Description of the Shares; Certain Material Terms of the Trust AgreementThe following summary describes in brief the Shares and certain aspects of the operation of the Fund and the respective responsibilities of the Trustee and the Managing Owner concerning the Fund and the material terms of the Trust Agreement. Prospective investors should carefully review the Trust Agreement which is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and consult with their own advisers concerning the implications of investing in a Delaware statutory trust. Capitalized terms used in this section and not otherwise defined shall have such meanings assigned to them under the Trust Agreement.
Description of the Shares
The Fund issues common units of beneficial interest, or Shares, which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Fund. The Shares are listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “DBC.”
The Shares may be purchased from the Fund or redeemed on a continuous basis, but only by Authorized Participants and only in blocks of 100,000 Shares, or Creation Units. Individual Shares may not be purchased from the Fund or redeemed. Shareholders that are not Authorized Participants may not purchase from the Fund or redeem Shares or Creation Units.
Principal Office; Location of Records
The Fund is organized as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Fund is managed by the Managing Owner, whose office is located at 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove, IL 60515, telephone: (800) 983-0903.
The books and records of the Fund are maintained as follows: all marketing materials are maintained at the offices of Invesco Distributors, Inc., 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173, telephone number (800) 983-0903; Creation Unit creation and redemption books and records, certain financial books and records (including Fund accounting records, ledgers with respect to assets, liabilities, capital, income and expenses, the registrar, transfer journals and related details) and trading and related documents received from futures commission merchants are maintained by The Bank of New York Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, telephone number (718) 315-7500. All other books and records of the Fund (including minute books and other general corporate records, trading records and related reports and other items received from the Fund’s Commodity Brokers) are maintained at the Fund’s principal office, c/o Invesco Capital Management LLC, 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove, IL 60515; telephone number (800) 983-0903. Books and records of the Managing Owner (including those related to accounting, portfolio management, compliance, legal, marketing and operations): Iron Mountain, 341 S. Ari Ct., Addison, Illinois 60101; 121 Foster Ave., Bensenville, Illinois, 60106; 2625 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, Illinois 60608; 2425 S. Halsted St., Chicago, Illinois, 60608; 4175 Chandler Dr., Hanover Park, Illinois 60133; 901 S. Menard Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60644; 2221 W. Pershing Rd., Chicago, Illinois 60609; 1301 S. Rockwell St., Chicago, Illinois 60608; 331 S. Swift Rd., Addison, Illinois 60101. Books and records of the Managing Owner that are required by Section 204 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 are maintained at the Managing Owner’s office at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10036; Invesco Distributors, Inc., 11 Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046; and the Bank of New York Mellon, 100 Colonial Center Parkway, Lake Mary, Florida, 32746.
The books and records of the Fund and Managing Owner are available for inspection and copying (upon payment of reasonable reproduction costs) by Shareholders or their representatives for any purposes reasonably related to a Shareholder’s interest as a beneficial owner of such Shares during regular business hours as provided in the Trust Agreement. The Managing Owner will maintain and preserve the books and records of the Fund for a period of not less than six years.
The Trustee
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware trust company, is the sole Trustee of the Fund. The Trustee’s principal offices are located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001. The Trustee is unaffiliated with the Managing Owner. The Trustee’s duties and liabilities with