DBCHIGH SIGNALOPERATIONAL10-K

DBC substantially expanded its commodity index composition from 14 to 28 underlying commodities while experiencing a dramatic decline in cash position and operating performance.

The fund has fundamentally altered its investment strategy by doubling the number of tracked commodities and shifting from a simple notional amount approach to a more sophisticated selection methodology based on market liquidity and production volumes. This represents a major structural change that could significantly impact tracking performance and volatility characteristics for existing shareholders.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

DBC experienced a substantial decline in cash and equivalents alongside meaningfully lower operating cash flow and operating income, suggesting significant capital deployment or distribution activity. The reduction in dividends paid and share buybacks indicates management is conserving cash amid this transition period. Despite lower interest rates environment, the fund maintained positive net interest income, though at reduced levels compared to the prior period.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Cash & Equivalents
Balance Sheet
-87.6%
$745.6M$92.1M

Cash declined 87.6% — significant cash burn or deployment; verify adequacy of remaining liquidity runway.

Operating Cash Flow
Cash Flow
-67.1%
$431.5M$141.9M

Operating cash flow fell 67.1% — earnings quality concerns; investigate working capital changes and non-cash items.

Total Liabilities
Balance Sheet
-56.5%
$7.6M$3.3M

Liabilities reduced 56.5% — deleveraging improves balance sheet strength and financial flexibility.

Interest Expense
P&L
+46.4%
$349K$511K

Interest expense surged 46.4% — significant debt increase or rising rates materially impacting earnings.

Dividends Paid
Cash Flow
-40.3%
$68.1M$40.6M

Dividends cut 40.3% — significant signal of cash flow stress or capital reallocation priorities.

Operating Income
P&L
-40.2%
$69.1M$41.4M

Operating income deteriorated sharply — investigate whether driven by one-time charges or structural cost issues.

Net Interest Income
P&L
-37.3%
$82.6M$51.8M

Net interest income declined 37.3% — margin compression from rate changes or funding cost increases.

Share Buybacks
Cash Flow
-35.3%
$562.2M$363.5M

Buyback activity reduced 35.3% — capital being redeployed elsewhere or cash conservation underway.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2026-03-02
PRIOR — 2025-02-26
ADDED
The Index is intended to reflect the economic performance of investing in futures contracts on a basket of commodities.
Effective November 10, 2025, the Index comprised the following commodities: Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI), Gas Oil, Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel (also commonly known as Heating Oil), RBOB Gasoline, Natural Gas, Brent Crude, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Aluminum, Zinc, Comex Copper, Copper Grade A, Lead, Nickel, Feeder Cattle, Cocoa, Coffee, Corn, Cotton, Lean Hogs, Live Cattle, Wheat, Wheat (Kansas Wheat), Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Soybeans, and Sugar (each, an Index Commodity, and collectively, the Index Commodities ).
The Index is intended to reflect the economic performance of investing in futures contracts on a basket of commodities in the energy, precious metals, industrial metals and/or agriculture sectors.
The Index Sponsor selects and weights commodities in the Index on an annual basis based on (i) the value and liquidity of the market for associated commodity futures contracts and (ii) their production volume (in order to factor in the relative importance of the commodity in the global economy).
Commodity futures quoted in US Dollars and listed on major US and European exchanges are eligible for inclusion in the Index.
Eligible commodities are selected based on their Three-Year Total Dollar Volume Average (i.e.
commodities are initially screened for inclusion based on their relative three-year Total Dollar Volume traded, which is calculated by multiplying the total volume of futures traded during the last one-year period by the average close price of the front month contract on each month end during that one-year period).
Each commodity s three-year Total Dollar Volume traded is calculated in proportion to the three-year Total Dollar Volume traded of all commodities within its sector to determine its initial sector liquidity rate.
A commodity with a proportionate weight of less than 2% (or 1.5% for a commodity included at the last rebalance) within its sector is excluded from the Index.
Each remaining commodity s three-year Total Dollar Volume traded is calculated in proportion to the three-year Total Dollar Volume traded of all eligible commodities ( Filtered Commodity Weight ).
REMOVED
Treasury Bill, 5.240% due May 30, 2024 2023-12-31 0001328237 us-gaap:LongMember dbc:IFUSSugarMember 2023-12-31 0001328237 us-gaap:LongMember dbc:NYMSNYHabourULSDMember 2024-12-31 0001328237 United States Treasury Obligations U.S.
The Index is intended to reflect the change in market value of the commodity sector.
The commodities comprising the Index are Light Sweet Crude Oil, Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel (also commonly known as Heating Oil), Aluminum, Gold, Corn, Wheat, Brent Crude Oil, Copper Grade A, Natural Gas, RBOB Gasoline (reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending, or RBOB ), Silver, Soybeans, Sugar and Zinc (each, an Index Commodity, and collectively, the Index Commodities ).
The Index is composed of notional amounts of each of the underlying Index Commodities.
The notional amount of each Index Commodity included in the Index is intended to reflect the changes in market value of each such Index Commodity within the Index.
The closing level of the Index is calculated on each business day by the Index Sponsor based on the closing price of the commodity futures contracts for each of the Index Commodities and the notional amount of such Index Commodity.
The Index is rebalanced annually in November to ensure that each of the Index Commodities is weighted in the same proportion that such Index Commodities were weighted on September 3, 1997.
The composition of the Index may be adjusted in the event that the Index Sponsor is not able to calculate the closing prices of the Index Commodities.
The Index Commodities are traded on the following futures exchanges: Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI), Ultra-Low Sulphur Diesel, RBOB Gasoline and Natural Gas: New York Mercantile Exchange; Brent Crude Oil: ICE Futures Europe; Gold and Silver: Commodity Exchange Inc., New York; Aluminum, Zinc and Copper Grade A: The London Metal Exchange Limited; Corn, Wheat and Soybeans: Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Inc.; and Sugar: ICE Futures U.S., Inc.
The Index takes the impact of implied roll yield into consideration by selecting, as the replacement for an expiring futures contract, the futures contract with a delivery month within the next thirteen months that generates the most favorable implied roll yield under the current market conditions.
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