SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-06-20

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DISTRIBUTION SERVICES AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>DISTRIBUTION SERVICES AGREEMENT</B> dated and effective as of June 20, 2016 (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) among PowerShares DB US
Dollar Index Trust, a Delaware statutory trust organized in series (the &#147;<U>Trust</U>&#148;), each series of the Trust as set forth on <U>Schedule A</U> attached hereto, and as it may be amended from time-to-time (individually, each a
&#147;<U>Fund</U>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<U>Funds</U>&#148;), Invesco Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;<U>Distributor</U>&#148;), and Invesco
PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<U>Managing Owner</U>&#148;). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Trust&#146;s Prospectus
included in its corresponding Registration Statement as referenced in the attached <U>Schedule C</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Managing Owner serves
as the sole managing owner of each Fund; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, each Fund and the Managing Owner wish to employ Distributor in connection with the
performance of the services listed in <U>Schedule B</U> and additional services as may be agreed to from time-to-time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings herein contained, the parties agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <U>Documents</U> &#151; The Trust has furnished
or will furnish, upon request, the Distributor with copies of the Trust&#146;s or, as applicable, each Fund&#146;s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, advisory agreement, custodian agreement, transfer agency agreement, administration
agreement, current prospectus, and statement of additional information, and all forms relating to any plan, program or service offered by each Fund. The Trust shall, on behalf of each Fund, furnish, within a reasonable time period, to the
Distributor a copy of any amendment or supplement to any of the above-mentioned documents. Upon request, the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, shall furnish promptly to the Distributor any additional documents necessary or advisable to perform its
functions hereunder. As used in this Agreement the terms &#147;registration statement,&#148; &#147;prospectus&#148; and &#147;statement of additional information&#148; shall mean any registration statement, prospectus and statement of additional
information filed by the Trust and each Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) and any amendments and supplements thereto that are filed with the SEC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <U>Authorized Representations</U> &#151; The Distributor is not authorized by the Trust or any Fund to give any information or to make any representations
other than those contained in the registration statement or prospectus and statement of additional information, or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Trust or any Fund for the
Distributor&#146;s use. Consistent with the foregoing, the Distributor may prepare and distribute sales literature or other material as it may deem appropriate in consultation with the Trust and the Managing Owner, provided such sales literature is
approved in accordance with Paragraph 8 below and complies with applicable law and regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>Registration of Shares</U> &#151; The Trust agrees
that it will take all action necessary to register the Shares of each Fund under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) (subject to the necessary approval of its shareholders). The Trust shall make available to the Distributor,
at the Distributor&#146;s expense, such number of copies of its prospectus and statement of additional information as the Distributor may reasonably request. The Trust shall furnish to the Distributor copies of all information, financial statements
and other papers related to the Funds, which the Distributor may reasonably request for use in connection with the distribution of Shares of each Fund. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <U>Fees and Fund Expenses</U> &#151; (a) In consideration of the services to be performed for each Fund by the Distributor hereunder as set forth on
<U>Schedule B</U> attached hereto and as it may be amended from time-</P>

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to-time, the Managing Owner (and not the Trust or any Fund) will pay the Distributor a fee in an amount set forth in <U>Schedule C</U> hereto, subject to any limitation imposed by any law, rule
or regulation applicable to any of the parties hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt;