Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC announced that PowerShares QQQ (PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1) expects to issue a special dividend payment on March, 7, 2014. The special dividend is due to a corporate action event by Vodafone Group PLC ADR which is held by PowerShares QQQ. As of February 20, 2014 Vodafone represented 0.93% of total holdings in PowerShares QQQ.

The ex-date for special distribution is anticipated to be February 27, 2014. The record date is anticipated to be March 3, 2014.