February 26, 2016
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010
| Re: | Notice of Disclosure Filed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K Under Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act |
Ladies and Gentlemen
Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notice is hereby provided that PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust with respect to PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (the “Trust”) has made disclosure pursuant to those provisions in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on February 26, 2016. The Trust made such disclosure based on information provided by Deutsche Bank AG, which is an affiliate of the predecessor managing owner of the Trust, Deutsche Bank Commodity Services LLC, and not because of any conduct by the current managing owner or the Trust.
| PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust with respect to PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund | ||||||
| By: | Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, | |||||
| its Managing Owner | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Schlossberg | |||||
| Name: | Andrew Schlossberg | |||||
| Title: | Principal Executive Officer | |||||
| By: | /s/ Steven Hill | |||||
| Name: | Steven Hill | |||||
| Title: | Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Investment Pools | |||||