UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DCWashington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Consent Solicitation Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of theThe Securities

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Filed by the Registrantxþ

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant¨

Check the appropriate box:

PowerSharesPOWERSHARES DB Silver FundMULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

(A series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust)

(Registrant)

AND

DB Silver Master Fund

(A series of DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust)

(Rule 140 Co-Registrant)

(Name of Registrant as Specified Inin Its Charter)

POWERSHARES DB SILVER FUND

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if other than the Registrant)Co-Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

PowerSharesPOWERSHARES DB Silver Fund

(A series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust)

ANDSILVER FUND

DB Silver Master FundCommodity Services LLC

(A series of DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust)

60 Wall Street

New York, NYNew York 10005

(800) 983-0903Telephone: (212) 250-2500

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Telephone: (630) 933-9600

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON [SEPTEMBER [·]], 2007CONSENT SOLICITATION

AND PROXY STATEMENT

[August [·]], 2007

To the Shareholders of PowerShares DB Silver Fund:

Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of theDear holders, or Shareholders, of PowerShares DB Silver Fund common units of beneficial interest, or the Shares:

This Notice of Consent Solicitation and the accompanying Consent Solicitation Statement and voting instruction form, or Written Consent, are furnished to you by DB Commodity Services LLC, which we refer to as DBCS or the Managing Owner, and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, or Invesco, in connection with a seriessolicitation of written consents from the Shareholders to take action without a meeting. DBCS and Invesco are together sometimes referred to as we or us or our.

You are being asked to consider and consent to the following proposals:

After careful consideration, the Managing Owner has approved and adopted the Asset Purchase Agreement (described in the enclosed Consent Solicitation Statement) and recommends that the Shareholders consent to the adoption and approval of the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, which we

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refer to, collectively, as the Proposals, presented to the Shareholders in the accompanying Consent Solicitation Statement. When you consider the recommendation of the Managing Owner in favor of approval of the Proposals, you should keep in mind that the Managing Owner has interests in the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal that are different from or in addition to (and which may conflict with) your interests as a Shareholder. See the section entitled “Summary of the Consent Solicitation Statement — Recommendation to the Shareholders.”

The solicitation is being made on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the accompanying Consent Solicitation Statement and Written Consent. As qualified in the manner described in the immediately following paragraph, to be counted, your properly completed Written Consent must be received before 5:00 p.m. New York Time, on February 19, 2015, subject to an extension of the time of termination by the Managing Owner or its principals),Invesco.

Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to allowhave consented unless they timely object to proposals recommended by the Master FundManaging Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to seek investment results that correspondhave been granted unless you express written objection to twice (200%) the changes, whether positive or negative,Proposals in the levelmanner required by Section 15.4 of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index-Optimum Yield Silver Excess Return.

The close of businessTrust Agreement and your written objection is actually received by the Fund before 5:00 p.m. New York Time, on [August [·]], 2007 has been fixed as the record date for determinationFebruary 19, 2015. This means that if you are in favor of the Shareholders entitledProposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

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We thank you for your support and look forward to notice of and to vote at the special meeting and any adjournments thereof.

Please complete, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed reply envelope not later than [August [·]], 2007 whether or not you plan to attend the meeting. Your vote is important no matter how many Sharessuccessful adoption of the Fund you own. Prompt return of your proxy will save expense to the Fund. If you attend the meeting, you may, if you wish, withdraw your proxy and vote in person.Proposals.

Sincerely,

January 23, 2015

The Consent Solicitation Statement is dated January 23, 2015, and is first being mailed to Shareholders on or about January 30, 2015.

1Only holders of record of the Shares at the close of business on January 8, 2015 are entitled to receive this Notice of Consent Solicitation and to consent to the Proposals.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY OR THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE MANAGING OWNER SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL OR THE TRUST AMENDMENT PROPOSAL, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THE CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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POWERSHARES DB SILVER FUND

DB Commodity Services LLC

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Telephone: (212) 250-2500

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, Illinois 60515

Telephone: (630) 933-9600

CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT

General

This Consent Solicitation Statement is furnished to you by DB Commodity Services LLC, which we refer to as DBCS or the Managing Owner, and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, or Invesco, in connection with the solicitation of written consents from the holders, or Shareholders, of common units of beneficial interest, or the Shares, in PowerShares DB Silver Fund,

(A which we refer to as the Fund, to take action without a meeting, or the Consent Solicitation. The Fund is a series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust)

AND

DB Silver Master Fund

(A series of DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust)

60 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

(800) 983-0903

PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT

(Subject to Completion)

Date, Time and Place

Your proxy is solicited on behalf of PowerShares DB Silver Fund (the “Fund”), as sole holder of shares of DB Silver Master Fund (the “Master Fund”), excluding shares in the Master Fund owned by the Managing Owner or its principals (the “Limited Shares”), for a special meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at 60 Wall Street, New York, NY on [September [·]], 2007 at 9:00 a.m., local time, and for any postponement or adjournment thereof. The Fund expects to mail this Proxy Statement and each proxy to Shareholders on or about [·], 2007.

BACKGROUND

The Managing Owner

DB Commodity Services LLC (the “Managing Owner”) was formed on May 23, 2005. The Managing Owner is an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG. The Managing Owner serves as the commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor for eleven commodity pools. The Managing Owner has been registered as a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since June 7, 2005 and has been a member of the National Futures Association, since June 16, 2005. Its office address is 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. The Managing Owner can be reached by telephone at (800) 983-0903 and (877) 369-4617. The principals of the Managing Owner are Kevin Rich, Gregory Collett and Martin Kremenstein.

The Trust, and the Funds; The Master Trust and the Master Funds

PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust (the “Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust organized in seven separate series, (each a separate fund), on August 3, 2006. The Fund is one series ofwhich we refer to as the Trust. The Fund issues common units of beneficial interest which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest inDBCS and ownership ofInvesco are together sometimes referred to as we or us or our.

You are being asked to consider and consent to the Fund (the “Shares”). Each outstanding Share of the Fund correlates with one outstanding Share of the Master Fund held by the Fund.

DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust (the “Master Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust, in seven separate series (each a separate master fund), on August 3, 2006. The Master Fund is one series of the Master Trust. The Master Fund issues common units of beneficial interest which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Master Fund (“Master Fund Shares”). All of the outstanding Master Fund Shares are held by the Fund and the Managing Owner.following proposals:

The Managing Owner Substitution Proposal”) and the Trust Amendment Proposal are sometimes referred to, collectively, as the Proposals.

The Managing Owner has adopted the Proposals and recommends that Shareholders consent to the Proposals.  The Managing Owner recommendshas decided to seek written consent rather than calling a voteFORmeeting of Shareholders, in order to eliminate the Proposal.costs and management time involved in holding a meeting. Pursuant to Section 3806(f) of the

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Delaware Statutory Trust Act, or the Act, unless otherwise provided in a statutory trust’s governing instrument, on any matter that is to be voted on by the Shareholders, the Shareholders may take such action without a meeting, without a prior notice and without a vote if consented to, in writing, or by electronic transmission by Shareholders having not less than the minimum number of Recordvotes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Shares in the Fund entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Written consents are being solicited from all of the Shareholders pursuant to Section 3806(f) of the Act and Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement.

The close of business on January 8, 2015 has been established as the record date, or the Record Date, for determining Shareholders who are entitled to submit a voting instruction form, or the Written Consent. Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Shares (excluding Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates) as of the close of business on [August [·] , 2007] (the “the Record Date”) must consent to the Proposals for the Proposals to be approved by the Shareholders. As of the Record Date, the Fund had 800,040 Shares outstanding held by approximately two registered holders of record and approximately 2,421 beneficial holders. Consent materials, which include this Consent Solicitation Statement and a Written Consent, are being mailed to all Shareholders on or about January 30, 2015.

Any beneficial owner of the Fund who is not a record holder must arrange with the person who is the record holder or such record holder’s assignee or nominee to: (i) execute and deliver a Written Consent on behalf of the beneficial owner; or (ii) deliver a proxy so that the beneficial owner can execute and deliver a Written Consent on its own behalf.

Subject to the qualification described in the bolded paragraph below, Shareholders who wish to consent or object must deliver their properly completed and executed Written Consents to Broadridge Mutual Funds Solutions, or the Tabulation Agent, in accordance with the instructions in the Written Consents. The Fund reserves the right (but is not obligated) to accept any Written Consent received by any other reasonable means or in any form that reasonably evidences the giving of consent to the approval of the Proposals.

Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to have consented unless they timely object to proposals recommended by the Managing Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to have been granted unless you express written objection to the Proposals in the manner required by Section 15.4 of the Trust Agreement and your written objection is actually received by the Fund before the Expiration Date (as defined below). This means that if

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you are in favor of the Proposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY OR THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE MANAGING OWNER SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL OR THE TRUST AMENDMENT PROPOSAL, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

Requests for copies of this Consent Solicitation Statement should be directed to Computershares Fund Services, Inc., or the Information Agent, at 866-774-4940. This Consent Solicitation Statement is also available on the Fund’s website at: https://etfus.deutscheawm.com.

DBCS and Invesco expressly reserve the right, in their sole joint discretion and regardless of whether any of the conditions of the Consent Solicitation have been satisfied, subject to applicable law, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York Time, on February 19, 2015, or the Expiration Date, to (i) terminate the Consent Solicitation for any reason, including if the consent of Shareholders holding a majority of the Fund’s outstanding Shares has been received, (ii) waive any of the conditions to the Consent Solicitation, or (iii) amend the terms of the Consent Solicitation.

The final results of the Consent Solicitation will be published in a Current Report on Form 8-K, or the Form 8-K, by the Fund. This Consent Solicitation Statement and the Form 8-K will constitute notice of taking of action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent as permitted by applicable law and Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement.

All questions as to the form of all documents and the validity and eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of Written Consents and changes of Written Consents will be determined by the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding.

Changes of Written Consents

Written Consents may be changed by sending a later-dated, signed Written Consent to the Tabulation Agent, in accordance with the

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instructions in the Written Consent, so that it is received before the Expiration Date. No Written Consent may be changed after the Expiration Date.

Solicitation of Consents

DBCS and Invesco are sending you this Consent Solicitation Statement in connection with their solicitation of Shareholder consent to approve the Proposals. DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation and affiliate of the Managing Owner, or DBUSH, or an affiliate of DBUSH, and Invesco will pay for the costs of solicitation. DBUSH or an affiliate and Invesco will pay the reasonable expenses of brokers, nominees and similar record holders in mailing consent materials to beneficial owners of the Shares.

No Appraisal Rights

Under applicable Delaware law, the non-consenting Shareholders are not entitled to voteappraisal rights with respect to the Proposals, and the Fund will not independently provide the Shareholders with any such right.

Householding Matters

Shareholders sharing an address will each receive a copy of the Consent Solicitation Statement. However, only one Consent Solicitation Statement is being delivered to multiple Shareholders sharing an address, if such Shareholders have given their consent. Shareholders sharing an address can request delivery of a single copy of any consent solicitation statements in personthe future by contacting the financial institution through which the Shareholder holds the Shares.

The Fund will deliver promptly upon written or oral request a separate copy of the Consent Solicitation Statement to a Shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered. A Shareholder can notify the Fund that the Shareholder wishes to receive a separate copy of a Consent Solicitation Statement by proxycontacting the Information Agent at 866-774-4940.

If the Shareholder wishes to receive a separate consent solicitation statement in the future, the Shareholder can notify the Fund by contacting the financial institution through which the Shareholder holds the Shares.

As of the Record Date, the closing price of the Shares was $26.31 per Share and the Fund’s total market capitalization was approximately $21,049,052.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS FOR SHAREHOLDERS

The following questions and answers briefly address some commonly asked questions about the Proposals in connection with which your consent is being solicited. The following questions and answers do not include all the information that is important to the Shareholders. We urge Shareholders to read carefully this entire Consent Solicitation Statement, including the Annexes and the other documents referred to in this Consent Solicitation Statement.

To obtain timely delivery, Shareholders must request the materials no later than ten business days prior to the date by which Written Consents must be returned. This Consent Solicitation Statement is also available on the Fund’s website at: https://etfus.deutscheawm.com.

You may also obtain additional information about the Fund from documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, by following the instructions in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

SUMMARY OF THE CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT

This summary highlights selected information from this Consent Solicitation Statement and does not contain all of the information that is important to you. To better understand the Proposals for which consent is being solicited, you should read this entire Consent Solicitation Statement carefully, including the Annexes and other documents referred to in this Consent Solicitation Statement. See also the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

The Proposals

You are being asked to consider and consent to proposals:

Concurrently with this Consent Solicitation, equivalent proposals are being submitted to the shareholders of each of the Other Funds. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement and the implementation of the Proposals is conditioned upon the approval of these equivalent proposals by the shareholders of each of the Other Funds, as well as the approval of the Proposals by the Shareholders. Invesco is not willing to be substituted for DBCS as managing owner of the Trust and the Fund unless the Trust Amendment Proposal is approved.

Required Consents for Proposals

The approval of the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal each require the consent of the holders of a majority of the Shares (excluding Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates).Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to have consented unless they timely object to proposals recommended by the Managing Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to have been granted unless you express written objection to the Proposals in the manner required by Section 15.4 of the Trust Agreement and your written objection is actually received by the Fund before the Expiration Date. This means that if you are in favor of the Proposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

Each of the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal is conditioned on the approval of the other. Implementation of the Proposals also is conditioned upon the approval of equivalent proposals by shareholders of the Other Funds.

Recommendation to the Shareholders

The Managing Owner believes that, together, the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal for which consents are being solicited are in the best interests of the Fund and the Shareholders and recommends that the Shareholders consent to each of these Proposals.

When you consider the recommendation of the Managing Owner in favor of approval of these Proposals, you should keep in mind that the Managing Owner has interests in the Managing Owner Substitution that are different from, or in addition to (and which may conflict with), your interests as a Shareholder. These interests include, among other things:

Affiliates of the Managing Owner expect to earn licensing fees and servicing fees after the Managing Owner Substitution in respect of the Fund and certain other investment funds sponsored by Invesco. These licensing and servicing arrangements may, in the aggregate, be more profitable for DBCS than if DBCS were to continue to be Managing Owner of the Trust and the Fund.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this Consent Solicitation Statement. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies and the business of the Fund, and the timing of, and ability of DBCS and Invesco to complete, the Managing Owner Substitution. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to:

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Consent Solicitation Statement and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements in deciding how to grant your consent on the Proposals set forth in this Consent Solicitation Statement. As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, the actual results or performance of the Fund may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:

WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

General

DBCS and Invesco are furnishing this Consent Solicitation Statement to Shareholders as part of the solicitation of consents for use in connection with the proposed actions by written consent of Shareholders without a meeting. AsThis Consent Solicitation Statement is first being mailed to the Shareholders on or about January 30, 2015. This Consent Solicitation Statement provides you with information you need to know to be able to consent (or object) or to instruct your consent to be given (or objection to be made) to the proposed actions.

Expiration Date

To be eligible to be counted, Written Consents must be received by the Tabulation Agent at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York Time, on February 19, 2015.

Method and Cost of Solicitation

Consent materials, which include this Consent Solicitation Statement and the enclosed Written Consent, are being mailed to all Shareholders on or about January 30, 2015.

The Managing Owner and Invesco are sending you this Consent Solicitation Statement in connection with its solicitation of Shareholder consent to approve the Proposals. DBUSH (or an affiliate) and Invesco will pay for the costs of solicitation. DBUSH (or an affiliate) and Invesco will pay the reasonable expenses of brokers, nominees and similar record holders in mailing consent materials to beneficial owners of the Shares.

Voting Power; Record Date

The close of business on January 8, 2015, has been established as the Record Date for determining Shareholders who are entitled to submit Written Consents. The Shareholders are entitled to one consent in connection with this action by written consent for each Share of the Fund held as of the Record Date. Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Shares (excluding Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates) as of the close of business on suchthe Record Date there were [·] Sharesmust vote in favor of the Proposals for the Proposals to be approved by the Shareholders. As of the Record Date, the Fund had 800,040 Shares outstanding held by approximately two registered holders of which [record and approximately 2,421 beneficial holders.

Required Consent for Proposals

·] wereThe approval of the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal each require the consent of the holders of a majority of the Shares owned by Shareholders, [·] were(excluding Shares ownedheld by the Managing Owner and [·] were Shares owned collectivelyits affiliates).Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to have consented unless they timely object to proposals recommended by Kevin Rich, Gregory Collettthe Managing Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to have been granted unless you express written objection to the Proposals in the manner required by Section 15.4 of the Trust Agreement and Martin Kremenstein, principalsyour written objection is actually received by the Fund before the Expiration Date. This means that if you are in favor of the Proposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

Each of the Managing Owner.Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal is conditioned on the approval of the other. Implementation of the Proposals also is conditioned upon the approval of equivalent proposals by shareholders of the Other Funds.

Recommendation to the Shareholders

The Managing Owner believes that, together, the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal for which consents are being solicited are in the best interests of the Fund and the Shareholders and recommends that the Shareholders consent to each of these Proposals.

Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions

Under the rules of various national and regional securities exchanges, your broker, bank, or nominee cannot consent or object in respect of your Shares with respect to non-discretionary matters, unless you provide instructions on how to complete the Written Consent in accordance with the information and procedures provided to you by your broker, bank, or nominee. We believe the Proposals will be considered non-discretionary. Therefore, your broker, bank, or nominee cannot consent or object in respect of your Shares without your instruction. If you do not provide instructions to your broker, bank, or nominee, your bank, broker, or nominee may deliver a Written Consent expressly indicating that it is NOT consenting or objecting in respect of your Shares. This is referred to as a “broker non-vote.”Vote RequiredFor the reason described above, any broker non-vote will be interpreted as a consent and as an authorization to pursue the Proposals. Your bank, broker, or other nominee can consent or object in respect of your Shares only if you provide instructions on how to complete the Written Consent. You should instruct your broker, bank or nominee to complete the Written Consent in accordance with directions you provide.

Giving Consent

Shareholders who wish to consent may deliver their properly completed and executed Written Consents to the Tabulation Agent, as provided by the instructions in the Written Consents. The Fund reserves the right (but is not obligated) to accept any Written Consent received by any other reasonable means or in any form that reasonably evidences the giving of consent to the approval of the Proposals.

Changing Your Written Consent

If you deliver a Written Consent, you may change it by sending a later-dated, signed Written Consent to the Tabulation Agent, in accordance with the instructions in the Written Consent, so that it is received before the Expiration Date.

Who Can Answer Your Questions About Consents

If you have questions about the Proposals or you need additional copies of the Consent Solicitation Statement or the enclosed Written Consent, you should contact the Information Agent at 866-774-4940.

This Consent Solicitation Statement is also available on the Fund’s website at: https://etfus.deutscheawm.com.

Appraisal Rights

Appraisal rights are not available to holders of the Shares in connection with the Proposals, and the Fund will not independently provide the Shareholders with any such right.

THE MANAGING OWNER SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL

We are asking the Shareholders to approve the substitution of Invesco for Approval; MannerDBCS as managing owner of Counting Votesthe Trust and the Fund pursuant to the Trust Agreement. We are requesting this approval because DBCS, the current managing owner of the Fund, has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which it has agreed to sell and transfer to Invesco all of the General Units (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Fund owned by DBCS, which are all of the issued and outstanding General Units and certain other assets pertaining to the management of the Trust and the Fund, including: (i) books and records; (ii) governmental approvals and related applications (to the extent the transfer is permitted at law); (iii) rights to causes of action and claims with respect to DBCS’ ownership or use of the transferred assets; (iv) guarantees, warranties, indemnities and similar rights in favor of DBCS with respect to the transferred assets; and (v) certain intellectual property rights. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, Invesco will assume the obligations of DBCS or its affiliates pertaining to the management of the Trust and the Fund and that are to be performed after the closing date pursuant to:

The Asset Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, as well as a requirement that Invesco achieve operational readiness as of the closing, and other covenants relevant to the transaction among the parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement. The closing of the transaction contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement is conditioned upon, among other things:

The Asset Purchase Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other as of the date of the Asset Purchase Agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties. We do not believe that the Asset Purchase Agreement contains information that is material to a decision as to whether to approve the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal.

Reason DBCS is Ceasing to Manage Products in the U.S. Commodities ETF Space

After consideration of the ETF market generally and its goals specifically, DBCS made the determination that it would be in DBCS’ best interest to cease managing products in the U.S. commodities ETF space. After consideration of the ETF market generally and its goals specifically, Invesco made the determination that it wanted to expand its presence in the U.S. commodities ETF space by becoming the new managing owner of the Fund. Invesco also intends to launch other commodities-based ETF products in the U.S. in order to respond to developments in the market and investor preferences. The change of managing owner will be effected at the closing of the transaction by DBCS selling and transferring to Invesco the General Units of the Fund owned by DBCS, and the substitution of Invesco for DBCS as managing owner of the Trust, effective at the closing.

Reasons for the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal

We are asking the Shareholders to adopt the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal because its adoption is a condition to the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The Managing Owner is proposing to appoint Invesco as its replacement, because DBCS would prefer to cease to be the Managing Owner. Invesco is willing to replace DBCS as the Managing Owner, subject to certain conditions, including the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Trust Agreement.

Consent Required for Approval

Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Shares (excluding Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates) as of the close of

business on the Record Date must consent to the Managing Owner Substitution Proposal for such Proposal to be approved by the Shareholders.

Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to have consented unless they timely object to proposals recommended by the Managing Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to have been granted unless you express written objection to the Proposals in the manner required by Section 15.4 of the Trust Agreement and your written objection is actually received by the Fund before the Expiration Date. This means that if you are in favor of the Proposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

Recommendation of the Managing Owner

THE MANAGING OWNER RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS CONSENT TO THE MANAGING OWNER SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL.

THE TRUST AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

The following sets forth a summary of the principal changes proposed to be made to the current Trust Agreement of the Trust. The Trust is comprised of seven series: PowerShare DB Agriculture Fund, PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund, PowerShares DB Energy Fund, PowerShares DB Gold Fund, PowerShares DB Oil Fund, PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund and PowerShares DB Silver Fund, which we refer to, collectively, as the Sectors Funds. The Managing Owner believes these changes are consistent with prevailing industry terms. This summary is qualified by reference to the complete text of the proposed Trust Agreement, a copy of which, compared to the current Trust Agreement, is attached to this Consent Solicitation Statement as Annex A. All Shareholders are encouraged to read the proposed Trust Agreement in its entirety for a more complete description of its terms. Under the Trust Amendment Proposal:

Reasons for the Trust Amendment Proposal

We are asking the Shareholders to adopt the Trust Amendment Proposal because its adoption is a condition to the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

The Managing Owner is proposing to make the amendments to the Trust Agreement described above because Invesco’s willingness to replace DBCS as the managing owner of the Trust and the Fund is conditioned upon, among other things, the adoption of such amendments to the Trust Agreement. The Managing Owner believes these amendments are consistent with prevailing industry terms.

Consent Required for Approval of Trust Amendment Proposal

Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Shares (excluding Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates) as of the close of business on the Record Date must vote in favor of the Trust Amendment Proposal for such Proposal to be approved by the Shareholders.

Because Section 11.3 of the Trust Agreement provides that Shareholders are deemed to have consented unless they timely object to

proposals recommended by the Managing Owner, your consent will be deemed conclusively to have been granted unless you express written objection to the Proposals in the manner required by Section 15.4 of the Trust Agreement and your written objection is actually received by the Fund before the Expiration Date. This means that if you are in favor of the Proposals, not responding will have the same effect as responding with your affirmative written consent.

Recommendation of the Managing Owner

THE MANAGING OWNER RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS CONSENT TO THE TRUST AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The Trust and the Fund have no officers or directors. The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of General Shares of the Fund and the Shares as of December 31, 2013, by management. No person is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of such class.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

The Fund files reports, consent solicitation statements and other information with the SEC as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can read the Fund’s SEC filings, including this Consent Solicitation Statement, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document the Fund files with the SEC at the SEC public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580 Washington, D.C., 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain copies of the materials described above at prescribed rates by writing to the SEC, Public Reference Section, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.

If you have questions about the Proposals for which consent has been solicited herein or you would like additional copies of this Consent Solicitation Statement, you should contact the Information Agent at 866-774-4940.

If you are a Shareholder of the Fund and would like to request documents, please do so by February 5, 2015, in order to receive them before the Expiration Date.  If you request any documents from the Information Agent, the Tabulation Agent will mail them to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means. This Consent Solicitation Statement is also available on the Fund’s website at: https://etfus.deutscheawm.com.

All information contained or incorporated by reference in this Consent Solicitation Statement relating to the Fund or the Managing Owner has been supplied by the Fund or the Managing Owner, and all such information relating to Invesco has been supplied by Invesco. Information provided by the Fund, the Managing Owner or Invesco does not constitute a representation, estimate or projection of any other party.

This document is a Consent Solicitation Statement of DBCS and Invesco for the proposed actions by written consent. We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the Proposals that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this Consent Solicitation Statement. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. The information contained in this document speaks only as of the date of this document unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

ANNEX A

TRUST AMENDMENT

FOURTHFIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

DECLARATION OF TRUST

AND

TRUST AGREEMENT

OF

POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

Dated as ofNovember 12, 2012[—], 20[—]

By and Among

DB COMMODITY SERVICESINVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

and

THE UNITHOLDERS

from time to time hereunder

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POWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST

FOURTHFIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

DECLARATION OF TRUST

AND TRUST AGREEMENT

ThisFOURTHFIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT ofPOWERSHARES DB MULTI-SECTOR COMMODITY TRUST is made and entered into as of the12^th[•] day ofNovember, 2012[•], 20[•], by and amongDB COMMODITY SERVICESINVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, and theUNITHOLDERS from time to time hereunder. This Trust Agreement is effective as of the date hereof, except with regard to Section 1.6(c), which is effective as of January 1, 2012.

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RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner and the Trustee entered into theThirdFourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated as of November 12, 2012 (as amended from time to time, the “Existing Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Trustee and the Managing Owner desire to amend the Existing Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(iii) thereof to make the amendments effectuated hereby.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(iii) of the Existing Agreement, the Trustee and the Managing Owner hereby amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety as set forth below.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; THE TRUST

SECTION 1.1 Definitions.  As used in this Trust Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

“Adjusted Capital Account” means, for each Fund, as of the last day of a taxable period, a Unitholder’s Capital Account as maintained pursuant to Section 6.1, increased by any amounts which such Unitholder is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Trust Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to

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Treasury Regulation section 1.704-2 and decreased by the amount of all losses and deductions that, as of the end of the taxable period, are reasonably expected to be allocated to such Unitholder in subsequent years under sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and the amount of all distributions that, as of the end of such taxable period, are reasonably expected to be made to such Unitholder in subsequent years in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement or otherwise to the extent they exceed offsetting increases to such Capital Account that are reasonably expected to occur during or prior to the year in which such distributions are reasonably expected to be made. The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

“Adjusted Property” means any property the adjusted basis of which has been adjusted pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) and (b).

“Administrator” means any Person from time to time engaged to perform administrative services for the Trust pursuant to authoritydelegateeddelegated by the Managing Owner.

“Affiliate” — An “Affiliate” of a “Person” means (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person, (ii) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such Person, (iii) any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, (iv) any employee, officer, director, member, manager or partner of such Person, or (v) if such Person is an employee, officer, director, member, manager or partner, any Person for which such Person acts in any such capacity.

“Basket” means a Creation Basket or a Redemption Basket, as the context may require.

“Beneficial Owners” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(d).

“Book-Tax Disparity” means with respect to any item of Adjusted Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference between the adjusted value of such property and the adjusted basis thereof for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of such date. For each Fund, a Unitholder’s portion of such Fund’s Book-Tax Disparities in all of its Adjusted Property will be reflected by the difference between such Unitholder’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to Section 6.1 and the hypothetical balance of such Unitholder’s Capital Account computed as if it had been maintained strictly in accordance with U.S. federal income tax accounting principles.

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“Business Day” means any day other than a day when banks in New York City are required or permitted to be closed.

“Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Unitholder pursuant to Section 6.1.

“Capital Contributions” means the amounts of cash contributed and agreed to be contributed to the Trust by any Participant or by the Managing Owner, as applicable, in accordance with Article III hereof.

“CE Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

“Certain K-1 Unitholders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.6(c).

“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of the Trust, including all amendments thereto, if any, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute.

“CFTC” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Commodities” means positions in Commodity Contracts, forward contracts, foreign exchange positions and traded physical commodities, as well as cash commodities resulting from any of the foregoing positions.

“Commodity Broker” means any person who engages in the business of effecting transactions in Commodity Contracts for the account of others or for his or her own account.

“Commodity Contract” means any futures contract or option thereon providing for the delivery or receipt at a future date of a specified amount and grade of a traded commodity at a specified price and delivery point, or any other futures contract or option thereon approved for trading for U.S. persons.

“Continuous Offering” means the continuous offering during which additional Limited Units may be sold in Baskets pursuant to this Trust Agreement.

“Conflicting Provisions” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 15.2(a).

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the Trustee is administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

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“Covered Person” means the Managing Owner and their respective Affiliates.

“Creation Basket” means the minimum number of Limited Units of a Fund that may be created at any one time, which shall be 200,000 or such greater or lesser number as the Managing Owner may determine from time to time for each Fund.

“Creation Basket Capital Contribution” of a Fund means a Capital Contribution made by a Participant in connection with a Purchase Order Subscription Agreement and the creation of a Creation Basket in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of Creation Baskets set forth in the relevant Purchase Order Subscription Agreement by (ii) the Net Asset Value per Basket of a Fund as of closing time of the Exchange or the last to close of the exchanges on which any one of the Index Commodities are traded, whichever is later, on the Purchase Order Subscription Date.

“Delaware Trust Statute” means the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or such other depository of Limited Units as may be selected by the Managing Owner as specified herein.

“Depository Agreement” means the Letter of Representations relating to each Fund from the Managing Owner to the Depository, dated as of November 21, 2006 as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

“Distributor” means any Person from time to time engaged to provide distribution services or related services to the Trust pursuant to authority delegateed by the Managing Owner.

“DTC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(b).

“DTC Participants” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(c).

“DTCC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(c).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Event of Withdrawal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(a) hereof.

“Exchange” means NYSE Arca or, if the Limited Units of any Fund shall cease to be listed on NYSE Arca and are listed on one or more

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other exchanges, the exchange on which the Units of such Fund are principally traded, as determined by the Managing Owner.

“Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4.

“Fiscal Quarter” shall mean each period ending on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each Fiscal Year, or, if the Trust is required by law to have a Fiscal Year other than a calendar year, such other applicable quarterly period.

“Fiscal Year” shall have the meaning set forth in Article X hereof.

“Fund” means a Fund established and designated as a series of the Trust as provided in Section 3.2(a).

“Global Security” means the global certificate or certificates for each Fund issued to the Depository as provided in the Depository Agreement, each of which shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4.

“Index” or “Indexes” means the Index that each Fund is designed to track (or, collectively, the Indexes) as more fully described in Exhibit B hereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Index Commodities” means the underlying Commodities that comprise each applicable Index, from time to time, as described in the Prospectus.

“Indirect Participants” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(c).

“Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.

“Limited Owner” means any person or entity who is or becomes a Beneficial Owner of Limited Units of a Fund.

“Liquidating Trustee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13.2.

“Losses” means, in respect of each Fiscal Year of a Fund, losses of such Fund as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and each item of income, gain, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof.

“Management Fee” means the management fee set forth in Section 4.9.

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“Managing Owner” meansDB Commodity ServicesInvesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, or any substitute therefor as provided herein, or any successor thereto by merger or operation of law.

“Margin Call” means a demand for additional funds after the initial good faith deposit required to maintain a customer’s account in compliance with the requirements of a particular commodity exchange or of a commodity broker.

“Net Asset Value of a Fund” means the total assets of the Trust Estate of a Fund including, but not limited to, all cash and cash equivalents or other securities less total liabilities of such Fund, each determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting, including, but not limited to, the extent specifically set forth below:

(a) Net Asset Value of a Fund shall include any unrealized profit or loss on open Commodities positions and any other credit or debit accruing to such Fund but unpaid or not received by the Fund.

(b) All open commodity futures contracts and options traded on a United States exchange are calculated at their then current market value, which shall be based upon the settlement price for that particular commodity futures contract and options traded on the applicable United States exchange on the date with respect to which net asset value is being determined; provided, that if a commodity futures contract and options traded on a United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the Managing Owner may value such commodity futures contract or option pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. The current market value of all open commodity futures contracts and options traded on a non-United States exchange shall be based upon the settlement price for that particular commodity futures contract or option traded on the applicable non-United States exchange on the date with respect to which net asset value of a Fund is being determined; provided further, that if a commodity futures contract or option traded on a non-United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits (if applicable) or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the Managing Owner may value such commodity futures contract pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. The current market value of all open forward contracts entered into by a Fund shall be the mean between the last bid and last asked prices quoted by the bank or financial institution which

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is a party to the contract on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value of a Fund being determined; provided, that if such quotations are not available on such date, the mean between the last bid and asked prices on the first subsequent day on which such quotations are available shall be the basis for determining the market value of such forward contract for such day. The Managing Owner may in its discretion value any of the Trust Estate (and under circumstances, including, but not limited to, periods during which a settlement price of a futures contract is not available due to exchange limit orders or 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) value any asset of a Fund pursuant to such other principles as the Managing Owner deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards.

(c) Interest earned on a Fund’s commodity brokerage account shall be accrued at least monthly.

(d) The amount of any distribution made pursuant to Article VI hereof shall be a liability of a Fund from the day when the distribution is declared until it is paid.

“Net Asset Value Per Basket of a Fund” means the product obtained by multiplying the Net Asset Value Per Unit of a Fund by the number of Limited Units comprising a Basket of such Fund at such time.

“Net Asset Value Per Unit of a Fund” means the Net Asset Value of a Fund divided by the number of Units of such Fund outstanding on the date of calculation.

“NFA” means the National Futures Association.

“NYSE Arca” means NYSE Arca, Inc.

“Order Cut-Off Time” means 10:00 a.m., New York time, on a Business Day.

“Organization and Offering Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.8(a)(ii).

“Participant” means a Person that is a (1) a registered broker dealer or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution which is not required to register as a broker dealer to engage in securities transactions, (2) a DTC Participant, and (3) has entered into a Participant Agreement which, at the relevant time, is in full force and effect.

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Exhibit D hereto, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Percentage Interest” shall be a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of the Unitholder’s Units and the denominator of which is the total number of Units of such Fund outstanding as of the date of determination.

“Person” means any natural person, partnership, limited liability company, statutory trust, corporation, association, trust or other legal entity.

“Pit Brokerage Fee” shall include floor brokerage, clearing fees, NFA fees and exchange fees.

“Power of Attorney” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.2.

“Profits” means, for each Fiscal Year of a Fund, profits of such Fund as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and each item of income, gain, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof.

“Prospectus” means the final prospectus and disclosure document of the Trust, constituting a part of a Registration Statement, as filed with the SEC and declared effective thereby, or becoming automatically effective, as applicable, as the same may at any time and from time to time be amended or supplemented.

“Purchase Order Subscription Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.4(a)(i).

“Purchase Order Subscription Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.4(a)(i).

“Pyramiding” means the use of unrealized profits on existing Commodities to provide margin for additional Commodities positions of the same or related Commodities.

“Reconstituted Trust” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 13.1(a).

“Redemption Basket” means the minimum number of Limited Units of a Fund that may be redeemed pursuant to Section 7.1, which shall be the number of Limited Units of such Fund constituting a Creation Basket on the relevant Redemption Order Date.

“Redemption Distribution” means the cash delivered in satisfaction of a redemption of a Redemption Basket as specified in Section 7.1(c).

“Redemption Order” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.1(a).

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“Redemption Order Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.1(b).

“Redemption Settlement Time” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.1(d).

“Registration Statement” means a registration statement on Form S-1, or any other form, as applicable, as it may be amended from time to time, filed with the SEC pursuant to which the Trust registered the Units, as the same may at any time and from time to time be further amended or supplemented.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Subscribing Participant” means a Participant who has submitted a Purchase Order Subscription Agreement to create one or more Units that has not yet been filled or accepted by the Managing Owner.

“Suspended Redemption Order” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.1(d).

“Tax Agent” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.6(c).

“Tax Matters Partner” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.6(b).

“Transaction Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.4(d).

“Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury Regulations.

“Trust” means PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust, a Delaware statutory trust formed in separate series pursuant to the Certificate of Trust, the business and affairs of which are governed by this Trust Agreement.

“Trust Agreement” means thisFourthFifth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, as it may at any time or from time to time be amended.

“Trust Estate” means, with respect to a Fund, all any cash, futures, forward and option contracts, all funds on deposit in the Fund’s accounts, and any other property held by the Fund, and all proceeds therefrom, including any rights of the Fund pursuant to any other agreements to which the Fund is a party.

“Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company or any substitute therefor as provided herein, acting not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust.

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“Unitholders” means the Managing Owner and all Limited Owners, as holders of Units of a Fund, where no distinction is required by the context in which the term is used.

“Units” means the common units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the profits, losses, distributions, capital and assets of, and ownership of, a Fund. The Managing Owner’s Capital Contributions shall be represented by “General” Units and a Limited Owner’s Capital Contributions shall be represented by “Limited” Units.

“Unrealized Gain” attributable to Fund property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the fair market value of such property as of such date over the property’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of the date of determination.

“Unrealized Loss” attributable to Fund property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the property’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of the date of determination over the fair market value of such property as of such date of determination.

SECTION 1.2Name.

(a) The name of the Trust is “PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust” in which name the Trustee and the Managing Owner may engage in the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued on behalf of the Trust.

SECTION 1.3 Delaware Trustee; Business Offices.

(a) The sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company, which is located at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in the State of Delaware as the Trustee may designate in writing to the Unitholders. The Trustee shall receive service of process on the Trust in the State of Delaware at the foregoing address. In the event Wilmington Trust Company resigns or is removed as the Trustee, the Trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 2.5.

(b) The principal office of the Trust, and such additional offices as the Managing Owner may establish, shall be located at such place or places inside or outside the State of Delaware as the Managing Owner may designate from time to time in writing to the Trustee and the Unitholders.Initially, theThe principal office of the Trust shall be at c/oDB Commodity Services LLC, 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005.Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

SECTION 1.4Declaration of Trust.  The Trust has received the sum of $1,000 for each Fund in bank accounts in the name of each Fund

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controlled by the Managing Owner, which funds shall be held in trust, upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Unitholders of each Fund. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust shall be a statutory trust organized in series, or Funds, under the Delaware Trust Statute and that this Trust Agreement shall constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. It is not the intention of the parties hereto to create a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock association, corporation, bailment or any form of legal relationship other than a Delaware statutory trust except to the extent that each Fund is deemed to constitute a partnership under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to make the Unitholders partners or members of a joint stock association except to the extent such Unitholders are deemed to be partners under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto to create a partnership among the Unitholders for purposes of taxation under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws.

Effective as of the date hereof, the Trustee and the Managing Owner shall have all of the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Delaware Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Trustee has filed the certificate of trust required by Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute in connection with the formation of the Trust under the Delaware Trust Statute.

SECTION 1.5Purposes and Powers.  The purposes of the Trust and each Fund shall be: (a) directly or indirectly to trade, buy, sell, spread or otherwise acquire, hold or dispose of Commodities, including but not limited to, exchange-traded futures on the applicable Commodities or Index Commodities with a view to tracking the performance of the applicable Indexes over time; (b) to enter into forward contracts referencing the applicable Indexes or one or more of the applicable Commodities or Index Commodities with a view to tracking the performance of the applicable Indexes over time; (c) to enter into any lawful transaction and engage in any lawful activities in furtherance of or incidental to the foregoing purposes; and (d) as determined from time to time by the Managing Owner, to engage in any other lawful business or activity for which a statutory trust may be organized under the Delaware Trust Statute. The Trust shall have all of the powers specified in Section 15.1 hereof, including, without limitation, all of the powers which may be exercised by a Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust under this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 1.6Tax Treatment.

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qualify under applicable tax law as interests in a partnership which holds the Trust Estate of each Fund, (ii) agrees that it will file its own U.S. federal, state and local income, franchise and other tax returns in a manner that is consistent with the classification of each Fund as a partnership in which each of the Unitholders thereof is a partner and (iii) agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify the Managing Owner promptly upon a receipt of any notice from any taxing authority having jurisdiction over such holders of Units of each Fund with respect to the treatment of the Units of such Fund as anything other than interests in a partnership.

(b) The Tax Matters Partner (as defined in Section 6231 of the Code and any corresponding state and local tax law) of each Fund initially shall be the Managing Owner. The Tax Matters Partner, at the expense of each Fund, (i) shall prepare or cause to be prepared and filed each Fund’s tax returns as a partnership for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes and (ii) shall be authorized to perform all duties imposed by Section 6221 et seq. of the Code, including, without limitation, (A) the power to conduct all audits and other administrative proceedings with respect to each Fund’s tax items; (B) the power to extend the statute of limitations for all Unitholders with respect to each Fund’s tax items; (C) the power to file a petition with an appropriate U.S. federal court for review of a final administrative adjustment of any Fund; and (D) the power to enter into a settlement with the IRS on behalf of, and binding upon, those Limited Owners having less than 1% interest in any Fund, unless a Limited Owner shall have notified the IRS and the Managing Owner that the Managing Owner shall not act on such Limited Owner’s behalf. The designation made by each Unitholder of a Fund in this Section 1.6(b) is hereby approved by each Unitholder of such Fund as an express condition to becoming a Unitholder. Each Unitholder agrees to take any further action as may be required by regulation or otherwise to effectuate such designation. Subject to Section 4.7, each Fund hereby indemnifies, to the full extent permitted by law, the Managing Owner from and against any damages or losses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or incurred in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in carrying out its responsibilities as Tax Matters Partner, provided such action taken or omitted to be taken does not constitute fraud, negligence or misconduct.

(c) The Beneficial Owners who of a type, as identified by the nominee through whom their Units are held, that do not ordinarily have U.S. federal tax return filing requirements (collectively, “Certain K-1 Unitholders”) shall designate the Managing Owner as their tax agent (the “Tax Agent”) in dealing with the Trust. In light of such designation and pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.6031(b)-1T(c), as amended from time to time, the Trust shall provide to the Tax

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Agent Certain K-1 Unitholders’ statements (as such term is defined under Treasury Regulation section 1.6031(b)-1T(a)(3)), as amended from time to time).

SECTION 1.7General Liability of the Managing Owner.

(a) The Managing Owner shall be liable for the acts, omissions, obligations and expenses of each Fund, to the extent not paid out of the assets of each Fund, to the same extent the Managing Owner would be so liable as if each Fund were a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Managing Owner were a general partner of such partnership. The foregoing provision shall not, however, limit the ability of the Managing Owner to limit its liability by contract. The obligations of the Managing Owner under this Section 1.7 shall be evidenced by its ownership of the General Units which, solely for purposes of the Delaware Trust Statute, will be deemed to be a separate class of Units of each Fund. Without limiting or affecting the liability of the Managing Owner as set forth in this Section 1.7, notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, Persons having any claim against the Trust or any Fund by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and any other agreement, instrument, obligation or other undertaking to which the Trust or any Fund is a party, shall look only to the appropriate Fund Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

(b) Subject to Sections 8.1 and 8.3 hereof, no Unitholder, other than the Managing Owner, to the extent set forth above, shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust or any Fund.

SECTION 1.7SECTION 1.8Legal Title.  Legal title to all of the Trust Estate of each Fund shall be vested in the Trust as a separate legal entity;provided,however, that where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires any part of the Trust Estate to be vested otherwise, the Managing Owner may cause legal title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof to be held by or in the name of the Managing Owner or any other Person (other than a Unitholder) as nominee.

SECTION 1.8SECTION 1.9Series Trust.  The Units of the Trust shall be divided into series, each a Fund, as provided in Section 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Trust Statute. Accordingly, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Articles IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X of this Trust Agreement shall apply also with respect to each such Fund as if each such Fund were a separate statutory trust under the Delaware Trust Statute, and each reference to the term “Trust” in such Articles shall be deemed to be a reference to each Fund separately to the extent necessary to give effect to the foregoing intent, as the context may require. The use of the terms “Trust”, “Fund” or “series” in this Trust Agreement shall in no

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event alter the intent of the parties hereto that the Trust receive the full benefit of the limitation on interseries liability as set forth in Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute.

ARTICLE II

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 2.1 Term; Resignation.

(a) Wilmington Trust Company has been appointed and hereby agrees to serve as the Trustee of the Trust. The Trust shall have only one Trustee unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner. The Trustee shall serve until such time as the Managing Owner removes the Trustee or the Trustee resigns and a successor Trustee is appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with the terms of Section 2.5 hereof.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time upon the giving of at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to the Trust; provided, that such resignation shall not become effective unless and until a successor Trustee shall have been appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof. If the Managing Owner does not act within such sixty (60) day period, the Trustee may apply, at the expense of the Trust, to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

SECTION 2.2 Powers.  The Trustee shall have only the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities specifically provided for herein and shall have no implied rights, duties, obligations and liabilities with respect to the business and affairs of the Trust or any Fund. The Trustee shall have the power and authority to execute and file certificates as required by the Delaware Trust Statute and to accept service of process on the Trust in the State of Delaware. The Trustee shall provide prompt notice to the Managing Owner of its performance of any of the foregoing. The Managing Owner shall reasonably keep the Trustee informed of any actions taken by the Managing Owner with respect to the Trust that would reasonably be expected to affect the rights, obligations or liabilities of the Trustee hereunder or under the Delaware Trust Statute.

SECTION 2.3Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee.  The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (including the Trust) reasonable compensation for its services hereunder as set forth in a separate fee agreement and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (including the Trust) for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in the performance of its duties hereunder, including without limitation, the reasonable compensation,

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out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of counsel and such other agents as the Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and duties hereunder.

SECTION 2.4Indemnification.  The Trust(or if the Trust has insufficient assets, the Managing Owner)shall be liable for, and does hereby indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee and individually) and its successors, assigns, legal representatives, officers, directors, employees, agents and servants (the “Indemnified Parties”) providesfrom and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes (excluding any taxes payable by the Trustee on or measured by any compensation received by the Trustee for its services hereunder or any indemnity payments received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.4), claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”), which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Parties in any way relating to or arising out of the formation, operation or termination of the Trust, the execution, delivery and performance of any other agreements to which the Trust is a party or the action or inaction of the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except for Expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. The indemnities contained in this Section 2.4 shall survive the termination of the Trust Agreement or the removal or resignation of the Trustee.

SECTION 2.5Successor Trustee.  Upon the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Managing Owner shall appoint a successor Trustee by delivering a written instrument to the outgoing Trustee. Any successor Trustee must satisfy the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Trust Statute. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall not become effective until a written acceptance of appointment is delivered by the successor Trustee to the outgoing Trustee and the Managing Owner and any fees and expenses due to the outgoing Trustee are paid. Following compliance with the preceding sentence, the successor Trustee shall become fully vested with all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the outgoing Trustee under this Trust Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee, and the outgoing Trustee shall be discharged of its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 2.6Liability of Trustee.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article II, in accepting the trust created hereby, Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against Wilmington Trust Company by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and any other agreement to which the Trust or any Fund is

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a party shall look only to the appropriate Fund Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereto; provided, however, that in no event is the foregoing intended to affect or limit the liability of the Managing Owner as set forth in Section 1.7 hereof. The Trustee shall not be liable or accountable hereunder to the Trust or to any other Person or under any other agreement to which the Trust or any Fund is a party, except for the Trustee’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In particular, but not by way of limitation:

(a) The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any Trust Estate;

(b) The Trustee shall not be liable for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Managing Owner or the Liquidating Trustee;

(c) The Trustee shall not have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner or its delegatees;

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for its failure to supervise the performance of any obligations of the Managing Owner or its delegatees or any Participant or Commodity Broker;

(e) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustee to act or expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder if the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that such action, repayments of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

(f) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or other obligations of the Trust or any Fund arising under this Trust Agreement or any other agreements to which the Trust or any Fund is a party;

(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Trust Agreement or any other agreements to which the Trust or any Fund is a party, at the request, order or direction of the Managing Owner or any Unitholders unless the Managing Owner or such Unitholders have offered to Wilmington Trust Company (in its capacity as Trustee and individually) security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by Wilmington Trust Company (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) therein or thereby;

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than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will (i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or taking of any action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, (ii) result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in existence as of the date hereof other than the State of Delaware becoming payable by the Trustee or (iii) subject the Trustee to personal jurisdiction, other than in the State of Delaware, for causes of action arising from personal acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by the Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby; and

(i) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person, the Trustee acting under this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustee.

SECTION 2.7Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

(a) In the absence of bad faith, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Trust Agreement in determining the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions contained therein, and shall incur no liability to anyone in acting on any signature, instrument, notice, resolutions, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties and need not investigate any fact or matter pertaining to or in any such document;provided,however, that the Trustee shall have examined any certificates or opinions so as to reasonably determine compliance of the same with the requirements of this Trust Agreement. The Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

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(b) In the exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement, the Trustee, at the expense of the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (including the Trust) (i) may act directly or through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees if such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees shall have been selected by the Trustee with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled professionals to be selected with reasonable care by it. The Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountant or other such Persons.

SECTION 2.8Payments to the Trustee.  Any amounts paid to the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be deemed not to be a part of any Trust Estate immediately after such payment. Any amounts owing to the Trustee under this Trust Agreement shall constitute a claim against the applicable Trust Estate.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CREATIONS AND ISSUANCE OF CREATION BASKETS

SECTION 3.1 General.

(a) The Managing Owner shall have the power and authority, without Limited Owner approval, to issue Units in one or more series, or Funds, from time to time as it deems necessary or desirable. Each Fund shall be separate from all other Funds created as series of the Trust in respect of the assets and liabilities allocated to that Fund and shall represent a separate investment portfolio of the Trust. The Managing Owner shall have exclusive power without the requirement of Limited Owner approval to establish and designate such separate and distinct series, as set forth in Section 3.2, and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences as between the Units of the Funds as to right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and other distributions and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the Funds shall have separate voting rights or no voting rights.

(b) The Managing Owner may, without Limited Owner approval, divide or subdivide Units of any Fund into two or more classes or sub-classes, Units of each such class or sub-class having such preferences and special or relative rights and privileges as the Managing Owner may determine as provided in Section 3.3. The fact that a proposalFund shall

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have been initially established and designated without any specific establishment or designation of classes or sub-classes, shall not limit the authority of the Managing Owner to divide a Fund and establish and designate separate classes or sub-classes thereof.

(c) The number of Fund Units authorized shall be unlimited, and the Units so authorized may be represented in part by fractional Units, calculated to four decimal places. From time to time, the Managing Owner may divide or combine the Units of any Fund or class thereof into a greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests in the Fund or class thereof. The Managing Owner may issue Units of any Fund or class thereof for such consideration and on such terms as it may determine (or for no consideration if pursuant to a Unit dividend or split-up), all without action or approval of the Limited Owners thereof. All Units when so issued on the terms determined by the Managing Owner shall be fully paid and non-assessable. The Managing Owner may classify or reclassify any unissued Units or any Units previously issued and reacquired of any Fund or class thereof into one or more series or classes thereof that may be established and designated from time to time. The Managing Owner may hold as treasury Units, reissue for such consideration and on such terms as it may determine, or cancel, at its discretion from time to time, any Units of any Fund or class thereof reacquired by the Trust. Unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner, treasury Units shall not be deemed cancelled. The Units of each Fund shall initially be divided into two classes: General Units and Limited Units.

(d) The Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates has made an investment of $1,000 in each Fund.

(e) Other than contemplated by Section 3.5, no certificates or other evidence of beneficial ownership of the Units will be issued.

(f) Every Unitholder, by virtue of having purchased or otherwise acquired a Unit, shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed to be bound by the terms of this Trust Agreement.

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SECTION 3.2Establishment of Series, or Funds, of the Trust.

(a) Without limiting the authority of the Managing Owner set forth in Section 3.2(b) to establish and designate any further series, the Managing Owner has heretofore established and designated seven initial series, or Funds, as follows:

PowerShares DB Energy Fund;

PowerShares DB Oil Fund;

PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund;

PowerShares DB Gold Fund;

PowerShares DB Silver Fund;

PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund; and

PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund.

The provisions of this Article III shall be applicable to the above-designated Funds and any further Fund that may from time to time be established and designated by the Managing Owner as provided in Section 3.2(b);provided,however, that such provisions may be amended, varied or abrogated by the Managing Owner with respect to any Fund created after the initial formation of the Trust in the written instrument creating such Fund.

(b) The establishment and designation of any series, or Funds, other than those set forth above shall be effective upon the execution by the Managing Owner of an instrument setting forth such establishment and designation and the relative rights and preferences of such series, or Funds, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. At any time that there are no Units outstanding of any particular series previously established and designated, the Managing Owner may by an instrument executed by it abolish that series and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument referred to in this Section shall have the status of an amendment to this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 3.3Establishment of Classes and Sub-Classes.  The division of any series, or Funds, into two or more classes or sub-classes and the establishment and designation of such classes or sub-classes shall be effective upon the execution by the Managing Owner of an instrument setting forth such division, and the establishment, designation, and relative rights and preferences of such classes, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. The relative rights and preferences of the classes or sub-classes of any series may differ in such respects as the Managing Owner may determine to be appropriate, provided that such differences are set forth in the aforementioned instrument. At any time that there are no Units outstanding of any particular class or sub-class previously established and designated, the Managing Owner may by an instrument executed by it abolish that class or sub-class and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment to this Trust Agreement.

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SECTION 3.4Offer of Limited Units, Procedures for Creation and Issuance of Creation Baskets.

(a)General.  The following procedures, as supplemented by the more detailed procedures specified in the Exhibits, annexes, attachments and procedures, as applicable to the Participant Agreement for each Fund, which may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Participant Agreement (and any such amendment will not constitute an amendment of this Trust Agreement), will govern the Trust with respect to the creation and issuance of Creation Baskets. Subject to the limitations upon and requirements for issuance of Creation Baskets stated herein and in such procedures, the number of Creation Baskets which may be issued by each Fund is unlimited.

(i) On any Business Day, each Participant may submit to the Managing Owner a purchase order and subscription agreement to subscribe for and agree to purchase one or more Creation Baskets for the applicable Fund (such request by a Participant, a “Purchase Order Subscription Agreement”) in the manner provided in the Participant Agreement. Purchase Order Subscription Agreements must be received by the Order Cut-Off Time on a Business Day (the “Purchase Order Subscription Date”). The Managing Owner will process Purchase Order Subscription Agreements only from Participants with respect to which a Participant Agreement for the Fund is in full force and effect. The Managing Owner will maintain and make available at the Trust’s principal offices during normal business hours a current list of the Participants for each Fund with respect to which a Participant Agreement is in full force and effect. The Managing Owner will deliver (or cause to be delivered) a copy of the Prospectus to each Fund Participant prior to its execution and delivery of the applicable Participant Agreement and prior to accepting any Purchase Order Subscription Agreement.

(ii) Any Purchase Order Subscription Agreement is subject to rejection by the Managing Owner pursuant to Section 3.4(c).

(iii) After accepting a Fund Participant’s Purchase Order Subscription Agreement, the Managing Owner will issue and deliver Creation Baskets to fill such Fund Participant’s Purchase Order Subscription Agreement within three Business Days immediately following the Purchase Order Subscription Date, but only if by such time as provided in the Participant Agreement the Managing Owner has received (A) for its own account, the Transaction Fee, and (B) for the account of the applicable Fund the Creation Basket Capital Contribution due from the Fund Participant submitting the Purchase Order Subscription Agreement for the Fund.

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(b)Deposit with the Depository.  Upon issuing a Creation Basket for any Fund pursuant to a Purchase Order Subscription Agreement, the Managing Owner will cause the Trust to deposit the Creation Basket with the Depository in accordance with the Depository’s customary procedures, for credit to the account of the Fund Participant that submitted the Purchase Order Subscription Agreement.

(c)Rejection.  For each Fund, the Managing Owner shall have the absolute right, but shall have no obligation, to reject any Purchase Order Subscription Agreement or Creation Basket Capital Contribution: (i) determined by the Managing Owner not to be in proper form; (ii) that the Managing Owner has determined would have adverse tax consequences to the Trust, any Fund or to any Limited Owners; (iii) the acceptance or receipt of which would, in the opinion of counsel to the Managing Owner, be unlawful; or (iv) if circumstances outside the control of the Managing Owner make it for all practical purposes not feasible to process creations of Creation Baskets. The Managing Owner shall not be liable to any person by reason of the rejection of any Purchase Order Subscription Agreement or Creation Basket Capital Contribution.

(d)Transaction Fee.  For each Fund, a non-refundable transaction fee will be payable by a Fund Participant to the Managing Owner for its own account in connection with each Purchase Order Subscription Agreement pursuant to this Section and in connection with each Redemption Order of such Participant pursuant to Section 7.1 (each a “Transaction Fee”). The Transaction Fee charged in connection with each such creation and redemption shall be initially $500, but may be changed as provided below. Even though a single Purchase Order Subscription Agreement or Redemption Order may relate to multiple Creation Baskets, only a single Transaction Fee will be due for each Purchase Order or Redemption Order for a Fund. The Transaction Fee may subsequently be waived, modified, reduced, increased or otherwise changed by the Managing Owner, but will not in any event exceed 0.10 % of the Net Asset Value Per Basket of a Fund at the time of creation of a Creation Basket or redemption of a Redemption Basket, as the case may be. The Managing Owner shall notify the Depository of any agreement to change the Transaction Fee and shall not implement any increase for redemptions of outstanding Units until 30 days after the date of that notice. The amount of the Transaction Fee in effect at any given time shall be made available by the Trustee upon request.

(e)Global Certificate Only.  Certificates for Creation Baskets will not be issued, other than the applicable Global Security issued to the Depository. So long as the Depository Agreement is in effect, Creation Baskets will be issued and redeemed and Limited Units will be transferable solely through the book-entry systems of the Depository and the DTC

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Participants and their Indirect Participants as more fully described in Section 3.5. The Depository may determine to discontinue providing its service with respect to Creation Baskets and Limited Units by giving notice to the Managing Owner pursuant to and in conformity with the provisions of the Depository Agreement and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Managing Owner shall take action either to find a replacement for the Depository to perform its functions at a comparable cost and on terms acceptable to the Managing Owner or, if such a replacement is unavailable, to terminate the Trust or the Funds, as applicable.

SECTION 3.5Book-Entry-Only System, Fund Global Securities.

(a)Global Security.  The Trust and the Managing Owner will enter into the Depository Agreement pursuant to which the Depository will act as securities depository for Limited Units of each Fund. Limited Units of each Fund will be represented by a Global Security (which may consist of one or more certificates as required by the Depository), which will be registered, as the Depository shall direct, in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depository and deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository. No other certificates evidencing Limited Units will be issued. The Global Security for each Fund shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C or described therein and shall represent such Limited Units as shall be specified therein, and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Limited Units of a Fund from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Limited Units represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect creations or redemptions of Baskets. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Limited Units represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust as specified in the Depository Agreement.

(b)Legend.  Any Global Security issued to The Depository Trust Company or its nominee shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is required by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.”

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(c)The Depository.  The Depository has advised the Trust and the Managing Owner as follows: The Depository is a limited-purpose trust company organized under New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the U.S. 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for DTC’s participants (the “DTC Participants”). DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among DTC Participants of sales and other securities transactions among the DTC Participants in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between DTC Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities, brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”).

(d)Beneficial Owners.  As provided in the Depository Agreement, upon the settlement date of any creation, transfer or redemption of Limited Units of a Fund, the Depository will credit or debit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the number of Limited Units so created, transferred or redeemed to the accounts of the appropriate DTC Participants. The accounts to be credited and charged shall be designated by the Managing Owner on behalf of each Fund and each Participant, in the case of a creation or redemption of Baskets. Ownership of beneficial interest in Limited Units will be limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Owners of beneficial interests in Limited Units (“Beneficial Owners”) will be shown on, and the transfer of beneficial ownership by Beneficial Owners will be effected only through, in the case of DTC Participants, records maintained by the Depository and, in the case of Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners holding through a DTC Participant or an Indirect Participant, through those records or the records of the relevant DTC Participants. Beneficial Owners are expected to receive from or

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through the broker or bank that maintains the account through which the Beneficial Owner has purchased or sold Limited Units a written confirmation relating to their purchase or sale of Limited Units.

(e)Reliance on Procedures.  So long as Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, is the registered owner of Limited Units, references herein to the registered or record owners of Limited Units shall mean Cede & Co. and shall not mean the Beneficial Owners of Limited Units. Beneficial Owners of Limited Units will not be entitled to have Limited Units registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered the record or registered holder of Limited Units under this Trust Agreement. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder of Limited Units under this Trust Agreement, a Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of the Depository and, if such Beneficial Owner is not a DTC Participant, on the procedures of each DTC Participant or Indirect Participant through which such Beneficial Owner holds its interests. The Trust and the Managing Owner understand that under existing industry practice, if the Trust or any Fund requests any action of a Beneficial Owner, or a Beneficial Owner desires to take any action that the Depository, as the record owner of all outstanding Limited Units of such Fund, is entitled to take, in the case of a Trustee request, the Depository will notify the DTC Participants regarding such request, such DTC Participants will in turn notify each Indirect Participant holding Limited Units through it, with each successive Indirect Participant continuing to notify each person holding Limited Units through it until the request has reached the Beneficial Owner, and in the case of a request or authorization to act being sought or given by a Beneficial Owner, such request or authorization is given by the Beneficial Owner and relayed back to the Trust or such Fund through each Indirect Participant and DTC Participant through which the Beneficial Owner’s interest in the Limited Units is held.

(f)Communication between the Trust and the Beneficial Owners.  As described above, the Trust and the Funds will recognize the Depository or its nominee as the owner of all Limited Units for all purposes except as expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement. Conveyance of all notices, statements and other communications to Beneficial Owners will be effected as follows. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, the Depository is required to make available to the Funds upon request and for a fee to be charged to the Funds a listing of the Limited Unit holdings of each DTC Participant. The Trust or the Funds shall inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial Owners holding Limited Units, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant. The Trust or the Funds shall provide each such DTC Participant with sufficient copies of such notice, statement or other communication, in such form, number and at such

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place as such DTC Participant may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial Owners. In addition, the Funds shall pay to each such DTC Participant an amount as reimbursement for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

(g)Distributions.  Distributions on Limited Units pursuant to Section 3.8 shall be made to the Depository or its nominee, Cede & Co., as the registered owner of all Limited Units. The Trust and the Managing Owner expect that the Depository or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of distributions in respect of Limited Units, shall credit immediately DTC Participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Limited Units as shown on the records of the Depository or its nominee. The Trust and the Managing Owner also expect that payments by DTC Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners held through such DTC Participants and Indirect Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. None of the Trust, the Funds, the Trustee or the Managing Owner will have any responsibility or liability for any aspects of the records relating to or notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in Limited Units, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship between the Depository and the DTC Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners owning through such DTC Participants or Indirect Participants or between or among the Depository, any Beneficial Owner and any person by or through which such Beneficial Owner is considered to own Limited Units.

(h)Limitation of Liability.  Each Global Security to be issued hereunder is executed and delivered solely on behalf of the applicable Fund by the Managing Owner, as Managing Owner, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this Trust Agreement. The representations, undertakings and agreements made on the part of the Fund in each Global Security are made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by the Managing Owner or the Trustee, but are made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Fund. Nothing in the Global Security shall be construed as creating any liability on the Managing Owner or the Trustee, individually or personally, to fulfill any representation, undertaking or agreement other than as provided in this Trust Agreement.

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(i)Successor Depository.  If a successor to The Depository Trust Company shall be employed as Depository hereunder, the Trust and the Managing Owner shall establish procedures acceptable to such successor with respect to the matters addressed in this Section 3.5.

SECTION 3.6 Assets.  All consideration received by a Fund for the issue or sale of Units together with all of the applicable Trust Estate in which such consideration is invested or reinvested, all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such assets and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably belong to that Fund for all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors of such Fund and except as may otherwise be required by applicable tax laws, and shall be so recorded upon the books of account of the Trust. Separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Fund and the assets associated with a Fund shall be held and accounted for in such separate and distinct records (directly or indirectly, including through a nominee or otherwise) separately from the other assets of the Trust, or any other Fund. In the event that there is any Trust Estate, or any income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, funds, or payments which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Fund, the Managing Owner shall allocate them among any one or more of the Funds established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, deems fair and equitable. Each such allocation by the Managing Owner shall be conclusive and binding upon all Unitholders for all purposes.

SECTION 3.7Liabilities of Funds.

(a) The Trust Estate belonging to each particular Fund shall be charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that series and only that series; and all expenses, costs, charges, indemnities and reserves attributable to that Fund, and any general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, indemnities or reserves of the Trust which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Fund, shall be allocated and charged by the Managing Owner to and among any one or more of the series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the Managing Owner in its sole discretion deems fair and equitable. Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Managing Owner shall be conclusive and binding upon all Unitholders for all purposes. The Managing Owner shall have full discretion, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, to determine which items shall be treated as income and which items as capital, and each such determination and allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the Unitholders. Every written agreement, instrument or other undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular

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series shall include a recitation limiting the obligation or claim represented thereby to that series and its assets.

(b) Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Section, but subject to the right of the Managing Owner in its discretion to allocate general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves as herein provided, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series shall be enforceable against the assets of such series only and against the Managing Owner, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or of any other series. Notice of this limitation on interseries liabilities shall be set forth in the Certificate of Trust of the Trust (whether originally or by amendment) as filed or to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Delaware Trust Statute, and upon the giving of such notice in the Certificate of Trust, the statutory provisions of Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute relating to limitations on interseries liabilities (and the statutory effect under Section 3804 of setting forth such notice in the Certificate of Trust) shall become effectiveapplicable to the Trust and each Fund. Every Unit, note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or other undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular series shall include a recitation limiting the obligation on Units represented thereby to that series and its assets.

(i) Except as set forth below, any debts, liabilities, obligations, indebtedness, expenses, interests and claims of any nature and all kinds and descriptions, if any, of the Managing Owner and theTrustee (the “Subordinated Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing, arising from, related to or in connection with all series, any combination of series or one particular series and their respective assets (the “Applicable Series”) and the assets of the Trust shall be expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all other Claims against the Trust and any series thereof, and any of their respective assets, which may arise as a matter of law or pursuant to any contract, provided, however, that the Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee (if any) against the Applicable Series shall not be considered Subordinated Claimswith respect to enforcement against and distribution and repayment from the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and provided further that the valid Claims of either the Managing Owner or the Trustee, if any, against the Applicable Series shall be pari passu and equal in right of repayment and distribution with all other valid Claims against the Applicable Series;

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(other than the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets) any payment for the Subordinated Claims;

(iii) The Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee with respect to the Applicable Series shall only be asserted and enforceable against the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and such Claims shall not be asserted or enforceable for any reason whatsoever against any other series, the Trust generally, or any of their respective assets;

(iv) If the Claims of the Managing Owner or the Trustee against the Applicable Series or the Trust are secured in whole or in part, each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee hereby waives (under section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1111(b)) any right to have any deficiency Claims (which deficiency Claims may arise in the event such security is inadequate to satisfy such Claims) treated as unsecured Claims against the Trust or any series (other than the Applicable Series), as the case may be;

(v) In furtherance of the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Managing Owner and the Trustee receive monies in connection with the Subordinated Claims from a Fund or the Trust (or their respective assets), other than the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets, the Managing Owner and the Trustee shall be deemed to hold suchmonies in trust and shall promptly remit such monies to the Fundor the Trust that paid such amounts for distribution by the Fund or the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof; and

(vi) The foregoing Consent shall apply at all times notwithstanding that the Claims are satisfied, and notwithstanding that the agreements in respect of such Claims are terminated, rescinded or canceled.

(c) Any agreement entered into by the Trust, any Fund, or the Managing Owner, on behalf of the Trust generally or any Fund, including, without limitation, the Purchase Order Subscription Agreement entered into with each Limited Owner, will include language substantially similar to the language set forth in Section 3.7(b).

SECTION 3.8Distributions.

(a) Distributions on Units may be paid with such frequency as the Managing Owner may determine, which may be daily or otherwise, to the Unitholders, from such of the income and capital gains, accrued or realized, from each Trust Estate, after providing for actual and accrued liabilities. All distributions on Units thereof shall be distributed pro rata

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to the Unitholders in proportion to the total outstanding Units held by such Unitholders at the date and time of record established for the payment of such distribution and in accordance with Section 3.5(g). Such distributions may be made in cash or Units as determined by the Managing Owner or pursuant to any program that the Managing Owner may have in effect at the time for the election by each Unitholder of the mode of the making of such distribution to that Unitholder.

(b) The Units shall represent units of beneficial interest in each applicable Trust Estate. Each Unitholder shall be entitled to receive its pro rata share of distributions of income and capital gains in accordance with Section 3.8(a).

SECTION 3.9Voting Rights.  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, on each matter submitted to a vote of the Unitholders, each Unitholder shall be entitled to a proportionate vote based upon the product of the Net Asset Value per Unit of a Fund multiplied by the number of Units, or fraction thereof, standing in its name on the books of such Fund in accordance with Section 3.5(g).

SECTION 3.10 Equality.  Except as provided herein, all Units of a Fund shall represent an equal proportionate beneficial interest in the assets of the Fund subject to the liabilities of the Fund, and each Unit shall be equal to each other Unit. The Managing Owner may from time to time divide or combine the Units into a greater or lesser number of Units without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interest in the assets of the Funds or in any way affecting the rights of Unitholders.

ARTICLE IV

THE MANAGING OWNER

SECTION 4.1Management of the Trust.  Pursuant to Section 3806(b)(7) of the Delaware Trust Statute, the Trust shall be managed by the Managing Owner and the conduct of the Trust’s business shall be controlled and conducted solely by the Managing Owner in accordance with this Trust Agreement. The Managing Owner may delegatee as provided herein, the duty and authority to manage the business and affairs of the Trust.

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SECTION 4.2Authority of Managing Owner.  In addition to and not in limitation of any rights and powers conferred by law or other provisions of this Trust Agreement, and except as limited, restricted or prohibited by the express provisions of this Trust Agreement or the Delaware Trust Statute, the Managing Owner shall have and may exercise on behalf of the Trust, all powers and rights necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes, business and objectives of the Trust, which shall include, without limitation, the following:

(a) To enter into, execute, deliver and maintain, and to cause the Trust to perform its obligations under, contracts, agreements and any or all other documents and instruments, and to do and perform all such things as may be in furtherance of Trust purposes or necessary or appropriate for the offer and sale of the Units and the conduct of Trust activities, including, but not limited to contracts with third parties for commodity brokerage services and/or administrative services, provided, however, that such services may be performed by an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Managing Owner so long as the Managing Owner has made a good faith determination that: (i) the Affiliate which it proposes to engage to perform such services is qualified to do so (considering the prior experience of the Affiliate or the individuals employed thereby); (ii) the terms and conditions of the agreement pursuant to which such Affiliate is to perform services for the Trust are no less favorable to the Trust than could be obtained from equally-qualified unaffiliated third parties; and (iii) the maximum period covered by the agreement pursuant to which such Affiliate is to perform services for the Trust shall not exceed one year, and such agreement shall be terminable without penalty upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice by the Trust;

(b) To establish, maintain, deposit into, sign checks and/or otherwise draw upon accounts on behalf of the Trust with appropriate banking and savings institutions, and execute and/or accept any instrument or agreement incidental to the Trust’s business and in furtherance of its purposes, any such instrument or agreement so executed or accepted by the Managing Owner in the Managing Owner’s name shall be deemed executed and accepted on behalf of the Trust by the Managing Owner;

(c) To deposit, withdraw, pay, retain and distribute each Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any manner consistent with the provisions of this Trust Agreement;

(d) To supervise the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and supplements and amendments thereto, and the Prospectus;

(e) To pay or authorize the payment of distributions to the Unitholders and expenses of each Fund;

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(f) To make any elections on behalf of the Trust or any Fund under the Code, or any other applicable U.S. federal or state tax law as the Managing Owner shall determine to be in the best interests of the Trust or any Fund; and

(g) In the sole discretion of the Managing Owner, to admit an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Managing Owner as additional Managing Owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Owner may not admit Affiliate(s) of the Managing Owner as an additional Managing Owner if it has received notice of its removal as a Managing Owner, pursuant to Section 8.2(d) hereof, or if the concurrence of at least a majority in interest (over 50%) of the outstanding Units of all Funds (not including Units owned by the Managing Owner) is not obtained.

SECTION 4.3Obligations of the Managing Owner. In addition to the obligations expressly provided by the Delaware Trust Statute or this Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner shall:

(a) Devote such of its time to the business and affairs of the Trust as it shall, in its discretion exercised in good faith, determine to be necessary to conduct the business and affairs of the Trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Limited Owners;

(b) Execute, file, record and/or publish all certificates, statements and other documents and do any and all other things as may be appropriate for the formation, qualification and operation of the Trust and for the conduct of its business in all appropriate jurisdictions;

(c) Retain independent public accountants to audit the accounts of the Trust;

(d) Employ attorneys to represent the Trust;

(e) Select the Trust’s or any Fund’s Trustee, transfer agent, custodian and clearing brokers, and any other service provider;

(f) Use its best efforts to maintain the status of the Trust as a “statutory trust” for state law purposes and each Fund as a “partnership” for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

(g) Monitor the brokerage fees charged to the Trust, and the services rendered by futures commission merchants to the Trust, to determine whether the fees paid by, and the services rendered to, the Trust for futures brokerage are at competitive rates and are the best price and services available under the circumstances, and if necessary, renegotiate the brokerage fee structure to obtain such rates and services for the Trust. No material change related to brokerage fees shall be made except upon sixty (60) Business Days’ prior notice to the Limited Owners, which notice shall include a description of the Limited Owners’ voting rights as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof and a description of the Limited Owners’ redemption rights as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof;

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(h) Have fiduciary responsibility for the safekeeping and use of each Trust Estate, whether or not in the Managing Owner’s immediate possession or control, and the Managing Owner will not employ or permit others to employ such funds or assets (including any interest earned thereon as provided for in the Prospectus) in any manner except for the benefit of the Trust, including, among other things, the utilization of any portion of the Trust Estate as compensating balances for the exclusive benefit of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner shall at all times act with integrity and good faith and exercise due diligence in all activities relating to the conduct of the business of the Trust and in resolving conflicts of interest;

(i) For each Fund, enter into a Participant Agreement with each Participant and discharge the duties and responsibilities of the Fund and the Managing Owner thereunder;

(j) For each Fund, receive from Participants and process properly submitted Purchase Order Subscription Agreements, as described in Section 3.4(a)(iii);

(k) For each Fund, in connection with Purchase Order Subscription Agreements, receive Creation Basket Capital Contributions from Participants;

(l) For each Fund, in connection with Purchase Order Subscription Agreements, deliver or cause the delivery of Creation Baskets to the Depository for the account of the Participant submitting a Purchase Order Subscription Agreement for which the Managing Owner has received the requisite Transaction Fee and the Trust has received the requisite Creation Basket Capital Contribution, as described in Section 3.4(d);

(m) For each Fund, receive from Participants and process properly submitted Redemption Orders, as described in Section 7.1(a), or as may from time to time be permitted by Section 7.2;

(n) For each Fund, in connection with Redemption Orders, receive from the redeeming Participant through the Depository, and thereupon cancel or cause to be cancelled, Limited Units corresponding to the Redemption Baskets to be redeemed as described in Section 7.1, or as may from time to time be permitted by Section 7.2;

(o) Interact with the Depository as required;

(p) Delegatee those of its duties hereunder as it shall determine from time to time to one or more Administrators or Distributors, as applicable;

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revoke, the election referred to in section 754 of the Code, and any similar election provided by state or local law, or any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof;

(r) In its sole discretion, cause the Trust to do one or more of the following: to make, refrain from making, or once having made, to revoke the election by a qualified fund under Code section 988(c)(1)(E)(iii)(V), and any similar election provided by state or local law, or any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof; and

(s) Perform such other services as the Managing Owner believes that the Trust may from time to time require.

SECTION 4.4General Prohibitions.  The Trust and each Fund, as applicable, shall not:

(a) Redeem the Units other than to fund a redemption request from a Participant;

(b) Borrow money from or loan money to any Unitholder (including the Managing Owner) or other Person, except that the foregoing is not intended to prohibit (i) the deposit on margin with respect to the initiation and maintenance of Commodities positions, as applicable, or (ii) obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward contracts; provided, however, that the Trust is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis;

(c) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, pledge conditional sales or other title retention agreement, charge, security interest or encumbrance, except (i) the right and/or obligation of a Commodity Broker to close out sufficient Commodities positions of the Trust so as to restore the Trust’s account to proper margin status in the event that the Trust fails to meet a Margin Call, (ii) liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established, (iii) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws or under unemployment insurance, (iv) deposits or pledges to secure contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business, or (v) mechanic’s, warehousemen’s, carrier’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith, and for which appropriate reserves have been established if required by generally accepted accounting principles, and liens arising under ERISA;

(d) Commingle its assets with those of any other Person, except to the extent permitted under the CE Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder;

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(e) Engage in Pyramiding of its Commodities positions, as applicable;provided,however, that the Managing Owner may take into account open trade equity positions in determining generally whether to require additional Commodities positions;

(f) Permit rebates to be received by the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner, or permit the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition;

(g) Permit the Managing Owner to share in any portion of brokerage fees related to commodity brokerage services paid with respect to commodity trading activities;

(h) Enter into any contract with the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (except for selling agreements for the sale of Units) which has a term of more than one year and which does not provide that it may be canceled by the Trust without penalty on sixty (60) days prior written notice or for the provision of goods and services, except at rates and terms at least as favorable as those which may be obtained from third parties in arm’s-length negotiations;

(i) Permit churning of its Commodity trading account(s) for the purpose of generating excess brokerage commissions;

(j) Enter into any exclusive brokerage contract;

(k) Operate the Trust or a Fund in any manner so as to contravene the requirements to preserve the limitation on interseries liability set forth in Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute; or

(l) Cause the Trust or any Fund to elect to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 4.5Liability of Covered Persons.  A Covered Person shall have no liability to the Trust, any Fund or to any Unitholder or, other CoveredPerson, or other Person for any loss suffered by the Trust or any Fund which arises out of any action or inaction of such Covered Person if such Covered Person, in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interest of the Trust or the applicable Fund and such course of conduct did not constitutegross negligence orwillful misconduct of such Covered Person. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Managing Owner nor any other Covered Person shall be personally liable for the return or repayment of all or any portion of the capital or profits of any Limited Owner or assignee thereof, it being expressly agreed that any such return of capital or profits made pursuant to this Trust Agreement shall be made solely from the assets of the applicable Fund without any rights of contribution from the

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Managing Owner or any other Covered Person. A Covered Person shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of any Administrator or other delegatee selected by the Managing Owner with reasonable care.

SECTION 4.6Fiduciary Duty.

(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Managing Owner has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust, the Funds, the Unitholders or to any other Person, the Managing Owner acting under this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust, the Funds, the Unitholders or to any other Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement subject to the standard of care in Section 4.5 herein. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Managing Owner otherwise existing at law or in equity are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Managing Owner. Any material changes in the Trust’s basic investment policies or structure shall occur only upon the written approval or affirmative vote of ShareholdersLimited Owners holding SharesUnits equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the Shares, excluding SharesNet Asset Value of a Fund (excluding Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates. If Shareholders representing 50%Affiliates) affected by the change pursuant to Section 11.1(a) below.

(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:

(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or lessarises between the Managing Owner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Trust or any Unitholder or any other Person, on the other hand; or

(ii) whenever this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that the Managing Owner shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust, any Unitholder or any other Person,

the Managing Owner shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Managing Owner, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Managing Owner shall not constitute a breach of this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the SharesManaging Owner at law or in equity or otherwise.

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any nature or description, independently or with others, whether or not such ventures are presentcompetitive with the Trust and the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to the Managing Owner.IfNotwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Managing Owner acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Trust, it shall have no duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Trust, and the Managing Owner shall not be liable to the Trust or to the Unitholders for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that the Managing Owner pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Trust. Neither the Trust nor any Unitholder shall have any rights or obligations by virtue of this Trust Agreement or the trust relationship created hereby in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits or losses derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the activities of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, the Managing Owner may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Trust, the Unitholders or any Affiliate of the Trust or the Unitholders.

SECTION 4.7Indemnification ofthe Managing OwnerCovered Persons.

(a) The Managing OwnerEach Covered Person shall be indemnified by the Trust (or, in furtherance of Section 3.7, any Fund separately to the extent the matter in question relates to a single Fund or is otherwise disproportionate)to the fullestextent permitted by law against any losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses, and amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by it in connection with its activities for the Trust,provided that (i) the Managing Owner was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Trust and has determined,except with respect to any matter as to which such Covered Person shall have been finally adjudicated in any action, suit, or other proceeding not to have acted in good faith, in the reasonable belief that suchcourse of conductCovered Person’s action was in the bestinterestsinterest of the Trust andsuchexcept that no Covered Person shall be indemnified against any liabilityor loss was not the result ofto the Trust or to the Limited Owners by reason of willful misconduct or gross negligence, misconduct, or a breach of this Trust Agreement on the part of the Managing Owner and (ii) anyof such Covered Person. Any such indemnification will only be recoverable from the applicable Trust Estate or Trust Estates. All rights to indemnification permitted herein and payment of associated expenses shall not be affected by the dissolution or other cessation to exist of the Managing Owner, or the withdrawal, adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Managing

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Owner, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy under Title 11 of the Code by or against the Managing Owner.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.7(a) above, the Managing Owner and any Person acting as broker-dealer for the Trust or any Fund shall not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of U.S. federal or state securities laws unless (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves the indemnification of such expenses (including, without limitation, litigation costs), (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as tothe particular indemnitee and the court approves the indemnification of such expenses (including, without limitation, litigation costs) or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made.

(b)(c) The Trust and the Funds shall not incur the cost of that portion of any insurance which insures any party against any liability, the indemnification of which is herein prohibited.

(c)(d) Expenses incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative or criminal action, suit or proceeding against the Managing Owner shall be paid by the Trust in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, if (i) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust;and (ii) the legal action is initiated by a thirdparty who is not a Limited Owner or the legal action is initiated by a Limited Owner and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advance; and (iii) the Managing Owner undertakes to repay the advanced funds with interest to the Trust in cases in which it is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.7.

(d)(e) The term “Managing Owner” as used in this Section 4.7 shall include, in addition to the Managing Owner, any other Covered Person performing services on behalf of the Trust and acting within the scope of the Managing Owner’s authority as set forth in this Trust Agreement.

(e)(f) In the event the Trust is made a party to any claim, dispute, demand or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense as a result of or in connection with any Limited Owner’s (or assignee’s) obligations or liabilities unrelated to Trust business, such Limited Owner (or assignees cumulatively) shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless, and reimburse the Trust for all such loss, liability, damage, cost and expense incurred, including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees.

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