before, the Trust’s ability to raise sufficient funds to be able to efficiently engage in derivatives trading and the Advisor’s ability to identify profitable trading opportunities for the Trust. There is a substantial risk that the investment objectives of the Trust will not be met. Neither the Sponsor nor the Advisor has been responsible for an actively managed, publicly offered commodity fund other than the Trust. If the experience of the Sponsor and the Advisor and their principals is not adequate or suitable to manage investment vehicles such as the Trust, the operations of the Trust may be adversely affected.

The lack of an active trading market for the Shares may result in losses on your investment at the time of disposition of your Shares.

Although the Shares are ~~expected~~listed tofor betrading ~~listed~~ on NYSE Arca, there can be no guarantee that an active trading market for the Shares will develop or be maintained. If you need to sell your Shares at a time when no active market for them exists, the price you receive for your Shares, assuming that you are able to sell them, will likely be lower than that you would receive if an active market did exist.

The Shares of the Trust ~~will~~are be new securities products and their value could decrease if unanticipated operational or trading problems arise.

The mechanisms and procedures governing the creation, redemption and offering of the Shares have been developed specifically for these securities products. Consequently, there may be unanticipated problems or issues with respect to the mechanics of the operations of the Trust and the trading of the Shares that could have a material adverse effect on an investment in the Shares. In addition, because the Trust ~~will~~is be actively managed, to the extent that unanticipated operational or trading problems or issues arise, the Sponsor’s or the Advisor’s past experience and qualifications may not be suitable for solving these problems or issues.

You may not rely on past performance in deciding whether to buy the Shares.

The Trust ~~has not~~ commenced trading on November 16, 2009; consequently, there is no meaningful performance history you can use to evaluate your investment in the Trust. Although past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, if the Trust had a meaningful performance history, ~~such~~that ~~performance~~ history might ~~(or might not)~~ provide you with more information on which to evaluate an investment in the Trust. AsIn addition, given the Advisor’s decision to increase the maximum targeted annualized volatility of the Trust’s ~~has not~~portfolio ~~commenced~~from ~~trading~~8% orto ~~developed~~10% ~~any~~as of the date of this prospectus, the limited performance history, ~~you~~developed by ~~will~~the ~~have~~Trust tosince ~~make~~its ~~your~~inception may be even less relevant to a decision to invest in the ~~Trust without such information~~Shares.

~~The~~30 Trust will be subject to the costs and risks associated with being actively managed. These costs and risks may cause your investment in the Shares to result in losses that you might have avoided if you had invested in products not exposed to those costs and risks.

ThereTable is limited market history for actively-managed exchange-traded funds, and it is not known how well the Trust will perform in the market place. Until recently, most exchange-traded funds, including exchange-traded commodity funds, have attempted to replicate or track an index. There is no index that the Trust will attempt to replicate or track. Instead, the portfolio Sponsor will have discretion to select the Trust’s investments, and the ability of the Trust to meet its investment objectives will be directly related to the Advisor’s portfolio allocation of the Trust’s assets. The Advisor’s judgments, based on its investment strategy, about the attractiveness and potential appreciation of the particular investments in which the Trust invests may prove to be incorrect and the value of your Shares may be adversely affected. Contents

The Trust is subject to the costs and risks associated with being actively managed. These costs and risks may cause your investment in the Shares to result in losses that you might have avoided if you had invested in products not exposed to those costs and risks.

There is limited market history for actively-managed exchange-traded funds, and it is not known how well the Trust will perform in the marketplace. Until a few years ago, most exchange-traded funds, including exchange- traded commodity funds, have attempted to replicate or track an index. There is no index that the Trust attempts to replicate or track. Instead, the Advisor has discretion to select the Trust’s investments, and the ability of the Trust to meet its investment objectives is directly related to the Advisor’s portfolio allocation of the Trust’s assets. The Advisor’s judgments, based on its investment strategy, about the attractiveness and potential appreciation of the particular investments in which the Trust invests may prove to be incorrect and the value of your Shares may be adversely affected.

The price you receive upon the sale of your Shares may be less than their NAV.

Shares may trade at, above or below their NAV. The NAV ~~will~~fluctuates ~~fluctuate~~ with changes in the market value of the Trust’s assets. The trading prices of Shares ~~will~~are expected to fluctuate in accordance with changes in the NAV, intraday changes in the value of the investment portfolio held by the Trust and market supply and demand. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price of the Shares relative to their NAV may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between NYSE Arca, on which the Shares trade, and markets for the instruments, or the assets underlying the instruments, held by the Trust. While the Shares ~~will~~ trade on NYSE Arca until 4:00 P.M., New York City time, liquidity in the markets for the derivative instruments, or the assets underlying the instruments, held by the Trust and trading on certain other exchanges or trading facilities during different time frames ~~will~~ may be reduced after the close of the principal markets for those instruments or underlying assets. Consequently, liquidity in the instruments held by the Trust ~~will~~may be reduced at the close of trading at the applicable underlying market. As a result, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount on Shares, may widen during the time when NYSE Arca is open and certain other applicable markets are closed.

The NAV may not always correspond to the market price of the Shares and, as a result, Baskets may be created or redeemed at a value that differs from the market price of the Shares.

The NAV of the Shares of the Trust ~~will~~changes ~~change~~ as fluctuations occur in the market value of its ~~portfolio~~Portfolio. You should be aware that the public trading price of a number of Shares of the Trust otherwise amounting to a Basket may be different from the NAV of an actual Basket (i.e., 5100,000 individual Shares may trade at a premium over, or a discount to, net asset value of a Basket ~~of Shares~~) ~~and~~ and similarly the public trading price per Share of the Trust may be different from the NAV per Share of the Trust. Consequently, an Authorized Participant may be able to create or redeem a Basket ~~of Shares of the Trust~~ at a discount or a premium to the public trading price per Share of the Trust. This price difference may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares of the Trust are closely related, but not identical, to the same forces influencing the price of an underlying commodity at any point in time. You also should note that the size of the Trust in terms of total assets and positions held may change substantially over time and from time to time as Baskets are created and redeemed.

Authorized Participants or their clients or customers may have an opportunity to realize a profit if they can purchase a Basket at a discount to the public trading price of the Shares ~~of a Trust~~ or can redeem a Basket at a premium over the public trading price of the Shares of the Trust. To the extent that Authorized Participants and their clients and customers may be able to exploit such arbitrage opportunities, the public trading price of the Shares should track the NAV over time. Market participants that are not Authorized Participants may not be able to exploit any such arbitrage opportunity to the same degree, if at all.

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~~premium~~None ~~over~~of the ~~public~~Sponsor, ~~trading~~the ~~price~~Advisor ofor the ~~Shares~~Trustee ofcan ~~the~~assure ~~Trust.~~you Tothat ~~the~~it ~~extent~~will ~~that~~continue ~~Authorized~~in ~~Participants~~its respective ~~and~~role. ~~their~~If ~~clients~~any ~~and~~of ~~customers~~them ~~may~~was beno ~~able~~longer to ~~exploit~~ ~~such~~act ~~arbitrage~~in ~~opportunities~~those roles, the ~~public~~Trust ~~trading~~and ~~price~~the value of the Shares ~~should track the NAV over time. Market participants that are not Authorized Participants~~ may ~~not be able to exploit any such arbitrage opportunity to the same degree, if at all~~suffer.

~~You~~None ~~cannot~~of the Sponsor, the Advisor or the Trustee can assure you that it will be ~~assured~~willing or able to continue to service the Trust for any length of time. If any of them discontinues its activities on behalf of the Trust, the Trust may be adversely affected. For example, following the resignation of the Sponsor, the Advisor or the Trustee, the Trust may not be able to secure the services of a substitute sponsor, advisor or trustee on terms as favorable (including in respect of compensation) as those in effect with the departing party, or on any terms at all. If the Trust is unable to secure the services of a new sponsor, advisor or trustee, it may be forced to terminate its activities at a time that is disadvantageous for its Shareholders. If the Sponsor’s or the Advisor’s ~~continued~~registrations ~~services~~under the CEA or memberships in the NFA were revoked or suspended, ~~which~~they ~~discontinuance~~would ~~may~~no longer be ~~detrimental~~ able to provide services to the Trust.

~~You~~The ~~cannot be assured that the Sponsor or the Advisor will be willing or able to continue to service the~~ Trust ~~for any length of time. If one of them discontinues its activities on behalf of the Trust, the Trust~~ may beincur ~~adversely~~additional ~~affected.~~transactional Ifcosts ~~the~~because ~~Sponsor’s or~~ the ~~Advisor’s~~Portfolio ~~registrations~~is ~~with~~actively ~~the~~managed, ~~CFTC~~and oractively ~~memberships~~managed inportfolios ~~the~~may ~~NFA~~have ~~were revoked or suspended,~~higher ~~they~~turnover ~~would no longer be able to provide services to the Trust~~rates.

The Trust may ~~incur~~engage ~~additional~~in investment activity without regard to the effect on portfolio turnover. Portfolio turnover refers to the rate at which the instruments held by the Trust are replaced. The higher the rate, the higher the transactional and brokerage costs asassociated awith ~~result~~the turnover, which may adversely affect the Trust’s net asset value and, in turn, the value of your Shares. Historically, the Trust’s annual turnover rate has ranged between 486% (for the calendar year ended December 31, 2011) and 583% (for the calendar year ended December 31, 2010). In connection with the ~~higher~~increase ~~portfolio~~in maximum targeted annualized volatility of the Trust effective as of the date of this prospectus, the Trust’s expected annual turnover rate’s ~~attendant~~range has been increased to 300% to 800%, although it may vary and be considerably higher under certain market conditions or due to other factors including the term of a anrelevant ~~actively~~futures contract. Transaction costs incurred by the Trust include commissions, futures exchange, futures regulatory and futures clearing fees, transaction fees of the prime broker and other fees or costs associated with trading. These costs have been estimated in the break-even table that appears on page 14. Actively managed ~~fund~~portfolios (like the Trust) may have higher transaction costs or fees than products that are passive, or products that do not transact based on events and factors that influence market prices. For example, an active manager may trade more often during periods of high market volatility in an attempt to take advantage of price movements.

~~The~~Several ~~Trust~~variables, ~~may~~and ~~engage~~expectations inor ~~investment~~announcements ~~activity~~related ~~without regard~~ to ~~the~~such ~~effect~~variables, onmay ~~portfolio~~lead ~~turnover.~~to ~~Portfolio~~increased trading ~~turnover~~by ~~refers to~~ the ~~rate~~trust, at which ~~the~~in ~~instruments~~turn ~~held~~increases bytransaction ~~the~~costs. ~~Trust~~These ~~are~~variables ~~replaced.~~potentially ~~The~~include ~~higher~~changes ~~the~~in ~~rate~~interest rates, ~~the~~changes ~~higher~~in ~~the~~supply ~~transactional~~ and ~~brokerage~~demand ~~costs~~for ~~associated with~~ the ~~turnover,~~futures ~~which~~or ~~may adversely~~currencies ~~affect~~traded by the Trust’s, ~~NAV~~ and, inmacro ~~turn~~economic factors, ~~the~~such ~~value~~as economic ofperformance, ~~your~~inflation ~~Shares~~and growth. ~~The~~More ~~Trust’s~~frequent ~~expected~~reallocation ~~annual~~of ~~turnover~~investments ~~rate~~across the Trust’s ~~range~~strategies isalso ~~150%~~may toincrease ~~250%,~~both ~~although~~Portfolio itturnover ~~may vary~~ and betransaction ~~considerably~~costs ~~higher~~for ~~under~~the ~~certain market conditions~~Trust.

Fees and expenses payable by the Trust ~~will~~are be charged regardless of profitability and may result in a depletion of its assets.

The Trust ~~will~~is be subject to the fees and expenses described in this prospectus, which ~~will~~are be payable irrespective of profitability. These fees and expenses include an allocation to the Sponsor (known as the “Sponsor’s Fee”) that ~~will~~accrues ~~accrue~~ daily at an annualized rate equal to ~~[ ]~~ 0.95% of the adjusted net asset value of the Trust and ~~will~~is be payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. Additional charges may apply to the Trust. The Trust ~~will~~is be expected to earn interest income. If interest income falls below the amount required to cover the Trust’s fees and expenses, the Trust ~~will~~needs ~~need~~ to have positive performance in order to break even net of fees and expenses. Consequently, depending upon the interest rate environments, the expenses of the Trust could, over time, result in losses to your investment therein. You may never achieve ~~profits~~any gains, significant or otherwise , on your investment in the Shares. See “Business of the Trust—Trust Expenses.”

It32 ~~is not expected that the Trust will make any periodic distributions or dividend payments to its shareholders.~~

Other than in connection with the redemption of Baskets of Shares or with the liquidation of the Trust, or as determined by the Sponsor in its absolute discretion, it is not expected that the Trust will make any distributions or pay any dividends to its shareholders. Consequently, in the absence of any of the circumstances listed in the preceding sentence, the return of an investment in the Shares (if any) must come only from an increase in the price of such Shares realized upon sale of Shares by the Shareholder.

The Trust could be liquidated at a time when the disposition of its interests will result in losses to investors in Shares.

If, at any time, any of the events described under “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Amendment and Dissolution” occurs, the Trustee or, if applicable, the Shareholders may prompt the Trust’s dissolution. Upon dissolution of the Trust, the Trust will liquidate its holdings and pay all expenses of liquidation and any outstanding liabilities of the Trust. Any remaining cash will be distributed among investors surrendering Shares. Any assets of the Trust remaining in the possession of the Trustee after 90 days may be sold by the

~~Trustee~~It ~~and~~is ~~the~~not ~~proceeds~~expected ~~held~~that ~~uninvested and in a non-interest bearing account until claimed by any remaining Shareholders. Sales of derivative investment instruments in connection with~~ the ~~liquidation of the~~ Trust ~~at a time of low prices~~ will ~~likely~~make ~~result~~any inperiodic ~~losses,~~distributions or ~~adversely~~dividend ~~affect~~payments ~~your~~to its ~~gains, on your investment in the Shares~~Shareholders.

~~The~~Other than in connection with the redemption of Baskets or with the liquidation of the Trust, or as determined by the Sponsor ~~will~~in ~~have~~its ~~broad~~absolute discretion, toit ~~liquidate~~is not expected that the Trust atwill make any ~~time~~distributions or pay any dividends to its Shareholders. Consequently, any gain from an investment in the Shares would result from an increase in the price of the Shares realized upon the sale of Shares by the Shareholder.

The Trust ~~Agreement~~could ~~will provide the Sponsor with broad discretion to liquidate the Trust at any time the Sponsor determines that liquidation is advisable. It cannot~~ be ~~predicted~~liquidated ~~when or under what circumstances, if any, the Sponsor would use this discretion to liquidate the Trust. Any such liquidation may occur~~ at a time when ~~you~~the ~~are~~disposition ~~suffering~~of its ainterests ~~loss~~will onresult ~~your investment~~ in ~~the~~losses ~~Shares~~to ~~and~~investors ~~may upset~~in the ~~overall maturity and timing of your investment portfolio~~Shares.

Under certain circumstances, the Trustee or the Shareholders could dissolve the Trust. For a description of how a dissolution would occur, see “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Amendment and Dissolution.” Upon dissolution, the Trust would liquidate its holdings and use the proceeds to pay all expenses of liquidation and any outstanding liabilities. Any remaining cash will be distributed among investors surrendering Shares. Any assets of the Trust remaining in the possession of the Trustee after 90 days may be sold by the Trustee and the proceeds held uninvested and in a non-interest bearing account until claimed by any remaining Shareholders. Sales of derivative investment instruments in connection with the liquidation of the Trust at a time of low prices will likely result in losses, or adversely affect your gains, on your investment in the Shares.

The Sponsor has broad discretion to liquidate the Trust at any time.

The Trust Agreement provides the Sponsor with broad discretion to liquidate the Trust at any time the Sponsor determines that liquidation is advisable. It cannot be predicted when or under what circumstances, if any, the Sponsor would exercise its discretion to liquidate the Trust. A liquidation could cause you to suffer a loss on your investment in the Shares.

The Shares may not provide anticipated benefits of diversification from other asset classes.

~~Historically~~Generally, the performance of physical commodity or currency markets ~~generally~~ has not been correlated towith the performance of financial asset classes, such as stocks and bonds. Non-correlation means that there is no statistically significant relationship, positive or negative, between the past performance of derivative contracts on physical commodities or currencies, on the one hand, and stocks or bonds, on the other hand. Because of this lack of correlation, the Shares cannot be expected to be ~~automatically~~ profitable during unfavorable periods for the stock or bond market, or vice-versa. The commodity and currency markets are fundamentally different from the securities markets in that for every gain in commodity or currency derivatives trading, there is an equal and offsetting loss. If the performance of the Shares reflects positive or negative correlation to one or more financial asset classes, however, investing in Shares for purposes of diversification of the investment risk from such other financial asset classes may be unsuccessful.

The liquidity of the Shares may be affected by the withdrawal from participation of Authorized Participants or by the suspension of issuance, transfers or redemptions of Shares by the Trust.

If one or more Authorized Participants ~~withdraws~~withdraw from participation, itcreating ~~may~~or ~~become more~~redeeming ~~difficult~~Baskets tomay ~~create~~become ormore ~~redeem Baskets~~difficult, which may reduce the liquidity of the Shares. If itcreating ~~becomes~~or ~~more~~redeeming ~~difficult~~Baskets tobecomes ~~create~~more ~~or redeem Baskets~~difficult, the correlation between the price of the Shares and the NAV may be affected, which may adversely affect the trading market for the Shares. Having fewer participants in the market for the Shares could also adversely affect the ability to arbitrage any price difference between the derivative instruments held by the Trust and the Shares, which may affect the trading market and liquidity of the Shares.

In33 addition, the Trust has the power to suspend the delivery of Shares, registration of transfers of Shares and surrenders of Shares for the purpose of withdrawing Trust property generally, or to refuse a particular deposit, transfer or withdrawal at any time, if the Trust determines that it is advisable to do so for any reason. The liquidity of the Shares may be adversely affected in the event of any such suspension of issuance, transfer or redemption.

You may be adversely affected by redemption orders that are subject to postponement, suspension or rejection under certain circumstances.

The Trust may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the redemption settlement date for such periods as it deems to be necessary for any reason. In addition, the Trust will have the absolute right to reject any redemption order, including (1) if the order is not in proper form, (2) during any period in which circumstances make transactions or delivery of any relevant derivative instruments impossible or impractical, or (3) if the acceptance of the redemption order would, in the opinion of counsel to the Trust, result in a violation of law. Any such postponement, suspension or rejection could adversely affect a redeeming Authorized Participant. For example, the resulting delay may adversely affect the value of the redemption proceeds if the NAV declines during the period of the delay. Under the Authorized Participant Agreement, the Trust will disclaim any liability that may result from any such suspension, postponement or rejection.

In addition, the Trust may, at any time, suspend the delivery of Shares, the registration of transfers of the Shares, or the surrender of the Shares for the purpose of withdrawing Trust property generally, or refuse a particular deposit, transfer or withdrawal if it determines that it is advisable for any reason. If any of these events were to occur, the liquidity of the Shares may be adversely affected.

Creation and redemption of Baskets may be delayed when one or more of the exchanges where the Trust may need to trade, either to establish new positions or to liquidate existing ones, are scheduled to be closed, and may be subject to postponement, suspension or rejection under certain circumstances, all of which may reduce the liquidity of the Shares.

Generally, upon the receipt of a request for the creation of one or more Baskets, the Trust has to establish one or more new positions for its Portfolio. Similarly, upon the receipt of a request for the redemption of one or more Baskets, the Trust usually has to liquidate one or more of its existing positions to raise the funds required to pay the amounts due to the redeeming Authorized Participant in respect of that redemption.

Because creation and redemption orders can be placed at any time before 4:00 p.m. (New York time), it is possible that, by the time a creation or redemption order is received by the Trust, one or more of the futures exchanges on which the Trust would need to trade to establish new or to liquidate one or more existing positions may be closed or about to close and that the Trust may need to wait until the following trading day. For this reason, if a creation or redemption order is communicated to the Trust on a Business Day that precedes two consecutive days when there is no scheduled trading session in one or more of the futures exchanges that the Trust may need to trade on to establish new or liquidate existing positions, that creation or redemption order is not considered “received” by the Trust (and, therefore, the time to deliver the Shares or to pay the redemption price to the Authorized Participant placing the order does not begin to run) until the first Eligible Business Day thereafter. This may result in the Trust settling creation or redemption orders later than an Authorized Participant might have expected, and this delay may reduce the liquidity of the Shares. The Portfolio is expected to hold numerous futures contracts from time to time, potentially including those that trade on the following exchanges: Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, Inc., Eurex, Hong Kong Futures Exchange, ICE Futures US Softs, Intercontinental Exchange, Kansas City Board of Trade, Korea Exchange, London Metal Exchange, Meff Renta Variable (Madrid), Montreal Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange, NYSE LIFFE—Amsterdam, NYSE LIFFE—London, NYSE LIFFE—Paris, NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange, Optivas Market Sweden, Singapore Exchange, South Africa Futures Exchange, Sydney Futures Exchange, Tokyo Financial Exchange, and Tokyo Stock Exchange. These exchanges’ holiday schedules should therefore limit the ability to create and redeem Shares.

The Trust may suspend the creation or redemption of Baskets for as long as it considers necessary for any reason. In addition, the Trust has the absolute right to reject any creation or redemption order, including (1) orders not in proper form, (2) orders received during any period in which circumstances make transactions in, or delivery of, Shares or any of the futures or forward contracts in the Trust’s portfolio impossible or impractical, and (3) if the acceptance of the creation or redemption order would, in the opinion of counsel to the Trust, result in a violation of law. See “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Creation of Baskets” and “—Redemption of Baskets.”

Any such postponement, suspension or rejection could adversely affect a redeeming Authorized Participant. For example, the resulting delay may adversely affect the value of the redemption proceeds if the NAV declines during the period of the delay or may make the creation of Baskets more expensive if the NAV increases during the delay. Under each Authorized Participant Agreement, the Trust has disclaimed any liability that may result from any suspension, postponement or rejection.

Competition from other commodities- and currencies-related investments could limit the market for, and reduce the liquidity of, the Shares.

Demand for the Shares ~~will~~may be affected by the attractiveness of an investment in ~~the~~ the Shares relative to other investment vehicles, including other commodity or currency pools, hedge funds, traditional debt and equity securities issued by companies in the commodities or currencies industry, other securities backed by or linked to commodities or currencies and direct investments in commodities or currencies or commodity or currency derivative contracts. Market, financial and other conditions or factors may make it more attractive to invest or trade in other investment vehicles or to invest in such commodities or currencies directly, which could limit the market for, and reduce the liquidity of, the Shares.

As a Shareholder, you will not have the rights normally associated with ownership of common shares.

Shareholders are not entitled to the same rights as owners of shares issued by a corporation. By acquiring Shares, you are not acquiring the right to elect directors, to receive dividends, to vote on certain matters regarding the Trust or to take other actions normally associated with the ownership of common shares. You will have only the limited rights described under “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement.”

As a Shareholder, you will not have the protections normally associated with the ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act.

The Trust ~~will~~is not be registered as an investment company for purposes of United States federal securities laws, and ~~will~~is not subject to regulation by the SEC as an investment company. Consequently, Shareholders ~~will~~do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act. For example, the provisions of the Investment Company Act that limit leverage and transactions with affiliates, prohibit the suspension of redemptions (except under limited circumstances) and limit sales loads ~~will~~do not apply to the Trust. While ~~Barclays~~iShares® ~~Global~~Delaware ~~Investors International,~~Trust ~~Inc.~~Sponsor LLC, as the Sponsor, is registered ~~with~~under the ~~CFTC~~CEA as a commodity pool operator, and ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~ Fund Advisors, as the Advisor, is registered ~~with~~under the ~~CFTC~~CEA as a commodity trading advisor, the nature and degree of the regulation to which they are subject todiffer ~~differs~~ from the regulatory scheme imposed under the Investment Company Act.

Competing claims over ownership of relevant intellectual property rights could adversely affect the Trust or an investment in the Shares.

While the Sponsor and the Advisor believe that they have all the intellectual property rights needed to operate the Trust and make investments for the Portfolio in the manner described in this prospectus, third parties may allege or assert ownership of intellectual property rights that may be related to the design, structure and operation of the Trust or to the computer models, processes or methodologies used by the Advisor for the selection of assets for the Portfolio. To the extent any claims of such ownership are brought or any proceedings are instituted to assert such claims, the negotiation, litigation or settlement of such claims, the issuance of any restraining orders or injunctions, or the ultimate disposition of such claims in a court of law, may adversely affect the Trust and the value of the Shares.

The value of the Shares will be adversely affected if the Trust is required to indemnify the Sponsor or the Advisor or if the Sponsor is required to indemnify the Trustee.

Under the Trust Agreement, the Sponsor ~~will~~has ~~have~~ the right to be indemnified by the Trust for any liability or expense the Sponsor incurs without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part and the Trustee, in turn, has the right to be indemnified by the Sponsor for any losses it incurs that are not the result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or material breach of the Trust Agreement. Similarly, under the Advisory Agreement the Advisor is entitled to indemnification from the Trust in certain events. That means that the assets of the Trust may have to be sold in order to cover losses or liability suffered by the Sponsor or the Advisor for which the Trust is responsible, which would reduce the net asset value of the Trust and the value of the Shares.

~~NYSE~~35 ~~Arca may halt trading in the Shares, which would adversely impact your ability to sell your Shares.~~

The Shares will be listed for trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol [ ]. Trading in the Shares may be halted due to market conditions or, in light of NYSE Arca rules and procedures, for reasons that, in the view of NYSE Arca, make trading in the Shares inadvisable, or in the event certain information about the value of the Shares and the NAV is not made available as required by such rules and procedures. In addition, trading generally on NYSE Arca is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules that require trading to be halted for a specified period based on a specified market decline. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the Shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

~~Risks~~NYSE ~~Relating~~Arca may halt trading in the Shares, which would adversely impact your ability to ~~Regulatory~~sell ~~Requirements~~your Shares.

~~Regulatory~~The ~~risks~~Shares ~~associated~~are ~~with~~listed ~~futures~~for ~~contracts~~trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol ALT. Trading in the Shares may ~~adversely~~be ~~affect~~halted due to market conditions or, in light of NYSE Arca rules and procedures, for reasons that, in the view of NYSE Arca, make trading in the Shares inadvisable, or in the event certain information about the value of the Shares and the NAV is not made available as required by NYSE Arca. In addition, trading generally on NYSE Arca is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules that require trading to be halted for a specified period based on a specified market decline. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the Shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive regulation. In addition, the CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, implementing retroactively position limits or higher margin requirements, establishing daily price limits and suspending trading. The regulation of futures transactions in the United States is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Trust or the Shares is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Regulatory and exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust.

Many U.S. commodities exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day by regulations referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits” or “daily limits.” Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day. Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting the Trust to substantial losses.

In addition, CFTC and the U.S. futures exchanges and certain non-U.S. exchanges have established limits referred to as “speculative position limits” or “accountability levels” on the maximum net long or short futures positions that any person may hold or control in derivatives traded on such exchanges. All accounts owned or managed by the commodity trading advisers, such as the Advisor, their principals and their affiliates are typically combined for position limit purposes. The Advisor may in the future reduce the size of positions that would otherwise be taken for the Trust or not trade in certain markets on behalf of the Trust in order to avoid exceeding such limits. Modification of trades that would otherwise be made by the Trust, if required, could adversely affect the Trust’s operations and profitability. A violation of position limits by the Advisor could lead to regulatory action resulting in mandatory liquidation of certain positions held by the Advisor on behalf of its accounts. There can be no assurance that the Advisor will liquidate positions held on behalf of all the Advisor’s accounts in proportionate manner. The result to the Trust may be potentially substantial losses should the Advisor choose to liquidate a disproportionate number of positions held on behalf of the Trust at unfavorable prices.

The Trust may apply to the CFTC or to the relevant exchange, as appropriate, for relief from certain position limits. If the Trust applies and is unable to obtain such relief, the Trust’s ability to issue new Baskets, or the Trust’s ability to reinvest income in additional futures contracts, may be limited to the extent these activities would cause the Trust to exceed applicable position limits. Limiting the size of the Trust may affect the correlation between the price of the Shares, as traded on the applicable U.S. commodities exchange, and the net asset value of the Trust. That is, the inability to create additional Baskets or add to existing positions in the desired amount could result in Shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. See “Risks Relating to the Trust and Investment in the Shares—The NAV may not always correspond to market price and, as a result, Baskets may be created or redeemed at a value that differs from the market price of the Shares.”

It is possible that in the future, the rules concerning position limits may be amended in a manner that is either detrimental or favorable to the Trust. For example, if the amended rules are detrimental to the Trust, the Trust’s ability to issue new Baskets, or the Advisor’s ability to reinvest income in additional commodity futures contracts, may be limited to the extent these activities would cause the Advisor or the Trust to exceed the applicable position limits.

Changes in the margin requirements set by the relevant futures exchanges and over-the-counter market participants may limit the Trust’s ability to meet its investment objectives.

It is expected that the Trust will be required to deposit margin securing its exposure to one or more positions in the Portfolio. Futures contracts are customarily bought and sold on margins that represent a very small

percentage (ranging upward from less than 2% to 5%) of the purchase price of the contract being traded. The exchanges or futures commission merchants, however, may raise the margin requirements at any time at their own discretion, particularly during the periods of perceived market volatility, and the Trust may be required to deposit additional funds in order to satisfy the additional margin requirements with respect to its open futures contract positions. Commercial banks participating in trading over-the-counter derivative contracts often do not require margin deposits, but rely upon internal credit limitations and their judgments regarding the creditworthiness of their counterparties. In recent years, however, many over-the-counter market participants in foreign exchange trading have begun to require that their counterparties post margin.

If any of the relevant futures exchanges or over-the-counter market participants imposes substantially higher margin requirements, the Trust may be unable to either realize expected returns or to fully implement its trading strategies while meeting such substantially greater margin obligations.

Regulatory changes or actions may alter the nature of an investment in the Trust.

Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional portfolios which are publicly distributed in the United States. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in the Trust or the ability of the Trust to continue to implement its investment strategies.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, the CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the retroactive implementation of position limits or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of derivatives and derivatives transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Trusts is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Risks Relating to Taxes

Please refer to “~~United~~U.S. ~~States~~ Federal Income Tax Consequences” for information on the potential U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Shares.

The Trust’s classification as a publicly traded partnership not taxable as a corporation is not free from doubt, and if the Trust were to fail to qualify as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Trust’s income and items of deduction would not pass through to the Shareholders, the Trust would be required to pay tax at corporate rates on any portion of the Trust’s net income that does not constitute tax-exempt income, and distributions by the Trust to the Trust’s Shareholders would be taxable dividends to the extent of the Trust’s earnings and profits.

It is expected that the Trust will operate and be classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. So long as the Trust qualifies as a partnership, it will be able to pass through its income, including the Trust’s federally tax-exempt income, and deductions to the Shareholders. The Trust’s qualification as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes ~~will~~involves ~~involve~~ the application of numerous technical provisions under which there is a lack of direct authority. In general, if a partnership is “publicly traded” (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, the “Code”) it will be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It is expected that the Trust will be treated as a publicly traded partnership. A publicly traded partnership will, however, be taxed as a partnership, and not as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, so long as 90% or more of its gross income for each taxable year constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code and the partnership is not required to register under the Investment Company Act. This exception is referred to as the “qualifying income exception.” Qualifying income generally includes interest (other than certain contingent interest), gains from futures and/or forward contracts derived from investing in foreign currencies and income from certain commodities transactions. In addition, qualifying income generally also includes income from a notional principal contract (such as a credit default swap) if the income from the reference obligation would be qualifying income. In determining whether interest is treated as qualifying income for purposes of these rules, interest income derived from a “financial business” and income and gains derived by a “dealer” in securities are not treated as qualifying income. The Trust takes the position that for purposes of determining whether the Trust is engaged in a financial business, portfolio investing activities that the Trust engages in do not and will not cause the Trust to be engaged in a financial business or to be considered a “dealer” in securities.

29If less than 90% of the Trust’s gross income constitutes qualifying income, for any reason, other than a failure that is determined to be inadvertent and that is cured within a reasonable time after discovery, or if the Trust is required to register under the Investment Company Act, the Trust’s items of income and deduction would not pass through to the Trust’s Shareholders and the Trust’s Shareholders would be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as stockholders in a corporation. The Trust would be required to pay income tax at corporate rates on any portion of its net income that did not constitute tax-exempt income. Distributions by the Trust to its Shareholders would constitute dividend income taxable to such

~~foreign~~holders ~~currencies~~to ~~and income from certain commodities transactions. In addition, qualifying income generally also includes income from a notional principal contract (such as a credit default swap) if~~ the ~~income~~extent ~~from~~of the ~~reference~~Trust’s ~~obligation~~earnings ~~would~~and beprofits ~~qualifying~~and ~~income.~~the Inpayment ~~determining whether interest is treated as qualifying income for purposes~~ of these ~~rules,~~distributions ~~interest~~would ~~income~~not ~~derived~~be ~~from~~deductible ~~a “financial business” and income and gains derived~~ by athe ~~“dealer” in securities are not treated as qualifying income~~Trust. ~~The~~These ~~Trust~~consequences ~~will~~would ~~take~~have ~~the~~a ~~position~~material ~~that~~adverse ~~for~~effect on ~~purposes of determining whether~~ the Trust isits ~~engaged~~Shareholders inand ~~a financial business, portfolio investing activities that~~ the ~~Trust~~value ~~will~~of ~~engage in will not cause~~ the ~~Trust to be engaged in a financial business or to be considered a “dealer” in securities~~Shares.

If less than 90% of the Trust’s gross income constitutes qualifying income, for any reason, other than a failure that is determined to be inadvertent and that is cured within a reasonable time after discovery, or if the Trust will be required to register under the Investment Company Act, the Trust’s items of income and deduction would not pass through to the Trust’s Shareholders and the Trust’s Shareholders would be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as stockholders in a corporation. The Trust would be required to pay income tax at corporate rates on any portion of its net income that did not constitute tax-exempt income. Distributions by the Trust to its Shareholders would constitute dividend income taxable to such holders to the extent of the Trust’s earnings and profits and the payment of these distributions would not be deductible by the Trust. These consequences would have a material adverse effect on the Trust its Shareholders and the value of the Shares.

Shareholders’ tax liability could exceed cash distributions on the Shares.

You will be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes on your allocable share of the Trust’s income, without regard to the receipt of cash distributions on the Shares. There is no obligation to make distributions on the Shares and no such distribution is anticipated. Accordingly, you may not receive cash distributions sufficient to cover your allocable share of such taxable income or even the tax liability resulting from that income.

The IRS could adjust or reallocate items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit with respect to the Shares if the IRS does not accept the assumptions or conventions utilized by the Trust.

The U.S. tax rules that apply to partnerships are complex and their application is not always clear. Moreover, the rules generally were not written for, and in some respects are difficult to apply to, publicly traded interests in partnerships. The Trust ~~will~~applies ~~apply~~ certain assumptions and conventions intended to comply with the intent of the rules and to report income, gain, deduction, loss and credit to investors in a manner that reflects the investors’ economic gains and losses, but these assumptions and conventions may not comply with all aspects of the applicable Treasury regulations. It is possible therefore that the IRS will successfully assert that these assumptions or conventions do not satisfy the technical requirements of the Code or the Treasury regulations and will require that items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit be adjusted or reallocated in a manner that could be adverse to you.

30Shareholders could become subject to FATCA withholding tax

Starting in 2014, U.S. withholding tax may be imposed on allocations of income to and distributions received by you with respect to your Shares and starting in 2015, U.S. withholding tax may be imposed on disposition proceeds allocated or distributed by the Trust to you and disposition proceeds received by you upon a sale of your Shares. Prospective Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors about this new regime, which is commonly referred to as FATCA. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Foreign Account Tax Compliance”.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus includes statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by words such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable phrases. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this prospectus that address activities, events or developments that may occur in the future, including matters such as changes in market conditions (for the Trust’s assets and the Shares), the Trust’s operations, the Sponsor’s plans and references to the Trust’s future success and other similar matters, are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. These statements are based upon assumptions and analyses made by the Sponsor on the basis of its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Whether actual results and developments will conform to the Sponsor’s expectations and predictions, however, is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the special considerations discussed in this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors,” general economic, market and business conditions, changes in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities or regulatory bodies and other world economic and political developments. Consequently, the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized, will result in the expected consequences to, or have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value of the Shares. None of the Trust, the Sponsor, the Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is under a duty to update any forward-looking statements to conform the statements to actual results or to a change in the expectations or predictions of these persons.

USE OF PROCEEDS

~~Proceeds~~The Advisor, on behalf of the Trust, invests the proceeds received by the Trust from the issuance and sale of Baskets ofin ~~Shares~~short-term ~~will~~United beStates ~~invested~~government bysecurities ~~Barclays~~and ~~Global~~other ~~Fund Advisors, the Advisor to the Trust, in~~ financial instruments ~~which will be used~~that, asin compliance ~~needed,~~with ~~to secure~~ the ~~Trust’s~~rules ~~trading obligations in respect~~ of athe ~~portfolio of~~ futures exchanges and~~/or~~ ~~forward~~other ~~contracts~~markets ~~involving~~where ~~commodities,~~the ~~currencies~~Trust trades, ~~certain~~are eligible ~~stock~~to ~~and/or~~secure ~~bond indices,~~the ~~interest~~Trust’s ~~rates~~trading ~~and sovereign, private and mortgage- or asset-backed debt instruments selected by the Advisor~~obligations.

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BUSINESS OF THE TRUST

The activities of the Trust ~~will~~are be limited to (1) issuing Baskets in exchange for cash, (2) paying out of Trust assets any Trust expenses ~~and~~ and liabilities not assumed by the Sponsor, (3) delivering proceeds consisting of cash in exchange for Baskets surrendered for redemption, (4) depositing any required margin in the form of cash or other eligible assets with domestic ~~futures~~ futures commission merchants, futures foreign brokers or other financial intermediaries or dealers, and (5) investing its cash, at the direction of the Advisor, in a portfolio of ~~futures~~foreign ~~and/or~~currency forward contracts ~~involving~~and ~~commodities,~~exchange-traded ~~currencies,~~futures ~~certain~~contracts ~~eligible~~that ~~stock~~may ~~and/or~~involve ~~bond~~commodities, ~~indices~~currencies, interest rates and ~~sovereign,~~certain ~~private~~eligible ~~and~~stock ~~mortgage-~~ or ~~asset-backed~~bond ~~debt instruments~~indices. The Trust ~~will~~is be a passive investor in the cash or Short-Term Securities posted as margin to collateralize the Portfolio’s trading positions. The Trust ~~will~~does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or to ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the value of Short-Term Securities posted as margin. The Trust’s Sponsor has been registered under the CEA and has been a member of the NFA since June 22, 2009.

Investment Objective; Strategies

The investment objective of the Trust ~~will~~is be to maximize absolute returns from its investments in certain futures and/or forward contracts ~~selected~~that by the Advisor selects following strategies that utilize quantitative methodologies to identify potentially profitable discrepancies in the relative values or market prices of one or more commodities, currencies, interest rates or certain eligible stock ~~and/~~or bond indices, ~~interest rates~~ and ~~sovereign, private and mortgage- or asset-backed debt instruments, and~~ seek to ~~reduce~~control the risks and volatility inherent in these investments by taking long and short positions in historically correlated assets. The Trust ~~will~~ also expects to earn interest on some or all of the assets used to collateralize its trading positions. The return on assets in the Trust, if any, is not intended to track the performance of any index or other benchmark.

Forward Contracts

A forward contract is an agreement between two parties, one of whom undertakes to purchase from or sell to the other, on a specified future date, a specified quantity of a specified asset at a specified location in exchange for a specified purchase price. ~~The types of assets involved may vary from foreign currencies to physical commodities and financial assets such as bonds or interest rates.~~ Unlike futures contracts, forward contracts are usually the subject of negotiation between the parties involved. As a result, forward contracts may have a variety of maturities and involve different amounts of the specified asset. Because of this custom-tailored nature of forward contracts, there is usually not a readily available means of offsetting or closing out a forward contract by taking an offsetting position. To offset its exposure to a forward contract, a party may establish an opposite position and will settle and realize the profit or loss of both positions simultaneously on the same delivery date ~~for both~~.

Forward contracts are generally not subject to regulatory requirements and do not clear or settle through established market facilities.

Forward markets of shorter durations in certain foreign currencies have traditionally been highly liquid. The principals who deal in forward markets, however, are not required to continue to make markets in the currency or commodity forwards they trade, and these markets may experience periods of illiquidity, sometimes of significant duration.

At the discretion of the Advisor, the Trust may enter into foreign currency forward contracts which primarily involve currencies in the twenty-five most liquid or actively-traded currencies as measured by turnover in the most recent Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity coordinated by the Bank for International Settlements.

Futures Contracts

Futures contracts are standardized forward contracts traded on an exchange. As such, futures contracts and the parties to a futures contract are subject to the regulations of the exchange where the contracts trade. Each exchange may impose certain margin requirements, setting forth the minimum amount of funds that must be deposited by a futures trader with the futures commission merchant in order to ~~initiate futures trading or to maintain an open position in futures contracts. Clearing and settlement takes place through the facilities~~

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contracts trade. Each exchange may impose certain margin requirements, setting forth the minimum amount of funds that must be deposited by a futures trader with a futures commission merchant in order to initiate futures trading or to maintain an open position in futures contracts. Clearing and settlement takes place through the facilities designated by the exchange and parties ~~are~~ generally ~~expected to~~ collateralize their ~~obligation~~obligations. byAs ~~posting~~the ~~collateral.~~exchange generally ~~Given~~sets the terms of a futures contract ~~are set by the exchange~~, there is no negotiation other than with respect to the price and the number of contracts traded between two traders.

The obligations of a party to a physically settled futures contract may be discharged by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or a linked exchange before the designated date of delivery. The difference between the price at which the futures contract is purchased or sold and the price paid for the offsetting contract, less brokerage commissions, represents the profit or loss to the trader. Some futures contracts settle in cash, rather than by delivery of the underlying commodity.

The Advisor, on behalf of the Trust, may enter into futures contracts in U.S. domestic markets or on exchanges located outside the United States. Foreign markets may offer advantages such as trading opportunities or arbitrage possibilities not available in the United States. Foreign markets, however, may have greater risk potential than domestic markets. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Derivative Contracts—Trading on futures exchanges outside the United States is not subject to U.S. regulation.”

Futures contracts selected for the Trust by the Advisor may involve assets varying from foreign currencies to physical commodities, financial assets (such as interest rates) and equity or debt securities indexes other than “narrow-based security indexes” (as such term is defined for purposes of the Investment Company Act).

Investment Strategies

In allocating the assets of the Trust, the Advisor intends to pursue its investment objective by utilizing ~~the~~ investment strategies ~~within~~relating ~~or related~~ to ~~the~~ relative value ~~sector~~. Relative value strategies seek to profit from the mispricing of financial instruments, capturing spreads between assets and asset categories that deviate from the fair value or historical norms. The Advisor considers the following three general strategies as sources of return:

Yield and Futures Curve Arbitrage Strategies which seek to take advantage of ~~pricing~~interest rate and ~~yield~~ futures contract price differentials by simultaneously ~~investing~~entering ininto ~~assets~~long ~~with~~and ~~exposure~~short topositions ~~currency,~~in various bond futures contracts, interest ~~rate~~rates orfutures contracts, commodity ~~markets~~futures ~~while~~contracts ~~simultaneously~~and/or ~~shorting~~currency ~~similar~~forward ~~assets~~contracts inthat ~~other~~the ~~markets.~~Advisor ~~The~~determines ~~Advisor~~to ~~may~~be ~~construct~~mispriced ~~long~~relative ~~and~~to ~~short~~one another. ~~baskets~~The ofAdvisor ~~futures~~may ~~and/or~~enter ~~forward contracts~~into ~~involving~~long ~~commodities,~~positions ~~currencies,~~in ~~interest~~contracts ~~rates~~whose ~~and~~underlying ~~sovereign,~~assets ~~private~~are ~~and~~deemed ~~mortgage-~~relatively orinexpensive ~~asset-backed~~and ~~debt~~may ~~instruments~~enter ~~which~~into ~~the~~short ~~Advisor~~positions ~~determines~~on tocontracts bewhose ~~mispriced~~underlying ~~relative~~assets toare ~~each~~deemed ~~other~~relatively expensive. Some futures curve arbitrage strategies that may be utilized by the Advisor are based on macroeconomic considerations. The strategies are primarily quantitative in nature, and financial modeling is an integral component of each Yield and Futures Curve Arbitrage Strategy. Examples of yield and futures curve arbitrage strategies include:

• Sovereign Bond and Interest Rate Yield Arbitrage ~~which~~compares ~~keeps~~the ~~positive~~differences between long term and ~~negative~~short ~~exposure~~term tointerest ~~sovereign~~rates ~~bond~~for a given country within a pre-determined set of countries. The Advisor compares the recent average performance of the short term interest rates of a selected number of countries. Based on these performance comparisons, the Advisor either takes long positions in short term interest rate futures contracts whose underlying interest rates are higher, and short positions in short term interest rate futures contracts whose underlying interest rates are relatively lower, or takes long positions in bond futures ~~based~~contracts onwhose underlying interest rates are higher, and short positions in bond futures contracts whose underlying interest rates are relatively lower. Decisions are influenced by what the Advisor considers to be indicators for future returns including relative yield and yield curve characteristics.

•40 The Currency Yield Arbitrage Strategy which engages in long and short investing in currency forward markets based on technical models that the Advisor believes may be predictive of future returns in those markets. Such indicators include relative currency yield and each currency’s own yield curve structure.

• The Commodity Curve Arbitrage Strategy which engages in long and short investing in commodity futures markets based on technical models that the Advisor believes may be predictive of future returns in those markets. Such indicators include, but are not limited to commodity futures curve characteristics, such as steepness, roll yield and seasonality.

Technical Strategies which seek returns by capitalizing on market sentiment and pricing trends and reversals with respect to different asset types, based on historical relationships of such changes to returns. When implementing this strategy, the Trust may hold long and/or short positions. Examples of technical strategies include:

• The Interest Rates Momentum and Reversal Strategy which seeks to take advantage of historical patterns of changes in global interest rate markets. The strategy buys and sells interest rate futures in accordance with proprietary models of future return momentum and reversal.

• Equity Index Momentum and Reversal Strategy which seeks to take advantage of historical patterns of returns in international equity index future markets. The strategy buys and sells international equity index futures markets in accordance with proprietary models of return momentum and reversal.

• ~~Commodity~~The ~~Momentum~~Currency ~~and~~Yield ~~Reversal~~Arbitrage Strategy ~~which~~engages in long and short investing in currency forward markets and seeks to take advantage of ~~patterns~~the ofdifferences ~~returns~~between inshort ~~commodity~~term ~~futures~~interest ~~markets~~rates across a number of selected countries. The ~~strategy~~Advisor ~~buys~~takes on long positions in currency forward contracts for those countries with relatively higher short term interest rates and ~~sells~~enters ~~commodity~~into ~~futures~~short ~~markets~~positions in ~~accordance~~currency forward contracts for those countries with ~~proprietary~~relatively ~~models~~lower ofshort ~~return~~term ~~momentum~~interest rates. Decisions are influenced by relative currency yield and ~~reversal~~each currency’s own yield curve structure.

~~Fundamental~~• ~~Relative Value~~The ~~Strategies~~Commodity ~~which~~Curve ~~seek~~Arbitrage ~~returns~~Strategy byengages ~~attempting~~in tolong ~~identify~~and ~~instances~~short ~~where~~investing ~~there~~in ~~are~~commodity ~~discrepancies~~futures ~~between~~markets and seeks to exploit the ~~market~~differences ~~and~~between ~~fundamental~~the ~~values~~futures prices of ana ~~asset.~~contract ~~Comparing~~with ~~current~~a ~~price~~greater totime ~~fundamental~~until ~~value~~expiration ~~may~~and ~~provide~~the afutures ~~measure~~prices of ~~mispricing,~~a ~~or opportunity,~~contract ~~which~~with ~~can~~a belesser ~~compared~~time ~~across~~until ~~markets~~expiration tofor ~~provide~~a specific commodity futures contract within a ~~metric~~pre-determined set of ~~relative misevaluation~~commodities. The ~~Trust’s~~Advisor ~~relative~~seeks ~~value~~to ~~strategies~~enter ~~tend~~into tolong ~~buy~~positions in ~~markets~~certain ~~that~~commodity ~~appear~~futures ~~inexpensive~~contracts onand ashort ~~relative~~positions ~~basis,~~in ~~and~~other ~~sell~~commodity contracts in ~~markets~~order ~~that~~to ~~appear expensive,~~capitalize ~~trading~~on ~~long~~potential ormispricing. ~~short~~Decisions ~~positions~~are ininfluenced ~~the~~by ~~relevant~~commodity ~~assets.~~futures ~~Fundamental~~curve ~~relative~~characteristics, ~~value~~such ~~strategies~~as ~~include:~~steepness, roll yield and seasonality.

Technical Strategies which, in general, seek to take advantage of a comparison between assets’ historical returns and their recent performance. Technical strategies are based on the theory that past price history may be predictive of asset value, and so technical strategies may be used to capture returns arising from price changes over time. For example, if recent performance of an asset exceeds historical performance, then a long “momentum” trade opportunity to buy may arise. If the historical performance of an asset exceeds recent performance, then a short “reversal” trade opportunity may arise. All technical strategies are quantitative in nature and financial modeling is used for determining long and/or short positions in various asset types. Examples of such technical strategies include:

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The Interest Rates Momentum and Reversal Strategy which seeks to take advantage of historical patterns of changes in global interest rate markets. The strategy compares the recent average performance of the short term interest rates of a selected number of countries. Based on these performance comparisons, allows the Advisor to take long positions in short term interest rate futures contracts whose underlying interest rates are relatively higher and enter into short positions in short term interest rate futures contracts whose underlying interest rates are relatively lower.

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Equity Index Momentum and Reversal Strategy which seeks to take advantage of historical patterns of returns in international equity index future markets. The strategy seeks to exploit the recent performance of the equity index markets across a number of selected countries. The strategy takes on long positions in equity index futures contracts with relatively higher performance and enters into short positions in equity index futures contracts with relatively poor performance.

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Commodity Momentum and Reversal Strategy which seeks to exploit the recent price performance of, and patterns of returns for, commodities. The Advisor takes on long positions in commodity futures contracts with relatively higher average performance and enters into short positions in commodity futures contracts with relatively poor average performance.

Fundamental Relative Value Strategies which seek returns by attempting to identify instances where there are discrepancies between the market and fundamental values of an asset. Comparing current price to fundamental value may provide a measure of mispricing, or opportunity, which can be compared across markets to provide a metric of relative misevaluation. The Trust’s relative value strategies tend to buy in markets that appear inexpensive on a relative basis, and sell in markets that appear expensive, trading long or short positions in the relevant assets. Examples of fundamental relative value strategies include:

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Equity Index Relative Value which seeks to exploit unusual cross market deviations from fundamental value in international equity index futures markets.

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Currency Relative Value which seeks to exploit unusual cross market deviations from fundamental value in currency forwards markets.

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Fixed Income Relative Value which seeks to exploit unusual cross market deviations from fundamental value in international sovereign bond and interest rate futures markets.

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Commodity Relative Value which seeks to exploit unusual cross market deviations from fundamental value in commodity futures markets.

• Asset Class Relative Value: which seeks to exploit unusual cross asset class deviations from fundamental value in international bond, stock, commodity and currency markets via simultaneous trading in sovereign bond futures, international equity futures, commodity futures and currency forwards markets.

The Advisor implements its strategies by taking long or short positions in futures and/or forward contracts.

The relative value and other strategies referenced in this prospectus are subjective classifications made by the Advisor in its sole discretion. Such classifications may differ substantially from classifications into similarly named strategies made by other industry participants.

Portfolio Construction

The Advisor ~~will~~utilizes ~~utilize~~ a portfolio construction process in which each potential strategy and underlying asset is ranked in terms of ~~their~~ expected return, volatility and trading cost. This portfolio construction process is quantitative, ~~using~~and relies on the use of computer models developed by affiliates of the Advisor for the computation of expected return, volatility and trading cost toand ~~determine~~the determination of optimal positions and consequent leverage in accordance with the risk and return targets of the Portfolio. These risk and return targets take into account certain financial measurements known as annualized portfolio return volatility and Sharpe ratio. Annualized portfolio return volatility is a quantitative measure used to assess a portfolio’s deviation above or below its average returns over a one year period. Historically, in building the Portfolio the Advisor has targeted an allocation of annualized portfolio return volatility of 6-8%, which has been allocated equally across the yield and futures curve arbitrage strategies, the technical strategies, and the fundamental relative value strategies described above. Effective on the date of this prospectus, the Advisor will increase the maximum targeted portfolio return volatility to 10% per annum, which, depending on market conditions, may or may not be allocated equally among strategies. By raising the volatility ceiling and by maintaining flexibility of allocation among strategies, the Advisor seeks to be able to take advantage of market fluctuations in a more efficient manner, to be able to take full advantage of the target risk and, ultimately, an improved performance for the Trust. There is no assurance that the objectives of the Advisor will be reached.

~~The~~Although the Advisor expects ~~will~~a ~~have~~long-term ~~broad~~Sharpe ~~discretion~~ratio of 0.50 to ~~allocate~~0.75 for the ~~funds~~Portfolio, ofthe realized Sharpe ratio for the ~~Trust~~period ~~among~~from October 6, 2009 (the ~~investments~~date ~~described~~of ~~above and~~commencement ~~there~~of ~~will~~operations) beto noMarch ~~pre-determined~~31, ~~quotas~~2012 ~~limiting~~has ~~the~~been ~~overall~~(0.19). ~~exposure~~A ofSharpe ratio is a quantitative measure of the ~~Trust~~excess toreturn ~~one~~per orunit ~~more~~of ~~strategies,~~risk ~~assets~~in oran investment asset ~~categories.~~or As a ~~result,~~trading onstrategy. ~~any~~The ~~given~~Advisor ~~moment~~measures ~~the~~excess ~~Trust~~returns ~~may~~as bethe ~~disproportionately~~realized ~~exposed~~portfolio toreturn minus a one-month orTreasury ~~more~~bill ~~asset~~benchmark ~~classes~~return orfor the same period being measured. The Advisor ~~contract~~measures ~~counterparties,~~risk ~~including~~as ~~over-~~the~~-counter~~ ~~counterparties~~annualized ~~and~~portfolio ~~clearing~~return ~~organizations~~volatility described above. ~~Asset~~For ~~allocation~~example, ~~however~~a 0.50 Sharpe ratio indicates that for each one percent of excess return, ~~will~~an ~~seek~~investor tomay ~~achieve~~expect 2% of annualized portfolio return volatility (0.50 = 1%/2%). Also, a ~~target~~0.75 Sharpe ratio indicates that for each one percent of excess return, atan ainvestor ~~targeted~~may ~~risk~~expect ~~level~~approximately to1.33% of annualized portfolio return volatility (0.75 = 1%/1.33%). Some or all of the Advisor’s expectations or targets may not be ~~determined~~realized by the ~~Advisor~~Trust.

~~While~~The ~~the~~ Advisor ~~will~~believes ~~have~~that ~~the~~it ~~authority~~has toobtained ~~vary~~all necessary licenses for the ~~composition~~use of the ~~Portfolio~~computer models atreferred ~~any~~to ~~time~~above. inSee ~~its~~“Risk ~~discretion,~~Factors—Risks itRelating isto ~~generally~~the ~~expected~~Trust ~~that~~and ~~changes~~ Investment in the ~~composition~~Shares—Competing ofclaims ~~the~~over ~~Portfolio~~ownership ~~will~~of ~~not~~relevant ~~occur~~intellectual ~~more~~property ~~than~~rights ~~once~~could aadversely ~~week.~~affect ~~The~~the Trust ~~will~~or ~~post~~an ~~the~~investment ~~composition~~in of the ~~Portfolio periodically on its website~~ Shares.”

34The Advisor has broad discretion to allocate the funds of the Trust among the subcategories of investments described above and except for the allocation targets described above there are no

pre-determined quotas limiting the overall exposure of the Trust to one or more strategies, assets or asset categories. As a result, at any given moment, the Trust may be disproportionately exposed to one or more asset classes or contract counterparties, including over-the-counter counterparties and clearing organizations. However, it is expected that the Trust will not enter into an otherwise eligible transaction if, after giving effect to such transaction, the Trust’s maximum probable net credit exposure to a single counterparty (other than a regulated commodities exchange, the Clearing FCM or any clearing facility thereof) would exceed 10% of the most recently determined net asset value of the Trust. For these purposes, “net credit exposure” with respect to a counterparty means any excess of (a) all amounts payable by the counterparty to the Trust, over (b) all amounts payable by the Trust to the counterparty.

The principals of the Advisor determine the asset allocation for the Portfolio which seeks to achieve a target excess return at a targeted risk level. The Advisor expects to allocate Trust investments periodically among yield and futures curve arbitrage strategies, technical strategies and fundamental relative value strategies such as those listed above using a “mean variance optimization.” Mean variance optimization is a method used to determine portfolio allocations by considering risk and return metrics. The goal of mean variance optimization is to diversify risk based on quantitative analysis of historical relationships without reducing expected return. There is no guaranty that the Advisor will be able to achieve this goal for the Trust. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Advisor and its Trading Strategies.”

While the Advisor has the authority, subject to the targets described above, to trade on behalf of the Trust at any time in its discretion, it is generally expected that such discretionary trading will not occur more than once a week. The Trust, however, may need to trade more frequently in order to invest the proceeds from the issuance of Baskets of Shares or raise funds to honor redemption requests. The Trust posts the composition of the Portfolio daily on its website.

Use of Leverage

The Advisor ~~will~~employs ~~employ~~ variable leverage as a means of controlling the risk in the Portfolio. AThe Advisor uses a quantitative model of the expected risk in the Portfolio ~~will be used~~ to determine the size of the exposures in the combined strategy portfolio, and, ~~such~~based ~~position~~on the sizes ~~are~~of the ~~determinants~~exposures, determines the amount of leverage. While the management of leverage and risk ~~will~~is be conducted using the quantitative risk model, limits on total leverage may also be introduced by the Advisor during periods of low volatility, when leverage might otherwise become too pronounced.

Characteristics of an Investment in the Shares

The Shares are intended to constitute a relatively cost-effective means of achieving investment exposure to the performance of the asset classes held by the Trust. Although the Shares are not ~~the~~an exact equivalent of an investment in the underlying futures and forward contracts in the Portfolio, the Shares are intended to provide investors with an alternative way of participating in the commodities and foreign currencies futures and/or forwards markets. An investment in Shares ~~will be~~is:

• Listed. Although there can be no assurance that an actively traded market in the Shares will ~~develop,~~exist at the time you wish to sell Shares, ~~will~~the beShares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca under the symbol ~~[ ]~~ALT.

• Relatively cost efficient. Transactions in the asset classes that the ~~Trust~~Advisor, ~~will~~on ~~invest~~behalf of the Trust, invests or ~~trade~~trades in entail certain expenses. Nonetheless, because the expenses involved in the investment in the Portfolio ~~will~~are be dispersed among all Shareholders, an investment in Shares may represent a cost-efficient alternative to investment positions in the same asset classes for investors not otherwise in a position to participate directly in the markets for physical commodities, foreign currencies, interest rates, ~~sovereign, private and mortgage-~~ or ~~asset-backed debt instruments or~~ futures, forwards or other over-the-counter derivative contracts involving such assets.

The Shares ~~will~~are be eligible for margin accounts.

~~Secondary~~43 ~~Market Trading~~

While it is anticipated that the price of the Shares will fluctuate in a manner that reflects changes in the Trust’s net asset value over time, at any given time the Shares may trade at, above or below their NAV. The NAV will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Portfolio. The trading price of the Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in their NAV, intraday changes in the value of the Portfolio and market supply and demand and other factors. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between NYSE Arca on which the Shares trade and the principal markets on which the futures and forward contracts in the Portfolio trade. For example, while the Shares trade on NYSE Arca until 4:00 P.M., New York City time, liquidity in the markets for the derivative instruments or the assets underlying the instruments held by the Trust may be reduced after the close of the principal markets for these instruments or underlying assets. As a result, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount on the Shares, may widen during this “gap” in market trading hours.

Computation of Trust’s Net Asset Value

On each Business Day on which NYSE Arca is open for regular trading, as soon as practicable after the close of regular trading of the Shares on NYSE Arca (normally 4:00 P.M., New York City time), the Trustee will determine the net asset value of the Trust and the NAV as of that time. The NAV is the net asset value of the Trust divided by the number of outstanding Shares.

The Trustee will determine the NAV by dividing the net asset value of the Trust on a given day by the number of Shares outstanding at the time the calculation is made (taking into account orders for the creation or redemption of Shares received prior to the cut-off time on that day).

Secondary Market Trading

While it is anticipated that the price of the Shares will fluctuate in a manner that reflects changes in the Trust’s net asset value over time, at any given time the Shares may trade at, above or below their NAV. The NAV will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Portfolio. The trading price of the Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in their NAV, intraday changes in the value of the Portfolio, market supply and demand and other factors. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between NYSE Arca, on which the Shares trade, and the principal markets on which the futures and forward contracts in the Portfolio trade. For example, while the Shares trade on NYSE Arca until 4:00 P.M., New York City time, liquidity in the markets for the derivative instruments or the assets underlying the instruments held by the Trust may be reduced after the close of the principal markets for these instruments or underlying assets. As a result, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount on the Shares, may widen during this “gap” in market trading hours.

Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value

On each Business Day, as soon as practicable after the close of regular trading of the Shares on NYSE Arca (normally 4:00 P.M., New York City time), the Trustee determines the net asset value of the Trust, the NAV and the Basket Amount as of that date. The NAV is the net asset value of the Trust divided by the number of outstanding Shares. The Basket Amount is the NAV multiplied by the number of Shares comprising a Basket.

Net asset value of the Trust means the total assets of the Trust including all cash and cash equivalents or other debt securities less total liabilities of the Trust, each determined on the basis of United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting. In particular, net asset value of the Trust includes any unrealized profit or loss on open forward contracts and futures contracts, and any other credit or debit accruing to the Trust but unpaid or not received by the Trust.

On each day on which the Trustee must determine the net asset value of the Trust and the NAV, the Trust Administrator must value all ~~forward~~futures and ~~futures~~ forward trading positions and other Short-Term Securities and non-cash assets in the Portfolio and communicate such valuation to the Trustee for use by the Trustee in the determination of the Trust’s net asset value.

The current market value of all open futures contracts, whether traded on a United States exchange or a non-United States exchange, ~~will~~is be determined by the Trust Administrator based upon the settlement price for that particular futures contract traded on the applicable exchange on the date with respect to which net asset value is being determined; provided, that if a futures contract could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits (if applicable) or other rules, procedures or actions of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated ~~will~~may be the basis for determining the market value of ~~such~~the position for ~~such~~that day.

The current market value of all open forward contracts ~~will~~is be based upon the prices determined by the Trust Administrator utilizing data from an internationally recognized valuation service for ~~assets~~those types of ~~that nature~~assets.

OnThe ~~each Business Day, the~~ Trustee may ~~will~~in ~~subtract~~its ~~the~~discretion ~~Trust’s accrued fees~~ (~~other~~and, ~~than~~under ~~fees~~extraordinary ~~computed~~circumstances, bywill) ~~reference~~value toany ~~the~~asset ~~value~~ of the Trust orpursuant ~~its assets)~~to ~~expenses and~~ other ~~liabilities~~principles on that ~~day~~it ~~from~~deems ~~the~~fair ~~value~~and ofequitable ~~the~~so ~~Trust’s~~long ~~assets~~ as ofthose ~~the~~principles ~~close~~are ofconsistent ~~trading~~with onindustry ~~that day~~standards. ~~The~~In ~~result~~this ~~is the Trust’s~~ context, “~~Adjusted~~extraordinary ~~Net Asset Value~~circumstances”. ~~Fees~~includes, ~~computed~~for byexample, ~~reference~~periods toduring ~~the~~which ~~value~~a ofvaluation ~~the Trust~~price orfor ~~its~~a ~~assets~~forward ~~will~~contract beor ~~calculated~~a onsettlement ~~the~~price ~~Adjusted Net Asset Value. The Trustee will subtract the fees so calculated from the Adjusted Net Asset Value~~ of ~~the~~a ~~Trust~~futures tocontract ~~determine~~is ~~the~~not ~~Trust’s net asset value.~~

~~The~~44 ~~Trust Administrator may be replaced, if in the judgment of the Trustee, it ceases to provide regular or accurate valuations.~~

The Trustee may in its discretion (and under extraordinary circumstances, including, but not limited to, periods during which a valuation price for a forward contract or a settlement price of a futures contract is not available due to force majeure-type events such as systems failure, natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar intervening circumstance or due to a trading or other restrict imposed by a relevant futures exchange, the Trustee will value any asset of the Trust pursuant to such other principles as the Trustee deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with industry standards.

The NAV for each Business Day on which NYSE Arca is open for regular trading is expected to be distributed through major market data vendors and published on line at http://www.ishares.com, or any successor thereto. It is expected that the Trust will update the NAV as soon as practicable after each subsequent NAV is calculated.

Trust Expenses

The Sponsor will be obligated under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor will receive as the Sponsor’s Fee an allocation

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The Trust ~~will be~~Administrator ~~responsible~~may ~~for~~be ~~paying~~replaced ~~any~~if, ~~applicable~~in ~~brokerage~~the ~~commissions~~judgment ~~and similar transaction fees out~~ of ~~its~~the Trustee, ~~assets.~~it ~~The~~ceases ~~Sponsor~~to ~~does~~provide ~~not~~regular ~~expect~~or ~~such~~accurate ~~commissions and fees to exceed $[ ] per year~~valuations.

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You should note that while the NAV is updated on each Business Day, the NAV is calculated by reference to assets that trade on futures exchanges or other markets, including in foreign jurisdictions. Accordingly, the NAV may not always reflect the same-day valuation of assets that trade on markets in non-U.S. jurisdictions if one or more of those jurisdictions are not open for business on any given Business Day.

Trust Expenses

The Sponsor is obligated under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) fees for registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor is entitled to receive as the Sponsor’s Fee an allocation that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.95% of the Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust and is payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. For a description of how the net asset value of the Trust is calculated, see “—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value” above.

The Sponsor and the Trustee may amend or terminate the Sponsor’s obligation to pay certain expenses of the Trust in compliance with the requirements described under “Description of the Shares and the Trust Agreement—Amendment and Dissolution.”

The Trust is responsible for paying any applicable brokerage commissions and similar transaction fees out of its assets.

The following expenses are also paid out of the assets of the Trust:

•

The Sponsor’s Fee;

•

any expenses of the Trust that are not assumed by the Sponsor;

•

any taxes and other governmental charges that may fall on the Trust or its property;

• any expenses of any extraordinary services performed by the Trustee or the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or ~~expense~~expenses of any action taken by the Trustee or the Sponsor to protect the Trust ~~and~~or the rights and interests of holders of the Shares; and

•

any indemnification of the Sponsor or the Advisor.

~~The~~45 Trustee will be also entitled to charge the Trust for all expenses and disbursements incurred by the Trustee in connection with the actions described in the second and third bullet points above, including fees and disbursements of its legal counsel; provided that the Trustee will not be entitled to charge the Trust for (1) expenses and disbursements by it prior to the commencement of the trading of Shares on NYSE Arca and (2) fees of agents for performing services that the Trustee is required under the Trust Agreement to perform.

The Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, may liquidate the Trust’s property from time to time as necessary to permit payment of the fees and expenses that the Trust is required to pay. The Trustee will not be responsible for any depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the liquidation of Trust property made in compliance with the Trust Agreement.

The Trustee is also entitled to charge the Trust for all expenses and disbursements incurred by the Trustee, with the consent of the Sponsor, in connection with actions it deems necessary or desirable to protect the Trust or the rights and interests of holders of the Shares, including fees and disbursements of its legal counsel; provided that the Trustee is not entitled to charge the Trust for (1) expenses and disbursements by it prior to the commencement of the trading of Shares on NYSE Arca and (2) fees of agents for performing services that the Trustee is required to perform under the Trust Agreement.

The Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, may liquidate the Trust’s property from time to time as necessary to permit payment of the fees and expenses that the Trust is required to pay. The Trustee is not responsible for any depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the liquidation of Trust property made in compliance with the Trust Agreement.

Tax Administrator

The Trust has retained PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Tax Administrator to provide tax accounting and tax reporting services. The Trust may terminate the Tax Administrator at any time.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following tables set forth selected financial data for the Trust. The selected financial data as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2012 have been derived from the unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, which, in the opinion of management, include all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. The selected financial data as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and the period from October 6, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2009 have been derived from the audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected financial data as of December 31, 2009 has been derived from audited financial statements filed with the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and not included in this prospectus. The selected financial data presented herein should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and other historical financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Financial Highlights

(Dollar amounts in $000’s, except for per Share amounts)

iShares^® Diversified Alternatives Trust


	June 30, 2012 (Unaudited)			December 31
	June 30, 2012 (Unaudited)			2011			2010			2009*
Total assets (at period end)	$	65,635		$	90,764		$	114,773	**	$	15,018	**
Total gain (loss) on sales of short-term investments and forward currency and futures contracts	$	646		$	(5,969	)	$	3,746		$	(67	)
Net gain (loss)	$	(266	)	$	(4,242	)	$	1,190		$	(172	)
Weighted-average Shares outstanding		1,423,626			2,388,493			1,346,575			232,184
Net gain (loss) per Share	$	(0.19	)	$	(1.78	)	$	0.88		$	(0.74	)
Net cash flows	$	(751	)	$	377		$	3,143		$	167

*	For the period from October 6, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2009.

**	Prior years amounts have been reclassified to conform with current financial statement presentation.

SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Quarterly Income Statements*

(Dollar amounts in $000’s, except for per Share amounts)

iShares^® Diversified Alternatives Trust


	Three Months Ended (Unaudited)
	June 30, 2012			March 31, 2012
Investment Income
Interest	$	19		$	13

Total investment income		19			13

Expenses
Sponsor’s fees		150			181
Brokerage commissions and fees		16			19

Total expenses		166			200

Net investment loss		(147	)		(187	)

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Short-term investments		(0	)		(0	)
Forward currency contracts		(343	)		973
Futures contracts		(470	)		487
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
Foreign currency translations		25			137
Forward currency contracts		1,105			(1,305	)
Futures contracts		(380	)		(159	)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		(64	)		132

Net loss	$	(210	)	$	(56	)

Net loss per Share	$	(0.16	)	$	(0.04	)
Weighted-average Shares outstanding		1,296,703			1,550,549


	Three Months Ended (Unaudited)												Year Ended December 31, 2011
	March 31, 2011			June 30, 2011			September 30, 2011			December 31, 2011			Year Ended December 31, 2011
Investment Income
Interest	$	45		$	41		$	21		$	18		$	125

Total investment income		45			41			21			18			125

Expenses
Sponsor’s fees		273			297			308			268			1,146
Brokerage commissions and fees		18			17			25			26			87

Total expenses		291			315			334			294			1,233

Net investment loss		(246	)		(274	)		(312	)		(277	)		(1,108	)

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Short-term investments		—			3			9			2			13
Forward currency contracts		(1	)		1,302			(1,283	)		(3,253	)		(3,235	)
Futures contracts		(3,852	)		3,418			(4,083	)		1,769			(2,748	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
Foreign currency translations		(47	)		37			(147	)		(51	)		(208	)
Forward currency contracts		1,364			(2,135	)		(2,144	)		4,067			1,152
Futures contracts		3,872			(483	)		807			(2,305	)		1,891

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		1,336			2,142			(6,841	)		229			(3,134	)

Net gain (loss)	$	1,091		$	1,868		$	(7,154	)	$	(47	)	$	(4,242	)

Net gain (loss) per Share	$	0.48		$	0.77		$	(2.77	)	$	(0.02	)	$	(1.78	)
Weighted-average Shares outstanding		2,287,778			2,434,066			2,578,348			2,247,826			2,388,493


	Three Months Ended (Unaudited)												Year Ended December 31, 2010
	March 31, 2010			June 30, 2010			September 30, 2010			December 31, 2010			Year Ended December 31, 2010
Investment Income
Interest	$	7		$	23		$	34		$	47		$	111

Total investment income		7			23			34			47			111

Expenses
Sponsor’s fees		59			127			195			253			635
Brokerage commissions and fees		4			10			13			14			41

Total expenses		64			137			208			267			676

Net investment loss		(57	)		(114	)		(174	)		(220	)		(565	)

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Short-term investments		—			—			0			—			0
Forward currency contracts		18			177			(154	)		659			700
Futures contracts		(479	)		892			(52	)		2,685			3,045
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
Foreign currency translations		3			(22	)		198			(77	)		102
Forward currency contracts		164			(613	)		719			(445	)		(176	)
Futures contracts		304			(292	)		791			(2,720	)		(1,918	)

Net realized and unrealized gain		10			141			1,501			102			1,754

Net gain (loss)	$	(47	)	$	28		$	1,327		$	(118	)	$	1,190

Net gain (loss) per Share	$	(0.09	)	$	0.03		$	0.81		$	(0.06	)	$	0.88
Weighted-average Shares outstanding		521,111			1,097,802			1,644,565			2,093,478			1,346,575

*	Certain totals may not sum due to rounding.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The ~~Trust~~following ~~will~~discussion beand aanalysis ~~newly~~should ~~formed~~be ~~entity~~read ~~and,~~in atconjunction with the ~~time~~financial statements of the Trust ~~effectiveness~~and ofrelated ~~the~~notes ~~registration~~included ~~statement~~elsewhere ofin ~~which~~ this prospectus. isThis adiscussion ~~part,~~may ~~will~~contain ~~not~~statements ~~have~~that ~~any~~relate ~~operating~~to ~~results~~future events or future performance. See “Forward-Looking Statements” elsewhere in this prospectus.

~~Critical~~Overall ~~Accounting~~Performance ~~Policies~~

The ~~financial~~Six ~~statements~~Months ofEnded ~~the~~June ~~Trust~~30, ~~and accompanying notes will be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United~~2012 States of America. The preparation of these financial statements relies on estimates and assumptions that impact the Trust’s financial positions and results of operations. These estimates and assumptions affect the Trust’s application of accounting policies. Please refer to Note [ ] to the audited statement of financial condition of the Trust found elsewhere in this prospectus for further discussion of the Trust’s accounting policies.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2012 (the “reporting period”), the Trust’s total return, net of expenses, was (0.43)%. This performance was the result of a negative return on the Trust’s equity and long-term fixed income investments, partially offset by the gains in foreign currency investments.

Market Environment/Background

During the reporting period, the Trust’s investments resulted in exposure to the following geographical areas: Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia. In general, three important factors helped to shape the performance of the global markets: 1) recent developments in Greece and Spain further intensified the European debt crises, 2) weak macro-economic data releases from the U.S. and its subsequent effect on the labor market, 3) the so called “fiscal cliff” (the combination of large spending cuts and tax increases) which is scheduled to become effective in 2013 added major concern to the sustainability of growth in the U.S.

The following table presents certain macro-economic indicators for each of the areas referred to above at the dates and for the periods indicated:


	10-Year Yield						Nominal GDP Year Over Year Change						Unemployment Rate						Exchange Rate⁽³⁾
	December 31, 2011			June 30, 2012			Quarter Ended December 31, 2011			Quarter Ended March 31, 2012			Month Ended December 31, 2011			Month Ended June 30, 2012			December 31, 2011		June 30, 2012
Germany		1.83	%		1.58	%		2.6	%⁽¹⁾		3.0	%⁽¹⁾		5.6	%⁽²⁾		5.4	%⁽²⁾	€	0.7716	€	0.7895
Sweden		1.62	%		1.60	%		1.2	%⁽¹⁾		3.2	%⁽¹⁾		7.1	%⁽¹⁾		8.8	%⁽¹⁾	Kr	6.8872	Kr	6.9224
U.S.A.		1.88	%		1.65	%		4.0	%⁽²⁾		4.5	%⁽²⁾		8.5	%⁽²⁾		8.2	%⁽²⁾		N/A		N/A
Australia		3.68	%		3.05	%		5.3	%⁽¹⁾		4.6	%⁽¹⁾		5.2	%⁽²⁾		5.2	%⁽²⁾	AUD	0.9796	AUD	0.9768
Japan		0.99	%		0.84	%		(2.4	)%⁽¹⁾		1.4	%⁽¹⁾		4.5	%⁽²⁾		4.3	%⁽²⁾	¥	76.913	¥	79.795

⁽¹⁾	Not seasonally adjusted

⁽²⁾	Seasonally adjusted

⁽³⁾	Currency units per $1

Source: Bloomberg

Portfolio Update

The Trust continued to maintain zero exposure to the short-term bond strategy for the reporting period. This decision was the result of a mismatch between market expectations on short-term interest rates and what the strategy suggested based on momentum. This action will continue until market conditions significantly improve.

The established recovery trajectory of the U.S economy in the first quarter of 2012 and the European Central Bank long-term refinancing operations actions significantly reduced the tail risk across the global markets. For this reason, the Trust’s short term volatility which began to fall back at the end of last year

continued its trend for the reporting period. To maintain the Trust’s volatility within the target range of 6% to 8% in effect at the time, the Trust’s target risk was resized in February’s rebalance to reflect the sentiment improvement in the markets.

Trust’s Strategies’ Performance

The Trust’s investments in currency markets generated a net return of 0.80% during the reporting period (see figure 1). The Trust’s performance was driven by short positions in euro, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar. Long positions in pound sterling and Australian dollar contributed negatively to the performance of this asset class.

The Trust’s investments in futures on the equity markets generated a net return of (0.70)% for the reporting period (see figure 1). The Trust’s performance in the equity markets was driven by long positions in the Australian, German, French, and United Kingdom equity markets. Short equity positions in Canada, Sweden, Taiwan and Hong Kong contributed positively to the performance of this asset class.

The Trust’s investments in futures on long-term bonds (bonds with maturities of more than one year) generated a net return of (0.53)% for the reporting period (see figure 1). The Trust’s performance in this asset class was primarily driven by the short positions in the Australian and Canadian bond markets. Long positions in the bond markets of the U.S. and United Kingdom contributed positively to the performance and offset some of the losses.

The Trust exploited three strategies (relative value, momentum, and yield curve arbitrage or carry) across three different asset classes during the reporting period. Of these three strategies, the relative value strategy delivered a positive performance of 2.44%. On the other hand, the yield curve arbitrage and momentum strategies returned (1.75)% and (1.12)%, respectively. See figure 2 for the performance of each strategy during the reporting period.

The Trust’s annualized portfolio return volatility was 4.2% for this reporting period, based on the daily performance of the Trust. This low number was the result of negative correlations across the strategies, which helped to manage the overall Trust’s risk effectively. The Trust experienced an increase in its annualized volatility relative to the first quarter of 2012. This increase was primarily driven by the more volatile markets which were influenced heavily by the large uncertainty over the European debt crisis and its effect on the global recovery. At the end of the reporting period, the Trust continued to maintain an expected annualized portfolio return volatility of 6% to 8%. As explained elsewhere in this prospectus, this range is being revised by the Advisor to 6% to 10% as of the date of this prospectus. (See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objectives; Strategies—Portfolio Construction” above.) The proprietary risk model uses about 20 years of historical return data to calculate the expected annualized portfolio return volatility.

The realized Sharpe ratio of the portfolio for the period from inception through the end of the reporting period was (0.27). This ratio is primarily the result of poor performance of the Trust and relatively high

volatility in the third quarter of 2011 as well as underperformance of the Trust in the reporting period. The Trust continues to target a long-term Sharpe ratio between 0.50 and 0.75.

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Figure 1: Asset class total return during the six months ended June 30, 2012

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Figure 2: Strategy total return during the six months ended June 30, 2012

The Year Ended December 31, 2011

The Trust returned (3.17)% for the year ended December 31, 2011. The negative performance was largely driven by the currency, equity and short-term fixed income market investments. The long-term fixed income market investments had a positive contribution to the performance.

Market Environment/Background

The global markets experienced significant events (discussed below) and were highly volatile for the year ended December 31, 2011. These events led to a risk adverse market and a global sell-off in the second half of the year.

The year began with optimism in U.S., Asian, and European Union (EU) markets. This optimism carried through April, with most major countries/indices outperforming expectations despite some disruptions in March as a result of the immense natural disaster in Japan. However, this global bull market came to a halt in May and continued to have difficulty finding its footing for the remainder of the year. The markets faced five main issues for the year ended December 31, 2011: 1) mounting pressure on sovereign debt in the EU region, 2) political impasse over the debt ceiling and loss of trust in the direction of U.S. policy to address economic recovery, 3) extremely low U.S. investor sentiment, which reached its lowest level in thirty years (based on the survey conducted by the University of Michigan), 4) Japan’s natural disaster and its effect on global supply chains, and 5) spread of political instability in the Middle East and North Africa and its subsequent effect on the price of energy.

Although optimism about the health of the U.S. economy grew at the beginning of the year, the reports on U.S. macro-economic data were mixed throughout the year. Unemployment numbers remained persistently high as hiring was slowed down in the private sector and the government. However, in the last quarter, the hiring pace picked up and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% which was the lowest since 2009. The U.S. debt/credit rating was downgraded one notch by Standard and Poor’s in August 2011 over the debt ceiling issue, which exacerbated the underperformance of the U.S. equity market during the third quarter of 2011. The equity market, as measured by the S&P 500 index, had a flat performance for the year ended December 31, 2011. The U.S. dollar index volatility was not as high and the U.S. dollar depreciated steadily through June 2011. However, as the markets digested the high uncertainty ahead, the U.S. dollar began to appreciate and the index ended up returning about 1.8% for the year ended December 31, 2011. The index’s annual volatility was about 9%.

EU markets were highly volatile during the year ended December 31, 2011 as the sovereign debt crises in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal continued to cast a cloud over the euro zone and global recovery. Both Greece’s and Ireland’s credit ratings were downgraded during the year. Portugal was given about $100 billion. The EU markets experienced some optimism based on the compromise between the European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and EU officials, which granted Greece a bailout of approximately $155 billion. But optimism from these stabilization measures was short lived as Italy’s growing debt crisis caused increasing anxiety; the Italian government holds approximately $2 trillion in debt. This concern hinted that the core EU may also suffer from debt issues and the situation could spiral out of control in the near future.

European officials scrambled in the second half of the year to calm the markets and prevent the first sovereign default in the euro area. Fearing that the debt crisis could cripple the region’s banking system, markets responded to every twist in the multiple negotiations and summits attempting to resolve this crisis. After the fifth European official summit was not able to deliver a comprehensive plan, Standard & Poor’s announced that 15 euro zone nations might face rating downgrades. This included Germany and France, which could subsequently affect the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) rating. The German and French equity markets were particularly volatile (each more than 28%) during the year ended December 31, 2011. Both DAX and CAC 40 delivered poor performance, approximately (14.7)% and (17.0)%, respectively. The euro was also quite volatile (more than 11%) and depreciated approximately 3.2% against U.S. dollar by the end of the year.

In the early part of the year ended December 31, 2011, the Nordic countries’ macro economic data were strong and countries such as Sweden raised forecasts for growth in the next few years. Additionally, the

Swedish central bank raised its benchmark repurchase rate in April and July, and the Swedish krona advanced against major currencies. Norway also benefitted from a sharp rise in oil prices and its currency appreciated substantially. However, in the second half of the year, the region’s currencies experienced high volatility and depreciation. The concern over the sovereign debt crisis in the EU region continued to put downward pressure on these currencies as the EU’s faltering economies did not support strong global growth projections in the near future and these economies rely heavily on exports. The Swedish krona and Norwegian krone depreciated 2.5% and 2.8%, respectively, against U.S. dollar for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Japan began the year with optimism. The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment as faster overseas growth bolstered exports and production. However, the massive earthquake and tsunami in March devastated the country, and the aftermath derailed hopes of economic growth and prosperity in the short-term. Japan began to struggle with industrial production, and supply chains were disrupted significantly. For the year, the Nikkei 225 index dropped more than 17% and the Japanese yen appreciated 5.5% relative to the U.S. dollar. High risk aversion drove the yen’s appreciation.

Political and social unrest in several Middle Eastern and Northern African nations during 2011 raised concerns over the spread of instability throughout the rest of the Middle East potentially causing serious disruptions in oil supply and pushing the price of oil upward. The price of oil broke the $115 per barrel mark in late April due in part to such concerns. However, concern over the euro zone debt crises and the fragile recovery of the U.S. economy pushed the price of oil downward over the remainder of the year, and prices ended up below $100 per barrel by December 31, 2011.

Portfolio Update

The Trust closed out of all its Japanese positions in the equity, bond, and currency markets in mid-March, following the earthquake and tsunami in that country. Based on the available information, the Investment Committee of the Advisor did not find the uncertainty surrounding this exogenous shock to be consistent with the Trust’s systematic process in the short-term. By mid-August, all the information indicated that the country had made significant progress and that the risk of an energy or nuclear shock was back to a normal level. Given that the Japanese market has comparatively recognized this “normal” state, Japan was re-introduced to the Trust’s investment universe in the subsequent fund rebalance in September.

An equity yield curve arbitrage strategy, which was approved by the Investment Committee in May, was added to the current suite of strategies as of June 1, 2011. The existing equity relative value strategy was also enhanced to account for differences in accounting practices across different countries. These additions/changes helped the Trust to enhance its equity performance for the year ended December 31, 2011.

As a result of heightened uncertainty in the global markets, the fund’s short-term volatility began to rise steadily in July and increased sharply in the month of August. To manage the risk of the portfolio effectively and maintain risk within target range of 6% to 8% in effect at the time, the fund’s target risk was resized in September’s rebalance.

The short-term bond strategy began to suffer from negative performance in the second half of the year. This negative performance was the result of a mismatch between market expectations on short-term interest rates and the strategy suggested based on momentum. For this reason, the strategy has been temporarily removed from the Trust’s current suite of strategies until market conditions significantly improve.

Trust’s Strategies’ Performance

The Trust’s investments in equity markets delivered negative performance (0.91%) during the year ended December 31, 2011 (see figure 3). In general, equity markets were highly volatile, which was

primarily driven by all of the factors mentioned above. The under-performance in the Trust’s equity market investments were driven by the long positions in the German, French, and Japanese equity markets. The short positions in the Canadian, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong equity markets contributed positively to the performance of this asset class.

The Trust’s investments in futures on short-term bonds (bonds with maturities of less than one year) suffered a negative performance of (0.82)% for the year ended December 31, 2011 (see figure 3). The short-term interest rate market sentiment insights were generally positive for the first half of the year. However, the euro zone sovereign debt crises made the short-term interest rate market more volatile for the second half of the year. The Trust’s large short position in Euribor, combined with its long position in Eurosterling were the major detractors. The Trust’s long position in Eurodollar delivered positive performance and offset some of the loss in the other two assets.

The Trust’s investments in futures on long-term bonds (bonds with maturities of more than one year) delivered a positive performance of 0.32% for the year ended December 31, 2011 (see figure 3). The Trust’s large long positions in U.S. Treasuries and United Kingdom gilt delivered a large positive contribution to performance for the year ended December 31, 2011. On the other hand, short positions in Australian and Canadian bonds detracted from performance and offset some of the Trust’s gains for the year.

The Trust’s investments in currency markets suffered the largest negative performance, (1.76)%, during the year ended December 31, 2011 (see figure 3). Short positions in the Swiss franc and euro combined with long position in the Norwegian krone detracted from the Trust’s performance in the year ended December 31, 2011. The Trust’s long positions in the Swedish krona and Australian dollar contributed positively to performance for the year.

The Trust exploited three strategies (namely, relative value, momentum, and yield curve arbitrage or carry) across three different asset classes during the year ended December 31, 2011. Of these three strategies, the yield curve arbitrage and relative value strategies delivered positive performances of 0.38% and 1.96%, respectively. On the other hand, the momentum strategies returned (5.51)%. The underperformance in momentum strategy was the result of highly volatile equity, fixed income, and currency markets, which did not support sizeable trends that momentum techniques could benefit from. See figure 4 for the performance of each strategy during the year ended December 31, 2011.

The Trust’s annualized portfolio return volatility was 6.92% for the year ended December 31, 2011, based on the daily performance of the Trust. The Trust experienced an increase in volatility relative to last year’s reported number. This was primarily driven by Japan’s natural disaster, the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, and the concern over the U.S.’s anemic recovery, and their effects on their local and global markets. Realized volatility was well within the stated target range for risk, and at the end of the reporting period the Trust continued to maintain an expected annualized portfolio return volatility of 6% to 8%. As explained elsewhere in this prospectus, this range is being revised by the Advisor to 6% to 10% as of the date of this prospectus. (See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objectives; Strategies—Portfolio Construction” above.) The Trust’s proprietary risk model uses more than 19 years of historical return data to calculate the expected annualized portfolio return volatility.

The realized Sharpe ratio of the Trust’s portfolio was (0.20) for the period from inception through the year ended December 31, 2011. The relatively large drop in the return of the portfolio combined with the increase in the portfolio’s volatility, which was observed primarily in the third quarter, led to this negative risk-adjusted return. The upward shift in the Trust’s volatility was the result of increased uncertainty and

larger-than-usual volatilities in global markets. The Trust continues to target a long-term Sharpe ratio between 0.50 and 0.75.

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Figure 3: Asset class total return during the year ended December 31, 2011

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Figure 4: Strategy total return during the year ended December 31, 2011

The Year Ended December 31, 2010

The Trust returned 1.84%, net of fees and transaction costs, for the year ended December 31, 2010. Positive performance was largely driven by the currency and the long-term fixed income market investments. However, the equity and short-term fixed income market investments detracted from the overall performance.

Market Environment/Background

The markets were relatively volatile for the year ended December 31, 2010. Uncertainty about the global recovery, its sustainability, and fear of a double dip recession were some of the important elements that shaped markets across the world. These concerns were fueled by mixed global economic data, persistent high unemployment in the U.S., European Union sovereign credit risk distress, and the fear of the contagion effect. These issues left the markets with a weak sentiment for the first half of the year and made investors cautious about taking risks. The ramification of these kinds of concerns also forced some typical hedge fund currency strategies to unwind their positions between May and July 2010. However, some optimism took hold in the second half of the year as more encouraging economic news was released.

Equity and currency markets struggled in the first half of the year as mounting pressure on sovereign debt was back in the limelight. Greece’s fiscal situation was the main concern and other European countries, such as Spain, Portugal, and Ireland, took center stage later. These concerns jolted the currency market and the euro fell below U.S. $1.20, a four-year low. However, the results of the European Union area stress tests for financial institutions, released mid-year, had some calming effects on the markets and the added transparency helped reduce the potential contagion effect.

Despite the concerns over the jobless recovery in the U.S., the steady gross domestic product (GDP) growth, positive earnings from blue chip companies, a second quantitative easing policy in the U.S. put forward by the Federal Reserve, and the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts provided a strong rally in the U.S. equity markets in the second half of the year.

Trust’s Strategies’ Performance

The Trust’s investments in futures on long-term bonds (bonds with maturities of more than one year) delivered a 2.51% return for the year ended December 31, 2010 (see figure 5). Uncertainty in the global market recovery and relatively volatile markets attracted investors to safer assets and encouraged a flight to quality. On average, large long positions in U.S. Treasury bonds and United Kingdom gilts combined with the overall average large short position in the Australian bond markets added a positive contribution to the Trust’s performance. However, the overall short positions in the Canadian and Japanese government bonds detracted from performance.

The Trust’s investments in futures on short-term bonds (bonds with maturities of less than one year) underperformed and delivered (0.90)% for 2010 (see figure 5). The short-term end of the yield curve was volatile and did not allow for the markets to establish a sizeable trend that momentum strategies could take advantage of. Performance from the overall large long euro-sterling asset was the largest positive contributor, while the short position in Euribor underperformed and pushed the strategy’s performance into the negative territory.

The Trust’s investments in equity markets delivered a negative performance of (0.49)% during the year ended December 31, 2010 (see figure 5). In general, equity markets had a poor performance in early 2010 and tumbled for the first half of the year. Uncertainty about the global recovery and European Union sovereign debt default risk were frequently brought into the spotlight. The underperformance in the Trust’s equity market investments was driven by the short positions in Hong Kong and Canadian equity markets. Meanwhile, on average, the long positions in the German and Japanese equity markets contributed positively to the performance of this asset class during the year ended December 31, 2010.

The Trust’s investments in currency markets performed well during the year ended December 31, 2010 and delivered a 1.51% return (see figure 5). The main contributors to the performance were the overall large long positions in the Australian dollar, Swedish krona, and Norwegian krone. Meanwhile, the large short positions in the euro and Swiss franc contributed negatively to the performance of the currency portfolio in 2010.

The Trust exploited three strategies (namely, relative value, momentum, and yield curve arbitrage or carry) across three different asset classes during the year ended December 31, 2010. Of these three strategies, the carry and relative value strategies delivered positive returns of 5.29% and 0.86%, respectively. The momentum strategy, on the other hand, had a negative contribution of (3.31)%. The underperformance in the momentum strategy was the result of highly volatile and range bound markets, which do not allow for the establishment of sizeable trends that market neutral long/short momentum techniques could benefit from. See figure 6 for the performance of each strategy during the year ended December 31, 2010.

The Trust realized portfolio return volatility of 4.7% for the year ended December 31, 2010, based on the daily performance of the Trust. This low return volatility, relative to the Trust’s stated target, is partly due to higher than usual correlations among assets within each asset class and low or negative correlations among the three strategies employed by the Trust. At the end of 2010 the Trust continued to maintain an expected annualized portfolio return volatility of 6% to 8%. As explained elsewhere in this prospectus, this range is being revised by the Advisor to 6% to 10% as of the date of this prospectus. (See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objectives; Strategies—Portfolio Construction” above.) The proprietary risk model uses more than 19 years of historical return data to calculate the expected annualized portfolio return volatility.

The realized Sharpe ratio of the Trust portfolio was 0.35 for the period from inception through December 31, 2010. This lower Sharpe ratio, compared to the stated target of 0.50, is partly due to lower realized volatility of the portfolio. As mentioned above, the relatively higher volatility in different markets could lead to higher than usual correlations among assets within each asset class which, in turn, would lower the Trust’s realized volatility. However, the Trust continues to target a long-term Sharpe ratio between 0.50 and 0.75.

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Figure 5: Asset class total return during the year ended December 31, 2010

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Figure 6: Strategy total return during the year ended December 31, 2010

Results of Operations

The Trust invested in three broad asset classes: currency, equity, and fixed income through investments in forward and futures contracts and Short-Term Securities posted as margin to collateralize the Trust’s portfolio of futures and/or forward contracts. The fixed income asset class includes bond futures with duration greater than one year and short-term interest rate futures less than or equal to one year. See below for a discussion on the performance of the Trust for the six months ended June 30, 2012, year ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and the period from October 6, 2009 (Commencement of Operations) through December 31, 2009.

The Six Months Ended June 30, 2012

The Trust’s net asset value decreased from $87,893,859 at December 31, 2011 to $58,340,835 at June 30, 2012. The decrease in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from a decrease in outstanding Shares, which fell from 1,800,000 at December 31, 2011 to 1,200,000 at June 30, 2012, due to zero Shares being created and 600,000 Shares (6 Baskets) being redeemed during the period.

Net loss for the period was $266,322, resulting from a net investment loss of $334,156 and a net realized and unrealized gain of $67,834. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Trust had a net loss of $280 on short-term investments, a net realized and unrealized gain of $429,053 from forward currency contracts, a net realized and unrealized loss of $379,089 from equity index futures, a net realized and unrealized loss of $178,415 from fixed income futures, and a net unrealized gain of $161,947 from foreign currency translations. Net realized and unrealized loss for the period from futures contracts noted above do not reconcile to the Statement of Operations due to brokerage commissions and fees. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $331,440 and brokerage commissions and fees of $34,618, the Trust had no other expenses during the period.

The decrease of $239,571 in total expenses from $605,629 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 to $366,058 for the six months ended June 30, 2012, was primarily due to a decrease in the Sponsor’s fee. The Sponsor’s fee decreased due to a decrease in the Trust’s net assets.

The Year Ended December 31, 2011

The Trust’s net asset value decreased from $110,938,681 at December 31, 2010 to $87,893,859 at December 31, 2011. The decrease in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from a decrease in outstanding Shares, which fell from 2,200,000 at December 31, 2010 to 1,800,000 at December 31, 2011, due to 800,000 Shares (8 Baskets) being created and 1,200,000 Shares (12 Baskets) being redeemed during the year.

Net loss for the year was $4,241,958, resulting from a net investment loss of $1,108,231 and a net realized and unrealized loss of $3,133,727. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Trust had a net gain of $13,430 from short-term investments, a net loss of $2,082,535 from forward currency contracts, a net loss of $246,392 from equity index futures, a net loss of $697,831 from fixed income futures, and a net loss of $207,584 from foreign currency translations. Net realized and unrealized gain and loss for the year from futures contracts noted above do not reconcile to the Statement of Operations due to brokerage commissions and fees. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $1,146,228 and brokerage commissions and fees of $87,185, the Trust had no other expenses during the year.

The Year Ended December 31, 2010

The Trust’s net asset value increased from $14,855,197 at December 31, 2009 to $110,938,681 at December 31, 2010. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which rose from 300,000 at December 31, 2009 to 2,200,000 at December 31, 2010, due to 1,900,000 Shares (19 Baskets) being created and zero Shares being redeemed during the year.

Net gain for the year was $1,189,545, resulting from a net investment loss of $564,823 and a net realized and unrealized gain of $1,754,368. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Trust had a net gain of $199 from short-term investments, a net gain of $524,090 from forward currency contracts, a net gain of $527,954 from equity index futures, a net gain of $558,549 from fixed income futures, and a net gain of $102,402 from foreign currency translations. Net realized and unrealized gain and loss for the year from futures contracts noted above do not reconcile to the Statement of Operations due to brokerage commissions and fees. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $634,698 and brokerage commissions and fees of $41,147, the Trust had no other expenses during the year.

The Period from October 6, 2009 (Commencement of Operations) through December 31, 2009

The Trust’s net asset value increased from $9,998,145 at October 6, 2009 (commencement of operations) to $14,855,197 at December 31, 2009. The increase in the Trust’s net asset value resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which rose from 200,000 at October 6, 2009 to 300,000 at December 31, 2009, due to 100,000 Shares (1 Basket) being created and zero Shares being redeemed during the period.

Net loss for the period was $172,003, resulting from a net investment loss of $25,508 and a net realized and unrealized loss of $146,495. For the period from October 6, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2009, the Trust had a net gain of $52,368 from forward currency contracts, a net loss of $16,999 from equity index futures, a net loss of $177,755 from fixed income futures, and a net loss of $6,245 from foreign currency translations. Net realized and unrealized gain and loss for the period from futures contracts noted above do not reconcile to the Statement of Operations due to brokerage commissions and fees. Other than the Sponsor’s fees of $26,019 and brokerage commissions and fees of $1,933, the Trust had no other expenses during the period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

AsA ~~of the date of this prospectus, the Trust has not been formed. Once the Trust is formed and has commenced its trading activities, it is anticipated that a~~ significant portion of the assets of the Trust ~~will~~are be held in cash, U.S. Treasury bills and other ~~short~~Short-~~term~~Term ~~securities~~Securities which ~~will~~are be used, as needed, to secure the Trust’s trading obligations in respect of a portfolio of futures and/or forward contracts as described elsewhere in this ~~prospectus~~report. ~~See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objective; Strategies”.~~ The percentage that cash, U.S. Treasury bills and ~~short~~Short-~~term~~Term ~~securities~~Securities given as collateral ~~will~~bears ~~bear~~ to the total assets of the Trust ~~will~~varies ~~vary~~ from day to day, depending on on the changes in the market values of the contracts held in the Portfolio.

The Trust’s liquidity needs ~~will~~ arise in connection with ~~(1)~~ payment of (1) mark-to-market and termination costs of futures and forward contracts with respect to which the Trust is “out of the money”,” (2) ~~payment of~~ redemption of Baskets, (3) ~~payment of~~ the Sponsor’s Fee, (4) ~~payment of~~ trading fees and commissions, and (5) ~~payment of~~ any expenses not assumed by the Sponsor. The Sponsor is not aware of any trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to the Trust’s liquidity needs.

ItThe Trust is expected ~~that~~to ~~the Trust will~~ generate liquidity from (1) mark-to-market and termination payments received with respect to futures and forward contracts with respect to which the Trust is “in the money,”; (2) the sale of Baskets ~~of Shares~~, (3) any interest on its cash and other instruments (including, when and to the extent ~~it becomes~~they become available to the Trust, securities held as collateral for the Trust’s trading obligations), and (4) the disposition of its assets. ~~The~~Pursuant ~~Trust~~to ~~Agreement~~the ~~will~~trust ~~not~~agreement, ~~allow~~ the Trust tois ~~incur~~prohibited from incurring any indebtedness for borrowed money.

The Trust’s futures contracts may from time to time be subject to periods of illiquidity due to market conditions, regulatory limits or other reasons. Futures exchanges limit the fluctuations during a single day of prices of the contracts traded on such exchanges by regulations known as “daily limits”.” Once the price of a futures contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in that contract can not be taken or liquidated unless the parties are willing to ~~effect~~affect the trade at a price equal to or within the daily limit. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Regulatory Requirements—Regulatory and exchange position limits may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Trust” for a further description of how such limits operate.

The Trust’s Portfolio or one or more of its futures or forward contract positions may prove to be illiquid. Such illiquidity could cause or exacerbate losses to the Trust.

Because the Portfolio may include a variety of trading positions, the Trust’s capital is at risk due to changes in the value of such positions or other assets (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform (credit risk).

Market Risk

The Portfolio consists ~~will consist~~ of positions in certain futures and/or forward contracts and cash and financial instruments which ~~will~~may be used, as needed, to secure the Trust’s trading obligations with respect to those trading positions. Depending upon the level of diversification of the Portfolio at any given time, fluctuations in the value of ~~the~~ one or more trading positions of the Trust may have a significant impact on the value of the Shares. The value of any futures and/or forward contracts in the Portfolio at any time is expected to reflect the market value of the underlying ~~commodity, currency, stock or bond index, interest rate, sovereign, private and mortgage- or~~ asset~~-backed debt instrument or other asset~~, although this correlation ~~will~~may not be exact. The market risk associated with the trading positions in the Portfolio ~~will~~may, potentially, be the entire Portfolio. The Trust’s exposure to market risk ~~will~~is bealso influenced by a number of factors, including the liquidity of the assets in the Portfolio, market conditions in U.S. and non-U.S. markets, market volatility and activities of other market participants.

Credit Risk

In respect of each trading position in the Portfolio, the Trust ~~will~~is be exposed to the credit risk of a default by the counterparties to over-the-counter trades and, with respect to exchange-traded contracts, of a ~~default by relevant brokers or the clearing institutions through which such trades settle. In the case of such a default, the Trust could be unable to~~ recover amounts due to it on its trading positions and assets posted as margin. The Portfolio will be also exposed to the credit risk of the obligors of any Short-Term Securities posted as margin. See also “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Derivative Instruments—The Trust will be subject to credit risks associated with over-the-counter derivatives contracts.”

default by relevant brokers or the clearing institutions or exchanges through which such trades settle. In the case of such a default, the Trust could be unable to recover amounts due to it on its trading positions and assets posted as margin. The Portfolio is also exposed to the credit risk of the obligors of any Short- Term Securities posted as margin.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

The Trust isdoes not use and is not expected to use special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements. The Trust does not have and is not expected to have loan guarantee arrangements or other off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services that are in the interest of the Trust. While the Trust’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on the Trust’s financial position. The Trust is contractually obligated to maintain margin with its clearing futures commission merchant and its prime broker. Under extreme circumstances, such contractual obligations could demand substantially all of the assets of the Trust.

39Critical Accounting Policies

The financial statements of the Trust and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements relies on estimates and assumptions that impact the Trust’s financial positions and results of operations. These estimates and assumptions affect the Trust’s application of accounting policies. Please refer to Note 2 to the financial statements of the Trust found elsewhere in this prospectus for a further discussion of the Trust’s accounting policies.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SHARES AND THE TRUST AGREEMENT

The Trust ~~will~~is be a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. ItThe ~~is expected that the~~ Trust ~~will~~intends ~~continuously~~to issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis. The required consideration for the Trust’s issuance of Shares ~~will~~is ~~consist of~~ cash. The Trust ~~will be governed by the Trust~~ Agreement among the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee. ~~The~~governs the Trust ~~Agreement~~and ~~will~~sets ~~set~~ out the rights of the registered holders of the Shares and the rights and obligations of the Sponsor, the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee. Delaware law ~~will~~governs ~~govern~~ the Trust Agreement, the Trust and the Shares. The following ~~is a~~ summary of material provisions ~~that~~ of the Trust Agreement is ~~expected to contain. It is~~ qualified by reference to the entire Trust Agreement, which ~~will~~is be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Each Share represents ~~will represent~~ a unit of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. Substantially all of the assets of the Trust ~~will~~ consist of the Portfolio held by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. The Trust may ~~also~~ hold a limited amount of cash necessary to cover any expenses ~~of the Trust~~ not assumed by the Sponsor. Inor ~~addition,~~for ~~there may be~~ other ~~situations~~reasons, ~~where~~such ~~the Trust~~as ~~may~~if ~~hold cash. For example,~~ a claim ~~may~~were to arise against an Authorized Participant, or any other third party, which iswould be settled in cash. Any cash held by the ~~Trust~~Settlement ~~will~~Agent on ~~not~~behalf of the Trust would be held in ana non-interest-bearing account. The Trust ~~will~~is not be an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act and ~~will~~is not be required to register under that Act.

~~Creations~~The Trust has delegated the processing of orders for the creation and redemption of Baskets to the Processing Agent. Certain books and records of the Trust showing the names and addresses of all participants in the commodity pool are maintained at the offices of the Processing Agent at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Processing Agent is not an affiliate of the Sponsor or the Trustee. The Trust may terminate the Processing Agent at any time.

ItCreation ~~is expected that the Trust will offer Shares on a continuous basis on each Business Day, but only in Baskets consisting~~ of ~~5,000 Shares.~~ Baskets will be issued only in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the Basket Amount first announced after the creation order is accepted by the Trust. The Basket Amount for a Business Day will be equal to the NAV for such Business Day multiplied by the number of Shares in each Basket as of such Business Day. Orders received by the Trustee after [ ], New York City time, will be treated as received on the next following Business Day. The Trustee will notify the Authorized Participants of the Basket Amount on each Business Day.

~~Before~~The ~~the~~ Trust ~~will~~ ~~issue~~intends ~~any~~to offer Baskets toon ana continuous basis to Authorized ~~Participant~~Participants. To order the issuance of a new Basket, ~~that~~an Authorized Participant must ~~deliver~~submit a purchase order to the ~~Trustee~~Processing Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on a ~~written~~day ~~creation~~that ~~order~~is ~~indicating~~an ~~the~~Eligible ~~number~~Business ofDay. ~~Baskets~~Purchase itorders ~~intends~~received toafter ~~purchase~~4:00 ~~and~~p.m. ~~providing~~(New ~~other~~York ~~details~~time) ~~with~~on ~~respect~~an toEligible ~~the~~Business ~~procedures~~Day, or on a day that is bynot ~~which~~an ~~the~~Eligible ~~Baskets~~Business Day will be ~~transferred.~~treated ~~The~~as ~~Trustee~~received ~~will~~on ~~acknowledge~~ the ~~creation~~next following Eligible Business Day. A purchase order ~~unless~~received iton an Eligible Business Day that immediately precedes a day on which there is no scheduled exchange trading session for one or more of the ~~Sponsor~~futures ~~decides~~contracts topurchased ~~refuse~~or sold, or that may be purchased or sold, by the ~~order~~Trust ason ~~described~~such ~~below~~day ~~under~~is ~~“—Requirements~~referred ~~for~~to ~~Trustee~~as ~~Actions~~a “Special Purchase Order.”

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NoIf ~~Shares~~the ~~will~~Deposit beAmount ~~issued~~received ~~unless and~~from ~~until~~ the ~~Trust~~purchasing ~~receives~~Authorized ~~the~~Participant ~~required~~is ~~consideration~~equal into, ~~the account~~ or greater ~~accounts~~than, ~~specified by~~ the ~~Trust.~~Purchase ItOrder isExecution ~~expected~~Price, ~~that~~the ~~delivery~~Trust ofissues the ~~Shares~~new ~~will~~Basket ~~be made against transfer of consideration~~ on the ~~next~~second Business Day ~~following~~ (the third Business Day on, ~~which~~in the ~~creation~~case ~~order~~of ~~is accepted by the Trust, which is referred to as~~ a ~~T+1~~Special ~~settlement~~Purchase ~~cycle.~~Order) Iffollowing the ~~Trust~~day ~~has~~when ~~not received~~ the ~~required~~purchase ~~consideration for the Shares to be delivered on the delivery date, by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, the Trust may cancel the creation~~ order. was

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~~The~~ received ~~Trust~~by ~~will~~the ~~have~~Processing ~~the~~Agent ~~absolute~~and ~~right~~returns to ~~reject~~the ~~any~~purchasing ~~creation~~Authorized ~~order,~~Participant ~~including,~~the ~~without~~excess ~~limitation,~~ (1if any) ~~creation~~ ~~orders~~of ~~that~~ the ~~Trust~~Deposit ~~has~~Amount ~~determined~~over ~~are~~the ~~not~~Purchase inOrder ~~proper~~Execution ~~form,~~Price (~~2) creation~~without ~~orders~~any ~~that~~interest thereon). ~~the~~In ~~Trust~~all ~~has determined would have adverse tax or~~ other ~~consequences~~cases, to the Trust oronly issues the ~~Shareholders,~~new orShares ~~(3) creation~~when ~~orders~~ the ~~acceptance~~ ofpurchasing ~~which~~Authorized ~~would,~~Participant inhas ~~the~~deposited ~~opinion~~with ~~of counsel to~~ the ~~Trust~~Settlement orAgent ~~the~~immediately ~~Sponsor,~~available ~~result~~funds in aan ~~violation~~amount ofequal ~~law.~~to ~~Neither~~ the ~~Trustee~~difference ~~nor~~between (i) the ~~Sponsor~~Purchase ~~nor~~Order Execution ~~any~~Price ofand ~~their~~(ii) ~~agents will be liable to any person for~~ the ~~Trust’s~~Deposit ~~rejection of a creation order~~Amount.

~~Redemptions~~Only Authorized Participants are able to transfer the required consideration and receive Baskets in exchange. Authorized Participants may act for their own accounts or as agents for broker-dealers, custodians and other securities market participants that wish to create or redeem Baskets. An Authorized Participant has no obligation to create or redeem Baskets for itself or on behalf of other persons. An order for one or more Baskets may be placed by an Authorized Participant on behalf of multiple clients. The Sponsor and the Trustee maintain a current list of Authorized Participants. As of the date of this prospectus, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Knight Clearing Services LLC and UBS Securities LLC are the only Authorized Participants.

~~Authorized~~The ~~Participants~~Trust ~~may~~has ~~surrender~~the ~~Baskets~~absolute inright ~~exchange~~to ~~only~~reject ~~for~~any ~~cash~~creation ~~equal~~order, toincluding, without limitation, (1) creation orders that the ~~Basket~~Trust ~~Amount~~determines are ~~first~~not ~~announced~~in ~~after~~proper form, (2) creation orders that the ~~redemption~~Trust ~~request~~determines iswould ~~accepted~~have byadverse tax or other consequences to the Trust. ~~However~~or the Shareholders, ~~redemption~~(3) creation ~~requests~~orders ~~received~~the byacceptance of which would, in the ~~Trust~~opinion ~~after~~of counsel to the Trust ~~[ ]~~or the Sponsor, ~~New~~result ~~York~~in ~~City~~a ~~time~~violation of law, ~~will~~(4) becreation ~~treated~~orders asin ~~received~~respect onof which the ~~next~~Settlement ~~following~~Agent ~~Business~~has ~~Day~~not received the corresponding Deposit Amount by 5 p.m. ~~Holders~~on ofthe ~~Baskets~~date ~~who~~the ~~are~~creation ~~not~~order ~~Authorized~~was ~~Participants~~received, ~~will~~or be(5) ~~able~~during toany ~~redeem~~period ~~their~~in which ~~Baskets~~circumstances ~~only~~make ~~through~~transactions anin, ~~Authorized~~or ~~Participant.~~settlement Itor isdelivery ~~expected~~of, ~~that~~Shares ~~Authorized~~or ~~Participants~~components ~~may~~of ~~redeem~~the ~~Baskets~~Portfolio ~~for~~impossible ~~their~~or ~~own~~impractical. ~~accounts~~Neither orthe onTrustee ~~behalf~~nor the Sponsor nor any of ~~Shareholders~~their ~~who~~agents ~~are~~will ~~not~~be ~~Authorized~~liable ~~Participants,~~to ~~but~~any ~~they~~person ~~are~~for ~~under~~the noTrust’s rejection ~~obligation~~of toa docreation soorder.

~~Before~~Redemption ~~surrendering Baskets for redemption, an Authorized Participant must deliver to the Trustee a written request indicating the number~~ of Baskets it intends to redeem and providing other details with respect to the procedures by which the required Basket Amount will be transferred. The Trustee will acknowledge the redemption order unless it or the Sponsor decides to refuse the redemption order as described below under “—Requirements for Trustee Actions.”

~~After~~The ~~the~~Trust ~~delivery~~intends byto ~~the~~redeem Baskets on a continuous basis from Authorized Participants. To redeem a Basket, an Authorized Participant must submit its redemption order to the ~~Trustee’s~~Processing ~~DTC~~Agent ~~account~~prior ofto ~~the~~4:00 p.m. (New ~~total~~York ~~number~~time) ofon ~~Shares~~a today bethat ~~redeemed~~is byan Eligible Business Day. Redemption orders received after 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on an ~~Authorized~~Eligible ~~Participant~~Business Day, ~~the~~or ~~Trustee~~on ~~will~~a ~~deliver~~day tothat ~~the~~is ~~order~~not ofan ~~the~~Eligible ~~redeeming~~Business ~~Authorized~~Day ~~Participant~~will ~~redemption~~be ~~proceeds~~treated ~~consisting~~as ofreceived ~~cash.~~on Inthe next ~~connection~~following ~~with~~Eligible aBusiness Day. A redemption order, ~~the~~received ~~Trust~~on ~~Agreement~~an ~~authorizes~~Eligible ~~the~~Business ~~Trust~~Day tothat ~~deduct~~immediately ~~from~~precedes ~~the~~a ~~proceeds~~day ofon ~~redemption~~which athere ~~transaction~~is ~~fee~~no ~~relating~~scheduled toexchange ~~the~~trading ~~cost~~session tofor ~~the~~one ~~Trust~~or more of ~~liquidating~~the futures ~~and/~~contracts purchased or ~~forward~~sold, ~~positions~~or inthat ~~connection~~may be ~~with~~purchased or sold, by the Trust on such ~~redemption.~~ ~~Shares~~day ~~can~~is bereferred ~~surrendered~~to ~~for~~as ~~redemption~~a ~~only~~“Special inRedemption ~~Baskets~~Order”.

ItAfter issubmitting ~~expected~~a ~~that delivery of the cash to the redeeming~~redemption ~~Shareholder~~order ~~will be made against transfer of the Baskets~~ on ~~the~~an ~~next~~Eligible Business Day, ~~following~~ the ~~Business~~redeeming ~~Day~~Authorized onParticipant ~~which the redemption request is accepted by the Trust~~must, ~~which is referred to as a T+1 settlement cycle. If the Trust’s DTC account has~~ not ~~been~~later ~~credited~~than ~~with the total number of Shares to be redeemed pursuant to the redemption order by 11~~6:00 A p.Mm., (New York ~~City~~ time,) on the ~~delivery~~same ~~date~~day, ~~the~~either ~~Trust may cancel the redemption order.~~

~~The Trust will have the absolute right to reject any redemption order, including, without limitation,~~ (1i) ~~redemption~~ ~~orders~~confirm ~~that the Trust has determined are not~~ in ~~proper~~writing ~~form,~~to ~~or (2) redemption orders~~ the ~~acceptance~~Settlement ofAgent ~~which~~that ~~would, in~~ the ~~opinion~~Shares ofcomprising ~~counsel to~~ the ~~Trust~~Baskets orto ~~the~~be ~~Sponsor,~~redeemed ~~result~~have inbeen atransferred ~~violation~~by ~~of law. Neither~~ the ~~Trustee~~redeeming ~~nor~~Authorized ~~the~~Participant ~~Sponsor~~from ~~nor~~its ~~any~~account ofat ~~their~~DTC ~~agents will be liable~~ to ~~any person for~~ the ~~Trust~~Settlement Agent’s ~~rejection~~account ofat aDTC, ~~redemption~~or ~~order.~~

~~Certificates~~(ii) ~~Evidencing~~deposit with the ~~Shares~~Settlement Agent an amount per Basket to be redeemed equal to 105% (110% in the case of a Special Redemption Order) of the Basket Amount announced by the Trust on the immediately preceding Business Day (the “Deposit Amount”).

~~The~~If ~~Shares~~such ~~will~~confirmation be evidenced by certificates executed and delivered by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. The Sponsor expects that DTC will accept the Shares for settlement through its book-entry settlement system. So long as the Shares are eligible for DTC settlement, there will be only one certificate evidencing Shares that will be registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. Investors will be able to own Shares only in the form of book-entry security entitlements with DTC or ~~direct~~deposit oris ~~indirect~~not ~~participants in DTC. No investor will be entitled to receive a separate certificate evidencing Shares. Because Shares can be held only in the form of book entries through DTC and its participants~~received, ~~investors must rely on DTC, a DTC participant and any other financial intermediary through which they hold Shares to receive~~ the ~~benefits~~redemption ~~and~~order ~~exercise~~is ~~the~~automatically ~~rights described in this section~~cancelled. ~~Investors should consult with their broker or financial institution to find out about the procedures and requirements for securities held in DTC book-entry form.~~

41The amount of cash that a redeeming Authorized Participant is entitled to receive from the Trust Administrator in exchange for a Basket surrendered to the Trust Administrator for redemption is an amount equal to (i) the Basket Amount announced by the Trust on the first Business Day immediately following the

day when the redemption order was received by the Processing Agent, minus (ii) a transaction fee of $800 per redemption order, minus (iii) in the case of a Special Redemption Order, any extraordinary losses, costs or expenses incurred in connection with the execution of trades related to such Special Redemption Order (such amount, the “Redemption Order Execution Price”).

Once the redeeming Authorized Participant has transferred to the Settlement Agent’s account at DTC the total number of Shares comprising the Baskets to be redeemed, the Trust Administrator will credit the redeeming Authorized Participant’s account at DTC with an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Redemption Order Execution Price and (ii) the Deposit Amount (if any) deposited by the redeeming Authorized Participant; the payment to the redeeming Authorized Participant will take place not earlier than on the second Business Day (the third Business Day, in the case of a Special Redemption Order), and (in the discretion of the Trust) not later than the fourth Business Day, following the date when the redemption order was received by the Processing Agent.

The Trust has the absolute right to reject any redemption order, including, without limitation, (1) redemption orders that the Trust has determined are not in proper form, (2) redemption orders the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel to the Trust or the Sponsor, result in a violation of law, or (3) during any period in which circumstances make transactions in, or settlement or delivery of, Shares or components of the Portfolio impossible or impractical. Neither the Trustee nor the Sponsor nor any of their agents will be liable to any person for the Trust’s rejection of a redemption order.

Certificates Evidencing the Shares

The Shares are evidenced by certificates executed and delivered by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. DTC has accepted the Shares for settlement through its book-entry settlement system. So long as the Shares are eligible for DTC settlement, there will be only one certificate evidencing Shares, registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. Investors are able to own Shares only in the form of book-entry security entitlements with DTC or direct or indirect participants in DTC. No investor is entitled to receive a separate certificate evidencing Shares. Because Shares can be held only in the form of book entries through DTC and its participants, investors must rely on DTC, a DTC participant and any other financial intermediary through which they hold Shares to receive the benefits and exercise the rights described in this section. Investors should consult with their broker or financial institution to find out about the procedures and requirements for securities held in DTC book-entry form.

Limitation of Liabilities

You cannot lose more than your investment in the Shares. Under Delaware law, Shareholders’ liability ~~will~~is be limited to the same extent as the liability of stockholders of a for profit Delaware business corporation.

Cash and Other Distributions

If the Sponsor determines, in its absolute discretion, that there is more cash being held in the Trust than is reasonably expected to be invested or needed to pay the Trust’s expenses in the near future, the Sponsor at its absolute discretion can direct the Trustee to distribute the extra cash to the Shareholders. The Trust ~~will~~has ~~have~~ no obligation and is not expected to make periodic distributions to Shareholders.

If the Trust receives any property in respect of Trust property other than cash, the Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, ~~will~~may distribute that property to the Shareholders by any means lawful, equitable or feasible. If the Trustee cannot distribute the property proportionately among the Shareholders, the Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, ~~will~~may adopt any other method that it deems to be lawful, equitable and feasible, including public or private sale.

~~Registered~~66 holders of Shares will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of Shares owned. Before making a distribution, the Trustee will deduct any applicable withholding taxes and any fees and expenses of the Trust that have not been paid. It will distribute only whole United States dollars and cents and will round fractional cents down to the nearest whole cent. Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee will responsible if the Sponsor determines that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to registered holders.

Registered holders of Shares will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of Shares owned. Before making a distribution, the Trustee will deduct any applicable withholding taxes and any fees and expenses of the Trust that have not been paid. It will distribute only whole United States dollars and cents and will round fractional cents down to the nearest whole cent. Neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee will be responsible if the Sponsor determines that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to registered holders.

Share Splits

If requested by the Sponsor, the Trustee will declare a split or a reverse split in the number of Shares outstanding ~~and make a corresponding change in the number of Shares constituting a Basket~~. The Trustee will not be required to distribute any fraction of a Share in connection with a split or reverse split of the Shares. The Trustee may sell the aggregated fractions of Shares that would otherwise be distributed in a split or reverse split of the Shares or the amount of Trust property that would be represented by those Shares and distribute the net proceeds of those Shares or that Trust property to the Shareholders entitled to them.

Voting Rights

Shares ~~will~~do not have any voting rights. However, registered holders of at least 25% of the Shares ~~will~~ have the right to require the Trustee to cure any material breach by it of the Trust Agreement, and registered holders of at least 75% of the Shares ~~will~~ have the right to require the Trustee to terminate the Trust as described under “—Amendment and Dissolution.”

~~Fees~~Taxes ~~for~~and Other Charges in Connection with Creations and Redemptions

Each order for the creation of Baskets must be accompanied by a payment to the Trustee of a transaction fee relating to the cost to the Trust of entering into futures and/or forward positions in connection with such creation. In connection with a redemption order, the redeeming Authorized Participant authorizes the Trustee to deduct from the proceeds of redemption a transaction fee relating to the cost to the Trust of liquidating futures and/or forward positions in connection with such redemption. Under the terms of the Trust Agreement, Authorized Participants creating or redeeming Baskets ~~will~~are ~~also be~~ obligated to pay any taxes, governmental charges or stock transfer or similar fees in connection with such creation or redemption.

Trust Expenses

The Trustee will pay the following expenses out of the assets of the Trust:

• any expenses of the Trust that are not assumed by the Sponsor;

• any taxes and other governmental charges that may fall on the Trust or its property;

• any expenses of any extraordinary services performed by the Trustee or the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or expenses of any action taken by the Trustee or the Sponsor to protect the Trust and the rights and interests of holders of Shares; and

• any indemnification of the Sponsor or the Advisor.

The Trustee will also entitled to charge the Trust for all expenses and disbursements incurred by the Trustee in connection with the actions described in the second and third bullet points above, including fees and disbursements of its legal counsel; provided that the Trustee will not be entitled to charge the Trust for (1) expenses and disbursements by it prior to the commencement of the trading of Shares on NYSE Arca and (2) fees of agents for performing services that the Trustee is required under the Trust Agreement to perform.

The Trustee, at the direction of the Sponsor, may liquidate the Trust’s property from time to time as necessary to permit payment of the fees and expenses that the Trust is required to pay. If it is necessary for the Trust to liquidate Trust property or apply income from its investments to meet extraordinary expenses, the NAV will decrease. Cash held by the Trustee pending payment of the Trust’s expenses or distribution to Shareholders will not bear any interest.

The Trustee will not be responsible for any depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the liquidation of Trust property made in compliance with the Trust Agreement.

Payment of Taxes

The Trustee may deduct the amount of any taxes owed from any distributions itto ~~will~~the ~~make~~Shareholders. It may also sell Trust assets, by public or private sale, to pay any taxes owed. Registered holders of Shares ~~will~~ remain liable if the proceeds of the sale are not enough to pay the taxes.

Valuation of the Trust Assets

See “Business of the Trust—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value.”

Limitations on Obligations and Liability

The Trust Agreement ~~will~~ expressly ~~limit~~limits the obligations of the Sponsor and the Trustee. It ~~will~~ also ~~limit~~limits the liability of the Sponsor and the Trustee. The Sponsor and the Trustee:

• ~~will~~are be obligated to take only the actions specifically set forth in the Trust Agreement without negligence or bad faith;

• ~~will~~are not be liable if either of them is prevented or delayed by law or circumstances beyond their control from performing their obligations under the Trust Agreement;

• ~~will~~are not be liable if they exercise or fail to exercise discretion permitted under the Trust Agreement;

• ~~will~~ have no obligation to prosecute a lawsuit or other proceeding related to the Shares or the Trust property on behalf of any holders of Shares or on behalf of any other person; and

•67 ~~may rely upon any advice or information from other persons they believe in good faith to be competent to provide such advice or information.~~

In addition, the Sponsor will be indemnified by the Trust for any liability or expense it incurs without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part.

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may rely upon any advice or information from other persons they believe in good faith to be competent to provide such advice or information.

In addition, the Sponsor is entitled to be indemnified by the Trust for any liability or expense it incurs without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part.

Amendment and Dissolution

The Sponsor and the Trustee may agree to amend the Trust Agreement without the consent of the Shareholders. If an amendment imposes or increases fees or charges (except for taxes and other governmental charges) or prejudices a substantial existing right of the Shareholders, it will not become effective until 30 days after the Trustee notifies the registered holders of the amendment. At the time an amendment becomes effective, by continuing to hold Shares, investors are deemed to agree to the amendment and to be bound by the Trust Agreement as amended. However, no amendment to the Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such amendment, it would cause the Trust to be taxable as an association taxable as a corporation for ~~United~~U.S. ~~States~~ federal income tax purposes.

The Trustee will dissolve the Trust if:

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the Trustee is notified that the Shares are delisted from NYSE Arca and are not approved for listing on another national securities exchange within five Business Days of their delisting;

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registered holders of at least 75% of the outstanding Shares notify the Trustee that they elect to dissolve the Trust;

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sixty days have elapsed since the Trustee notified the Sponsor of the Trustee’s election to resign, and a successor trustee has not been appointed and accepted its appointment;

•

the SEC (or its staff) or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Trust is an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and the Trustee has actual knowledge of that determination;

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the Sponsor notifies the Trustee in writing that it has determined, in its discretion, that the dissolution of the Trust is advisable. Such circumstances might occur, by way of illustration and not of limitation, if (1) legal, regulatory or market changes result in a decrease of investment opportunities available to the Trust in compliance with its investment objective and strategies; (2) it becomes impossible to compute the net asset value of the Portfolio or to assess accuracy of such valuations; or (3) the value of the Portfolio is below a level such that continued operation of the Trust is not cost effective;

• the Trust is treated as an association taxable as a corporation for ~~United~~U.S. ~~States~~ federal income tax purposes, and the Trustee receives notice from the Sponsor that the Sponsor has determined that the dissolution of the Trust is advisable; or

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DTC is unable or unwilling to continue to perform its functions, and a comparable replacement is unavailable.

The Trustee will notify DTC at least 30 days before the date for dissolution of the Trust. After dissolution, the Trustee and its agents will do ~~the~~ the following under the Trust Agreement but nothing else: (1) collect distributions pertaining to Trust property, (2) pay the Trust’s expenses and sell assets as necessary to meet those expenses and (3) deliver Trust property ~~upon~~ upon surrender and cancellation of Shares. Ninety days or more after dissolution, the Trustee may sell any remaining Trust property in a public or private sale. After that, the Trustee will hold the money it received on the sale and any other cash it is holding under the Trust Agreement for the pro rata benefit of the registered holders that have not surrendered their Shares. The Trustee will not invest the money and will have no liability for interest. The ~~Trustee’s only obligations~~ ~~will be to account for the money and other cash, after deduction of applicable fees, trust expenses and taxes and governmental charges.~~

Trustee’s only obligations will be to account for the money and other cash, after deduction of applicable fees, trust expenses and taxes and governmental charges.

Requirements for Trustee Actions

Before the Trustee ~~will~~registers ~~deliver or register~~ a transfer of Shares, ~~make~~makes a distribution on Shares, or ~~permit~~permits the withdrawal of Trust property, the Trustee may require:

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payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third parties for the transfer of any Shares or Trust property;

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satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or other information it deems necessary; and

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compliance with regulations it may establish, from time to time, consistent with the Trust Agreement, including the presentation of transfer documents.

The Trust may suspend the delivery of Shares, registrations of transfer of Shares and surrenders of Shares for the purpose of withdrawing Trust property generally, or may refuse particular deposit, transfer or withdrawal requests at any time when the books of the Trustee are closed or at any time if the Trustee or the Sponsor determines that it is necessary or advisable to do so for any reason.

Delegation by the Trustee to the Trust Administrator or Agent

The Trustee may delegate all or some of its duties under the Trust Agreement to an agent, including the Trust Administrator, without the consent of the Sponsor, any Authorized Participant or any Shareholders. The Trustee may terminate any Trust Administrator or agent at any time and is not required to appoint a new Trust Administrator or agent.

Custody of Certain Trust Assets

The creation and redemption of Baskets ~~will~~is ~~generally be~~ effected through cash transactions, which involve contemporaneous transfers. To the extent the Trust has property that requires a custodian, the Trustee will appoint an agent qualified to maintain the property of the Trust.

45Replacement of the Trustee

The Trustee may resign at any time and its resignation will take effect upon the appointment of a successor Trustee and its acceptance of such appointment.

The Sponsor may remove the Trustee in its discretion at any time after the first anniversary of the date of the Trust Agreement.

If at any time the Trustee ceases to be a Qualified Bank or is in material breach of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and the Trustee fails to cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Sponsor, or registered holders of at least 25% of the outstanding Shares, specifying such default and requiring the Trustee to cure such default, the Sponsor may remove the Trustee and the removal will take effect upon the appointment of a successor Trustee and its acceptance of such appointment.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed, the Sponsor will use its reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Trustee, which must be a Qualified Bank. Every successor Trustee shall be required to execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Sponsor an instrument in writing accepting its appointment.

THE SECURITIES DEPOSITORY; BOOK-ENTRY-ONLY SYSTEM; GLOBAL SECURITY

DTC ~~will~~acts ~~act~~ as securities depository for the Shares. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities of its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities among DTC Participants through electronic book-entry changes. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own DTC. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly. DTC agrees with and represents to its participants that it will administer its book-entry system in accordance with its rules and by-laws and requirements of law.

Individual certificates ~~will~~are not be issued for the Shares. Instead, a global certificate ~~will~~has bebeen signed by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, and deposited with the Trustee on behalf of DTC. ~~The~~ The global certificate ~~will~~represents ~~represent~~ all of the Shares outstanding at any time.

Upon the settlement date of any creation, transfer or redemption of Shares, DTC ~~will~~credits ~~credit~~ or ~~debit~~debits, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the number of Shares so created, transferred or redeemed to the accounts of the appropriate DTC Participants. The Trustee and the DTC Participants ~~will~~ designate the accounts to be credited and charged in the case of creation or redemption of Shares.

Beneficial ownership of the Shares ~~will~~is be limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Owners of beneficial interests in the Shares ~~will~~are be shown on, and the ~~transfer~~transfers of ownership ~~will~~are be effected only through, records maintained by DTC, with respect to DTC Participants, the records of DTC Participants, with respect to Indirect Participants, and the records of Indirect Participants with respect to beneficial owners that are not DTC Participants or Indirect Participants. Beneficial owners are expected to receive from or through a DTC Participant a written confirmation relating to their purchase of the Shares.

Investors may transfer Shares through DTC by instructing the DTC Participant or Indirect Participant through which they hold their Shares to transfer the Shares. Transfers will be made in accordance with standard securities industry practice.

DTC may decide to discontinue providing its service for the Shares by giving notice to the Trustee and the Sponsor. Under these circumstances, the Trustee and the Sponsor will either find a replacement for DTC to perform its functions at a comparable cost or, if a replacement is unavailable, the Trust will be dissolved.

The rights of the Shareholders generally must be exercised by DTC Participants acting on their behalf in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC.

The Trust Agreement provides that, as long as the Shares are represented by a global certificate registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, the Trustee will be entitled to treat DTC as the holder of the Shares.

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THE SPONSOR

The Sponsor

The Sponsor ~~will~~is iShares® beDelaware ~~Barclays~~Trust ~~Global~~Sponsor ~~Investors International~~LLC, ~~Inc.,~~ a Delaware ~~corporation~~ ~~and~~limited anliability ~~indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC~~company. The Sponsor’s primary business function with respect to the Trust ~~will~~is be to ~~act~~direct asthe ~~commodity~~actions ~~pool operator~~ of the ~~Trust’s~~Trustee ~~Portfolio,~~in asthe ~~discussed~~management ~~below. Barclays California Corporation, a California corporation and a subsidiary~~ of ~~Barclays Bank PLC, owns 100% of~~ the ~~equity~~Trust ofand ~~Barclays~~to ~~Global~~act ~~Investors~~as ~~International,~~commodity ~~Inc.~~pool ~~Barclays~~operator ~~California Corporation is the primary holding company~~ of ~~Barclays Global Investors’ companies incorporated in~~ the ~~United States~~Trust.

~~Barclays~~The ~~Global~~Sponsor ~~Investors~~was ~~International,~~formed ~~Inc.~~as ~~has~~a ~~been~~Delaware ~~registered~~limited ~~under~~liability ~~the~~company ~~CEA~~on ~~since October~~June 1316, ~~2005~~2009. asThe asole ~~commodity~~member ~~pool~~and ~~operator~~manager ~~and~~of the Sponsor is aBlackRock ~~member~~Asset ofManagement ~~the~~International ~~NFA~~Inc. (formerly known as Barclays Global Investors International, Inc.), a Delaware corporation.

~~Certain~~BlackRock ~~performance~~Asset ~~data~~Management ~~regarding~~International Inc., the sole member and manager of the Sponsor, ~~may~~was beorganized ~~found~~ as a Delaware corporation on ~~page~~March 22, 541990. Since January 2004, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has held an equity interest in a securities lending platform. Since January 2005, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has served as sponsor of the iShares Gold Trust (the “Gold Trust”), a trust that publicly offers shares registered with the SEC. Since April 2006, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has served as sponsor of the iShares® Silver Trust (the “Silver Trust”), a trust that publicly offers shares registered with the SEC. Neither the Gold Trust nor the Silver Trust is a commodity pool regulated by the CFTC or the NFA. Since July 2006, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has served as sponsor and commodity pool operator of the iShares® S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust and manager and commodity pool operator of the iShares® S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool. Since October 2007, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has served as sponsor of the iShares® Mexico Trust, a trust that issues Mexican exchange-traded equity funds. Since December 2008, BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has served as sponsor of the following Brazilian exchange-traded equity funds: iShares® Ibovespa Fundo de Indice, iShares® BM&FBovespa Small Cap Fundo de Indice, and iShares® BM&FBovespa MidLarge Cap Fundo de Indice. BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. has been registered under the CEA as a commodity pool operator since October 13, 2005, and is a member of the NFA.

The Sponsor ~~will~~has ~~arrange~~been ~~for~~registered ~~the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering and the listing of the Shares on NYSE Arca. The Sponsor will be obligated~~ under the ~~Trust~~CEA Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor will receive as ~~the Sponsor’s Fee an allocation that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to~~a ~~[ ]%~~commodity ofpool ~~the~~operator ~~net asset value of the Trust~~ and ~~will~~has bebeen ~~payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. For~~ a ~~description~~member of ~~how~~ the ~~net~~NFA ~~asset~~since ~~value~~June ~~of the Trust will be calculated~~22, ~~see “Business of the Trust—Computation of Trust’s Net Asset Value~~2009.”

The Sponsor’s ~~may~~principal ~~remove~~office ~~the~~is ~~Trustee~~located ~~and~~at ~~appoint a~~400 ~~successor~~Howard ~~Trustee if the Trustee ceases to meet certain objective requirements~~Street, ~~or if~~San Francisco, ~~having~~CA ~~received written notice of a material breach of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee has not cured the breach within 30 days~~94105. The Sponsor may also replace the Trustee during the 90 days following any merger, consolidation or conversion in which the Trustee is not the surviving entity or, in its discretion, at any time following the first anniversary of the creation of the Trust.

Certain performance data regarding the sole member and manager of the Sponsor may be found on pages 86-88.

The Sponsor arranged for the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering and the listing of the Shares on NYSE Arca. The Sponsor is obligated under the Trust Agreement to pay the following administrative, operational and marketing expenses: (1) the fees of the Trustee, the Advisor, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator and the Processing Agent, (2) NYSE Arca listing fees, (3) printing and mailing costs, (4) audit fees, (5) fees for registration of the Shares with the SEC, (6) tax reporting costs and (7) legal expenses up to $100,000 annually. In recognition of its paying these expenses, the Sponsor is entitled to receive as the Sponsor’s Fee an allocation that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.95% of the Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust and is payable by the Trust monthly in arrears. For a description of how the net asset value of the Trust is calculated, see “Business of the Trust—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value.”

replace the Trustee during the 90 days following any merger, consolidation or conversion in which the Trustee is not the surviving entity or, in its discretion, at any time following the first anniversary of the creation of the Trust.

Except as described below, neither the Sponsor nor any of its principals are expected to hold any beneficial interest in the Trust (other than the Sponsor’s nominal investment in Shares in connection with its role as Tax Matters Partner of the Trust). The Sponsor and its principals are permitted to trade commodity interests for their own accounts only in accordance with the Sponsor’s code of ethics. The Sponsor does not intend to permit Shareholders to review its records with respect to any such trading or any written policies related to such trading.

Principals and Key Personnel of the Sponsor

~~Lee~~Patrick ~~Kranefuss~~Dunne is the President, ~~and~~ Chief Executive Officer, ~~Rohit~~and ~~Bhagat~~Director ~~is the Chief Operating Officer~~ and ~~Michael~~Jack ~~Latham~~Gee is the Chief Financial Officer of ~~Barclays~~the ~~Global Investors International, Inc~~Sponsor.

~~Barclays~~The ~~Global~~Sponsor ~~Investors International, Inc.~~ is managed by a Board of Directors, ~~which is~~ composed of ~~Messrs~~Philip Jensen, Peter F. ~~Kranefuss~~Landini, Kimun Lee, Patrick Dunne and ~~Latham~~Manish Mehta.

~~Lee Kranefuss has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Barclays Global Investors International, Inc. since June 2005. Since October 2005,~~ Mr. ~~Kranefuss~~ ~~has~~Dunne ~~served~~became ~~as the Chairman of the Board of Barclays Global Investors Services,~~ a ~~broker-dealer,~~principal ~~and a Director~~ of ~~Barclays~~iShares ~~Global~~Delaware ~~Fund~~Trust ~~Advisors,~~Sponsor anLLC ~~investment~~in ~~advisor~~September ~~registered~~2011 ~~with the SEC~~ and ~~a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC. Since May 1997, Mr. Kranefuss~~ has served as aits ~~Managing~~President Director of Barclays Global Investors, N.A., a national banking association. From September 1991 to May 1997, Mr. Kranefuss was a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, advising clients primarily with respect to financial services. Mr. Kranefuss has served as a listed principal of Barclays Global Investors International, Inc. since October 2005 and ofChief ~~Barclays Global~~Executive ~~Fund~~Officer ~~Advisors~~ since ~~November~~September ~~2005~~2011. ~~Mr. Kranefuss received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991 and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1984.~~

~~Rohit~~Mr. ~~Bhagat~~Dunne has served as ~~the~~Global Chief Operating Officer of ~~Barclays~~the ~~Global~~iShares® ~~Investors~~business ~~International~~from October 2010 to October 2011. Prior to that, ~~Inc~~Mr. ~~since~~Dunne ~~October~~served as Global Head of Securities Lending and Cash Management business from December 2005 to April 2008. ~~Since~~Prior ~~November~~to that, Mr. Dunne served as Head of Securities Lending, North America from August 2003 to December 2005; Chief Operating Officer of BGIS Europe business from January 2002 to August 2003; Head of Strategy, BGIS North America from August 2000 to December 2001; Head of Fixed Income Trading from February 1995 to August 1999; Senior Fixed Income Trader from February 1994 to March 1995; and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager from February 1992 to February 1994. Mr. ~~Bhagat~~ ~~has~~Dunne became a registered associated person of BlackRock Fund Advisors, a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in May 1995. Mr. Dunne joined BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in October 1991 as an Equity Portfolio Manager in the Portfolio Management Group and became a registered associated person of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. in March 1998. Mr. Dunne served as a ~~Director~~principal of Barclays Global Investors Ltd., a commodity trading advisor formerly registered with the CFTC, from May 2003 to December 2005 and as a registered associated person of Barclays Global Investors Ltd. from September 2003 to December 2005. Prior to joining BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Mr. Dunne served as a Marketing Research Associate at Merrill Lynch & Co. from May 1991 to October 1991. Mr. Dunne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and a Master of Science degree in management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000.

47Jack Gee became a principal of iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC in September 2011 and serves as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gee became a principal of BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., a commodity pool operator registered with the CFTC, in December 2011 and serves as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director. Mr. Gee joined BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, as a Principal in September 2004 and served as Director of US Fund Administration of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. from September 2004 to January 2010. Since January 2010, Mr. Gee has served as Managing Director of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. Prior to joining BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Mr. Gee served as Chief Financial Officer of Parnassus Investments, an investment adviser registered with the SEC, from March 2004 to September 2004; Chief Financial Officer of Cazenave

~~Australia Services Limited~~Partners, ~~Barclays~~an ~~Global~~investment ~~Investors~~adviser ~~Australia~~registered ~~Limited~~with ~~and~~the ~~Barclays~~SEC, ~~Global~~from ~~Investors Australia Holdings Pty. Limited. Since~~ October ~~2005, Mr. Bhagat~~2003 ~~has~~to ~~served~~March as2004; aController ~~Director~~ of ~~Barclays~~Paul ~~Global~~Capital ~~Investors~~Partners, UKan ~~Holdings~~investment ~~Limited~~firm ~~and~~focusing ~~Barclays~~on ~~Global~~the ~~Fund~~secondary ~~Advisors~~private ~~and~~equity ~~as a Director~~ and healthcare ~~Managing~~market, ~~Director~~from ofOctober ~~Barclays~~2002 ~~Global~~to ~~Investors,~~October ~~N.A.,~~2003; ~~as the~~ Chief ~~Operating~~Financial Officer of ~~Barclays~~Fremont ~~Global Investors~~Investment ~~USA~~Advisors, Inc., ~~Barclays~~an ~~California~~investment ~~Corporation,~~adviser ~~Barclays~~formerly ~~Global~~registered ~~Investors~~with ~~Services~~the ~~and Barclays Global Investors~~SEC, ~~N.A. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr. Bhagat was a Senior Vice President~~ from ~~1992~~October to1997 ~~2005 with The Boston Consulting Group, advising clients with respect~~ to ~~financial~~September ~~services~~2002. Mr. ~~Bhagat~~ ~~has~~Gee ~~served~~earned as a ~~listed~~Bachelor ~~principal~~ of ~~Barclays Global Investors International, Inc. and Barclays Global Fund Advisors since January 2006. Mr. Bhagat received his MBA from~~Science ~~Northwestern~~degree ~~University~~ in ~~1990,~~accounting ~~his Master of Science in Engineering~~ from the ~~University~~California ofState ~~Texas~~University in ~~1988 and his Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India, in 1986~~1982.

~~Michael~~Manish ~~Latham~~Mehta ~~has~~became ~~served~~a asprincipal of the ~~Chief~~Sponsor ~~Financial~~in ~~Officer~~March 2012 and aserves as Director. ofMr. ~~Barclays~~Mehta ~~Global~~joined ~~Investors~~BlackRock ~~International~~Institutional Trust Company, ~~Inc~~N.A., ~~since~~a ~~October~~national ~~2005~~banking association and ~~became~~ a ~~listed~~commodity ~~principal~~trading inadvisor ~~February~~registered ~~2006.~~with ~~Mr. Latham~~the ~~has~~CFTC, ~~also served~~ as a Managing Director ~~and~~in ~~Chief~~November ~~Operating~~2011. ~~Officer~~Prior ofto ~~the~~that, UMr.S. ~~Individual~~Mehta ~~Investor~~served as ~~and~~Managing ~~the~~Partner ~~Exchange~~of ~~Traded~~CHJ ~~Fund~~Capital ~~Business~~Management, ata ~~Barclays~~financial ~~Global~~services ~~Investors~~firm, ~~N.A.~~from ~~since~~March ~~January~~2011 ~~2000. Mr. Latham~~to ~~joined~~November ~~Barclays Global Investors, N~~2011.A. inFrom ~~August~~March ~~1994~~2005 asto aJanuary ~~sponsor~~2011 ~~in the Portfolio Accounting group. In 1997~~ Mr. ~~Latham~~ ~~became~~Mehta ~~deputy~~served ~~head~~as Head of ~~operations~~Strategy and ~~subsequently~~Corporate ~~head~~Development ofat ~~operations~~BlackRock ~~for~~Institutional ~~BGI~~Trust ~~Europe.~~Company, N.A. Prior to joining ~~Barclays~~ ~~Global~~BlackRock ~~Investors~~Institutional Trust Company, N.A. in March 2005, Mr. ~~Latham~~ ~~was~~Mehta anserved ~~auditor~~as consultant and principal at ~~Ernst &~~Boston ~~Young~~Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, from ~~1989~~September 2000 to ~~1994~~March 2005. Mr. ~~Latham~~ ~~received~~Mehta ~~his~~earned ~~Bachelor~~a Bachelor of Science degree in ~~Business~~Electrical ~~Administration~~Engineering and Computer Sciences from the ~~California~~University ~~State~~of ~~University~~California, –Berkeley ~~San~~in ~~Francisco~~1993 and ~~is a~~an ~~certified~~MBA ~~public~~from ~~accountant~~the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

48Philip Jensen became a principal of the Sponsor in September 2009, and is Chairman of the Sponsor’s audit committee. Since June 2001, Mr. Jensen has served as Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Paul Capital Partners, an investment firm focusing on the secondary private equity and healthcare market. Mr. Jensen received his Bachelor of Science from San Francisco State University and is a certified public accountant.

Peter F. Landini became a principal of the Sponsor in September 2009 and is a member of the Sponsor’s audit committee. In January 2003, Mr. Landini joined RBP Investment Advisors, Inc., a financial planning consultancy firm, for which he presently serves as Partner and Wealth Manager. Mr. Landini received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University and an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University. Mr. Landini is a certified financial planner and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Kimun Lee became a principal of the Sponsor in September 2009, and is a member of the Sponsor’s audit committee. Mr. Lee is a California-registered investment adviser and has conducted his consulting business under the name Resources Consolidated since January 1980. Since September 2010, Mr. Lee has served as a member of the Board of directors of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc., a mutual fund company. Until January 2005 Mr. Lee also served as a member of the board of directors of Fremont Mutual Funds, Inc., a mutual fund company. Mr. Lee received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Pacific and an MBA from University of Nevada, Reno. He also completed the executive education program on corporate governance at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Reza Estilaei, Ph.D., became a principal of the Sponsor in June 2012. Dr. Estilaei joined BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in May 2006 and serves as Portfolio Manager and Researcher. Prior to BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Dr. Estilaei served as a Principal and Researcher at Mellon Capital Management, a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, from May 2004 to April 2006. Prior to that, Dr. Estilaei attended the University of California, Berkeley from March 2002 to March 2004. Dr. Estilaei earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of California, Riverside in 1990, a Ph.D. in physics from the University of British Columbia in 1998 and a Masters in financial engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004.

Russ Koesterich became a principal of the Sponsor in June 2012. Mr. Koesterich joined BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in March 2005. Since October 2010, Mr. Koesterich has served as Global Head

of Strategy of the iShares^® business. Mr. Koesterich served as a Senior Portfolio manager from March 2005 to March 2007, Head of U.S. Strategy for Active Equity from April 2007 to December 2008 and Head of Global Strategy for Active Equity from January 2009 to September 2010. Prior to BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., Mr. Koesterich served as Head of North American Strategy of State Street Bank and Trust, a national banking association, from June 2002 to March 2005. Mr. Koesterich earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Brandeis University in 1987, a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College in 1990 and an MBA from Columbia University in 1995.

BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. became a principal of the Sponsor in June 2009 and Daniel Waltcher became a principal of the Sponsor in February 2012. Greg Savage became a principal and associated person of the Sponsor in July 2012.

THE TRUSTEE

The Trustee of the Trust ~~will~~is beBlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as Barclays Global Investors, N.A.), a national banking association ~~and an indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC~~. The Trustee’s principal office is located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The Trustee ~~will~~has ~~have~~ authority to delegate ~~some~~certain of its responsibilities under the Trust Agreement to a Trust Administrator or agent. The Trustee ~~will also~~ ~~maintain~~maintains certain books and records of the Trust relating to communications with Shareholders and the Advisor at the offices of the Trustee.

~~Initially,~~ State Street Bank &and Trust Company, a banking corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts, ~~will~~serves ~~serve~~ as the Trust Administrator. State Street Bank &and Trust Company’s principal office is located at ~~200~~One ~~Clarendon~~ Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111. State Street Bank &and Trust Company is subject to supervision by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Information regarding creation and redemption of Shares, Basket composition, the net asset value of the Trust, transaction fees and the names of the parties that have executed an Authorized Participant Agreement may be obtained from State Street Bank &and Trust Company by calling the following number: 1-800-474-2737. A copy of the Trust Agreement ~~will~~is be available for inspection at the Trust Administrator’s office identified above. Books and records of the Trust ~~will~~are be maintained at this office of State Street Bank & and Trust Company (other than records maintained by the Trustee or the Processing Agent as described herein).

The Trustee ~~will be~~has ~~responsible~~delegated ~~for~~ the valuation ~~day-to-day~~of ~~administration~~certain assets of the Trust. ~~Day-to-day~~for ~~administration~~purposes ~~will~~of ~~include~~the ~~(1) processing~~daily ~~orders~~calculation ~~for~~of the ~~creation~~net ~~and~~asset ~~redemption~~value of ~~Baskets~~the ~~and~~Trust ~~(2) calculating~~to the ~~net~~Trust ~~asset~~Administrator. ~~value~~The ofTrustee may terminate the Trust onAdministrator ~~each~~at ~~Business~~any time or appoint different agents to act on its ~~Day~~behalf.

The Trustee’s ~~will~~fees ~~delegate~~are ~~the~~paid ~~processing~~by ~~of creation and redemption orders to~~ the Processing Agent. Certain books and records of the Trust relating to the creation and redemption of Baskets will be maintained at the offices of the Processing Agent at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Trustee will also delegate the valuation of certain assets of the Trust for purposes of the daily calculation of the net asset value of the Trust and the remainder of its day-to-day administrative responsibilities to the Trust to the Trust Administrator. Neither the Processing Agent nor the Trust Administrator will be affiliated with the Sponsor ~~or the Trustee~~. The Trustee will also retain PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Tax Administrator to provide tax accounting and tax reporting services for the Trust. The Trustee may terminate the Processing Agent, the Trust Administrator or the Tax Administrator at any time or appoint different agents to act on its behalf.

The Trustee’s fees will be paid by the Sponsor.

The Trustee and any of its affiliates may from time to time purchase or sell Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE

Wilmington Trust Company ~~will~~serves ~~serve~~ as the Delaware Trustee of the Trust. The Delaware Trustee ~~will~~is not be entitled to exercise any of the powers, or have any of the duties or responsibilities, of the Trustee. The Delaware Trustee ~~will~~is be a trustee of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

THE ADVISOR

The Advisor ~~will~~is beBlackRock Fund Advisors (formerly known as Barclays Global Fund Advisors), a California corporation ~~and an indirect subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC~~. The Advisor ~~will~~serves ~~serve~~ as the commodity trading advisor for the Portfolio. The Advisor has been registered as a commodity trading advisor ~~with~~under the ~~CFTC~~CEA since April 5, 1993 and is a member of the NFA. ~~Barclays~~The ~~Global~~Trust ~~Investors~~has entered into a commodity trading advisor agreement with the Advisor, ~~N.A.~~which provides the Advisor with discretionary authority to make all determinations with respect to the Portfolio’s assets, asubject ~~national~~to ~~banking~~specified ~~association~~limitations ~~and~~which seek to ensure that: (i) the Trust does not become an ~~indirect~~investment ~~subsidiary~~company subject to the registration requirements of ~~Barclays~~the ~~Bank~~Investment Company ~~PLC~~Act, and (ii) the Trust meets the requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder to be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

49Except as described below, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals are expected to hold any beneficial interest in the Trust. The Advisor and its principals are permitted to trade commodity interests

~~owns~~for ~~100%~~their ofown ~~the~~accounts ~~equity~~only ofin accordance with the Advisor.’s ~~Barclays~~code ~~Global~~of ~~Investors, N~~ethics.A. ~~is a commodity trading advisor registered with the NFA.~~ The ~~Trust will enter into a commodity trading advisor agreement with the~~ Advisor, ~~which~~does ~~will~~not ~~provide~~intend ~~the~~to ~~Advisor~~permit ~~with~~Shareholders ~~discretionary authority~~ to ~~make~~review ~~all~~its ~~determinations~~records with respect to ~~the~~any ~~Portfolio’s~~such ~~assets,~~trading ~~subject~~or any written policies related to ~~specified~~such ~~limitations~~trading.

Certain performance data regarding the Advisor may be found on ~~page 54~~pages 86-88.

~~Blake~~Principals ~~Grossman~~and isKey ~~the~~Personnel ~~Chief Executive Officer~~ of the Advisor.

~~The~~Laurence ~~Advisor~~Fink is ~~managed~~the byChief aExecutive ~~Board of Directors~~Officer, ~~which~~Michael Latham is ~~composed~~the Co-Chief Operating Officer and Ann Marie Petach is the Chief Financial Officer of ~~Blake~~the ~~Grossman,~~Advisor. ~~Lee~~Reza ~~Kranefuss~~Estilaei and ~~Rohit~~Russ ~~Bhagat~~Koesterich are principals of the Advisor and are principally responsible for the trading decisions of the Trust.

~~Blake~~The ~~Grossman has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the~~ Advisor ~~since~~is ~~January~~managed ~~2002~~by ~~and as the Chairman of its Board of Directors since July 2002. Mr. Grossman joined Barclays in January 1996, serving as~~ a ~~Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Canada Ltd. since October 2002, the Chairman of the~~ Board of Directors ~~and President of Barclays California Corporation since July 2002~~, awhich ~~Director~~is ofcomposed Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited since April 2000, its Joint Chief Executive Officer since July 2002 and its sole Chief Executive Officer since October 2005, and the President and Chairman of ~~the~~Laurence ~~Board of Directors of Barclays USA Inc. from July 2002 to January 2004. Prior to joining Barclays~~Fink, ~~Mr. Grossman~~Robert ~~was~~Kapito ~~a Senior Vice President~~ and ~~Sponsor~~Daniel ~~at Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors from April 1990 to December 1995~~Waltcher. ~~Mr. Grossman has served as a listed principal of the Advisor since April 1993. Mr. Grossman received his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University in 1985.~~

~~Lee~~Laurence ~~Kranefuss~~Fink became a principal of BlackRock Fund Advisors, an investment adviser registered with the SEC and commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in December 2009. Mr. Fink has served as Director, aChairman ~~Director~~and Chief Executive Officer of ~~the~~BlackRock ~~Advisor~~Fund Advisors since ~~October~~December ~~2005~~2009. ~~and~~Mr. asFink ~~the~~has ~~President~~served ~~and~~as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Inc., ~~Investors~~a ~~International,~~global ~~Inc.~~asset management firm, since ~~June~~January ~~2005.~~1998; ~~Since~~Chief Executive ~~October~~Officer ~~2005~~of BlackRock Advisors, ~~Mr. Kranefuss~~LLC, ~~has~~an ~~served~~investment asmanagement ~~the~~company, since September 1994; Chairman, ofChief ~~the~~Executive ~~Board~~Officer and Director of ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Financial ~~Investors~~Management, ~~Services~~Inc., aan ~~broker~~investment ~~dealer.~~management ~~Since~~company, since April 1988 and as principal since May 1997; Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Capital Management, Mr Inc. ~~Kranefuss~~, ~~has~~an ~~served~~investment asmanagement acompany, ~~Managing~~since ~~Director~~November 1999; Chief Executive Officer of ~~Barclays~~Blackrock ~~Global~~Institutional ~~Investors~~Management Corporation, ~~N.A.~~an ~~From~~investment ~~September~~management company, ~~1991~~since toFebruary ~~May~~1998; ~~1997~~Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Investment Management, ~~Mr. Kranefuss~~LLC, ~~was~~an ainvestment ~~Consultant~~management atcompany, ~~The~~since ~~Boston~~September ~~Consulting~~2006 ~~Group~~and a principal since August 2008; Chairman, ~~advising~~Chief ~~clients~~Executive ~~primarily~~Officer ~~with~~and ~~respect~~Director toof ~~financial~~State Street ~~services.~~Research ~~Mr. Kranefuss~~& ~~has~~Management ~~served~~Company, asan ainvestment ~~listed~~management company, since February 2005; a principal of ~~Barclays~~EnSo ~~Global~~Capital ~~Investors~~Management ~~International~~LLC, ~~Inc.~~an investment management company, since ~~October~~May ~~2005~~2002 and a principal of ~~the~~EnSo ~~Advisor~~Capital ~~since~~Management II LLC from July 2002 to November ~~2005~~2009. Mr. ~~Kranefuss~~ Fink received his MBA from the University of ~~Pennsylvania~~California Los Angeles in ~~1991~~ 1976 and his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from ~~Cornell~~California State University Northridge in ~~1984~~1974.

~~Rohit~~Michael ~~Bhagat~~Latham ~~has~~became ~~served~~a asprincipal aand ~~Director~~associated person of BlackRock Fund Advisors, an investment adviser registered with the ~~Advisor~~SEC and commodity trading advisor registered with the ~~Chief Operating~~CFTC ~~Officer~~in March 2010. Mr. Latham became a principal of ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Asset ~~Investors~~Management International, Inc., ~~since~~a ~~October~~commodity ~~2005.~~pool ~~Since~~operator ~~November~~registered ~~2005,~~with the CFTC in February 2006 and an associated person of BAMII in January 2010. Mr. ~~Bhagat~~Latham has served as aChief ~~Director~~Executive Officer and President of ~~Barclays~~BAMII ~~Global~~since ~~Investors~~December ~~Australia~~2009 ~~Services~~and ~~Limited,~~Director ~~Barclays~~of ~~Global~~BAMII ~~Investors~~since ~~Australia Limited~~October ~~and~~2005. ~~Barclays~~Mr. ~~Global~~Latham ~~Investors~~served ~~Australia~~as ~~Holdings~~Chief ~~Pty.~~Financial ~~Limited.~~Officer ~~Since~~of BAMII from October 2005, to December 2009. Mr. ~~Bhagat~~Latham ~~has~~ served as a Director of ~~Barclays~~iShares® ~~Global~~Delaware ~~Investors~~Trust UKSponsor ~~Holdings~~LLC, ~~Limited~~a commodity pool operator from June 2009 to September 2011 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President from December 2009 to September 2011. Mr. Latham was a ~~Director~~principal of iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC from June 2009 to September 2011 and ~~Managing~~an ~~Director~~associated person of ~~Barclays~~iShares® ~~Global Investors,~~Delaware NTrust Sponsor LLC from January 2010 to September 2011.A Mr., asLatham ~~the~~has served as Co-Chief Operating Officer of ~~Barclays~~BFA ~~Global~~since ~~Investors~~March ~~USA~~2010. ~~Inc~~Mr., ~~Barclays~~Latham ~~California~~has served ~~Corporation,~~as ~~Barclays~~the ~~Global~~global ~~Investors~~head ~~Services~~of ~~and~~the ~~Barclays~~iShares® ~~Global~~business ~~Investors,~~since NJuly 2010.A Mr. Latham ~~Prior~~served as the head of the iShares® business for the United States and Canada from January 2006 to ~~joining~~July ~~Barclays~~2010. Prior to that, Mr. ~~Bhagat~~Latham ~~was~~served aas ~~Senior~~the Chief ~~Vice~~Operating ~~President~~Officer ~~from~~of ~~1992~~the toU.S. ~~2005~~Individual ~~with~~Investor ~~The~~and ~~Boston~~the ~~Consulting~~Exchange ~~Group,~~Traded ~~advising~~Fund ~~clients~~business ~~with~~of ~~respect~~BTC, toa ~~financial~~national ~~services.~~banking ~~Mr. Bhagat~~association ~~has~~and ~~been~~commodity atrading ~~listed~~advisor ~~principal~~registered ofwith the ~~Advisor~~CFTC, ~~since~~from January 2000 to January 2006. Mr. ~~Bhagat~~Latham ~~received~~served ~~his~~as deputy ~~MBA~~head ~~from~~of ~~Northwestern University~~operations inand ~~1990,~~subsequently ~~his~~head ~~Master~~ of ~~Science~~operations infor ~~Engineering~~BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, a U.K. asset manager from ~~the~~August ~~University~~1997 ofto ~~Texas~~January in2000. ~~1988~~From ~~and~~August ~~his~~1994 ~~Bachelor~~to ofAugust ~~Technology~~1997, ~~from~~Mr. Latham was a manager in the ~~Indian~~Portfolio ~~Institute~~Accounting ofGroup ~~Technology~~at BTC. inPrior ~~Delhi,~~to ~~India~~joining BTC, ~~in 1986~~Mr. Latham was an

~~The~~76 ~~remaining principals of the Advisor are Michael L. Crowl, Secretary, Theda R. Haber, Assistant Secretary, and Terri L. Slane, Assistant Secretary.~~

auditor at Ernst & Young from September 1989 to August 1994. Mr. Latham received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the San Francisco State University and is a certified public accountant.

Ann Marie Petach became a principal of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, and BlackRock Fund Advisors, an investment adviser registered with the SEC and commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in December 2009. Ms. Petach has served as Director of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. since December 2009, and Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock Fund Advisors since December 2009. Ms. Petach has served as Managing Director of BlackRock Inc., a global asset management firm, since June 2007 and as its Chief Financial Officer since June 2008; Managing Director of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an investment management company, since June 2007 and as its Chief Financial Officer since June 2008; Managing Director of BlackRock Capital Management, Inc., an investment management company, since June 2007 and as its Chief Financial Officer since June 2008; Managing Director of BlackRock Financial Management Inc., an investment management company, since June 2007, its Chief Financial Officer since June 2008 and as principal since September 2008; Managing Director of Blackrock Institutional Management Corporation, an investment management company and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, since June 2007 and as its Chief Financial Officer since June 2008; Managing Director of BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, an investment management company, since June 2007, Chief Financial Officer since June 2008 and as principal since September 2008; Managing Director of State Street Research & Management Company, an investment management company, since June 2007 and as Chief Financial Officer since June 2008; Assistant Treasurer of Ford Motor Company, a multinational automotive manufacturer, from January 1998 to November 2004 and Vice President and Treasurer from November 2004 to June 2007. Ms. Petach received a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Spanish from Muhlenberg College in 1982 and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984.

Robert Kapito became a principal of BlackRock Fund Advisors, an investment adviser registered with the SEC and commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in December 2009 and has served as Director and President since December 2009. Mr. Kapito has served as Director and Vice Chairman of BlackRock Inc., a global asset management firm, from January 1998 to September 2007 and as its President since September 2007; Director and Vice Chairman of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an investment management company, from February 1998 to September 2007 and as its President since September 2007; Director and Vice Chairman of BlackRock Capital Management, Inc., an investment management company, from November 1999 to September 2007 and as its President since September 2007; Director and Vice Chairman of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an investment management company, from April 1988 to September 2007, and as President since September 2007, principal since May 1997 and associated person since October 1997; Director and Vice Chairman of Blackrock Institutional Management Corporation, an investment management company, from February 1998 to September 2007, and as President since September 2007; Director and Vice Chairman of BlackRock Investment Management LLC, an investment management company, from September 2006 to September 2007, as President since September 2007 and as a principal since November 2008; Director and Vice Chairman of State Street Research & Management Company, an investment management company, from February 2005 to September 2007, and as President since September 2007. Mr. Kapito received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 and his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1983.

Daniel Waltcher joined BlackRock Fund Advisors, an investment adviser registered with the SEC and commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC, in December 2009. Mr. Waltcher has served as Director of BlackRock Fund Advisors since December 2009, principal of BlackRock Fund Advisors since January 2010 and Secretary of BlackRock Fund Advisors since February 2012. Mr. Waltcher has served as Deputy General Counsel and Managing Director of BlackRock Inc., a global asset management firm, since January 2005. From October 1998 to December 2001, Mr. Waltcher served as Director and Senior Counsel

at BlackRock, Inc. and from January 2002 to December 2004, he served as Managing Director and Senior Counsel at that entity. Mr. Waltcher became a principal and serves as Managing Director of BlackRock Asset Management International Inc., a commodity pool operator registered with the CFTC, BlackRock Financial Management Inc, an investment management company and a commodity trading adviser registered with the CFTC, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and a commodity trading advisor registered with the CFTC and BlackRock Investment Management LLC, an investment management company since February 2012. Mr. Waltcher became a principal and serves as Secretary and Managing Director of iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, a commodity pool operator, since February 2012. Previously, Mr. Waltcher was Senior Counsel of Chancellor Capital Management, Inc., a money management firm, from July 1995 to September 1998 and an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, a law firm, from October 1989 to June 1995. Mr. Waltcher received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1984 and his JD from Cornell Law School in 1989.

BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., became a principal of the Advisor in July 2012. BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc. owns 100% of the equity of the Advisor.

Prior to July 2012, the Advisor was owned by BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association and an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. and was a principal of the Advisor from December 2009 to July 2012. On January 20, 2012, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), without admitting or denying wrongdoing entered into an Offer of Settlement with the CFTC under which BTC agreed to the imposition of a $250,000 penalty and the entry of an Order to resolve allegations by the CFTC that two trades by BTC violated Section 4c(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulation 1.38(a). BTC also agreed to cease and desist from any further violations of these statutes. The CFTC did not allege that any clients of BTC, BlackRock or any related affiliate were harmed in any way in the execution of these two trades.

Greg Savage, a Senior Portfolio Manager and Team Leader, became a principal and an associated person of the Advisor in March 2009. Michael Latham, Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Advisor, became a principal and associated person of the Advisor in March 2010. Ryan Braniff, Head of a Business Unit, became a principal of the Advisor in October 2008. Reza Estilaei, Head of a Business Function, became a principal of the Advisor in July 2012. Russ Koesterich, Head of a Business Unit, became a principal of the Advisor in July 2012.

THE FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANT

The Trust ~~will~~has ~~also~~entered ~~enter~~ into a futures customer account agreement with a futures commission merchant (the “Clearing FCM”) that ~~will~~provides ~~provide~~ for the execution and clearing of transactions in futures, payment of commissions, custody of assets and other standard provisions. ~~[ ]~~Barclays Capital Inc. (“BCI”) is the Clearing FCM of the Trust. The Trust may employ other futures commission merchants or foreign brokers for the execution of ~~commodities and currencies~~ futures transactions.

51BCI is a registered securities broker-dealer and futures commission merchant. BCI is involved in a number of judicial and arbitration matters arising in connection with the conduct of its business. BCI’s management believes, based on currently available information, that the results of such proceedings will not have a significant adverse effect on BCI’s financial condition.

On September 15, 2009 motions were filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court) by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI), the SIPA Trustee for Lehman Brothers Inc. (the SIPA Trustee) and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (the Committee). All three motions challenge certain aspects of the transaction pursuant to which BCI and other companies in the Barclays Group acquired most of the assets of Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI) in September 2008 and the court order approving such sale. The claimants seek an order: voiding the transfer of certain assets to BCI; requiring BCI to return to the LBI estate alleged excess value BCI received;

and declaring that BCI is not entitled to certain assets that it claims pursuant to the sale documents and order approving the sale. On November 16, 2009, LBHI, the SIPA Trustee and the Committee filed separate complaints in the Bankruptcy Court asserting claims against BCI based on the same underlying allegations as the pending motions and seeking relief similar to that which is requested in the motions. On January 29, 2010 BCI filed its response to the motions. BCI considers that the motions and claims against it are without merit and is vigorously defending its position. On January 29, 2010, BCI also filed a motion seeking delivery of certain assets that LBHI and LBI have failed to deliver as required by the sale documents and the court order approving the sale. Claimants completed the presentation of their fact evidence on June 25, 2010. It is not possible to estimate any possible loss to BCI in relation to these matters or any effect that these matters might have upon operating results in any particular financial period. According to the annual report on Form 20-F filed by Barclays with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2012, on February 22, 2011, the Court issued its Opinion in relation to these matters, rejecting the Rule 60 Claims and deciding some of the Contract Claims in the SIPA Trustee’s favor and some in favor of BCI. On July 15, 2011, the Court entered final Orders implementing its Opinion. BCI and the SIPA Trustee have each filed a notice of appeal from the Court’s adverse rulings on the Contract Claims. LBHI and the Committee have withdrawn their notices of appeal from the Court’s ruling on the Rule 60 Claims, rendering the Court’s Order on the Rule 60 Claims final.

If the final Orders relating to the Contract Claims were to be unaffected by future proceedings, Barclays estimates that after taking into account the effective provision of US$1.2bn (£0.8bn), its loss would be approximately US$4.3bn (£2.8bn). Any such loss, however, is not considered probable and Barclays is satisfied with the current level of provision.

In addition, LBHI had been pursuing a claim for approximately US$500m relating to bonuses that BCI was allegedly obligated to pay to former Lehman employees. On September 14, 2011, the Court issued a decision dismissing that claim and entered a final Order to that effect on September 21, 2011. LBHI has stated that it will not appeal that decision, rendering the Order dismissing that claim final.

Also, according to the Barclays Form 20-F filing on March 30, 2012, the United States Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting for two US government sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (collectively, the GSEs), filed lawsuits against 17 financial institutions in connection with the GSEs’ purchases of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The lawsuits allege, among other things, that the RMBS offering materials contained materially false and misleading statements and/or omissions. Barclays Bank PLC and/or certain of its affiliates or former employees are named in two of these lawsuits, relating to sales between 2005 and 2007 of RMBS, in which BCI was lead or co-lead underwriter.

Both complaints demand, among other things: rescission and recovery of the consideration paid for the RMBS; and recovery for the GSEs’ alleged monetary losses arising out of their ownership of the RMBS. The complaints are similar to other civil actions filed against Barclays Bank PLC and/or certain of its affiliates by other plaintiffs, including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Cambridge Place Investment Management, Inc., HSH Nordbank AG (and affiliates) and Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, relating to their purchases of RMBS. Barclays considers that the claims against it are without merit and intends to defend them vigorously.

The original amount of RMBS related to the claims against Barclays in these cases totaled approximately US$6.8bn, of which approximately US$2.0bn was outstanding as at December 31, 2011. Cumulative losses reported on these RMBS as at December 31, 2011 were approximately US$0.1bn. If Barclays were to lose these cases it could incur a loss of up to the outstanding amount of the RMBS at the time of judgment (taking into account further principal payments after December 31, 2011) plus any cumulative losses on the RMBS at such time and any interest, fees and costs, less the market value of the RMBS at such time. Barclays has estimated the total market value of the RMBS as at December 31, 2011 to be approximately US$1.1bn. Barclays may be entitled to indemnification for a portion of any losses.

Also, according to the Barclays Bank PLC Form 20-F filing on March 30, 2012, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays PLC and various current and former members of Barclays PLC’s Board of Directors have been named as defendants in five proposed securities class actions (which have been consolidated) pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court). The consolidated amended complaint, dated February 12, 2010, alleges that the registration statements relating to American Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock, Series 2, 3, 4 and 5 (the ADS) offered by Barclays Bank PLC at various times between 2006 and 2008 contained misstatements and omissions concerning (amongst other things) Barclays portfolio of mortgage-related (including US subprime-related) securities, Barclays exposure to mortgage and credit market risk and Barclays financial condition. The consolidated amended complaint asserts claims under Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933. On January 5, 2011, the Court issued an order and, on January 7, 2011, judgment was entered, granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety and closing the case. On February 4, 2011, the plaintiffs filed a motion asking the Court to reconsider in part its dismissal order. On May 31, 2011, the Court denied in full the plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration. The plaintiffs have appealed both decisions (the grant of the defendants’ motion to dismiss and the denial of the plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration) to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Barclays considers that these ADS-related claims against it are without merit and is defending them vigorously. It is not practicable to estimate Barclays possible loss in relation to these claims or any effect that they might have upon operating results in any particular financial period.

Also, according to the Barclays Bank PLC Form 20-F filing on March 30, 2012, on January 13, 2009, Barclays commenced an action in the Ontario Superior Court seeking an order that its early terminations earlier that day of two credit default swaps under an ISDA Master Agreement with the Devonshire Trust (Devonshire), an asset-backed commercial paper conduit trust, were valid. On the same day, Devonshire purported to terminate the swaps on the ground that Barclays had failed to provide liquidity support to Devonshire’s commercial paper when required to do so. On September 7, 2011, the court ruled that Barclays early terminations were invalid, Devonshire’s early terminations were valid and, consequently, Devonshire was entitled to receive back from Barclays cash collateral of approximately C$533m together with accrued interest thereon. Barclays is appealing the court’s decision. If the court’s decision were to be unaffected by future proceedings, Barclays estimates that its loss would be approximately C$500m, less any impairment provisions taken by Barclays for this matter.

In addition, the CFTC, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section (DOJ-FS) and Antitrust Division, and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) are among various authorities conducting investigations into submissions made by Barclays Bank PLC (BCI’s ultimate parent) and other panel members to the bodies that set various interbank offered rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR). On June 27, 2012, Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC and BCI announced that they had reached a settlement with the CFTC. A penalty of $200 million was paid by the Barclays entities in connection with the CFTC settlement. On June 27, 2012, Barclays Bank PLC also announced that it had reached a settlement with the FSA by entry into a Settlement Agreement and with DOJ-FS by entry into a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Barclays has agreed to pay total penalties of £290 million (sterling equivalent) in connection with these three resolutions with the CFTC, DOJ-FS and the FSA. In addition, Barclays Bank PLC announced that it has been granted conditional leniency from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice in connection with potential US antitrust law violations with respect to financial instruments that reference EURIBOR. On July 6, 2012, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced that it had decided formally to accept the LIBOR matter for investigation.

A number of civil cases containing allegations relating to LIBOR and other interbank rates have been filed against Barclays and other banks, including: Kalaway v. Barclays, PLC et al., S.D.N.Y., No. 12-cv-5280 and Gusinsky v. Barclays, PLC et al., S.D.N.Y., No. 12-cv-5329. A class action was commenced on July 6,

2012 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against BCI, Barclays Bank PLC and other EURIBOR panel banks by plaintiffs that purchased or sold EURIBOR-related financial instruments between January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2009.

BCI, Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC also have been named as defendants along with a current and a former member of Barclays PLC’s Board of Directors in a proposed securities class action pending in the SDNY in connection with Barclays Bank PLC’s role as a contributor panel bank to LIBOR. The complaint alleges that Barclays PLC’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F for the years 2006 to 2011 contained misstatements and omissions concerning (among other things) its compliance with its operational risk management processes and certain laws and regulations. The complaint is brought on behalf of a proposed class consisting of all persons or entities (other than defendants) who purchased Barclays PLC-sponsored American Depositary Receipts on an American securities exchange between July 10, 2007 and June 27, 2012.

There have been no other administrative, civil or criminal actions, whether pending or concluded, against BCI within the last 5 years that would be considered to be material as defined in Section 4.24(l)(2) of the Regulations under the CEA. Neither BCI nor any affiliate, officer, director or employee thereof has passed on the merits of this prospectus or offering, or gives any guarantee as to the performance or any other aspect of the Fund.

THE FOREIGN CURRENCY PRIME BROKER

The Trust has entered into an agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc for the provision of prime brokerage services to the Trust. This agreement is not exclusive and, accordingly, the Trust may from time to time use prime brokerage services from other sources. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Derivatives Contracts—When entering into foreign currency forward contracts, the Trust assumes the risk that its counterparties may become unable or unwilling to pay any amounts owed to the Trust” and “—Failure of the Clearing FCM to segregate assets or the insolvency of the Trust’s primer broker may increase losses.”

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

General

The Sponsor has not established formal procedures to resolve all potential conflicts of interest with Shareholders. Consequently, investors may be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably. Although the Sponsor attempts to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Sponsor to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to the Trust.

Prospective investors should be aware that the Sponsor intends to assert that Shareholders have, by purchasing Shares, consented to the following conflicts of interest in the event of any proceeding alleging that such conflicts violated any duty owed by the Sponsor to the Shareholders.

The Sponsor, the Advisor and the Trustee want you to know that there are certain entities with which the Sponsor, the Advisor or the Trustee may have relationships that may give rise to conflicts of interest, or the appearance of conflicts of interest. These entities include the following: affiliates of the Advisor, the Sponsor and the Trustee (including BlackRock, Inc., and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and each of their affiliates, directors, partners, trustees, managing members, officers and employees (collectively, the “Affiliates”)).

The activities of the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee and the Affiliates in the management of, or their interest in, their own accounts and other accounts they manage, may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Trust and its shareholders. The Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or the Affiliates provide investment management services to other funds and discretionary managed accounts that may follow an investment program similar to that of the Trust. The Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee and the Affiliates are involved worldwide with a broad spectrum of financial services and asset management activities and may engage in the ordinary course of business in activities in which their interests or the interests of their clients may conflict with those of the Trust. The Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustees or one or more Affiliates act or may act as an investor, investment banker, research provider, investment manager, financier, underwriter, advisor, market maker, trader, prime broker, lender, agent and principal, and have other direct and indirect interests, in assets in which the Trust directly and indirectly invest.

Thus, it is likely that the Trust will have multiple business relationships with and will invest in, engage in transactions with, make voting decisions with respect to, or obtain services from entities for which the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or an Affiliate performs or seeks to perform investment banking or other services.

The Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee and one or more Affiliates may engage in proprietary trading and advise accounts and funds that have investment objectives similar to those of the Trust and/or that engage in and compete for transactions in the same types of assets as the Trust. The trading activities of the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee and the Affiliates are carried out without reference to positions held directly or indirectly by the Trust and may result in the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or an Affiliate having positions that are adverse to those of the Trust.

No Affiliate is under any obligation to share any investment opportunity, idea or strategy with the Trust. As a result, an Affiliate may compete with the Trust for appropriate investment opportunities. As a result of this and several other factors, the results of the Trust’s investment activities may differ from those of an Affiliate and of other accounts managed by an Affiliate and it is possible that the Trust could sustain losses during periods in which one or more Affiliate and other accounts achieve profits on their trading for proprietary or other accounts. The opposite result is also possible.

The Trust may, from time to time, enter into transactions in which other clients of the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or an Affiliate have an adverse interest. Furthermore, transactions undertaken by Affiliate-advised clients may adversely impact the Trust. Transactions by one or more Affiliate-advised clients or the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or the Affiliate may have the effect of diluting or otherwise disadvantaging the values, prices or investment strategies of the Trust.

The Trust’s activities may be limited because of regulatory restrictions applicable to one or more Affiliates and/or their internal policies designed to comply with such restrictions. An Affiliate may have business relationships with and purchase or distribute or sell services or products from or to distributors, consultants or others who recommend the Trust or who engage in transactions with or for the Trust, and may receive compensation for such services. The Trust may also make brokerage and other payments to Affiliates in connection with the Trust’s portfolio investment transactions.

The activities of the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee or the Affiliates may give rise to other conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Trust and its shareholders. The Sponsor, the Advisor and the Trustee have adopted policies and procedures designed to address these potential conflicts of interest.

The Sponsor

The Sponsor ~~will~~is be an affiliate of the Trustee and the Advisor ~~and~~ therefore, the Sponsor may have a conflict of interest with respect to its oversight of the Trustee or the Advisor. In particular, the Sponsor, which has authority to remove the Trustee and the Advisor in its discretion, will have an incentive not to exercise this authority, even when it is in the best interests of the Shareholders to do so, because of the ~~affiliation~~relationship between the entities. In addition, the Sponsor has a conflict of interest in allocating its own limited resources among different clients and potential future business ventures, to each of which it owes fiduciary duties. The professional staff of the Sponsor also services other affiliates of the Sponsor and their respective clients. Although the Sponsor and its professional staff cannot and will not devote all of its or their respective time or resources to the management of the business and affairs of the Trust, the Sponsor intends to devote, and to cause its professional staff to devote, sufficient time and resources properly to manage the business and affairs of the Trust consistent with its or their respective fiduciary duties to the Trust and others.

In addition, the Sponsor has a conflict of interest in allocating its own limited resources among different clients and potential future business ventures, to each of which it owes different duties. The professional staff of the Sponsor also services other affiliates of the Sponsor and their respective clients. Although the Sponsor and its professional staff cannot and will not devote all of its or their respective time or resources to the management of the business and affairs of the Trust, the Sponsor intends to devote, and to cause its professional staff to devote, sufficient time and resources properly to manage the business and affairs of the Trust consistent with its or their respective duties to the Trust and others.

As described elsewhere in this prospectus, the Sponsor is entitled to receive from the Trust as the Sponsor’s Fee an allocation that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.95% of the Adjusted Net Asset Value of the Trust and is payable monthly in arrears. See “Business of the Trust—Computation of the Trust’s Net Asset Value.” This allocation may be higher than the amount the Trust would negotiate with an unaffiliated third party on an arm’s-length basis.

The Advisor

The Advisor may, from time to time, have conflicting demands in respect of its obligations to the Trust. The Advisor and its affiliates may engage in trading activities relating to ~~the~~ derivative instruments that are not for the account of, or on behalf of, the Trust or the Shareholders. These activities may present a conflict between the Shareholders’ interest in the Shares and the interest of the Advisor and its affiliates in their proprietary accounts, in facilitating transactions, including derivatives transactions, for their customers’ accounts and in accounts under their management. These trading activities, if they influence the value of the Portfolio, could be adverse to the interests of the Shareholders.

A conflict of interest may also arise where the Advisor finds that futures positions established for the benefit of the Trust, when aggregated with the Advisor’s positions in other accounts of the Advisor (or the proprietary or other positions of its principals or affiliates) approach or exceed the position limits set by the CFTC or the relevant futures exchange in a particular asset. All futures contracts managed by the Advisor and its affiliates in respect of a particular futures contract are combined for position limit purposes. It is possible that the Advisor ~~will~~may approach or reach such position limits and, if so, will have a conflict of interest among the various accounts it manages as to which accounts are allocated the limited contracts available. In addition, if the position limits are exceeded by the Advisor (or its principals or affiliates) in the opinion of the CFTC or other regulatory body, exchange, or board of trade, the Advisor may be forced to liquidate certain positions in order to comply with the applicable position limit requirements. In liquidating positions held on behalf of its accounts, however, the Advisor may choose not to liquidate positions held on behalf of the Trust in proportion to other accounts under its management. The result to the Trust would be a reduction in the potential for profit and/or potentially substantial losses should the exit of positions be at unfavorable prices by virtue of position limits. Although the Advisor may be able to achieve the same performance results with over-the-counter substitutes for futures contracts, the over-the-counter market may be subject to differing prices, lesser liquidity and greater counterparty credit risks than the regulated commodities exchanges.

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liquidate certain positions in order to comply with the applicable position limit requirements. In liquidating positions held on behalf of its accounts, however, the Advisor may choose not to liquidate positions held on behalf of the Trust in proportion to other accounts under its management. The result to the Trust would be a reduction in the potential for profit and/or potentially substantial losses should the exit of positions be at unfavorable prices by virtue of position limits. Although the Advisor may be able to achieve the same performance results with over-the-counter substitutes for futures contracts, the over-the-counter market may be subject to differing prices, lesser liquidity and greater counterparty credit risks than the regulated commodities exchanges.

Certain affiliates of the Advisor, including BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., may currently or in the future offer products or pursue investment strategies that may utilize or include some or all of the strategies and/or exposures targeted by the Trust, or which may compete or conflict with the Trust’s activities. Further, a conflict of interest may also arise where the Advisor receives an incentive-based fee in lieu of, or in addition to, an asset-based fee for its advisory services in respect of certain accounts, other than the Trust, under its management. Unlike the asset-based fee arrangement established between the Advisor and the Trust, an account with an incentive-based fee arrangement would pay the Advisor a portion of that account’s gains or provide additional compensation if the Advisor meets or exceeds specified performance targets. It is possible that the Advisor may devote greater resources and allocate more investment opportunities to the accounts that have incentive-based fee arrangements, relative to other accounts under the Advisor’s management, including the Trust, in order to earn higher compensation. Although the Advisor intends to allocate resources and opportunities equitably among accounts under its management regardless of the existing fee arrangements, the Advisor may choose not to do so. The result would be a reduction in the potential opportunities for profit and adverse effect on the price of the Shares.

Moreover, the Sponsor, the Advisor and/or their affiliates have published and in the future expect to publish research reports with respect to commodities markets. This research may express opinions or provide recommendations that are inconsistent with purchasing or holding Shares or with positions taken in the Portfolio. The research should not be viewed as a recommendation or endorsement of the Shares in any way, and investors must make their own independent investigation of the merits of this investment. Any of these activities by the Sponsor, the Advisor and their affiliates may affect the value of the Portfolio and the price of the Shares.

The Clearing FCM

The Clearing FCM receives a brokerage commission for futures interests transactions effected for the Trust. Customers of the Clearing FCM who maintain commodity trading accounts may pay commissions at negotiated rates which are greater or less than the rate paid by the Trust. The Sponsor has a disincentive to replace the Clearing FCM as the Trust’s futures commission merchant because of the existing relationship between the two entities.

The Sponsor and the Clearing FCM may, from time-to-time, have conflicting demands in respect of their obligations to the Trust, and, in the future, to other commodity pools and accounts. It is possible that future pools that the Sponsor may become involved with may generate larger brokerage commissions, resulting in increased payments to the Clearing FCM.

In addition, the Clearing FCM may act from time-to-time as a futures commission merchant for other accounts with which it is affiliated or in which it or one of its affiliates has a financial interest. The compensation received by the Clearing FCM from such accounts may be more or less than the compensation received for brokerage services provided to the Trust. In addition, various accounts traded through the Clearing FCM (and over which their personnel may have discretionary trading authority) may take positions in the futures markets opposite to those of the Trust or may compete with the Trust for the same positions. The Clearing FCM may have a conflict of interest in its execution of trades for the Trust and

for other customers. The Sponsor will, however, not retain any futures commission merchant for the Trust which the Sponsor has reason to believe would knowingly or deliberately favor any other customer over the Trust with respect to the execution of commodity trades.

The Clearing FCM benefits from executing orders for other customers, whereas the Trust may be harmed to the extent that the Clearing FCM has fewer resources to allocate to the Trust’s accounts due to the existence of such other customers. Certain officers or employees of the Clearing FCM may be members of United States commodities exchanges and/or serve on the governing bodies and standing committees of such exchanges, their clearing houses and/or various other industry organizations. In such capacities, these officers or employees may have a fiduciary duty to the exchanges, their clearing houses and/or such various other industry organizations which could compel such employees to act in the best interests of these entities, perhaps to the detriment of the Trust.

The Trustee

The Trustee ~~will~~is be authorized to appoint an unaffiliated Trust Administrator or agent to carry out all or some of its duties under the Trust Agreement, but it ~~will~~is be able to terminate or replace the Trust Administrator or agent at any time, and ~~will~~is not be required to delegate any of its duties to an unaffiliated third party.

No Distributions

The Sponsor ~~will~~has ~~have~~ discretionary authority over all distributions made by the Trust. If the Sponsor determines that there is more cash being held in the Trust than is reasonably expected to be invested or needed to pay the Trust’s expenses in the near future, the Sponsor at its absolute discretion can direct the Trustee to distribute the extra cash to the Shareholders. The Trust ~~will~~has ~~have~~ no obligation to make, and ~~will~~does not expect to make periodic distributions to Shareholders. The Sponsor ~~will~~receives ~~receive~~ greater Sponsor’s Fees as the value of the Portfolio’s net assets increase.

Resolution of Certain Conflicts

The Trust Agreement ~~will~~ ~~provide~~provides that in the case of a conflict of interest among the Trustee, the Sponsor and their affiliates, on the one hand, and the holders of Shares, on the other, the Trustee and Sponsor will resolve such conflict considering the relevant interests of each party (including their own interests) and related benefits and burdens, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. The Trust Agreement provides that in the absence of bad faith by the Sponsor or Trustee, such a resolution will not constitute a breach of the Trust Agreement or any duty or obligation of the Sponsor or Trustee.

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CERTAIN PERFORMANCE DATA

Trust

~~THIS~~The ~~POOL~~following ~~HAS~~information ~~NOT COMMENCED TRADING AND DOES~~is ~~NOT~~presented ~~HAVE~~in ~~ANY~~accordance ~~PERFORMANCE~~with ~~HISTORY~~CFTC regulations.

All summary performance information is given as of August 31, 2012. Performance information is set forth in accordance with CFTC regulations, since November 16, 2009.

The returns set forth below reflect a maximum targeted annual portfolio return volatility of 8%. As explained elsewhere in this prospectus, this range is being revised by the Advisor to 6% to 10% as of the date of this prospectus. (See “Business of the Trust—Investment Objectives; Strategies—Portfolio Construction” above.)


Name of Pool:		iShares^® Diversified Alternatives Trust
Type of Pool:		Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool
Date of Inception of Trading:		November 16, 2009
Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions⁽¹⁾ as of August 31, 2012:		$150,504,552
Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2012:		$60,775,802
Net Asset Value per Share as of August 31, 2012⁽²⁾:		$50.65
Worst Monthly Drawdown⁽³⁾:		3.03%
		(August 2011)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown⁽⁴⁾:		7.43%
		(April 2011 - June 2012)

⁽¹⁾	“Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions” is the aggregate of all amounts ever contributed to the pool, including those of investors who subsequently redeemed their investments.

⁽²⁾	“Net Asset Value per Share” is the net asset value of the pool divided by the total number of Shares outstanding as of August 31, 2012.

⁽³⁾

“Worst Monthly Drawdown” is the largest single month loss sustained since inception of trading. “Drawdown” as used in this section of the Prospectus means losses experienced by the pool over the specified period and is calculated on a rate of return basis, i.e., dividing net performance by beginning equity. Drawdown is measured on the basis of monthly returns only, and does not reflect intra-month figures.

⁽⁴⁾

“Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the greatest cumulative percentage decline in month-end Net Asset Value per Share due to losses sustained by the pool during any period in which the initial month-end Net Asset Value per Share is not equaled or exceeded by a subsequent month-end Net Asset Value per Share.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS

Rate of Return:


Month	2012			2011			2010			2009
January		0.18	%		1.57	%		0.16	%		n/a
February		(0.47	)%		0.84	%		(0.77	)%		n/a
March		0.18	%		(1.36	)%		0.57	%		n/a
April		(0.06	)%		3.08	%		1.01	%		n/a
May		0.74	%		(1.39	)%		0.84	%		n/a
June		(1.00	)%		(0.12	)%		(1.41	)%		n/a
July		4.28	%		(1.02	)%		0.48	%		n/a
August		(0.10	)%		(3.03	)%		(0.60	)%		n/a
September					(1.43	)%		1.59	%		n/a
October					1.23	%		0.95	%		n/a
November					(1.27	)%		(0.27	)%		(0.67	)%
December					(0.16	)%		(0.69	)%		(1.16	)%
Year		3.73	%		(3.17	)%		1.84	%		(1.82	)%
		(through August 2012	)		(January – December 2011	)		(January – December 2010	)		(November – December 2009	)

Other Commodity Pools and Accounts

The following information is presented in accordance with CFTC regulations.

The following information, given as of ~~[ ]~~August 31, ~~2008~~2012, pertains to the ~~only~~iShares® ~~pool~~S&P GSCI™ Commodity-Indexed Trust (“GSCI Trust”) operated by ~~Barclays~~BlackRock ~~Global~~Asset ~~Investors~~Management International, Inc., the sole member of the Trust’s commodity pool operator,. ~~and~~The summary below also substantially reflects the ~~only~~performance ~~account~~of ~~traded~~the iShares® byS&P ~~Barclays~~GSCI™ ~~Global~~Commodity-Indexed Investing Pool LLC (“GSCI Investing Pool”). The GSCI Trust owns substantially all of the interests in the GSCI Investing Pool which is advised by BlackRock Fund Advisor, the Trust’s ~~commodity~~Advisor. When examining the information that follows, prospective investors in the Shares should keep in mind that the performance of the GSCI Trust is not an indication of the returns, if any, that the Advisor may be able to generate for the Trust. While the GSCI Trust merely tracks an index and, therefore, makes its investments in the same futures contract replicating that index, the Trust is actively managed and invests in a variety of futures contracts and foreign-currency forward contracts not included in the index tracked by the GSCI Trust without seeking to replicate the performance of an index or other benchmark. Accordingly, the success or failure of the Advisor in replicating the performance of the index tracked by the GSCI Trust has little, if any, relevance to the consideration of how likely the Advisor may be to generate positive results for the Trust. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Advisor and its Trading Strategies—The lack of experience of the Advisor and its principals in actively managing an entity like the Trust and applying quantitative investment strategies similar to those that are used in the selection of investments for the Trust may result in substantial trading ~~advisor~~losses ~~during~~for the ~~life~~Trust and, as a result, you could lose some or all of ~~such~~the ~~pool:~~value of your Shares.”

Name of the pool:		iShares® S&P GSCITM Commodity-Indexed Trust
Name of Pool:	iShares® S&P GSCI™Commodity-Indexed Trust
Type of pool:		public, exchange-traded commodity pool
Type of Pool:	Public, Exchange-Listed Commodity Pool
Date of inception of trading:		July 10, 2006
Date of Inception of Trading:	July 10, 2006
Aggregate gross capital subscriptions1 to the pool as of [ ], 2008:	$
Aggregate Gross Capital Subscriptions(1) as of August 31, 2012:	$2,712,409,643
Net asset value of the pool as of [ ], 2008:	$
Net Asset Value as of August 31, 2012:	$1,341,871,412
Net asset value per pool share2 as of [ ], 2008:	$
Net Asset Value per share as of August 31, 2012:(2)	$34.58
Worst monthly drawdown3:		[ ]% ([ ], 200[ ])
Worst Monthly Drawdown:(3)	27.77%(October 2008)
Worst peak-to-valley drawdown4:		[ ]% ([ ], 200[ ] to [ ], 200[ ])
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown:(4)	67.43%(June 2008 – February 2009)

(1) “Aggregate ~~gross~~Gross ~~capital~~Capital ~~subscriptions~~Subscriptions” is the aggregate of all amounts ever contributed to the pool, including those of investors who subsequently redeemed their investments.

(2) “Net ~~asset~~Asset ~~value~~Value per ~~pool~~ share” is the net asset value of the pool divided by the total number of shares ~~of the pool~~ outstanding as of [August ]31, ~~2008~~2012.

(3) “Worst ~~monthly~~Monthly ~~drawdown~~Drawdown” is the largest single month loss sustained since inception of trading. “Drawdown” as used in this section of the ~~prospectus~~Prospectus means losses experienced by the relevant pool over the specified period and is calculated on a rate of return basis, i.e., dividing net performance by beginning equity. Drawdown is measured on the basis of monthly ~~return~~returns only, and does not reflect intra-month figures.

(4) “Worst ~~peak~~Peak-to-~~valley~~Valley ~~drawdown~~Drawdown” is the ~~largest~~greatest cumulative percentage decline in ~~net~~month-end ~~asset~~Net ~~value~~Asset Value per ~~pool~~ share ~~over~~due ~~the~~to ~~history~~losses ofsustained by the pool. ~~This~~during ~~need~~any ~~not~~period bein awhich ~~continuous decline, but can be a series of positive and negative returns where~~ the ~~negative~~initial ~~returns are larger than the positive returns. Worst peak-to-valley drawdown represents the greatest percentage decline from any~~ month-end ~~net~~Net ~~asset~~Asset ~~value~~Value per ~~pool~~ share ~~that~~is ~~occurs~~not ~~without such month-end net asset value per pool share being~~ equaled or exceeded asby of a subsequent month-end Net Asset Value per share.

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PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS

	Rate of Return
Month	2006		2007		2008
January	n/a		-2.14	%	0.19	%
February	n/a		4.26	%	10.29	%
March	n/a		2.93	%	[	]%
April	n/a		0.31	%	[	]%
May	n/a		-2.41	%	[	]%
June	n/a		3.49	%	[	]%
July	2.45	%	5.21	%
August	-6.52	%	-3.78	%
September	-10.47	%	9.56	%
October	-2.99	%	9.65	%
November	5.52	%	-3.22	%
December	-7.46	%	4.95	%
Year	-18.79	%	31.45	%

Rate of Return:


Month	2012			2011			2010			2009			2008			2007
January		2.15	%		2.58	%		(7.74	)%		(6.76	)%		0.19	%		(2.14	)%
February		6.07	%		4.11	%		5.51	%		(6.51	)%		10.29	%		4.26	%
March		(2.23	)%		3.10	%		1.56	%		4.67	%		(0.76	)%		2.93	%
April		(0.54	)%		3.99	%		1.98	%		(1.00	)%		8.25	%		0.31	%
May		(13.13	)%		(7.60	)%		(13.15	)%		19.52	%		9.23	%		(2.41	)%
June		1.09	%		(5.70	)%		0.83	%		0.75	%		8.42	%		3.49	%
July		6.35	%		3.85	%		5.44	%		0.03	%		(12.07	)%		5.21	%
August		6.37	%		(2.69	)%		(6.11	)%		(1.74	)%		(7.40	)%		(3.78	)%
September					(11.85	)%		8.74	%		(0.14	)%		(11.99	)%		9.56	%
October					10.21	%		2.43	%		6.20	%		(27.77	)%		9.65	%
November					0.42	%		0.94	%		0.67	%		(16.40	)%		(3.22	)%
December					(1.64	)%		9.74	%		0.86	%		(13.65	)%		4.95	%
Year		4.66	%		(3.25	)%		7.83	%		15.12	%		(47.47	)%		31.45	%
		(through August 2012	)		(January – December 2011	)		(January – December 2010	)		(January – December 2009	)		(January – December 2008	)		(January – December 2007	)

~~UNITED~~U.S. ~~STATES~~ FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following is a summary of U.S. federal income tax consequences material to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Shares. Unless ~~otherwise~~ otherwise specifically indicated herein, this summary addresses the tax consequences only to a beneficial owner of Shares that is (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (iii) otherwise subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net income basis in respect of the Shares (a “U.S. Holder”). This summary does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase the Shares by any particular investor~~, including tax considerations that arise from rules of general application to all taxpayers or to certain classes of taxpayers or that are generally assumed to be known by investors~~. This summary also does not address the tax consequences to (1) persons that may be subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax law, such as banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, traders in securities that elect to mark to market and dealers in securities or currencies, (2) persons that will hold Shares as part of a position in a “straddle” or as part of a “hedging”,” “conversion” or other integrated investment transaction for federal income tax purposes, (3) persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, or (4) persons that do not hold Shares as capital assets.

This summary is based on the Code, Treasury regulations, IRS rulings and judicial decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change at any time (possibly with retroactive effect) or different interpretations. As the law is technical and complex, the discussion below necessarily represents only a general summary. Moreover, the effect of any applicable state, local or foreign tax laws is not discussed.

There can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge one or more of the tax consequences described herein. The Sponsor has not obtained, nor does it intend to obtain, a ruling from the IRS with respect to the U.S. federal tax consequences of acquiring, owning or disposing of the Shares. Prospective investors in the Shares should consult their tax advisors in determining the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares, including the application of state, local or other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

Classification of the Trust

Clifford Chance US LLP has acted as counsel into the Trust in connection with this offering. ItThe ~~is expected that the~~ Trust ~~will~~has ~~receive~~received the opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP to the effect that, although the matter is not free from doubt due to the lack of clear guidance and direct authority, the Trust will not be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. You should be aware that opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge the conclusions set forth in such opinion. It must be emphasized that the opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP ~~will~~is be based on various assumptions relating to the Trust’s organization, operation, assets and activities, and that all factual representations and statements set forth in all relevant documents, records and instruments are true and correct, all actions described in this prospectus are completed in a timely fashion and that the Trust will at all times operate in accordance with the method of operation described in the Trust’s Trust Agreement and this prospectus, and is conditioned upon factual representations and covenants ~~that will be~~ made by the Trust, and the Sponsor regarding the Trust’s organization, operation, assets, activities, and conduct of the Trust’s operations, and assumes that such representations and covenants are accurate and complete. Such representations ~~will~~ include, as discussed further below, representations to the effect that the Trust will meet the “qualifying income exception” described below and will not be engaged in a financial business, although there is no clear guidance on what constitutes a financial business under the tax laws.

While it is expected that the Trust will ~~be organized and will~~ operate so that the Trust will qualify to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, and not as an association or a publicly traded partnership ~~taxable as a corporation, given the highly complex nature of the rules governing partnerships, the~~

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taxable as a corporation, given the highly complex nature of the rules governing partnerships, the ongoing importance of factual determinations, the lack of direct guidance with respect to the application of tax laws to the activities the Trust is undertaking and the possibility of future changes in its circumstances, noit ~~assurance~~is ~~can~~possible ~~be given by Clifford Chance US LLP or by the Trust~~ that the Trust will not so qualify for any particular year. Clifford Chance US LLP ~~will~~has ~~have~~ no obligation to advise the Trust or the Trust’s Shareholders of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed, or of any subsequent change in the applicable law. The Trust’s taxation as a partnership will depend on the Trust’s ability to meet, on a continuing basis, through actual operating results, the “qualifying income exception” (as described below), the compliance with which will not be reviewed by Clifford Chance US LLP. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Trust’s operations for any taxable year will satisfy the qualifying income exception.

Under Section 7704 of the Code, unless certain exceptions apply, a publicly traded partnership is generally treated and taxed as a corporation, and not as a partnership, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A partnership is a publicly traded partnership if (i) interests in the partnership are traded on an established securities market or (ii) interests in the partnership are readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof. It is expected that initially or in the future the Trust will be treated as a publicly traded partnership. If 90% or more of the income of a publicly traded partnership during each taxable year consists of “qualifying income” and the partnership is not required to register under the Investment Company Act, it will be treated as a partnership, and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the “qualifying income exception”). Qualifying income generally includes interest (other than certain contingent interest), gains from futures or forward contracts derived from investing in foreign currencies and income from certain commodities transactions. In addition, qualifying income generally also includes income from a notional principal contract (such as a credit default swap) if the income from the reference obligation would be qualifying income. In determining whether interest is treated as qualifying income for purposes of these rules, interest income derived from a “financial business” and income and gains derived by a “dealer” in securities are not treated as qualifying income. The Trust is expected to take the position that for purposes of determining whether it will be engaged in a financial business, portfolio investing activities that it will engage in will not cause the Trust to be engaged in a financial business or to be considered a “dealer” in securities. While it is expected that the Trust will satisfy the qualifying income exception, and qualify to be taxed as a partnership, there can be no assurance that the IRS would not successfully challenge the Trust’s compliance with the qualifying income requirements and assert that the Trust is a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

If, for any reason the Trust becomes taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Trust’s items of income and deduction would not pass through to the Trust’s Shareholders and the Trust’s Shareholders would be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as stockholders in a corporation. The Trust would be required to pay income tax at corporate rates on its net income. Distributions by the Trust to the Shareholders would constitute dividend income taxable to such Shareholders, to the extent of the Trust’s earnings and profits, and the payment of these distributions would not be deductible by the Trust. These consequences would have a material adverse effect on the Trust, the Trust’s Shareholders and the value of the Shares.

If at the end of any taxable year the Trust ~~will~~fails ~~fail~~ to meet the qualifying income exception, the Trust may still qualify as a partnership if the Trust is entitled to relief under the Code for an inadvertent termination of partnership status. This relief will be available if (i) the failure is cured within a reasonable time after discovery, (ii) the failure is determined by the IRS to be inadvertent, and (iii) the Trust agrees to make such adjustments or to pay such amounts as are determined by the IRS. It is not possible to state whether the Trust would be entitled to this relief in any or all circumstances. It also is not clear under the Code whether this relief is available for the Trust’s first taxable year as a publicly traded partnership. If this relief provision is not applicable to a particular set of circumstances involving the Trust, it will not qualify as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Even if this relief provision applies and the Trust retains its ~~partnership qualification, the Trust or its Shareholders (during the failure period) will be required to pay such amounts as determined by the IRS.~~

~~The~~90 ~~remainder of this discussion assumes that the Trust will qualify to be taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.~~

partnership qualification, the Trust or its Shareholders (during the failure period) will be required to pay such amounts as determined by the IRS.

The remainder of this discussion assumes that the Trust will qualify to be taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Distributions on the Shares

Distributions on the Shares generally will not be taxable to you, except to the extent that the cash you receive exceeds your adjusted tax basis in the Shares. Cash distributions in excess of your adjusted tax basis in the Shares generally will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of the Shares, taxable in accordance with the rules described under “—Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Shares”.”

Upon a liquidating distribution of cash by the Trust (a distribution to you that terminates your interest in the Trust), you generally will recognize gain or loss from the sale or exchange of the Shares, taxable in accordance with the rules described under “—Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Shares”.”

Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Shares

Upon the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of Shares, you generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale, exchange or other disposition and your adjusted tax basis in the Shares. Your adjusted tax basis in your Shares generally will be equal to the amount you paid for your Shares (1) increased by any income or gain of the Trust that is allocated to you, and by the amount of any contributions you make to the capital of the Trust as part of the creation of a Basket, and (2) decreased, but not below zero, by any loss or expense of the Trust that is allocated to you, and by the amount of any cash and the tax basis of any property distributed (or deemed distributed) to you. For a description of the allocation of income, gain, loss and expense to you, see “—Partnership Allocations and Adjustments”.”

Creation and Redemption of Baskets

Holders of Shares other than Authorized Participants (or holders for which an Authorized Participant is acting) generally are not expected to recognize gain or loss as a result of an Authorized Participant’s creation or redemption of a Basket. If the Trust disposes of an asset in connection with the redemption of a Basket, however, the disposition may give rise to gain or loss that will be allocated in part to you. An Authorized Participant’s creation or redemption of a Basket also may affect the portion of the Trust’s tax basis in the asset that is allocated to you.

Limitations on Deductibility of Certain Losses and Expenses

The deductibility for U.S. federal income tax purposes of a U.S. Holder’s share of losses and expenses of the Trust is subject to certain limitations, including, but not limited to, rules providing that: (1) you may not deduct the Trust’s losses that are allocated to you in excess of your adjusted tax basis in your Shares; (2) individuals and personal holding companies may not deduct the losses allocable to a particular “activity” in excess of the amount that they are considered to have “at risk” with respect to the activity; (3) the ability of individuals to take certain itemized deductions may be limited by the “alternative minimum tax;” and (4) a noncorporate U.S. Holder may deduct its share of expenses of the Trust only to the extent that such share, together with such noncorporate U.S. Holder’s other miscellaneous itemized deductions, exceeds 2 percent of such noncorporate U.S. Holder’s adjusted gross income. The Trust will report the Sponsor’s Fee as an expense of the kind subject to the limitation on miscellaneous itemized deductions. To the extent that a loss or expense that you cannot deduct currently is allocated to you, you may be required to report taxable income in excess of your economic income or cash distributions to you on the Shares. ~~You are urged to consult your own tax advisor with regard to these and other limitations on your ability to deduct losses or expenses with respect to the Trust.~~

~~Under~~91 Section 709(b) of the Code, amounts paid or incurred to organize a partnership may, at the election of the partnership, be treated as deferred expenses, which are allowed as a deduction ratably over a period of 180 months. The Trust has not yet determined whether they will make such an election. A non corporate U.S. Shareholder’s allocable share of such organizational expenses would constitute miscellaneous itemized deductions. Expenditures in connection with the issuance and marketing of Shares (so called “syndication fees”) are not eligible for the 180 month amortization provision and are not deductible.

You are urged to consult your own tax advisor with regard to these and other limitations on your ability to deduct losses or expenses with respect to the Trust.

Under Section 709(b) of the Code, amounts paid or incurred to organize a partnership may, at the election of the partnership, be treated as deferred expenses, which are allowed as a deduction ratably over a period of 180 months. The Trust has not yet determined whether they will make such an election. A non corporate U.S. Shareholder’s allocable share of such organizational expenses would constitute miscellaneous itemized deductions. Expenditures in connection with the issuance and marketing of Shares (so called “syndication fees”) are not eligible for the 180 month amortization provision and are not deductible.

Partnership Allocations and Adjustments

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, your share of the Trust’s income, gain, loss, deduction and other items will be determined by the Trust Agreement, unless an allocation under this agreement does not have “substantial economic effect”,” in which case the allocations will be determined in accordance with the “partners’ interests in the partnership.” Subject to the discussion below under “—Monthly Allocation and Revaluation Conventions” and “—Section 754 Election”,” the allocations pursuant to the Trust Agreement should be considered to have substantial economic effect.

If the allocations provided by the Trust Agreement were successfully challenged by the IRS, the amount of income or loss allocated to you for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the agreement could be increased or decreased, the timing of income or loss could be accelerated or deferred, or the character of the income or loss could be altered.

As described in more detail below, the U.S. tax rules that apply to partnerships are complex and their application is not always clear. Moreover, ~~the~~ the rules generally were not written for, and in some respects are difficult to apply to, publicly traded interests in partnerships. The Trust will apply certain assumptions and conventions intended to comply with the intent of the rules and to ~~report~~ report income, gain, deduction, loss and credit to investors in a manner that reflects the investors’ economic gains and losses, but these assumptions and conventions may not comply with all aspects of the applicable Treasury regulations. It is possible therefore that the IRS will successfully assert that these assumptions or conventions do not satisfy the technical requirements of the Code or the Treasury regulations and will require that items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit be adjusted or reallocated in a manner that could be adverse to you. Holders with questions regarding partnership allocations and adjustments or other tax matters may obtain further information from Barclays Global Investors International, Inc. at the following number (415) [ ].

Monthly Allocation and Revaluation Conventions

In general, the Trust’s taxable income and losses will be determined monthly and will be apportioned among the holders of Shares in proportion to the number of Shares treated as owned by each of them as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month. By investing in the Shares, a U.S. Holder agrees that, in the absence of an administrative determination or judicial ruling to the contrary, it will report income and loss under the monthly allocation and revaluation conventions described below.

Under the monthly allocation convention, the person that was treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as holding a Share as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month will be treated as continuing to hold that Share until immediately before the close of the last trading day of the following month. As a result, a holder that is transferring its Shares or whose Shares are redeemed prior to the close of the last trading day of a month may be allocated income, gain, loss and deduction realized after the date of transfer.

The Code generally requires that items of partnership income and deductions be allocated between transferors and transferees of partnership interests on a daily basis. It is possible that transfers of Shares could be considered to occur for these purposes when the transfer is completed without regard to the Trust’s monthly convention for allocating income and deductions. In that event, the Trust’s allocation method might be viewed as violating that requirement.

In addition, for any month in which a creation or redemption of Shares takes place, the Trust generally will credit or debit, respectively, the “book” capital accounts of the holders of existing Shares with any unrealized gain or loss in the Portfolio. This will result in the allocation of items of the Trust’s income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to existing holders of Shares to account for the difference between the tax basis and fair market value of property owned by the Trust at the time new Shares are issued or old Shares are redeemed (“reverse section 704(c) allocations”). The intended effect of these allocations is to allocate any built-in gain or loss in the Portfolio at the time of a creation or redemption of Shares to the investors that economically have earned such gain or loss.

As with the other allocations described above, the Trust generally will use a monthly convention for purposes of the reverse section 704(c) allocations. More specifically, the Trust will credit or debit, respectively, the “book” capital accounts of holders of existing Shares with any unrealized gain or loss in the Trust’s assets based on the lowest fair market value of the assets and shares, respectively, during the month in which the creation or redemption transaction takes place, rather than the fair market value at the time of such creation or redemption (the “monthly revaluation convention”). As a result, it is possible that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (1) a purchaser of newly issued Shares will be allocated some or all of the unrealized gain in the Trust’s assets at the time it acquires the Shares or (2) an existing holder of Shares will not be allocated its entire share in the unrealized loss in the Trust’s assets at the time of such acquisition. Furthermore, the applicable Treasury regulations generally require that the “book” capital accounts will be adjusted based on the fair market value of partnership property on the date of adjustment and do not explicitly allow the adoption of a monthly revaluation convention.

The Code and applicable Treasury regulations generally require that items of partnership income and deductions be allocated between transferors and transferees of partnership interests on a daily basis, and that adjustments to “book” capital accounts be made based on the fair market value of partnership property on the date of adjustment. The Code and regulations do not contemplate monthly allocation or revaluation conventions. If the IRS does not accept the Trust’s monthly allocation or monthly revaluation convention, the IRS may contend that taxable income or losses of the Trust must be reallocated among the holders of Shares. If such a contention were sustained, the holders’ respective tax liabilities would be adjusted to the possible detriment of certain holders. The Trustee and the Sponsor are authorized to revise the Trust’s allocation and revaluation methods in order to comply with applicable law or to allocate items of partnership income and deductions in a manner that reflects more accurately the holders’ interest in the Trust.

Section 754 Election

The Trust intends to make the election permitted by Section 754 of the Code. Such an election is irrevocable without the consent of the IRS. This election generally will require each purchaser of Shares to adjust its proportionate share of the tax basis in the ~~Portfolio~~ Portfolio (“inside basis”) to fair market value, as reflected in the purchase price for the purchaser’s Shares, as if the purchaser had acquired a direct interest in the Portfolio and will require the Trust to make a corresponding adjustment to its share of the tax basis in the Portfolio that will be segregated and allocated to the purchaser of the Shares. These adjustments are attributed solely to a purchaser of Shares and are not added to the tax basis of the Portfolio assets associated with other holders of Shares. Generally the Section 754 election is intended to eliminate the disparity between a purchaser’s outside basis in its Shares and the Trust’s corresponding inside basis in the Portfolio such that the amount of gain or loss that will be allocated to the purchaser on the disposition by the Trust of Portfolio assets will correspond to the purchaser’s share in the appreciation or depreciation in the value of such assets since the purchaser acquired its Shares. Depending on the relationship between a holder’s purchase price for Shares and its interest in the unadjusted share of the Trust’s inside basis at the time of the purchase, the Section 754 election may be either advantageous or disadvantageous to the holder as compared to the amount of gain or loss a holder would be allocated absent the Section 754 election.

~~The~~93 calculations under Section 754 are complex, and there is little legal authority concerning the mechanics of the calculations, particularly in the context of publicly traded interests in partnerships. To help reduce the complexity of those calculations and the resulting administrative costs to the Trust, the Trust will apply certain assumptions and conventions in determining and allocating the basis adjustments. It is possible that the IRS will successfully assert that the assumptions and conventions utilized by the Trust do not satisfy the technical requirements of the Code or the Treasury regulations and will require different basis adjustments to be made. If such different adjustments were required, some holders could be adversely affected.

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The calculations under Section 754 are complex, and there is little legal authority concerning the mechanics of the calculations, particularly in the context of publicly traded interests in partnerships. To help reduce the complexity of those calculations and the resulting administrative costs to the Trust, the Trust will apply certain assumptions and conventions in determining and allocating the basis adjustments. It is possible that the IRS will successfully assert that the assumptions and conventions utilized by the Trust do not satisfy the technical requirements of the Code or the Treasury regulations and will require different basis adjustments to be made. If such different adjustments were required, some holders could be adversely affected.

In order to make the basis adjustments permitted by Section 754, the Trust will be required to obtain information regarding each holder’s secondary market transactions in Shares, as well as creations and redemptions of Shares. The Trust will seek such information from the record holders of Shares, and, by purchasing Shares, each beneficial owner of Shares will be deemed to have consented to the provision of such information by the record owner of such beneficial owner’s Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, there can be no guarantee that the Trust will be able to obtain such information from record owners or other sources, or that the basis adjustments that the Trust makes based on the information they are able to obtain will be effective in eliminating disparity between a holder’s outside basis in its Shares and its interest in the inside basis in the Trust assets.

Constructive Termination

The Trust will experience a constructive termination for tax purposes if there is a sale or exchange of 50 percent or more of the total Shares within a 12-month period. A constructive termination results in the closing of the Trust’s taxable year for all holders of Shares. In the case of a holder of Shares reporting on a taxable year other than a fiscal year ending December 31, the closing of the Trust’s taxable year may result in more than 12 months of its taxable income or loss being includable in its taxable income for the year of termination. The Trust would be required to make new tax elections after a termination, including a new election under Section 754. A termination could also result in penalties if the Trust were unable to determine that the termination had occurred.

Borrowing of Shares

If your Shares are borrowed (or rehypothecated) by your broker and sold to a third party, for example as part of a loan to a “short seller” to cover a short sale of Shares, you may be considered as having disposed of those Shares. If so, you would no longer be a beneficial owner of a pro rata portion of the Shares during the period of the loan and may recognize gain or loss from the disposition. In addition, during the period of the loan, (1) the Trust’s income, gain, loss, deduction or other items with respect to those Shares would not be reported by you, and (2) any cash distributions received by you with respect to those Shares could be fully taxable, likely as ordinary income. Accordingly, if you desire to avoid the risk of income recognition from a loan of your Shares, you should modify any applicable brokerage account agreements to prohibit your broker from borrowing your Shares.

These rules should not affect the amount or timing of items of income, gain, deduction or loss reported by a taxpayer that is a dealer in securities that marks the Shares to market for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or a trader in securities that has elected to use the mark-to-market method of tax accounting with respect to the Shares.

~~Information~~94 ~~Reporting with Respect to Shares~~

The Trust will file a partnership return rather than a trust return. Generally, the amount and allocation of your share of the Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, expense and credit for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the time when you receive your tax reporting information, should be the same as if the Trust were to file a trust return. However, the manner in which tax reporting information is provided to investors will be affected.

Because the Trust will file a partnership return, tax information will be reported to investors on an IRS Schedule K-1 for each calendar year as soon as practicable after the end of each such year but in no event later than March 15. Each K-1 provided to a holder of Shares will set forth the holder’s share of the Trust’s items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit for such year in a manner sufficient for a U.S. Holder to complete its tax return with respect to its investment in the Shares.

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Because the Trust will file a partnership return, tax information will be reported to investors on an IRS Schedule K-1 for each calendar year as soon as practicable after the end of each such year. Each K-1 provided to a holder of Shares will set forth the holder’s share of the Trust’s items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit for such year in a manner sufficient for a U.S. Holder to complete its tax return with respect to its investment in the Shares.

Each holder, by its acquisition of Shares, will be deemed to agree to allow brokers and nominees to provide to the Trust its name and address and such other information and forms as may be reasonably requested by the Trust for purposes of complying with their tax reporting and withholding obligations (and to waive any confidentiality rights with respect to such information and forms for such purpose) and to provide such information or forms upon request.

As described above under “Partnership Allocations and Adjustments—Monthly Allocation and Revaluation Conventions,” the partnership tax rules generally require that items of partnership income and deductions be allocated between transferors and transferees of partnership interests on a daily basis, and that certain adjustments be made based on daily valuations. These regulations do not contemplate monthly allocation conventions of the kind that will be used by the Trust. If the IRS does not accept the monthly reporting convention, the IRS may contend that taxable income or losses of the Trust must be reallocated among investors. If such a contention were sustained, investors’ respective tax liabilities would be adjusted to the possible detriment of certain investors. The Trustee and the Sponsor are authorized to revise the Trust’s allocation method to comply with applicable law.

Tax Audits

Under the Code, adjustments in tax liability with respect to the Trust’s items generally will be made at the Trust level in a partnership proceeding rather than in separate proceedings with each Shareholder. The Sponsor will represent the Trust as the Trust’s “Tax Matters Partner” during any audit and in any dispute with the IRS. Each Shareholder will be informed of the commencement of an audit of the Trust. In general, the Tax Matters Partner may enter into a settlement agreement with the IRS on behalf of, and that is binding upon, the Shareholders.

Adjustments resulting from an IRS audit may require each Shareholder to adjust a prior year’s liability, and possibly may result in an audit of his return. Any audit of a Shareholder’s return could result in adjustments not related to the Trust’s returns as well as those related to the Trust’s returns.

The Tax Matters Partner will make some elections on the Trust’s behalf and on behalf of the Trust’s Shareholders. In addition, the Tax Matters Partner can extend the statute of limitations for assessment of tax deficiencies against Shareholders for items in the Trust’s returns. The Tax Matters Partner may bind a Shareholder with less than a 1% profits interest in the Trust to a settlement with the IRS unless that Shareholder elects, by filing a statement with the IRS, not to give that authority to the Tax Matters Partner. The Tax Matters Partner may seek judicial review, by which all the Shareholders are bound, of a final partnership administrative adjustment and, if the Tax Matters Partner fails to seek judicial review, judicial review may be sought by any Shareholder having at least a 1% interest in profits or by any group of Shareholders having in the aggregate at least a 5% interest in profits. However, only one action for judicial review will go forward, and each Shareholder with an interest in the outcome may participate.

~~Treatment~~95 ~~of Trust Income~~

The character and timing of income that the Trust earns from the positions in its investment strategy will depend on the particular U.S. federal income tax treatment of each such position. The U.S. federal income tax treatment of certain positions is not always clear, and the IRS and Congress sometimes take steps which change the manner in which certain positions are taxed. For example, except as discussed below with respect to 1256 contracts, positions in currencies typically produce ordinary income and gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The IRS has recently issued guidance indicating that a position that certain taxpayers were accounting for as prepaid forward contracts for U.S. federal income tax purposes should, instead, be accounted for under the U.S federal income tax rules for non-dollar denominated debt instruments. The IRS has also recently released a Notice seeking comments from practitioners about the application of U.S. federal income tax rules to certain derivative positions, including derivative positions in commodities. The Notice asks for comments about, among other questions, when an investor in these positions should have income, the character of income and gain or loss from these positions and whether the U.S. federal “constructive ownership” rules should apply to these positions.

ItTreatment ~~is not possible to predict what changes, if any, will be adopted or when any such changes would take effect. However, any such changes could affect the amount, timing and character~~ of ~~income, gain and loss in respect of the~~ Trust’s ~~investments,~~Income possibly with retroactive effect. As the Trust passes its items of income, gain and loss to Shareholders, any change in the manner in which the Trust accounts for these items could have an adverse impact on the Shareholders of the Trust.

The character and timing of income that the Trust earns from the positions in its investment strategy will depend on the particular U.S. federal income tax treatment of each such position. The U.S. federal income tax treatment of certain positions is not always clear, and the IRS and Congress sometimes take steps which change the manner in which certain positions are taxed. For example, except as discussed below with respect to 1256 contracts, positions in currencies typically produce ordinary income and gains for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The IRS issued guidance indicating that a position that certain taxpayers were previously accounting for as prepaid forward contracts for U.S. federal income tax purposes should, instead, be accounted for under the U.S. federal income tax rules for non-dollar denominated debt instruments. The IRS has also released a Notice seeking comments from practitioners about the application of U.S. federal income tax rules to certain derivative positions, including derivative positions in commodities. The Notice asks for comments about, among other questions, when an investor in these positions should have income, the character of income and gain or loss from these positions and whether the U.S. federal “constructive ownership” rules should apply to these positions. It is not possible to predict what changes, if any, will be adopted or when any such changes would take effect. However, any such changes could affect the amount, timing and character of income, gain and loss in respect of the Trust’s investments, possibly with retroactive effect. As the Trust passes its items of income, gain and loss to Shareholders, any change in the manner in which the Trust accounts for these items could have an adverse impact on the Shareholders of the Trust.

Interest Income from U.S. Treasury Bills

Shareholders will take into account their share of ordinary income realized by the Trust from accruals of interest on Treasury Bills (“T-Bills”) held by the Trust. The Trust may hold T-Bills with “original issue discount,” in which case Shareholders would be required to include accrued amounts in taxable income on a current basis even though receipt of those amounts may occur in a subsequent year. The Trust may also acquire T-Bills with “market discount.” Upon disposition of such obligations, gain would generally be required to be treated as interest income to the extent of the market discount and Shareholders would be required to include as ordinary income their share of such market discount that accrued during the period the obligations were held by the Trust.

Section 1256 Futures and Forward Contracts

Many of the commodity futures contracts, foreign currency futures contracts and foreign currency forward contracts held by the Trust are expected to be “Section 1256 Contracts” (as such term is defined in Section 1256(b) of the Code). The Code generally applies a “mark-to-market” system of taxing unrealized gains and losses on such contracts and otherwise provides for special rules of taxation. A Section 1256 Contract includes certain regulated futures contracts and foreign currency contracts. Under these rules, Section 1256 Contracts held by the Trust at the end of each taxable year of the Trust are treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as if they were sold by the Trust for their fair market value on the last business day of such taxable year. The net gain or loss, if any, resulting from such deemed sales (known as “marking to market”), together with any gain or loss resulting from actual sales of Section 1256 Contracts, must be taken into account by the Trust in computing its taxable income for such year. If a Section 1256 Contract held by the Trust at the end of a taxable year is sold in the following year, the amount of any gain or loss realized on such sale will be adjusted to reflect the gain or loss previously taken into account under the “mark-to-market” rules.

With certain exceptions, capital gains and losses from such Section 1256 Contracts generally are characterized as short-term capital gains or losses to the extent of 40% thereof and as long-term capital gains or or losses to the extent of 60% thereof. Under certain circumstances, long-term capital gains recognized by individuals may qualify for reduced rates of tax. However, certain currency contracts that ~~would be treated as Section 1256 Contracts~~ nevertheless give rise to ordinary income or loss. If an individual taxpayer incurs a net capital loss for a year, the portion thereof, if any, which consists of a net loss on Section 1256 Contracts may, at the election of the taxpayer, be carried back three years. Losses so carried back may be deducted only against net capital gain to the extent that such gain includes gains on Section 1256 Contracts. Generally, a Section 1256 Contract does not include any “securities futures contract” or any option on such a contract.

would be treated as Section 1256 Contracts nevertheless give rise to ordinary income or loss. If an individual taxpayer incurs a net capital loss for a year, the portion thereof, if any, which consists of a net loss on Section 1256 Contracts may, at the election of the taxpayer, be carried back three years. Losses so carried back may be deducted only against net capital gain to the extent that such gain includes gains on Section 1256 Contracts. Generally, a Section 1256 Contract does not include any “securities futures contract” or any option on such a contract.

Section 988 Transactions

Certain of the Trust’s trading activities will be “Section 988 transactions.” Section 988 transactions include entering into or acquiring any forward contract, futures contract or similar instrument if the amount paid or received is denominated in terms of a nonfunctional currency or is determined by reference to the value of one or more nonfunctional currencies. In general, foreign currency gain or loss on Section 988 transactions is characterized as ordinary income or loss except that gain or loss on regulated futures contracts which are Section 1256 contracts is generally characterized as capital gain or loss (as described above).

Certain Securities Futures Contracts

Generally, a securities futures contract is a contract of sale for future delivery of a single security or a narrow-based security index, such as an index linked security futures contract. Generally, any gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a securities futures contract is treated as gain or loss from the sale or exchange of property that has the same character as the property to which the contract relates has (or would have) in the hands of the taxpayer. If the underlying security would be a capital asset in the taxpayer’s hands, then gain or loss from the sale or exchange of the securities futures contract would be capital gain or loss. Capital gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a securities futures contract to sell property (i.e., the short side of a securities futures contract) generally will be short-term capital gain or loss.

Mixed Straddle Election

The Code allows a taxpayer to elect to offset gains and losses from positions, which are part of a “mixed straddle.” A “mixed straddle” is any straddle in which one or more but not all positions are Section 1256 Contracts. Pursuant to Temporary Regulations, the Trust may be eligible to elect to establish one or more mixed straddle accounts for certain of its mixed straddle trading positions. The mixed straddle account rules require a daily “marking to market” of all open positions in the account and a daily netting of gains and losses from positions in the account. At the end of a taxable year, the annual net gains or losses from the mixed straddle account are recognized for tax purposes. The application of the Temporary Regulations’ mixed straddle account rules is not entirely clear. Therefore, there is no assurance that a mixed straddle account election by the Trust will be accepted by the IRS.

Effect of Straddle Rules on Shareholder’s Securities Positions

The IRS may treat certain positions in securities held (directly or indirectly) by a Shareholder and its indirect interest in similar securities held by the Trust as “straddles” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers regarding the application of the “straddle” rules to their investment in the Trust.

Other Investments

In addition to Section 1256 Contracts, it is possible that the Trust will enter into forward contracts, futures contracts, swap transactions or other types of investments the timing and character of which will differ than that of Section 1256 Contracts.

~~Reportable~~97 ~~Transactions~~

There are circumstances under which certain transactions must be disclosed to the IRS in a disclosure statement attached to a taxpayer’s United States federal income tax return. (A copy of such statement must also be sent to the IRS Office of Tax Shelter Analysis.) In addition, the Code imposes a requirement on certain “material advisers” to maintain a list of persons participating in such transactions, which list must be furnished to the IRS upon written request. These provisions can apply to transactions not conventionally considered to involve abusive tax planning. Consequently, it is possible that such disclosure could be required by the Trust or the shareholders (1) if a shareholder incurs a loss (in each case, in excess of a threshold computed without regard to offsetting gains or other income or limitations) from the disposition (including by way of withdrawal) of Shares, or (2) possibly in other circumstances. Furthermore, the Trust’s material advisers could be required to maintain a list of persons investing in the Trust pursuant to the Code. While the tax shelter disclosure rules generally do not apply to a loss recognized on the disposition of an asset in which the taxpayer has a qualifying basis (generally a basis equal to the amount of cash paid by the taxpayer for such asset), such rules will apply to a taxpayer recognizing a loss with respect to interests in a pass through entity (such as the Shares) even if its basis

inReportable ~~such~~Transactions interests is equal to the amount of cash it paid. In addition, under recently enacted legislation, significant penalties may be imposed in connection with a failure to comply with these reporting requirements. U.S. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers regarding the tax shelter disclosure rules and their possible application to them.

There are circumstances under which certain transactions must be disclosed to the IRS in a disclosure statement attached to a taxpayer’s U.S. federal income tax return. (A copy of such statement must also be sent to the IRS Office of Tax Shelter Analysis.) In addition, the Code imposes a requirement on certain “material advisers” to maintain a list of persons participating in such transactions, which list must be furnished to the IRS upon written request. These provisions can apply to transactions not conventionally considered to involve abusive tax planning. Consequently, it is possible that such disclosure could be required by the Trust or the Shareholders (1) if a Shareholder incurs a loss (in each case, in excess of a threshold computed without regard to offsetting gains or other income or limitations) from the disposition (including by way of withdrawal) of Shares, or (2) possibly in other circumstances. Furthermore, the Trust’s material advisers could be required to maintain a list of persons investing in the Trust pursuant to the Code. While the tax shelter disclosure rules generally do not apply to a loss recognized on the disposition of an asset in which the taxpayer has a qualifying basis (generally a basis equal to the amount of cash paid by the taxpayer for such asset), such rules will apply to a taxpayer recognizing a loss with respect to interests in a pass through entity (such as the Shares) even if its basis in such interests is equal to the amount of cash it paid. In addition, under recently enacted legislation, significant penalties may be imposed in connection with a failure to comply with these reporting requirements. U.S. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers regarding the tax shelter disclosure rules and their possible application to them.

Tax Exempt Organizations

An organization that is otherwise exempt from U.S. federal income tax generally is nonetheless subject to taxation with respect to its “unrelated business taxable income”,” or UBTI. Except as noted below with respect to certain categories of exempt income, UBTI generally includes income or gain derived (either directly or through a partnership) from a trade or business, the conduct of which is substantially unrelated to the exercise or performance of the organization’s exempt purpose or function. UBTI generally does not include passive investment income, such as dividends, interest and capital gains, whether realized by the organization directly or indirectly through a partnership (such as the Trust) in which it is a partner. However, if a tax-exempt entity’s acquisition of a partnership interest is debt financed, or the partnership incurs “acquisition indebtedness”,” all or a portion of the income or gain attributable to the “debt financed property” would also be included in UBTI regardless of whether such income would otherwise be excluded as dividends, interest or capital gains. The income of the Trust will be passive investment income generally excluded from UBTI and the Trust will not incur “acquisition indebtedness”.” Thus, if you are a tax-exempt entity and your acquisition of the Shares is not debt-financed, income with respect to the Shares will not be UBTI.

Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders of Shares

As used herein, the term “non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of Shares that is not a U.S. Holder.

The Trust will conduct its activities in such a manner that a non-U.S. Holder of the Trust’s Shares who is not otherwise carrying on a trade or business in the United States will not be considered to be engaged in a trade or business in the United States as a result of an investment in the Shares. Non-U.S. persons treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. persons on their net income which is considered to be effectively connected with such U.S. trade or business. Non-U.S. persons that are corporations may also be subject to a 30% branch profits tax. The 30% rate applicable to branch profits may be reduced or eliminated under the provisions of an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and the country in which the non-U.S. person resides or is organized. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not assert successfully that some portion of the Trust’s income is properly treated as effectively connected income with respect to the Trust’s Shareholders.

In98 addition, if you are a non-U.S. Holder, interest income allocable to you generally will be considered short-term interest not subject to U.S. withholding or income tax, or “portfolio interest” not subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax provided that you meet certain requirements and you certify on IRS Form W-8BEN (or successor form), under penalties of perjury, that you are not a U.S. person and provide your name and address and otherwise satisfy applicable documentation requirements.

Subject to the discussion below, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains on the sale of the Shares or on your share of the Trust’s gains. However, in the case of an individual non-U.S. Holder, such holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains on the sale of Shares or such holder’s share of the Trust’s gains if such non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more during a taxable year and certain other conditions are met. Each holder, by its acquisition of Shares, will be deemed to agree to allow brokers and nominees to provide to the Trust its name and address and such other information and forms as may be reasonably requested by the Trust for purposes of complying with their tax reporting and withholding obligations (and to waive any confidentiality rights with respect to such information and forms for such purpose) and to provide such information or forms upon request.

Subject to the discussion under “Foreign Account Tax Compliance,” in addition, if you are a non-U.S. Holder, interest income allocable to you generally will be considered short-term interest not subject to U.S. withholding or income tax, or “portfolio interest” not subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax provided that you meet certain requirements and you certify on IRS Form W-8BEN (or successor form), under penalties of perjury, that you are not a U.S. person and provide your name and address and otherwise satisfy applicable documentation requirements.

Subject to the discussion under “Foreign Account Tax Compliance” and the discussion below, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains on the sale of the Shares or on your share of the Trust’s gains. However, in the case of an individual non-U.S. Holder, such holder will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains on the sale of Shares or such holder’s share of the Trust’s gains if such non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more during a taxable year and certain other conditions are met. Each holder, by its acquisition of Shares, will be deemed to agree to allow brokers and nominees to provide to the Trust its name and address and such other information and forms as may be reasonably requested by the Trust for purposes of complying with their tax reporting and withholding obligations (and to waive any confidentiality rights with respect to such information and forms for such purpose) and to provide such information or forms upon request.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance provisions of the recently enacted U.S. Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (“FATCA”) generally impose a new reporting regime and potentially a 30% withholding tax with respect to certain U.S. source income (including interest and dividends) and gross proceeds from the sale or other disposal of property that can produce U.S. source interest or dividends (“Withholdable Payments”). As a general matter, the new rules are designed to require U.S. persons’ direct and indirect ownership of non-U.S. accounts and non-U.S. entities to be reported to the IRS. The 30% withholding tax regime applies if there is a failure to provide required information regarding U.S. ownership. These new withholding rules will apply to U.S. source income payments made after December 31, 2013, and to the disposition proceeds described above after December 31, 2014.

The Trust will be required to report to the IRS and to impose a 30% withholding of tax on the share of Withholdable Payments to (i) Shareholders that are non-U.S. financial entities that do not enter into an agreement (a “FFI Agreement”) with the IRS to provide information, representations and waivers of non-U.S. law as may be required to comply with the provisions of the new rules, including, information regarding its direct and indirect U.S. Shareholders; (ii) Shareholders who fail to establish their non-U.S. status as required under the FFI Agreement; (iii) and other Shareholders that do not provide certifications or information regarding their U.S. ownership. The IRS has issued proposed regulations regarding FATCA but not yet provided comprehensive guidance regarding FATCA or a form of FFI Agreement.

Although the application of FATCA to a sale or other disposal of an interest in a partnership is unclear, it is possible that the gross proceeds of the sale or other disposal of your Shares will be subject to FATCA under the rules described above if such proceeds are treated as an indirect disposal of your interest in assets that can produce U.S. source interest or dividends.

In certain circumstances, the Trust may liquidate a non-compliant Shareholder’s Shares or form and operate an investment vehicle organized in the United States that is treated as a “domestic partnership” under the Code and transfer such Shareholder’s Shares to such investment vehicle.

You should consult your own tax adviser regarding the requirements under FATCA with respect to your own situation.

Backup Withholding

The Trust will be required in certain circumstances to backup withhold on certain payments paid to non-corporate holders of Shares who do not furnish to the Trust their correct taxpayer identification number (in the case of individuals, their social security number) and certain certifications, or who are otherwise subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld from payments made to you may be refunded or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Certain State, Local and Foreign Income Tax Matters

In addition to the federal income tax consequences described above, prospective investors should consider potential state and local tax consequences of an investment in the Trust. State and local laws often differ from federal income tax laws with respect to the treatment of specific items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit. A Shareholder’s distributive share of the taxable income or loss of the Trust generally will be required to be included in determining its reportable income for state and local tax purposes in the jurisdiction in which it is a resident. One or more states may impose reporting requirements on the Trust and/or the Shareholders. Investors should consult with their own advisors as to the applicability of such rules in jurisdictions which may require or impose a filing requirement.

The Trust’s Sponsor is based in the State of Delaware and is wholly-owned by ~~Barclays~~BlackRock California ~~Corporation~~Holdings LLC, which is located in the State of California. If the Trust is engaged in a trade or business in Delaware, California or elsewhere, each Shareholder may be required to file an income tax return each year in such jurisdictions and would be taxed based on its income that is attributable to such jurisdictions.

Each Shareholder may be required to file returns and pay state and local tax on its share of Trust income in the jurisdiction in which it is a resident and/or other jurisdictions in which income is earned by the Trust. The Trust may be required to withhold and remit payment of taxes to one or more state or local jurisdictions on behalf of the Shareholders. Any amount withheld generally will be treated as a distribution to each particular Shareholder. However, an individual Shareholder may be entitled to a deduction or credit against tax owed to his or her state of residence for income taxes paid to other state and local jurisdictions where the Shareholder is not a resident.

In general, where a tax (including, without limitation, a state or local tax) is levied on the Trust, the amount of which is levied in whole or in part based on the status or identity of a Shareholder, such tax will be allocated as an expense attributable to that Shareholder and the amount will be withheld from any distribution to such Shareholder.

State and local taxes may be significant. Prospective Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to the state and local tax consequences of acquiring, holding and disposing of the Trust’s Shares.

Foreign Taxes

It is possible that certain interest received by the Trust from sources within foreign countries will be subject to withholding taxes imposed by such countries. In addition, the Trust may also be subject to capital gains taxes in some of the foreign countries where it purchases and sells foreign debt obligations. Tax treaties between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. It is impossible to predict in advance the rate of foreign tax the Trust will pay since the amount of the Trust’s assets to be invested in various countries is not known.

~~Shareholders~~100 will be informed by the Trust as to their proportionate share of any foreign taxes paid by the Trust, which they will be required to include in their income. Shareholders generally will be entitled to claim either a credit (subject to the limitations discussed below) or, if they itemize their deductions, a deduction

Shareholders will be informed by the Trust as to their proportionate share of any foreign taxes paid by the Trust, which they will be required to include in their income. Shareholders generally will be entitled to claim either a credit (subject to the limitations discussed below) or, if they itemize their deductions, a deduction (subject to the limitations generally applicable to deductions) for their share of such foreign taxes in computing their federal income taxes. A Shareholder that is tax-exempt will not ordinarily benefit from such credit or deduction.

Generally, a credit for foreign taxes is subject to the limitation that it may not exceed the Shareholder’s federal tax (before the credit) attributable to its total foreign source taxable income. A Shareholder’s share of the Trust’s interest from non-U.S. debt securities generally will qualify as foreign source income. Generally, the source of gain and loss realized upon the sale of personal property, such as securities, will be based on the residence of the seller. In the case of a partnership, the determining factor is the residence of the partner. Thus, absent a tax treaty to the contrary, the gains and losses from the sale of securities allocable to a Shareholder that is a U.S. resident generally will be treated as derived from U.S. sources (even though the securities are sold in foreign countries). Certain currency fluctuation gains, including fluctuation gains from foreign currency denominated debt securities, receivables and payables, will also be treated as ordinary income derived from U.S. sources.

Prospective investors should note that the limitation on the foreign tax credit is applied separately to foreign source passive income, such as interest. In addition, for foreign tax credit limitation purposes, the amount of a Shareholder’s foreign source income is reduced by various deductions that are allocated and/or apportioned to such foreign source income. One such deduction is interest expense, a portion of which will generally reduce the foreign source income of any Shareholder who owns (directly or indirectly) foreign assets. For these purposes, foreign assets owned by the Trust will be treated as owned by the investors in the Trust and indebtedness incurred by the Trust will be treated as incurred by investors in the Trust.

Because of these limitations, Shareholders may be unable to claim a credit for the full amount of their proportionate share of the foreign taxes paid by the Trust. The foregoing is only a general description of the foreign tax credit under current law. Moreover, since the availability of a credit or deduction depends on the particular circumstances of each Shareholder, investors are advised to consult their own tax advisers.

New Legislation or Administrative or Judicial Action

The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process, the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department, frequently resulting in unfavorable precedent or authority on issues for which there was previously no clear precedent or authority as well as revised interpretations of established concepts, statutory changes, revisions to regulations and other modifications and interpretations. No assurance can be given as to whether, or in what form, any proposals affecting the Trust or the Trust’s Shares will be enacted. The IRS pays close attention to the proper application of tax laws to partnerships. The present U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investment in the Trust’s Shares may be modified by administrative, legislative or judicial interpretation at any time, and any such action may affect investments and commitments previously made. For example, changes to the U.S. federal income tax laws and interpretations thereof could make it more difficult or impossible to meet the qualifying income exception for the Trust to be treated as a partnership that is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Trust and its Shareholders could be adversely affected by any such change in, or any new, tax law, regulation or interpretation.

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ERISA AND RELATED CONSIDERATIONS

ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code impose certain requirements on employee benefit plans and certain other plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans, and certain collective investment funds or insurance company general or separate accounts in which such plan or arrangements are invested, that are subject to ERISA and/or the Code (collectively, “Plans”), and on persons who are fiduciaries with respect to the investment of assets treated as “plan assets” of a Plan. Government plans and some church plans are not subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the provisions of Section 4975 of the Code, but may be subject to substantially similar rules under state or other federal law.

In contemplating an investment of a portion of Plan assets in Shares, the Plan fiduciary responsible for making such investment should carefully consider, taking into account the facts and circumstances of the Plan, the “Risk Factors” discussed above and whether such investment is consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, including, but not limited to: (a) whether the fiduciary has the authority to make the investment under the appropriate governing plan instrument; (b) whether the investment would constitute a direct or indirect non-exempt prohibited transaction with a party in interest; (c) the Plan’s funding objectives; and (d) whether under the general fiduciary standards of investment prudence and diversification the investment is appropriate for the Plan, taking into account the overall investment policy of the Plan, the composition of the Plan’s investment portfolio and the Plan’s need for sufficient liquidity to pay benefits when due.

It is anticipated that the Shares will constitute “publicly-held offered securities” as defined in Department of Labor Regulations § 2510.3-101(b)(2). Accordingly, Shares purchased by a Plan, and not the Plan’s interest in the underlying assets held in the Trust, should be treated as assets of the Plan, for purposes of applying the “fiduciary responsibility” and “prohibited transaction” rules of ERISA and the Code.

Because of the possibility that a prohibited transaction could occur as a result of the transfer of assets between a Plan and an Authorized Participant, no such transfer shall occur unless such transfer will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code. As a result, each Plan and its fiduciary will be deemed to have represented, in connection with a transfer of assets between the Plan and an Authorized Participant, that such transfer will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The Trust ~~will~~intends, ~~issue~~on ~~Shares~~a incontinuous basis, to issue Baskets to Authorized Participants in exchange for a consideration per Share equal to the ~~requisite~~net asset ~~consideration~~value per Share announced by the Trust on athe ~~continuous~~first ~~basis~~Business Day immediately following the day when the purchase order is received by the Trust. Because new Shares can be created and issued on an ongoing basis, at any point during the life of the Trust, a “distribution,” as such term is used in the Securities Act, will be occurring. Authorized Participants, other broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some of their activities may result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner that would render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus-delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act. For example, an Authorized Participant, other broker-dealer firm or its client will be deemed a statutory underwriter if it purchases a Basket from the Trust, breaks the Basket down into the constituent Shares and sells the Shares to its customers; or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for the Shares. A determination of whether a particular market participant is an underwriter must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that would lead to designation as an underwriter and subject them to the prospectus-delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act.

By executing an Authorized Participant Agreement, an Authorized Participant becomes part of the group of parties eligible to purchase Baskets from, and put Baskets for redemption to, the Trust. An Authorized Participant is under no obligation to create or redeem Baskets, and an Authorized Participant is under no obligation to offer to the public Shares of any Baskets it ~~does create~~creates.

Authorized Participants that do offer ~~to the public~~ Shares from the Baskets they create ~~will~~to the public do so at a per-Share offering price that ~~will~~varies ~~vary~~ depending upon, among other factors, the trading price of the Shares on NYSE Arca, the NAV and the supply of and demand for the Shares at the time of the offer. Shares initially comprising the same Basket but offered by Authorized Participants to the public at different times may have different offering prices. The excess, if any, of the price at which an Authorized Participant sells a Share in respect of which it is acting as a statutory underwriter over the price paid by that Authorized Participant in connection with the creation of that Share in a Basket may be deemed to be underwriting compensation. However, such underwriting compensation, together with any other underwriting compensation received in connection with the offering (if any), will not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 2810.

The Trust ~~will~~does not pay a selling commission or any other compensation to any Authorized Participant in connection with the creation of Baskets. Investors that purchase Shares through a commission/fee-based brokerage account may, however, pay commissions/fees charged by the brokerage account. It is recommended that investors review the terms of their brokerage accounts for details on applicable charges.

The Shares are ~~expected~~listed tofor betrading ~~listed~~ on NYSE Arca under the symbol “~~[ ]”~~ALT.”

Dealers that are not “underwriters” (including Authorized Participants that are not acting as underwriters) but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted to ordinary secondary trading transactions), and thus dealing with Shares that are part of an “unsold allotment” within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C) of the Securities Act, would be unable to take advantage of the prospectus-delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the Securities Act.

The Sponsor intends that sales be made through broker-dealers who are members of the FINRA. Investors intending to create or redeem Baskets through Authorized Participants in transactions not involving a broker-dealer registered in such investor’s state of domicile or residence should consult their legal advisor regarding applicable broker-dealer or securities regulatory requirements under the state securities laws prior to such creation or redemption.

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In connection with any offering of the Shares outside the United States, the Authorized Participants are expected to comply with the following:

~~• In relation to each Member State of the~~ European Economic Area that has implemented the Prospectus Directive, each of which is referred to in this prospectus as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which is referred to in this prospectus as the Relevant Implementation Date, it has not made and will not make an offer of the Shares to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Shares that has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Shares to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

~~(1)~~In relation to ~~legal~~each ~~entities~~Member State of the European Economic Area that ~~are~~has ~~authorized~~implemented orthe ~~regulated~~Prospectus Directive, each of which is referred to ~~operate~~in this prospectus as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which is referred to in this prospectus as the ~~financial~~Relevant ~~markets~~Implementation orDate, ifAuthorized Participants will not somake ~~authorized~~an offer of the Shares to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Shares that has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, ~~regulated~~where appropriate, ~~whose~~approved ~~corporate~~in ~~purpose~~another isRelevant ~~solely~~Member State and notified to ~~invest~~the competent authority in ~~securities;~~that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that Authorized Participants may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Shares to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

(2a) to any legal entity ~~that~~which ~~has~~is ~~two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year, (2)~~ a ~~total~~qualified ~~balance~~investor ~~sheet of more than €43,000,000, and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000,~~ as ~~shown~~ defined in ~~its~~the ~~last~~Prospectus ~~annual or consolidated accounts~~Directive; or

(3b) into ~~any~~fewer ~~other~~than ~~circumstances~~100 ~~that~~or, doif ~~not~~the ~~require~~Relevant ~~the~~Member ~~publication~~State byhas implemented the ~~Trust~~relevant provision of athe ~~prospectus~~2010 ~~pursuant~~PD toAmending ~~Article~~Directive 3(as ofdefined below), 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive.), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive; or

~~For~~c) ~~the purposes of this provision, an “offer of Shares to the public”~~ in any ~~Relevant~~other ~~Member~~circumstances ~~State~~falling ~~means~~within ~~the~~Article ~~communication~~3(2) ~~in any form and by any means~~ of ~~sufficient~~the ~~information~~Prospectus onDirective, ~~the~~provided ~~terms~~that ofno ~~the~~such offer ~~and~~of ~~the~~ Shares toshall result bein ~~offered~~a sorequirement ~~as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe~~ for ~~Shares, as~~ the ~~same~~publication ~~may~~by bethe ~~varied~~Trust inor ~~that Member State by~~ any ~~measure implementing~~manager ~~the~~of ~~Prospectus~~a ~~Directive~~prospectus inpursuant ~~that~~to ~~Member~~Article ~~State.~~3 ~~The~~of ~~expression~~the “Prospectus Directive” ~~means~~or ~~Directive~~supplement ~~2003/71/EC~~a ~~and~~prospectus ~~includes~~pursuant ~~any~~to ~~relevant~~Article ~~implementing~~16 ~~measure~~of inthe ~~each~~Prospectus ~~Relevant Member State~~Directive. ~~References to “€” are to euros.~~

For the purposes of this provision, an “offer of Shares to the public” in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for Shares, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State. The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in each member state) and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State. The “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU. References to “€” are to euros.

The European Economic Area selling restriction stated above is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out below.

•United itKingdom has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Shares in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Trust;

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~~permitted~~ investment ~~under~~professionals ~~applicable~~having ~~securities~~professional ~~laws~~experience orin ~~have~~participating ~~available~~in ~~exemptions~~unregulated toschemes ~~offer~~(only ~~and~~as ~~sell~~defined in Article 14(5) of the ~~Shares~~FSMA in(Promotion ~~Canada;~~of Collective Investment Schemes) (2Exemptions) ~~solely~~Order 2001 (as amended) (the “CIS Order”)) or (ii) to ~~purchasers~~persons who are ~~entitled~~within ~~under~~any ~~applicable~~of ~~provincial~~the ~~securities~~categories ~~laws~~of topersons ~~purchase~~described ~~the~~in ~~Shares~~Article 22 ~~without~~of the ~~benefit~~CIS ofOrder; a(2) if ~~prospectus~~such ~~qualified~~promotion ~~under~~is not carried out through an Authorized Person, in circumstances permitted by the ~~securities~~Financial ~~laws;~~Services and Markets Act 2000 (3Financial Promotion) inOrder ~~the~~2005 ~~case~~(as ofamended); ~~purchasers~~or in(3) to ~~provinces~~persons ~~other~~to ~~than~~whom ~~Ontario,~~this ~~without~~prospectus ~~the~~may ~~services~~otherwise oflawfully abe ~~dealer~~communicated ~~registered~~(such ~~pursuant~~persons together are referred to ~~those~~as ~~securities~~“relevant ~~laws;~~persons”).

•This ~~the~~prospectus ~~offering~~must ~~and~~not ~~sale~~be ofacted ~~Shares~~upon inor ~~Japan~~relied ~~can~~on ~~only~~by bepersons ~~effected~~who ~~through~~are anot ~~licensed~~relevant persons. ~~Commodity~~Any ~~Investment~~investment ~~Dealer~~or ~~(“shohin~~investment ~~toushi~~activity ~~hanbai~~to ~~gyosha”)~~which orthis acommunication ~~person~~relates ~~exempt~~is ~~under~~available ~~the~~only ~~law~~to ~~Concerning~~relevant ~~Regulations~~persons ofand ~~Commodities~~will ~~Investment~~be ~~Business~~engaged ~~(the~~in ~~“Commodities~~only ~~Law”)~~with relevant persons. ~~The~~Persons ~~prospectus~~of ~~cannot~~any beother ~~distributed~~description in ~~Japan~~the ~~other~~United ~~than~~Kingdom tomay anot ~~licensed~~receive ~~Commodity~~and should ~~Investment~~not ~~Dealer~~act or arely ~~person~~on ~~exempt~~this ~~under~~document or any other marketing materials relating to the ~~Commodities~~Trust ~~Law;~~or the Shares.

•Potential ~~the~~investors ~~offering and sale of Shares~~ in ~~Switzerland will be on~~ the ~~basis~~United ofKingdom aare ~~non-public~~advised ~~offering.~~that ~~This~~all ~~prospectus does not constitute a prospectus according to articles 652a~~ or ~~1156~~most of the ~~Swiss~~protections ~~Federal~~afforded ~~Code~~by ofthe ~~Obligations,~~United ~~and~~Kingdom ~~the~~regulatory ~~Shares~~system ~~may~~will not beapply ~~offered~~to oran ~~distributed~~investment ~~on a professional basis~~ in ~~or from Switzerland, and neither this prospectus nor any other offering material relating to~~ the Shares ~~may~~and bethat ~~publicly~~compensation ~~issued in connection with any such offer or distribution. The Shares have not been and~~ will not be ~~approved~~available byunder ~~any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, neither~~ the ~~Shares~~United ~~nor~~Kingdom’s ~~the~~Financial Services ~~Trust~~Compensation ~~are~~Scheme. ~~or will be supervised by the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, and investors may not claim protection under the Swiss Investment Fund Act;~~

•Canada the offer or invitation which is the subject of this prospectus is not allowed to be made to the retail public in Singapore. This prospectus is not a “prospectus” as defined in the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (“SFA”). Accordingly, statutory liability under that Act in relation to the content of prospectuses would not apply. You should consider carefully whether the investment is suitable for you. This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of Shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may Shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 304 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 305(2), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 305 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

The offering of the Shares will be made on a private placement basis in Canada (in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Québec) (1) through the Authorized Participants or their affiliates or other persons who are permitted under applicable securities laws or have available exemptions to offer and sell the Shares in Canada; and (2) solely to purchasers who are entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the Shares without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under the securities laws. This prospectus is not, and under no circumstances is to be construed as, an advertisement or a public offering of the Shares in Canada. No securities commission or similar authority in Canada has reviewed or in any way passed upon this document or the merits of the Shares, and any representation to the contrary is an offence. No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any decision to purchase the Shares in Canada should be based solely on information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Resale Restrictions

The Shares have not been nor will they be qualified for sale to the public under applicable Canadian securities laws and, accordingly, any offer and sale of the Shares in Canada will be made on a basis which is exempt from the prospectus requirements of Canadian securities laws. Any resale of the Shares must be made in accordance with, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of those laws. In addition, in order to comply with the dealer registration requirements of Canadian securities laws, any resale of the Shares must be made either by a person not required to register as a dealer under applicable Canadian securities laws, or through an appropriately registered dealer or in accordance with an exemption from the dealer registration requirements. These Canadian resale restrictions may in some circumstances apply to resales made outside of Canada. Canadian investors are advised to seek Canadian legal advice prior to any resale of the Shares.

Representations and Agreement by Canadian Purchasers

Each purchaser of the Shares in Canada will be deemed to have represented to the Trust and any dealer participating in the sale of the Shares that the purchaser: (a) is resident in one of the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario or Québec and is entitled under applicable securities laws to purchase the Shares without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those laws; (b) is basing its investment decision solely

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on this prospectus and not on any other information concerning the Trust or the offering of the Shares; (c) has reviewed and acknowledges the terms referred to above under the heading “Resale Restrictions”; (d) is an “accredited investor” as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) and, if relying on subsection (m) of the definition of that term, is not a person created or being used solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor; (e) is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations, or as otherwise interpreted and applied by the Canadian Securities Administrators; and (f) is either purchasing the Shares as principal for its own account, or is deemed to be purchasing the Shares as principal by applicable law.

Each purchaser of the Shares in Canada hereby agrees that it is the purchaser’s express wish that all documents evidencing or relating in any way to the sale of the Shares be drafted in the English language only. Chaque acheteur au Canada des valeurs mobilières reconnaît que c’est sa volonté expresse que tous les documents faisant foi ou se rapportant de quelque manière à la vente des valeurs mobilières soient rédigés uniquement en anglais.

Indirect Collection of Personal Information

By purchasing the Shares, each purchaser in Canada acknowledges that its name and other specified information, including the number of Shares it has purchased, may be disclosed to Canadian securities regulatory authorities and become available to the public in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws. The purchaser consents to the disclosure of that information. By purchasing the Shares, any Ontario purchaser acknowledges that personal information such as the purchaser’s name will be delivered to the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) and that such personal information is being collected indirectly by the OSC under the authority granted to it in securities legislation for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the securities legislation of Ontario. By purchasing the Shares, any Ontario purchaser shall be deemed to have authorized such indirect collection of personal information by the OSC. Questions about such indirect collection of personal information should be directed to the OSC’s Administrative Support Clerk, Suite 1903, Box 55, 20 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S8 or to the following telephone number: (416) 593-3684.

Rights of Action (Ontario Purchasers)

Ontario Rule 45-501 provides that when an offering memorandum, such as this prospectus, is delivered to an investor to whom securities are distributed in reliance upon the “accredited investor” prospectus exemption in Section 2.3 of NI 45-106, the right of action referred to in Section 130.1 of the Securities Act (Ontario) (“Section 130.1”) is applicable unless the prospective purchaser is:

(a)

a Canadian financial institution, meaning either:

(i)

an association governed by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada) or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under section 473(1) of that Act;

(ii)

a bank, loan corporation, trust company, trust corporation, insurance company, treasury branch, credit union, caisse populaire, financial services cooperative, or league that, in each case, is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry on business in Canada or a jurisdiction in Canada;

(b)

a Schedule III bank, meaning an authorized foreign bank named in Schedule III of the Bank Act (Canada),

(c)

The Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada), or

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(d)

a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by the directors of the subsidiary.

Section 130.1 provides purchasers who purchase securities offered by an offering memorandum with a statutory right of action against the issuer of securities and any selling securityholder for rescission or damages in the event that the offering memorandum or any amendment to it contains a “misrepresentation”, without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the “misrepresentation”. “Misrepresentation” means an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make any statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made.

In the event that this prospectus, together with any amendment, is delivered to a prospective purchaser of the Shares in connection with a trade made in reliance on Section 2.3 of NI 45-106, and this prospectus contains a misrepresentation which was a misrepresentation at the time of purchase of the Shares, the purchaser will have a statutory right of action against the Trust for damages or, while still the owner of the Shares, for rescission, in which case, if the purchaser elects to exercise the right of rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages, provided that:

(a)

no action shall be commenced more than, in the case of an action for rescission, 180 days after the date of the transaction that gave rise to the cause of action; or in the case of any other action, the earlier of (i) 180 days after the plaintiff first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action, or (ii) three years after the date of the transaction that gave rise to the cause of action;

(b)

the defendant will not be liable if it proves that the purchaser purchased the Shares with knowledge of the misrepresentation;

(c)

the defendant will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that it proves do not represent the depreciation in value of the Shares as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon;

(d)

in no case will the amount recoverable exceed the price at which the Shares were offered to the purchaser; and

(e)

the statutory right of action for rescission or damages is in addition to and does not derogate from any other rights or remedies the purchaser may have at law.

This summary is subject to the express provisions of the Securities Act (Ontario) and the regulations and rules made under it, and you should refer to the complete text of those provisions.

Enforcement of Legal Rights

The Trust, the Sponsor, the Advisor, the Trustee and the Affiliates are likely to be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon the Trust or those persons. All or a substantial portion of the assets of the Trust and those persons is likely to be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against the Trust or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against the Trust or those persons outside of Canada.

Each purchaser acknowledges that it has been notified that: (i) the Authorized Participants may not be registered as securities dealers in any province or territory of Canada; (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of the Authorized Participants may be situated outside of Canada; and (iii) there may be difficulty enforcing legal rights against the Authorized Participants for these reasons.

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Japan

A securities registration statement has not been filed under Article 4, Paragraph 3 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) in relation to the solicitations for offer of the Shares since such solicitations constitute a private placement to qualified institutional investors under Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 2 i of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan.

Acquirers of the Shares shall not transfer or resell them except where a transferee is a qualified institutional investor under Article 10 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance concerning Definitions provided in Article 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the Ministry of Finance Ordinance No. 14, as amended).

The offering and sale of the Shares in Japan can only be effected through a licensed Type 1 Financial Instruments Dealing Firm (Type 1 FIDF) (Daiisshu kinyu shouhin torihiki gyosha). The prospectus cannot be distributed in Japan other than to a licensed Type 1 FIDF.

Switzerland

The Trust has not been approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA as a foreign collective investment scheme pursuant to Article 120 of the Swiss Collective Investment Scheme Act of June 23, 2006 (the “CISA”). Accordingly, the Shares may not be publicly offered in or from Switzerland and neither this prospectus nor any other offering materials relating to the Trust and/or the Shares may be made available through a public offering in or from Switzerland. The Shares may only be offered and this prospectus may only be distributed in or from Switzerland to qualified investors (as defined in the CISA and its implementing regulations) and/or to a limited circle of investors, without any public offering. This prospectus does not constitute a prospectus according to articles 652a or 1156 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations and has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under these provisions.

Singapore

The offer or invitation which is the subject of this prospectus is not allowed to be made to the retail public in Singapore. This prospectus is not a “prospectus” as defined in the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (“SFA”). Accordingly, statutory liability under the SFA in relation to the content of prospectuses would not apply. You should consider carefully whether the investment is suitable for you. This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of Shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may Shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA) under Section 304 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 305(5) of the SFA), or any person pursuant to Section 305(2), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 305 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where Shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 304 of the SFA, such Shares may not be subsequently sold to any person other than another institutional investor pursuant to Section 304 of the SFA.

Where Shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 305 by a relevant person that is:

(a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or

~~(b)~~108 ~~a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor,~~

shares,Table debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 305 except:Contents

(1b) toa antrust ~~institutional investor~~ (~~for~~where ~~corporations, under Section 274 of~~ the ~~SFA)~~trustee oris tonot aan ~~relevant~~accredited ~~person~~investor (as defined in Section ~~305(5)~~ 4A of the SFA,)) orwhose tosole ~~any~~purpose ~~person~~is ~~pursuant~~ to anhold ~~offer~~investments ~~that is made on terms that such shares, debentures~~ and ~~units~~each ofbeneficiary ~~shares and debentures~~ of ~~that~~the ~~corporation or such rights and interest in that~~ trust ~~are~~is ~~acquired~~an atindividual awho ~~consideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount~~ is toan beaccredited ~~paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets~~investor, ~~and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA;~~

securities of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 305 except:

(1) to an institutional investor (as defined under Section 4A of the SFA) or to a relevant person (as defined in Section 305(5) of the SFA), or which arises from an offer referred to in Section 275(IA) of the SFA (in the case of that corporation) or Section 305A(3)(i)(B) of the SFA (in the case of that trust);

(2) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; or

71(3) where the transfer is by operation of law.

Germany

The Shares have not been notified to, registered with or approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) for public offer or public distribution under German law.

Accordingly, the Shares may not be offered or distributed to or within Germany by way of a public offer or distribution within the meaning of applicable German laws, public advertisement or in any similar manner. This prospectus and any other document relating to the Shares, as well as information contained therein, may not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer for subscription of the Shares to the public in Germany or any other means of public marketing.

This prospectus and any other document relating to the offer of the Shares are strictly confidential and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the recipient hereof to whom this prospectus is personally addressed.

The receipt of this prospectus by any person, as well as information contained therein or supplied herewith or subsequently communicated to any person in connection with any offer for subscription is not to be taken as constituting the giving of investment advice to such person: Each such person should make its own independent assessment of the merits or otherwise of acquiring the Shares and should take its own professional advice.

Spain

The Trust has not been registered with the Spanish Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores or “CNMV”). Therefore, the Shares may not be sold, offered, or distributed in Spain in circumstances which could constitute marketing of collective investment schemes as defined in the Spanish Law on Investment Collective Schemes (Ley 35/2003, de 4 de Noviembre, de Instituciones de Inversión Colectiva) and the regulations approved thereunder.

Neither this Prospectus nor any other offering materials in relation to the Trust have been registered with the CNMV and therefore they are not intended for the marketing of the Shares in Spain.

This Prospectus and any other materials relating to the Shares are strictly confidential and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than its recipients.

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~~(3)~~The ~~where~~Netherlands ~~the transfer is by operation of law;~~

•The ~~the~~ Shares ~~are~~described herein may not, ~~registered~~directly or ~~authorized~~indirectly, ~~for~~be ~~distribution~~offered ~~under~~or ~~the~~acquired ~~German~~in ~~Investment~~The ~~Act (Investmentgesetz~~Netherlands, ~~the “Investment Act”)~~ and, ~~accordingly,~~this ~~have~~prospectus ~~not~~may ~~been, and will~~ not be, ~~offered~~circulated orin ~~advertised~~The ~~publicly~~Netherlands oras ~~offered~~part ~~similarly~~of ~~under~~initial ~~the~~distribution ~~Investment~~or ~~Act.~~at ~~Any~~any ~~offer~~time thereafter, ofexcept ~~the~~to ~~Shares~~qualified ininvestors ~~Germany~~within ~~may~~the bemeaning ~~made~~of ~~only~~Section 1:1 inof ~~accordance~~the ~~with~~Financial ~~the~~Markets ~~Investment~~Supervision Act ~~and~~(Wet ~~all~~op ~~other~~het ~~applicable~~financieel ~~laws in Germany governing the issue~~toezicht), ~~offering~~as ~~and~~amended ~~sale~~from oftime ~~the~~to ~~Shares;~~time.

•Italy the Shares may not be offered, sold or distributed in Spain except in compliance with the requirements of the Spanish Law on collective investment schemes (Ley 35/2003, de 4 de novembre, de Instituciones de Inversión Colectiva), as amended and restated, and Royal Decree 1309/2005, of November 4 (Real Decreto 1309/2005, de 4 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley 35/2003, de 4 de noviembre, de instituciones de inversion colectiva, y se adopto el régimen tributario de las instituciones de inversión colectiva), as amended and restated, and other applicable Spanish laws and regulations or where there is no marketing of the Shares in Spain as defined therein;

•This ~~the~~prospectus ~~Shares~~is ~~may~~solely ~~not~~intended for bethe ~~acquired~~individuals ~~by or offered, directly or indirectly~~ to, ~~individuals~~whom orit ~~entities~~is indelivered ~~the Netherlands,~~ and ~~this prospectus~~ may not be ~~circulated~~considered ~~in the Netherlands as part of initial distribution~~ or atused any time thereafter, except to individuals or entities whose ordinary business or profession is (1) to trade or invest in securities or (2) involves the acquisition and disposal of investment objects of the same kind as ~~the~~an ~~assets~~offering ~~or a substantial part~~ of ~~the~~Shares ~~assets~~in of the Trust, ~~in either case~~ within the meaning of, ~~Article~~and 1for of the ~~regulation~~purposes ~~dated October 9~~of, ~~1990~~section ~~(as~~42 ~~amended)~~and ~~issued~~section ~~pursuant~~93-bis toand ~~Article~~seq. 14 of ~~the~~Legislative ~~Investment~~Decree ~~Institutions~~No ~~Supervision~~58 ~~Act~~of ~~(Wet~~24 ~~Toezicht~~February 1998, ~~Beleggingsinstellingen)~~as ofsubsequently 27amended. ~~June 1990;~~

•In noaddition, ~~prospectus~~any ~~has~~person ~~been~~who ~~nor~~is ~~will be published~~ in ~~the~~possession ~~Republic~~ of ~~Italy~~this inprospectus ~~connection~~understands ~~with~~that the ~~offering~~Trust ~~of the Shares and that such offering~~ has not been ~~cleared by the Italian Securities~~ and ~~Exchange Commission (“CONSOB”) pursuant to Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, the Authorized Participant has represented and agreed that the Shares may not and~~ will not be ~~offered,~~authorized ~~sold~~by ~~or delivered, nor may or will copies of this prospectus or any other document relating to~~ the ~~Shares~~Bank ~~be distributed, in the Republic~~ of Italy, ~~except: (1)~~ to ~~professional~~offer investors (operatori qualificati), as defined in Article 31.2 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11522 of July 1, 1998, as amended (“Regulation No. 11522”), or (2) in other circumstances which are exempted from the ~~rules~~Shares onto ~~investment~~Italian ~~solicitation~~residents pursuant to ~~Article~~section ~~100~~42 of Legislative Decree No. 58 of ~~February~~ 24, ~~1998~~February ~~(the “Decree No~~1998. ~~58”) and Article 33.1 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of May 14~~Accordingly, ~~1999,~~the asShares ~~amended~~may ~~(“Regulation~~not ~~No.~~be ~~11971”). The Authorized Participant has represented and agreed that any offer~~offered, ~~sale~~sold or ~~delivery~~delivered ofand ~~the~~neither ~~Shares or distribution of copies of the~~ this prospectus ornor any other ~~document~~offering material relating to the Shares ~~in the Republic of Italy~~ may ~~and will~~ be ~~effected~~distributed inor ~~accordance with all Italian securities, tax, exchange control and other applicable laws and regulations, and, in particular, as applicable, will be: (a)~~ made byavailable ~~an investment firm, bank or financial intermediary permitted~~ to ~~conduct~~Italian ~~such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with Decree No~~residents. ~~58,~~This ~~Legislative~~prospectus ~~Decree~~cannot ~~No.~~be ~~385~~construed ~~of September 1, 1993,~~ as ~~amended~~a ~~(“Decree~~solicitation No. 385”), Regulation No. 11522 and any other applicable laws and regulations; (b) in compliance with Article 129 of Decree No. 385 and the implementing guidelines of the Bank of Italy; and (c) in compliance with any other applicable notification requirement or limitation that may be imposed by ~~CONSOB or the Bank of Italy. Any investor purchasing the Shares in the offering is solely responsible for ensuring that~~ any ~~offer~~person or resale of the Shares it purchased in the offering occurs in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The prospectus and the information contained herein are intended only for the use of its recipient and, unless in circumstances which are exempted from the rules on investment solicitation pursuant to ~~Article~~investors ~~100 of Decree No. 58 and Article 33.1 of Regulation No. 11971, is not to be distributed, for any reason, to any third party resident or located~~ in ~~the Republic of~~ Italy. No person resident or located in the Republic of Italy other than the original recipients of this document may rely on it or its contents. The Republic of Italy has only partially implemented the Prospectus Directive; the European Economic Area selling restriction stated above shall apply with respect to ~~the~~subscribe ~~Republic~~for ~~of Italy only to~~ the ~~extent that the relevant provisions of the Prospectus Directive have already been implemented in the Republic of Italy~~Shares. ~~Insofar as the~~

72Individual sales of the Shares to any person in Italy may only be made according to Italian securities, tax and other applicable laws and regulations.

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~~requirements~~This prospectus ~~above~~and ~~are~~its ~~based~~contents onhave ~~laws~~not ~~that~~been ~~are~~reviewed ~~superseded~~by atany regulatory authority in Hong Kong. Accordingly, no person may issue any ~~time~~invitation, ~~pursuant~~advertisement toor ~~the~~other ~~implementation~~document ofrelating to the ~~Prospectus~~Shares ~~Directive~~whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the ~~Republic~~contents of ~~Italy,~~which ~~such~~are ~~requirements~~likely ~~shall~~to be ~~replaced~~accessed or read by, the ~~applicable~~public ~~requirements~~in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the ~~relevant~~securities ~~implementing~~laws ~~measures~~ of Hong Kong) other than with respect to the ~~Prospectus~~Shares ~~Directive~~which inare or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to professional investors within the ~~Republic~~meaning of ~~Italy;~~the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) Rules made thereunder.

•You ~~(1)~~are itadvised ~~has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Shares other than~~ to ~~persons~~exercise ~~whose~~caution ~~ordinary business is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent, or~~ in ~~circumstances~~relation ~~which do not constitute an offer~~ to the ~~public~~offer ~~within~~contained ~~the~~in ~~meaning~~this ofdocument. ~~the~~If ~~Companies~~you ~~Ordinance~~are ~~(Chapter~~on ~~32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and (2) it has not issued and will not issue~~ any ~~advertisement,~~doubt ~~invitation~~regarding ~~or document relating to~~ the ~~Shares, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the~~ contents of ~~which are likely to be accessed or read by~~this document, ~~the~~you ~~public~~should inobtain ~~Hong~~independent Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional ~~investors”~~advice. ~~within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder; and~~

~~• the Shares may not be offered or sold in the Republic of~~ France. Neither this prospectus, which has not been submitted to the clearance procedures of the French authorities, including the Autorité des marches financiers (AMF), nor any offering material or information contained herein relating to the offering of the Shares, may be released or issued in France or to any resident of the Republic of France. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to

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