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Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund - Quarter Report: 2007 March (Form 10-Q)

Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                                          to                                         

 

Commission File No.

  

Name of Registrant in Charter

   IRS Employer Number

001-32726

   POWERSHARES DB COMMODITY INDEX TRACKING FUND    32-6042243
   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)   

Delaware

(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

c/o DB Commodity Services LLC,

60 Wall Street, New York, New York

  10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone number, including Area Code: (212) 250-5883

 

 


(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One)

Large Accelerated Filer  ¨                Accelerated Filer  ¨                Non-Accelerated Filer  þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  þ

Indicate the number of outstanding Limited Shares as of March 31, 2007: 32,400,000 Limited Shares.

 



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POWERSHARES DB COMMODITY INDEX TRACKING FUND

QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2007

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PART I.

   FINANCIAL INFORMATION:    1
   ITEM 1.   

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   1
     

Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition March 31, 2007 (unaudited) and December 31, 2006

   1
     

Consolidated Schedule of Investments March 31, 2007 (unaudited)

   2
     

Consolidated Schedule of Investments December 31, 2006

   3
     

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Income and Expenses For the Period Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

   4
     

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity For the Period Ended March 31, 2007

   5
     

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity For the Period Ended March 31, 2006

   6
     

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows For the Period Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

   7
     

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

   8
   ITEM 2.   

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

   13
   ITEM 3.   

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

   20
   ITEM 4.   

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

   23

PART II.

   OTHER INFORMATION    24
   Item 1.   

Legal Proceedings

   24
   Item 1 A.   

Risk Factors

   24
   Item 2.   

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   24
   Item 3.   

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   24
   Item 4.   

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   24
   Item 5.   

Other Information

   24
   Item 6.   

Exhibits

   24

SIGNATURES

   25

EXHIBIT INDEX

   E-1
   Exhibit 31.1   

Certification of Kevin Rich

   E-2
   Exhibit 32.1   

Certification of Kevin Rich

   E-3

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition

March 31, 2007 (unaudited) and December 31, 2006

 

     March 31, 2007
(unaudited)
   December 31,
2006
 

Assets

     

United States Treasury Obligations, at fair value (cost $823,466,724 and $702,607,232, respectively)

   $ 823,637,806    $ 702,882,222  

Cash

     12,583,160      44,221,265  

Other assets

     1,000      1,000  
               

Total assets

   $ 836,221,966    $ 747,104,487  
               

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Net unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

   $ 12,193,082    $ 34,744,482  

Management fee payable

     506,923      454,280  

Brokerage fee payable

     137,048      —    

Other liabilities

     1,000      1,000  
               

Total liabilities

     12,838,053      35,199,762  
               

Shareholders’ equity

     

General shares:

     

Paid-in-capital - 40 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively

     1,000      1,000  

Accumulated earnings (deficit)

     16      (18 )
               

Total General shares

     1,016      982  
               

Limited shares:

     

Paid-in-capital - 32,400,000 and 29,000,000 redeemable shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively

     793,231,006      712,388,314  

Accumulated earnings (deficit)

     30,151,891      (484,571 )
               

Total Limited shares

     823,382,897      711,903,743  
               

Total shareholders’ equity

     823,383,913      711,904,725  
               

Commitment and contingencies (Note 9)

     

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 836,221,966    $ 747,104,487  
               

Net asset value per share

     

General shares

   $ 25.40    $ 24.55  

Limited shares

   $ 25.41    $ 24.55  

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair Value    Face Value

United States Treasury Obligations

       

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.14% due April 5, 2007

   11.65 %   $ 95,960,448    $ 96,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.16% due April 12, 2007

   7.88       64,910,235      65,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.14% due April 19, 2007

   6.42       52,874,761      53,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.13% due April 26, 2007

   9.69       79,734,960      80,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.01% due May 3, 2007

   16.60       136,711,258      137,300,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.01% due May 10, 2007

   7.25       59,686,200      60,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.025% due May 17, 2007

   5.67       46,711,796      47,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.035% due May 24, 2007

   13.51       111,206,480      112,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5.035% due May 31, 2007

   9.64       79,357,520      80,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.965% due June 7, 2007

   4.45       36,667,148      37,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.93% due June 21, 2007

   4.26       35,113,050      35,500,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.925% due June 28, 2007

   3.00       24,703,950      25,000,000
               

Total United States Treasury Obligations (cost $823,466,724)

   100.02 %   $ 823,637,806   
               

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair Value  

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

    

Aluminum (1,569 contracts, settlement date November 19, 2007)

   1.40 %   $ 11,554,564  

Corn (5,047 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2007)

   0.84       6,899,088  

Light, Sweet Crude Oil (4,334 contracts, settlement date April 20, 2007)

   (2.84 )     (23,359,850 )

Gold (1,256 contracts, settlement date August 29, 2007)

   0.16       1,305,200  

Heating Oil (2,132 contracts, settlement date May 31, 2007)

   (0.96 )     (7,895,308 )

Wheat (3,759 contracts, settlement date July 13, 2007)

   (0.08 )     (696,776 )
              

Net Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

   (1.48 )%   $ (12,193,082 )
              

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2006

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair Value    Face Value

United States Treasury Obligations

       

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.76% due January 4, 2007

   14.05 %   $ 99,987,600    $ 100,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.76% due January 11, 2007

   9.12       64,935,715      65,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.74% due January 18, 2007

   9.11       64,873,510      65,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.66% due January 25, 2007

   10.09       71,795,304      72,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.975% due February 1, 2007

   12.50       88,962,625      89,300,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.955% due February 8, 2007

   8.39       59,716,200      60,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.955% due February 15, 2007

   7.26       51,701,572      52,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.94% due February 22, 2007

   9.35       66,551,033      67,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.905% due March 1, 2007

   10.45       74,424,750      75,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.87% due March 8, 2007

   4.87       34,698,230      35,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.80% due March 15, 2007

   1.39       9,904,640      10,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.825% due March 22, 2007

   1.39       9,894,480      10,000,000

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4.875% due March 29, 2007

   0.76       5,436,563      5,500,000
               

Total United States Treasury Obligations (cost $702,607,232)

   98.73 %   $ 702,882,222   
               

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair Value  

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

    

Aluminum (1,384 contracts, settlement date November 19, 2007)

   1.28 %     9,081,187  

Corn (4,487 contracts, settlement date December 14, 2007)

   0.73       5,214,837  

Light, Sweet Crude Oil (3,854 contracts, settlement date April 20, 2007)

   (4.77 )     (33,912,130 )

Gold (1,101 contracts, settlement date August 29, 2007)

   (0.13 )     (916,081 )

Heating Oil (1,902 contracts, settlement date May 31, 2007)

   (3.01 )     (21,443,209 )

Wheat (3,349 contracts, settlement date July 13, 2007)

   1.02       7,230,914  
              

Net Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

   (4.88 )%   $ (34,744,482 )
              

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Income and Expenses

For the Period Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

     Period Ended March 31,  
     2007     2006 (i)  

Income

    

Interest Income

   $ 9,329,308     $ 1,138,937  
                

Expenses

    

Management fee

     1,380,353       230,033  

Brokerage commissions and fees

     147,207       62,358  

Administrative expenses

     —         12,107  
                

Total expenses

     1,527,560       304,498  
                

Net investment income

     7,801,748       834,439  
                

Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on U.S. Treasury Obligations and Futures

    

Realized Gain (Loss) on

    

United States Treasury Obligations

     (1,647 )     —    

Futures

     388,903       (2,317,545 )
                

Net realized gain (loss)

     387,256       (2,317,545 )
                

Net Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on

    

United States Treasury Obligations

     (103,908 )     —    

Futures

     22,551,400       7,635,272  
                

Net change in unrealized gain

     22,447,492       7,635,272  
                

Net realized and change in unrealized gain on United States Treasury Obligations and futures

     22,834,748       5,317,727  
                

Net Income

   $ 30,636,496     $ 6,152,166  
                

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

(i) Reflects operating results since January 31, 2006, the date of commencement of operations.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

For the Period Ended March 31, 2007

 

     General Shares   Limited Shares   Total
     General Shares  

Accumulated
Earnings

(Deficit)

   

Total General
Shareholders’

Equity

  Limited Shares  

Accumulated
Earnings

(Deficit)

   

Total Limited
Shareholders’

Equity

 

Total
Shareholders’

Equity

     Shares    Amount       Shares   Amount      

Balance at January 1, 2007

   40    $ 1,000   $ (18 )   $ 982   29,000,000   $ 712,388,314   $ (484,571 )   $ 711,903,743   $ 711,904,725

Sale of Limited Shares

   —        —       —         —     3,400,000     80,842,692     —         80,842,692     80,842,692

Net income:

                    —       —  

Net investment income

   —        —       11       11   —       —       7,801,737       7,801,737     7,801,748

Net realized gain on

                   

United States Treasury Obligations and futures

   —        —       *       *   —       —       387,256       387,256     387,256

Net changes in unrealized gain on

                   

United States Treasury Obligations and futures

   —        —       23       23   —       —       22,447,469       22,447,469     22,447,492
                                                       

Net income

   —        —       34       34   —       —       30,636,462       30,636,462     30,636,496

Balance at March 31, 2007

   40    $ 1,000   $ 16     $ 1,016   32,400,000   $ 793,231,006   $ 30,151,891     $ 823,382,897   $ 823,383,913
                                                       

* Amount below $0.50

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

For the Period Ended March 31, 2006

 

     General Shares     Limited Shares     Total  
     General Shares   

Accumulated

Deficit

   

Total General

Shareholder’s
Equity (deficit)

    Limited Shares    

Accumulated

Earnings

   

Total Limited

Shareholders’

Equity

   

Total
Shareholders’

Equity (deficit)

 
     Shares    Amount        Shares    Amount        

Balance at December 31, 2005

   40    $ 1,000    —       1,000     —      —       —       —       1,000  

Sale of Limited Shares

   —        —      —       —       11,400,000    268,521,276     —       268,521,276     268,521,276  

Upfront selling commissions on Limited Shares

   —        —      —       —       —      (1,500,000 )   —       (1,500,000 )   (1,500,000 )

Consolidation of the Master Fund upon acquisition of Master Fund Limited Units

   —        —      (1,613,218 )   (1,613,218 )   —      —       —       —       (1,613,218 )

Net income:

                     

Net investment income

   —        —      (11 )   (11 )   —      —       834,450     834,450     834,439  

Net realized loss on futures

   —        —      31     31     —      —       (2,317,576 )   (2,317,576 )   (2,317,545 )

Net change in unrealized gain on futures

   —        —      (103 )   (103 )   —      —       7,635,375     7,635,375     7,635,272  
                                                     

Net income

   —        —      (83 )   (83 )   —      —       6,152,249     6,152,249     6,152,166  

Allocation of organization and offering costs to the General Shares

   —        —      52,074     52,074     —      —       (52,074 )   (52,074 )   —    
                                                     

Balance at March 31, 2006

   40    $ 1,000    (1,561,227 )   (1,560,227 )   11,400,000    267,021,276     6,100,175     273,121,451     271,561,224  
                                                     

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For the Period Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

     Period Ended  
     March 31, 2007     March 31, 2006  

Cash flow provided by operating activities:

    

Net Income

   $ 30,636,496     $ 6,152,166  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

    

Cost of securities purchased

     (846,169,389 )     (271,532,626 )

Proceeds from securities sold

     734,489,052       10,888,000  

Net accretion of discount and amortization of premium on United States Treasury Obligations

     (9,180,802 )     (1,075,314 )

Net realized loss on United States Treasury Obligations

     1,647       15  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

     (22,447,492 )     (7,698,895 )

Increase/Decrease in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Other assets

     —         75,465  

Payable for securities purchased

     —         3,956,355  

Management fee payable

     52,643       230,033  

Broker fee payable

     137,048       —    
                

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (112,480,797 )     (259,004,801 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Net proceeds from sale of Limited Shares

     80,842,692       267,021,276  
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     80,842,692       267,021,276  
                

Net change in cash

     (31,638,105 )     8,016,475  

Cash at beginning of period

     44,221,265       1,000  
                

Cash at end of period

   $ 12,583,160     $ 8,017,475  
                

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activity:

    

Assumption of liability due to DBCS upon acquisition of Master Fund Units

   $ —       $ 1,613,218  
                

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Subsidiary

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2007

 

(1) Organization

PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (the “Fund” “Fund” may also refer to the Fund and the Master Fund, collectively, as the context requires) and its subsidiary, DB Commodity Index Tracking Master Fund (the “Master Fund”), were formed as Delaware statutory trusts on May 23, 2005. DB Commodity Services LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, (“DBCS” or the “Managing Owner”) funded both the Fund and the Master Fund with a capital contribution of $1,000 to each fund in exchange for 40 General Shares of each fund. The Fund was originally named “DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund”. The Fund changed its name to “PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund” effective August 10, 2006. The fiscal year end of the Fund is December 31st. The term of the Fund is perpetual (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances) as provided in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Fund and the Master Fund (the “Trust Agreement”).

The Fund offers common units of beneficial interest (the “Limited Shares”) only to certain eligible financial institutions (“Authorized Participants”) in one or more blocks of 200,000 Limited Shares, called a Basket. The proceeds from the offering of Limited Shares are invested in the Master Fund. The Fund and the Master Fund commenced investment operations on January 31, 2006 with the initial offering of 2,000,000 Limited Shares to Authorized Participants of the Fund in exchange for $50,000,000 less commission of $1,500,000. The Fund commenced trading on the American Stock Exchange (the “Amex”) on February 3, 2006.

Summary of Limited Share Transactions for the Period Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

     Shares Period Ended    Amount Period Ended  
     March 31, 2007    March 31, 2006    March 31, 2007    March 31, 2006  

Shares Sold

   3,400,000    11,400,000    $ 80,842,692    $ 268,521,276  

Upfront Selling Commissions on Limited Shares

              (1,500,000 )

Shares repurchased

   —      —        —        —    
                         

Net Increase

   3,400,000    11,400,000    $ 80,842,692    $ 267,021,276  
                         

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial statements have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles may have been condensed or omitted. Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2006 presentation to conform to the 2007 presentation. You should read these interim consolidated financial statements together with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Fund which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period.

This report covers the three month period ended March 31, 2007, and the period from January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006.

 

(2) Fund Investment Overview

During the period from February 3, 2006 (inception of trading on the Amex) to May 23, 2006, the Master Fund invested with a view to tracking the changes, whether positive or negative, in level of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Excess Return, plus the excess, if any, of the Master Fund’s income from its holdings of United States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund. From May 24, 2006, the Master Fund uses the proceeds from the offering of Limited Shares to trade exchange-traded futures on the commodities comprising the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index—Optimum Yield Excess Return, or the Index, with a view to tracking changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Master Fund’s income from its holdings of United States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund. The Index is intended to reflect the change in market value of certain commodities. The commodities comprising the Index, or the Index Commodities, are Light, Sweet Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Aluminum, Gold, Corn and Wheat. The Master Fund holds United

 

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States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities for deposit with the Master Fund’s commodities brokers as margin and for investment.

DBLCI and Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index are trademarks of Deutsche Bank AG London (the “Index Sponsor”). Trade Mark applications in the United States are pending with respect to both the Fund and the Index. The Fund and the Master Fund have been licensed by the Index Sponsor to use the above noted trademarks. Deutsche Bank AG London is an affiliate of the Fund, the Master Fund and the Managing Owner.

 

(3) Related Party Agreements

The Managing Owner

The Managing Owner serves the Fund and Master Fund as commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, and managing owner, and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG.

The Commodity Broker

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, serves as the Master Fund’s clearing broker (the “Commodity Broker”). The Commodity Broker is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker will execute and clear each of the Master Fund’s futures transactions and will perform certain administrative services for the Master Fund. The Commodity Broker is an affiliate of the Managing Owner.

 

(4) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of the Fund have been prepared using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and they include the financial statement balances of the Fund and the Master Fund. Upon the initial offering of the Limited Shares on January 31, 2006, the capital raised by the Fund was used to purchase 100% of the common units of beneficial interest of the Master Fund (excluding common units of beneficial interest of the Master Fund held by the Managing Owner (“Master Fund General Units”)). The Master Fund limited units (the “Master Fund Limited Units”) owned by the Fund provide the Fund and its investors certain controlling rights and abilities over the Master Fund. Consequently, the financial statement balances of the Master Fund have been consolidated with the Fund’s financial statement balances beginning January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations), and all significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.

(b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expense and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period of the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(c) Cash

The Fund defines cash and cash equivalents to be highly liquid investments, with original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Included in the cash balance as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is $12,193,082 and $34,744,482 respectively, which relates to variation margin against open futures contracts held by the Fund. There were no cash equivalents held by the Fund as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

(d) United States Treasury Obligations

The Fund records United States Treasury obligations on a trade date basis at fair value based on quoted market closing prices. The Fund holds United States Treasury obligations for deposit with the Master Fund’s commodity brokers as margin and for trading purposes. Included in the United States Treasury obligations as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is $52,608,956 and $42,522,181, respectively, which is restricted and held against initial margin of the open futures contracts. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the United States Treasury obligations.

(e) Income Taxes

The Fund and the Master Fund are classified as a grantor trust and a partnership, respectively, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the Master Fund will incur U.S. federal income taxes. No provision for federal, state, and local income taxes has been made in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, as investors are individually liable for income taxes, if any, on their allocable share of the Fund’s share of the Master Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items.

 

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(f) Futures Contracts

All commodity futures contracts are held and used for trading purposes. The commodity futures are recorded on a trade date basis and open contracts are recorded in the consolidated statement of financial condition at fair value on the last business day of the period, which represents market value for those commodity futures for which market quotes are readily available. However, when market closing prices are not available, the Managing Owner may value an asset of the Master Fund pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the consolidated statement of income and expenses in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.

(g) Management Fee

The Master Fund currently pays the Managing Owner a management fee (“Management Fee”), monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.75% per annum of the daily net asset value of the Master Fund. Prior to July 12, 2006, the Management Fee was 0.95% per annum. No separate management fee is paid by the Fund. The Management Fee is paid in consideration of the Managing Owner’s commodity futures trading advisory services.

(h) Brokerage Commissions and Fees

The Master Fund incurs all brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, NFA fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities by the Commodity Broker. These costs are recorded as brokerage commissions and fees in the consolidated statement of income and expenses. On average, total charges paid to the Commodity Broker were approximately $7.00 per round-turn trade for the periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively, although the Commodity Broker’s brokerage commissions and trading fees are determined on a contract-by-contract basis. Brokerage commissions and fees have approximated 0.08% and 0.20%, on an annual basis, of the net asset value of the Master Fund during the periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively.

(i) Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

Effective July 12, 2006, the Managing Owner has agreed to assume all future routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund going forward, including, but not limited to, computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, filing fees and printing, mailing and duplication costs. Accordingly, all such expenses are not reflected in the consolidated statement of income and expenses of the Fund.

Prior to July 12, 2006, all routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund were paid by the Master Fund.

(j) Non-Recurring and Unusual Fees and Expenses

The Master Fund pays all fees and expenses, if any, of the Fund and the Master Fund, which are non-recurring and unusual in nature. Such expenses include legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses. Such fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount. For the periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Fund and the Master Fund did not incur such expenses.

 

(5) Financial Instrument Risk

In the normal course of its business, the Master Fund is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk. The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in a future obligation or loss. The financial instruments used by the Master Fund are commodity futures, whose values are based upon an underlying asset and generally represent future commitments that have a reasonable possibility of being settled in cash or through physical delivery. The financial instruments are traded on an exchange and are standardized contracts.

Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the financial instruments traded by the Master Fund due to market changes, including fluctuations in commodity prices. In entering into these futures contracts, there exists a market risk that such futures contracts may be significantly influenced by conditions, resulting in such futures contracts being less valuable. If the markets should move against all of the futures contracts at the same time, the Master Fund could experience substantial losses.

Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of an exchange clearinghouse to perform according to the terms of a futures contract. Credit risk with respect to exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to the transactions. The Master Fund’s risk of loss in the event of counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of financial condition and not represented by the futures contract or notional amounts of the instruments.

 

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The Fund and the Master Fund have not utilized, nor do they expect to utilize in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind, other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business noted above.

 

(6) Share Purchases and Redemptions

(a) Purchases

Limited Shares may be purchased from the Fund only by Authorized Participants in one or more blocks of 200,000 Shares, called a Basket. The Fund issues Limited Shares in Baskets only to Authorized Participants continuously as of noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the date on which a valid order to create a Basket is accepted by the Fund, at the net asset value of 200,000 Limited Shares as of the closing time of the Amex or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Master Fund’s futures contracts are traded, whichever is later, on the date that a valid order to create a Basket is accepted by the Fund.

(b) Redemptions

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Managing Owner to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 10:00 a.m., New York time. The day on which the Managing Owner receives a valid redemption order is the redemption order date. Redemption orders are irrevocable. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem Baskets. Individual shareholders may not redeem directly from the Fund. Instead, individual shareholders may only redeem Limited Shares in integral multiples of 200,000 and only through an Authorized Participant.

By placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the Baskets to be redeemed through The Depositary Trust Corporation’s (“DTC”) book entry system to the Fund not later than noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

The redemption proceeds from the Fund consist of the cash redemption amount. The cash redemption amount is equal to the net asset value of the number of Basket(s) requested in the Authorized Participant’s redemption order as of the closing time of the Amex or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Master Fund’s future contracts are traded, whichever is later, on the redemption order date. The Fund will distribute the cash redemption amount at noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date through DTC to the account of the Authorized Participant as recorded on DTC’s book entry system.

The redemption proceeds due from the Fund are delivered to the Authorized Participant at noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date if, by such time on such business day immediately following the redemption order date, the Fund’s DTC account has been credited with the Baskets to be redeemed. If the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited with all of the Baskets to be redeemed by such time, the redemption proceeds are delivered to the extent of whole Baskets received. Any remainder of the redemption proceeds are delivered on the next business day to the extent of remaining whole Baskets received if the Managing Owner receives the fee applicable to the extension of the redemption distribution date which the Managing Owner may, from time-to-time, determine and the remaining Baskets to be redeemed are credited to the Fund’s DTC account by noon, New York time, on such next business day. Any further outstanding amount of the redemption order will be canceled. The Managing Owner is also authorized to deliver the redemption proceeds notwithstanding that the Baskets to be redeemed are not credited to the Fund’s DTC account by noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date if the Authorized Participant has collateralized its obligation to deliver the Baskets through DTC’s book entry system on such terms as the Managing Owner may from time-to-time agree upon.

 

(7) Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Master Fund, income and expenses are allocated pro rata to the General and Limited Shareholders monthly based on their respective percentage interests as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month. Any losses allocated to the Managing Owner (the owner of the General Shares) which are in excess of the Managing Owner’s capital balance are allocated to the Limited Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest in the Master Fund as a percentage of total shareholders’ equity. Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Owner on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective capital balances of the shareholders.

 

(8) Organizational and Offering Costs

Effective July 12, 2006 the Managing Owner determined to assume all organization and offering expenses both already incurred and not yet paid and to be incurred by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Fund and the Master Fund.

 

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(9) Commitments and Contingencies

The Managing Owner, either in its own capacity or in its capacity as the Managing Owner and on behalf of the Fund and the Master Fund, has entered into various service agreements that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund and the Master Fund. While the Fund’s and the Master Fund’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, until a claim arises, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on either the Fund’s or the Master Fund’s financial position.

 

(10) Net Asset Value and Financial Highlights

The Fund is presenting the following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance and operations for a Limited Share outstanding for the period from for the periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. The net investment income and total expense ratios are calculated using average net asset value. The net asset value presentation is calculated using daily Limited Shares outstanding. The net investment income and total expense ratios have been annualized and are shown gross and net of the allocation of Limited Shares equity for organization and offering costs. The total return is based on the change in net asset value of the Limited Shares during the period. An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of capital transactions.

 

     Period Ended  
     March 31, 2007     March 31, 2006  

Net Asset Value

    

Initial offering price per Limited Share

     —       $ 25.00  

Offering Costs

     —         (0.75 )
                

Net offering

     —         24.25  

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

   $ 0.61       (0.38 )

Net investment income

     0.25       0.09  
                

Net increase (decrease)

     0.86       (0.29 )

Net asset value per Limited Share, beginning of period

     24.55       —    
                

Net asset value per Limited Share, end of period

   $ 25.41     $ 23.96  
                

Market value per Limited Share, beginning of period

   $ 24.58       —    
                

Market value per Limited Share, end of period

   $ 25.38     $ 23.94  
                

Ratio to average net assets (i)

    

Net investment income

     4.25 %     3.45 %

Allocation of Limited Shareholders’ equity for organization and offering costs

     —         (0.22 )%
                

Net investment income after allocation of Limited Shareholders’ equity for organization and offering costs

     4.25 %     3.23 %
                

Total expenses

     0.83 %     1.26 %

Allocation of Limited Shareholders’ equity for organization and offering costs

     —         0.22 %
                

Total expenses after allocation of Limited Shareholders’ equity for organization and offering costs

     0.83 %     1.48 %
                

Total Return, at net asset value (ii)

     3.50 %     (4.16 )%
                

Total Return, at market value (ii)

     3.25 %     (4.24 )%
                

 

(i): Percentages are annualized.

 

(ii): Percentages are not annualized and for the period ended March 31, 2006 calculated based on initial offering price upon commencement of investment operations of $25.00.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report, or Report. The discussion and analysis which follows may contain trend analysis and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial results. Words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “outlook” and “estimate” as well as similar words and phrases signify forward-looking statements. PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund’s forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws, DB Commodity Services LLC, or the Managing Owner, undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or the risks, uncertainties or other factors described in this Report, as a result of new information, future events or changed circumstances or for any other reason after the date of this Report.

Overview/Introduction

The Fund and the Master Fund seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Excess Return, or the Index, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Master Fund’s interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund. The Limited Shares are designed for investors who want a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in a group of commodity futures on U.S. and non-U.S. markets.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund. The Master Fund pursues its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of exchange-traded futures on the commodities comprising the Index, or the Index Commodities. The Index Commodities are Light, Sweet Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Aluminum, Gold, Corn and Wheat. The Index is composed of notional amounts of each of the Index Commodities. The notional amounts of each Index Commodity included in the Index are broadly in proportion to historic levels of the world’s production and stocks of the Index Commodities. The Master Fund’s portfolio also includes United States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities for deposit with the Master Fund’s Commodity Broker as margin. The sponsor of the Index, or the Index Sponsor, is Deutsche Bank AG London. DBLCI and Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index are trade marks of Deutsche Bank AG and are the subject of Community Trade Mark Nos. 3055043 and 3054996. Trade Mark applications in the United States are pending with respect to both the Fund and the Index. Deutsche Bank AG London is an affiliate of the Fund, the Master Fund and the Managing Owner.

Under the Trust Declarations of the Fund and the Master Fund, Wilmington Trust Company, the Trustee of the Fund and the Master Fund, has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund and the Master Fund. The Trustee will have no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor will the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner.

The Index Sponsor obtains information for inclusion in, or for use in the calculation of, the Index from sources the Index Sponsor considers reliable. None of the Index Sponsor, the Managing Owner, the Fund, the Master Fund or any of their respective affiliates accepts responsibility for or guarantees the accuracy and/or completeness of the Index or any data included in the Index.

The Limited Shares are intended to provide investment results that generally correspond to the changes, positive or negative, in the levels of the Index over time. The value of the Limited Shares is expected to fluctuate in relation to changes in the value of the Master Fund’s portfolio. The market price of the Limited Shares may not be identical to the net asset value per Limited Share, but these two valuations are expected to be very close.

Performance Summary

Performance of the Fund and the exchange traded Limited Shares are detailed below in “Results of Operations”. Past performance of the Fund is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

 

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The Index is intended to reflect the change in market value of the Index Commodities. In turn, the notional amounts of each Index Commodity are broadly in proportion to historic levels of the world’s production and stocks of such Index Commodities. The Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index-Optimum Yield Total Return, or DBLCI-OYTR consists of the Index plus 3 month United States Treasury obligations returns. Past Index results are not necessarily indicative of future changes, positive or negative, in the Index closing levels.

The section “Summary of DBLCI-TR, DBLCI-OYTR, and Underlying Index Commodity Returns for the period January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 and for the period January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006” below provides an overview of the changes in the closing levels of the Index by disclosing the change in market value of each underlying component Index Commodity through a “surrogate” (and analogous) index. (The period January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 and the period January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006 will be referred to herein as “Period Ended March 31, 2007 and “Period Ended March 31, 2006”, respectively.)

The following paragraphs highlight the results of the DBLCI-OYTR for the period January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 and for the period January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006. Because the Fund tracked the non-Optimum Yield (“non-OY”) version of the DBLCI from January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) through May 23, 2006, results for the DBLCI-TR are also highlighted. Please note also that the Fund’s objective is to track the Index (not the DBLCI-OYTR™), and the Fund does not attempt to outperform or underperform the Index. The change in the way the Fund rolls commodity futures contracts was adopted with the objective of mitigating the negative effects of contango, the condition in which distant delivery prices for futures exceed spot prices, and maximizing the positive effects of backwardation, a condition opposite of contango.

Summary of DBLCI-TR, DBLCI-OYTR, and Underlying Index Commodity Returns for the period January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007 and for the period January 31, 2006 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006.

 

Underlying Index

   TOTAL RETURNS FOR INDEX IN THE  
   DBLCI-OYTR™     DBLCI-TR™*  
   January 1, 2007 to
March 31, 2007
    January 31, 2006
(commencement of
investment operations)
to March 31, 2006
    January 1, 2007 to
March 31, 2007
    January 31, 2006
(commencement of
investment operations)
to March 31, 2006
 

DB Crude Oil Indices

   4.28 %   -3.11 %   3.64 %   -5.20 %

DB Heating Oil Indices

   9.6 %   -0.90 %   12.83 %   -1.66 %

DB Aluminum Indices

   3.52 %   1.21 %   3.76 %   1.48 %

DB Gold Indices

   4.13 %   1.86 %   4.12 %   2.01 %

DB Corn Indices

   3.61 %   5.56 %   3.61 %   5.56 %

DB Wheat Indices

   -7.66 %   -.09 %   -5.38 %   0.87 %
                        

TOTAL RETURNS

   3.73 %   -0.31 %   4.33 %   -0.96 %
                        

 

* During the period from January 31 (commencement of investment operations) to March 31, 2006, the Fund tracked the non-Optimum Yield™ version of the Index. During this same period, the Fund did not track the changes of closing levels of DBLCI-TR™.

In the current interest rate environment, the total return on an investment in the Fund is expected to outperform the Index and underperform the DBLCI-OYTR. The only difference between the Index and the DBLCI-OYTR is that the Index does not include interest income from a hypothetical basket of fixed income securities while the DBLCI-OYTR does include such a component. The difference between the Index and the DBLCI-OYTR is attributable entirely to the hypothetical interest income from this hypothetical basket of fixed income securities. The Fund’s interest income from its holdings of fixed-income securities is expected to exceed the Fund’s fees and expenses, and the amount of such excess is

 

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expected to be distributed periodically. The market price of the Shares is expected closely to track the Index. The total return on an investment in the Fund over any period is the sum of the capital appreciation or depreciation of the Shares over the period, plus the amount of any distributions during the period. Consequently, in the current interest rate environment, the Fund’s total return is expected to outperform the Index by the amount of the excess of its interest income over its fees and expenses but, as a result of the Fund’s fees and expenses, the total return on the Fund is expected to underperform the DBLCI-OYTR™. If the Fund’s fees and expenses were to exceed the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of fixed income securities, the Fund would underperform the Index.

Net Asset Value

Net asset value means the total assets of the Master Fund, including, but not limited to, all futures, cash and investments less total liabilities of the Master Fund, each determined on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting. In particular, net asset value includes any unrealized appreciation or depreciation on open commodity futures contracts, and any other credit or debit accruing to the Master Fund but unpaid or not received by the Master Fund. All open commodity futures contracts will be calculated at their then current market value, which will be based upon the settlement price for that particular commodity futures contract traded on the applicable exchange on the date with respect to which net asset value is being determined; provided, that if a commodity futures contract 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 settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated will be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. The Managing Owner may in its discretion (and only under extraordinary 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 the Master 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. Interest earned on the Master Fund’s brokerage account are accrued at least monthly. The amount of any distribution is a liability of the Master Fund from the day when the distribution is declared until it is paid.

The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund in a master-feeder structure. The Fund holds no investment assets other than Master Fund Limited Units. The Fund is the majority Master Fund Limited Unit owner and the Managing Owner holds a minority interest in the Master Fund. Each Limited Share issued by the Fund correlates with the Master Fund Limited Unit issued by the Master Fund and held by the Fund.

Net asset value per Master Fund Limited Unit and Master Fund General Unit (collectively, “Master Fund Units”) is the net asset value of the Master Fund divided by the number of outstanding Master Fund Units. Because there is a one-to-one correlation between Limited Shares of the Fund and the Master Fund Limited Units, the net asset value per Limited Share and the net asset value per Master Fund Unit are substantially equal.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Fund’s and Master Fund’s critical accounting policies are as follows:

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates, and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expense and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period of the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Both the Fund’s and the Master Fund’s application of these policies involve judgments and actual results may differ from the estimates used.

The Master Fund expects to hold a significant portion of its assets in futures contracts and United States Treasury Obligations, both of which will be recorded on trade date and at fair value in the consolidated financial statements, with changes in fair value reported in the consolidated statement of income and expenses. Generally, fair values are based on quoted market closing prices. However, when market closing prices are not available, the Managing Owner may value an asset of the Master Fund pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards.

 

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Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the consolidated statement of income and expenses in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.

Interest income on United States Treasury obligations is recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the United States Treasury obligations.

Market Risk

Trading in futures contracts involves the Master Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The market risk associated with the Master Fund’s commitments to purchase commodities is limited to the gross or face amount of the contracts held.

The Master Fund’s exposure to market risk is also influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of the Master Fund’s trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of the investors’ capital.

Credit Risk

When the Master Fund enters into futures contracts, the Master Fund is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and on most of foreign futures exchanges is the clearing house associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearing houses are backed by their corporate members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearing house is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it may be backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will meet its obligations to the Master Fund.

Liquidity

All of the Master Fund’s source of capital is derived from the Fund through the Fund’s offering of Limited Shares to Authorized Participants. (Authorized Participants may then subsequently redeem such Limited Shares). The Master Fund in turn allocates its net assets to commodities trading. A significant portion of the net asset value is held in United States Treasury obligations and cash, which is used as margin for the Master Fund’s trading in commodities. The percentage that United States Treasury obligations bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the Master Fund’s commodity interests change. The balance of the net assets are held in the Master Fund’s commodity trading account. Interest earned on the Master Fund’s interest-bearing funds is paid to the Master Fund.

The Master Fund’s commodity contracts will be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges may limit fluctuations in certain commodity futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits.” During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can neither be taken nor liquidated unless the traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent the Master Fund from promptly liquidating its commodity futures positions.

Because the Master Fund trades futures contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of future contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk).

The Commodity Broker, when acting as the Master Fund’s futures commission merchant in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Master Fund all assets of the Master Fund relating to domestic futures trading and the Commodity Broker is not allowed to commingle such assets with other assets of the Commodity Broker. In addition, CFTC regulations also require the Commodity Broker to hold in a secure account assets of the Master Fund related to foreign futures trading.

 

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On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Managing Owner to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 10:00 a.m., New York time. The day on which the Managing Owner receives a valid redemption order is the redemption order date. Redemption orders are irrevocable. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem Baskets. Individual Shareholders may not redeem directly from the Fund. Instead, individual Shareholders may only redeem Shares in integral multiples of 200,000 and only through an Authorized Participant. By placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the Baskets to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Fund not later than noon, New York time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

Results of Operations

FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2007 TO MARCH 31, 2007 (REFERRED TO HEREIN AS “PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2007”) AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 31, 2006 TO MARCH 31, 2006 (REFERRED TO HEREIN AS “PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2006”)

The Fund was launched on January 31, 2006 at $25.00 per share and listed for trading on the Amex on February 3, 2006.

The Fund and the Master Fund seek to track changes in the closing levels of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Excess Return, or the Index, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Master Fund’s interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund and the Master Fund. The following table illustrates changes in (i) the price of the Limited Shares (as reflected by the graph “DBC”), (ii) the Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graph “DBCNAV”), and (iii) the closing levels of the Index (as reflected by the graph “DBLCIX”). The price of the Limited Shares generally has exceeded the levels of the Index primarily because the Limited Share price reflects interest income from the Master Fund’s collateral holdings whereas the Index does not consider such interest income. There can be no assurances that the price of the Limited Shares will continue to exceed the Index levels.

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COMPARISON OF DBC, DBCNAV AND DBLCIX FOR THE PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006

LOGO

LOGO

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index—Optimum Yield Excess Return is an index and does not reflect (i) actual trading and (ii) any fees or expenses. During the period from inception of trading on the Amex on February 3, 2006 to the close of business on May 23, 2006,

 

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the Fund and Master Fund sought to track the changes of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index — Excess Return (“DBLCI– ER”). DBLCI– ER is composed of the same index commodities as the Index and is also calculated on an excess return basis. Unlike the Index, which is rolled on an optimum yield basis, DBLCI–ER rolls both Light, Sweet Crude Oil and Heating Oil on a monthly basis and Gold, Aluminum, Corn and Wheat on an annual basis. Therefore, with respect to the above graph For the Period Ended March 31, 2006, DBLCIX reflects DBLCI– ER from February 3, 2006 to the close of business on March 31, 2006. With respect to the above graph For the Period Ended March 31, 2007, DBLCIX reflects Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index–Optimum Yield Excess Return.

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH 2003, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

WITH RESPECT TO INDEX DATA, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

WITH RESPECT TO INDEX DATA, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD JANUARY 1988 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2003, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX COMMODITIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER ITEM 1A: “RISK FACTORS” HEREIN, RELATED TO THE COMMODITIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK THE INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF THE INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

THE MANAGING OWNER HAS HAD LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN TRADING ACTUAL ACCOUNTS FOR ITSELF OR FOR CLIENTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 COMPARED TO THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2006

Fund Limited Share Price Performance

For the period ended March 31, 2007, Limited Shares increased 3.25% from $24.58 per share to $25.38 per share. Limited Shares traded from a low of $22.61 (-8.01%) per share on January 18, 2007 to a high of $25.76 per share (+4.80%) on March 29, 2007. Total return for the Fund, on a market value basis was 3.25% for the period ended March 31, 2007.

For the period ended March 31, 2006, Limited Shares decreased 4.24% from $25.00 per share to $23.94 per share. Limited Shares traded from a high of $24.50 per share (-2.00%) on February 3, 2006 to a low of $22.31 per share (-10.76%) on February 15, 2006. Total return for the Fund, on a market value basis was -4.24% for the period ended March 31, 2006.

Fund Limited Share Net Asset Performance

For the period ended March 31, 2007, the net asset value of each Limited Share increased 3.50% from $24.55 per share to $25.41 per share. Total return on a net asset value basis, for the Fund, was 3.50% for the period ended March 31, 2007.

Net income for the period ended March 31, 2007 was $30.6 million, resulting from $9.3 million of interest income and realized and unrealized gains of $22.8 million and operating expenses of $1.5 million.

 

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For the period ended March 31, 2006, the net asset value of each Limited Share decreased 4.16% from $25.00 per share to $23.96 per share. Total return on a net asset value basis, for the Fund, was a loss of 4.16% for the period ended March 31, 2006.

Net income for the period ended March 31, 2006 was $6.1 million, resulting from a $1.1 million of interest income and net realized and unrealized gains of $5.3 million and operating expenses of $0.3 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

In the normal course of its business, the Master Fund is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk. The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in a future obligation or loss. The financial instruments used by the Master Fund are commodity futures, whose values are based upon an underlying asset and generally represent future commitments which have a reasonable possibility to be settled in cash or through physical delivery. The financial instruments are traded on an exchange and are standardized contracts.

The Fund and the Master Fund have not utilized, nor do they expect to utilize in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind, other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business noted above, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund and the Master Fund. While the Fund’s and the Master Fund’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on either the Fund’s or the Master Fund’s financial position.

The Fund and Master Fund’s contractual obligations are with the Managing Owner and the Commodity Broker. Management Fee payments made to the Managing Owner are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Master Fund’s Net Asset Value. Commission payments to the Commodity Broker are on a contract-by-contract, or round-turn, basis. As such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as net asset values are not known until a future date. These agreements are effective for one year terms, renewable automatically for additional one year terms unless terminated. Additionally, these agreements may be terminated by either party for various reasons.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

INTRODUCTION

The Fund is designed to replicate positions in a commodity index. The market sensitive instruments held by it are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Fund’s main line of business.

Market movements can produce frequent changes in the fair market value of the Fund’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Fund’s market risk is primarily influenced by changes in the price of commodities.

Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Fund could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty in the markets in which the Fund trades and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Fund of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at Risk or the Fund’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of this, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the quantification included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Fund’s losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the Fund’s attempts to manage its market risk.

Standard of Materiality

Materiality as used in this section, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and the potential losses caused by such movements, taking into account the leverage, and multiplier features of the Fund’s market sensitive instruments.

 

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QUANTIFYING THE FUND’S TRADING VALUE AT RISK

Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). All quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact (such as the dollar amount of maintenance margin required for market risk sensitive instruments held at the end of the reporting period).

The Fund’s risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the Fund is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Fund as the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed 95-99% of the maximum one-day losses at fair value of any given contract incurred during the time period over which historical price fluctuations are researched for purposes of establishing margin levels. The maintenance margin levels are established by exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation.

THE FUND’S TRADING VALUE AT RISK IN DIFFERENT MARKET SECTORS

The following table indicates the trading Value at Risk associated with the Fund’s open positions by market category as of March 31, 2007. There has been no material change in the trading Value at Risk information previously disclosed in the Fund’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

Market Sector

   Delivery Month    Value at Risk (VaR)*    

Number of times

VaR Exceeded

Corn

   Dec 07    0.38 %   3

WTI Crude Oil

   May 07    1.22 %   3

Gold

   Aug 07    0.45 %   2

Heating Oil

   Jun 07    0.65 %   3

Aluminum

   Nov 07    0.48 %   3

Wheat

   Jul 07    0.41 %   4

Aggregate/Total

      2.55 %   3

 

* The VaR for a contract represents the one day, downside risk, under normal market conditions, with a 99% confidence level. It is calculated using historical market moves for the contract and uses a one year look-back. The aggregate VaR for the fund represents the VaR of the Fund’s open positions across all contracts, and is less than the sum of VaRs for each individual contract due to the diversification benefit across the contracts.

NON-TRADING RISK

The Fund has non-trading market risk as a result of investing in short-term United States Treasury obligations. The market risk represented by these investments is expected to be immaterial.

QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING PRIMARY TRADING RISK EXPOSURES

The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures — except for those disclosures that are statements of historical fact — constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. The Fund’s primary market risk exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks. Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets, the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, an influx of new market participants, increased regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in material changes

 

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to the risk exposures of the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s current market exposure will not change materially. Investors may lose all or substantially all of their investment in the Fund.

The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Fund as of March 31, 2007 by market sector.

Energy. The Fund’s primary energy market exposure is to pricing movements in light, sweet crude oil and heating oil. Oil prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market. The level of global industrial activity influences the demand for light, sweet crude oil. In addition, various other factors can affect the demand for light, sweet crude oil, such as weather, political events and labor activity. The supply of sweet light crude oil can be affected by many events, in particular, the meetings of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Market expectations about events that will influence either demand or supply can cause prices for light, sweet crude oil to fluctuate greatly. A significant amount of the world oil production capacity is controlled by a relatively small number of producers. Any large change in production by one of these producers could have a substantial effect on the price of light, sweet crude oil.

The level of global industrial activity influences the demand for heating oil. In addition, the seasonal temperatures in countries throughout the world can also heavily influence the demand for heating oil. Heating oil is derived from crude oil and as such, any factors that influence the supply of crude oil may also influence the supply of heating oil.

Metals. The Fund’s metal market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of aluminum and gold. The price movement of aluminum may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the level of global industrial activity and demands, especially relating to the transportation, packaging and building sectors, each of which significantly influences the demand, and in turn, the price of aluminum. Prices for aluminum are influenced by a number of factors including the level of economic activity in large aluminum consuming markets, political uncertainties, economic concerns and the rate of supply of new metal from producers. The production of aluminum is a power intensive process that requires large amounts of inexpensive power. Disruptions in the amount of energy available to aluminum producers could affect the supply of aluminum.

Because trading is to be conducted on a commodity exchange outside the United States, such trading is not regulated by any United States governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading on United States exchanges, including different or diminished investor protections. In trading contracts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, Limited Shares are subject to the risk of adverse exchange-rate movements between the dollar and the functional currencies of such contracts. Investors could incur substantial losses from trading on foreign exchanges which such Investors would not have otherwise been subject had the trading been limited to U.S. markets.

The price of gold is volatile. Gold prices float freely in accordance with supply and demand. The price movement of gold may be influenced by a variety of factors, including announcements from central banks regarding reserve gold holdings, agreements among central banks, purchases and sales of gold by central banks other governmental agencies that hold large supplies of gold, political uncertainties, economic concerns such as an increase or decrease in confidence in the global monetary system, the relative strength of the U.S. dollar, interest rates and numerous other factors. Gold prices may also be affected by industry factors such as industrial and jewelry demand.

Agricultural. The Fund’s agricultural market exposure is to agricultural pricing movements in wheat and corn. Both of these are often directly affected by, among other things, severe or unexpected weather conditions or by the level of import and export activity between countries. The price movement of wheat may be influenced by three primary supply factors: farmer planting decisions, climate, and government agricultural policies and three major market demand factors: food, shortages or surpluses of world grain supplies, and domestic and foreign government policies and trade agreements. Additionally, the price movement of wheat may be influenced by a variety of other factors, including weather conditions, disease, transportation costs, political uncertainties and economic concerns.

The price movement of corn may be influenced by three primary supply factors: farmer planting decisions, climate, and government agricultural policies and three major market demand factors: livestock feeding, shortages or surpluses of world grain supplies, and domestic and foreign government policies and trade agreements. Additionally, the price movement of corn may be influenced by a variety of other factors, including weather conditions, disease, transportation costs, political uncertainties and economic concerns.

 

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QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING NON-TRADING RISK EXPOSURE

General

The Fund is unaware of any (i) anticipated known demands, commitments or capital expenditures; (ii) material trends, favorable or unfavorable, in its capital resources; or (iii) trends or uncertainties that will have a material effect on operations.

QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING MEANS OF MANAGING RISK EXPOSURE

Under ordinary circumstances, the Managing Owner’s discretionary power is limited to determining whether the Fund will make a distribution. Under emergency or extraordinary circumstances, the Managing Owner’s discretionary powers increase, but remain circumscribed. These special circumstances, for example, include the unavailability of the Index or certain natural or man-made disasters. The Managing Owner does not apply risk management techniques. The Fund initiates positions only on the “long” side of the market and does not employ “stop-loss” techniques.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Disclosure controls and procedures.

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Managing Owner, including its chief executive officer and principal financial officer, the Fund carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, the chief executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures with respect to the Fund were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.

Internal control over financial reporting.

There has been no change in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Not Applicable.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There are no material changes from risk factors as previously disclosed in Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed March 27, 2007.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

(a) None.

(b) The Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-125325) was declared effective on January 17, 2006 with information with respect to the use of proceeds from the sale of the Limited Shares being disclosed therein. Trading on the Amex commenced on February 3, 2006. A Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 was declared effective on August 14, 2006, which also contained this information. The Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-141631) was filed on March 28, 2007 with information with respect to the use of proceeds from the sale of the Limited Shares being disclosed therein. Accordingly, upon effectiveness, the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-141631) will act as a Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to File No. 333-125325.

The proceeds from the sale of the Limited Shares are used to purchase Master Fund Limited Units. The Master Fund uses the proceeds from the sale of the Master Fund Limited Units for general corporate purposes in accordance with its investment objectives and policies.

For the period ended March 31, 2007, 3.4 million Limited Shares were created for $80.8 million and no Limited Shares were redeemed. On March 31, 2007, 32.4 million Limited Shares of the Fund were outstanding for a market capitalization of $822.3 million.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits.

 

31.1    Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
32.1    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

      PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund
      By:  

DB Commodity Services LLC,

its Managing Owner

      By:   /s/ Kevin Rich
        Name:   Kevin Rich
        Title:   Director, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Dated: May 15, 2007     By:   /s/ Gregory S. Collett
        Name:   Gregory S. Collett
        Title:   Chief Operating Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Document

   Page
Number
31.1    Certification of Kevin Rich    E-2
32.1    Certification of Kevin Rich, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Managing Owner, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    E-3

 

E-1