As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2008
Registration Nos. 333-89822; 811-21114
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 10
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Amendment No. 17
ProShares Trust
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Trust Instrument)
7501 Wisconsin Avenue,
Suite 1000
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(240) 497-6400
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
Michael L. Sapir
Chairman
ProShare Advisors LLC
7501 Wisconsin
Avenue, Suite 1000
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
John Loder, Esq.
c/o
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
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ProShares Trust (the Trust) is a registered investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust that consists of separate exchange-traded funds (each, a Fund). ProShare Advisors LLC
(ProShare Advisors) serves as the investment advisor to each Fund.
The shares of each Fund (Shares) currently are
listed on the American Stock Exchange (Amex). As a result of the planned acquisition of Amex by the New York Stock Exchange, it is expected that by fourth quarter 2008 the Shares will be listed on the NYSE Arca. Shares of each Fund trade
on the Exchange at market prices that may differ from the indicative intraday value of the Shares disseminated by the Exchange and may be above, below or equal to the Funds end of day net asset value (NAV). Each Fund has its own
CUSIP number and exchange trading symbol. Each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV in large, specified numbers of Shares called Creation Units. Creation Units of the Ultra ProShares are issued and redeemed
principally in-kind for securities included in the relevant underlying index and an amount of cash. Creation Units of the Short ProShares are purchased and redeemed in cash.
Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of the Funds. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from or with a Fund.
Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker. Thus, some of the information contained in this prospectus (the Prospectus)such as information about purchasing and
redeeming Shares from or with a Fund and all references to the Transaction Fee imposed on purchases and redemptionsis not relevant to retail investors.
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Investment Objectives
Each series of ProShares (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds) is designed to seek daily investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond to the performance
of a daily benchmark such as the daily price performance, the inverse (opposite) of the daily price performance, a multiple of the daily price performance, or a multiple of the inverse (opposite) of the daily price performance, of an index or
security. Ultra ProShares are designed to correspond to a multiple of the daily performance of an underlying index. Short ProShares are designed to correspond to the inverse of the daily performance or twice (200%) the inverse of the daily
performance of an underlying index. The Funds do not seek to achieve their stated investment objective over a period of time greater than one day. Each Funds investment objective is non-fundamental, meaning it may be changed by the Board of
Trustees of ProShares Trust (the Board), without the approval of Fund shareholders. Each Fund reserves the right to substitute a different index or security for the index underlying its benchmark.
Principal Investment Strategies
In seeking to
achieve each Funds investment objective, ProShare Advisors uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, ProShare Advisors determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that a Fund should hold to approximate
the performance of its benchmark. The Funds employ investment techniques that ProShare Advisors believes should simulate the movement of their respective benchmarks.
A Fund may hold a representative sample of the securities in the underlying index, which is intended to have aggregate characteristics similar to those of the underlying index. This
sampling process typically involves selecting a representative sample of securities in an index principally to enhance liquidity and reduce transaction costs while seeking to maintain high correlation with, and similar aggregate
characteristics (e.g., market capitalization and industry weightings) to, the underlying index. In addition, a Fund may obtain exposure to components not included in the underlying index, invest in securities that are not included in the underlying
index or overweight or underweight certain components contained in the underlying index.
ProShare Advisors does not invest the assets
of the Funds in securities or financial instruments based on ProShare Advisors view of the investment merit of a particular security, instrument, or company, nor does it conduct conventional stock research or analysis, or forecast stock market
movement or trends, in managing the assets of the Funds. Each Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times in securities and/or financial instruments that provide exposure to its underlying index without regard to market conditions, trends or
direction. The Funds do not take temporary defensive positions.
Strategies Specific to the Ultra ProShares
Each Ultra ProShares invests in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination,
should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the underlying index.
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Equity Securities
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securities that include common stock, preferred stock, depositary receipts, convertible securities and rights and warrants. Stocks represent an ownership interest in a corporation.
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Financial Instruments
(including derivatives) are investment contracts whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index. Each Ultra ProShares may invest in financial instruments as a substitute for investing directly in stocks or bonds
in order to gain exposure to the underlying index. Financial instruments may also be used to produce economically leveraged investment results. Use of financial instruments may involve costs, in addition to transaction costs, and
suitable financial instruments may not be available in all circumstances. Financial instruments include:
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Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts
Futures or futures contracts are contracts to pay a
fixed price for an agreed-upon amount of commodities or securities, or the cash value of the commodities or securities on an agreed-upon date.
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Swap Agreements
Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily with institutional investors
for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments
or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or swapped between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount, e.g., the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a
basket of securities representing a particular index. The Funds are subject to credit or counterparty risk on the amount each Fund expects to receive from swap agreement counterparties. A swap counterparty default on its payment
obligation to a Fund may cause the value of the Fund to decrease.
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Forward Contracts
Forward contracts are two-party contracts entered into with dealers or financial
institutions where the purchase or sale of a specific quantity of a commodity, security, foreign currency or other financial instrument is agreed upon at a set price, with delivery and settlement at a specified future date. Forward contracts may
also be structured for cash settlement, rather than physical delivery.
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Options on Securities and Stock Indices and Investments Covering Such Positions
Option contracts grant one
party a right, for a price, either to buy or sell a security or futures contract at a fixed price during a specified period or on a specified day. A call option gives one the right to buy a security or futures contract at an agreed-upon price on or
before a certain date. A put option gives one the right to sell a security or futures contract at an agreed-upon price on or before a certain date.
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Investments in Other Investment Companies
Each Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies, including exchange traded funds, to the extent that such an investment would be consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any
exemptive order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If a Fund invests in, and, thus, is a shareholder of, another investment company, the Funds shareholders will indirectly bear the Funds proportionate share of the fees and
expenses paid by such other investment company, including advisory fees, in addition to both the management fees payable directly by the Fund to the Funds own investment adviser and the other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection
with the Funds own operations.
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Because most exchange traded funds are investment
companies, absent exemptive relief, investment in such funds generally would be limited under applicable federal statutory provisions. Those provisions restrict a funds investment in the shares of another investment company to up to 5% of its
assets (which may represent no more than 3% of the securities of such other investment company) and limit aggregate investments in all investment companies to 10% of assets. A Fund may invest in certain exchange traded funds in excess of the
statutory limit in reliance on an exemptive order issued to those entities and pursuant to procedures approved by the Board provided that it complies with the conditions of the exemptive relief, as they may be amended, and any other applicable
investment limitations.
Pursuant to an exemptive order received from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC), each Ultra ProShares has committed to invest between 85% and 100% of its assets in the securities comprising the underlying index. This commitment is in addition to any requirements of the SEC names rule (Rule 35d-1
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act)). For those Ultra ProShares subject to the names rule, each such Fund commits to invest at least 80% of its assets (i.e., net assets plus borrowings for investment
purposes), under normal circumstances, in equity securities contained in the underlying index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
In addition, each Ultra ProShares may use other securities, financial instruments and techniques in pursuit of its investment objective. Assets of the
Ultra ProShares not invested in equity securities or financial instruments may be invested in debt instruments and/or money market instruments, including repurchase agreements.
Strategies Specific to the Short ProShares
The Short ProShares invest in financial instruments
(including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as the inverse (opposite) or a multiple of the inverse of the underlying index. These instruments include:
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Financial Instruments
(including derivatives) are investment contracts whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or
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index and may be used to produce economically leveraged investment results. Use of financial instruments may involve costs, in
addition to transaction costs, and suitable financial instruments may not be available in all circumstances. Financial instruments include:
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Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts
Futures or futures contracts are contracts to pay a
fixed price for an agreed-upon amount of commodities or securities, or the cash value of the commodities or securities on an agreed-upon date.
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Swap Agreements
Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily with institutional investors
for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments
or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or swapped between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount, e.g., the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a
basket of securities representing a particular index. The Funds are subject to credit or counterparty risk on the amount each Fund expects to receive from swap agreement counterparties. A swap counterparty default on its payment
obligation to a Fund may cause the value of the Fund to decrease.
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Forward Contracts
Forward contracts are two-party contracts entered into with dealers or financial
institutions where a purchase or sale of a specific quantity of a commodity, security, foreign currency or other financial instrument at a set price, with delivery and settlement at a specified future date. Forward contracts may also be structured
for cash settlement, rather than physical delivery.
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Options on Securities and Stock Indices and Investments Covering Such Positions
Option contracts grant one
party a right, for a price, either to buy or sell a security or futures contract at a fixed price during a specified period or on a specified day. A call option gives one the right to buy a security or futures contract at an agreed-upon price on or
before a certain date. A put option gives one the right to sell a security or futures contract at an agreed-upon price on or before a certain date.
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Short Sales
In seeking to
achieve its investment objective and as part of its principal investment strategies, the Short ProShares also may engage in short sales transactions with respect to equity securities (including shares of exchange-traded funds) to the extent
permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940. A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation that the market price of that security will decline. To complete such a transaction, a Fund must borrow
the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by borrowing the same security from another
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lender, purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement or paying
the lender an amount equal to the cost of purchasing the security. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to repay the lender any
dividends it receives or interest which accrues on the security during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold. The net proceeds of the short
sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. A Fund also will incur transaction costs in effecting short sales.
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The Short ProShares also may make short sales against the box, i.e., when a security identical to or convertible or
exchangeable into one owned by a Fund is borrowed and sold short. Whenever a Fund engages in short sales, it earmarks or segregates cash or liquid securities in an amount that, when combined with the amount of collateral deposited with the broker in
connection with the short sale, equals the current market value of the security sold short. The earmarked or segregated assets are marked to market daily.
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Investments in Other Investment Companies
Each Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies, including exchange traded funds, to the extent that such an investment would be consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any
exemptive order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If a Fund invests in, and, thus, is a shareholder of, another investment company, the Funds shareholders will indirectly bear the Funds proportionate share of the fees and
expenses paid by such other investment company, including advisory fees, in addition to both the management fees payable directly by the Fund to the Funds own investment adviser and the other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection
with the Funds own operations.
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Because most exchange traded funds are investment
companies, absent exemptive relief, investment in such funds generally would be limited under applicable federal statutory provisions. Those provisions restrict a funds investment in the shares of any particular investment company to up to 5%
of its assets (which may represent no more than 3% of the securities of such other investment company) and limit aggregate investments in all investment companies to 10% of assets. A Fund may invest in certain exchange traded funds in excess of the
statutory limit in reliance on an exemptive order issued to those entities and pursuant to procedures approved by the Board, subject to the conditions of the exemptive relief, as they may be amended, and any other applicable investment limitations.
In addition, each Short ProShares may use other financial instruments and techniques in pursuit of its investment objective. Assets of
the Short ProShares not invested in financial instruments may be invested in debt instruments and/or money market instruments,
including repurchase agreements. Short ProShares generally do not invest in equity securities such as common stock. For those Short ProShares
subject to the names rule discussed above, each such Fund commits at least 80% of assets (i.e., net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes), under normal circumstances, to investments with economic characteristics inverse to those of the
underlying index.
Principal Risks
Like all investments, investing in the Funds entails risks. Many factors affect the value of an investment in a Fund. A Funds NAV will change daily based on variations in market conditions, interest rates and other economic,
political or financial developments. The impact of these developments on a Fund will depend upon the types of securities in which the Fund invests, the Funds level of investment in particular issuers and other factors, including the financial
condition, industry, economic sector and location of such issuers.
The factors most likely to have a significant impact on a Funds
portfolio are called principal risks. The principal risks for each Fund are noted in each Fund description and described below. Some risks apply to all Funds, while others are specific to the investment strategies of certain Funds, as
indicated below. The Statement of Additional Information (SAI) contains additional information about the Funds, their investment strategies and related risks. Each Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal
risks.
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk
(All Funds)
The Funds use investment techniques that may be considered aggressive, including the use of futures contracts, options on futures contracts, securities and indexes, forward contracts, swap agreements and similar
instruments. The Funds investment in financial instruments may involve a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed and may result in losses exceeding the amounts invested. Such instruments, particularly when used
to create leverage, may expose the Funds to potentially dramatic changes (losses or gains) in the value of the instruments and imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the security or index. The use of aggressive investment
techniques also exposes the Funds to risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities contained in an index underlying a Funds benchmark, including: 1) the risk that an instrument is
mispriced; 2) credit or counterparty risk on the amount the Fund expects to receive from a counterparty; 3) the risk that securities prices, interest rates and currency markets will move adversely and the Fund will incur significant losses; 4) the
risk that there may be imperfect correlation between the price of financial instruments and movements in the prices of the underlying securities; 5) the risk that the cost of holding a financial instrument might exceed its total return; and 6) the
possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and/or possible exchange-imposed price fluctuation limits, which may make it difficult or impossible to adjust a Funds position in a particular financial instrument
when desired.
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Concentration Risk
(Ultra
Sector and Short Sector, Ultra Russell2000 Growth and UltraShort FTSE/
Xinhua China 25)
A Fund will typically concentrate its investments in issuers of one or more particular industries to the same extent that its underlying index is so
concentrated and to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory guidance. There is a risk that those issuers (or industry sector) will perform poorly and negatively impact a Fund. Concentration risk results from maintaining exposure (long or
short) to issuers conducting business in a specific industry. The risk of concentrating investments in a limited number of issuers in a particular industry is that a Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry than a
Fund that does not concentrate its investments.
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Correlation Risk
(All
Funds)
A number of factors may affect a Funds ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. A failure to achieve a high degree of
correlation may prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective. A number of factors may adversely affect a Funds correlation with its benchmark, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, costs associated with the use of leveraged
investment techniques, income items, accounting standards and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for the securities or financial instruments in which a Fund invests. A Fund may not have investment exposure to all securities in its underlying
benchmark index, or its weighting of investment exposure to such stocks or industries may be different from that of the index. In addition, a Fund may invest in securities or financial instruments not included in the index underlying its benchmark.
A Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to its benchmark. Activities surrounding annual index reconstitutions and other index rebalancing or
reconstitution events may hinder a Funds ability to meet its daily investment objective on that day. Each Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio daily to keep leverage consistent with its daily investment objective.
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The Funds are leveraged funds in the sense that they have investment objectives to
match the inverse, a multiple, or a multiple of the inverse of the performance of an index on a given day. These Funds are subject to all of the correlation risks described above. In addition, there is a special form of correlation risk that derives
from these Funds use of leverage, which is that for periods greater than one day, the use of leverage tends to cause the performance of a Fund to be either greater than or less than the index performance (or the inverse of the index
performance) times the stated multiple in the Fund objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.
The three
graphs that follow illustrate this point. Each of the three graphs shows a simulated hypothetical one year performance of an index compared with the performance of a fund that perfectly achieves its investment objective of twice (200%) the
daily index returns. The graphs demonstrate that, for periods greater than one day, a leveraged Fund is likely to underperform or
over-perform (but not match) the index performance (or the inverse of the index performance) times the stated multiple in the Fund objective.
To isolate the impact of leverage, these graphs assume a) no dividends paid by the
companies included on the index; b) no fund expenses; and c) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain required leverage) of zero percent. If these costs and expenses were included, the funds performance would be lower than that shown. Each of
the graphs also assumes a volatility rate of 15%, which is an approximate average of the five-year historical volatility rate of the S&P500
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NASDAQ-100
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Funds historical volatility rates are substantially in excess of 15%.
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Please see the SAI for a further discussion of how both index volatility and index
performance can impact Fund performance, including tables relating to the short ProShares.
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Counterparty Risk
(All
Funds)
A Fund will be subject to credit risk (described below) with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to financial instruments and repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund or held by special purpose or
structured vehicles. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to
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perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the value of your investment in a Fund may decline. A Fund may experience significant
delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding and a Fund may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. The Funds typically enter into transactions with counterparties whose
credit rating, at the time of the transaction, is investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or, if unrated, judged by ProShare Advisors to be of comparable quality.
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Credit Risk
(All
Funds)
An issuer or guarantor of debt instruments or counterparty to financial instruments may be unable or unwilling to make interest payments and/or repay principal. Changes in an issuers financial strength or in an issuers or
instruments credit rating may affect an instruments value and, thus, have an impact on Fund performance. As described under Counterparty Risk above, each Fund will also be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount a
Fund expects to receive from counterparties in financial instruments transactions. If a counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to a Fund, the value of your investment in a Fund may decline.
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Debt Instrument Risk
(UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury and UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury)
Each Fund may invest in, or seek exposure to, debt instruments. Debt instruments may have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates, credit risk
and other factors. Typically, the value of outstanding debt instruments falls when interest rates rise. Debt instruments with longer maturities may fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes than instruments with shorter maturities. Many
types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment risk, which is the risk that the issuer of the security will repay principal prior to the maturity date. Debt instruments allowing prepayment may offer less potential for gains during a period of
declining interest rates. In addition, changes in the credit quality of the issuer of a debt instrument can also affect the price of a debt instrument, as can an issuers default on its payment obligations. Such factors may cause the value of
an investment in a Fund to decrease. Also, the securities of certain U.S. government agencies, authorities or instrumentalities in which a Fund may invest are neither issued by nor guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government, and
may be exposed to credit risk.
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Early Close/Trading Halt Risk
(All Funds)
An exchange or market may close early or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may result in a Fund being unable to buy or
sell certain securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, a Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
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Equity Risk
(All
Funds)
The equity markets are volatile, and the value of securities, futures, options contracts and other instruments correlated with the
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equity markets may fluctuate dramatically from day-to-day. This volatility may cause the value of an investment in a Fund to decrease. The
Short ProShares respond differently to these risks than funds that are positively correlated to the equity markets, such as the Ultra ProShares.
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Exposure to Foreign Investments Risk
(Short International)
Certain of the Funds may invest in securities of foreign issuers or other investments that provide a Fund with exposure to foreign issuers (collectively, foreign investments). Certain factors
related to foreign investments may prevent a Fund from achieving its goals. These factors include the effect of (i) fluctuations in the value of the local currency versus the U.S. dollar and the uncertainty associated with the cost of
converting between various currencies, particularly when currency hedging techniques are unavailable; (ii) differences in settlement practices, as compared to U.S. investments, or delayed settlements in some foreign markets; (iii) the
uncertainty associated with evidence of ownership of investments in many foreign countries, which may lack the centralized custodial services and rigorous proofs of ownership required by many U.S. investments; (iv) possible regulation of, or
other limitations on, investments by U.S. investors in foreign investments; (v) brokerage commissions and fees and other investment related costs that may be higher than those applicable to U.S. investments; (vi) the possibility that a
foreign government may withhold portions of interest and dividends at the source; (vii) taxation of income earned in foreign nations or other taxes imposed with respect to investments in foreign nations; and (viii) foreign exchange
controls, which may include suspension of the ability to transfer currency from a given country. In addition, markets for foreign investments are usually less liquid, more volatile and significantly smaller than markets for U.S. securities, which
may affect, among other things, a Funds ability to purchase or sell foreign investments at appropriate times.
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A Funds ability to achieve its investment objectives also may be affected by factors related to its ability to obtain information about foreign investments. In many foreign countries, there is less publicly available
information about issuers than is available in reports about U.S. issuers. Markets for foreign investments are usually not subject to the degree of government supervision and regulation that exists for U.S. investments. Foreign issuers are not
generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, and auditing practices and requirements may not be comparable to those applicable to U.S. issuers. Furthermore, the issuers of foreign investments may be closely
controlled by a small number of families, institutional investors or foreign governments whose investment decisions might be difficult to predict. To the extent a Funds assets are exposed to contractual and other legal obligations in a foreign
country, e.g., swap agreements with foreign counterparties, these factors may affect the Funds ability to achieve its investment objectives. A Fund may encounter difficulties or be unable to pursue legal remedies
and obtain judgments in foreign courts. In some countries, information about decisions of the judiciary, other government branches,
regulatory agencies and tax authorities may be less transparent than decisions by comparable institutions in the U.S., particularly in countries that are politically dominated by a single party or individual. Moreover, enforcement of such decisions
may be inconsistent or uncertain.
Foreign investments also may be more susceptible to political, social, economic and
regional factors than might be the case for U.S. securities. These factors include the effect of (i) expropriation, nationalization or confiscatory taxation of foreign investments; (ii) changes in credit conditions related to foreign
counterparties, including foreign governments and foreign financial institutions; (iii) trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values and other protectionist measures; and (iv) increased correlation
between the value of foreign investments and changes in the commodities markets. To the extent a Fund focuses its investments on a particular country or region, the Funds ability to meet its investment objectives may be especially subject to
factors and developments related to such country or region.
In addition, a Funds investments in foreign investments
that are related to developing (or emerging market) countries may be particularly volatile due to the aforementioned factors.
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Growth Investing Risk
(Ultra and UltraShort Russell 1000 Growth, Russell MidCap Growth and Russell2000 Growth)
An investment in growth stocks may be susceptible to rapid price swings, especially during periods of economic uncertainty. Growth stocks typically have
little or no dividend income to cushion the effect of adverse market conditions and may be particularly volatile in the event of earnings disappointments or other financial difficulties experienced by the issuer.
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Interest Rate Risk
(UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury and UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury)
Interest rate risk is the risk that debt securities or certain financial instruments may fluctuate in value due to changes in interest rates. Commonly, investments
subject to interest rate risk will decrease in value when interest rates rise and increase in value when interest rates decline. The value of securities with longer maturities may fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes than securities
with shorter maturities.
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Inverse Correlation Risk
(Short ProShares)
Shareholders should lose money when the index underlying a Funds benchmark risesa result that is the opposite from traditional equity or bond funds.
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Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk
(All Funds)
If a Fund invests in shares of another investment company (including exchange traded funds), shareholders would bear not only their proportionate share of the Funds expenses, but also similar
expenses of the investment company. The value of a Funds investment in an investment company (including an exchange traded fund) may
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not track the Funds or that investment companys underlying index and
may result in a loss.
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Liquidity Risk
(All
Funds)
In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the securities or financial instruments in which a Fund invests, a Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent true
market value in the judgment of ProShare Advisors. Such a situation may prevent a Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation or inverse correlation with its underlying index.
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Market Price Variance Risk
(All Funds)
Individual Shares of a Fund will be listed for trading on the Exchange and can be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and
demand for Shares. ProShare Advisors cannot predict whether Shares will trade above, below or at their NAV. Differences between secondary market prices and NAV for Shares may be due largely to supply and demand forces in the secondary market, which
may not be the same forces as those influencing prices for securities or instruments held by a Fund at a particular time. Given the fact that Shares can be created and redeemed in Creation Units, ProShare Advisors believes that large discounts or
premiums to the NAV of Shares should not be sustained. There may, however, be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly and you may pay more than NAV when buying Shares on the secondary market, and you may receive less than NAV when
you sell those Shares. The market price of Shares, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a bid-ask spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. In
times of severe market disruption, the bid-ask spread often increases significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time
that you most want to sell your Shares. A Funds investment results are measured based upon the daily NAV of the Fund. Investors purchasing and selling shares in the secondary market may not experience investment results consistent with those
experienced by those creating and redeeming directly with a Fund.
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Market Risk
(All
Funds)
The Funds are subject to market risks that will affect the value of their Shares, including adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments, as well as developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries
or segments of the market. Investors in Ultra ProShares should normally lose value on days when the underlying index of such a Fund declines. Investors in Short ProShares should normally lose value on days when the underlying index of such a Fund
increases. Each of the Funds seeks to remain fully invested regardless of market conditions.
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Non-Diversification Risk
(All Funds)
The Funds are classified as non-diversified under the 1940 Act, and each Fund has the ability to invest a rela-
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tively high percentage of its investments in the securities of a small number of issuers if there is a small number of issuers in the
underlying index or if ProShare Advisors determines that doing so is the most efficient means of meeting the Funds objective. This makes the performance of the Funds more susceptible to a single economic, political or regulatory event than a
diversified fund might be. This risk may be particularly acute with respect to a Fund whose underlying index comprises a small number of stocks or other securities.
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Portfolio Turnover Risk
(All Funds)
Active market trading of Shares may cause more frequent creation or redemption activities that could, in certain circumstances, increase the rate of portfolio turnover. Higher turnover rates may increase brokerage costs and may
result in increased taxable capital gains.
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Short Sale Risk
(All Short
ProShares)
Selling short is a technique that may be employed by the Short ProShares to achieve investment exposure consistent with its investment objective. Short selling involves borrowing a security and then selling it. If a Fund buys back the
security at a price lower than the price at which it sold the security plus accrued interest, the Fund will earn a positive return (profit) on the difference. If the current market price is greater when the time comes to buy back the security plus
accrued interest, the Fund will incur a negative return (loss) on the transaction. The use of short sales may involve additional transaction costs and other expenses. As a result, the cost of maintaining a short position may exceed the return on the
position, which may cause a Fund to lose money. Under certain market conditions, short sales can increase the volatility and decrease the liquidity of certain securities or positions and may lower a Funds return or result in a loss. Entering
into short positions through financial instruments such as futures, options and swap agreements may also cause a Fund to be exposed to short sale risk. Selling short may be considered an aggressive investment technique. See Aggressive Investment
Technique Risk.
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On September 18, 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an
emergency order that temporarily prohibits any person from effecting short sales in the publicly traded securities of certain financial firms. The Short ProShares shall be prohibited from effecting short sales in the securities of the companies
identified by or under the emergency order or any subsequent order. A Fund may effect short sales in such securities only upon the termination or expiration of any applicable orders. The order has limited the ability of those ProShares whose
Underlying Indexes contain stocks of financial companies that are the subject of the order to employ certain portfolio techniques, including the use of Financial Instruments. As a result, such Funds have employed, and may continue to employ,
alternative investment strategies in pursuit of their investment objectives. These conditions, and unsettled financial market conditions generally, may increase these Funds Correlation Risk and Market Price Variance Risk.
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Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk
(Ultra, Short and UltraShort MidCap400 and SmallCap600, Ultra and UltraShort Russell MidCap Value and Russell MidCap Growth, Short and UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets)
Small- and mid-cap companies may have limited product
lines or resources, may be dependant upon a particular market niche and may have greater fluctuations in price than the stocks of larger companies. Further, stocks of small- and mid-sized companies could be more difficult to liquidate during market
downturns compared to larger, more widely traded companies. In addition, small- and mid-cap companies may lack the financial and personnel resources to handle economic or industry-wide setbacks and, as a result, such setbacks could have a greater
effect on small-cap security prices.
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Technology Investment Risk
(
Ultra, Short and UltraShort QQQ, Ultra and UltraShort Health Care, Technology and Telecommunications
) Technology investment risk is the risk that securities of technology companies may be subject to greater volatility than stocks of
companies in other market sectors. Technology companies may be affected by intense competition, obsolescence of existing technology, general economic conditions and government regulation and may have limited product lines, markets, financial
resources or personnel. Technology companies may experience dramatic and often unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for qualified personnel. These companies also are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights, the
loss or impairment of which may adversely affect profitability. A small number of companies represent a large portion of the technology industries as a whole.
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Valuation Time Risk
(Short
International)
The Short International ProShares value their portfolios at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time). In some cases, foreign securities markets close before such time or may not be open for business on the same calendar days as the Funds. As a
result, the daily performance of a Fund that tracks a foreign market index may vary from the performance of that index.
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Value Investing Risk
(Ultra and UltraShort Russell1000 Value, Russell MidCap Value and Russell2000 Value)
Value investing carries the risk that the market will not recognize a securitys intrinsic value for a long time, or that a stock deemed to be
undervalued by ProShare Advisors may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued.
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Additional Securities, Instruments and
Strategies
This section describes additional securities, instruments and strategies that may be utilized by a Fund.
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Debt Instruments
include
bonds and other instruments, such as certificates of deposit, euro time deposits, commercial paper (including asset-backed commercial paper), notes, funding agreements and U.S. government securities that are used by U.S. and foreign banks, financial
institutions, corporations or other entities to borrow money from investors. Holders of debt instruments have a higher priority claim to assets than do holders of
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equity securities. Typically, the debt issuer pays the investor a fixed, variable or floating rate of interest and must repay the borrowed
amount at maturity. Some debt instruments, such as zero coupon bonds, are sold at a discount from their face values instead of paying interest.
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Depositary Receipts (DRs)
include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), and New York Shares (NYSs).
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ADRs represent the right to receive securities of foreign issuers deposited in a bank or trust company. ADRs are an alternative to purchasing the underlying
securities in their national markets and currencies. Investment in ADRs has certain advantages over direct investment in the underlying foreign securities because: (i) ADRs are U.S. dollar-denominated investments that are easily transferable
and for which market quotations are readily available, and (ii) issuers whose securities are represented by ADRs are generally subject to auditing, accounting and financial reporting standards similar to those applied to domestic issuers.
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GDRs are receipts for shares in a foreign-based corporation traded in capital markets around the world. While ADRs permit foreign corporations to offer shares to
American citizens, GDRs allow companies in Europe, Asia, the United States and Latin America to offer shares in many markets around the world.
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A NYS is a share of New York registry, representing equity ownership in a non-U.S. company, allowing for a part of the capital of the company to be outstanding in
the U.S. and part in the home market. It is issued by a U.S. transfer agent and registrar on behalf of the company and created against the cancellation of the local share by the local registrar. One New York Share is always equal to one ordinary
share. New York Share programs are typically managed by the same banks that manage ADRs, as the mechanics of the instrument are very similar. New York Shares are used primarily by Dutch companies.
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Leveraged Investment Techniques
include investing in swap agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, futures contracts and options on securities indexes and forward contracts and engaging in borrowing, which may be used to create leverage. Use of leveraged
investment techniques may involve additional costs and risks to a Fund.
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A Fund may also use
particular leveraged investment techniques as part of a strategy designed to reduce, or hedge, exposure to other risks. For example, a Fund may use various strategies designed to limit the risk of price fluctuations of its portfolio and
to preserve capital, which may include purchasing securities with respect to which the Fund has taken a short position. See Short Sales and Short Sale Risk. Additional leveraged investment techniques may include the use by the Short ProShares of
direct investment in equity securities or the use by a Fund of a customized basket of securities that do not necessarily include
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any of the securities contained in the underlying index. Note, however, that use
of hedging techniques may involve additional costs and risks to a Fund. For example, the successful use of hedging techniques may be adversely affected by imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the securities purchased to hedge and
the securities being sold short.
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Money Market Instruments
are
short-term debt instruments that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days and exhibit high quality credit profiles. Money market instruments include U.S. government securities, securities issued by governments of other developed countries and
repurchase agreements.
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Repurchase Agreements
are
contracts in which a seller of securities, usually U.S. government securities or other money market instruments, agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price. Repurchase agreements are primarily used by the Funds as a short-term investment
vehicle for cash positions.
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Reverse Repurchase Agreements
involve the sale of a security by a Fund to another party (generally a bank or dealer) in return for cash and an agreement by the Fund to buy the security back at a specified price and time. Reverse repurchase agreements may be considered a form of
borrowing for some purposes and may create leverage.
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Structured Notes
are debt
obligations that may include components such as swaps, forwards, options, caps or floors, which change their return patterns. Structured notes may be used to alter the risks to a portfolio, or alternatively may be used to indirectly expose a
portfolio to asset classes or markets in which one does not desire to invest directly.
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U.S. Government Securities
are issued by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities. Some, but not all, U.S. government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government. Other U.S. government securities are backed by the
issuers right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and some are backed only by the credit of the issuing organization.
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Special
Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds
Not Individually Redeemable
Shares may be redeemed by a Fund at NAV only in large blocks known as Creation Units. You may incur brokerage costs purchasing enough Shares to constitute a Creation Unit.
Trading Issues
Trading in Shares on
the Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted due to extraordinary market volatility or other
reasons. There can be no assurance that Shares will continue to meet the listing requirements of the Exchange, and the listing requirements may be amended from time to time.
Precautionary Notes
A Precautionary Note to Retail
Investors
The Depository Trust Company (DTC), a limited trust company and securities depositary that serves as a national clearinghouse for the settlement of trades for its
participating
banks and broker-dealers, or its nominee will be the registered owner of all outstanding Shares of each Fund. Your ownership of Shares will
be shown on the records of DTC and the DTC Participant broker through whom you hold the Shares. PROSHARES TRUST WILL NOT HAVE ANY RECORD OF YOUR OWNERSHIP. Your account information will be maintained by your broker, who will provide you with account
statements, confirmations of your purchases and sales of Shares, and tax information. Your broker also will be responsible for ensuring that you receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund whose Shares you own. Typically, you
will receive other services (e.g., average cost information) only if your broker offers these services.
A Precautionary Note to Purchasers of Creation Units
You should be aware of certain legal risks unique to investors purchasing Creation Units directly from the
issuing Fund. Because new Shares may be issued on an ongoing basis, a distribution of Shares could be occurring at any time. As a dealer, certain activities on your part could, depending on the circumstances, result in your being deemed
a participant in the distribution, in a manner that could render you a statutory underwriter and subject you to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). For example,
you could be deemed a statutory underwriter if you purchase Creation Units from an issuing Fund, break them down into the constituent Shares, and sell those Shares directly to customers, or if you choose to couple the creation of a supply of new
Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for Shares. Whether a person is an underwriter depends upon all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to that persons activities, and the examples
mentioned here should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could cause you to be deemed an underwriter. Dealers who are not underwriters, but are participating in a distribution (as opposed to engaging in
ordinary secondary market transactions), and thus dealing with Shares as part of an unsold allotment within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C) of the Securities Act, will be unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption
provided by Section 4(3) of the Securities Act.
A Precautionary Note to
Investment Companies
For purposes of the 1940 Act, each Fund is a registered investment company, and the acquisition of Shares by other investment companies is subject to the
restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) thereof.
The Trust and the Funds have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC allowing a registered
investment company to invest in a Fund beyond the limits of Section 12(d)(1) subject to certain conditions, including that a registered investment company enters into a Participation Agreement with ProShares Trust regarding the terms of the
investment. Any investment company considering purchasing shares of a Fund in amounts that would cause it to exceed the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) should contact the Trust.
A Precautionary Note Regarding Unusual Circumstances
ProShares Trust can postpone
payment of redemption proceeds for any period during which (1) the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) is closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings, (2) trading on the
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NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC, (3) any emergency circumstances exist, as determined by the SEC or (4) the SEC by
order permits for the protection of shareholders of a Fund.
Underlying Indexes
The Funds have entered into licensing agreements for the use of the indexes underlying their benchmarks (each, an Index). A description of the Indexes currently underlying the Funds
benchmarks follows:
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600, ProShares Short SmallCap600 and
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
:
The
S&P SmallCap 600 Index
is a measure of small-cap company U.S. stock market performance. It is a float
adjusted market capitalization weighted index of 600 U.S. operating companies. Securities are selected for inclusion in the index by an S&P committee through a nonmechanical process that factors criteria such as liquidity, price, market
capitalization, financial viability, and public float. As of June 30, 2008, the S&P SmallCap 600 Index included companies with capitalizations between $34 million and $4 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the
Index was approximately $819 million.
ProShares Ultra Russell2000, ProShares Short Russell2000
and
ProShares UltraShort
Russell2000
:
The
Russell 2000
®
Index
is a measure of small-cap U.S. stock market performance. It is a float adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing approximately 2000 of the smallest companies in the Russell 3000
®
Index or approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000
®
Index, which in
turn represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. All U.S. companies listed on the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ meeting an initial minimum ($1) price are considered for inclusion. Reconstitution occurs annually. Securities are not
replaced if they leave the index, however, new issue securities meeting other membership requirements may be added on a quarterly basis. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell 2000 Index included companies with capitalizations between
$77 million and $13 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $644 million.
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
and
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials
SM
Index
measures the performance of the basic materials industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies are involved in the production of aluminum, steel, non ferrous metals, commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, forest products,
paper products, as well as the mining of precious metals and coal. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index included companies with capitalizations between $247 million and $68 billion. The average capitalization of the
companies comprising the Index was approximately $8 billion.
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
and
ProShares
UltraShort Consumer Goods
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods
SM
Index
measures the performance of consumer spending in the
goods industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include automobiles and auto parts and tires,
brewers and distillers, farming and fishing, durable and non-durable household product manufacturers, cosmetic companies, food and tobacco
products, clothing, accessories and footwear. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index included companies with capitalizations between $301 million and $187 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the
Index was approximately $8 billion.
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
and
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services
SM
Index
measures the performance of consumer spending in the services industry of the U.S.
equity market. Component companies include airlines, broadcasting and entertainment, apparel and broadline retailers, food and drug retailers, media agencies, publishing, gambling, hotels, restaurants and bars, and travel and tourism. As of
June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index included companies with capitalizations between $162 million and $137 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $6 billion.
ProShares Ultra Financials, ProShares Short Financials
and
ProShares UltraShort Financials
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Financials
SM
Index
measures the performance of the financial services industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include
regional banks; major U.S. domiciled international banks; full line, life, and property and casualty insurance companies; companies that invest, directly or indirectly in real estate; diversified financial companies such as Fannie Mae, credit card
issuers, check cashing companies, mortgage lenders and investment advisors; securities brokers and dealers including investment banks, merchant banks and online brokers; and publicly traded stock exchanges. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones
U.S. Financials Index included companies with capitalizations between $62 million and $118 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $7 billion.
ProShares Ultra Health Care
and
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Health Care
SM
Index
measures the performance of the healthcare industry of the U.S. equity market.
Component companies include health care providers, biotechnology companies, medical supplies, advanced medical devices and pharmaceuticals. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index included companies with capitalizations
between $277 million and $82 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $11 billion.
ProShares Ultra Industrials
and
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Industrials
SM
Index
measures the performance of the industrial industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include building materials, heavy construction, factory equipment, heavy machinery, industrial services, pollution control, containers
and packaging, industrial diversified, air freight, marine transportation, railroads, trucking, land-transportation equipment, shipbuilding, transportation services, advanced industrial equipment, electric components and equipment, and aerospace. As
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June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index included companies with
capitalizations between $226 million and $267 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $7 billion.
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas, ProShares Short Oil & Gas and ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
SM
Index
measures the performance of the oil and gas industry of the U.S. equity market.
Component companies include oil drilling equipment and services, oil companies-major, oil companies-secondary, pipelines, liquid, solid or gaseous fossil fuel producers and service companies. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S.
Oil & Gas Index included companies with capitalizations between $212 million and $474 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $21 billion.
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
and
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate
SM
Index
measures the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market. Component
companies include those that invest directly or indirectly through development, management or ownership of shopping malls, apartment buildings and housing developments; and real estate investment trusts (REITs) that invest in apartments,
office and retail properties. REITs are passive investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index included companies
with capitalizations between $370 million and $20 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $3 billion.
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
and
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor
SM
Index
measures the performance of the semiconductor subsector of the U.S. equity market.
Component companies are engaged in the production of semiconductors and other integrated chips, as well as other related products such as semiconductor capital equipment and mother-boards. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor
Index included companies with capitalizations between $198 million and $123 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $6 billion.
ProShares Ultra Technology
and
ProShares UltraShort Technology:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Technology
SM
Index
measures the performance of the technology industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include those
involved in computers and office equipment, software, communications technology, semiconductors, diversified technology services and Internet services. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Technologies Index included companies with
capitalizations between $198 million and $229 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $10 billion.
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
and
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications:
The
Dow Jones U.S. Select
Telecommunications
SM
Index
is a measure of U.S. stock
market performance of fixed- line (regional and long-distance carriers) and mobile telephone services (cellular, satellite and paging services). As of June 30, 2008, the Index included companies with capitalizations between $408 million and
$200 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $20 billion.
ProShares
Ultra Utilities
and
ProShares UltraShort Utilities:
The
Dow Jones
U.S. Utilities
SM
Index
measures the performance of the
utilities industry of the U.S. equity market. Component companies include electric utilities, gas utilities and water utilities. As of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index included companies with capitalizations between $834
million and $59 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $8 billion.
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value:
The
Russell 1000
®
Value Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of large-cap U.S. equity
value performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index comprised of stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell 1000 Index that have been identified as being on the
value end of the growth value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell 1000 Value Index included companies with capitalizations between $757 million and $466 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was
approximately $13 billion.
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth:
The
Russell 1000
®
Growth Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of large-cap U.S. equity growth performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index comprised of
stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell 1000 Index that have been identified as being on the growth end of the growth-value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell 1000 Growth Index included companies
with capitalizations between $757 million and $466 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $15 billion.
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value:
The
Russell Midcap
TM
Value Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of mid-cap U.S. equity value performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index comprised of stocks representing
approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell Midcap Index that have been identified as being on the value end of the growth-value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell Midcap Value Index included companies with
capitalizations between $757 million and $18 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $5 billion.
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ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
: The
Russell Midcap
®
Growth Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of mid-cap U.S. equity growth performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market
capitalization weighted index comprised of stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell Midcap Index that have been identified as being on the growth end of the growth-value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the
Russell Midcap Growth Index included companies with capitalizations between $757 million and $21 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $6 billion.
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value:
The
Russell 2000
®
Value Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of small-cap U.S. equity value performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index comprised of
stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell 2000 Index that have been identified as being on the value end of the growth-value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell 2000 Value Index included companies
with capitalizations between $77 million and $4 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $600 million.
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
and
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth:
The
Russell 2000
®
Growth Index
is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of small-cap U.S. equity growth performance. It is an unmanaged, float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted index comprised of
stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the Russell 2000 Index that have been identified as being on the growth end of the growth-value spectrum. As of June 30, 2008, the Russell 2000 Growth Index included companies
with capitalizations between $80 million and $13 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $699 billion.
ProShares Ultra S&P500, ProShares Short S&P500
and
ProShares UltraShort S&P500:
The
S&P 500
®
Index
is a measure of large-cap U.S. stock market performance. It is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index of 500 U.S. operating companies and REITs selected by the S&P U.S. Index Committee through a non-mechanical process
that factors criteria such as liquidity, price, market capitalization and financial viability. Reconstitution occurs both on a quarterly and ongoing basis. As of June 30, 2008, the S&P 500 Index included companies with capitalizations
between $764 million and $466 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $23 billion.
ProShares Ultra QQQ, ProShares Short QQQ
and
ProShares UltraShort QQQ:
The
NASDAQ-100
®
Index
includes 100 of the largest non-financial domestic and international issues listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. To be
eligible for inclusion companies cannot be in bankruptcy proceedings and must meet certain additional criteria including minimum trading volume and seasoning requirements. The
Index is calculated under a modified capitalization-weighted methodology. Index composition is reviewed on an annual basis and rebalancing
occurs on a quarterly basis. During a year, Index components may be deleted or added as a result of certain corporate actions or other events as part of an Index maintenance processes. As of June 30, 2008, the NASDAQ-100 Index included
companies with capitalizations between $656 million and $256 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $22 billion.
ProShares Ultra Dow30, ProShares Short Dow30
and
ProShares UltraShort Dow30:
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
SM
(DJIA)
is a price-weighted index maintained by editors of The Wall Street Journal. The Index includes 30 large-cap, blue-chip U.S. stocks, excluding utility and transportation companies.
Components are selected through a discretionary process with no predetermined criteria except that components should be established U.S. companies that are leaders in their industries, have an excellent reputation, demonstrate sustained growth, are
of interest to a large number of investors and accurately represent the sectors covered by the average. The DJIA is not limited to traditionally defined industrial stocks, instead, the index serves as a measure of the entire U.S. market, covering
such diverse industries as financial services, technology, retail, entertainment and consumer goods. Composition changes are rare, and generally occur only after corporate acquisitions or other dramatic shifts in a components core business.
When such an event necessitates that one component be replaced, the entire index is reviewed. As of June 30, 2008, the DJIA included companies with capitalizations between $7 billion and $466 billion. The average capitalization of the
companies comprising the Index was approximately $122 billion.
ProShares Ultra MidCap400, ProShares Short MidCap400
and
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400:
The
S&P MidCap 400 Index
is a measure of mid-size company U.S. stock market performance. It is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index of 400 U.S. operating companies and
REITs. Securities are selected for inclusion in the index by the S&P U.S. Index Committee through a non-mechanical process that factors criteria such as liquidity, price, market capitalization and financial viability. Reconstitution occurs both
on a quarterly and ongoing basis. As of June 30, 2008, the S&P MidCap 400 Index included companies with capitalizations between $117 million and $11 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was
approximately $3 billion.
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
and
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE:
The
MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East)
adjusts the market capitalization of
index constituents for free float and targets for index inclusion 85% of free float-adjusted market capitalization in each industry group, in developed market countries, excluding the US and Canada. As of June 2008 the MSCI EAFE Index consisted
of the following 21 developed market country indexes: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zea-
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land, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. As of June 30, 2008, the MSCI EAFE Index included companies with capitalizations between $598 million and $219 billion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $12 billion.
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
and
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets:
The
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
adjusts the market capitalization of index constituents for free float and targets for index inclusion 85% of free float-adjusted market capitalization in each industry group, in global emerging markets countries. As of June 2008 the MSCI
Emerging Markets Index consisted of the following 25 emerging market country indexes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey. As of June 30, 2008, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index included companies with capitalizations between $22 million and $138 billion. The average capitalization of the
companies comprising the Index was approximately $4 billion.
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan:
The
MSCI Japan Index
adjusts the market capitalization of index constituents for free float and targets for index inclusion 85% of free
float-adjusted market capitalization in each industry group, in Japan. As of June 30, 2008, the MSCI Japan Index included companies with capitalizations between $598 million and $128 billion. The average capitalization of the companies
comprising the Index was approximately $8 billion.
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
:
The
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index
is comprised of 25 of the largest and most liquid Chinese stocks listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). This
free float adjusted Index caps the weight of any of constituent stock at 10 percent to ensure broad representation of the Chinese economy. As of June 30, 2008, the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index included companies with capitalizations between $73
billion and $3 trillion. The average capitalization of the companies comprising the Index was approximately $645 billion.
ProShares
UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
:
The
Lehman Brothers 7-10 Year
U.S. Treasury Index
includes all publicly issued,
U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of between 7 and 10 years, are non-convertible, are denominated in U.S. dollars, are rated (at least Baa3 by Moodys Investors Service or BBB- by S&P), are fixed rate, and have more
than $250 million par outstanding. The Index is weighted by the relative market value of all securities meeting the Index criteria. Excluded from the Index are certain special issues, such as flower bonds, targeted investor notes (TINs), U.S.
Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPs), state and local government bonds (SLGs), and coupon issues that have been stripped from assets already included.
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
:
The
Lehman Brothers 20+ Year U.S.
Treasury Index
includes all publicly issued, U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity greater than 20 years, are non-convertible, are denominated in U.S.
dollars, are rated investment grade (at least Baa3 by Moodys Investors Service or BBB- by S&P), are fixed rate, and have more than
$250 million par outstanding. The Index is weighted by the relative market value of all securities meeting the Index criteria. Excluded from the Index are certain special issues, such as flower bonds, targeted investor notes (TINs), U.S. Treasury
inflation protected securities (TIPs), state and local government series bonds (SLGs), and coupon issues that have been stripped from assets already included.
Information About the Index Licensors
Standard & Poors
®
, S&P
®
, S&P
SmallCap 600, Standard & Poors SmallCap 600, are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by ProShares. ProShares are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by
Standard & Poors and Standard & Poors does not make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in ProShares.
The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (including
its affiliates) (NASDAQ, with its affiliates, are referred to as the Corporations). The Corporations have not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to, the
Funds. The Corporations make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly, or the ability
of the NASDAQ-100 Index to track general stock market performance. The Corporations only relationship to the Trust (Licensee) is in the licensing of the NASDAQ
®
, NASDAQ-100
®
, NASDAQ-100 Index and other trademarks, service marks, and trade names of the Corporations and the use of the NASDAQ-100
Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by NASDAQ without regard to the Licensee or the Funds. NASDAQ has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the shareholders of the Funds into consideration in determining, composing
or calculating the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Corporations are not responsible for, and have not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of, the Funds to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the
equation by which the Funds are to be converted into cash. The Corporations have no liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.
The Corporations do not guarantee the accuracy and/or uninterrupted calculation of the NASDAQ-100 Index or any data included therein. The Corporations make no warranty, express or implied, as to
results to be obtained by Licensee, owners of the product(s), or any other person or entity from the use of the NASDAQ-100 Index or any data included therein. The Corporations make no express or implied warranties, and expressly disclaim all
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use with respect to the NASDAQ-100 Index or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Corporations have any liability for any
lost profits or special, incidental, punitive, indirect, or consequential damages, even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
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Dow Jones is a service mark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Dow Jones does not:
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Recommend that any person invest in the ProShares or any other securities.
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Have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about timing, amount or pricing of the ProShares.
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Have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management for marketing of the ProShares.
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Consider the needs of the ProShares or the owners of the ProShares in determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes or have any
obligation to do so.
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Dow Jones will not have any liability in connection with the ProShares. Specifically, Dow Jones does
not make any warranty, express or implied, and Dow Jones disclaims any warranty about:
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The results to be obtained by the ProShares, the owner of the ProShares or any other person in connection with the use of the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes
and the data included in the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes;
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The accuracy or completeness of the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes and their data; or
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The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes and their data.
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Dow Jones will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the Dow Jones U.S. Indexes or their data.
Under no circumstances will Dow Jones be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if Dow Jones
knows that they might occur.
The licensing agreement between the Trust and Dow Jones is solely for their benefit and not for the
benefit of the investors in the ProShares or any other third parties.
The
Russell 1000
®
Value Index, Russell 1000
®
Growth Index, Russell Midcap
®
Value Index, Russell Midcap
®
Growth Index, Russell 2000
®
Index, Russell 2000
®
Value Index and Russell 2000
®
Growth
Index (collectively the Indexes) are trademarks of Russell Investment Group (Russell) and have been licensed for use by the Trust. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Russell. Russell makes no
representation or warranty, express or implied, to the shareholders of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly or the ability of the Indexes to track general
stock market performance or a segment of the same. Russells publication of the Indexes in no way suggests or implies an opinion by Russell as to the advisability of investment in any or all of the securities upon which the Indexes are based.
Russells only relationship to the Trust is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of Russell and of the Indexes
which are determined, composed and calculated by Russell without regard to the Trust or the Funds. Russell is not responsible for any
associated literature or publications and Russell makes no representation or warranty express or implied as to their accuracy or completeness, or otherwise. Russell reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to alter, amend, terminate or in
any way change the Indexes. Russell has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.
The Short International ProShares are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), any of its affiliates, any of its information providers or any other third party
involved in, or related to, compiling, computing or creating any MSCI Index (collectively, the MSCI Parties). The MSCI Indexes are the exclusive property of MSCI. MSCI and the MSCI Index names are service marks of MSCI or its affiliates
and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by the Trust. None of the MSCI Parties makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the issuer or shareholders of these Funds or any other person or entity regarding the
advisability of investing in Funds generally or in these Funds particularly or the ability of any MSCI Index to track corresponding stock market performance. MSCI or its affiliates are the licensors of certain trademarks, service marks and trade
names and of the MSCI Indexes which are determined, composed and calculated by MSCI without regard to the Funds or the issuer or shareholders of the Funds or any other person or entity into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the
MSCI Indexes. None of the MSCI Parties is responsible for or has participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of these Funds to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by or the consideration
into which these Funds are redeemable. Further, none of the MSCI Parties has any obligation or liability to the issuer or owners of these Funds or any other person or entity in connection with the administration, marketing or offering of these
Funds.
Although MSCI shall obtain information for inclusion in or for use in the calculation of the MSCI Indexes from sources that
MSCI considers reliable, none of the MSCI Parties warrants or guarantees the originality, accuracy and/or the completeness of any MSCI Index or any data included therein. None of the MSCI Parties makes any warranty, express or implied, as to results
to be obtained by the issuer of the Funds, shareholders of the Funds, or any other person or entity, from the use of any MSCI Index or any data included therein. None of the MSCI Parties shall have any liability for any errors, omissions or
interruptions of or in connection with any MSCI Index or any data included therein. Further, none of the MSCI Index or any data included therein. Further, none of the MSCI Parties makes any express or implied warranties of any kind, and the MSCI
Parties hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to each MSCI Index and any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any of the MSCI Parties
have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
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No purchaser, seller or holder of this security, product or fund, or any other person or
entity, should use or refer to any MSCI trade name, trademark or service mark to sponsor, endorse, market or promote this security without first contacting MSCI to determine whether MSCIs permission is required. Under no circumstances may any
person or entity claim any affiliation with MSCI without the prior written permission of MSCI.
The Funds are not in any way sponsored,
endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (FXI), FTSE International Limited (FTSE), the London Stock Exchange Plc (the London Exchange), The Financial Times Limited (FT) or Xinhua Finance
Limited (Xinhua) (collectively, the FTSE Licensor Parties) and none of the FTSE Licensor Parties make any warranty or representation whatsoever, expressly or impliedly, either as to the results to be obtained from the use of
the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index and/or the figure at which the said Index stands at any particular time on any particular day or otherwise. The FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index is compiled and calculated by FTSE on behalf of FXI. None of the FTSE Licensor
Parties shall be liable (whether in negligence or otherwise) to any person for any error in the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index none of the FTSE Licensor Parties shall be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.
FTSE
®
is a
trade mark of the Exchange and the FT and is used by FXI under license. Xinhua
®
is a trade mark of Xinhua and is used by FXI under license.
Trust acknowledges and expressly agrees that the Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Lehman Brothers (Licensor), and
that Licensor makes no warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be obtained by any person or entity from the use of any Index, any opening, intraday or closing value therefor, or any data included therein or relating thereto, in connection
with the trading of any Fund or option contract on a Fund based thereon or for any other purpose. The Licensors only relationship to the Trust with respect to the Funds is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of Licensor and the
Licensor Indexes that are determined, composed and calculated by Licensor without regard to the Trust or the Funds. Licensor has no obligation to take the needs of the Trust or the shareholders of the Funds into consideration in determining,
composing or calculating the Licensor Indexes. Licensor is not responsible for and has not participated in any determination or calculation made with respect to issuance of the Funds. Licensor has no obligation or liability in connection with the
listing, trading, marketing or administration of the Funds.
(Please see the SAI, which sets forth certain additional disclaimers and limitations of liabilities.)
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ProShares Ultra QQQ
Ticker: QLD
CUSIP: 74347R206
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra QQQ
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index.
If
ProShares Ultra QQQ
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the NASDAQ-100 Index when the Index rises on a
given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra QQQs
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the NASDAQ-100 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra QQQ
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Ultra QQQ
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in
ProShares Ultra QQQ
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Ultra QQQ
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Ultra QQQ. After-tax returns are calculated using
the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown
are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Ultra QQQ shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of
ProShares Ultra QQQ shares.
Annual Returns as of
December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Ultra QQQ for one quarter
was 16.97% (quarter ended June 30, 2007) and the lowest return was -3.32% (quarter ended December 31, 2007).
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was -26.19%.
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Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
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One
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Since
Inception
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Inception
Date
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Before Taxes
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28.68%
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58.75%
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06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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26.58%
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52.92%
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
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18.76%
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46.50%
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NASDAQ-100 Index
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19.24%
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35.60%
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Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
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Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Ultra QQQ.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.29%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.04%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.09%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra QQQ
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra QQQ
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end
of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as
described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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ProShares Ultra Dow30
Ticker: DDM
CUSIP: 74347R305
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Dow30
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(DJIA).
If
ProShares Ultra Dow30
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the DJIA when the DJIA rises on a given day.
Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the DJIA when the DJIA declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Dow30s
principal investment
strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the DJIA. Information about the DJIA can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Dow30
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the
principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI
contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Ultra Dow30
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in
ProShares Ultra Dow30
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Ultra Dow30
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the
future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Ultra Dow30. After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown.
After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Ultra Dow30 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a
capital loss on a sale of ProShares Ultra Dow30 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Ultra Dow30 for one
quarter was 16.83% (quarter ended June 30, 2007) and the lowest return was -9.88% (quarter ended December 31, 2007).
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was -28.02%.
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Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
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One
Year
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Since
Inception
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Inception
Date
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Before Taxes
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8.71%
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39.00%
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06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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6.87%
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33.08%
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
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5.93%
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29.86%
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
1
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8.88%
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25.54%
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1
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Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
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Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Ultra Dow30
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
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0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.27%
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|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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1.02%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.07%
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|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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0.95%
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|
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Dow30
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration
purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index
and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Dow30
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the
end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as
described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$318
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$556
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$1,241
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ProShares Ultra S&P500
Ticker: SSO
CUSIP: 74347R107
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra S&P500
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index.
If
ProShares Ultra S&P500
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage
basis, before fees and expenses, as the S&P 500 Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index
declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra S&P500s
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the S&P 500 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra S&P500
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the
principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI
contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Ultra S&P500
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the
risks of investing in
ProShares Ultra S&P500
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Ultra S&P500
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will
perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Ultra S&P500.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ
from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Ultra S&P500 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax
benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Ultra S&P500 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Ultra S&P500 for
one quarter was 10.83% (quarter ended June 30, 2007) and the lowest return was -8.94% (quarter ended December 31, 2007).
1
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was -25.68%.
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|
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|
Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
1.66%
|
|
30.58%
|
|
06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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|
0.08%
|
|
26.71%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
|
|
1.30%
|
|
23.92%
|
|
|
S&P500 Index
1
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|
5.49%
|
|
21.89%
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Ultra S&P500.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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|
26
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|
ProShares Ultra S&P500
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily
net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.23%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.98%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.03%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra S&P500
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra S&P500
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
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|
$309
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|
$539
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|
$1,199
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|
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|
ProShares Ultra S&P500
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27
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ProShares Ultra MidCap400
Ticker: MVV
CUSIP: 74347R404
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the S&P MidCap400
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the S&P MidCap400 Index when the Index rises on a given
day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra MidCap400s
principal
investment strategies include:
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|
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the S&P MidCap400 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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|
|
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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|
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
is subject to the following principal risks:
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|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the
risks of investing in
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will
perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Ultra MidCap400. After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those
shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Ultra MidCap400 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from
realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Ultra MidCap400 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Ultra MidCap400 for one
quarter was 9.81% (quarter ended June 30, 2007) and the lowest return was -7.76% (quarter ended December 31, 2007).
1
|
The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was -11.83%.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31,
2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
6.37%
|
|
25.68%
|
|
06/19/06
|
After Taxes on Distributions
|
|
4.70%
|
|
21.51%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
|
|
4.47%
|
|
19.60%
|
|
|
S&P MidCap400 Index
1
|
|
7.98%
|
|
20.04%
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Ultra MidCap400
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
28
|
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily
net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.50%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.25%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.30%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$367
|
|
$657
|
|
$1,485
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
29
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ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
Ticker: SAA
CUSIP: 74347R818
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the S&P SmallCap 600
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the S&P SmallCap 600 Index when the Index rises on a
given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
after it has been in operation for a full
calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.35%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.10%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.15%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$547
|
|
$1,023
|
|
$2,340
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
Ticker: UWM
CUSIP: 74347R842
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell 2000 Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when
the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell2000s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell 2000 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
after it has been in operation for a full
calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.74%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.49%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.54%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$418
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$762
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$1,733
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ProShares Ultra Russell2000
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ProShares Ultra
Russell1000 Value
Ticker: UVG
CUSIP: 74347R529
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell 1000 Value Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Russell1000
Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell 1000 Value Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net
asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Values
principal investment strategies
include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell 1000 Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Value Investing Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
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0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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1.31%
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|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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2.06%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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|
-1.11%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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0.95%
|
|
|
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses
remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$538
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$1,006
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$2,301
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ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
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ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
Ticker: UKF
CUSIP: 74347R537
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell 1000 Growth Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell 1000 Growth Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growths
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
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|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
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|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Growth Investing
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.81%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.56%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.61%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses
remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$433
|
|
$792
|
|
$1,805
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
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ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
Ticker: UVU
CUSIP: 74347R495
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell MidCap Value Index.
If
ProShares Ultra
Russell MidCap Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell MidCap Value Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Values
principal investment strategies include:
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|
|
Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell Midcap Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Value Investing Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal
investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this
Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.69%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.44%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.49%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities
included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the
|
|
|
34
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would
be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$618
|
|
$1,166
|
|
$2,663
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
35
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ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
Ticker: UKW
CUSIP: 74347R511
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell Midcap Growth Index.
If
ProShares Ultra
Russell MidCap Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell Midcap Growth Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growths
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell Midcap Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Growth Investing
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this
Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent
fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.20%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.95%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.00%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services as described under
Management of ProShare Trusts later in this prospectus, legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities
included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the
|
|
|
36
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would
be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$515
|
|
$959
|
|
$2,194
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
37
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ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
Ticker: UVT
CUSIP: 74347R479
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Value Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell 2000 Value Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net
asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Values
principal investment strategies
include:
|
|
|
Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell 2000 Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk, Value Investing Risk and Repurchase Agreement Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this
Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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2.15%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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2.90%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-1.95%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the end of
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those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment
has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$713
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$1,356
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$3,083
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ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
Ticker: UKK
CUSIP: 74347R487
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Growth Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Russell 2000 Growth Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its
net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growths
principal investment strategies
include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Russell 2000 Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Growth Investing Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this
Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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1.84%
|
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|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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2.59%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-1.64%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations.
The example does not include the brokerage
commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
for the time
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periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions
of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$649
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$1,228
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$2,802
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ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
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ProShares Ultra
Basic Materials
Ticker: UYM
CUSIP: 74347R776
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much,
on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the chemicals industry group, which comprised approximately 51% of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Basic
Materials
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the basic materials economic
sector, including: adverse effects from commodity price volatility, exchange rates, import controls and increased competition; production of industrial materials often exceeds demand as a result of overbuilding or economic down-turns, leading to
poor investment returns; risk for
environmental damage and product liability claims; and adverse effects from depletion of resources, technical progress, labor relations and
government regulations. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the
principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI
contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
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|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.67%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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|
1.42%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.47%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an
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in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The
example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example
assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The
example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions,
your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
|
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3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
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|
$97
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$403
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|
$732
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|
$1,661
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ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
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ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
Ticker: UGE
CUSIP: 74347R768
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much,
on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Investment
Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the consumer goods economic sector, including: governmental regulation
affecting the permissibility of using various food additives and production methods could affect profitability; tobacco companies may be adversely affected by new laws or by litigation; securities prices and profitability of food, soft drink and
fashion related products might be strongly affected by fads, marketing campaigns and other factors affecting supply and demand; and because food and beverage companies may derive a substantial portion of their net income from foreign countries, they
may be impacted by international events. Further, stocks in the
Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
after it has been in operation for a full
calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds
most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily
net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.28%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.03%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.08%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not
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include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares
at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain
exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
|
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10 Years
|
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$97
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|
$532
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|
$993
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|
$2,272
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ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
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ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
Ticker: UCC
CUSIP: 74347R750
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before
fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the general retailers and media industry groups, which comprised approximately 41% and 29%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the consumer services
industry, including: securities prices and profitability may be tied closely to the performance of the domestic and international economy, interest rates, competition and consumer con-
fidence; heavy dependence on disposable household income and consumer spending; severe competition; and changes in demographics and consumer
tastes can affect the success of consumer products. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the
Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
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|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
2.29%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
3.04%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-2.09%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and
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redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not
redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not
include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although
your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
|
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3 Years
|
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5 Years
|
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10 Years
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$97
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$742
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$1,413
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$3,208
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ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
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ProShares Ultra Financials
Ticker: UYG
CUSIP: 74347R743
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Financials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Financials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage
basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when
the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Financials
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the banks and general financial industry groups, which comprised approximately 34% and 28%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Financials
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Financials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the financial services economic
sector, including: extensive governmental regulation that affects the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain; adverse effects from increases in interest rates; effects on profitability
by loan losses, which usually increase in economic downturns; banks and insurance companies may be subject to severe price competition; and
newly enacted laws are expected to result in increased inter-industry consolidation and competition in the financial sector. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets,
segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Financials
after it
has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Financials
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized
expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.29%
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|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.04%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.09%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
|
|
|
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Financials
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems
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shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable
in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Financials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on
purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be
higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
|
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5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
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|
$322
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|
$565
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|
$1,263
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ProShares Ultra Financials
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ProShares Ultra Health Care
Ticker: RXL
CUSIP: 74347R735
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Health Care
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Health Care
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the
Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Health Cares
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the pharmaceuticals & biotechnology and healthcare equipment & services industry groups, which comprised approximately 64% and 36%,
respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Health Care
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Health Care
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the healthcare economic sector,
including: heavy dependence on patent protection, with profitability affected by the expiration of patents; expenses and losses from extensive litigation based on product liability
and similar claims; competitive forces that may make it difficult to raise prices and, in fact, may result in price discounting; long and
costly process for obtaining new product approval by the Food and Drug Administration; healthcare providers may have difficulty obtaining staff to deliver service; susceptibility to product obsolescence; and thin capitalization and limited product
lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Health Care
after it has been in operation for a full
calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Health Care
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds
most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.75%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.80%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Health Care
with the cost of investing in other
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ProShares Ultra Health Care
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funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected
fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Health Care
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$473
|
|
$874
|
|
$1,996
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
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ProShares Ultra Industrials
Ticker: UXI
CUSIP: 74347R727
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Industrials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Industrials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the
Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Industrials
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the general industrials industry group, which comprised approximately 26% of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra
Industrials
is subject to the following principal risks:
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|
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Industrials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the industrial economic sector,
including: effects on stock prices by supply and demand both for their specific product or service and for industrial sector products in general; decline in demand for products due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product
introduction; effects on securities prices and profitability
from government regulation, world events and economic conditions; and risks for environmental damage and product liability claims. Further,
stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above,
please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information
about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Industrials
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you
buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Industrials
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.29%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.04%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.09%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Industrials
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
|
|
|
52
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|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Industrials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of
your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses
remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$534
|
|
$998
|
|
$2,282
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
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ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
Ticker: DIG
CUSIP: 74347R719
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis,
before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
principal investment strategies include:
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|
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the integrated oil and gas and the oil equipment and services industry groups which comprised approximately 73% and 27%, respectively, of the market
capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the energy sector,
including: effects on profitability from changes in worldwide energy prices and exploration, and production spending; adverse effects from changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events and economic conditions; market, economic and
political
risks of the countries where energy companies are located or do business; and risk for environmental damage claims. Further, stocks in the
Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may
be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections
entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related
risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell
Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.44%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.19%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.24%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash.
|
|
|
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|
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
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Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary
market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra
Oil & Gas
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$354
|
|
$631
|
|
$1,422
|
|
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|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
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ProShares Ultra Real Estate
Ticker: URE
CUSIP: 74347R677
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the
Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Real Estates
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. Because all of the securities included in the Index are issued by companies in the real estate industry group, the Fund will be concentrated approximately 100% in the real estate industry.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra Real
Estate
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the real estate industry,
including: adverse changes in national, state or local real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced demand for space and changes in market rental rates); obsolescence of properties; changes in the availability, cost and terms of mortgage
funds; the impact of environmental laws; a REIT that
fails to comply with the federal tax requirements affecting REITs would be subject to federal income taxation; and the federal tax
requirement that a REIT distribute substantially all of its net income to its shareholders could result in a REIT having insufficient capital for future expenditures. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock
market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as
principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and
Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance
history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Real
Estate
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.59%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.34%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.39%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to
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suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units
principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may
incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
for the time
periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the
Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$386
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$697
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$1,579
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ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
Ticker: USD
CUSIP: 74347R669
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much,
on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses,
as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. Because all of the securities included in the Index are issued by companies in the semiconductor industry group, the Fund will be concentrated approximately 100% in the semiconductor industry.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra
Semiconductors
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the semiconductor industry,
including: intense competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from subsidized foreign competitors with lower production costs; securities prices may fluctuate widely due to risks of rapid obso-
lescence of products; economic performance of the customers of semiconductor companies; research costs and the risks that their products may
not prove commercially successful; capital equipment expenditures could be substantial and suffer from rapid obsolescence; and thin capitalization and limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Further, stocks in the Index may
underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject
to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled
Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell
Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.52%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.27%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.32%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following
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examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may
vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the
brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would
be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$371
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$666
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$1,506
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ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
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ProShares Ultra Technology
Ticker: ROM
CUSIP: 74347R693
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Technology
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Technology
Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Technology
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the
Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Technologys
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the technology hardware & equipment and software & computer services industry groups, which comprised 57% and 43%, respectively, of the
market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares Ultra Technology
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted
above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Technology
after it
has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Technology
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized
expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
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0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
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0.48%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.23%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.28%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Technology
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Technology
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those
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periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$363
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$649
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$1,464
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ProShares Ultra Technology
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ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
Ticker: LTL
CUSIP: 74347R263
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select
Telecommunications Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications Index (Index) when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment
Strategies
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the fixed-line communications industry group, which comprised 88% of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Ultra
Telecommunications
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Equity Risk, Investment Company and
Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the telecommunications economic sector, including: a telecommunications market characterized by
increasing competition and regulation by the Federal Communications Commission and various state regulatory authorities; the need to commit substantial capital to meet increasing competition, particularly in
formulating new products and services using new technology; and technological innovations may make various products and services obsolete.
Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above,
please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information
about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell
Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
2.08%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.83%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.88%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in
the rele-
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vant Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not include the brokerage commissions
that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares
Ultra Telecommunications
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
|
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5 Years
|
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10 Years
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$97
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$699
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$1,327
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$3,021
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ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
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ProShares Ultra Utilities
Ticker: UPW
CUSIP: 74347R685
Investment Objective
ProShares Ultra Utilities
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index.
If
ProShares Ultra Utilities
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index when the Index rises on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as the
Index when the Index declines on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Ultra Utilities
principal investment strategies include:
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Investing in equity securities and/or financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have
similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the daily return of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, under normal circumstances, to equity securities
contained in the Index and/or financial instruments that, in combination, should have similar economic characteristics.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques and/or sampling techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in equity securities or financial instruments in debt securities and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the electricity and gas, water and multi-utilities industry groups, which comprised approximately 72% and 28%, respectively of the market capitalization
of the Index.
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Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares Ultra Utilities
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk and Portfolio Turnover Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Ultra Utilities
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the utilities economic sector,
including: review and limitation of rates by governmental regulatory commissions; the value of regulated utility debt instruments (and, to a lesser extent, equity securities) tends to have an inverse relationship to the movement of interest rates;
as
deregulation allows utilities to diversify outside of their original geographic regions and their traditional lines of business, utilities
may engage in riskier ventures where they have little or no experience; and greater competition as a result of deregulation, which may adversely affect profitability due to lower operating margins, higher costs and diversification into unprofitable
business lines. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted
above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional
information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Ultra Utilities
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you
buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Ultra Utilities
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.86%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.61%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.66%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Ultra Utilities
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
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ProShares Ultra Utilities
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for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund
issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage
commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Ultra Utilities
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has
a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$443
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$814
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$1,855
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ProShares Ultra Utilities
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65
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ProShares Short QQQ
Ticker: PSQ
CUSIP: 74347R602
Investment Objective
ProShares Short QQQ
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index.
If
ProShares Short QQQ
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage
basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the NASDAQ-100 Index when the Index declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any
rises in the Index when the Index increases on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short QQQs
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the NASDAQ-100 Index.
ProShares Short QQQ
will not directly sell short the equity securities of issuers contained in the NASDAQ-100 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled
Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Short QQQ
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Short QQQ
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an
indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares Short QQQ
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Short QQQ
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it
will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Short QQQ. After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those
shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Short QQQ shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from
realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Short QQQ shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Short QQQ for one
quarter was 0.73% (quarter ended March 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -6.63% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 11.77%.
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Average
Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31,
2007
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One
Year
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Since
Inception
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Inception
Date
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Before Taxes
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-11.34%
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-19.13%
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06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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-12.74%
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-20.84%
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
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-7.33%
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-17.18%
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NASDAQ-100 Index
1
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19.24%
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35.60%
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1
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Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
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Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Short QQQ.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.41%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.16%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.21%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short QQQ
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration
purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The
example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example
assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short QQQ
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also
assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your
approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$348
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$618
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$1,390
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ProShares Short Dow30
Ticker: DOG
CUSIP: 74347R701
Investment Objective
ProShares Short Dow30
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(DJIA).
If
ProShares Short Dow30
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same
amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the DJIA when the DJIA declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses,
as any increase in the DJIA when the DJIA rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short Dow30s
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the DJIA. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares Short Dow30
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Short Dow30
has performed on a calendar year
basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares Short Dow30
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions
have been reinvested in
ProShares Short Dow30
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Short Dow30. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect
the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Short Dow30 shares through
tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Short Dow30 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Short Dow30 for one quarter
was 5.43% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -6.39% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 15.67%.
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Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
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One
Year
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|
Since
Inception
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Inception
Date
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Before Taxes
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-1.50%
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-10.61%
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06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
|
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-2.82%
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-12.27%
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|
After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Shares
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-0.98%
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-9.97%
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|
Dow Jones Industrial Average
1
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8.88%
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25.54%
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1
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Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
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Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Short Dow30.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.30%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.05%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.10%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short Dow30
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration
purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The
example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example
assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short Dow30
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also
assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your
approximate costs would be:
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|
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|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
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$97
|
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$324
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$570
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$1,274
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ProShares Short S&P500
Ticker: SH
CUSIP: 74347R503
Investment Objective
ProShares Short S&P500
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index.
If
ProShares Short S&P500
is
successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the S&P 500 Index when the Index declines on any given day. Conversely, its
net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short S&P500s
principal
investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the S&P 500 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
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|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Short S&P500
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Short S&P500
has performed on a calen-
dar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares Short S&P500
. Both assume that all dividends and
distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Short S&P500
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Short S&P500. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Short
S&P500 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Short S&P500 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Short S&P500 for one
quarter was 4.65% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -3.90% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
1
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 13.63%.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
1.31%
|
|
-8.19%
|
|
06/19/06
|
After Taxes on Distributions
|
|
-0.03%
|
|
-9.99%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
|
|
0.83%
|
|
-8.00%
|
|
|
S&P500 Index
1
|
|
5.49%
|
|
21.89%
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Short S&P500.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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|
72
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|
ProShares Short S&P500
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.22%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.97%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.02%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short S&P500
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short S&P500
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$307
|
|
$534
|
|
$1,188
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|
|
ProShares Short S&P500
|
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73
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ProShares Short MidCap400
Ticker: MYY
CUSIP: 74347R800
Investment Objective
ProShares Short MidCap400
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P MidCap 400
Index.
If
ProShares Short MidCap400
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the S&P MidCap 400 Index when the Index declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short MidCap400s
principal investment strategies include:
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|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Short MidCap400
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares Short MidCap400
has performed on a
calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares Short MidCap400
. Both assume that all dividends
and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares Short MidCap400
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares Short MidCap400. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares Short
MidCap400 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares Short MidCap400 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares Short MidCap400 for one
quarter was 4.00% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -3.59% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
1
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 3.73%.
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|
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|
|
Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
-1.24%
|
|
-7.64%
|
|
06/19/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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|
-2.91%
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-10.15%
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
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-0.84%
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-7.94%
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|
S&P MidCap400 Index
1
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|
7.89%
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|
20.04%
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|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends paid by
companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees and
Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
Short MidCap400.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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|
|
74
|
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage
of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.36%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.11%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.16%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short MidCap400
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short MidCap400
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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|
3 Years
|
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5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
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|
$337
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|
$596
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$1,337
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|
|
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
75
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
Ticker: SBB
CUSIP: 74347R784
Investment Objective
ProShares Short SmallCap600
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P SmallCap 600
Index.
If
ProShares Short SmallCap600
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index when the
Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short SmallCap600s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Short SmallCap600
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Short SmallCap600
after it
has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short SmallCap600
. Annual
fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.79%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.54%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.59%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short SmallCap600
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short SmallCap600
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$429
|
|
$784
|
|
$1,784
|
|
|
|
76
|
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
Ticker: RWM
CUSIP: 74347R826
Investment Objective
ProShares Short Russell2000
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index.
If
ProShares Short Russell2000
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount,
on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 2000 Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short Russell2000s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the Russell 2000 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares Short Russell2000
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about related risks.
Fund
Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Short Russell2000
after it has been in operation
for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short Russell2000
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.39%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.14%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.19%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short Russell2000
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short Russell2000
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$343
|
|
$609
|
|
$1,369
|
|
|
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
77
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
Ticker: QID
CUSIP: 74347R875
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as
much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the NASDAQ-100 Index when the Index declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort QQQs
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Fund will not directly sell short the individual equity securities of issuers contained in the NASDAQ-100 Index. Information about the Index can be found in
the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Technology Investment Risk
.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide an
indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares UltraShort QQQ.
Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily
indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares
UltraShort QQQ. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation
and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares UltraShort QQQ shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due
to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares UltraShort QQQ shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares UltraShort QQQ for one
quarter was -0.26% (quarter ended March 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -14.10% (quarter ended September 30, 2007).
1
|
The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 19.56%.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
-27.18%
|
|
-42.86%
|
|
7/11/06
|
After Taxes on Distributions
|
|
-28.22%
|
|
-43.89%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
|
|
-17.59%
|
|
-36.94%
|
|
|
NASDAQ-100 Index
1
|
|
19.24%
|
|
37.00%
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends
paid by companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort QQQ.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
78
|
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.27%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.02%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.07%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$318
|
|
$556
|
|
$1,241
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
79
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
Ticker: DXD
CUSIP: 74347R867
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(DJIA).
If
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the DJIA when the DJIA declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and
expenses, as any increase in the DJIA when the DJIA rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Dow30s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse performance of the DJIA. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
has performed on a
calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
. Both assume that all dividends
and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares UltraShort Dow30. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income
tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares
UltraShort Dow30 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares UltraShort Dow30 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares UltraShort Dow30 for one
quarter was 9.17% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -13.54% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
1
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 29.96%.
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Average
Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31,
2007
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One
Year
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|
Since
Inception
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|
Inception
Date
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Before Taxes
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-8.94%
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-24.78%
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7/11/06
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After Taxes on Distributions
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-10.16%
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-26.07%
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After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
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-5.80%
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-21.78%
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
1
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8.88%
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23.24%
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1
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Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends paid by
companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
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Fees and
Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
UltraShort Dow30.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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80
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ProShares UltraShort Dow30
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.23%
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|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.98%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.03%
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|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$309
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$539
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$1,199
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ProShares UltraShort Dow30
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81
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ProShares UltraShort S&P500
Ticker: SDS
CUSIP: 74347R883
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P 500 Index.
If
ProShares
UltraShort S&P500
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the S&P 500 Index when the Index declines on any
given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort S&P500s
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse performance of the S&P 500 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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|
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
has performed on a
calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
. Both assume that all
dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for ProShares UltraShort S&P500. After-tax returns are calculated using the
historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold ProShares UltraShort S&P500 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a
sale of ProShares UltraShort S&P500 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares UltraShort S&P500 for
one quarter was 7.50% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -8.91% (quarter ended June 30, 2007).
1
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The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 25.15%.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31,
2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
-3.94%
|
|
-19.48
|
%
|
|
7/11/06
|
After Taxes on Distributions
|
|
-5.04%
|
|
-20.75
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%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Shares
|
|
-2.57%
|
|
-17.28
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%
|
|
|
S&P500 Index
1
|
|
5.49%
|
|
18.65%
|
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends paid by
companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
Fees and
Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
UltraShort S&P500.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
82
|
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
|
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.16%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.91%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.00%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.91%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$294
|
|
$508
|
|
$1,123
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
|
|
83
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
Ticker: MZZ
CUSIP: 74347R859
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
(the Fund) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily
performance of the S&P MidCap 400
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any
decrease in the S&P MidCap 400 Index (Index) when the Index declines on any given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when
the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400s
principal investment strategies include:
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|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
The bar chart and table that follow show how
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
has performed on a calendar year basis and provide
an indication of the risks of investing in
ProShares UltraShort
MidCap400
. Both assume that all dividends and distributions have been reinvested in
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
. Past performance (before and after taxes) does
not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investors
tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold ProShares UltraShort MidCap400 shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the
return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of ProShares UltraShort MidCap400 shares.
Annual Returns as of December 31 each year
1
During the period covered in the bar chart, the highest return on the ProShares UltraShort MidCap400 for one
quarter was 6.07% (quarter ended December 31, 2007) and the lowest return was -8.56% (quarter ended March 31, 2007).
1
|
The Funds total return for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 3.88%.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Annual
Total Returns
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
One
Year
|
|
Since
Inception
|
|
Inception
Date
|
Before Taxes
|
|
-8.99%
|
|
-17.35%
|
|
7/11/06
|
After Taxes on Distributions
|
|
-10.24%
|
|
-19.01%
|
|
|
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
|
|
-5.86%
|
|
-15.69%
|
|
|
S&P MidCap400 Index
1
|
|
7.98%
|
|
15.75%
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends paid by
companies in the index. Since Inception returns are calculated from the date the Fund commenced operations.
|
|
|
|
84
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.23%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.98%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.03%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of
shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the
assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$309
|
|
$539
|
|
$1,199
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
85
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
Ticker: SDD
CUSIP: 74347R792
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P
SmallCap 600
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the S&P
SmallCap 600 Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.34%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.09%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.14%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
with the cost of investing in other
funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for
cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses
remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$333
|
|
$587
|
|
$1,316
|
|
|
|
86
|
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
Ticker: TWM
CUSIP: 74347R834
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Russell
2000 Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain
approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 2000 Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage
basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell 2000 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.27%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.02%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.07%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for
illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions
of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$318
|
|
$556
|
|
$1,241
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
87
|
ProShares
UltraShort Russell1000 Value
Ticker: SJF
CUSIP:
74347R453
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Russell 1000 Value Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 1000 Value Index when
the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Values
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell 1000 Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Value Investing Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal
investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
after it has been in operation for
a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.18%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.93%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.98%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and
redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$511
|
|
$951
|
|
$2,174
|
|
|
|
88
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
Ticker: SFK
CUSIP: 74347R461
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
Russell 1000 Growth Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset
value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 1000 Growth Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growths
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Growth Investing
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
after it has been in operation
for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.75%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.50%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.55%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and
redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$420
|
|
$766
|
|
$1,744
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
89
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
Ticker: SJL
CUSIP: 74347R438
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
Russell Midcap Value Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net
asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell Midcap Value Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Values
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell Midcap Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Repurchase Agreement Risk, Short Sale Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company
Investment Risk and Value Investing Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as
principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and
Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance
history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap
Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.30%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.05%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.10%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples
are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation
Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees
on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be
higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$536
|
|
$1,002
|
|
$2,291
|
|
|
|
90
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
Ticker: SDK
CUSIP: 74347R446
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
Russell Midcap Growth Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net
asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell Midcap Growth Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose
approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growths
principal investment
strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in
combination, should have similar daily return characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell Midcap Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Growth Investing
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk, and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment
Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information
on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section
titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap
Growth
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap
Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.17%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.92%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.97%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples
are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation
Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees
on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be
higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$509
|
|
$947
|
|
$2,164
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
91
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
Ticker: SJH
CUSIP: 74347R412
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
Russell 2000 Value Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset
value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 2000 Value Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Values
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell 2000 Value Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Repurchase Agreement Risk, Short Sale Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company
Investment Risk and Value Investing Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as
principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and
Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares
UltraShort Russell2000 Value
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
Value
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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|
0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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0.51%
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|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.26%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.31%
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|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit
aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The
following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and
redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$369
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$662
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$1,495
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92
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ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
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ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
Ticker: SKK
CUSIP: 74347R420
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
Russell 2000 Growth Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset
value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Russell 2000 Growth Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growths
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Russell 2000 Growth Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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|
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Growth Investing
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Small- and Mid-Cap Company Investment
Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information
on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section
titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
Growth
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
Growth
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
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|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.49%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.24%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.29%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are
for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities
included in the Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
for the time periods indicated and sell all of
your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses
remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
|
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10 Years
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$97
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$365
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$653
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$1,474
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ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
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93
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ProShares Short
Financials
Ticker: SEF
CUSIP: 74347R222
Investment Objective
ProShares Short Financials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index.
If
ProShares Short Financials
is successful in meeting its objective, its
net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Financials
SM
Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index
when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short Financials
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the banks and general financial industry groups, which comprised approximately 34% and 28%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index
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Principal Risks
ProShares Short Financials
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk,
Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non- Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Short Financials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the financial services economic
sector, including: extensive governmental regulation that affects the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain; adverse effects from increases in interest rates; effects on profitability by
loan losses, which usually increase in economic downturns; banks and insurance companies may be
subject to severe price competition; and newly enacted laws are expected to result in increased inter-industry consolidation and competition
in the financial sector. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares Short Financials
seeks to provide daily
investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a
traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on
the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section
titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Short Financials
after it has been
in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short Financials.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.42%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.17%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.22%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short Financials
with the cost of investing
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|
|
94
|
|
ProShares Short Financials
|
in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or
expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the relevant Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less
than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short Financials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and
redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
|
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|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$350
|
|
$622
|
|
$1,401
|
|
|
|
ProShares Short Financials
|
|
95
|
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
Ticker: DDG
CUSIP: 74347R230
Investment Objective
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
Index.
If
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
is successful in meeting its
objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
SM
Index (Index) when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before
fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
principal investment strategies include:
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|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the integrated oil and gas and the oil equipment and services industry groups which comprised approximately 73% and 27%, respectively, of the market
capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
is subject to the following principal risks:
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|
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk,
Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the energy sector,
including: effects on profitability from changes in worldwide energy prices and exploration, and production spending; adverse effects from changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events and economic conditions; market, economic and
political risks of the countries where energy companies are
located or do business; and risk for environmental damage claims. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and
stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the
daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
after it has been in operation for a full calendar
year.
Fees and Expenses
The
following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short Oil & Gas.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.42%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.17%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.22%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following
|
|
|
96
|
|
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
|
examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may
vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units principally on an in-kind basis for portfolio securities included in the relevant Index and cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not
include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you
invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also
assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your
approximate costs would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$350
|
|
$622
|
|
$1,401
|
|
|
|
ProShares Short Oil & Gas
|
|
97
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
Ticker: SMN
CUSIP: 74347R651
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the chemicals industry group, which comprised approximately 51% of the market capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Basic
Materials
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the basic materials
economic sector, including: adverse effects from commodity price volatility, exchange rates, import controls and increased competition; production of industrial materials often exceeds demand as a result of overbuilding or economic downturns,
leading to poor investment returns; risk for environmental damage and product liability claims; and
adverse effects from depletion of resources, technical progress, labor relations and government regulations. Further, stocks in the Index may
underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal
investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the
Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.33%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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1.08%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.13%
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|
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
with the cost of investing
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98
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ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
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in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or
expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions
that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares
UltraShort Basic Materials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a
5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$331
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$583
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$1,305
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ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
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99
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ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
Ticker: SZK
CUSIP: 74347R644
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort
Consumer Goods
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the consumer goods
economic sector, including: governmental regulation affecting the permissibility of using various food additives and production methods could affect profitability; tobacco companies may be adversely affected by new laws or by litigation; securities
prices and profitability of food, soft drink and fashion related products might be strongly affected by fads, marketing campaigns and other factors affecting supply and demand; and because food and beverage companies may derive a substantial portion
of their net income from foreign countries, they may be impacted by international events. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, seg-
ments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional
mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled
Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.63%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.38%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.43%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares
UltraShort Consumer Goods
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following
examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected
|
|
|
100
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable
in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not
include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although
your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
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|
$395
|
|
$714
|
|
$1,620
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
101
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ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
Ticker: SCC
CUSIP: 74347R636
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
is successful in meeting its objective, its net
asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose
approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
principal investment strategies
include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the general retailers and media industry groups, which comprised approximately 41% and 29%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the consumer services
industry, including: securities prices and profitability may be tied closely to the performance of the domestic and international economy, interest rates, competition and consumer confidence; heavy dependence on disposable household
income and consumer spending; severe competition; and changes in demographics and consumer tastes can affect the success of consumer
products. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
seeks to provide daily investment
results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of
those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more
information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks.
The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Consumer
Services
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Consumer
Services
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.40%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.15%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.20%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
|
|
|
102
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not
meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include
the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes
that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate
costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$346
|
|
$614
|
|
$1,380
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
103
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
Ticker: SKF
CUSIP: 74347R628
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Financials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Financials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Financials
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the banks and general financial industry groups, which comprised approximately 34% and 28%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Financials
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Financials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the financial services
economic sector, including: extensive governmental regulation that affects the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain; adverse effects from increases in interest rates; effects on
profitability by loan losses, which usually increase in
economic downturns; banks and insurance companies may be subject to severe price competition; and newly enacted laws are expected to result
in increased inter- industry consolidation and competition in the financial sector. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Financials
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financial Index, and thus these
risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to
risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled
Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Financials
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell
Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Financials
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage of
average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.21%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.96%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.01%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
|
|
|
104
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Financials
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant
to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the
brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Financials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs
would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$305
|
|
$530
|
|
$1,177
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
105
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
Ticker: RXD
CUSIP: 74347R610
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Health Cares
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the pharmaceuticals & biotechnology and healthcare equipment & services industry groups, which comprised approximately 64% and 36%,
respectively, of the market capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
|
In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
is also subject to risks faced by
companies in the healthcare economic sector, including: heavy dependence on patent protection, with profitability affected by the expiration of patents; expenses and losses from extensive litigation based on product liability and similar claims;
competitive forces that may make it difficult to raise prices and, in fact, may result
in price discounting; long and costly process for obtaining new product approval by the Food and Drug Administration; healthcare providers
may have difficulty obtaining staff to deliver service; susceptibility to product obsolescence; and thin capitalization and limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income
investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice
(200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the
Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage
of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.88%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.63%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.68%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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ProShares UltraShort Health Care
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Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares
UltraShort Health Care
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are
not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not
include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you
invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes
that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate
costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$448
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$822
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$1,876
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ProShares UltraShort Health Care
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ProShares UltraShort Industrials
Ticker: SIJ
CUSIP: 74347R594
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the general industrials industry group, which comprised approximately 26% of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort
Industrials
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the industrial economic
sector, including: effects on stock prices by supply and demand both for their specific product or service and for industrial sector products in general; decline in demand for products due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product
introduction; effects on securities prices and
profitability from government regulation, world events and economic conditions; and risks for environmental damage and product liability
claims. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
seeks to provide daily investment
results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those
for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more
information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks.
The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort
Industrials
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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|
0.61%
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|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.36%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.41%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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ProShares UltraShort Industrials
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Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant
to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the
brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$390
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$705
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$1,599
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ProShares UltraShort Industrials
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109
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ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
Ticker: DUG
CUSIP: 74347R586
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
is successful in meeting its objective, its net
asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose
approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
principal investment strategies
include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the integrated oil and gas and the oil equipment and services industry groups which comprised approximately 73% and 27%, respectively, of the market
capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the energy sector,
including: effects on profitability from changes in worldwide energy prices and exploration, and production spending; adverse effects from changes in exchange rates, government
regulation, world events and economic conditions; market, economic and political risks of the countries where energy companies are located or
do business; and risk for environmental damage claims. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort
Oil & Gas
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index, and thus these risk
considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in
addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance
history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees
and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
UltraShort Oil & Gas
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.24%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.99%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.04%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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110
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ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares
UltraShort Oil & Gas
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and
are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not
include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you
invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also
assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your
approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
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|
$311
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|
$543
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|
$1,209
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|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
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111
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ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
Ticker: SRS
CUSIP: 74347R552
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Real Estates
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. Because all of the securities included in the Index are issued by companies in the real estate industry group, the Fund will be concentrated approximately 100% in the real estate industry.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Real
Estate
is subject to the following principal risks:
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|
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the real estate industry,
including: adverse changes in national, state or local real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced demand for space and changes in market rental rates); obsolescence of properties; changes in the availability, cost and terms of mortgage
funds; the impact of environmental laws; a REIT that fails to comply with the federal tax requirements
affecting REITs would be subject to federal income taxation; and the federal tax requirement that a REIT distribute substantially all of its
net income to its shareholders could result in a REIT having insufficient capital for future expenditures. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and
sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Real
Estate Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above,
please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information
about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes
the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.23%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.98%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.03%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
|
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112
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|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant
to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the
brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs
would be:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$309
|
|
$539
|
|
$1,199
|
|
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|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
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113
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ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
Ticker: SSG
CUSIP: 74347R545
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
seeks daily investment results, before fees and
expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. Because all of the securities included in the Index are issued by companies in the semiconductor industry group, the Fund will be concentrated approximately 100% in the semiconductor industry.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort
Semiconductors
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the semiconductor
industry, including: intense competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from subsidized foreign competitors with lower production costs; securities prices may fluctuate widely due to risks of rapid obsolescence of
products; economic performance of the customers of semiconductor companies; research costs and the risks that their products may not prove commer-
cially successful; capital equipment expenditures could be substantial and suffer from rapid obsolescence; and thin capitalization and
limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort
Semiconductors
seeks to provide daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductor Index, and thus these risk
considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in
addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance
history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and
Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares
UltraShort Semiconductors
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.71%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.46%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.51%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
|
|
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|
114
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|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not
meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include
the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs
would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$412
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$749
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$1,703
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ProShares UltraShort Technology
Ticker: REW
CUSIP: 74347R578
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Technology
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Technology
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Technology
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value
should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal
Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Technologys
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the technology hardware & equipment and software & computer services industry groups, which comprised 57% and 43%, respectively, of the
market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Technology
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Technology Investment Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the
Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal
Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this
Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Technology
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Technology
. Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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|
0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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|
0.47%
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|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.22%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-0.27%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
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Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Technology
with the cost of investing in other
funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for
cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Technology
for the time
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ProShares UltraShort Technology
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periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions
of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$360
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$644
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$1,453
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ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
Ticker: TLL
CUSIP: 74347R255
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow
Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
is successful in meeting its
objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its
net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
principal
investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Telecommunications Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
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|
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the fixed-line communications industry group, which comprised 88% of the market capitalization of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort
Telecommunications
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Equity Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk,
Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the telecommunications economic sector, including: a
telecommunications market characterized by increasing competition and regulation by the Federal Communications Commission and various state regulatory authorities; the need to commit substantial capital to meet increasing competition, particularly
in
formulating new products and services using new technology; and technological innovations may make various products and services obsolete.
Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
seeks to provide daily investment results,
before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite of those
for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more
information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks.
The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on
annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
2.46%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
3.21%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-2.26%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
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0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
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C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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Example:
The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should
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ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
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note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or
returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors
may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort
Telecommunications
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
|
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5 Years
|
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10 Years
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$97
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$777
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|
$1482
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|
$3,356
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ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
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ProShares UltraShort Utilities
Ticker: SDP
CUSIP: 74347R560
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones
U.S. Utilities Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain
approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a
percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the electricity and gas, water and multi-utilities industry groups, which comprised approximately 72% and 28%, respectively of the market capitalization
of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Concentration Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity
Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk and Short Sale Risk.
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In addition to the risks noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
is also subject to risks faced by companies in the utilities economic sector,
including: review and limitation of rates by governmental regulatory commissions; the value of regulated utility debt instruments (and, to a lesser extent, equity securities) tends to have an inverse relationship to the movement of interest
rates; as deregulation allows utilities to diversify outside of their original geographic regions and their traditional lines of business,
utilities may engage in riskier ventures where they have little or no experience; and greater competition as a result of deregulation, which may adversely affect profitability due to lower operating margins, higher costs and diversification into
unprofitable business lines. Further, stocks in the Index may underperform fixed income investments and stock market indexes that track other markets, segments and sectors. As noted above,
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
seeks to provide daily
investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index, and thus these risk considerations for the Fund will generally be the opposite
of those for a traditional mutual fund.
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more
information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks.
The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort
Utilities
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
.
Annual fund operating expenses are based on annualized expenses for the Funds most recent fiscal year.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.68%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.43%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.48%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses include fees paid for management (non-advisory) services (as described under
Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and
certain miscellaneous expenses.
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at
that time.
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120
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ProShares UltraShort Utilities
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Example:
The following example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares
UltraShort Utilities
with the cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not
meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include
the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would
be:
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|
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1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$405
|
|
$736
|
|
$1,672
|
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ProShares UltraShort Utilities
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ProShares Short
MSCI EAFE
Ticker: EFZ
CUSIP: 74347R370
Investment Objective
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI EAFE Index
.
If
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the MSCI EAFE Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely,
its net asset net asset value should lose approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because the value of the Index is not computed as of the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign
markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds net asset value per share to the performance of one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities
underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares Short MSCI EAFEs
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the MSCI EAFE Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time
Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on
the Funds principal investment strategies and risks,
including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies
and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be
available for
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.15%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.90%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.95%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
with the cost of investing in
other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation
Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at
the end of those
|
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|
122
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ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$505
|
|
$938
|
|
$2,145
|
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ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
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ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
Ticker: EUM
CUSIP: 74347R396
Investment Objective
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets
Index.
If
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain
approximately the same amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset net asset value should lose approximately the same
amount, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because the
value of the Index is not computed as of the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds net
asset value per share to the performance of one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares
Short MSCI Emerging Markets
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as the inverse of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
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The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
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Principal Risk
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Repurchase Agreement Risk, Short Sale
Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company Risk and Valuation Time Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those
identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks,
including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies
and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be
available for
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.73%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.48%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.53%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
with the cost of
investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in
Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your
shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The
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124
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ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
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example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$97
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$416
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$758
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$1,723
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ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
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125
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ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
Ticker: EFU
CUSIP: 74347R339
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses,
that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI EAFE Index.
If
ProShares
UltraShort MSCI EAFE
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the MSCI EAFE Index when the Index declines on a given
day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because the value of the Index is not computed as of the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign
markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds net asset value per share to the performance of one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities
underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFEs
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the MSCI EAFE Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risk
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time
Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on
the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the
sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and
related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold,
or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.45%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.20%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.25%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
with the cost of investing in
other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation
Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares
at the end of
|
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|
126
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|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment
has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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|
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|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$356
|
|
$636
|
|
$1,432
|
|
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|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
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127
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ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
Ticker: EEV
CUSIP: 74347R354
Investment Objective
ProShares
UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much,
on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees
and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because the value of the Index is not computed as of
the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds net asset value per share to the performance of
one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
principal
investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated.
|
Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Repurchase Agreement Risk, Short Sale
Risk, Small- and Mid-Cap Company Risk and Valuation Time Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal investment
strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
after it has been in operation for a full
calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.26%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.01%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.06%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
with the cost of
investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in
Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
128
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases
and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or
lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$316
|
|
$552
|
|
$1,231
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
129
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ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
Ticker: EWV
CUSIP: 74347R347
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the MSCI Japan
Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately
twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the MSCI Japan Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before
fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because the value of the Index is not computed as
of the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds net asset value per share to the performance
of one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japans
principal investment
strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the MSCI Japan Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
Principal Risk Considerations
ProShares
UltraShort MSCI Japan
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time
Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information
on the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The sec-
tion titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund
and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold,
or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(as a percentage
of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
1.40%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
2.15%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-1.20%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
|
Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
|
C
|
ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
|
Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
with the cost of investing
in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in Creation
Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
for the time periods indicated and sell all of your shares
at the end of
|
|
|
130
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment
has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
3 Years
|
|
5 Years
|
|
10 Years
|
|
|
$97
|
|
$557
|
|
$1044
|
|
$2,388
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
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131
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ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
Ticker: FXP
CUSIP: 74347R321
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset
value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any decrease in the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice
as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Because
the value of the Index is not computed as of the close of the U.S. securities markets due to differences in trading hours between U.S. and foreign markets, correlation to the Index will be measured by comparing the daily change in the Funds
net asset value per share to the performance of one or more U.S. exchange traded securities or instruments that reflect the values of the securities underlying the Index as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25s
principal investment strategies include:
|
|
|
Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
|
|
|
|
Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
|
|
|
|
Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
|
|
|
|
Investing assets not invested in financial instruments in debt instruments and/or money market instruments.
|
|
|
|
The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the Index is so
concentrated. As of the close of business on June 30, 2008, the Index was concentrated in the financials industry group, which comprised approximately 43% of the market capitalization of the Index.
|
Principal Risk
ProShares UltraShort
FTSE/Xinhua China 25
is subject to the following principal risks:
|
|
|
Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Early Close/Trading Halt Risk, Equity Risk, Exposure to
Foreign Investments Risk, Inverse Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time
Risk.
|
The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on
the Funds principal investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the
sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and
related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
after it has been in operation for a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold,
or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
.
|
|
|
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
|
Investment Advisory Fee
|
|
0.75%
|
Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
|
|
0.00%
|
Other Expenses
B
|
|
0.30%
|
|
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
1.05%
|
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
|
|
-0.10%
|
|
|
|
Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
0.95%
|
|
|
|
A
|
The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
|
B
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Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
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Example:
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
with the cost of
investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems shares in
Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The example does not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
for the time periods indicated and sell all of
your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The
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example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating expenses remain exactly
as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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ProShares
UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
Ticker: PST
CUSIP: 74347R313
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses and interest income earned on cash and financial instruments, that correspond to twice
(200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Lehman 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index.
If
ProShares
UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses and interest income earned on cash and financial
instruments, as any decrease in the Lehman 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses and interest
income earned on cash and financial instruments, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment
Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasurys
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Lehman 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Principal Risks
ProShares UltraShort
Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique Risk, Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Debt Instrument Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal
investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
after it has been in operation for
a full calendar year.
Fees and Expenses
The following table
describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
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2.80%
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3.55%
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0.95%
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
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Example:
The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
with the
cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems
shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
for the time periods indicated and sell all
of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating
expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year
Treasury
Ticker: TBT
CUSIP: 74347R297
Investment Objective
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses and interest income earned on cash and financial instruments, that correspond to twice
(200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Lehman 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index.
If
ProShares UltraShort
Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
is successful in meeting its objective, its net asset value should gain approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses and interest income earned on cash and financial instruments, as any
decrease in the Lehman 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index when the Index declines on a given day. Conversely, its net asset value should lose approximately twice as much, on a percentage basis, before fees and expenses and interest income earned on cash
and financial instruments, as any increase in the Index when the Index rises on a given day.
Principal Investment Strategies
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasurys
principal investment strategies include:
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Taking positions in financial instruments (including derivatives) that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should have similar daily return
characteristics as twice (200%) the inverse of the Lehman 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index. Information about the Index can be found in the section entitled Underlying Indexes.
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Committing at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, to investments that, in combination, have economic
characteristics that are inverse to those of the Index.
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Employing leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.
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ProShares UltraShort Lehman
20+ Year Treasury
is subject to the following principal risks:
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Aggressive Investment Technique, Risk Correlation Risk, Counterparty Risk, Credit Risk, Debt Instrument Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Inverse
Correlation Risk, Investment Company and Exchange Traded Fund Risk, Liquidity Risk, Market Price Variance Risk, Market Risk, Non-Diversification Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Short Sale Risk and Valuation Time Risk.
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The Fund may be subject to risks in addition to those identified as principal risks. For more information on the Funds principal
investment strategies and risks, including a description of the principal risks noted above, please refer to the sections entitled Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks. The section titled Special Risks of
Exchange-Traded Funds in this Prospectus and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund and related risks.
Fund Performance
Performance history will be available for
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
after it has been in operation for a
full calendar year.
Fees And Expenses
The following table
describes the estimated fees and expenses you may pay when you buy, hold, or sell Creation Units of
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
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Investment Advisory Fee
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0.75%
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Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees
A
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0.00%
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Other Expenses
B
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1.62%
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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2.37%
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Fee Waivers/Reimbursements
C
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-1.42%
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Total Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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0.95%
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A
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The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may be subject to an annual 12b-1 fee
of up to 0.25%. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund and no such fees will be charged prior to September 30, 2009.
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Other Expenses are based on estimates for the current fiscal year. Other Expenses include fees paid
for management (non-advisory) services (as described under Management of ProShares Trust later in this Prospectus), legal and audit fees, printing costs, registration fees, custodial, fund accounting, administration and index receipt
agent fees and costs associated with independent trustees and certain miscellaneous expenses
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ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive Investment Advisory and Management Services Fees and to
reimburse Other Expenses to the extent Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% from the date the Fund commences operations through September 30, 2009. After such date, the expense limitation
may be terminated or revised. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of the waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause the Funds expenses to
exceed any expense limitation in place at that time.
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Example:
The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
with the
cost of investing in other funds. Investors should note that the following examples are for illustration purposes only and are not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. The Fund issues and redeems
shares in Creation Units for cash. Shares are not redeemable in less than Creation Unit aggregations. The examples do not include the brokerage commissions that secondary market investors may incur to buy and sell shares.
The following example assumes that you invest $10,000 in
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
for the time periods indicated and sell all
of your shares at the end of those periods, but does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of shares. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return each year and that the Funds annual operating
expenses remain exactly as described in the fee table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions, your approximate costs would be:
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Creation and Redemption of Creation Units
Each Fund issues and redeems Shares only in bundles of a specified number of
Shares. These bundles are known as Creation Units. To purchase or redeem a Creation Unit, you must be an Authorized Participant or you must do so through a broker that is an Authorized Participant. An Authorized Participant is a
participant in the DTC that has executed a Participant Agreement with the Funds distributor (the Distributor). Because Creation Units likely will cost millions of dollars, it is expected that only institutional investors will
purchase and redeem Shares directly with an issuing Fund.
Retail investors may acquire Shares on the secondary market (i.e., not from the
issuing Fund) through a broker. Shares of each Fund are listed on the Exchange and are publicly traded. For information about acquiring Shares through a secondary market purchase, please contact your broker. If you want to sell Shares of a Fund on
the secondary market, you must do so through your broker.
When you buy or sell Shares on the secondary market, your broker may charge you a
commission or other transaction charges and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price for each purchase or sale transaction. Unless imposed by your broker, there is no minimum dollar amount you must invest and no
minimum number of Shares you must buy in the secondary market. In addition, because secondary market transactions occur at market prices, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares, and receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares.
The Funds impose no restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions directly with the Funds. In establishing this policy, the
Board noted that the Funds are expected to be attractive to arbitrageurs (where trading activity is critical to ensuring that Shares trade at or close to net asset value per Share) as well as active institutional and retail investors interested in
buying and selling equity market basket index securities on a short-term basis. In addition, the Board considered that, unlike traditional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems its Shares at net asset value per Share in Creation Units plus
applicable transaction fees and each Funds Shares may be purchased and sold on the Exchange at prevailing market prices. Given this structure, the Board determined that the risks of frequent trading were less than in the case of a traditional
mutual fund. Nevertheless, to the extent that purchases and redemptions directly with the Funds are effected in cash rather than through a contribution or redemption of portfolio securities, frequent purchases and redemptions could increase the rate
of portfolio turnover. A high ratio of portfolio turnover may negatively impact a Funds performance by increasing transaction costs. In addition, large movements of cash into or out of the Funds may negatively impact a Funds ability to
achieve its investment objective or maintain a consistent level of operating expenses.
Purchasing Shares Directly From a
Fund
You can purchase Shares directly from a Fund only if you meet the following criteria and comply with purchase transaction
procedures specified by the Trust.
Eligible Investors
To purchase Shares directly from a Fund, you must be an Authorized Participant or you
must purchase through a broker that is an Authorized Participant. Investors should contact the Distributor for the names of Authorized
Participants.
Creation Units
You must purchase Shares in large blocks, known as Creation Units. For each Fund, a Creation Unit is comprised of 75,000 shares.
For any particular Fund, the number of Shares in a Creation Unit will not change, except in the event of a share split, reverse split or similar revaluation. The Funds will not issue fractional Creation Units. The Funds
reserve the right to reject purchase orders in certain circumstances, as described in the SAI.
Procedures Applicable to Purchase of Ultra
ProShares
In-kind Deposits
To purchase Shares directly from an Ultra ProShares, you must deposit with the Fund a basket of securities and cash. Each business day, prior to the opening of trading on the Exchange, an agent of the Fund (Index Receipt
Agent) will make available through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) a list of the names and number of shares of each security to be included in that days creation basket (Deposit Securities).
The identity and number of shares of the Deposit Securities required for a Creation Unit changes as rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events are reflected from time to time by ProShare Advisors with a view to the investment objectives of
the Ultra ProShares. The composition of the Deposit Securities may also change in response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the securities constituting the relevant securities index. Each Fund reserves the right to permit or require
the substitution of an amount of cashi.e., a cash in lieu amountto be added to the Balancing Amount (defined below) to replace any Deposit Security that may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or that may not
be eligible for transfer through the Clearing Process (discussed below), or that may not be eligible for trading by an Authorized Participant or the investor for which it is acting.
Balancing Amount
In addition to the in-kind deposit of securities, Authorized
Participants will either pay to, or receive from, an Ultra ProShares an amount of cash referred to as the Balancing Amount. The Balancing Amount is the amount equal to the differential, if any, between the market value of the Deposit
Securities and the NAV of a Creation Unit. The Fund will publish, on a daily basis, information about the previous days Balancing Amount. The Balancing Amount may, at times, represent a significant portion of the aggregate purchase price (or
in the case of redemptions, the redemption proceeds). This is because the mark-to-market value of the Financial Instruments held by the Funds may be included in the Balancing Amount (not in the Deposit Basket or Redemption Basket). The Balancing
Amount may fluctuate significantly due to the leveraged nature of the Ultra ProShares. You also must pay a Transaction Fee, described below, in cash. For custom orders, cash in lieu may be added to the Balancing Amount to replace any
Deposit Security that may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or that may not be eligible for transfer through the Clearing Process (discussed below), or that may not be eligible for trading by an Authorized Participant or the
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investor for which it is acting. The Balancing Amount must be paid to the Trust on the third Business Day following the Transmittal Date.
Placement of Purchase Orders
All purchase orders for Shares must be placed by or through an Authorized Participant. Purchase orders will be processed either through a manual clearing process run at the DTC (Manual Clearing Process) or through an
enhanced clearing process (Enhanced Clearing Process) that is available only to those DTC participants that also are participants in the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC. Authorized Participants that do not use the Enhanced
Clearing Process may be charged a higher Transaction Fee (discussed below). A purchase order must be received by the Distributor by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) for the Short
Fixed-Income ProShares) if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement, in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. A custom order may be placed for one or more whole
Creation Units of Shares of a Fund and must be received by the Distributor in proper form no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) for the Short Fixed-Income ProShares) in order to receive that days NAV per Share. All
other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement must be followed in order for you to receive the NAV determined on that day.
Shares may be issued in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash in an amount up to 115% of the market value of the missing Deposit
Securities. Any such transaction effected with the Trust must be effected using the Manual Clearing Process consistent with the terms of the Participant Agreement. See the Summary of Transaction Fees and Charges below for more
information.
An Authorized Participant may request to effect purchases in cash, which the Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit. An
Authorized Participant that purchases using cash in lieu of one or more securities in the creation basket are subject to an additional charge. Purchases of Creation Units for cash (when available) and/or outside of the Continuous Net Settlement
System of the NSCC may also require the payment of an additional charge. See the Summary of Transaction Fees and Charges below for more information.
Procedures Applicable to Purchase of Short ProShares
The Short ProShares only accept cash to purchase Creation
Units. The purchaser must transfer cash in an amount equal to the value of Creation Unit(s) purchased and the applicable Transaction Fee. All purchase orders will be processed through the Manual Clearing Process described above. The Trust will
deliver shares of the Short ProShares upon payment of cash to the Trust on the third Business Day following the Transmittal Date consistent with the terms of the Participant Agreement.
Redeeming Shares Directly From a Fund
The redemption process is essentially the reverse of the purchase process described above. To redeem Shares, you must be an Authorized Participant or you must
redeem through a broker that is an Authorized Participant, and you must tender Shares in Creation Units.
Redemption Procedures Applicable to Ultra ProShares
Redemption Proceeds
Redemption proceeds will be paid in-kind with a basket of securities. In most cases, the
basket of securities you receive will be the same as that required of investors purchasing Creation Units on the same day. There will be times, however, when the creation and redemption baskets differ. The composition of the redemption basket will
be available through the NSCC. Each Fund reserves the right to honor a redemption request with a non-conforming redemption basket.
Balancing Amount
If the NAV of a Creation Unit is higher than the value of the redemption securities, you will
receive from the issuing Fund a Balancing Amount in cash. If the NAV of a Creation Unit is lower than the value of the redemption securities, you will be required to pay to the issuing Fund a Balancing Amount in cash. If you are receiving a
Balancing Amount, the amount due will be reduced by the amount of the applicable Transaction Fee.
Placement of Redemption Orders
As with purchases, redemptions may be processed either through the Manual Clearing Process or the Enhanced Clearing Process. A
redemption order must be received by the Distributor prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) for the Short Fixed-Income ProShares) if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other
electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. All other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement must be followed in order for you to receive the NAV determined on that
day.
An Authorized Participant may request a redemption in cash which the Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit. An Authorized
Participant that elects to receive cash in lieu of one or more securities in the redemption basket is subject to an additional charge. Redemptions of Creation Units for cash (when available) and/or outside of the Continuous Net Settlement System of
the NSCC may also require the payment of an additional charge. See the Summary of Transaction Fees and Charges below for more information.
Redemption Procedures Applicable to Short ProShares
Redemption
Proceeds
Redemption proceeds will be paid in cash and generally settle on a T + 3 basis.
Placement of Redemption Orders
All redemption orders will be processed through the Manual Clearing
Process. A redemption order must be received by the Distributor prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) for the Short Fixed-Income ProShares) if transmitted by telephone,
facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participation Agreement in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. All other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement must be followed in order for you to receive the
NAV determined on that day.
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Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions
Each Fund will impose Transaction Fees to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation
Units. There is a fixed and a variable component to the total Transaction Fee on transactions in Creation Units. A Fixed Transaction Fee is applicable to each creation and redemption transaction, regardless of the number of Creation Units
transacted. A Variable Transaction Fee of up to 0.10% of the value of each Creation Unit also may be applicable to each creation and redemption transaction. In-Kind purchase or redemption of Creation Units of Ultra ProShares effected through the
Manual Clearing Process may be required to pay an additional charge to compensate for brokerage and other expenses. In addition, purchasers of Creation Units are responsible for payment of the costs of transferring the Deposit Securities to the
Trust. Redeemers of Creation Units are responsible for the costs of transferring securities from the Trust to their accounts or on their order. Investors who use the services of a broker or other such intermediary may pay additional fees for such
services. Additionally, investors purchasing shares in the secondary market will not pay the fees shown below directly, but may be subject to costs (including customary brokerage commissions) charged by their broker. The following table summarizes
the components of the Transaction Fees.
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Transaction Fee**
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Ultra QQQ
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Dow30
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra S&P500
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$
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2,500
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$
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2,500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra MidCap400
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$
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2,000
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$
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2,000
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra SmallCap600
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$
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3,000
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$
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3,000
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell2000
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$
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3,500
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$
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3,500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell1000 Value
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$
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3,055
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$
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3,055
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell1000 Growth
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$
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3,415
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$
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3,415
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell MidCap Value
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$
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2,405
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$
|
2,405
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|
Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
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$
|
2,695
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$
|
2,695
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|
Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell2000 Value
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$
|
3,500
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$
|
3,500
|
|
Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
3,500
|
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$
|
3,500
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|
Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
500
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Consumer Goods
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$
|
755
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$
|
755
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Consumer Services
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$
|
1,265
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$
|
1,265
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Financials
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$
|
1,555
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$
|
1,555
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Health Care
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$
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800
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$
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800
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Industrials
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$
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1,355
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1,355
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Oil & Gas
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Real Estate
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Semiconductors
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Technology
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$
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1,105
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$
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1,105
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Telecommunications
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Ultra Utilities
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$
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500
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short QQQ
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short Dow30
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short S&P500
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N/A
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$
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500
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Short MidCap400
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N/A
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$
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500
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Short SmallCap600
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short Russell2000
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort QQQ
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Fixed Transaction Fee
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Variable
Transaction Fee**
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In-Kind
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UltraShort Dow30
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N/A
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$
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500
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UltraShort S&P500
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort MidCap400
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort SmallCap600
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell2000
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell1000 Value
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
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N/A
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$
|
500
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UltraShort Russell Midcap Value
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell Midcap Growth
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell2000 Value
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short Financials
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short Oil & Gas
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Basic Materials
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Consumer Goods
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Consumer Services
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Financials
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Health Care
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Industrials
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Oil & Gas
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Real Estate
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Semiconductors
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Technology
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Telecommunications
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Utilities
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short MSCI EAFE
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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Short MSCI Emerging Markets
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort MSCI EAFE
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
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N/A
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$
|
500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort MSCI Japan
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
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N/A
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$
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500
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Up to 10 bps
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UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
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N/A
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500
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Distributions
As a shareholder, you are entitled to your share of a Funds income from interest and dividends, and gains from the sale of investments. You may receive such earnings as either an income dividend or a capital gains distribution.
Income dividends primarily come from the dividends that the Fund earns from its holdings and the interest it receives from its money market and bond investments. Capital gains may be realized when the fund sells securities Capital gains may be
either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the Fund held the securities for one year or less, or more than one year.
Each
Fund intends to declare and distribute to its shareholders at least annually virtually all of its net income (interest and dividends, less expenses), if any, as well as net capital gains, if any, realized from the sale of its holdings. Subject to
board approval, some or all of any net capital gains distribution may be declared payable in either additional Shares of the respective Fund or in cash. If such a distribution is declared payable in that fashion, holders of Shares will receive
additional Shares of the respective Fund unless they elect to receive cash. Dividends may be declared and paid more frequently to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code or for other reasons.
Dividend Reinvestment Services
As noted above under Distributions, a Fund may declare a net capital gain distribution to be payable in additional Shares or cash. Even if the Fund does not declare a dividend to be payable in Shares, brokers may make
available to their customers who own Shares the DTC book-entry dividend reinvestment service. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and capital gains will automatically be reinvested in additional whole Shares
of the same Fund. Without this service, investors would have to take their distributions in cash. To determine whether the dividend reinvestment service is available and whether there is a commission or other charge for using this service, please
consult your broker.
Determination of NAV
The NAV per Share of each Fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of such Fund (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by its total number of Shares outstanding.
Expenses and fees are accrued daily and taken into account for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV of each Fund is calculated by the J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. and determined each business day at the close of regular trading of the NYSE
(ordinarily 4:00 p.m. New York time).
Securities and other assets are generally valued at their market value using information provided by
a pricing service or market quotations. Certain short-term securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost. When a market price is not readily available, securities and other assets are valued at fair value in good faith under procedures
established by, and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Funds Board of Trustees. The use of a fair valuation method may be appropriate if, for example: (i) market quotations do not accurately reflect fair value of an
investment; (ii) an
investments value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is
principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market); (iii) a trading halt closes an exchange or market early; or (iv) other events result in an exchange or market delaying its normal close. This procedure incurs the unavoidable
risk that the valuation may be higher or lower than the securities might actually command if the Funds sold them. See the SAI for more details.
The NYSE is open every week, Monday through Friday, except when the following holidays are celebrated: New Years Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (the third Monday in January), Presidents Day (the third Monday in
February), Good Friday, Memorial Day (the last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (the first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day. The NYSE may close early on the business day before each
of these holidays and on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Exchange holiday schedules are subject to change without notice. If the exchange or market on which a Funds investments are primarily traded closes early, the net asset value may be
calculated prior to its normal calculation time. Creation/redemption transaction order time cutoffs would also be accelerated.
Taxes
The following is certain general information about taxation of the Funds:
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Each Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In order to so
qualify, each fund must meet certain tests with respect to the sources and types of its income, the nature and diversification of its assets, and the timing and amount of its distributions.
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If a fund qualifies for treatment as a regulated investment company, a Fund is not subject to federal income tax on net investment income and
capital gains that the Fund timely distributes to its shareholders.
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Investments by a Fund in options, futures, forward contracts, swaps and other derivative financial instruments are subject to numerous special and
complex tax rules. These rules could affect the amount, timing or character of the income distributed to shareholders by a Fund. In addition, because the application of these rules may be uncertain under current law, an adverse determination or
future Internal Revenue Service guidance with respect to these rules may affect whether a Fund has made sufficient distributions, and otherwise satisfied the relevant requirements, to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company and
avoid a Fund-level tax.
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Taxable investors should be aware of the following basic tax points:
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Distributions are taxable to you for federal income tax purposes whether or not you reinvest these amounts in additional Shares.
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Distributions declared in October, November or Decemberif paid to you by the end of the following
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Januaryare taxable for federal income tax purposes as if received in
December.
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Any dividends and short-term capital gain distributions that you receive are generally taxable to you as ordinary income for federal income tax
purposes. Dividends you receive that are properly designated as being derived from qualified dividend income received by a Fund may, however, be eligible to be taxed at the same rates as long term capital gains, although such dividends
will not be considered long-term capital gains for other Federal income tax purposes, including the calculation of net capital losses.
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Distributions of net long-term capital gains that are properly designated as capital gain dividends are treated and taxable to you as long-term
capital gains for federal income tax purposes, no matter how long you have owned your Shares.
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Capital gains distributions may vary considerably from year to year as a result of the funds normal investment activities and cash flows.
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A sale or exchange of Shares is a taxable event. This means that you may have a capital gain to report as income, or a capital loss to report as a
deduction, when you complete your federal income tax return.
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Dividend and capital gains distributions that you receive, as well as your gains or losses from any sale or exchange of Shares, may be subject to
foreign, state and local income taxes.
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If you are not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States, or if you are a foreign entity, any dividends and short term capital gains
that you receive will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies.
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Dividends and interest received by a Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries, which would reduce returns from
an investment in Fund Shares. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.
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By law, a Fund must withhold a percentage of your distributions and proceeds if you have not provided a correct taxpayer identification number or
social security number and made certain certifications. The backup withholding rate is currently 28%. Under current law, the backup withholding rate will increase to 31% for the taxable year 2011 and thereafter.
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In addition, taxable investors who purchase or redeem Creation Units should be aware of the following additional basic tax points:
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A person who exchanges equity securities for Creation Units generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the market value
of the Creation Units at the time and the exchangers aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and the Balancing Amount paid. However, all or a portion of any loss a person realizes on an exchange of securities for Creation Units will be
disallowed under the rules governing wash sales if such person purchases or receives in redemption other substantially identical securities within 30 days before
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or after the exchange. In such case, the basis of the newly purchased or received securities will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.
In addition, the Internal Revenue Service may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the wash sales rules or on the basis that there has been no significant change in economic
position.
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A person who exchanges Creation Units for equity securities generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the
exchangers basis in the Creation Units and the aggregate market value of the securities received and any cash received. However, all or a portion of any loss a person realizes upon any disposition of Creation Units will be disallowed under the
rules governing wash sales if such person purchases other substantially identical Shares of a Fund within 30 days before or after the disposition. In such case, the basis of the newly purchased Shares will be adjusted to reflect the
disallowed loss. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service may assert that a loss realized upon a redemption in which Creation Units are exchanged for equity securities cannot be deducted currently under the wash sales rules or on the basis that
there has been no significant change in economic position.
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Note: This Prospectus provides general U.S. federal tax
information only. If you are investing through a tax-deferred retirement account, such as an IRA, special tax rules apply. Please consult your tax advisor for detailed information about a funds tax consequences for you. See
Taxation in the SAI for more information.
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Board of Trustees and Officers
The Board is responsible for the general supervision of all of the Funds. The officers of the Trust are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Funds.
Investment Advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC,
located at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, serves as the investment advisor to all of the Funds and provides investment advice and management services to the Funds. ProShare Advisors oversees the investment and
reinvestment of the assets in each Fund. For its investment advisory services, ProShare Advisors is entitled to receive fees equal to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board approving the
investment advisory agreement of the Funds (other than ProShares Short Financials, ProShares Short Oil & Gas) is available in the Trusts annual report to shareholders for the period ended May 31, 2008. A discussion regarding the
basis for the Board approving the investment advisory agreement of ProShares Short Financials and, ProShares Short Oil & Gas will be included in such Funds semi-annual or annual report to shareholders when available.
ProShare Advisors is owned by Michael L. Sapir, Louis M. Mayberg and William E. Seale.
Michael L. Sapir
, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ProShare Advisors LLC since inception and ProFund Advisors LLC since April 1997, formerly served as senior vice president of Padco Advisors, Inc., which
advised Rydex
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Funds. In addition, Mr. Sapir practiced law, primarily representing financial institutions for over 13 years, most recently as a partner in a Washington,
D.C. based law firm. He holds degrees from Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) and University of Miami (M.B.A. and B.A.)
Louis M. Mayberg
, President of ProShare Advisors LLC since inception and ProFund Advisors LLC since April 1997, co-founded National Capital
Companies, L.L.C., an investment bank specializing in financial service companies mergers and acquisitions and equity underwritings in 1986, and managed its financial services hedge fund. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a
major in Finance from George Washington University.
William E. Seale,
Ph.D.
, Chief Economist of ProFund Advisors since 2005, Chief Investment Officer from 2003-2004 and from October 2006-June 2008 and Director of Portfolio from 1997-2003. Dr. Seale
has more than 30 years of experience in the financial markets. His background includes a five-year presidential appointment as a commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and an appointment as Chairman of the Finance
Department at The George Washington University. He earned his degrees at the University of Kentucky.
Portfolio Management
Each Fund is managed by an investment team overseen by George O. Foster and Howard S. Rubin.
George O. Foster CFA
, ProShare
AdvisorsActing Chief Investment Officer since June 2008 and Director of Portfolio since Sept. 2007. ProFund AdvisorsActing
Chief Investment Officer since June 2008; Director of Portfolio and Senior Portfolio Manager since 2004; Assistant Director of Portfolio and
Senior Portfolio Manager from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Foster earned an M.B.A. from The George Washington University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University. Mr. Foster holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation
and is a member of the Washington Association of Money Managers.
Howard S.
Rubin CFA
, ProShare AdvisorsSenior Portfolio Manager since December 2007. ProFund AdvisorsSenior Portfolio Manager since November 2004 and Portfolio Manager from April 2000
through November 2004. Mr. Rubin earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in Finance from The George Washington University. Mr. Rubin holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
The following members of the investment team have joint responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Funds:
Michelle Liu
, ProShare Advisors
Associate Portfolio Manager since November 2007. FINRA Senior Market Operations Analyst from July 2006 through November 2007; Fixed Income Domain Lead/Specialist from March 2004 through July 2006. CGI-AMS Senior
Consultant/Consultant from September 2000 through March 2004. Ms. Liu earned a B.S. in Management Science and Statistics from the University of Maryland College Park and is currently working towards her M.B.A. from Duke University.
Michael Neches
, ProShare
AdvisorsAssociate Portfolio Manager since January 2007; Portfolio Analyst from December 2006 to January 2007. ProFund AdvisorsPortfolio Analyst November 2004 to December 2006, Junior Analyst May 2001 to November 2004 and Portfolio Intern
March 2000 to May 2001.
Robert Parker CFA
, ProShare AdvisorsAssociate Portfolio Manager since March 2007. H. Beck, Inc.Due Diligence Analyst from May 2005 through March 2007. Wachovia SecuritiesInvestment Analyst from April 2004 through January
2005. Ameritas Investment Corp.Compliance Analyst from May 2002 through October 2003. Mr. Parker holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Nishantha Ratnayake CFA, CPA, EA FRM
, ProShare Advisors Associate Portfolio
Manager since January 2008. Analytic InvestorsAssociate, Client Service from May 2006 to December 2007. Western Asset ManagementAlternative Investment Fund Administrator from May 2004 to May 2006. Ares Management, LLC from May 2002 to
May 2004. Mr. Ratnayake holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an Enrolled Agent (EA), and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation.
Steve Schoffstall
, ProShare
AdvisorsAssociate Portfolio Manager since September 2007; Portfolio Analyst from May 2007 to September 2007; Junior Portfolio Analyst from December 2006 to May 2007; Portfolio Operations Specialist June 2006 to December 2006. ProFund
AdvisorsPortfolio Group Team Member and ETF Portfolio Operations Specialist from February 2005 to June 2006.
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The SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers compensation, accounts managed by each Portfolio Manager and their
ownership of the Funds.
Distribution (12b-1) Plan
Under a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan (the Plan) adopted by the Board of Trustees, each Fund may pay the Funds distributor, financial intermediaries, such as broker-dealers and investment advisors, up to
0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of a Fund as reimbursement or compensation for distribution related activities with respect to the Funds. For the prior fiscal year, no payments were made by any Fund under the Plan.
Portfolio Holdings Information
A
description of the Trusts policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings is available in the Funds SAI. The top ten holdings of each Fund are posted on a daily basis to the Trusts
website at www.proshares.com.
Other Service Providers
SEI Investments Distribution Co., located at 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456, serves as the Funds distributor. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., located at 4 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11245, serves as the
Funds administrator, custodian and index receipt agent.
ProShare Advisors also performs certain administrative services for the Funds
under a Management Services Agreement. ProShare Advisors is entitled to receive annual fees equal to 0.10% of the average daily net assets of each Fund for such services.
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Financial Highlights
The following tables are intended to help you understand the financial history of each Fund since June 1, 2007 (or since
inception, if shorter). No information is presented for the ProShares Short Financial and ProShares Short Oil & Gas, as these Funds commenced operations after the fiscal period ended May 31, 2008. Certain information reflects financial results
of a single Share. The total return information represents the rate of return and the per Share operating performance that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.
The information for the year or period ended May 31, 2008 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the financial statements of the Funds for the period ended May 31,
2008, appears in the Annual Report of the Funds which is available upon request. Information for the period ended May 31, 2007 was audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
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investment
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realized
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unrealized
gains
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investment
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reductions
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waivers,
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investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
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investment
income
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of waivers,
if any
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assets
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period
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
94.58
|
|
$
|
0.13
|
|
$
|
0.75
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
$
|
0.93
|
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5.02
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5.09
|
)
|
|
$
|
90.42
|
|
0.57
|
%
|
|
0.52
|
%
|
|
1.04
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
0.15
|
%
|
|
$
|
908,687
|
|
39
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.14
|
|
|
29.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.01
|
|
|
|
(0.12
|
)
|
|
|
(5.31
|
)
|
|
|
(5.43
|
)
|
|
|
94.58
|
|
43.94
|
|
|
44.14
|
|
|
1.07
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
0.18
|
|
|
|
248,261
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Dow30
SM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
97.22
|
|
|
1.43
|
|
|
(18.05
|
)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(16.59
|
)
|
|
|
(1.32
|
)
|
|
|
(3.56
|
)
|
|
|
(4.88
|
)
|
|
|
75.75
|
|
(17.59
|
)
|
|
(17.61
|
)
|
|
1.02
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.69
|
|
|
1.76
|
|
|
|
301,090
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.44
|
|
|
32.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34.39
|
|
|
|
(1.02
|
)
|
|
|
(6.15
|
)
|
|
|
(7.17
|
)
|
|
|
97.22
|
|
50.99
|
|
|
50.91
|
|
|
1.22
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.57
|
|
|
1.84
|
|
|
|
123,956
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra S&P500
®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
98.42
|
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
(21.20
|
)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(20.11
|
)
|
|
|
(1.04
|
)
|
|
|
(3.28
|
)
|
|
|
(4.32
|
)
|
|
|
73.99
|
|
(20.88
|
)
|
|
(21.07
|
)
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.34
|
|
|
1.37
|
|
|
|
904,503
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.22
|
|
|
31.25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.47
|
|
|
|
(0.68
|
)
|
|
|
(3.37
|
)
|
|
|
(4.05
|
)
|
|
|
98.42
|
|
47.17
|
|
|
47.28
|
|
|
1.11
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.32
|
|
|
1.48
|
|
|
|
243,579
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra MidCap400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
99.03
|
|
|
0.58
|
|
|
(14.44
|
)
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
(13.85
|
)
|
|
|
(0.54
|
)
|
|
|
(3.72
|
)
|
|
|
(4.26
|
)
|
|
|
80.92
|
|
(13.85
|
)
|
|
(13.82
|
)
|
|
1.25
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.41
|
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
133,524
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.91
|
|
|
32.78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33.69
|
|
|
|
(0.73
|
)
|
|
|
(3.93
|
)
|
|
|
(4.66
|
)
|
|
|
99.03
|
|
49.76
|
|
|
50.02
|
|
|
1.34
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.77
|
|
|
1.16
|
|
|
|
103,986
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
82.62
|
|
|
0.33
|
|
|
(21.49
|
)
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
(21.15
|
)
|
|
|
(0.63
|
)
|
|
|
(2.64
|
)
|
|
|
(3.27
|
)
|
|
|
58.20
|
|
(25.80
|
)
|
|
(26.27
|
)
|
|
2.10
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.61
|
)
|
|
0.54
|
|
|
|
21,824
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23,
2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.22
|
|
|
12.40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.62
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82.62
|
|
18.03
|
|
|
18.50
|
|
|
2.48
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.70
|
)
|
|
0.83
|
|
|
|
12,393
|
|
12
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
Value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Ultra Russell2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
79.77
|
|
$
|
0.36
|
|
$
|
(22.76
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
$
|
(22.37
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.65
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.87
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.52
|
)
|
|
$
|
55.88
|
|
(28.28
|
)%
|
|
(28.48
|
)%
|
|
1.49
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
0.11
|
%
|
|
0.65
|
%
|
|
$
|
113,165
|
|
48
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23,
2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
9.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79.77
|
|
13.96
|
|
|
14.29
|
|
|
2.50
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.49
|
)
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
|
29,916
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
75.96
|
|
|
1.16
|
|
|
(23.81
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22.65
|
)
|
|
|
(1.39
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.39
|
)
|
|
|
51.92
|
|
(30.10
|
)
|
|
(30.02
|
)
|
|
2.06
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.81
|
|
|
1.92
|
|
|
|
7,789
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20,
2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.40
|
|
|
5.56
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75.96
|
|
8.51
|
|
|
8.04
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.81
|
|
|
2.12
|
|
|
|
11,394
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
75.80
|
|
|
0.45
|
|
|
(7.08
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(6.61
|
)
|
|
|
(0.58
|
)
|
|
|
(2.04
|
)
|
|
|
(2.62
|
)
|
|
|
66.57
|
|
(8.94
|
)
|
|
(9.25
|
)
|
|
1.56
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
|
39,944
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20,
2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.20
|
|
|
5.60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75.80
|
|
8.29
|
|
|
8.43
|
|
|
2.30
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.28
|
)
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
|
11,370
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
74.99
|
|
|
0.81
|
|
|
(22.39
|
)
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
(21.57
|
)
|
|
|
(1.21
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.21
|
)
|
|
|
52.21
|
|
(28.91
|
)
|
|
(29.08
|
)
|
|
2.44
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.10
|
)
|
|
1.39
|
|
|
|
3,916
|
|
59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.39
|
|
|
4.60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74.99
|
|
7.13
|
|
|
6.96
|
|
|
2.21
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.82
|
|
|
2.07
|
|
|
|
11,249
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
76.27
|
|
|
0.25
|
|
|
(8.57
|
)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(8.29
|
)
|
|
|
(0.34
|
)
|
|
|
(2.03
|
)
|
|
|
(2.37
|
)
|
|
|
65.61
|
|
(10.93
|
)
|
|
(10.89
|
)
|
|
1.95
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
0.38
|
|
|
|
19,682
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.13
|
|
|
6.14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76.27
|
|
8.97
|
|
|
8.91
|
|
|
2.23
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.57
|
)
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
11,441
|
|
2
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
Income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
70.79
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
$
|
(25.70
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
(h)
|
|
$
|
(25.07
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.93
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(0.93
|
)
|
|
$
|
44.79
|
|
(35.68
|
)%
|
|
(35.19
|
)%
|
|
2.90
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
(0.66
|
)%
|
|
1.29
|
%
|
|
$
|
10,078
|
|
84
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.36
|
|
|
0.43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70.79
|
|
1.13
|
|
|
0.59
|
|
|
2.64
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
1.96
|
|
|
|
10,619
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
74.06
|
|
|
0.18
|
|
|
(15.03
|
)
|
|
|
|
(h)
|
|
|
(14.85
|
)
|
|
|
(0.29
|
)
|
|
|
(0.61
|
)
|
|
|
(0.90
|
)
|
|
|
58.31
|
|
(20.16
|
)
|
|
(18.93
|
)
|
|
2.59
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.35
|
)
|
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
13,120
|
|
72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
3.99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74.06
|
|
5.80
|
|
|
4.13
|
|
|
2.60
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.29
|
)
|
|
0.36
|
|
|
|
11,109
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
91.28
|
|
|
1.10
|
|
|
24.52
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
25.66
|
|
|
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
|
(11.67
|
)
|
|
|
(12.80
|
)
|
|
|
104.14
|
|
31.61
|
|
|
31.03
|
|
|
1.42
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.73
|
|
|
1.20
|
|
|
|
31,241
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
20.78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.28
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
91.28
|
|
30.40
|
|
|
30.59
|
|
|
1.95
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.90
|
|
|
1.90
|
|
|
|
13,692
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
76.71
|
|
|
1.10
|
|
|
(10.07
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
|
(8.95
|
)
|
|
|
(1.51
|
)
|
|
|
(0.56
|
)
|
|
|
(2.07
|
)
|
|
|
65.69
|
|
(11.90
|
)
|
|
(8.65
|
)
|
|
2.03
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.51
|
|
|
1.59
|
|
|
|
9,853
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.44
|
|
|
6.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76.71
|
|
9.59
|
|
|
8.59
|
|
|
2.02
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.76
|
|
|
1.83
|
|
|
|
11,507
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
73.35
|
|
|
0.36
|
|
|
(23.84
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23.48
|
)
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
|
49.21
|
|
(32.18
|
)
|
|
(30.90
|
)
|
|
3.04
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.46
|
)
|
|
0.63
|
|
|
|
3,691
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.16
|
|
|
3.19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73.35
|
|
4.80
|
|
|
3.49
|
|
|
2.40
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.76
|
)
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
|
5,502
|
|
60
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Ultra Financials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
71.90
|
|
$
|
0.70
|
|
$
|
(41.74
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
$
|
(41.01
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1.13
|
)
|
|
$
|
29.76
|
|
(57.74
|
)%
|
|
(58.00
|
)%
|
|
1.04
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
1.98
|
%
|
|
2.07
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,055,642
|
|
15
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.55
|
|
|
1.35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71.90
|
|
2.71
|
|
|
2.86
|
|
|
2.28
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.10
|
|
|
2.43
|
|
|
|
10,785
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Health Care
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
77.98
|
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
(18.21
|
)
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
(17.49
|
)
|
|
|
(1.05
|
)
|
|
|
(1.33
|
)
|
|
|
(2.38
|
)
|
|
|
58.11
|
|
(22.95
|
)
|
|
(22.76
|
)
|
|
1.75
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.29
|
|
|
1.09
|
|
|
|
17,433
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.52
|
|
|
7.46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77.98
|
|
11.40
|
|
|
11.53
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.13
|
|
|
2.17
|
|
|
|
11,698
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Industrials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
86.92
|
|
|
0.92
|
|
|
(9.16
|
)
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
(8.23
|
)
|
|
|
(1.38
|
)
|
|
|
(3.36
|
)
|
|
|
(4.74
|
)
|
|
|
73.95
|
|
(9.63
|
)
|
|
(9.59
|
)
|
|
2.04
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.13
|
|
|
1.22
|
|
|
|
11,092
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007* through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.34
|
|
|
16.58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
86.92
|
|
24.17
|
|
|
24.29
|
|
|
2.12
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.18
|
|
|
1.35
|
|
|
|
6,519
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
94.94
|
|
|
0.73
|
|
|
32.36
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
33.15
|
|
|
|
(1.60
|
)
|
|
|
(10.87
|
)
|
|
|
(12.47
|
)
|
|
|
115.62
|
|
37.97
|
|
|
36.84
|
|
|
1.19
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.48
|
|
|
0.72
|
|
|
|
78,044
|
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007* through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.36
|
|
|
24.58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24.94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94.94
|
|
35.63
|
|
|
36.01
|
|
|
1.62
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
1.42
|
|
|
|
28,481
|
|
18
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Ultra Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
61.82
|
|
$
|
0.74
|
|
$
|
(24.42
|
)(i)
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
$
|
(23.67
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.62
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1.62
|
)
|
|
$
|
36.53
|
|
(38.58
|
)%
|
|
(38.66
|
)%
|
|
1.34
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
1.66
|
%
|
|
2.05
|
%
|
|
$
|
57,532
|
|
23
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.44
|
|
|
(8.62
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8.18
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61.82
|
|
(11.69
|
)
|
|
(11.86
|
)
|
|
1.87
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.09
|
|
|
2.01
|
|
|
|
4,636
|
|
114
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
78.50
|
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
(14.62
|
)(i)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(13.91
|
)
|
|
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
|
(3.67
|
)
|
|
|
(4.29
|
)
|
|
|
60.30
|
|
(18.56
|
)
|
|
(18.57
|
)
|
|
1.27
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.80
|
|
|
1.12
|
|
|
|
117,594
|
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.28
|
|
|
8.22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78.50
|
|
12.14
|
|
|
12.34
|
|
|
1.94
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.17
|
|
|
1.16
|
|
|
|
11,775
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Technology
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
78.03
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
|
(4.68
|
)(i)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(4.35
|
)
|
|
|
(0.45
|
)
|
|
|
(2.11
|
)
|
|
|
(2.56
|
)
|
|
|
71.12
|
|
(5.93
|
)
|
|
(5.99
|
)
|
|
1.23
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.15
|
|
|
0.43
|
|
|
|
133,344
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.15
|
|
|
7.88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.03
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78.03
|
|
11.47
|
|
|
11.37
|
|
|
2.25
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
0.63
|
|
|
|
5,852
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 25, 2008*
through
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.34
|
|
|
18.69
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
19.05
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89.05
|
|
27.21
|
|
|
28.01
|
|
|
2.83
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
|
2.38
|
|
|
|
13,358
|
|
|
(j)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Utilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
90.27
|
|
|
1.68
|
|
|
(6.76
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.08
|
)
|
|
|
(2.01
|
)
|
|
|
(4.24
|
)
|
|
|
(6.25
|
)
|
|
|
78.94
|
|
(5.75
|
)
|
|
(5.92
|
)
|
|
1.61
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
2.16
|
|
|
|
17,761
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.74
|
|
|
19.53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90.27
|
|
28.96
|
|
|
29.24
|
|
|
1.88
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.73
|
|
|
2.66
|
|
|
|
13,541
|
|
|
(j)
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Short QQQ
®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
58.39
|
|
$
|
1.74
|
|
$
|
(4.17
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
$
|
(2.38
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2.27
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
(2.27
|
)
|
|
$
|
53.74
|
|
(4.16
|
)%
|
|
(4.43
|
)%
|
|
1.16
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
2.82
|
%
|
|
3.03
|
%
|
|
$
|
64,490
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.66
|
|
|
(12.69
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10.03
|
)
|
|
|
(1.58
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.58
|
)
|
|
|
58.39
|
|
(14.48
|
)
|
|
(14.39
|
)
|
|
1.14
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.20
|
|
|
4.38
|
|
|
|
91,962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short Dow30
SM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
58.25
|
|
|
1.76
|
|
|
3.53
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
5.32
|
|
|
|
(2.06
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.06
|
)
|
|
|
61.51
|
|
9.33
|
|
|
9.47
|
|
|
1.05
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.82
|
|
|
2.92
|
|
|
|
170,684
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.63
|
|
|
(12.91
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10.28
|
)
|
|
|
(1.47
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.47
|
)
|
|
|
58.25
|
|
(14.83
|
)
|
|
(14.79
|
)
|
|
1.21
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.13
|
|
|
4.39
|
|
|
|
126,699
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short S&P500
®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
58.88
|
|
|
1.72
|
|
|
4.47
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
6.22
|
|
|
|
(2.13
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.13
|
)
|
|
|
62.97
|
|
10.76
|
|
|
10.72
|
|
|
0.97
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.72
|
|
|
2.74
|
|
|
|
307,081
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.59
|
|
|
(12.11
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.52
|
)
|
|
|
(1.60
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.60
|
)
|
|
|
58.88
|
|
(13.70
|
)
|
|
(13.60
|
)
|
|
1.08
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.20
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
185,555
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short MidCap400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
56.87
|
|
|
2.06
|
|
|
1.14
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
3.21
|
|
|
|
(2.72
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.72
|
)
|
|
|
57.36
|
|
5.55
|
|
|
5.52
|
|
|
1.11
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.26
|
|
|
3.42
|
|
|
|
38,716
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 19, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.65
|
|
|
(13.33
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10.68
|
)
|
|
|
(2.45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.45
|
)
|
|
|
56.87
|
|
(15.54
|
)
|
|
(15.51
|
)
|
|
1.07
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.24
|
|
|
4.36
|
|
|
|
110,890
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
65.09
|
|
|
2.03
|
|
|
5.59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.62
|
|
|
|
(2.96
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.96
|
)
|
|
|
69.75
|
|
11.89
|
|
|
11.73
|
|
|
1.54
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
|
2.85
|
|
|
|
15,694
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.05
|
|
|
(5.96
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.91
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65.09
|
|
(7.01
|
)
|
|
(6.84
|
)
|
|
1.89
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.49
|
|
|
4.43
|
|
|
|
9,763
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short Russell2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
66.19
|
|
|
1.88
|
|
|
6.03
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
7.95
|
|
|
|
(1.82
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.82
|
)
|
|
|
72.32
|
|
12.14
|
|
|
12.20
|
|
|
1.14
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.32
|
|
|
2.51
|
|
|
|
81,360
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.02
|
|
|
(4.83
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.81
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66.19
|
|
(5.44
|
)
|
|
(5.29
|
)
|
|
1.70
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.52
|
|
|
4.27
|
|
|
|
24,822
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
UltraShort QQQ
®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
46.21
|
|
$
|
1.40
|
|
$
|
(8.55
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
$
|
(7.10
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.71
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
(1.71
|
)
|
|
$
|
37.40
|
|
(15.71
|
)%
|
|
(15.43
|
)%
|
|
1.02
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
3.17
|
%
|
|
3.24
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,742,037
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 11, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.98
|
|
|
(24.86
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22.88
|
)
|
|
|
(0.91
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.91
|
)
|
|
|
46.21
|
|
(32.86
|
)
|
|
(33.01
|
)
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.27
|
|
|
4.30
|
|
|
|
2,315,287
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Dow30
SM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
48.86
|
|
|
1.58
|
|
|
4.05
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
5.70
|
|
|
|
(1.72
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.72
|
)
|
|
|
52.84
|
|
11.92
|
|
|
12.21
|
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.03
|
|
|
3.06
|
|
|
|
558,740
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 11, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.13
|
|
|
(22.17
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20.04
|
)
|
|
|
(1.10
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.10
|
)
|
|
|
48.86
|
|
(28.86
|
)
|
|
(28.80
|
)
|
|
1.05
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.21
|
|
|
4.31
|
|
|
|
575,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort S&P500
®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
51.05
|
|
|
1.56
|
|
|
5.63
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
7.25
|
|
|
|
(1.68
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.68
|
)
|
|
|
56.62
|
|
14.38
|
|
|
14.27
|
|
|
0.91
|
|
|
0.91
|
|
|
2.74
|
|
|
2.74
|
|
|
|
2,564,672
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 11, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.21
|
|
|
(20.09
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17.88
|
)
|
|
|
(1.07
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.07
|
)
|
|
|
51.05
|
|
(25.72
|
)
|
|
(25.76
|
)
|
|
0.96
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
4.35
|
|
|
|
941,936
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
49.34
|
|
|
1.71
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
1.80
|
|
|
|
(2.07
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.07
|
)
|
|
|
49.07
|
|
3.26
|
|
|
3.47
|
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
3.05
|
|
|
|
180,341
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 11, 2006* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
2.31
|
|
|
(21.45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19.14
|
)
|
|
|
(1.52
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.52
|
)
|
|
|
49.34
|
|
(27.71
|
)
|
|
(27.83
|
)
|
|
1.05
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.29
|
|
|
4.39
|
|
|
|
188,742
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
59.13
|
|
|
1.93
|
|
|
6.92
|
(i)
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
8.89
|
|
|
|
(2.08
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.08
|
)
|
|
|
65.94
|
|
15.08
|
|
|
15.14
|
|
|
1.09
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.55
|
|
|
2.69
|
|
|
|
64,291
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23, 2007* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.03
|
|
|
(11.90
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10.87
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59.13
|
|
(15.53
|
)
|
|
(15.23
|
)
|
|
1.59
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.87
|
|
|
4.51
|
|
|
|
22,174
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
61.00
|
|
$
|
1.91
|
|
$
|
6.81
|
(i)
|
|
$
|
0.04
|
|
$
|
8.76
|
|
|
$
|
(1.65
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1.65
|
)
|
|
$
|
68.11
|
|
14.39
|
%
|
|
13.81
|
%
|
|
1.02
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
2.53
|
%
|
|
2.60
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,169,737
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 23, 2007* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(9.95
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.00
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61.00
|
|
(12.86
|
)
|
|
(13.04
|
)
|
|
1.08
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.02
|
|
|
4.15
|
|
|
|
210,461
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
64.88
|
|
|
2.30
|
|
|
15.55
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
17.91
|
|
|
|
(2.36
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.36
|
)
|
|
|
80.43
|
|
28.19
|
|
|
28.22
|
|
|
1.93
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
2.98
|
|
|
|
6,033
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.87
|
|
|
(5.99
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.12
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64.88
|
|
(7.31
|
)
|
|
(7.70
|
)
|
|
2.37
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.03
|
|
|
4.45
|
|
|
|
4,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
65.07
|
|
|
1.92
|
|
|
(1.29
|
)(i)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
0.66
|
|
|
|
(2.73
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.73
|
)
|
|
|
63.00
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
1.11
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.28
|
|
|
2.83
|
|
|
|
14,175
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.88
|
|
|
(5.81
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.93
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65.07
|
|
(7.04
|
)
|
|
(7.46
|
)
|
|
2.36
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.03
|
|
|
4.44
|
|
|
|
4,881
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
65.74
|
|
|
2.33
|
|
|
14.04
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.37
|
|
|
|
(3.07
|
)
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
|
(3.73
|
)
|
|
|
78.38
|
|
25.08
|
|
|
31.85
|
|
|
2.05
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
|
2.85
|
|
|
|
5,879
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.89
|
|
|
(5.15
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.26
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65.74
|
|
(6.09
|
)
|
|
(5.79
|
)
|
|
2.37
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.12
|
|
|
4.53
|
|
|
|
4,931
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
64.41
|
|
|
1.84
|
|
|
(2.15
|
)
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
(0.26
|
)
|
|
|
(3.41
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.41
|
)
|
|
|
60.74
|
|
(0.82
|
)
|
|
(0.88
|
)
|
|
1.92
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
|
2.72
|
|
|
|
13,666
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.89
|
|
|
(6.48
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.59
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64.41
|
|
(7.99
|
)
|
|
(7.86
|
)
|
|
1.99
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.51
|
|
|
4.55
|
|
|
|
4,831
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
68.66
|
|
$
|
2.40
|
|
$
|
16.30
|
(i)
|
|
$
|
0.07
|
|
$
|
18.77
|
|
|
$
|
(3.22
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3.30
|
)
|
|
$
|
84.13
|
|
27.75
|
%
|
|
27.63
|
%
|
|
1.26
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
2.34
|
%
|
|
2.65
|
%
|
|
$
|
25,238
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.96
|
|
|
(2.30
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.34
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68.66
|
|
(1.91
|
)
|
|
(1.61
|
)
|
|
2.12
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.59
|
|
|
4.76
|
|
|
|
5,150
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
65.55
|
|
|
2.01
|
|
|
1.15
|
(i)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
3.18
|
|
|
|
(2.18
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.18
|
)
|
|
|
66.55
|
|
4.76
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
1.24
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.45
|
|
|
2.74
|
|
|
|
44,922
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 20, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.92
|
|
|
(5.37
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65.55
|
|
(6.36
|
)
|
|
(6.17
|
)
|
|
1.78
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.84
|
|
|
4.66
|
|
|
|
14,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
53.08
|
|
|
0.82
|
|
|
(23.66
|
)
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
(22.78
|
)
|
|
|
(1.78
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.78
|
)
|
|
|
28.52
|
|
(44.32
|
)
|
|
(43.75
|
)
|
|
1.08
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.07
|
|
|
2.20
|
|
|
|
205,366
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31,
2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.96
|
|
|
(17.88
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16.92
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
53.08
|
|
(24.17
|
)
|
|
(24.54
|
)
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.64
|
|
|
4.69
|
|
|
|
7,961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
64.74
|
|
|
1.84
|
|
|
4.90
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
6.77
|
|
|
|
(2.55
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.55
|
)
|
|
|
68.96
|
|
10.70
|
|
|
11.15
|
|
|
1.38
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.29
|
|
|
2.72
|
|
|
|
25,861
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.02
|
|
|
(6.28
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.26
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64.74
|
|
(7.51
|
)
|
|
(7.57
|
)
|
|
1.91
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.52
|
|
|
4.47
|
|
|
|
9,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
67.48
|
|
|
1.83
|
|
|
19.97
|
(i)
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
21.86
|
|
|
|
(3.06
|
)
|
|
|
(2.38
|
)
|
|
|
(5.44
|
)
|
|
|
83.90
|
|
32.97
|
|
|
33.27
|
|
|
1.15
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.87
|
|
|
2.07
|
|
|
|
100,678
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
(3.58
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.52
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67.48
|
|
(3.60
|
)
|
|
(3.70
|
)
|
|
1.94
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.56
|
|
|
4.55
|
|
|
|
5,061
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investment
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
UltraShort Financials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
68.14
|
|
$
|
2.28
|
|
$
|
41.76
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
$
|
44.12
|
|
|
$
|
(2.10
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
(2.10
|
)
|
|
$
|
110.16
|
|
65.66
|
%
|
|
66.41
|
%
|
|
0.96
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
2.24
|
%
|
|
2.25
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,164,712
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.01
|
|
|
(2.87
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.86
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
68.14
|
|
(2.66
|
)
|
|
(2.86
|
)
|
|
1.30
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.92
|
|
|
4.27
|
|
|
|
56,213
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Health Care
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
63.76
|
|
|
2.15
|
|
|
14.54
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.69
|
|
|
|
(2.99
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.99
|
)
|
|
|
77.46
|
|
26.90
|
|
|
32.49
|
|
|
1.63
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.34
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
|
11,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.02
|
|
|
(7.26
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6.24
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63.76
|
|
(8.91
|
)
|
|
(9.09
|
)
|
|
1.91
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.53
|
|
|
4.49
|
|
|
|
9,564
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Industrials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
56.92
|
|
|
1.46
|
|
|
(2.09
|
)
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
(0.56
|
)
|
|
|
(2.28
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.28
|
)
|
|
|
54.08
|
|
(1.09
|
)
|
|
(0.87
|
)
|
|
1.36
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.03
|
|
|
2.44
|
|
|
|
28,394
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
(14.08
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13.08
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56.92
|
|
(18.69
|
)
|
|
(18.64
|
)
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.57
|
|
|
4.62
|
|
|
|
4,269
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
50.99
|
|
|
0.62
|
|
|
(21.92
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(21.28
|
)
|
|
|
(0.99
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.99
|
)
|
|
|
28.72
|
|
(42.37
|
)
|
|
(42.21
|
)
|
|
0.99
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.78
|
|
|
1.82
|
|
|
|
2,328,579
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007* through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.94
|
|
|
(19.95
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19.01
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50.99
|
|
(27.16
|
)
|
|
(27.16
|
)
|
|
1.59
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.87
|
|
|
4.51
|
|
|
|
30,595
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investment
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
76.73
|
|
$
|
2.66
|
|
$
|
6.61
|
(i)
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
$
|
9.36
|
|
|
$
|
(1.65
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
(1.65
|
)
|
|
$
|
84.44
|
|
12.03
|
%
|
|
12.33
|
%
|
|
0.98
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
2.66
|
%
|
|
2.69
|
%
|
|
$
|
804,324
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.10
|
|
|
5.63
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.73
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76.73
|
|
9.61
|
|
|
9.90
|
|
|
1.24
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
4.00
|
|
|
4.29
|
|
|
|
97,829
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
61.64
|
|
|
1.69
|
|
|
(5.48
|
)
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
(3.74
|
)
|
|
|
(2.51
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.51
|
)
|
|
|
55.39
|
|
(6.11
|
)
|
|
(5.58
|
)
|
|
1.46
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.13
|
|
|
2.64
|
|
|
|
24,925
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.00
|
|
|
(9.36
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8.36
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61.64
|
|
(11.94
|
)
|
|
(12.16
|
)
|
|
1.94
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.57
|
|
|
4.55
|
|
|
|
9,246
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Technology
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
63.03
|
|
|
1.42
|
|
|
(7.45
|
)
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
(5.98
|
)
|
|
|
(2.83
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.83
|
)
|
|
|
54.22
|
|
(9.69
|
)
|
|
(9.66
|
)
|
|
1.22
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.93
|
|
|
2.20
|
|
|
|
40,668
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through
May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
(8.03
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6.97
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63.03
|
|
(9.96
|
)
|
|
(9.71
|
)
|
|
1.95
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.56
|
|
|
4.55
|
|
|
|
4,727
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
UltraShort Telecommunications
|
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|
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|
March 25, 2008*
through May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.14
|
|
|
(16.59
|
)
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(16.43
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
53.57
|
|
(23.47
|
)
|
|
(23.74
|
)
|
|
3.21
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.01
|
)
|
|
1.25
|
|
|
|
8,036
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
UltraShort Utilities
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
Year ended May 31, 2008
|
|
|
54.43
|
|
|
1.81
|
|
|
(3.46
|
)
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
(1.60
|
)
|
|
|
(1.94
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.94
|
)
|
|
|
50.89
|
|
(3.36
|
)
|
|
(3.16
|
)
|
|
1.43
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.70
|
|
|
3.18
|
|
|
|
19,085
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2007
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.88
|
|
|
(16.45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15.57
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54.43
|
|
(22.24
|
)
|
|
(22.39
|
)
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
3.44
|
|
|
4.49
|
|
|
|
16,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 23, 2007*
through May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
1.06
|
|
|
3.07
|
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
4.15
|
|
|
|
(0.52
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.52
|
)
|
|
|
73.63
|
|
5.92
|
|
|
6.05
|
|
|
1.90
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.38
|
|
|
2.33
|
|
|
|
11,044
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Financial Highlights (continued)
FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SELECTED DATA FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
|
|
|
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
RETURN (c)
|
|
|
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS (f)
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
|
|
|
|
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) (a)
|
|
Net realized
and
unrealized
gains
(losses) on
investments
|
|
|
Transaction
Fees (b)
|
|
Total from
investment
operations
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
|
|
|
Net
realized
gains
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
Net
asset
value,
end of
period
|
|
Net
asset
value (d)
|
|
|
Market
value (e)
|
|
|
Expenses
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Expenses
net of
waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss)
before
expense
reductions
|
|
|
Net
investment
income
(loss) net
of waivers,
if any
|
|
|
Net
assets
end of
period
(000s)
|
|
Portfolio
turnover
rate (c)(g)
|
|
Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
70.00
|
|
$
|
0.82
|
|
$
|
(0.74
|
)
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
$
|
0.09
|
|
|
$
|
(0.63
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
(0.63
|
)
|
|
$
|
69.46
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
(0.59
|
)%
|
|
1.48
|
%
|
|
0.95
|
%
|
|
1.35
|
%
|
|
1.88
|
%
|
|
$
|
52,094
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 23, 2007*
through May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.97
|
|
|
3.92
|
(i)
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
4.96
|
|
|
|
(0.41
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.41
|
)
|
|
|
74.55
|
|
7.06
|
|
|
7.29
|
|
|
1.20
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.70
|
|
|
1.95
|
|
|
|
67,097
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 30, 2007*
through May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.85
|
|
|
(7.02
|
)
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
(6.11
|
)
|
|
|
(0.54
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.54
|
)
|
|
|
63.35
|
|
(8.87
|
)
|
|
(9.60
|
)
|
|
1.01
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
1.87
|
|
|
1.93
|
|
|
|
275,590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 6, 2007*
through
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.98
|
|
|
(3.01
|
)
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
(1.95
|
)
|
|
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.48
|
)
|
|
|
67.57
|
|
(2.91
|
)
|
|
(2.78
|
)
|
|
1.05
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
2.06
|
|
|
2.16
|
|
|
|
673,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 6, 2007*
through
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.65
|
)
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
(0.67
|
)
|
|
|
(0.74
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.74
|
)
|
|
|
68.59
|
|
(1.10
|
)
|
|
(0.98
|
)
|
|
2.15
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
0.93
|
|
|
2.13
|
|
|
|
20,576
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 29, 2008* through
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
1.93
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
2.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72.02
|
|
2.89
|
|
|
3.23
|
|
|
3.55
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(1.66
|
)
|
|
0.94
|
|
|
|
32,410
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 29, 2008* through
May 31, 2008
|
|
|
70.00
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
2.25
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
2.34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72.34
|
|
3.34
|
|
|
3.89
|
|
|
2.37
|
|
|
0.95
|
|
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
0.80
|
|
|
|
92,227
|
|
|
|
ProShares Trust Notes to
Financial Highlights:
*
|
Commencement of investment operations.
|
(a)
|
Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.
|
(b)
|
Includes transaction fees associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. Prior to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008, these amounts were included under
the caption Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments.
|
(c)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(d)
|
Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. This percentage is not an indication of the performance of a shareholders investment in the Fund based on market value due to differences between
the market price of the shares and the net asset value per share of the Fund.
|
(e)
|
Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions
at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. Market value is determined by trading that occurs on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Market value may be greater or less than net asset value,
depending on the Funds closing price on the AMEX.
|
(f)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(g)
|
Portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to instruments having a maturity of less than one year from acquisition or derivative instruments (including swap
agreements and futures contracts). The portfolio turnover rate can be high and volatile due to the sales and purchases of Fund shares during the period. In-Kind transactions are not included in the portfolio turnover calculations.
|
(h)
|
Per share amount is less than $0.005.
|
(i)
|
The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period is not in accordance with the aggregate net income and/or gain on investments for that period because of the
timing of sales and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market value of the investments in the Fund.
|
This Page
Intentionally Left Blank
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PROSHARES TRUST
7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1000
BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20814
PHONE:
(866) PRO-5125
OCTOBER 1, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra ProShares
|
|
Short ProShares
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra MarketCap
|
|
Short MarketCap
|
|
Short Sector
|
Ultra QQQ®
|
|
Short QQQ®
|
|
Short Financials
|
Ultra Dow30
SM
|
|
Short Dow30
SM
|
|
Short Oil & Gas
|
Ultra S&P500®
|
|
Short S&P500®
|
|
UltraShort Basic Materials
|
Ultra MidCap400
|
|
Short MidCap400
|
|
UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
Short SmallCap600
|
|
UltraShort Consumer Services
|
Ultra Russell2000
|
|
Short Russell2000
|
|
UltraShort Financials
|
|
|
UltraShort QQQ®
|
|
UltraShort Health Care
|
Ultra Style
|
|
UltraShort Dow30
SM
|
|
UltraShort Industrials
|
Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
UltraShort S&P500®
|
|
UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
UltraShort Real Estate
|
Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
UltraShort Semiconductors
|
Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
UltraShort Technology
|
Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Telecommunications
|
Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
Short Style
|
|
UltraShort Utilities
|
|
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
Ultra Sector
|
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
Short International
|
Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
Short MSCI EAFE
|
Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
Ultra Financials
|
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
Ultra Health Care
|
|
|
|
UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
Ultra Industrials
|
|
|
|
UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Real Estate
|
|
|
|
Short Fixed-Income
|
Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
Ultra Technology
|
|
|
|
UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
|
|
|
Ultra Utilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus. It should be read
in conjunction with the Prospectus of ProShares Trust dated October 1, 2008 (the Prospectus), which incorporates this SAI by reference. A copy of the Prospectus and a copy of the Annual Report to Shareholders for the Funds that have
completed a fiscal year are available, without charge, upon request to the address on the previous page, by telephone at the number on the previous page, or on the Trusts website at www.proshares.com. The Financial Statements and Notes
contained in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 are incorporated by reference into and are deemed part of this SAI.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
For ease of use, certain terms or names that are used in this SAI have been shortened or abbreviated. A list of these terms and their corresponding full names or definitions can be found below. An investor may find it
helpful to review the terms and names before reading the SAI.
|
|
|
Term
|
|
Definition
|
1933 Act
|
|
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
|
1934 Act
|
|
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
|
1940 Act
|
|
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
|
The Advisor or ProShare Advisors
|
|
ProShare Advisors LLC
|
AMEX
|
|
American Stock Exchange LLC
|
Board of Trustees
|
|
Board of Trustees of ProShares Trust
|
CFTC
|
|
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
|
Code or Internal Revenue Code
|
|
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
|
Distributor or SEI
|
|
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
|
Fund(s)
|
|
One or more of the series of the Trust identified on the front cover of this SAI
|
Independent Trustee(s)
|
|
Trustees who are not Interested Persons as defined under Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act
|
SAI
|
|
The Trusts Statement of Additional Information dated
October 1, 2008
|
SEC
|
|
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
|
Shares
|
|
The shares of the Funds
|
Trust
|
|
ProShares Trust
|
Trustee(s)
|
|
One or more of the trustees of the Trust
|
3
PROSHARES TRUST
The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered with the SEC as an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act. The Trust was
organized on May 29, 2002 and consists of multiple series, including the 65 Funds listed on the front cover of this SAI.
Other funds
may be added in the future. Each of the Funds is registered as a non-diversified managed investment company.
The Funds are exchange-traded
funds (ETF), and the Shares are listed on AMEX. The Shares trade on AMEX at market prices that may differ to some degree from the Shares net asset values (NAV). Each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis
at NAV in large, specified numbers of Shares called Creation Units. Creation Units of the Ultra ProShares are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities included in the relevant underlying index. Creation Units of the Short
ProShares are purchased and redeemed in cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of the Funds. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase the Shares directly. Rather, most retail
investors will purchase Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker.
Reference is made to the Prospectus for a
discussion of the investment objectives and policies of each of the Funds. The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the applicable Prospectus. Portfolio management is provided to the Funds by ProShare Advisors, a
Maryland limited liability company with offices at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
The investment
restrictions of the Funds specifically identified as fundamental policies may not be changed without the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. The investment objectives
and all other investment policies of the Funds not specified as fundamental (including the benchmarks of the Funds) may be changed by the Trustees without the approval of shareholders.
The investment techniques and strategies discussed below may be used by a Fund if, in the opinion of the Advisor, the techniques or strategies may be
advantageous to the Fund. A Fund is free to reduce or eliminate its use of any of these techniques or strategies without changing the Funds fundamental policies. There is no assurance that any of the techniques or strategies listed below, or
any of the other methods of investment available to a Fund, will result in the achievement of the Funds objectives. Also, there can be no assurance that any Fund will grow to, or maintain, an economically viable size, in which case management
may determine to liquidate the Fund at a time that may not be opportune for shareholders.
The use of the term favorable market
conditions throughout this SAI is intended to convey rising markets for the Ultra ProShares and falling markets for the Short ProShares. The use of the term adverse market conditions is intended to convey falling markets for the
Ultra ProShares and rising markets for the Short ProShares.
AMEX Listing and Trading
The Shares of each Fund are approved for listing and trading on the AMEX. Shares (redeemable only when aggregated in Creation Units) trade on the AMEX at
prices that may differ to some degree from their NAV. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the AMEX necessary to maintain the listing of Shares of any Fund will continue to be met. The AMEX may, but is not required to, remove a Fund
from listing if (i) following the initial 12 month period beginning upon the commencement of trading of the Fund, there are fewer than 50 beneficial owners of the Fund for 30 or more consecutive trading days; (ii) the value of the index to
which such Fund is based is no longer calculated or available; or (iii) such other event shall occur or condition exists that, in the opinion of the AMEX, makes further dealings on the AMEX inadvisable. In addition, the AMEX may remove the
Shares from listing and trading upon termination of the Trust.
As in the case of stocks traded on the AMEX, the brokers commission
on transactions in the Funds will be based on negotiated commission rates at customary levels for retail customers.
In order to provide
current Share pricing information, the AMEX disseminates an updated Indicative Intra-Day Value (IIV) for each Fund. The Trust is not involved in or responsible for any aspect of the calculation or dissemination of the IIVs
and makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the IIVs. IIVs are expected to be disseminated on a per Fund basis every 15 seconds during regular trading hours of the AMEX.
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The AMEX will calculate and disseminate the IIV throughout the trading day for each Ultra ProShares by
(i) calculating the current value of all equity securities held by a Fund; (ii) calculating the estimated amount of the value of cash and money market instruments held in the Funds portfolio (Estimated Cash);
(iii) calculating the marked-to-market gains or losses from the Funds total return swap exposure based on the underlying index percentage change, the swap costs determined by the daily imbedded weighted interest rate and the notional
value of the swap contracts, if any; (iv) calculating the marked-to-market gains or losses of the futures contracts and other financial instruments held by the Fund, if any; (v) adding the current value of equity securities, the Estimated
Cash, the marked-to-market gains or losses from swaps and the futures contracts and other financial instruments, to arrive at a value; and (vi) dividing that value by the total Shares outstanding to obtain current IIV.
The AMEX will calculate and disseminate the IIV throughout the trading day for each Short ProShares by (i) calculating the Estimated Cash;
(ii) calculating the marked-to-market gains or losses of swaps, futures and other Financial Instruments held by the Fund in a manner described above; (iii) adding the Estimated Cash and the marked-to-market gains or losses of the financial
instruments to arrive at a value; and (iv) dividing that value by the total Shares outstanding to obtain current IIV.
INVESTMENT POLICIES, TECHNIQUES AND RELATED RISKS
General
A Fund may consider changing its benchmark or the index underlying its benchmark at any time, including if, for example, the current index becomes
unavailable; the Board of Trustees believes that the current index no longer serves the investment needs of a majority of shareholders or that another index may better serve their needs; or if the financial or economic environment makes it difficult
for the Funds investment results to correspond sufficiently to its current benchmark or underlying index. If believed appropriate, a Fund may specify a benchmark index for itself that is leveraged or proprietary. Of course, there
can be no assurance that a Fund will achieve its objective.
Fundamental securities analysis is not used by ProShare Advisors in seeking to
correlate a Funds investment returns with its benchmark. Rather, ProShare Advisors primarily uses a mathematical approach to determine the investments a Fund makes and techniques it employs. While ProShare Advisors attempts to minimize any
tracking error, certain factors tend to cause a Funds investment results to vary from a perfect correlation to its benchmark. See Special Considerations.
For purposes of this SAI, the word invest refers to a Funds directly investing and indirectly investing in securities or other
instruments. Similarly, when used in this SAI, the word investment refers to a Funds direct investments and indirect investments in securities and other instruments. For example, the Funds typically invest indirectly in securities
or instruments by using financial instruments with economic exposure similar to those underlying securities or instruments.
Additional
information concerning the Funds, their investments policies and techniques, and the securities and financial instruments in which they may invest is set forth below.
Name Policies
Certain Funds have adopted non-fundamental investment policies obligating them to
commit, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of their assets to investments that, in combination, have economic characteristics similar to equity securities contained in the underlying index and/or financial instruments with similar economic
characteristics. For purposes of each such investment policy, assets includes a Funds net assets, as well as any amounts borrowed for investment purposes, if any. In addition, for purposes of such an investment policy,
assets includes not only the amount of a Funds net assets attributable to investments directly providing investment exposure to the type of investments suggested by its name (e.g., the value of stocks, or the value of derivative
instruments such as futures, options or options on futures), but also the amount of the Funds net assets that are segregated on the Funds books and records, as required by applicable regulatory guidance, or otherwise used to
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cover such investment exposure. The Board of Trustees has adopted a policy to provide investors with at least 60 days notice prior to changes in a
Funds name policy. In addition, pursuant to an exemptive order received from the SEC, certain Funds have committed to invest between 85% and 100% of their assets in the securities comprising their underlying indexes.
Additional information concerning the Funds and the securities and financial instruments in which they may invest and investment techniques in which they
may engage is set forth below.
Equity Securities
The market price of securities owned by a Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries
represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for
corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and
competitive conditions within an industry. The value of a security may also decline for a number of reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuers goods or
services. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities, and the Funds are particularly sensitive to these market risks.
Foreign Securities
Certain of the Funds may invest in securities principally traded outside of the U.S. or in foreign
issuers. Foreign securities may involve special risks due to foreign economic, political and legal developments, including unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates, exchange control regulation (including currency blockage), expropriation or
nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation, taxation of income earned in foreign nations, withholding of portions of interest and dividends in certain countries and the possible difficulty of obtaining and enforcing judgments against foreign
entities. Default in foreign government securities, political or social instability or diplomatic developments could affect investments in securities of issuers in foreign nations. In addition, in many countries there is less publicly available
information about issuers than is available in reports about companies in the United States. Foreign companies are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, and auditing practices and requirements may
differ from those applicable to U.S. companies. The growing interconnectivity of global economies and financial markets has increased the possibilities that conditions in any one country or region could have an adverse impact on issuers of
securities in a different country or region
In addition, the securities of some foreign governments, companies and securities markets are
less liquid, and may be more volatile, than comparable domestic issuers. Some foreign investments may be subject to brokerage commissions and fees that are higher than those applicable to U.S. investments. A Fund also may be affected by different
settlement practices or delayed settlements in some foreign markets. Furthermore, some foreign jurisdictions regulate and limit U.S. investments in the securities of certain issuers.
A Funds investments in foreign investments that are related to developing (or emerging market) countries may be particularly volatile
due to the aforementioned factors.
Exposure to Securities or Issuers in Specific Foreign Countries or Regions
Some Funds focus their investments in particular geographical regions or countries. In addition to the risks of investing in foreign securities discussed
above, the investments of such Funds may be exposed to special risks that are specific to the country or region in which the investments are focused. Furthermore, Funds with such a focus may be subject to additional risks associated with events in
nearby countries or regions or those of a countrys principal trading partners. Additionally, some Funds have an investment focus in a country or region that is an emerging market and, therefore, are subject to heightened risks relative to
Funds that focus their investments in more developed countries or regions.
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Futures Contracts and Related Options
The Funds may purchase or sell stock index futures contracts and options thereon as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying
securities or to satisfy regulatory requirements. A futures contract generally obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take delivery of) the specified commodity on the expiration date of the contract. A stock index futures contract
obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) an amount of cash equal to a specific dollar amount (the contract multiplier) multiplied by the difference between the final settlement price of a specific stock index futures contract and
the price at which the agreement is made. No physical delivery of the underlying stocks in the index is made.
The Funds generally choose
to engage in closing or offsetting transactions before final settlement wherein a second identical futures contract is sold to offset a long position (or bought to offset a short position). In such cases the obligation is to deliver (or take
delivery of) cash equal to a specific dollar amount (the contract multiplier) multiplied by the difference between the price of the offsetting transaction and the price at which the original contract was entered into. If the original position
entered into is a long position (futures contract purchased) there will be a gain (loss) if the offsetting sell transaction is done at a higher (lower) price, inclusive of commissions. If the original position entered into is a short position
(futures contract sold) there will be a gain (loss) if the offsetting buy transaction is done at a lower (higher) price, inclusive of commissions.
Whether a Fund realizes a gain or loss from futures activities depends generally upon movements in the underlying commodity. The extent of the Funds loss from an unhedged short position in futures contracts is potentially unlimited.
The Funds may engage in related closing transactions with respect to options on futures contracts. The Funds intend to engage in transactions in futures contracts that are traded on a U.S. exchange or board of trade or that have been approved for
sale in the United States by the CFTC.
When a Fund purchases or sells a stock index futures contract, or sells an option thereon, the Fund
covers its position. To cover its position, a Fund may enter into an offsetting position or segregate with its custodian bank or on the books and records of the Fund (and mark-to-market on a daily basis) cash or liquid instruments that,
when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, are equal to the market value of the futures contract or otherwise cover its position.
The CFTC has eliminated limitations on futures trading by certain regulated entities, including registered investment companies, and consequently
registered investment companies may engage in unlimited futures transactions and options thereon provided that the investment advisor to the company claims an exclusion from regulation as a commodity pool operator. In connection with its management
of the Trust, the Advisor has claimed such an exclusion from registration as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act (the CEA). Therefore, it is not subject to the registration and regulatory requirements of the CEA.
There are no limitations on the extent to which each Fund may engage in transactions involving futures and options thereon, except as set forth in the Funds Prospectus and this SAI.
Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund will be required to deposit with the broker an amount of cash or cash equivalents in the range of
approximately 5% to 7% of the contract amount (this amount is subject to change by the exchange on which the contract is traded). This amount, known as initial margin, is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the
contract and is returned to the Fund upon termination of the futures contract, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, to and from the broker will be made daily as the
price of the index underlying the futures contract fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as marking-to-market. At any time prior to expiration of a futures
contract, a Fund may elect to close its position by taking an opposite position, which will operate to terminate the Funds existing position in the contract.
A Fund may cover its long position in a futures contract by taking a short position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments the prices of which are expected to move
relatively consistently with the futures contract. A Fund may cover its short position in a futures contract by taking a long position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments, the prices of which are
expected to move relatively consistently inversely to the futures contract. A Fund may cover its short position in a futures contract by purchasing a call option on the same futures contract with a strike price (i.e., an exercise price)
as low or lower than the price of the futures contract, or, if the strike price of the call is greater than the price of the futures contract, the Fund will earmark or segregate cash or liquid instruments equal in value to the
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difference between the strike price of the call and the price of the future. A Fund may cover its short position in a futures contract by taking a long
position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments, the prices of which are expected to move relatively consistently with a long position in the futures contract. A Fund may cover long or short
positions in futures by earmarking or segregating with its custodian bank or on the books and records of the Funds (and mark-to-market on a daily basis) cash or liquid instruments that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission
merchant as margin, are equal to the market value of the futures contract or otherwise cover its position.
A Fund may cover
its sale of a call option on a futures contract by taking a long position in the underlying futures contract at a price less than or equal to the strike price of the call option, or, if the long position in the underlying futures contract is
established at a price greater than the strike price of the written (sold) call, the Fund will earmark or maintain in a segregated account liquid instruments equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the call and the price of the
future. A Fund may also cover its sale of a call option by taking positions in instruments, the prices of which are expected to move relatively consistently with the call option. A Fund may cover its sale of a put option on a futures contract by
taking a short position in the underlying futures contract at a price greater than or equal to the strike price of the put option, or, if the short position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price less than the strike price of
the written put, the Fund will segregate cash or liquid instruments equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the future. A Fund may also cover its sale of a put option by taking positions in instruments
the prices of which are expected to move relatively consistently with the put option.
Although the Funds intend to sell futures contracts
only if there is an active market for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract at any particular time. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted
in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the day.
Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting a Fund to substantial losses. If trading is not
possible, or if a Fund determines not to close a futures position in anticipation of adverse price movements, the Fund will be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin. The risk that the Fund will be unable to close out a futures
position will be minimized by entering into such transactions on a national securities exchange with an active and liquid secondary market.
Forward
Contracts
A principal investment strategy of the Funds is to enter into Financial Instruments, which may include forward contracts, and
for the Short ProShares, may be the primary or sole investment strategy of the Funds. The Funds may enter into equity, equity index or interest rate forward contracts for purposes of attempting to gain exposure to an index or group of securities
without actually purchasing these securities, or to hedge a position. Forward contracts are two-party contracts pursuant to which one party agrees to pay the counterparty a fixed price for an agreed-upon amount of commodities, securities or the cash
value of the commodities, securities or the securities index, at an agreed-upon date. When required by law, a Fund will segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to the value of the Funds total assets committed to the consummation of such
forward contracts. Obligations under forward contracts so covered will not be considered senior securities for purposes of a Funds investment restriction concerning senior securities. Because they are two-party contracts and because they may
have terms greater than seven days, forward contracts may be considered to be illiquid for purposes of the Funds illiquid investment limitations. A Fund will not enter into a forward contract unless the Advisor believes that the other party to
the transaction is creditworthy. A Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a forward contract in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a counterparty. If such a default occurs, a Fund will have contractual
remedies pursuant to the forward contract, but such remedies may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws, which could affect the Funds rights as a creditor.
Index Options
The Funds may purchase and write options on stock indexes to create investment
exposure consistent with their investment objectives, to hedge or limit the exposure of their positions, or to create synthetic money market positions.
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A stock index fluctuates with changes in the market values of the stocks included in the index. Options
on stock indexes give the holder the right to receive an amount of cash upon exercise of the option. Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the stock index upon which the option is based being greater than (in the case of
a call) or less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option. The amount of cash received, if any, will be the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option, multiplied by a specified dollar
multiple. The writer (seller) of the option is obligated, in return for the premiums received from the purchaser of the option, to make delivery of this amount to the purchaser. All settlements of index options transactions are in cash.
Index options are subject to substantial risks, including the risk of imperfect correlation between the option price and the value of the underlying
securities composing the stock index selected and the risk that there might not be a liquid secondary market for the option. Because the value of an index option depends upon movements in the level of the index rather than the price of a particular
stock, whether a Fund will realize a gain or loss from the purchase or writing (sale) of options on an index depends upon movements in the level of stock prices in the stock market generally or, in the case of certain indexes, in an industry or
market segment, rather than upon movements in the price of a particular stock. This requires different skills and techniques than are required for predicting changes in the price of individual stocks. A Fund will not enter into an option position
that exposes the Fund to an obligation to another party, unless the Fund either (i) owns an offsetting position in securities or other options and/or (ii) earmarks or segregates with the Funds custodian bank cash or liquid
instruments that, when added to the premiums deposited with respect to the option, are equal to the market value of the underlying stock index not otherwise covered.
The Funds may engage in transactions in stock index options listed on national securities exchanges or traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market as an investment vehicle for the purpose of realizing the
Funds investment objective. Options on indexes are settled in cash, not by delivery of securities. The exercising holder of an index option receives, instead of a security, cash equal to the difference between the closing price of the
securities index and the exercise price of the option.
Some stock index options are based on a broad market index such as the S&P 500
Index, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE) Composite Index or the AMEX Major Market Index, or on a narrower index such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Over-the-Counter Index. Options currently are traded on the Chicago Board
Options Exchange (the CBOE), the AMEX and other exchanges (Exchanges). Purchased OTC options and the cover for written OTC options will be subject to the relevant Funds 15% limitation on investment in illiquid
securities. See Illiquid Securities.
Each of the Exchanges has established limitations governing the maximum number of call or
put options on the same index which may be bought or written (sold) by a single investor, whether acting alone or in concert with others (regardless of whether such options are written on the same or different Exchanges or are held or written on one
or more accounts or through one or more brokers). Under these limitations, option positions of all investment companies advised by the same investment advisor are combined for purposes of these limits. Pursuant to these limitations, an Exchange may
order the liquidation of positions and may impose other sanctions or restrictions. These position limits may restrict the number of listed options which a Fund may buy or sell; however, the Advisor intends to comply with all limitations.
Options on Securities
The Funds may buy and write
(sell) options on securities for the purpose of realizing their investment objective. By buying a call option, a Fund has the right, in return for a premium paid during the term of the option, to buy the securities underlying the option at the
exercise price. By writing a call option on securities, a Fund becomes obligated during the term of the option to sell the securities underlying the option at the exercise price if the option is exercised. By buying a put option, a Fund has the
right, in return for a premium paid during the term of the option, to sell the securities underlying the option at the exercise price. By writing a put option, a Fund becomes obligated during the term of the option to purchase the securities
underlying the option at the exercise price if the option is exercised. During the term of the option, the writer may be assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through whom the option was sold. The exercise notice would require the writer
to deliver, in the case of a call, or take delivery of, in the case of a put, the underlying security against payment of the exercise price. This
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obligation terminates upon expiration of the option, or at such earlier time that the writer effects a closing purchase transaction by purchasing an option
covering the same underlying security and having the same exercise price and expiration date as the one previously sold. Once an option has been exercised, the writer may not execute a closing purchase transaction. To secure the obligation to
deliver the underlying security in the case of a call option, the writer of a call option is required to deposit in escrow the underlying security or other assets in accordance with the rules of the Options Clearing Corporation (the
OCC), an institution created to interpose itself between buyers and sellers of options. The OCC assumes the other side of every purchase and sale transaction on an exchange and, by doing so, gives its guarantee to the transaction. When
writing call options on securities, a Fund may cover its position by owning the underlying security on which the option is written. Alternatively, the Fund may cover its position by owning a call option on the underlying security, on a
share-for-share basis, which is deliverable under the option contract at a price no higher than the exercise price of the call option written by the Fund or, if higher, by owning such call option and depositing and segregating cash or liquid
instruments equal in value to the difference between the two exercise prices. In addition, a Fund may cover its position by segregating cash or liquid instruments equal in value to the exercise price of the call option written by the Fund. When a
Fund writes a put option, the Fund will segregate with its custodian bank cash or liquid instruments having a value equal to the exercise value of the option. The principal reason for a Fund to write call options on stocks held by the Fund is to
attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the underlying securities alone.
If a Fund
that writes an option wishes to terminate the Funds obligation, the Fund may effect a closing purchase transaction. The Fund accomplishes this by buying an option of the same series as the option previously written by the Fund. The
effect of the purchase is that the writers position will be canceled by the OCC. However, a writer may not effect a closing purchase transaction after the writer has been notified of the exercise of an option. Likewise, a Fund which is the
holder of an option may liquidate its position by effecting a closing sale transaction. The Fund accomplishes this by selling an option of the same series as the option previously purchased by the Fund. There is no guarantee that either
a closing purchase or a closing sale transaction can be affected. If any call or put option is not exercised or sold, the option will become worthless on its expiration date. A Fund will realize a gain (or a loss) on a closing purchase transaction
with respect to a call or a put option previously written by the Fund if the premium, plus commission costs, paid by the Fund to purchase the call or put option to close the transaction is less (or greater) than the premium, less commission costs,
received by the Fund on the sale of the call or the put option. The Fund also will realize a gain if a call or put option which the Fund has written lapses unexercised, because the Fund would retain the premium.
Although certain securities exchanges attempt to provide continuously liquid markets in which holders and writers of options can close out their
positions at any time prior to the expiration of the option, no assurance can be given that a market will exist at all times for all outstanding options purchased or sold by a Fund. If an options market were to become unavailable, the Fund would be
unable to realize its profits or limit its losses until the Fund could exercise options it holds, and the Fund would remain obligated until options it wrote were exercised or expired. Reasons for the absence of liquid secondary market on an exchange
include the following: (i) there may be insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening or closing transactions or both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions or other
restrictions may be imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options; (iv) unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations on an exchange; (v) the facilities of an exchange or the OCC may not at all times
be adequate to handle current trading volume; or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options) and
those options would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that exchange that had been issued by the OCC as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
Swap Agreements
A principal investment strategy of
the Funds is to enter into Financial Instruments, which may include swap agreements, and, for the Short ProShares, that may be the primary or sole investment strategy (along with selling securities short). The Funds may enter into equity, equity
index or interest rate swap agreements for purposes of attempting to gain exposure to an index or group of securities without actually purchasing those securities, or to hedge a position. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into
primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular
predetermined investments or
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instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or swapped between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount, i.e.,
the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a basket of securities representing a particular index or group of securities. Forms of swap agreements include interest rate caps, under which, in return for a
premium, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the extent that interest rates exceed a specified rate, or cap; interest rate floors, under which, in return for a premium, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the
extent that interest rates fall below a specified level, or floor; and interest rate collars, under which a party sells a cap and purchases a floor or vice versa in an attempt to protect itself against interest rate movements exceeding
given minimum or maximum levels.
Most swap agreements entered into by the Funds calculate the obligations of the parties to the agreement
on a net basis. Consequently, a Funds current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions
held by each party to the agreement (the net amount).
A Funds current obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued
daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a swap counterparty will be covered by segregating or earmarking assets determined to be liquid. Obligations under swap agreements so covered will
not be construed to be senior securities for purposes of a Funds investment restriction concerning senior securities. Because they are two-party contracts and because they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements
may be considered to be illiquid for purposes of the Funds illiquid investment limitations. A Fund will not enter into any swap agreement unless the Advisor believes that the other party to the transaction is creditworthy. A Fund bears the
risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. If such a default occurs, a Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the swap agreements,
but such remedies may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws which could affect the Funds right as a creditor.
Each Fund may
enter into swap agreements to invest in a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities in circumstances in which direct investment is restricted for legal reasons or is otherwise impracticable. The counterparty to any swap
agreement will typically be a bank, investment banking firm or broker/dealer. On a long swap, the counterparty will generally agree to pay the Fund the amount, if any, by which the notional amount of the swap agreement would have increased in value
had it been invested in the particular stocks, plus the dividends that would have been received on those stocks. The Fund will agree to pay to the counterparty a floating rate of interest on the notional amount of the swap agreement plus the amount,
if any, by which the notional amount would have decreased in value had it been invested in such stocks. Therefore, the return to the Fund on any swap agreement should be the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends on the stocks less the
interest paid by the Fund on the notional amount. As a trading technique, the Advisor may substitute physical securities with a swap agreement having risk characteristics substantially similar to the underlying securities.
Swap agreements typically are settled on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the
case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. Payments may be made at the conclusion of a swap agreement or periodically during its term. Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets. Accordingly, the
risk of loss with respect to swap agreements is limited to the net amount of payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap agreement defaults, a Funds risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments
that such Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any. The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Funds obligations over its entitlements with respect to each equity swap will be accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or liquid
assets, having an aggregate NAV (the NAV) at least equal to such accrued excess will be earmarked or segregated by a Funds custodian. Inasmuch as these transactions are entered into for hedging purposes or are offset by earmarked
or segregated cash or liquid assets, as permitted by applicable law, the Funds and their Advisor believe that transactions do not constitute senior securities within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and, accordingly, will not treat them as being subject
to a Funds borrowing restrictions.
The swap market has grown substantially in recent years with a large number of banks and
investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid in comparison with the markets for other similar instruments which are traded in
the OTC market. The Advisor, under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, is responsible for determining and monitoring the liquidity of the Funds transactions in swap agreements.
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The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks
different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.
Short Sales
The Funds may engage in short sales transactions. A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation that the
market price of that security will decline. To complete such a transaction, a Fund must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by borrowing the same security from another
lender, purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement or paying the lender an amount equal to the cost of purchasing the security. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund.
Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to repay the lender any dividends it receives, or interest which accrues, during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would
increase the cost of the security sold. The net proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. A Fund also will incur transaction costs in
effecting short sales.
The Funds may make short sales against the box, i.e., when a security identical to or convertible or
exchangeable into one owned by a Fund is borrowed and sold short. Whenever a Fund engages in short sales, it earmarks or segregates liquid securities in an amount that, when combined with the amount of collateral deposited with the broker in
connection with the short sale, equals the current market value of the security sold short. The earmarked or segregated assets are mark-to-market daily.
A Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. A Fund will realize a gain
if the price of the security declines in price between those dates. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends or interest a Fund may be required to pay, if any, in
connection with a short sale.
The Funds will not sell short the equity securities of issuers contained in the NASDAQ-100 Index.
Depositary Receipts
Some Funds may
invest in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). For many foreign securities, U.S. Dollar -denominated ADRs, which are traded in the United States on exchanges or OTC, are issued by domestic banks. ADRs represent the right to receive
securities of foreign issuers deposited in a domestic bank or a correspondent bank. ADRs do not eliminate all the risk inherent in investing in the securities of foreign issuers. However, by investing in ADRs rather than directly in foreign
issuers stock, the Funds can avoid currency risks during the settlement period for either purchase or sales.
In general, there is a
large, liquid market in the United States for many ADRs. The information available for ADRs is subject to the accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards of the domestic market or exchange on which they are traded, which standards are
more uniform and more exacting than those to which many foreign issuers may be subject. Certain ADRs, typically those denominated as unsponsored, require the holders thereof to bear most of the costs of such facilities, while issuers of sponsored
facilities normally pay more of the costs thereof. The depository of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities or to pass through the
voting rights to facility holders with respect to the deposited securities, whereas the depository of a sponsored facility typically distributes shareholder communications and passes through the voting rights.
The Funds may invest in both sponsored and unsponsored ADRs. Unsponsored ADRs programs are organized independently and without the cooperation of the
issuer of the underlying securities. As result, available information concerning the issuers may not be as current for sponsored ADRs, and the prices of unsponsored depository receipts may be more volatile than if such instruments were sponsored by
the issuer.
A Fund may also invest in Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). GDRs are receipts for shares in a foreign-based
corporation traded in capital markets around the world. While ADRs permit foreign corporations to offer shares to American citizens, GDRs allow companies in Europe, Asia, the United States and Latin American to offer shares in many markets around
the world.
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U.S. Government Securities
Each Fund also may invest in U.S. government securities in pursuit of their investment objectives, as cover for the investment techniques these Funds employ, or for liquidity purposes.
U.S. government securities include U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury and which differ only in
their interest rates, maturities, and times of issuance. U.S. Treasury bills have initial maturities of one year or less; U.S. Treasury notes have initial maturities of one to ten years; and U.S. Treasury bonds generally have initial maturities of
greater than ten years. Certain U.S. government securities are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government including, but not limited to, obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities, such as the
Federal National Mortgage Association, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Small Business Administration, the Federal Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Home Loan Banks, Banks for Cooperatives (including the Central Bank for
Cooperatives), the Federal Land Banks, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Federal Financing Bank, the Student Loan Marketing
Association, and the National Credit Union Administration. Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, including, for example, Government National Mortgage Association pass-through certificates, are
supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Other obligations issued by or guaranteed by Federal agencies, such as those securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association, are supported by the discretionary authority of
the U.S. government to purchase certain obligations of the federal agency but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, while other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those of the Federal Home
Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. While the U.S. government provides financial support to such U.S. government-sponsored Federal agencies, no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will
always do so, since the U.S. government is not so obligated by law. U.S. Treasury notes and bonds typically pay coupon interest semi-annually and repay the principal at maturity.
Yields on U.S. government securities are dependent on a variety of factors, including the general conditions of the money and bond markets, the size of a
particular offering, and the maturity of the obligation. Debt securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher yields and are generally subject to potentially greater capital appreciation and depreciation than obligations with shorter
maturities and lower yields. The market value of U.S. government securities generally varies inversely with changes in market interest rates. An increase in interest rates, therefore, would generally reduce the market value of a Funds
portfolio investments in U.S. government securities, while a decline in interest rates would generally increase the market value of a Funds portfolio investments in these securities.
Repurchase Agreements
Each of the Funds may enter
into repurchase agreements with financial institutions in pursuit of its investment objectives, as cover for the investment techniques it employs, or for liquidity purposes. Under a repurchase agreement, a Fund purchases a debt security
and simultaneously agrees to sell the security back to the seller at a mutually agreed-upon future price and date, normally one day or a few days later. The resale price is greater than the purchase price, reflecting an agreed-upon market interest
rate during the purchasers holding period. While the maturities of the underlying securities in repurchase transactions may be more than one year, the term of each repurchase agreement will always be less than one year. The Funds follow
certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent in such agreements. These procedures include effecting repurchase transactions only with large, well-capitalized and well-established financial institutions whose condition will be
continually monitored by ProShare Advisors. In addition, the value of the collateral underlying the repurchase agreement will always be at least equal to the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned on the repurchase agreement. In the
event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial institution, a Fund will seek to liquidate such collateral which could involve certain costs or delays and, to the extent that proceeds from any sale upon a default of the obligation to
repurchase were less than the repurchase price, the Fund could suffer a loss. A Fund also may experience difficulties and incur certain costs in exercising its rights to the collateral and may lose the interest the Fund expected to receive under the
repurchase agreement. Repurchase agreements usually are for short periods, such as
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one week or less, but may be longer. It is the current policy of the Funds not to invest in repurchase agreements that do not mature within seven days if any
such investment, together with any other illiquid assets held by the Fund, amounts to more than 15% of the Funds total net assets. The investments of each of the Funds in repurchase agreements at times may be substantial when, in the view of
ProShare Advisors, liquidity, investment, regulatory, or other considerations so warrant.
Money Market Instruments
To seek its investment objective, as a cash reserve, for liquidity purposes, or as cover for positions it has taken, a Fund may invest all or
part of its assets in cash or cash equivalents, which include, but are not limited to, short-term money market instruments, U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances or repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government
securities.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
Each Fund may use reverse repurchase agreements as part of its investment strategy. Reverse repurchase agreements involve sales by a Fund of portfolio assets concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the same assets at a
later date at a fixed price. Generally, the effect of such a transaction is that the Fund can recover all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, while the Fund will be
able to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are advantageous only if the interest cost to the Fund of the reverse repurchase transaction is less than the cost of obtaining the cash otherwise.
Opportunities to achieve this advantage may not always be available, and the Fund intends to use the reverse repurchase technique only when the Advisor believes it will be to the Funds advantage to do so. The Fund will earmark or segregate
cash or liquid instruments equal in value to the Funds obligations in respect of reverse repurchase agreements.
Borrowing
The Funds may borrow money for cash management purposes or investment purposes. Borrowing for investment is known as leveraging. Leveraging investments,
by purchasing securities with borrowed money, is a speculative technique which increases investment risk, but also increases investment opportunity. Since substantially all of a Funds assets will fluctuate in value, whereas the interest
obligations on borrowings may be fixed, the NAV per Share of the Fund will fluctuate more when the Fund is leveraging its investments than would otherwise be the case. Moreover, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates
of interest and may partially offset or exceed the returns on the borrowed funds. Under adverse conditions, a Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when investment considerations would not
favor such sales.
As required by the 1940 Act, a Fund must maintain continuous asset coverage (total assets, including assets acquired
with borrowed funds, less liabilities exclusive of borrowings) of 300% of all amounts borrowed. If at any time the value of a Funds assets should fail to meet this 300% coverage test, the Fund, within three days (not including weekends and
holidays), will reduce the amount of the Funds borrowings to the extent necessary to meet this 300% coverage requirement. Maintenance of this percentage limitation may result in the sale of portfolio securities at a time when investment
considerations would not favor such sale. In addition to the foregoing, the Funds are authorized to borrow money as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes in amounts not in excess of 5% of the value of each Funds total
assets. This borrowing is not subject to the foregoing 300% asset coverage requirement. The Funds are authorized to pledge portfolio securities as ProShare Advisors deems appropriate in connection with any borrowings.
Each Fund may also enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which may be viewed as a form of borrowing, with financial institutions. However, to the
extent a Fund covers its repurchase obligations as described above in Reverse Repurchase Agreements, such agreement will not be considered to be a senior security and, therefore, will not be subject to the 300%
asset coverage requirement otherwise applicable to borrowings by that Fund.
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Lending of Portfolio Securities
Subject to the Funds investment restrictions set forth below, a Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers, and financial institutions, provided that cash equal to at least 100% of the market
value of the securities loaned is deposited by the borrower with the Fund and is maintained each business day in a segregated account pursuant to applicable regulations. While such securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the lending Fund any
income accruing thereon, and the Fund may invest the cash collateral in portfolio securities, thereby earning additional income. A Fund will not lend more than 33 1/3% of the value of the Funds total assets. Loans will be subject to
termination by the lending Fund on four business days notice, or by the borrower on one days notice. Borrowed securities must be returned when the loan is terminated. Any gain or loss in the market price of the borrowed securities which
occurs during the term of the loan inures to the lending Fund and that Funds shareholders. There may be risks of delay in receiving additional collateral or risks of delay in recovery of the securities or even loss of rights in the securities
lent should the borrower of the securities fail financially. A Fund may pay reasonable finders, borrowers, administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Securities
Each Fund, from time to time, in the ordinary course of
business, may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis (i.e., delivery and payment can take place between a month and 120 days after the date of the transaction). These securities are subject to market fluctuations and no
interest accrues to the purchaser during this period. At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, the Fund will record the transaction and thereafter reflect the value of the securities,
each day, in determining the Funds NAV. Each Fund will not purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis if, as a result, more than 15% of the Funds net assets would be so invested. At the time of delivery of the
securities, the value of the securities may be more or less than the purchase price.
The Trust will earmark or segregate cash or liquid
instruments equal to or greater in value than the Funds purchase commitments for such when-issued or delayed-delivery securities, or when the Trust does not believe that a Funds NAV or income will be adversely affected by the Funds
purchase of securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.
Investments in Other Investment Companies
The Funds may invest in the securities of other investment companies to the extent that such an investment would be consistent with the requirements of
the 1940 Act or any exemptive order issued by the SEC. If a Fund invests in, and, thus, is a shareholder of, another investment company, the Funds shareholders will indirectly bear the Funds proportionate share of the fees and expenses
paid by such other investment company, including advisory fees, in addition to both the management fees payable directly by the Fund to the Funds own investment advisor and the other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection with the
Funds own operations. See Investments in Other Investment Companies in the Prospectus for more information.
Real Estate Investment
Trusts
Each Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). Equity REITs invest primarily in real property while
mortgage REITs make construction, development and long term mortgage loans. Their value may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property of the REIT, the creditworthiness of the issuer, property taxes, interest rates, and tax and
regulatory requirements, such as those relating to the environment. REITs are dependent upon management skill, are not diversified and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers, self liquidation and the possibility of failing
to qualify for tax free income status under the Code and failing to maintain exempt status under the 1940 Act.
Illiquid Securities
Each Fund may purchase illiquid securities, including securities that are not readily marketable and securities that are not registered (restricted
securities) under the 1933 Act, but which can be sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. A Fund will not invest more than 15% of the Funds net assets in illiquid securities. The term illiquid
securities for this purpose means securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the securities. Under the current guidelines of the staff of
the SEC, illiquid securities also are considered to include,
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among other securities, purchased OTC options, certain cover for OTC options, repurchase agreements with maturities in excess of seven days, and certain
securities whose disposition is restricted under the Federal securities laws. The Fund may not be able to sell illiquid securities when ProShare Advisors considers it desirable to do so or may have to sell such securities at a price that is lower
than the price that could be obtained if the securities were more liquid. In addition, the sale of illiquid securities also may require more time and may result in higher dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of securities
that are not illiquid. Illiquid securities also may be more difficult to value due to the unavailability of reliable market quotations for such securities, and investments in illiquid securities may have an adverse impact on NAV.
Institutional markets for restricted securities have developed as a result of the promulgation of Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, which provides a safe
harbor from 1933 Act registration requirements for qualifying sales to institutional investors. When Rule 144A securities present an attractive investment opportunity and otherwise meet selection criteria, a Fund may make such investments. Whether
or not such securities are illiquid depends on the market that exists for the particular security. The staff of the SEC has taken the position that the liquidity of Rule 144A restricted securities is a question of fact for a board of trustees to
determine, such determination to be based on a consideration of the readily-available trading markets and the review of any contractual restrictions. The staff also has acknowledged that, while a board of trustees retains ultimate responsibility,
trustees may delegate this function to an investment advisor. The Board of Trustees has delegated this responsibility for determining the liquidity of Rule 144A restricted securities which may be invested in by a Fund to ProShare Advisors. It is not
possible to predict with assurance exactly how the market for Rule 144A restricted securities or any other security will develop. A security which when purchased enjoyed a fair degree of marketability may subsequently become illiquid and,
accordingly, a security which was deemed to be liquid at the time of acquisition may subsequently become illiquid. In such event, appropriate remedies will be considered to minimize the effect on the Funds liquidity.
Portfolio Turnover
A Funds portfolio turnover
may vary from year to year, as well as within a year. The overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions is evaluated by ProShare Advisors based upon its knowledge of available information as to the general level of commissions paid by other
institutional investors for comparable services. In addition, a Funds portfolio turnover level may adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. Portfolio Turnover Rate is defined under the rules of
the SEC as the value of the securities purchased or securities sold, excluding all securities whose maturities at time of acquisition were one year or less, divided by the average monthly value of such securities owned during the year. Based on this
definition, instruments with remaining maturities of less than one year are excluded from the calculation of Portfolio Turnover Rate. Instruments excluded from the calculation of portfolio turnover generally would include the futures contracts and
option contracts in which the Funds invest since such contracts generally have a remaining maturity of less than one year. Pursuant to the formula prescribed by the SEC, the Portfolio Turnover Rate for each Fund is calculated without regard to
instruments, including options and futures contracts, having a maturity of less than one year. ETFs, such as the Funds, may incur very low levels of portfolio turnover (or none at all in accordance with the SEC methodology described above) because
of the way in which they operate and the way shares are created in creation units. For those Funds that commenced operations prior to May 31, 2008, each such Funds turnover rate for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 is set forth in
the Annual Report to Shareholders.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
As discussed above and in the Prospectus, the Funds present certain risks, some of which are further described below.
Tracking and Correlation
While the Funds do not
expect that their daily returns will deviate adversely from their respective daily investment objectives, several factors may affect their ability to achieve this correlation. Among these factors are: (1) a Funds expenses, including
brokerage (which may be increased by high portfolio turnover) and the cost of the investment techniques employed by that Fund; (2) less than all of the securities in the benchmark index being held by a Fund and securities not included in the
benchmark index being held by a Fund; (3) an imperfect correlation between the performance of instruments held by a Fund, such as futures contracts, and the performance of the underlying securities in the cash market; (4) bid-ask spreads
(the effect of which may be increased by portfolio
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turnover); (5) holding instruments traded in a market that has become illiquid or disrupted; (6) a Funds Share prices being rounded to the
nearest cent; (7) changes to the benchmark index that are not disseminated in advance; (8) the need to conform a Funds portfolio holdings to comply with investment restrictions or policies or regulatory or tax law requirements; and
(9) early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of a Fund trade, resulting in the inability of the Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions. While close tracking of any Fund to its benchmark may be achieved on
any single trading day, over time the cumulative percentage increase or decrease in the NAV of the Shares of a Fund may diverge significantly from the cumulative percentage decrease or increase in the benchmark due to a compounding effect.
Leverage
Each Fund intends to use, on
a regular basis, leveraged investment techniques in pursuing its investment objectives. Utilization of leverage involves special risks and should be considered to be speculative. Leverage exists when a Fund achieves the right to a return on a
capital base that exceeds the amount the Fund has invested. Leverage creates the potential for greater gains to Fund shareholders during favorable market conditions and the risk of magnified losses during adverse market conditions. Leverage is
likely to cause higher volatility of the NAVs of these Funds Shares. Leverage may involve the creation of a liability that does not entail any interest costs or the creation of a liability that requires the Fund to pay interest which would
decrease the Funds total return to shareholders. If these Funds achieve their investment objectives, during adverse market conditions, shareholders should experience a loss greater than they would have incurred had these Funds not been
leveraged.
Special Note Regarding the Correlation Risks of Leveraged Funds
. As discussed in the Prospectus, some of the Funds are
leveraged funds in the sense that they have investment objectives to match a multiple of the performance of an index on a given day. These Funds are subject to all of the correlation risks described in the Prospectus. In addition, there
is a special form of correlation risk that derives from these Funds use of leverage, which is that for periods greater than one day, the use of leverage tends to cause the performance of a Fund to be either greater than, or less than, the
index performance times the stated multiple in the Funds investment objective.
A leveraged funds return for periods longer
than one day is primarily a function of the following:
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dividends paid by companies in the index; and
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The fund performance for a leveraged
Fund can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the factors described above. The tables on the next two pages illustrate the impact of two factors, index volatility and index performance, on a leveraged fund. Index volatility is a statistical
measure of the magnitude of fluctuations in the returns of an index and is calculated as the standard deviation of the natural logarithms of one plus the index return (calculated daily), multiplied by the square root of the number of trading days
per year (assumed to be 252). The tables show estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of index performance and index volatility over a one -year period. Assumptions used in the tables include: (a) no dividends paid by the companies
included in the index; (b) no fund expenses; and (c) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain leverage) of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Funds performance would be lower than shown.
The first table below shows an example in which a leveraged Fund that has an investment objective to correspond to twice (200%) the daily
performance of an index. The leveraged Fund could be expected to achieve a 20% return on a yearly basis if the index performance was 10%, absent any costs or the correlation risk or other factors described above and in the Prospectus under
Correlation Risk. However, as the table shows, with an index volatility of 20%, such a Fund would return 16.3%, again absent any costs or other factors described above and in the Prospectus under Correlation Risk. In the
charts below, areas shaded green represent those scenarios where a
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leveraged Fund with the investment objective described will outperform (i.e., return more than) the index performance times the stated multiple in the
Funds investment objective; conversely areas shaded red represent those scenarios where the Fund will underperform (i.e., return less than) the index performance times the stated multiple in the Funds investment objective.
Estimated Fund Return Over One Year When the Fund Objective is to Seek Daily Investment Results, Before Fund Fees and Expenses and Leverage Costs, that Correspond to
Twice (200%) the Daily Performance of an Index.
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%
|
|
-11.5
|
%
|
|
-14.8
|
%
|
5%
|
|
10%
|
|
10.3
|
%
|
|
10.0
|
%
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
|
7.8
|
%
|
|
5.9
|
%
|
|
3.6
|
%
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
|
-2.5
|
%
|
|
-6.1
|
%
|
10%
|
|
20%
|
|
21.0
|
%
|
|
20.7
|
%
|
|
19.8
|
%
|
|
18.3
|
%
|
|
16.3
|
%
|
|
13.7
|
%
|
|
10.6
|
%
|
|
7.0
|
%
|
|
3.1
|
%
|
15%
|
|
30%
|
|
32.3
|
%
|
|
31.9
|
%
|
|
30.9
|
%
|
|
29.3
|
%
|
|
27.1
|
%
|
|
24.2
|
%
|
|
20.9
|
%
|
|
17.0
|
%
|
|
12.7
|
%
|
20%
|
|
40%
|
|
44.0
|
%
|
|
43.6
|
%
|
|
42.6
|
%
|
|
40.8
|
%
|
|
38.4
|
%
|
|
35.3
|
%
|
|
31.6
|
%
|
|
27.4
|
%
|
|
22.7
|
%
|
25%
|
|
50%
|
|
56.3
|
%
|
|
55.9
|
%
|
|
54.7
|
%
|
|
52.8
|
%
|
|
50.1
|
%
|
|
46.8
|
%
|
|
42.8
|
%
|
|
38.2
|
%
|
|
33.1
|
%
|
30%
|
|
60%
|
|
69.0
|
%
|
|
68.6
|
%
|
|
67.3
|
%
|
|
65.2
|
%
|
|
62.4
|
%
|
|
58.8
|
%
|
|
54.5
|
%
|
|
49.5
|
%
|
|
44.0
|
%
|
35%
|
|
70%
|
|
82.3
|
%
|
|
81.8
|
%
|
|
80.4
|
%
|
|
78.2
|
%
|
|
75.1
|
%
|
|
71.2
|
%
|
|
66.6
|
%
|
|
61.2
|
%
|
|
55.3
|
%
|
40%
|
|
80%
|
|
96.0
|
%
|
|
95.5
|
%
|
|
94.0
|
%
|
|
91.6
|
%
|
|
88.3
|
%
|
|
84.1
|
%
|
|
79.1
|
%
|
|
73.4
|
%
|
|
67.0
|
%
|
Estimated Fund Return Over One Year When the Fund Objective is to Seek Daily Investment Results, Before Fees
and Expenses, that Correspond to the Inverse of the Daily Performance of an Index.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year Index
Performance
|
|
Inverse of
One Year Index
Performance
|
|
Index Volatility
|
|
|
|
0%
|
|
|
5%
|
|
|
10%
|
|
|
15%
|
|
|
20%
|
|
|
25%
|
|
|
30%
|
|
|
35%
|
|
|
40%
|
|
-40%
|
|
40%
|
|
66.7
|
%
|
|
66.3
|
%
|
|
65.0
|
%
|
|
63.0
|
%
|
|
60.1
|
%
|
|
56.6
|
%
|
|
52.3
|
%
|
|
47.5
|
%
|
|
42.0
|
%
|
-35%
|
|
35%
|
|
53.8
|
%
|
|
53.5
|
%
|
|
52.3
|
%
|
|
50.4
|
%
|
|
47.8
|
%
|
|
44.5
|
%
|
|
40.6
|
%
|
|
36.1
|
%
|
|
31.1
|
%
|
-30%
|
|
30%
|
|
42.9
|
%
|
|
42.5
|
%
|
|
41.4
|
%
|
|
39.7
|
%
|
|
37.3
|
%
|
|
34.2
|
%
|
|
30.6
|
%
|
|
26.4
|
%
|
|
21.7
|
%
|
-25%
|
|
25%
|
|
33.3
|
%
|
|
33.0
|
%
|
|
32.0
|
%
|
|
30.4
|
%
|
|
28.1
|
%
|
|
25.3
|
%
|
|
21.9
|
%
|
|
18.0
|
%
|
|
13.6
|
%
|
-20%
|
|
20%
|
|
25.0
|
%
|
|
24.7
|
%
|
|
23.8
|
%
|
|
22.2
|
%
|
|
20.1
|
%
|
|
17.4
|
%
|
|
14.2
|
%
|
|
10.6
|
%
|
|
6.5
|
%
|
-15%
|
|
15%
|
|
17.6
|
%
|
|
17.4
|
%
|
|
16.5
|
%
|
|
15.0
|
%
|
|
13.0
|
%
|
|
10.5
|
%
|
|
7.5
|
%
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
-10%
|
|
10%
|
|
11.1
|
%
|
|
10.8
|
%
|
|
10.0
|
%
|
|
8.6
|
%
|
|
6.8
|
%
|
|
4.4
|
%
|
|
1.5
|
%
|
|
-1.7
|
%
|
|
-5.3
|
%
|
-5%
|
|
5%
|
|
5.3
|
%
|
|
5.0
|
%
|
|
4.2
|
%
|
|
2.9
|
%
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
-1.1
|
%
|
|
-3.8
|
%
|
|
-6.9
|
%
|
|
-10.3
|
%
|
0%
|
|
0%
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
-0.2
|
%
|
|
-1.0
|
%
|
|
-2.2
|
%
|
|
-3.9
|
%
|
|
-6.1
|
%
|
|
-8.6
|
%
|
|
-11.5
|
%
|
|
-14.8
|
%
|
5%
|
|
-5%
|
|
-4.8
|
%
|
|
-5.0
|
%
|
|
-5.7
|
%
|
|
-6.9
|
%
|
|
-8.5
|
%
|
|
-10.5
|
%
|
|
-13.0
|
%
|
|
-15.7
|
%
|
|
-18.8
|
%
|
10%
|
|
-10%
|
|
-9.1
|
%
|
|
-9.3
|
%
|
|
-10.0
|
%
|
|
-11.1
|
%
|
|
-12.7
|
%
|
|
-14.6
|
%
|
|
-16.9
|
%
|
|
-19.6
|
%
|
|
-22.5
|
%
|
15%
|
|
-15%
|
|
-13.0
|
%
|
|
-13.3
|
%
|
|
-13.9
|
%
|
|
-15.0
|
%
|
|
-16.5
|
%
|
|
-18.3
|
%
|
|
-20.5
|
%
|
|
-23.1
|
%
|
|
-25.9
|
%
|
20%
|
|
-20%
|
|
-16.7
|
%
|
|
-16.9
|
%
|
|
-17.5
|
%
|
|
-18.5
|
%
|
|
-19.9
|
%
|
|
-21.7
|
%
|
|
-23.8
|
%
|
|
-26.3
|
%
|
|
-29.0
|
%
|
25%
|
|
-25%
|
|
-20.0
|
%
|
|
-20.2
|
%
|
|
-20.8
|
%
|
|
-21.8
|
%
|
|
-23.1
|
%
|
|
-24.8
|
%
|
|
-26.9
|
%
|
|
-29.2
|
%
|
|
-31.8
|
%
|
30%
|
|
-30%
|
|
-23.1
|
%
|
|
-23.3
|
%
|
|
-23.8
|
%
|
|
-24.8
|
%
|
|
-26.1
|
%
|
|
-27.7
|
%
|
|
-29.7
|
%
|
|
-31.9
|
%
|
|
-34.5
|
%
|
35%
|
|
-35%
|
|
-25.9
|
%
|
|
-26.1
|
%
|
|
-26.7
|
%
|
|
-27.6
|
%
|
|
-28.8
|
%
|
|
-30.4
|
%
|
|
-32.3
|
%
|
|
-34.5
|
%
|
|
-36.9
|
%
|
40%
|
|
-40%
|
|
-28.6
|
%
|
|
-28.7
|
%
|
|
-29.3
|
%
|
|
-30.2
|
%
|
|
-31.4
|
%
|
|
-32.9
|
%
|
|
-34.7
|
%
|
|
-36.8
|
%
|
|
-39.1
|
%
|
18
Estimated Fund Return Over One Year When the Fund Objective is to Seek Daily Investment Results, Before Fees and
Expenses, that Correspond to Twice (200%) the Inverse of the Daily Performance of an Index.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year Index
Performance
|
|
200% Inverse of
One
Year
Index
Performance
|
|
Index Volatility
|
|
|
0%
|
|
5%
|
|
10%
|
|
15%
|
|
20%
|
|
25%
|
|
30%
|
|
35%
|
|
40%
|
-40%
|
|
80%
|
|
177.8%
|
|
175.7%
|
|
169.6%
|
|
159.6%
|
|
146.4%
|
|
130.3%
|
|
112.0%
|
|
92.4%
|
|
71.9%
|
-35%
|
|
70%
|
|
136.7%
|
|
134.9%
|
|
129.7%
|
|
121.2%
|
|
109.9%
|
|
96.2%
|
|
80.7%
|
|
63.9%
|
|
46.5%
|
-30%
|
|
60%
|
|
104.1%
|
|
102.6%
|
|
98.1%
|
|
90.8%
|
|
81.0%
|
|
69.2%
|
|
55.8%
|
|
41.3%
|
|
26.3%
|
-25%
|
|
50%
|
|
77.8%
|
|
76.4%
|
|
72.5%
|
|
66.2%
|
|
57.7%
|
|
47.4%
|
|
35.7%
|
|
23.1%
|
|
10.0%
|
-20%
|
|
40%
|
|
56.3%
|
|
55.1%
|
|
51.6%
|
|
46.1%
|
|
38.6%
|
|
29.5%
|
|
19.3%
|
|
8.2%
|
|
-3.3%
|
-15%
|
|
30%
|
|
38.4%
|
|
37.4%
|
|
34.3%
|
|
29.4%
|
|
22.8%
|
|
14.7%
|
|
5.7%
|
|
-4.2%
|
|
-14.4%
|
-10%
|
|
20%
|
|
23.5%
|
|
22.5%
|
|
19.8%
|
|
15.4%
|
|
9.5%
|
|
2.3%
|
|
-5.8%
|
|
-14.5%
|
|
-23.6%
|
-5%
|
|
10%
|
|
10.8%
|
|
10.0%
|
|
7.5%
|
|
3.6%
|
|
-1.7%
|
|
-8.1%
|
|
-15.4%
|
|
-23.3%
|
|
-31.4%
|
0%
|
|
0%
|
|
0.0%
|
|
-0.7%
|
|
-3.0%
|
|
-6.5%
|
|
-11.3%
|
|
-17.1%
|
|
-23.7%
|
|
-30.8%
|
|
-38.1%
|
5%
|
|
-10%
|
|
-9.3%
|
|
-10.0%
|
|
-12.0%
|
|
-15.2%
|
|
-19.6%
|
|
-24.8%
|
|
-30.8%
|
|
-37.2%
|
|
-43.9%
|
10%
|
|
-20%
|
|
-17.4%
|
|
-18.0%
|
|
-19.8%
|
|
-22.7%
|
|
-26.7%
|
|
-31.5%
|
|
-36.9%
|
|
-42.8%
|
|
-48.9%
|
15%
|
|
-30%
|
|
-24.4%
|
|
-25.0%
|
|
-26.6%
|
|
-29.3%
|
|
-32.9%
|
|
-37.3%
|
|
-42.3%
|
|
-47.6%
|
|
-53.2%
|
20%
|
|
-40%
|
|
-30.6%
|
|
-31.1%
|
|
-32.6%
|
|
-35.1%
|
|
-38.4%
|
|
-42.4%
|
|
-47.0%
|
|
-51.9%
|
|
-57.0%
|
25%
|
|
-50%
|
|
-36.0%
|
|
-36.5%
|
|
-37.9%
|
|
-40.2%
|
|
-43.2%
|
|
-46.9%
|
|
-51.1%
|
|
-55.7%
|
|
-60.4%
|
30%
|
|
-60%
|
|
-40.8%
|
|
-41.3%
|
|
-42.6%
|
|
-44.7%
|
|
-47.5%
|
|
-50.9%
|
|
-54.8%
|
|
-59.0%
|
|
-63.4%
|
35%
|
|
-70%
|
|
-45.1%
|
|
-45.5%
|
|
-46.8%
|
|
-48.7%
|
|
-51.3%
|
|
-54.5%
|
|
-58.1%
|
|
-62.0%
|
|
-66.0%
|
40%
|
|
-80%
|
|
-49.0%
|
|
-49.4%
|
|
-50.5%
|
|
-52.3%
|
|
-54.7%
|
|
-57.7%
|
|
-61.1%
|
|
-64.7%
|
|
-68.4%
|
The foregoing tables are intended to isolate the effect of index volatility and index performance
on the return of a leveraged Fund. The Funds actual returns may be significantly greater or less than the returns shown above as a result of any of factors discussed above or under Correlation Risk in the Prospectus.
Non-Diversified Status
Each Fund is a
non-diversified series of the Trust. A Funds classification as a non-diversified investment company means that the proportion of the Funds assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer is not
limited by the 1940 Act. Each Fund, however, intends to seek to qualify as a regulated investment company (RIC) for purposes of the Code, which imposes diversification requirements on these Funds that are less restrictive
than the requirements applicable to the diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. With respect to a non-diversified Fund, a relatively high percentage of such a Funds assets may be invested in the securities
of a limited number of issuers, primarily within the same economic sector. That Funds portfolio securities, therefore, may be more susceptible to any single economic, political, or regulatory occurrence than the portfolio securities of a more
diversified investment company.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
Each Fund has adopted certain investment restrictions as fundamental policies which cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act. As defined in the 1940 Act, the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities means the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the
voting securities of the series present at a duly called meeting of shareholders, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding
voting securities of the series. (All policies of a Fund not specifically identified in this SAI or the Prospectus as fundamental may be changed without a vote of the shareholders of the Fund, upon approval of a majority of the Trustees.) For
purposes of the following limitations, all percentage limitations apply immediately after a purchase or initial investment.
A Fund may
not:
|
1.
|
Make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management.
|
19
|
2.
|
Purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest in securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests
therein or issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein.
|
|
3.
|
Make loans to other persons, except that the acquisition of bonds, debentures or other corporate debt securities and investment in government obligations, commercial paper,
pass-through instruments, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and repurchase agreements and purchase and sale contracts and any similar instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan, and except, further, that the Fund may
lend its portfolio securities, provided that the lending of portfolio securities may be made only in accordance with applicable law and the guidelines set forth in the Prospectus and this SAI, as they may be amended from time to time.
|
|
4.
|
Issue senior securities to the extent such issuance would violate applicable law.
|
|
5.
|
Borrow money, except that the Fund (i) may borrow from banks (as defined in the 1940 Act) in amounts up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed),
(ii) may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) may obtain such short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of
portfolio securities, (iv) may purchase securities on margin to the extent permitted by applicable law and (v) may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund may not pledge its assets other than to secure such borrowings or, to the
extent permitted by the Funds investment policies as set forth in the Prospectus and SAI, as they may be amended from time to time, in connection with hedging transactions, short sales, when-issued and forward commitment transactions and
similar investment strategies.
|
|
6.
|
Underwrite securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund technically may be deemed an underwriter under the 1933 Act, in selling portfolio securities.
|
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7.
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Purchase or sell commodities or contracts on commodities, except to the extent the Fund may do so in accordance with applicable law and the Funds Prospectus and SAI, as they
may be amended from time to time.
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No Fund will concentrate (i.e., hold more than 25% of its assets in the stocks of a single
industry or group of industries) its investments in issuers of one or more particular industries, except that a Fund will concentrate to approximately the same extent that its underlying Index concentrates in the stocks of such particular industry
or industries. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and tax-free securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions (and repurchase agreements
collateralized by government securities) are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
AND BROKERAGE
Subject to the general supervision of the Board of Trustees, ProShare Advisors is responsible for decisions to buy and
sell securities for each of the Funds, the selection of brokers and dealers to effect the transactions, and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. ProShare Advisors expects that the Funds may execute brokerage or other agency transactions
through registered broker-dealers, who receive compensation for their services, in conformity with the 1940 Act, the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Compensation may also be paid in connection with riskless principal transactions
(in NASDAQ or OTC securities and securities listed on an exchange) and agency NASDAQ or OTC transactions executed with an electronic communications network or an alternative trading system.
ProShare Advisors may serve as an investment manager to and may place portfolio transactions on behalf of a number of clients, including other investment
companies. It is the practice of ProShare Advisors to cause purchase and sale transactions to be allocated among the Funds and others whose assets ProShare Advisors manages in such manner as ProShare Advisors deems equitable. The main factors
considered by ProShare Advisors in making such allocations among the Funds and other client accounts of ProShare Advisors are the respective investment objectives, the relative size of portfolio holdings of the same or comparable securities, the
availability of cash for investment, the size of investment commitments generally held and the opinions of the person(s) responsible, if any, for managing the portfolios of the Funds and the other client accounts.
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The policy of each Fund regarding purchases and sales of securities for a Funds portfolio is that
primary consideration will be given to obtaining the most favorable prices and efficient executions of transactions. Consistent with this policy, when securities transactions are effected on a stock exchange, each Funds policy is to pay
commissions that are considered fair and reasonable without necessarily determining that the lowest possible commissions are paid in all circumstances. Each Fund believes that a requirement always to seek the lowest possible commission cost could
impede effective portfolio management and preclude the Fund and ProShare Advisors from obtaining a high quality of brokerage (and potentially research) services. In seeking to determine the reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid in any
transaction, ProShare Advisors relies upon its experience and knowledge regarding commissions generally charged by various brokers and on its judgment in evaluating the brokerage and research services received from the broker effecting the
transaction. Such determinations are necessarily subjective and imprecise, as, in most cases, an exact dollar value for those services is not ascertainable.
Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities are normally transacted through issuers, underwriters or major dealers in U.S. government securities acting as principals. Such transactions are made on a net basis
and do not involve payment of brokerage commissions. The cost of securities purchased from an underwriter usually includes a commission paid by the issuer to the underwriters; transactions with dealers normally reflect the spread between bid and
asked prices.
In seeking to implement a Funds policies, ProShare Advisors effects transactions with those brokers and dealers who
ProShare Advisors believes provide the most favorable prices and are capable of providing efficient executions. If ProShare Advisors believes such prices and executions are obtainable from more than one broker or dealer, ProShare Advisors may give
consideration to placing portfolio transactions with those brokers and dealers who also furnish research and other services to the Fund or ProShare Advisors. Such services may include, but are not limited to, any one or more of the following:
information as to the availability of securities for purchase or sale; statistical or factual information or opinions pertaining to investment; wire services; and appraisals or evaluations of portfolio securities. If the broker-dealer providing
these additional services is acting as a principal for its own account, no commissions would be payable. If the broker-dealer is not a principal, a higher commission may be justified, at the determination of ProShare Advisors, for the additional
services.
The information and services received by ProShare Advisors from brokers and dealers may be of benefit to ProShare Advisors in
the management of accounts of some of ProShare Advisors other clients and may not in all cases benefit a Fund directly. While the receipt of such information and services is useful in varying degrees and would generally reduce the amount of
research or services otherwise performed by ProShare Advisors and thereby reduce ProShare Advisors expenses, this information and these services are of indeterminable value and the management fee paid to ProShare Advisors is not reduced by any
amount that may be attributable to the value of such information and services.
ProShare Advisors does not consider sales of Shares as a
factor in the selection of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions.
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The table below sets forth the brokerage commissions paid by each Fund for the period noted for each Fund
that was operational during that period:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Commissions
Paid
During Fiscal
Year
Ended
May 31, 2007
|
|
Commissions
Paid
During Fiscal
Year
Ended
May 31, 2008
|
|
Aggregate Total
|
ProShares Ultra QQQ
|
|
$
|
70,520
|
|
$
|
241,495
|
|
$
|
312,015
|
ProShares Ultra Dow30
|
|
$
|
27,058
|
|
$
|
57,736
|
|
$
|
84,794
|
ProShares Ultra S&P500
|
|
$
|
32,851
|
|
$
|
123,303
|
|
$
|
156,154
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
$
|
19,388
|
|
$
|
20,179
|
|
$
|
39,567
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
2,330
|
|
$
|
2,309
|
|
$
|
4,639
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
|
|
$
|
6,468
|
|
$
|
28,050
|
|
$
|
34,518
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
1,248
|
|
$
|
892
|
|
$
|
2,140
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
1,234
|
|
$
|
4,351
|
|
$
|
5,585
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
1,242
|
|
$
|
1,561
|
|
$
|
2,803
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
1,233
|
|
$
|
4,705
|
|
$
|
5,938
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
1,267
|
|
$
|
1,599
|
|
$
|
2,866
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
1,259
|
|
$
|
1,740
|
|
$
|
2,999
|
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
1,374
|
|
$
|
5,021
|
|
$
|
6,395
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
1,166
|
|
$
|
766
|
|
$
|
1,932
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
1,728
|
|
$
|
176
|
|
$
|
1,904
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
$
|
2,362
|
|
$
|
108,268
|
|
$
|
110,630
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
|
|
$
|
1,187
|
|
$
|
1,761
|
|
$
|
2,948
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
$
|
1,341
|
|
$
|
1,082
|
|
$
|
2,423
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
3,121
|
|
$
|
21,928
|
|
$
|
25,049
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
$
|
4,284
|
|
$
|
5,084
|
|
$
|
9,368
|
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
1,220
|
|
$
|
7,878
|
|
$
|
9,098
|
ProShares Ultra Technology
|
|
$
|
1,835
|
|
$
|
10,797
|
|
$
|
12,632
|
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,162
|
|
$
|
1,162
|
ProShares Ultra Utilities
|
|
$
|
1,286
|
|
$
|
1,049
|
|
$
|
2,335
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
$
|
10,386
|
|
$
|
18,720
|
|
$
|
29,106
|
ProShares Short Dow 30
|
|
$
|
3,002
|
|
$
|
11,063
|
|
$
|
14,065
|
ProShares Short S&P 500
|
|
$
|
5,744
|
|
$
|
24,686
|
|
$
|
30,430
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
$
|
4,806
|
|
$
|
5,661
|
|
$
|
10,467
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
$
|
380
|
|
$
|
4,576
|
|
$
|
4,956
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
$
|
120,688
|
|
$
|
459,072
|
|
$
|
579,760
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
|
|
$
|
10,394
|
|
$
|
90,612
|
|
$
|
101,006
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500
|
|
$
|
24,996
|
|
$
|
389,920
|
|
$
|
414,916
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
$
|
8,124
|
|
$
|
35,225
|
|
$
|
43,349
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
$
|
2,712
|
|
$
|
91,304
|
|
$
|
94,016
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
|
|
0
|
|
$
|
162
|
|
$
|
162
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
|
|
0
|
|
$
|
602
|
|
$
|
602
|
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MANAGEMENT OF PROSHARES TRUST
Trustees and Officers
The Trusts officers
(Officers), under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, manage the day-to-day operations of the Trust. The Trustees set broad policies for the Trust and choose its Officers. One Trustee and all of the Officers of the Trust are
directors, officers or employees of ProShare Advisors or J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co., except for Simon D. Collier, the Trusts treasurer, who is a principal of Foreside Compliance Services, LLC. The other Trustees are Independent
Trustees. The Trustees and some Officers are also directors and officers of some or all of the other funds in the Fund Complex. The Fund Complex includes all funds advised by ProShare Advisors and any funds that have an investment advisor that is an
affiliated person of ProShare Advisors.
The Trustees, their age, term of office and length of time served, their principal business
occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen and other directorships, if any, held by each Trustee, are shown below. The Officers, their age, term of office and length of time served and their
principal business occupations during the past five years, are shown below. Unless noted otherwise, the address of each Trustee and each Officer is: c/o ProShares Trust, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name, Address, and Age
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Number of
Operational
Portfolios* in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
|
|
Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
|
Independent Trustees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russell S. Reynolds, III Age: 51
|
|
Indefinite;
October 1997
to present
|
|
RSR Partners (Executive Recruitment): Managing Director (May 2007 to present);
Directorship Search Group, Inc. (Executive Recruitment): President (May 2004 to May 2007); Managing Director (March 1993 to April 2004)
|
|
ProShares (65) ProFunds (113) Access One Trust (2)
|
|
Directorship Search
Group, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael C. Wachs Age: 47
|
|
Indefinite;
October 1997
to present
|
|
AMC Delancey Group, Inc. (Real Estate Development): Executive Vice President (January 2001 to Present); Delancey Investment Group, Inc. (Real Estate Development): Vice President (May 1996 to
December 2000)
|
|
ProShares (65) ProFunds (113) Access One Trust (2)
|
|
AMC Delancey
Group, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interested Trustee
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael L. Sapir**
Age: 50
|
|
Indefinite;
April 1997 to
present
|
|
Chairman of the Trust (November 2005 to present); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ProShare Advisors (November 2005 to present) and ProFund Advisors (May 1997 to present)
|
|
ProShares (65) ProFunds (113) Access One Trust (2)
|
|
None
|
*
|
The Fund Complex consists of all funds advised by ProFund Advisors LLC and ProShare Advisors LLC.
|
**
|
Mr. Sapir is an interested person, as defined by the 1940 Act, because of his employment with the Trust and his employment with and ownership interest in the
Advisor.
|
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Executive Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position(s) Held
with Trust
|
|
Term of Office and
Length of Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
|
Louis M. Mayberg
Age: 45
|
|
President
|
|
Indefinite; November 14, 2005 to present
|
|
President of ProShare Advisors (November 2005 to present) and ProFund Advisors (May 1997 to present)
|
|
|
|
|
Simon D. Collier
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
Age: 46
|
|
Treasurer
|
|
Indefinite; June 19, 2006 to present
|
|
Partner, Foreside Financial Group, LLC since April 2005 (Managing Partner from April 2005 May 2008); President and Founder, Sondent Group, LLC (financial services consulting company)
since May 2008; Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Global Fund Services, Citigroup 2003-2005
|
|
|
|
|
Victor M. Frye, Esq.
Age: 49
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer and AML Officer
|
|
Indefinite; November 14, 2005 to present
|
|
Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of ProFund Advisors (October 2002 to present); Calvert Group, Ltd.: Counsel, Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary (January 1999 to October
2002)
|
|
|
|
|
Stephenie E. Adams
Age: 38
|
|
Acting Secretary
|
|
Indefinite; September 2007 to present
|
|
Vice President of ProFund Advisors LLC (January 2007 to present); Assistant Vice President of ProFund Advisors LCC (December 2002 to December 2006)
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory Pickard, Esq.
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Age: 42
|
|
Assistant Secretary
|
|
Indefinite; November 14, 2005 to present
|
|
Executive Director and Associate General Counsel for J.P. Morgan Investor Services, Co. since July 2001
|
|
|
|
|
Charles Todd
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Age: 36
|
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
|
Indefinite; June 19, 2006 to present
|
|
Vice President within the Fund Administration Department of J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co., formerly serving as Assistant Vice President for over 5 years
|
|
|
|
|
Gary A. Casagrande
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Age: 35
|
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
|
Indefinite; March 31, 2007 to present
|
|
Vice President within the Fund Administration Department of J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co. since August 2006. Senior Manager with Fund Administration Department at Investors Bank and Trust Co
(April 2005 to August 2006). Project and relationship manager at Deutsche Bank (July 2000 to April 2005)
|
Listed below for each Trustee is a dollar range of securities beneficially owned in the Trust,
together with the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in all registered investment companies overseen by each Trustee that are in the same family of investment companies as the Trust, as of December 31, 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
Name of Trustee
|
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in
the Trust
|
|
Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in All Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by Trustee in
Family of Investment Companies
|
Independent Trustees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russell S. Reynolds, III, Trustee
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
Michael C. Wachs, Trustee
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
Interested Trustee
|
|
|
|
|
Michael L. Sapir, Trustee and Chairman
|
|
$0
|
|
$10,001 - $50,000
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None of the Trusts Officers or Trustees, nor their immediate family members, have an interest
in the Advisor or its affiliates other than Mr. Mayberg (President of the Trust) and Mr. Sapir (Chairman of the Board) both of whom and their immediate family members have an ownership interest in the Advisor and its affiliates.
Committees
The Board of Trustees has an Audit
Committee. The Audit Committee is composed entirely of Independent Trustees. Currently, the Audit Committee is composed of Messrs. Wachs and Reynolds. The Audit Committee makes recommendations to the full Board of Trustees with respect to the
engagement of an independent registered public accounting firm and reviews with the independent registered public accounting firm the plan and results of the internal controls, audit engagement and matters having a material effect on the
Trusts financial operations. During the past fiscal year, the Audit Committee has met twice, and the Board of Trustees has met four times.
Compensation of Trustees and Officers
The Trust pays each Independent Trustee a $108,000 annual retainer for service as
Trustee on the Board of Trustees and for service as Trustee for other funds in the Fund Complex, $5,000 for attendance at each quarterly in-person meeting of the Board of Trustees, $3,000 for attendance at each special meeting of the Board of
Trustees, and $2,000 for attendance at telephonic meetings. Trustees who are also Officers or affiliated persons receive no remuneration from the Trust for their services as Trustees. The Officers, other than the Chief Compliance Officer, receive no
compensation directly from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices.
The Trust does not accrue pension or retirement benefits
as part of each Funds expenses, and Trustees are not entitled to benefits upon retirement from the Board of Trustees.
The following
table shows aggregate compensation paid to the Trustees for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
|
Aggregate
Compensation
|
|
Pension or
Retirement
Benefits
Accrued
as Part of
Trust
Expenses
|
|
Estimated
Annual
Benefits
Upon
Retirement
|
|
Total
Compensation
From Trust
and
Fund
Complex
Paid to
Trustees
|
Independent Trustees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russell S. Reynolds, III, Trustee
|
|
$
|
43,955.01
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
94,750.00
|
Michael C. Wachs, Trustee
|
|
$
|
43,955.01
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
94,750.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interested Trustee
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael L. Sapir, Trustee and Chairman
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
0
|
25
Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities
As of September 3, 2008 the Trustees and officers of the Trust owned in the aggregate less than 1% of the shares of the Funds of the Trust (all series
taken together).
Although the Trust does not have information concerning the beneficial ownership of Shares held in the names of
Depository Trust Company (DTC) participants, as of September 3, 2008, the name and percentage ownership of each DTC participant that owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding Shares of a Fund that was operational as of that date
is set forth in the table below:
|
|
|
|
Fund Name
|
|
Percentage
of
Ownership
|
|
ProShares Ultra QQQ
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
15.22
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
13.90
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
9.27
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
6.89
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
6.42
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Dow30
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC*
|
|
29.52
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
21.43
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
19.53
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
14.51
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
9.83
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
9.14
|
%
|
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
|
|
8.40
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
7.66
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
7.03
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
7.02
|
%
|
E*TRADE Securities LLC
|
|
6.48
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.47
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra S&P 500
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
15.02
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.39
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
6.75
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
6.22
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.47
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
15.72
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
11.50
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
11.27
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.32
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.19
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.81
|
%
|
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
|
|
5.26
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
23.51
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
14.89
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
11.36
|
%
|
Wells Fargo Investments LLC
|
|
7.56
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
7.25
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.73
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.24
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
16.86
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.08
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
7.94
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
6.46
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
15.84
|
%
|
LPL Financial
|
|
13.35
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
12.40
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
11.04
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
10.85
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
9.47
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
6.19
|
%
|
26
|
|
|
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
20.87
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
14.68
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.29
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
6.61
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
6.28
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.94
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
5.94
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
5.62
|
%
|
LPL Financial
|
|
5.61
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
|
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
20.32
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
17.51
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
13.45
|
%
|
LPL Financial
|
|
9.58
|
%
|
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.
|
|
7.82
|
%
|
Dundee Securities Corporation
|
|
5.94
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
5.67
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
|
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
14.46
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
13.15
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
11.81
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
9.88
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
8.21
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.17
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.11
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
|
Morgan Stanley*
|
|
26.49
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
10.11
|
%
|
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
|
|
9.13
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
8.64
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
8.29
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.77
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC*
|
|
29.16
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
12.12
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
8.38
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.72
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
7.05
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.34
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
22.27
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
16.59
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.59
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.90
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.74
|
%
|
Citibank, NA
|
|
5.48
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.*
|
|
26.90
|
%
|
27
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
14.33
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.80
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
9.51
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
7.87
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC*
|
|
27.01
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
11.30
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
10.59
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
8.14
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
7.45
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.89
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.61
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
11.71
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
8.80
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.91
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
6.26
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
5.92
|
%
|
UBS Securities LLC
|
|
5.83
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.54
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.21
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.02
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
20.14
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
12.73
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.88
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
8.87
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.17
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
5.81
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.26
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
20.89
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
12.46
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
10.90
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
10.48
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
6.83
|
%
|
The Bank of New York Mellon
|
|
5.96
|
%
|
LPL Financial
|
|
5.07
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
14.99
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
10.96
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.65
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
7.94
|
%
|
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
|
|
7.11
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.57
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
14.13
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
13.44
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.04
|
%
|
28
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
7.52
|
%
|
UMB Bank, N.A.
|
|
6.91
|
%
|
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
|
|
5.89
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.51
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
12.67
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.58
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
8.03
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
5.57
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.50
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Technology
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
14.85
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
13.76
|
%
|
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
|
|
8.31
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.02
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.67
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.89
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.09
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
68.56
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
17.03
|
%
|
ProShares Ultra Utilities
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.*
|
|
25.56
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
21.07
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
19.88
|
%
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
16.59
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
12.67
|
%
|
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
|
|
11.28
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
9.50
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
7.22
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.80
|
%
|
ProShares Short Dow30
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
17.27
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
14.43
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
14.09
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
8.24
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
6.78
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.88
|
%
|
ProShares Short S&P500
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
19.46
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
14.12
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
10.74
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.44
|
%
|
State Street Bank & Trust Company
|
|
5.82
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.53
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.08
|
%
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
20.20
|
%
|
29
|
|
|
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
15.95
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.55
|
%
|
The Bank of New York Mellon
|
|
8.24
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.04
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
6.51
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
5.98
|
%
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.*
|
|
46.50
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
9.92
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
5.80
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.79
|
%
|
ProShares Short Russell 2000
|
|
|
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
14.47
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
13.39
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
10.96
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
9.90
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
8.09
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.16
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
12.79
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
11.48
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.40
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
5.41
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
13.57
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.28
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
10.36
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
8.87
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
7.56
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.95
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
13.46
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
10.10
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
8.21
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.01
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.19
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
|
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
14.45
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
12.21
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
8.42
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.78
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.86
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.80
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
5.58
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
11.68
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
9.73
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
8.11
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
7.49
|
%
|
30
|
|
|
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.28
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.15
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
7.11
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
6.43
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.08
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.04
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
|
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
12.62
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
9.76
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
9.63
|
%
|
UBS Securities LLC
|
|
7.53
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
7.31
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.46
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.17
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
36.36
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
25.45
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.58
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
7.28
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
5.45
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
|
|
UBS Financial Services Inc. *
|
|
29.98
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
19.64
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
17.10
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
6.37
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
|
|
Pershing LLC*
|
|
34.62
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch*
|
|
28.91
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
10.06
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
9.69
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.58
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
|
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.*
|
|
54.95
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
14.94
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
11.34
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
10.74
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
10.22
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
9.54
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
9.35
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.60
|
%
|
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
|
|
8.40
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
17.11
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
13.40
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
12.17
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
7.39
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.55
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.27
|
%
|
31
|
|
|
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
|
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
21.36
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
7.03
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
6.42
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
5.64
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.38
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.04
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
11.68
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.20
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
8.05
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
7.65
|
%
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
7.31
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
7.03
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.74
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
6.38
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.15
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
5.42
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
|
|
Genworth Financial Trust Company*
|
|
37.37
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
10.99
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.97
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
8.54
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.44
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
6.98
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.93
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
5.59
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
5.53
|
%
|
Banc of America Securities LLC
|
|
5.21
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
5.01
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.*
|
|
55.16
|
%
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
10.06
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.38
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.30
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
|
|
Citibank, NA*
|
|
26.36
|
%
|
BNY Mellon
|
|
11.86
|
%
|
The Bank of New York Mellon
|
|
9.84
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
8.07
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.03
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
5.54
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.22
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
12.17
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.45
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.44
|
%
|
32
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.66
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
6.17
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
5.77
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.37
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
5.18
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
|
|
DB Securities Service NJ
|
|
8.38
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.74
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
6.83
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
6.45
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
6.38
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
5.31
|
%
|
Banc of America Securities LLC
|
|
5.20
|
%
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
5.14
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
14.77
|
%
|
UBS Financial Services Inc.
|
|
13.95
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
9.03
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
8.10
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.71
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
18.53
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
13.07
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
11.29
|
%
|
JPMorgan
|
|
8.68
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
6.26
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
5.82
|
%
|
Scottrade Inc.
|
|
5.69
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
97.15
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
14.89
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
13.00
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
10.90
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.51
|
%
|
First Clearing, LLC
|
|
7.02
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
6.97
|
%
|
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
|
|
5.61
|
%
|
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
19.84
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
17.69
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
15.98
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
8.31
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
5.91
|
%
|
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.*
|
|
25.86
|
%
|
Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
|
|
10.63
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
9.82
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.98
|
%
|
33
|
|
|
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.57
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
16.35
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
12.19
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
11.24
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
10.32
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
7.02
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
6.65
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
|
|
15.20
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
10.85
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.29
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
6.88
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
5.08
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
9.61
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
8.15
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.76
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.76
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
7.58
|
%
|
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
|
|
5.66
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
|
|
Merrill Lynch*
|
|
34.83
|
%
|
Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, Inc.
|
|
11.68
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
11.48
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
8.11
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury
|
|
|
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
13.64
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
11.15
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
9.19
|
%
|
Merrill Lynch
|
|
8.66
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
8.34
|
%
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
7.38
|
%
|
Morgan Stanley
|
|
5.86
|
%
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year U.S. Treasury
|
|
|
|
National Financial Services LLC
|
|
15.57
|
%
|
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
|
|
10.45
|
%
|
Citigroup Global Markets
|
|
8.84
|
%
|
Pershing LLC
|
|
7.79
|
%
|
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
|
|
5.34
|
%
|
*
|
A shareholder who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the voting securities of a Fund may be deemed a control person (as defined in the 1940 Act)
and may be able to determine the outcome of any matter submitted for shareholder consideration with respect to that Fund.
|
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INVESTMENT ADVISOR
Portfolio Management
Listed below for each portfolio manager is a dollar range of securities
beneficially owned in the Funds managed by the portfolio manager, together with the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in all registered investment companies in the Fund Complex as of May 31, 2008.
|
|
|
Name of Portfolio Manager
|
|
Dollar Range of Funds Currently Owned
|
George Foster
|
|
None
|
Howard Rubin
|
|
None
|
Michele Liu
|
|
None
|
Michael Neches
|
|
None
|
Robert Parker
|
|
$10,001 - $50,000
|
Nishantha Ratnayake
|
|
None
|
Steven Schoffstall
|
|
$1 - $10,000
|
Portfolio Managers Compensation
ProShare Advisors believes that its compensation program is competitively positioned to attract and retain high-caliber investment professionals. The
compensation package for portfolio managers consists of a fixed base salary, an annual incentive bonus opportunity and a competitive benefits package. A portfolio managers salary compensation is designed to be competitive with the marketplace
and reflect a portfolio managers relative experience and contribution to the firm. Fixed base salary compensation is reviewed and adjusted annually to reflect increases in the cost of living and market rates.
The annual incentive bonus opportunity provides cash bonuses based upon the overall firms performance and individual contributions. Principal
consideration is given to appropriate risk management, teamwork and investment support activities in determining the annual bonus amount.
Portfolio managers are eligible to participate in the firms standard employee benefits programs, which include a competitive 401(k) retirement savings program with employer match, life insurance coverage, and health and welfare
programs.
Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers
Portfolio managers are generally responsible for multiple investment company accounts. Listed below for each portfolio manager are the number and type of accounts managed or overseen by such portfolio manager as of
May 31, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of Portfolio Manager
|
|
Number of All Registered
Investment
Companies
Managed/Total Assets
|
|
Number of All Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles
Managed/Total Assets
|
|
Number of All Other
Accounts Managed/
Total
Assets
|
George Foster
|
|
176/$24.05 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
18/$1.34 billion
|
Howard Rubin
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
18/$1.34 billion
|
Michele Liu
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
0/$0
|
Michael Neches
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
0/$0
|
Robert Parker
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
18/$1.34 billion
|
Nishantha Ratnayake
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
0/$0
|
Steven Schoffstall
|
|
62/$18.07 billion
|
|
0/$0
|
|
0/$0
|
In the course of providing advisory services, the Advisor may simultaneously recommend the sale of
a particular security for one account while recommending the purchase of the same security for another account if such recommendations are consistent with each clients investment strategies. The Advisor also may recommend the purchase or sale
of securities that may also be recommended by ProFund Advisors LLC, an affiliate of the Advisor.
The Advisor, its principals, officers and
employees (and members of their families) and affiliates may participate directly or indirectly as investors in the Advisors clients, such as the Funds. Thus the Advisor may recommend to clients the purchase or sale of securities in which it,
or its officers, employees or related persons have a financial interest. The Advisor may give advice and take actions in the performance of its duties to its clients that differ from the advice given or the timing and nature of actions taken, with
respect to other clients accounts and/or employees accounts that may invest in some of the same securities recommended to clients.
35
In addition, the Advisor, its affiliates and principals may trade for their own accounts. Consequently,
non-customer and proprietary trades may be executed and cleared through any prime broker or other broker utilized by clients. It is possible that officers or employees of the Advisor may buy or sell securities or other instruments that the Advisor
has recommended to, or purchased for, its clients and may engage in transactions for their own accounts in a manner that is inconsistent with the Advisors recommendations to a client. Personal securities transactions by employees may raise
potential conflicts of interest when such persons trade in a security that is owned by, or considered for purchase or sale for, a client. The Advisor has adopted policies and procedures designed to detect and prevent such conflicts of interest and,
when they do arise, to ensure that it effects transactions for clients in a manner that is consistent with its fiduciary duty to its clients and in accordance with applicable law.
Any Access Person of the Advisor may make security purchases subject to the terms of the ProShare Advisors Code of Ethics which is consistent with the
requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act.
The Advisor and its affiliated persons may come into possession from time to time of
material nonpublic and other confidential information about companies which, if disclosed, might affect an investors decision to buy, sell, or hold a security. Under applicable law, the Advisor and its affiliated persons would be prohibited
from improperly disclosing or using this information for their personal benefit or for the benefit of any person, regardless of whether the person is a client of the Advisor. Accordingly, should the Advisor or any affiliated person come into
possession of material nonpublic or other confidential information with respect to any company, the Advisor and its affiliated persons will have no responsibility or liability for failing to disclose the information to clients as a result of
following its policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable law.
Investment Advisory Agreement
Under an investment advisory agreement between ProShare Advisors and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, dated December 14, 2005, as amended
(Agreement or Advisory Agreement), each Fund pays ProShare Advisors a fee at an annualized rate, based on its average daily net assets, of 0.75%. ProShare Advisors manages the investment and the reinvestment of the assets of
each of the Funds, in accordance with the investment objectives, policies, and limitations of the Fund, subject to the general supervision and control of the Trustees and the Officers of the Funds. The address of ProShare Advisors is 7501 Wisconsin
Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. ProShare Advisors bears all costs associated with providing these advisory services. ProShare Advisors has contractually agreed to waive investment advisory and management services fees and to reimburse
other expenses to the extent total annual operating expenses, as a percentage of average daily net assets, exceed 0.95% through September 30, 2008 for each Fund. After such date, the expense limitation may be terminated or revised. Amounts
waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year may be recouped by ProShare Advisors within five years of waiver or reimbursement to the extent that recoupment will not cause a Funds expenses to exceed any expense limitation in place at that
time. ProShare Advisors, from its own resources, including profits from advisory fees received from the Funds, also may make payments to broker-dealers and other financial institutions for their expenses in connection with the distribution of the
Funds Shares. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees approving the investment advisory agreement of the Trust will be (or is) available in the Trusts Annual and/or Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders. The Investment
Advisory fees paid as well as any amounts reimbursed pursuant to the Expense Limitation Agreement for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 for each Fund that was operational as of that date are set forth below.
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Investment Advisory Fees
|
|
Advisory Reimbursement
|
ProShares Ultra QQQ
|
|
$
|
5,478,722
|
|
$
|
669,160
|
ProShares Ultra Dow30
|
|
$
|
1,843,668
|
|
$
|
175,665
|
ProShares Ultra S&P500
|
|
$
|
4,653,000
|
|
$
|
180,250
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
$
|
689,534
|
|
$
|
278,398
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
96,228
|
|
$
|
146,746
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
|
|
$
|
584,910
|
|
$
|
421,746
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
68,007
|
|
$
|
100,604
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
160,386
|
|
$
|
130,951
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
55,360
|
|
$
|
109,675
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
98,538
|
|
$
|
131,436
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
64,923
|
|
$
|
168,368
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
75,298
|
|
$
|
164,667
|
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
165,463
|
|
$
|
104,346
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
61,130
|
|
$
|
87,973
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
31,752
|
|
$
|
88,154
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
$
|
2,293,196
|
|
$
|
265,245
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
|
|
$
|
99,287
|
|
$
|
105,375
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
$
|
69,251
|
|
$
|
100,248
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
483,734
|
|
$
|
156,021
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
$
|
196,127
|
|
$
|
102,827
|
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
270,432
|
|
$
|
115,778
|
ProShares Ultra Technology
|
|
$
|
417,345
|
|
$
|
158,319
|
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
15,935
|
|
$
|
40,177
|
ProShares Ultra Utilities
|
|
$
|
107,270
|
|
$
|
94,092
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
$
|
625,697
|
|
$
|
175,126
|
ProShares Short Dow 30
|
|
$
|
1,019,676
|
|
$
|
136,313
|
ProShares Short S&P 500
|
|
$
|
1,927,759
|
|
$
|
61,354
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
$
|
467,216
|
|
$
|
101,610
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
92,018
|
|
$
|
72,503
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
$
|
446,130
|
|
$
|
112,810
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
$
|
11,712,343
|
|
$
|
1,132,283
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
|
|
$
|
3,829,678
|
|
$
|
178,085
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500
|
|
$
|
14,102,524
|
|
$
|
0
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
$
|
1,484,433
|
|
$
|
63,346
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
437,693
|
|
$
|
83,320
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
$
|
5,002,384
|
|
$
|
438,037
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
52,553
|
|
$
|
68,549
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
103,007
|
|
$
|
75,997
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
45,959
|
|
$
|
67,544
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
51,169
|
|
$
|
66,332
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
236,121
|
|
$
|
98,279
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
235,418
|
|
$
|
91,988
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
616,193
|
|
$
|
105,658
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
134,447
|
|
$
|
76,732
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
297,209
|
|
$
|
80,646
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
$
|
8,420,968
|
|
$
|
75,011
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
|
|
$
|
80,052
|
|
$
|
72,915
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
$
|
140,570
|
|
$
|
77,479
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
3,271,922
|
|
$
|
155,438
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
$
|
4,202,956
|
|
$
|
150,961
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
106,430
|
|
$
|
72,713
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
$
|
199,989
|
|
$
|
72,554
|
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
12,979
|
|
$
|
38,939
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
$
|
127,043
|
|
$
|
80,644
|
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
70,340
|
|
$
|
88,988
|
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
140,132
|
|
$
|
98,166
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
302,222
|
|
$
|
101,030
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
981,894
|
|
$
|
81,023
|
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
$
|
2,234,683
|
|
$
|
293,892
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
$
|
79,748
|
|
$
|
127,339
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
11,355
|
|
$
|
39,350
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
21,156
|
|
$
|
40,250
|
Codes of Ethics
The Trust, ProShare Advisors and the Distributor each have adopted a consolidated code of ethics (the COE), as required by applicable law, which is designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust,
ProShare Advisors and the Distributor from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Funds (which may also be held by persons subject to a code of ethics). There can be
no assurance that the COE will be effective in preventing such activities. The COE permits personnel subject to it to invest in securities, including securities that may be held or purchased by a Fund. The COE is on file with the SEC and is
available to the public.
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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS POLICY
The Trust has adopted a policy regarding the disclosure of information about each Funds portfolio holdings, which is reviewed on an annual basis.
The Board of Trustees must approve all material amendments to this policy. A complete schedule of each Funds portfolio holdings as of the end of each fiscal quarter will be filed with the SEC (and publicly available) within 60 days of the end
of such fiscal quarter. In addition, each Funds portfolio holdings will be publicly disseminated each day the Funds are open for business via the Funds website at www.proshares.com.
The portfolio composition file (PCF) and the IIV file, which contain equivalent portfolio holdings information, will be made available as
frequently as daily to the Funds service providers to facilitate the provision of services to the Funds and to certain other entities (Entities) in connection with the dissemination of information necessary for transactions in
Creation Units, as contemplated by exemptive orders issued by the SEC and other legal and business requirements pursuant to which the Funds create and redeem Shares. Entities are generally limited to National Securities Clearing Corporation
(NSCC) members and subscribers to various fee-based services, including large institutional investors (Authorized Participants) that have been authorized by the Distributor to purchase and redeem Creation Units and other
institutional market participants that provide information services. Each business day, Fund portfolio holdings information will be provided to the Distributor or other agent for dissemination through the facilities of the NSCC and/or through other
fee-based services to NSCC members and/or subscribers to the fee-based services, including Authorized Participants, and to entities that publish and/or analyze such information in connection with the process of purchasing or redeeming Creation Units
or trading Shares of Funds in the secondary market.
Daily access to the PCF and IIV file is permitted (i) to certain personnel of
those service providers that are involved in portfolio management and providing administrative, operational, or other support to portfolio management, including Authorized Participants, and (ii) to other personnel of the Advisor and the
Funds distributor, administrator, custodian and fund accountant who are involved in functions which may require such information to conduct business in the ordinary course.
Portfolio holdings information may not be provided prior to its public availability (Non-Standard Disclosure) in other circumstances except
where appropriate confidentiality arrangements limiting the use of such information are in effect. Non-Standard Disclosure may be authorized by the Trusts Chief Compliance Officer or, in his absence, any other authorized officer of the Trust
if he determines that such disclosure is in the best interests of the Funds shareholders, no conflict exists between the interests of the Funds shareholders and those of the Advisor or Distributor and such disclosure serves a legitimate
business purpose. The length of lag, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information is disclosed shall be determined by the officer authorizing the disclosure.
The Board of Trustees has adopted a Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy and will review the Policy annually.
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
Administrator,
Index Receipt Agent, and Fund Accounting Agent
J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co., 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108, acts as
Administrator to the Funds pursuant to an administration agreement dated December 15, 2005. The Administrator provides the Funds with all required general administrative services, including, without limitation, office space, equipment, and
personnel; clerical and general back office services; bookkeeping, internal accounting, and secretarial services; the determination of NAVs; and the preparation and filing of all reports, registration statements, proxy statements, and all other
materials required to be filed or furnished by the Funds under federal and state securities laws. The Administrator pays all fees and expenses that are directly related to the services provided by the Administrator to the Funds; each Fund reimburses
the Administrator for all fees and expenses incurred by the Administrator which are not directly related to the services the Administrator provides to the Funds under the service agreement. Each Fund may also reimburse the Administrator for such
out-of-pocket expenses as incurred by the Administrator in the performance of its duties. For these services, each Fund that was operational for period indicated paid the Administrator the amounts set forth below.
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|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
May 31, 2008
|
ProShares Ultra QQQ
|
|
$
|
241,212
|
ProShares Ultra Dow30
|
|
$
|
166,870
|
ProShares Ultra S&P 500
|
|
$
|
232,366
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
$
|
123,283
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
53,265
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
|
|
$
|
118,903
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
44,703
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
58,408
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
43,010
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
51,003
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
48,448
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
50,482
|
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
58,911
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
43,925
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
40,743
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
$
|
145,175
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
|
|
$
|
59,646
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
$
|
46,437
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
106,380
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
$
|
51,834
|
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
68,134
|
ProShares Ultra Technology
|
|
$
|
89,999
|
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
4,260
|
ProShares Ultra Utilities
|
|
$
|
51,611
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
$
|
91,191
|
ProShares Short Dow 30
|
|
$
|
105,438
|
ProShares Short S&P 500
|
|
$
|
134,880
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
$
|
81,709
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
38,967
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
$
|
72,670
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
$
|
256,476
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
|
|
$
|
185,488
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500
|
|
$
|
265,214
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
$
|
121,196
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
74,293
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
$
|
197,225
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
29,589
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
36,707
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
29,003
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
28,176
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
54,884
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
50,458
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
71,041
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
42,178
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
49,425
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
$
|
214,689
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
|
|
$
|
37,608
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
$
|
39,654
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
140,620
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
$
|
184,437
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
37,275
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
$
|
39,048
|
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
2,780
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
$
|
44,527
|
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
15,060
|
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
29,861
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
44,663
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
70,951
|
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
$
|
101,300
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
$
|
17,122
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
2,434
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
4,018
|
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ProShare Advisors, pursuant to a separate Management Services Agreement, performs certain administrative
services on behalf of the Funds, such as negotiating, coordinating and implementing the Trusts contractual obligations with such Service Providers; monitoring, overseeing and reviewing the performance of such Service Providers to ensure
adherence to applicable contractual obligations and preparing or coordinating reports and presentations to the Board of Trustees with respect to such Service Providers as requested or as deemed necessary. For these services, the Trust pays to
ProShare Advisors a fee at the annual rate of 0.10% of average daily net assets for all of the Funds. For the most recent fiscal year, each Fund that was operational for the period indicated paid ProShare Advisors the amount set forth below pursuant
to the Management Services Agreement.
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended
May 31, 2008
|
ProShares Ultra QQQ
|
|
$
|
730,488
|
ProShares Ultra Dow30
|
|
$
|
245,820
|
ProShares Ultra S&P 500
|
|
$
|
620,393
|
ProShares Ultra MidCap400
|
|
$
|
91,937
|
ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
12,830
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000
|
|
$
|
77,987
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
9,067
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
21,385
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
7,381
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
13,138
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
8,656
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
10,040
|
ProShares Ultra Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
22,062
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
8,151
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
4,233
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
$
|
305,755
|
ProShares Ultra Health Care
|
|
$
|
13,238
|
ProShares Ultra Industrials
|
|
$
|
9,233
|
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
64,497
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
$
|
26,149
|
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
36,057
|
ProShares Ultra Technology
|
|
$
|
55,645
|
ProShares Ultra Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
2,125
|
ProShares Ultra Utilities
|
|
$
|
14,302
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
$
|
83,425
|
ProShares Short Dow 30
|
|
$
|
135,955
|
ProShares Short S&P 500
|
|
$
|
257,032
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
$
|
62,295
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
12,269
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
$
|
59,483
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
$
|
1,561,630
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow 30
|
|
$
|
510,618
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P 500
|
|
$
|
1,880,315
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
$
|
197,922
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
58,358
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
$
|
666,977
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
7,007
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
13,734
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
6,128
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
6,823
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
31,482
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
|
$
|
31,389
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
82,158
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
17,926
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
39,627
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
$
|
1,122,782
|
ProShares UltraShort Health Care
|
|
$
|
10,674
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
$
|
18,742
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
436,251
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
$
|
560,388
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
14,191
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
$
|
26,665
|
ProShares UltraShort Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
1,731
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
$
|
16,939
|
ProShares Short MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
9,379
|
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
18,684
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
|
$
|
40,296
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
|
$
|
130,917
|
ProShares UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25
|
|
$
|
297,954
|
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
|
$
|
10,633
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
1,514
|
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury
|
|
$
|
2,821
|
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Custodian
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. acts as custodian to the Funds. JPMorgan Chase Bank is located at 4 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11245.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) serves as independent registered
public accounting firm to the Funds. PwC provides audit services, tax return preparation and assistance, and consultation in connection with certain SEC filings. PwCs address is 41 South High Street, Suite 2500, Columbus, OH 43215.
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP, One
International Place, Boston, MA 02110, serves as counsel to the Funds.
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co. serves as the distributor and principal underwriter in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Its address is One
Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA. 19456. The Distributor has no role in determining the investment policies of the Trust or any of the Funds, or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Trust or any of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended
May 31, 2008, ProShare Advisors paid $349,409 to the Distributor as compensation for services.
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Principal Financial Officer/Treasurer Services Agreement
The Trust has entered into an agreement with Foreside Compliance Services, LLC (Foreside), pursuant to which Foreside provides the Trust with
the services of Simon D. Collier to serve as the Trusts Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer. The Trust pays Foreside an annual flat fee of $100,000 per year and an additional annual flat fee of $3,500 per Fund, and will reimburse
Foreside for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Foreside in providing services to the Trust. Foreside is located at Three Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008, the Trust paid $299,026 to Foreside for
services pursuant to its agreement.
Distribution and Service Plan
Shares will be continuously offered for sale by the Trust through the Distributor only in Creation Units, as described below under Purchase and
Issuance of Shares in Creation Units. Shares in less than Creation Units are not distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor also acts as agent for the Trust. The Distributor will deliver a prospectus to persons purchasing Shares in
Creation Units and will maintain records of both orders placed with it and confirmations of acceptance furnished by it. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
Inc. The Distributor has no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.
The Board of Trustees has approved a Distribution and Service Plan under which each Fund may pay financial intermediaries such as broker-dealers and investment advisors (Authorized Firms) up to 0.25%, on an annualized basis, of
average daily net assets of the Fund as reimbursement or compensation for distribution-related activities with respect to the Shares of the Fund and shareholder services. Under the Distribution and Service Plan, the Trust or the Distributor may
enter into agreements (Distribution and Service Agreements) with Authorized Firms that purchase Shares on behalf of their clients. There are currently no plans to impose distribution fees.
The Distribution and Service Plan and Distribution and Service Agreements will remain in effect for a period of one year and will continue in effect
thereafter only if such continuance is specifically approved annually by a vote of the Trustees in the manner described above. All material amendments of the Distribution and Service Plan must also be approved by the Trustees in the manner described
above. The Distribution and Service Plan may be terminated at any time by a majority of the Trustees as described above or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Service Shares of the affected Fund. The Distribution and Service Agreements may be
terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Trustees as described above or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of the affected Fund on not more than 60 days written notice to any other
party to the Distribution and Service Agreements. The Distribution and Service Agreements shall terminate automatically if assigned. The Trustees have determined that, in their judgment, there is a reasonable likelihood that the Distribution and
Service Plan will benefit the Funds and holders of Shares of the Funds. In the Trustees quarterly review of the Distribution and Service Plan and Distribution and Service Agreements, they will consider their continued appropriateness and the
level of compensation and/or reimbursement provided therein.
The Distribution and Service Plan is intended to permit the financing of a
broad array of distribution-related activities and services, as well as shareholder services, for the benefit of investors. These activities and services are intended to make the Shares an attractive investment alternative, which may lead to
increased assets, increased investment opportunities and diversification, and reduced per share operating expenses.
COSTS AND
EXPENSES
Each Fund bears all expenses of its operations other than those assumed by ProShare Advisors or the Administrator. Fund
expenses include: the investment advisory fee; management services fee; administrative fees, index receipt agent fees, transfer agency fees and shareholder servicing fees; custodian and accounting fees and expenses, legal and auditing fees;
securities valuation expenses; fidelity bonds and other insurance premiums; expenses of preparing and printing prospectuses, product descriptions, confirmations, proxy statements, and shareholder reports and notices; registration fees and expenses;
proxy and annual meeting expenses, if any; licensing fees; listing fees; all Federal, state, and local taxes (including, without limitation, stamp, excise, income, and franchise taxes); organizational costs; and Independent Trustees fees and
expenses.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SHARES
Organization and Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and registered investment company. The Trust was organized on May 29, 2002, and has authorized capital of unlimited Shares of beneficial interest of no par value which may be issued in more than
one class or series. Currently, the Trust consists of multiple separately managed series. The Board of Trustees may designate additional series of beneficial interest and classify Shares of a particular series into one or more classes of that
series.
All Shares of the Trust are freely transferable. The Trust Shares do not have preemptive rights or cumulative voting rights, and
none of the Shares have any preference to conversion, exchange, dividends, retirements, liquidation, redemption or any other feature. Trust Shares have equal voting rights, except that, in a matter affecting a particular series or class of Shares,
only Shares of that series or class may be entitled to vote on the matter. Trust shareholders are entitled to require the Trust to redeem Creation Units of their Shares. The Declaration of Trust confers upon the Board of Trustees the power, by
resolution, to alter the number of Shares constituting a Creation Unit or to specify that Shares of the Trust may be individually redeemable. The Trust reserves the right to adjust the stock prices of Shares of the Trust to maintain convenient
trading ranges for investors. Any such adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits which would have no effect on the net assets of the applicable Fund.
Under Delaware law, the Trust is not required to hold an annual shareholders meeting if the 1940 Act does not require such a meeting. Generally, there
will not be annual meetings of Trust shareholders. Trust shareholders may remove Trustees from office by votes cast at a meeting of Trust shareholders or by written consent. If requested by shareholders of at least 10% of the outstanding Shares of
the Trust, the Trust will call a meeting of Funds shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of a Trustee of the Trust and will assist in communications with other Trust shareholders.
The Declaration of Trust of the Trust disclaims liability of the shareholders or the Officers of the Trust for acts or obligations of the Trust which are
binding only on the assets and property of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification of the Trusts property for all loss and expense of any Funds shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust. The
risk of a Trust shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which loss of account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Funds would not be able to meet the
Trusts obligations and this risk, thus, should be considered remote.
If a Fund does not grow to a size to permit it to be
economically viable, the Fund may cease operations. In such an event, investors may be required to liquidate or transfer their investments at an inopportune time.
Book Entry Only System
The DTC acts as securities depositary for the Shares. The Shares of each Fund are represented by
global securities registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC. Except as provided below, certificates will not be issued for Shares.
DTC has advised the Trust as follows: it is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal
Reserve System, a clearing corporation within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a clearing agency registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the 1934 Act. DTC was created to hold
securities of its participants (DTC Participants) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the DTC
Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or
their representatives) own DTC. More specifically, DTC is owned by a number of its DTC Participants and by the NYSE, the AMEX and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks,
brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly (Indirect Participants). DTC agrees with and represents to DTC Participants that it will
43
administer its book-entry system in accordance with its rules and by-laws and requirements of law. Beneficial ownership of Shares is limited to DTC
Participants, Indirect Participants and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in Shares (owners of such beneficial interests are referred to herein as Beneficial
owners) is shown on, and the transfer of ownership is effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to DTC Participants) and on the records of DTC Participants (with respect to Indirect Participants and Beneficial owners that
are not DTC Participants). Beneficial owners will receive from or through the DTC Participant a written confirmation relating to their purchase of Shares. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such laws may impair the ability of certain investors to acquire beneficial interests in Shares.
Beneficial owners of Shares are not entitled to have Shares registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and are not considered the registered holder thereof.
Accordingly, each Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of DTC, the DTC Participant and any Indirect Participant through which such Beneficial Owner holds its interests, to exercise any rights of a holder of Shares. The Trust understands that
under existing industry practice, in the event the Trust requests any action of holders of Shares, or a Beneficial Owner desires to take any action that DTC, as the record owner of all outstanding Shares, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the
DTC Participants to take such action and that the DTC Participants would authorize the Indirect Participants and Beneficial owners acting through such DTC Participants to take such action and would otherwise act upon the instructions of Beneficial
owners owning through them. As described above, the Trust recognizes DTC or its nominee as the owner of all Shares for all purposes. Conveyance of all notices, statements and other communications to Beneficial owners is effected as follows. Pursuant
to the Depositary Agreement between the Trust and DTC, DTC is required to make available to the Trust upon request and for a fee to be charged to the Trust a listing of Shares holdings of each DTC Participant. The Trust shall inquire of each such
DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial owners holding Shares, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant. The Trust shall provide each such DTC Participant with copies of such notice, statement or other communication, in such form,
number and at such place as such DTC Participant may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial owners. In addition, the Trust
shall pay to each such DTC Participant a fair and reasonable amount as reimbursement for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
Distributions of Shares shall be made to DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., as the registered holder of all Shares. DTC or its nominee, upon
receipt of any such distributions, shall credit immediately DTC Participants accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Shares as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. Payments by DTC
Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial owners of Shares held through such DTC Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in
bearer form or registered in a street name, and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants. The Trust has no responsibility or liability for any aspects of the records relating to or notices to Beneficial owners, or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such Shares, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and the DTC
Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial owners owning through such DTC Participants.
DTC may determine to discontinue providing its service with respect to Shares at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Trust and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under
such circumstances, the Trust shall take action either to find a replacement for DTC to perform its functions at a comparable cost or, if such a replacement is unavailable, to issue and deliver printed certificates representing ownership of Shares,
unless the Trust makes other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the AMEX. In addition, certain brokers may make a dividend reinvestment service available to their clients. Brokers offering such services may require investors to adhere
to specific procedures and timetables in order to participate. Investors interested in such a service should contact their broker for availability and other necessary details.
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PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES
Background
The Board of Trustees has adopted policies
and procedures with respect to voting proxies relating to portfolio securities of the Funds, pursuant to which the Board of Trustees has delegated responsibility for voting such proxies to the Advisor subject to the Board of Trustees
continuing oversight.
Policies and Procedures
The Advisors proxy voting policies and procedures (the Guidelines) are designed to maximize shareholder value and protect shareowner interests when voting proxies. The Advisors Proxy Oversight Committee (the
Proxy Committee) exercises and documents the Advisors responsibility with regard to voting of client proxies. The Proxy Committee is composed of representatives of the Advisors Compliance, Legal and Portfolio Management
Departments, and chaired by the Advisors Chief Compliance Officer. The Proxy Committee reviews and monitors the effectiveness of the Guidelines.
To assist the Advisor in its responsibility for voting proxies and the overall proxy voting process, the Advisor has retained ISS Governance Services (ISS) as an expert in the proxy voting and corporate
governance area. ISS is a unit of RiskMetrics Group, an independent company that specializes in, among other things, providing a variety of proxy-related services to institutional investment managers, plan sponsors, custodians, consultants and other
institutional investors. The services provided by ISS include in-depth research, global issuer analysis and voting recommendations as well as vote execution, reporting and record keeping. ISS issues quarterly reports for the Advisor to review to
assure proxies are being voted properly. The Advisor and ISS also perform spot checks intra-quarter to match the voting activity with available shareholder meeting information. ISSs management meets on a regular basis to discuss its approach
to new developments and amendments to existing policies. Information on such developments or amendments in turn is provided to the Proxy Committee. The Proxy Committee reviews and, as necessary, may amend periodically the Guidelines to address new
or revised proxy voting policies or procedures.
The Guidelines are maintained and implemented by ISS and are an extensive list of common
proxy voting issues with recommended voting actions based on the overall goal of achieving maximum shareholder value and protection of shareholder interests. Generally, proxies are voted in accordance with the voting recommendations contained in the
Guidelines. If necessary, the Advisor will be consulted by ISS on non-routine issues. Proxy issues identified in the Guidelines include but are not limited to:
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Proxy Contests - considering factors such as voting for nominees in contested elections and reimbursement of expenses.
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Election of Auditors - considering factors such as independence and reputation of the auditing firm.
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Proxy Contest Defenses - considering factors such as board structure and cumulative voting.
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Tender Offer Defenses - considering factors such as poison pills
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Miscellaneous Governance Issues - considering factors such as confidential voting and equal access.
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Capital Structure - considering factors such as common stock authorization and stock distributions.
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Executive and Director Compensation - considering factors such as performance goals and employee stock purchase plans.
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State of Incorporation - considering factors such as state takeover statutes and voting on reincorporation proposals.
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Mergers and Corporate Restructuring - considering factors such as spin-offs and asset sales.
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A full description of each guideline and voting policy is maintained by the Advisor, and a complete copy of the Guidelines is available upon request.
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Conflicts of Interest
From time to time, proxy issues may pose a material conflict of interest between Fund shareholders and the Advisor, the underwriter or any affiliates thereof. Due to the limited nature of the Advisors activities
(
e.g.
, no underwriting business, no publicly traded affiliates, no investment banking activities and no research recommendations), conflicts of interest are likely to be infrequent. Nevertheless, it shall be the duty of the Proxy Committee to
monitor potential conflicts of interest. In the event a conflict of interest arises, the Advisor will direct ISS to use its independent judgment to vote affected proxies in accordance with approved guidelines. The Proxy Committee will disclose to
the Board of Trustees the voting issues that created the conflict of interest and the manner in which ISS voted such proxies.
Record of Proxy Voting
The Advisor, with the assistance of ISS, shall maintain for a period of at least five years a record of each proxy statement received
and materials that were considered when the proxy was voted during the calendar year. Information on how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities for the 12-month (or shorter) period ended June 30 will be available
(1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Advisor at 1-866-PRO-5125, (2) on the Trusts web site, and (3) on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
The Trust issues and redeems Shares of
each Fund only in aggregations of Creation Units. The number of Shares of a Fund that constitute a Creation Unit for each Fund and the value of such Creation Unit as of each Funds inception were 75,000 and $5,250,000, respectively.
See Purchase and Issuance of Shares in Creation Units and Redemption of Shares in Creation Units below. The Board of Trustees
of the Trust reserves the right to declare a split or a consolidation in the number of Shares outstanding of any Fund of the Trust, and may make a corresponding change in the number of Shares constituting a Creation Unit, in the event that the per
Shares price in the secondary market rises (or declines) to an amount that falls outside the range deemed desirable by the Board.
Purchase and Issuance
of Creation Units
The Trust issues and sells Shares only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without a
sales load, at their NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined herein), of an order in proper form.
A
Business Day with respect to each Fund is any day on which the NYSE is open for business.
Creation Units of Shares may be
purchased only by or through a DTC Participant that has entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Distributor (Authorized Participant). Such Authorized Participant will agree pursuant to the terms of such Authorized
Participant Agreement on behalf of itself or any investor on whose behalf it will act, as the case may be, to certain conditions, including that such Authorized Participant will make available an amount of cash sufficient to pay the Balancing Amount
and the transaction fee described below. The Authorized Participant may require the investor to enter into an agreement with such Authorized Participant with respect to certain matters, including payment of the Balancing Amount. Investors who are
not Authorized Participants must make appropriate arrangements with an Authorized Participant. Investors should be aware that their particular broker may not be a DTC Participant or may not have executed an Authorized Participant Agreement, and that
therefore orders to purchase Creation Units of Shares may have to be placed by the investors broker through an Authorized Participant. As a result, purchase orders placed through an Authorized Participant may result in additional charges to
such investor. The Trust does not expect to enter into an Authorized Participant Agreement with more than a small number of DTC Participants.
Portfolio
Deposit (Ultra ProShares only)
The consideration for purchase of a Creation Unit of Shares of a Ultra ProShares generally consists of
the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities (Deposit Securities) constituting a representation of
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the Underlying Index for the Ultra ProShares, the Balancing Amount, and the appropriate transaction fee (collectively, the Portfolio Deposit).
The Balancing Amount will be the amount equal to the differential, if any, between the total aggregate market value of the Deposit Securities and the NAV of the Creation Units being purchased and will be paid to, or received from, the Trust after
the NAV has been calculated.
The Index Receipt Agent makes available through the NSCC on each Business Day, either immediately prior to
the opening of business on the Exchange or the night before, the list of the names and the required number of shares of each Deposit Security to be included in the current Portfolio Deposit (based on information at the end of the previous Business
Day) for each Ultra ProShares. Such Portfolio Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, in order to effect purchases of Creation Units of Shares of a given Ultra ProShares until such time as the next-announced Portfolio
Deposit composition is made available.
The identity and number of shares of the Deposit Securities required for a Portfolio Deposit for
each Fund changes as rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events are reflected from time to time by ProShare Advisors with a view to the investment objective of the Ultra ProShares. The composition of the Deposit Securities may also change
in response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the securities constituting the relevant securities index. In addition, the Trust reserves the right to permit or require the substitution of an amount of cash (i.e., a cash in
lieu amount) to be added to the Balancing Amount to replace any Deposit Security which may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or for other similar reasons. The adjustments described above will reflect changes, known to
ProShare Advisors on the date of announcement to be in effect by the time of delivery of the Portfolio Deposit, in the composition of the subject index being tracked by the relevant Ultra ProShares, or resulting from stock splits and other corporate
actions.
In addition to the list of names and numbers of securities constituting the current Deposit Securities of a Portfolio Deposit, on
each Business Day, the Balancing Amount effective through and including the previous Business Day, per outstanding Share of each Ultra ProShares, will be made available.
Shares may be issued in advance of receipt by the Trust of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities as described below. In these circumstances, the initial deposit will have a greater value than the NAV
of the Shares on the date the order is placed in proper form since, in addition to the available Deposit Securities, cash must be deposited in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Balancing Amount, plus (ii) 115% of the market value of
the undelivered Deposit Securities (the Additional Cash Deposit). An additional amount of cash shall be required to be deposited with the Trust, pending delivery of the missing Deposit Securities to the extent necessary to maintain the
Additional Cash Deposit with the Trust in an amount at least equal to 115% of the daily mark-to-market value of the missing Deposit Securities. The Participation Agreement will permit the Trust to buy the missing Deposit Securities any time.
Authorized Participants will be liable to the Trust for the costs incurred by the Trust in connection with any such purchases. These costs will be deemed to include the amount by which the actual purchase price of the Deposit Securities exceeds the
market value of such Deposit Securities on the day the purchase order was deemed received by the Distributor plus the brokerage and related transaction costs associated with such purchases. The Trust will return any unused portion of the Additional
Cash Deposit once all of the missing Deposit Securities have been properly received by the Custodian Bank or purchased by the Trust and deposited into the Trust. In addition, a transaction fee, as listed below, will be charged in all cases. The
delivery of Shares so purchased will occur no later than the third Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by the Distributor.
All questions as to the number of shares of each security in the Deposit Securities and the validity, form, eligibility and acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered shall be determined by the Trust,
and the Trusts determination shall be final and binding.
Cash Purchase Amount (Short ProShares only)
Creation Units of the Short ProShares will be sold only for cash (Cash Purchase Amount). Creation Units are sold at their NAV plus a
transaction fee, as described below, except that, for the Short International ProShares, purchase orders transmitted by mail must be received by the Distributor by the close of ETF trading on the NYSE Arca (ordinarily 4:15 pm. Eastern time).
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Purchases through the Clearing Process (Ultra ProShares only)
An Authorized Participant may place an order to purchase (or redeem) Creation Units (i) through the Continuous Net Settlement clearing processes of
NSCC as such processes have been enhanced to effect purchases (and redemptions) of Creation Units, such processes being referred to herein as the Clearing Process, or (ii) outside the Clearing Process. To purchase or redeem through
the Clearing Process, an Authorized Participant must be a member of NSCC that is eligible to use the Continuous Net Settlement system. For purchase orders placed through the Clearing Process, the Authorized Participant Agreement authorizes the
Distributor to transmit through the Transfer Agent to NSCC, on behalf of an Authorized Participant, such trade instructions as are necessary to effect the Authorized Participants purchase order. Pursuant to such trade instructions to NSCC, the
Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the requisite Deposit Securities and the Balancing Amount to the Trust, together with the Transaction Fee and such additional information as may be required by the Distributor. A purchase order must be
received by the Distributor at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement in order to receive that days
Closing NAV per Share.
Purchases Outside the Clearing Process
An Authorized Participant that wishes to place an order to purchase Creation Units outside the Clearing Process must state that it is not using the Clearing Process and that the purchase instead will be
effected through a transfer of securities and cash directly through DTC. All purchases of the Short ProShares will be settled outside the Clearing Process. Purchases (and redemptions) of Creation Units of the Ultra ProShares settled outside the
Clearing Process will be subject to a higher Transaction Fee than those settled through the Clearing Process. Purchase orders effected outside the Clearing Process are likely to require transmittal by the Authorized Participant earlier on the
Transmittal Date than orders effected using the Clearing Process. Those persons placing orders outside the Clearing Process should ascertain the deadlines applicable to DTC and the Federal Reserve Bank wire system by contacting the operations
department of the broker or depository institution effectuating such transfer of Deposit Securities and Balancing Amount (for the Ultra ProShares), or of the Cash Purchase Amount (for the Short ProShares) together with the applicable Transaction
Fee.
Rejection of Purchase Orders
The Trust reserves the absolute right to reject a purchase order transmitted to it by the Distributor in respect of any Fund if (a) the purchaser or group of purchasers, upon obtaining the Shares ordered, would own 80% or more of the
currently outstanding Shares of any Fund; (b) for the Ultra ProShares only, the Deposit Securities delivered are not as specified by ProShare Advisors and ProShare Advisors has not consented to acceptance of an in-kind deposit that varies from
the designated Deposit Securities; (c) for the Ultra ProShares only, acceptance of the purchase transaction order would have certain adverse tax consequences to the Fund; (d) the acceptance of the purchase transaction order would, in the
opinion of counsel, be unlawful; (e) the acceptance of the purchase order transaction would otherwise, in the discretion of the Trust or ProShare Advisors, have an adverse effect on the Trust or the rights of beneficial owners; (f) the
value of a Cash Purchase Amount, or the value of the Balancing Amount to accompany an in-kind deposit, exceeds a purchase authorization limit extended to an Authorized Participant by the custodian and the Authorized Participant has not deposited an
amount in excess of such purchase authorization with the custodian prior to the relevant cut-off time for the Fund on the Transmittal Date; or (g) in the event that circumstances outside the control of the Trust, the Distributor and ProShare
Advisors make it impractical to process purchase orders. The Trust shall notify a prospective purchaser of its rejection of the order of such person. The Trust and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give notification of any defects or
irregularities in the delivery of purchase transaction orders nor shall either of them incur any liability for the failure to give any such notification.
Redemption of Creation Units
Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt of a
redemption request in proper form by the Distributor on any Business Day. The Trust will not redeem Shares in amounts less than Creation Units. Beneficial owners also may sell Shares in the secondary market, but must accumulate enough Shares to
constitute a Creation Unit in order to have such Shares redeemed by the Trust. There can be no assurance, however, that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a Creation Unit of Shares.
Investors should expect to incur brokerage and other costs in connection with assembling a sufficient number of Shares to constitute a redeemable Creation Unit.
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Fund Securities (Ultra ProShares only)
With respect to each Ultra ProShares, ProShare Advisors makes available through the NSCC immediately prior to the opening of business on the Exchange on
each day that the Exchange is open for business the Portfolio Securities that will be applicable (subject to possible amendment or correction) to redemption requests received in proper form (as defined below) on that day (Fund
Securities). These securities may, at times, not be identical to Deposit Securities which are applicable to a purchase of Creation Units.
The redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit generally consist of Fund Securities, as announced by ProShare Advisors through the NSCC on any Business Day, plus the Balancing Amount. The redemption transaction fee described below is deducted
from such redemption proceeds.
Cash Redemption Amount (Short ProShares only)
The redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit of a Short ProShares will consist solely of cash in an amount equal to the NAV of the Shares being redeemed,
as next determined after a receipt of a request in proper form, less the redemption transaction fee described below (Cash Redemption Amount).
Placement of Redemption Orders Using Clearing Process
Orders to
redeem Creation Units of Funds through the Clearing Process must be delivered through an Authorized Participant that is a member of NSCC that is eligible to use the Continuous Net Settlement System. A redemption order (other than for Short
International ProShares) must be received by the Distributor prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant
Agreement in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. A redemption order for Short International ProShares must be received by the Distributor prior to the close of ETF trading on NYSE Arca (ordinarily 4:15 p.m. Eastern time) if
transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. All other procedures set forth in
the Participant Agreement must be followed in order for you to receive the NAV determined on that day. The requisite Fund Securities and the Balancing Amount (for the Ultra ProShares) or the Cash Redemption Amount (for the Short ProShares) will be
transferred by the third (3
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) NSCC Business Day following the date on which such request for redemption is deemed received.
Placement of Redemption Orders Outside Clearing Process
Orders to redeem Creation Units of Funds outside the Clearing Process must be delivered through a DTC Participant that has executed the Participant Agreement. A DTC Participant who wishes to place an order for redemption of Creation Units
of a Fund to be effected outside the Clearing Process need not be a Participating Party, but such orders must state that the DTC Participant is not using the Clearing Process and that redemption of Creation Units will instead be effected through
transfer of Shares directly through DTC. A redemption order (other than for Short International ProShares) must be received by the Distributor prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by
telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement in order to receive that days closing NAV per Share. A redemption order for Short International ProShares must be received by the Distributor prior to the
close of ETF trading on NYSE Arca (ordinarily 4:15 p.m. Eastern time) if transmitted by mail or by 3:00 p.m. Eastern time if transmitted by telephone, facsimile or other electronic means permitted under the Participant Agreement in order to receive
that days closing NAV per Share. All other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement must be followed in order for you to receive the NAV determined on that day. The order must be accompanied or preceded by the requisite number of
Shares of Funds specified in such order, which delivery must be made through DTC to the Custodian by the third Business Day following such Transmittal Date (DTC Cut-Off Time). All other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement
must be properly followed.
After the Transfer Agent has deemed an order for redemption outside the Clearing Process received, the Transfer
Agent will initiate procedures to transfer the requisite Fund Securities (for the Ultra ProShares only) which are expected to be delivered within three Business Days and the Cash Redemption Amount (for all Funds) by the third Business Day following
the Transmittal Date on which such redemption order is deemed received by the Transfer Agent.
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In certain instances, Authorized Participants may create and redeem Creation Unit aggregations of the
same Fund on the same trade date. In this instance, the Trust reserves the right to settle these transactions on a net basis.
Redemptions in Cash
For Ultra ProShares, if it is not possible to effect deliveries of the Fund Securities, the Fund may in its discretion exercise its option
to redeem such Shares in cash, and the redeeming shareholder will be required to receive its redemption proceeds in cash. In addition, an investor may request a redemption in cash which the Ultra ProShares may, in its sole discretion, permit. In
either case, the investor will receive a cash payment equal to the NAV of its Shares based on the NAV of Shares of the relevant Fund next determined after the redemption request is received in proper form (minus a redemption transaction fee and
additional charge for requested cash redemptions specified above, to offset the Funds brokerage and other transaction costs associated with the disposition of Fund Securities). The Fund may also, in its sole discretion, upon request of a
shareholder, provide such redeemer a portfolio of securities which differs from the exact composition of the Fund Securities but does not differ in NAV.
For Short ProShares, all redemptions will be in cash.
The right of redemption may be suspended or the date
of payment postponed with respect to any Fund (1) for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings); (2) for any period during which trading on the NYSE is suspended or restricted;
(3) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the shares of the Funds portfolio securities or determination of its NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (4) in such other circumstance as is
permitted by the SEC.
Transaction Fees
Transaction fees are imposed as set forth in the table in the prospectus. Transaction fees payable to the Trust are imposed to compensate the Trust for the transfer and other transaction costs of a Fund associated with the issuance and
redemption of Creation Units of Shares. There is a fixed and a variable component to the total Transaction Fee. A fixed Transaction Fee is applicable to each creation or redemption transaction, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased or
redeemed. In addition, a variable Transaction Fee equal to a percentage of the value of each Creation Unit purchased or redeemed is applicable to each creation or redemption transaction.
Purchasers of Creation Units of Ultra ProShares for cash are required to pay an additional charge to compensate the relevant Fund for brokerage and
market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolios securities. Where the Trust permits an in-kind purchaser to substitute cash in lieu of depositing a portion of the Deposit Securities, the purchaser will be assessed an additional charge for
cash purchases.
Purchasers of Shares in Creation Units are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities constituting the
Deposit Securities to the account of the Trust. The purchase transaction fees for in-kind purchases and cash purchases (when available) are listed in the table below. Investors will also bear the costs of transferring securities from the Fund to
their account or on their order. Investors who use the services of a broker or other such intermediary may be charged a fee for such services.
Determination of NAV
NAV per Share for each Fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of such Fund (i.e.,
the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by the total number of Shares outstanding, rounded to the nearest cent. Expenses and fees, including the management, administration and distribution fees, are accrued daily and taken into account
for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV of each Fund other than the Short International ProShares is determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. The
NAV of each Short International ProShares is determined as of the close of ETF trading on the NYSE Arca (ordinarily 4:15 p.m. Eastern time).
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Continuous Offering
The method by which Creation Units of Shares are created and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of Shares are issued and sold by the Trust on an ongoing basis,
at any point a distribution, as such term is used in the 1933 Act, may occur. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed
participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the 1933 Act. For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory
underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent Shares and sells some or all of the Shares comprising such Creation Units directly to its customers; or if it chooses to couple the
creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for Shares. A determination of whether a person is an underwriter for the purposes of the 1933 Act depends upon all the facts and
circumstances pertaining to that persons activities. Thus, the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a categorization as an underwriter. Broker- dealer firms should
also note that dealers who are effecting transactions in Shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of Shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of
the 1933 Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act. The Trust has been granted an exemption by the SEC from this prospectus delivery obligation in ordinary secondary market transactions
involving Shares under certain circumstances, on the condition that purchasers of Shares are provided with a product description of the Shares. Broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not underwriters but are participating
in a distribution (as contrasted to ordinary secondary market transaction), and thus dealing with Shares that are part of an unsold allotment within the meaning of section 4(3)(C) of the 1933 Act, would be unable to take advantage of the
prospectus delivery exemption provided by section 4(3) of the 1933 Act. Firms that incur a prospectus-delivery obligation with respect to Shares are reminded that under 1933 Act Rule 153 a prospectus delivery obligation under Section 5(b)(2) of
the 1933 Act owed to a national securities exchange member in connection with a sale on the national securities exchange is satisfied by the fact that the Funds prospectus is available at the national securities exchange on which the Shares of
such Fund trade upon request. The prospectus delivery mechanism provided in Rule 153 is only available with respect to transactions on a national securities exchange and not with respect to upstairs transactions.
TAXATION
Overview
Set forth below is a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax issues concerning the Funds and the purchase, ownership, and disposition of a
Funds Shares. This discussion does not purport to be complete or to deal with all aspects of federal income taxation that may be relevant to shareholders in light of their particular circumstances, nor to certain types of shareholders subject
to special treatment under the federal income tax laws (for example, life insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions, and IRAs and other retirement plans). This discussion is based upon present provisions of the Code, the
regulations promulgated thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all of which are subject to change, which change may be retroactive. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the federal tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership, or disposition of a Funds Shares, as well as the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, foreign country, or other taxing jurisdiction.
Each Fund intends to qualify and elect to be treated each year as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. A RIC generally is not subject to federal income
tax on income and gains distributed in a timely manner to its shareholders. To qualify for treatment as a RIC, each Fund generally must, among other things:
(a) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from (i) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities
or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures, or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies; and (ii) net income from
interests in qualified publicly traded partnerships as described below (the income described in this subparagraph (a), Qualifying Income);
(b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of a Funds taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the market value of the Funds assets is represented by cash and cash items, U.S. government
securities, the securities of
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other RICs and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to a value not greater than 5% of the value of the
Funds total assets and to an amount not greater than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets is invested in (x) the securities (other than U.S. government
securities and the securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or of two or more issuers that the fund controls and that are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses, or (y) the securities of one or more qualified publicly
traded partnerships (as defined below); and
(c) distribute with respect to each taxable year at least 90% of its investment company
taxable income (as that term is defined in the Code without regard to the deduction for dividends paidgenerally, taxable ordinary income and the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses) and net
tax-exempt interest income, for such year.
In general, for purposes of the 90% of gross income requirement described in subparagraph
(a) above, income derived from a partnership will be treated as Qualifying Income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be Qualifying Income if realized directly by the RIC. However,
100% of the net income of a RIC derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership (defined as a partnership (x) interests in which are traded on an established securities market or readily tradable on a secondary
market or the substantial equivalent thereof, (y) that derives at least 90% of its income from the passive income sources defined in Code section 7704(d) and (z) that derives less than 90% of its income from the Qualifying Income described
in clause (i) of subparagraph (a) above) will be treated as Qualifying Income. In addition, although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to RICs, such rules do apply to a RIC with respect to items attributable to an
interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.
For purposes of meeting the diversification requirements described in subparagraph (b) above,
the term outstanding voting securities of such issuer will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership, and in the case of a Funds investments in loan participations, the Fund shall treat both the
financial intermediary and the issuer of the underlying loan as an issuer.
If, in any taxable year, a Fund were to fail to
qualify for taxation as a RIC under the Code, the Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates, and all distributions from earnings and profits, including distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gain
(if any), would be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. Distributions from the Fund would not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income. In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund may be required to
recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain distributions.
As noted above, if a Fund qualifies as a
RIC that is accorded special tax treatment, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income distributed in a timely manner to its shareholders in the form of dividends (including Capital Gain Dividends, as defined below).
Amounts not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a prescribed formula are subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax at the Fund level. To
avoid the tax, each Fund must distribute during each calendar year an amount equal to the sum of (1) at least 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital gains or losses) for the calendar year, (2) at least 98% of its
capital gains in excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for a one-year period generally ending on October 31 of the calendar year, and (3) all such ordinary income and capital gains that were not distributed in
previous years. For this purpose, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it has been subject to corporate income tax in the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund intends generally to make distributions
sufficient to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax, although there can be no assurance that the Funds will be able to do so.
A
distribution will be treated as paid on December 31 of a calendar year if it is declared by a Fund in October, November or December of that year with a record date in such a month and paid by the Fund during January of the following year. Such
distributions will be taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the distributions are declared, rather than the calendar year in which the distributions are received.
Options, Futures, Forward Contracts and Swaps
Regulated futures contracts and certain options
(namely, non-equity options and dealer equity options) in which a Fund may invest may be section 1256 contracts. Gains (or losses) on these contracts generally are
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considered to be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses; however foreign currency gains or losses arising from certain section 1256
contracts may be ordinary in character (see Foreign Currency Transactions below). Also, section 1256 contracts held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year (and on certain other dates prescribed in the Code) are
mark-to-market with the result that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized.
The tax treatment of
a payment made or received on a swap to which a Fund is a party, and in particular whether such payment is, in whole or in part, capital or ordinary in character, will vary depending upon the terms of the particular swap contract.
Transactions in options, futures, forward contracts and swaps undertaken by the Funds may result in straddles for federal income tax
purposes. The straddle rules may affect the character of gains (or losses) realized by a Fund, and losses realized by the Fund on positions that are part of a straddle may be deferred under the straddle rules, rather than being taken into account in
calculating taxable income for the taxable year in which the losses are realized. In addition, certain carrying charges (including interest expense) associated with positions in a straddle may be required to be capitalized rather than deducted
currently. Certain elections that a Fund may make with respect to its straddle positions may also affect the amount, character and timing of the recognition of gains or losses from the affected positions.
Because only a few regulations implementing the straddle rules have been promulgated, the consequences of such transactions to the Funds are not entirely
clear. The straddle rules may increase the amount of short-term capital gain realized by a Fund, which is taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Because application of the straddle rules may affect the character of gains or
losses, defer losses and/or accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions, the amount which must be distributed to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain may be increased or decreased
substantially as compared to a fund that did not engage in such transactions.
More generally, investments by a Fund in options, futures,
forward contracts, swaps and other derivative financial instruments are subject to numerous special and complex tax rules. These rules could affect whether gains and losses recognized by a Fund are treated as ordinary or capital, accelerate the
recognition of income or gains to a Fund and defer or possibly prevent the recognition or use of certain losses by a Fund. The rules could, in turn, affect the amount, timing or character of the income distributed to shareholders by a Fund. In
addition, because the application of these rules may be uncertain under current law, an adverse determination or future Internal Revenue Service guidance with respect to these rules may affect whether a Fund has made sufficient distributions and
otherwise satisfied the relevant requirements to maintain its qualification as a RIC and avoid a fund-level tax.
Constructive Sales
Under certain circumstances, each Fund may recognize gain from a constructive sale of an appreciated financial position it holds if it enters
into a short sale, forward contract or other transaction that substantially reduces the risk of loss with respect to the appreciated position. In that event, each Fund would be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and
would be taxed on any gain (but would not recognize any loss) from the constructive sale. The character of gain from a constructive sale would depend upon each Funds holding period in the property. Appropriate adjustments would be made in the
amount of any gain or loss subsequently realized on the position to reflect the gain recognized on the constructive sale. Loss from a constructive sale would be recognized when the property was subsequently disposed of, and its character would
depend on the Funds holding period and the application of various loss deferral provisions of the Code. Constructive sale treatment does not generally apply to a transaction if such transaction is closed before the end of the 30th day after
the close of the Funds taxable year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position throughout the 60-day period beginning with the day such transaction closed. The term appreciated financial position excludes any position
that is mark-to-market.
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Original Issue Discount; Market Discount
Certain debt securities acquired by a Fund may be treated as debt securities that were originally issued at a discount. Generally, the amount of the
original issue discount is treated as interest income and is included in taxable income (and required to be distributed by the Fund) over the term of the debt security, even though payment of that amount is not received until a later time, usually
when the debt security matures. If a Fund purchases a debt security on a secondary market at a price lower than its stated redemption price, the excess of the stated redemption price over the purchase price is market discount. Generally,
any gain realized on the disposition of, and any partial payment of principal on, a debt security having market discount is treated as ordinary income to the extent the gain, or principal payment, does not exceed the accrued market
discount on the debt security. Market discount generally accrues in equal daily installments.
Foreign Investments and Taxes
Investment income and gains received by a Fund from foreign investments may be subject to foreign withholding and other taxes, which could decrease the
Funds return on those investments. The effective rate of foreign taxes to which a Fund will be subject depends on the specific countries in which its assets will be invested and the extent of the assets invested in each such country and,
therefore, cannot be determined in advance. Shareholders generally will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with respect to foreign taxes incurred by the Fund.
Foreign Currency Transactions
Gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that
occur between the time a Fund accrues income or other receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities generally are treated as
ordinary income or ordinary loss. Similarly, on disposition of some investments, including debt securities and certain forward contracts denominated in a foreign currency, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of the foreign
currency between the acquisition and disposition of the position also are treated as ordinary income or loss. In certain circumstances, a Fund may elect to treat foreign currency gain or loss attributable to a forward contract, a futures contract or
an option as capital gain or loss. Furthermore, foreign currency gain or loss arising from certain types of section 1256 contracts is treated as capital gain or loss, although a Fund may elect to treat foreign currency gain or loss from such
contracts as ordinary in character. These gains and losses, referred to under the Code as section 988 gains or losses, increase or decrease the amount of a Funds investment company taxable income available (and required) to be
distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income. If a Funds section 988 losses exceed other investment company taxable income during a taxable year, the Fund would not be able to make any ordinary dividend distributions, or distributions
made before the losses were realized would be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders, rather than as ordinary dividends, thereby reducing each shareholders basis in his or her Fund Shares.
Passive Foreign Investment Companies
The Funds may
invest in shares of foreign corporations that are classified under the Code as passive foreign investment companies (PFICs). In general, a foreign corporation is classified as a PFIC if at least one-half of its assets constitute
investment-type assets, or 75% or more of its gross income is investment-type income. Certain distributions from a PFIC, as well as gain from the sale of PFIC shares, are treated as excess distributions. Excess distributions are taxable
as ordinary income even though, absent application of the PFIC rules, certain excess distributions might have been classified as capital gains. If a Fund receives an excess distribution with respect to PFIC stock, the Fund itself may be subject to a
tax on a portion of the excess distribution, whether or not the corresponding income is distributed by the Fund to shareholders. In general, under the PFIC rules, an excess distribution is treated as having been realized ratably over the period
during which the Fund held the PFIC shares. Each Fund will itself be subject to tax on the portion of an excess distribution that is allocated to prior taxable years without the ability to reduce such tax by making distributions to Fund
shareholders, and an interest factor will be added to the tax as if the tax had been payable in such prior taxable years.
The Funds may be
eligible to elect alternative tax treatment with respect to PFIC shares. Under an election that currently is available in some circumstances, a Fund generally would be required to include in its gross income its share of the earnings of a PFIC on a
current basis, regardless of whether distributions were received from the
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PFIC in a given year. If this election were made, the special rules, discussed above, relating to the taxation of excess distributions, would not apply.
Another election would involve marking to market a Funds PFIC shares at the end of each taxable year, with the result that unrealized gains would be treated as though they were realized and reported as ordinary income. Any mark-to-market
losses and any loss from an actual disposition of PFIC shares would be deductible by the Fund as ordinary losses to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains included in income in prior years.
Mortgage Pooling Vehicles
The Funds may invest
directly or indirectly in residual interests in real estate mortgage conduits (REMICs) or taxable mortgage pools (TMPs). Under a Notice issued by the IRS in October 2006 and Treasury regulations that have yet to be issued but
may apply retroactively, a portion of a Funds income (including income allocated to the Fund from a REIT or other pass-through entity) that is attributable to a residual interest in a REMIC or an equity interest in a TMP (referred to in the
Code as an excess inclusion) will be subject to federal income tax in all events. This Notice also provides, and the regulations are expected to provide, that excess inclusion income of a RIC will be allocated to shareholders of the RIC
in proportion to the dividends received by such shareholders, with the same consequences as if the shareholders held the related interest directly. As a result, Funds investing in such interests may not be a suitable investment for charitable
remainder trusts (see Unrelated Business Taxable Income, below).
In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders
(i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an
individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on unrelated business income, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and otherwise might not be
required to file a tax return, to file a return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a non-U.S. shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.
Unrelated Business Taxable Income
Under current law,
income of a RIC that would be treated as UBTI if earned directly by a tax-exempt entity generally will not be attributed as UBTI to a tax-exempt entity that is a shareholder in the RIC. Notwithstanding this blocking effect, a tax-exempt
shareholder could realize UBTI by virtue of its investment in a Fund if Shares in a Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of Code Section 514(b).
A tax-exempt shareholder may also recognize UBTI if the Fund recognizes excess inclusion income derived from direct or indirect investments
in residual interests in REMICS or equity interests in TMPs if the amount of such income recognized by the Fund exceeds the Funds investment company taxable income (after taking into account deductions for dividends paid by the Fund).
Furthermore, any investment in residual interests of a collateralized mortgage obligation (a CMO) that has elected to be treated as a REMIC can create complex tax consequences, especially if the Fund has state or local governments or
other tax-exempt organizations as shareholders.
In addition, special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts
(CRTs) that invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. Under legislation enacted in December 2006, a CRT (as defined in section 664 of the Code) that realizes any UBTI
for a taxable year must pay an excise tax annually of an amount equal to such UBTI. Under IRS guidance issued in October 2006, a CRT will not recognize UBTI as a result of investing in a Fund that recognizes excess inclusion income.
Rather, if at any time during any taxable year a CRT (or one of certain other tax-exempt shareholders, such as the United States, a state or political subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and certain energy cooperatives) is a record
holder of a share in a Fund that recognizes excess inclusion income, then the Fund will be subject to a tax on that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to such shareholders at the
highest federal corporate income tax rate. The extent to which this IRS guidance remains applicable in light of the December 2006 legislation is unclear. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, each Fund may elect to specially allocate any such
tax to the applicable CRT, or other shareholder, and thus reduce such shareholders distributions
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for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholders interest in the Fund. The Funds have not yet determined whether such an
election will be made. CRTs are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the consequences of investing in a Fund.
Distributions
For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment company taxable income are generally taxable to a U.S. shareholder as ordinary income,
whether paid in cash or Shares. Distributions of net capital gains that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains from the sale of investments that a Fund has owned (or is treated as having owned) for more than one year over net
short-term capital losses that are properly designated by a Fund as capital gain dividends (Capital Gain Dividends), whether paid in cash or Shares, are taxable at long-term capital gains rates, regardless of how long the shareholder has
held the Funds Shares. Capital Gain Dividends are not eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction.
Distributions
attributable to the excess of net gains from the sale of investments that a Fund owned for one year or less over net long-term capital losses will be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions of capital gains are generally made after applying any
available capital loss carryforward. The following Funds had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards as of May 31, 2008.
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FUND
|
|
Captial loss
Carryforwards
Expiring 10/31/2014
|
|
Captial loss
Carryforwards
Expiring 10/31/2015
|
ProShares Ultra Russell1000 Value
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
130,032
|
ProShares Ultra Russell MidCap Value
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
487,807
|
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Value
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
988,098
|
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
291,486
|
ProShares Ultra Financials
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
317,962
|
ProShares Ultra Real Estate
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,156,071
|
ProShares Short QQQ
|
|
$
|
11,785,145
|
|
$
|
18,053,136
|
ProShares Short Dow30
|
|
$
|
3,884,813
|
|
$
|
12,428,119
|
ProShares Short S&P500
|
|
$
|
7,147,858
|
|
$
|
17,495,559
|
ProShares Short MidCap400
|
|
$
|
6,889,918
|
|
$
|
10,369,146
|
ProShares Short SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
608,042
|
ProShares Short Russell2000
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
127,092
|
ProShares UltraShort QQQ
|
|
$
|
65,260,977
|
|
$
|
538,089,915
|
ProShares UltraShort Dow30
|
|
$
|
8,492,428
|
|
$
|
83,165,147
|
ProShares UltraShort S&P500
|
|
$
|
24,105,023
|
|
$
|
204,687,697
|
ProShares UltraShort MidCap400
|
|
$
|
12,189,910
|
|
$
|
30,724,514
|
ProShares UltraShort SmallCap600
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
3,493,033
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell2000
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
31,957,502
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,004,536
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
332,637
|
ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000Growth
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,195,488
|
ProShares UltraShort Basic Materials
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
10,983,370
|
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,283,480
|
ProShares UltraShort Financials
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
44,904,963
|
ProShares UltraShort Healthcare
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
761,500
|
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
2,555,682
|
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
17,972,815
|
ProShares UltraShort Real Estate
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
11,860,408
|
ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
2,425,997
|
ProShares UltraShort Technology
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
1,670,373
|
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
$
|
866,821
|
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Long term capital gain rates applicable to non-corporate shareholders have been temporarily reduced to,
in general 15% (with lower rates applying to taxpayers in the 10% and 15% ordinary income brackets) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011.
Investors should be careful to consider the tax implications of buying Shares of a Fund just prior to a distribution. The price of Shares purchased at this time will include the amount of the forthcoming distribution,
but the distribution will generally be taxable.
Shareholders will be notified annually as the U.S. federal tax status of Fund
distributions, and shareholders receiving distributions in the form of newly issued Shares will receive a report as to the value of the Shares received.
Distributions by the Funds to tax-deferred or qualified plans, such as an IRA, retirement plan or corporate pension or profit sharing plan, generally will not be taxable. However, distributions from such plans will be
taxable to individual participants without regard to the character of the income earned by the qualified plan. Please consult a tax advisor for a more complete explanation of the federal, state, local and (if applicable) foreign tax consequences of
making investments through such plans.
Qualified Dividend Income
For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, qualified dividend income received by an individual will be taxed at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain. In order for some portion of
the dividends received by a Fund shareholder to be qualified dividend income, the Fund must meet holding period and other requirements with respect to some portion of the dividend-paying stocks in its portfolio and the shareholder must meet holding
period and other requirements with respect to the Funds Shares. A dividend will not be treated as qualified dividend income (at either the Fund or shareholder level) (1) if the dividend is received with respect to any share of stock held
for fewer than 61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the date on which such share becomes ex-dividend with respect to such dividend (or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day
period beginning 90 days before such date), (2) to the extent that the recipient is under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related
property, (3) if the recipient elects to have the dividend income treated as investment interest, or (4) if the dividend is received from a foreign corporation that is (a) not eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax
treaty with the United States (with the exception of dividends paid on stock of such a foreign corporation that is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States) or (b) treated as a passive foreign investment
company.
Disposition of Shares
Upon a
redemption, sale or exchange of Shares of a Fund, a shareholder will realize a taxable gain or loss depending upon his or her basis in the Shares. A gain or loss will be treated as capital gain or loss if the Shares are capital assets in the
shareholders hands and generally will be long-term or short-term, depending upon the shareholders holding period for the Shares. Any loss realized on a redemption, sale or exchange will be disallowed to the extent the Shares disposed of
are replaced (including through reinvestment of dividends) within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the Shares are disposed of. In such a case the basis of the
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Shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Any loss realized by a shareholder on the disposition of a Funds Shares held by the
shareholder for six months or less will be treated for tax purposes as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of Capital Gain Dividends received or treated as having been received by the shareholder with respect to such Shares.
Backup Withholding
Each Fund may be
required to withhold federal income tax (backup withholding) from dividends paid, capital gains distributions, and redemption proceeds to shareholders. Federal tax will be withheld if (1) the shareholder fails to furnish the Fund
with the shareholders correct taxpayer identification number or social security number, (2) the IRS notifies the shareholder or the Fund that the shareholder has failed to report properly certain interest and dividend income to the IRS
and to respond to notices to that effect, or (3) when required to do so, the shareholder fails to certify that he or she is not subject to backup withholding. The backup withholding rate is 28% for amounts paid through 2010. The backup
withholding rate will be 31% for amounts paid after December 31, 2010, unless Congress enacts tax legislation providing otherwise. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be credited against the shareholders federal
income tax liability.
In order for a foreign investor to qualify for exemption from the backup withholding tax rates and for reduced
withholding tax rates under income tax treaties, the foreign investor must comply with special certification and filing requirements. Foreign investors in a Fund should consult their tax advisors in this regard.
Non-U.S. Shareholders
Dividends, other than Capital
Gain Dividends, paid by a Fund to a shareholder that is not a U.S. person within the meaning of the Code (such shareholder, a foreign person) generally are subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30%
(or lower applicable treaty rate) even if they are funded by income or gains (such as portfolio interest, short-term capital gains or foreign-source dividend and interest income) that, if paid to a foreign person directly, would not be subject to
withholding. For taxable years of the Funds beginning before January 1, 2008, the Funds were not required to withhold any amounts (i) with respect to distributions (other than distributions to a foreign person (w) that did not provide
a satisfactory statement that the beneficial owner was not a U.S. person, (x) to the extent that the dividend was attributable to certain interest on an obligation if the foreign person was the issuer or was a 10% shareholder of the issuer,
(y) that was within certain foreign countries that have inadequate information exchange with the United States, or (z) to the extent the dividend was attributable to interest paid by a person that was a related person of the foreign person
and the foreign person was a controlled foreign corporation) from U.S.-source interest income that would not be subject to U.S. federal income tax if earned directly by an individual foreign person, to the extent such distributions were properly
designated by the Fund (interest-related dividends), and (ii) with respect to distributions (other than (a) distributions to an individual foreign person who was present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating
183 days or more during the year of the distribution and (b) distributions subject to special rules regarding the disposition of U.S. real property interests) of net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, to the
extent such distributions were properly designated by a Fund (short-term capital gain dividends). Legislation has been proposed to extend the exemption from withholding for interest-related and short-term capital gain dividends. At the
time of this filing, it is unclear whether the legislation will be enacted and, if enacted, what the term of the extension will be (i.e., for one year or two years). Even if such legislation were enacted, a Fund may opt not to designate dividends as
interest-related dividends or short-term capital gain dividends.
If a beneficial owner of Fund Shares who is a foreign person has a trade
or business in the United States, and dividends from the Fund are effectively connected with the conduct by the beneficial owner of that trade or business, the dividends will be subject to U.S. federal net income taxation at regular income tax
rates.
A beneficial holder of Shares who or which is a foreign person is not, in general, subject to U.S. federal income tax on gains (and
is not allowed a deduction for losses) realized on the sale of Fund Shares or on Capital Gain Dividends unless (i) such gain or dividend is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business carried on by such holder within the
United States or (ii) in the case of an individual holder, the holder is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the sale or the receipt of the Capital gain Dividend and certain other
conditions are met.
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If a shareholder is eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty, any effectively connected income or gain
will generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis only if it is also attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the shareholder in the United States.
Special rules may apply to distributions to foreign persons from a Fund that is either a U.S. real property holding corporation
(USRPHC) or would be a USRPHC but for the operation of certain exceptions to the definition thereof. Additionally, special rules may apply to the sale of Shares in any Fund that is a USRPHC. Very generally, a USRPHC is a domestic
corporation that holds U.S. real property interests (USRPIs) defined very generally in turn as any interest in U.S. real property or any equity interest in a USRPHC the fair market value of which equals or exceeds 50% of
the sum of the fair market values of the corporations USRPIs, interests in real property located outside the United States, and other assets combined. A fund that holds (directly or indirectly) significant interests in REITs may be a USRPHC.
Foreign persons should consult their tax advisors concerning the potential implications of these rules.
Equalization Accounting
Each Fund distributes its net investment income and capital gains to shareholders as dividends annually to the extent required to qualify for treatment as
a RIC under the Code and generally to avoid federal income or excise tax. Under current law, each Fund may on its tax return treat as a distribution of investment company taxable income or net capital gain, as the case may be, the portion of
redemption proceeds paid to redeeming shareholders that represents the redeeming shareholders portion of the Funds undistributed investment company taxable income and net capital gain, respectively. This practice, which involves the use
of equalization accounting, will have the effect of reducing the amount of income and gains that a Fund is required to distribute as dividends to (non-redeeming) shareholders in order for the Fund to avoid federal income tax and excise
tax, and the amount of any undistributed income or gains will be reflected in the value of a Funds Shares. The total return on a shareholders investment will not be reduced as a result of the Funds distribution policy. As noted
above, investors who purchase Shares shortly before the record date of a distribution will pay the full price for the Shares and then receive some portion of the price back as a taxable distribution.
Tax Shelter Disclosure
Under Treasury regulations,
if a shareholder recognizes a loss on a disposition of a Funds Shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder (including, for example, an insurance company holding separate
account), the shareholder must file with the Internal Revenue Service a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but, under current guidance,
shareholders of a RIC are not excepted. This filing requirement applies even though, as a practical matter, any such loss would not, for example, reduce the taxable income of an insurance company. Future guidance may extend the current exception
from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs.
Other Taxation
The foregoing discussion is primarily a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in a Fund based on the law in effect as of
the date of this SAI. The discussion does not address in detail special tax rules applicable to certain classes of investors, such as, among others, IRAs and other retirement plans, tax-exempt entities, foreign investors, insurance companies, banks
and other financial institutions, and investors making in-kind contributions to a Fund. Such shareholders may be subject to U.S. tax rules that differ significantly from those summarized above. You should consult your tax advisor for more
information about your own tax situation, including possible other federal, state, local and, where applicable, foreign tax consequences of investing in a Fund.
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OTHER INFORMATION
The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poors, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (S&P). S&P makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Shares of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in
securities generally or in the Funds particularly or the ability of the S&P 500
®
Index, S&P SmallCap 600
TM
Index and S&P MidCap 400
TM
Index (together, S&P Indexes) to track general stock market
performance. S&Ps only relationship to the Funds (Licensee) is the licensing of certain trademarks and S&P trade names. S&P has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or owners of Shares of the Funds into
consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P Indexes. S&P is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Shares of Funds are to be converted into cash.
S&P has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of Funds.
S&P DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY
AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P INDEXES, RESPECTIVELY, OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND S&P SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. S&P MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE
OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE PRODUCT, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE S&P INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. S&P MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE S&P INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL S&P HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Russell
2000
®
, Russell 1000
®
and Russell Midcap
®
(the Russell
Indexes) are trademarks of the Russell Investment Group and/or its affiliates (Russell).
RUSSELL DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR
THE COMPLETENESS OF THE RUSSELL INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND RUSSELL SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. RUSSELL MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY PROSHARES
TRUST, INVESTORS, FUND SHAREHOLDERS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE RUSSELL INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. RUSSELL MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSELL INDEXES OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL RUSSELL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Dow Jones is a service mark of Dow
Jones & Company, Inc. Dow Jones does not:
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Recommend that any person invest in the Funds or any other securities;
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Have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about timing, amount or pricing of the Funds;
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Have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the Funds; or
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Consider the needs of the Funds or the owners of the Funds in determining, composing or calculating Dow Jones indexes or have any obligation to do so.
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Dow Jones will not have any liability in connection with the Funds. Specifically, Dow Jones does not make any warranty,
express or implied, and Dow Jones disclaims any warranty about:
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The results to be obtained by the Funds, the owner of the Funds or any other person in connection with the use of Dow Jones indexes and the data included in Dow
Jones indexes;
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The accuracy or completeness of Dow Jones indexes and their data;
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The merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of Dow Jones indexes and their data;
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Dow Jones will have no liability for any errors, omission or interruptions in Dow Jones indexes or their data; and
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Under no circumstances will Dow Jones be liable for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if Dow Jones knows that
they might occur.
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MSCI
®
is a registered trademark of Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morgan Stanley or any affiliate of Morgan Stanley. Neither Morgan Stanley, any of its
affiliates nor any other party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities
generally or in the Funds particularly or the ability of the MSCI Indexes to track general stock market performance. Morgan Stanley is the licensor of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of MSCI and of the MSCI Indexes, which are
determined, composed and calculated by Morgan Stanley without regard to the Funds. Morgan Stanley has no obligation to take the needs of the Funds into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the MSCI Indexes. Morgan Stanley is not
responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices and amount of Shares of the Funds or the timing of the issuance or sale of such Shares. Neither Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates nor any other party involved in making
or compiling the MSCI Indexes has any obligation or liability to owners of the Funds in connection with the administration of the Funds, or the marketing or trading of Shares of the Funds. Although Morgan Stanley obtains information for inclusion in
or for use in the calculation of the MSCI Indexes from sources which Morgan Stanley considers reliable, neither Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates nor any other party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes guarantees the accuracy and or
the completeness of the MSCI Indexes or any data included therein. Neither Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates nor any other party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes makes any warranty, express or implied, as to results to be
obtained by the Funds, or any other person or entity from the use of the MSCI Indexes or any data included therein in connection with the rights licensed hereunder or for any other use. Neither Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates nor any other
party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes shall have any liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions of or in connection with the MSCI Indexes or any data included therein. Neither Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates nor any
other party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes makes any express or implied warranties, and Morgan Stanley hereby expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the MSCI
Indexes or any data included therein. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall Morgan Stanley, any of its affiliates or any other party involved in making or compiling the MSCI Indexes have any liability for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For each Fund that commenced operations prior to May 31, 2008, each such Funds audited Financial
Statements, appearing in the Annual Report to Shareholders and the report therein of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as an independent registered public accounting firm, for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2008 are hereby incorporated by reference in
this SAI. The Annual Report to Shareholders is delivered with this SAI to shareholders requesting this SAI.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN
AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THE PROSPECTUS OR IN THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH THE PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING MADE BY THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR PRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY PROSHARES TRUST. THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING BY PROSHARES TRUST IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH AN OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE.
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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
ProShares Trust
Item 23. Exhibits
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(a)
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Articles of Incorporation
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(1)
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Certificate of Trust of the Registrant.
1
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(2)
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Registrant (changing the name from ProFunds ETF Trust to
xtraShares Trust).
2
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(3)
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Registrant (changing the name from xtraShares Trust to
ProShares Trust.
3
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(4)
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant.
3
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(1)
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By-Laws of the Registrant.
3
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(c)
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Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders
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Not applicable.
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(d)
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Investment Advisory Contracts
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(1)
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Form of Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and ProShare Advisors LLC
4
and Amended Schedule A, filed herewith.
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(e)
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Underwriting Contracts
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(1)
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Form of Distribution Agreement between Registrant and SEI Investments Distribution Co.
5
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(f)
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Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts
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Not applicable.
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(1)
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Form of Custody Agreement and Cash Trade Execution Rider between Registrant and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A
5
and Amendment No. 7, filed herewith.
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(h)
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Other Material Contracts
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(1)
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Form of Management Services Agreement between Registrant and ProShare Advisors LLC
4
and Amended Schedule A, filed herewith.
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(2)
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Form of Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and ProShare Advisors LLC
4
and Amended Schedule A, filed herewith.
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(3)
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Form of Fund Services Agreement (Administration and Compliance Services, Regulatory Services, Accounting Services)
between Registrant and J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co.
5
and Amendment No. 7, filed herewith.
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(4)
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Form of Agency Services Agreement between Registrant and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
5
and Amendment No. 7, filed herewith.
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(5)
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Form of Authorized Participant Agreement between Registrant and SEI Investments Distribution Co.
3
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(6)
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PFO/Treasurer Services Agreement between Registrant and Foreside Compliance Services, LLC.
5
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(1)
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Opinion and Consent of Ropes & Gray LLC, filed herewith.
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(1)
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Opinion and Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, filed herewith.
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(k)
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Omitted Financial Statements
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Not
applicable.
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(l)
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Initial Capital Agreements
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Not applicable.
Not applicable.
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(1)
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Code of Ethics of the Registrant.
8
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(2)
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Code of Ethics of the Advisor.
3
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(3)
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Code of Conduct of the Distributor.
3
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(1)
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Powers of Attorney.
8
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(1)
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Filed with Initial Registration Statement on June 5, 2002.
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(2)
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Previously filed on July 17, 2003 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(3)
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Previously filed on May 22, 2006 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 6 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(4)
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Previously filed on June 19, 2006 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(5)
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Previously filed on August 30, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(6)
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Previously filed on December 29, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(7)
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Previously filed on February 13, 2007 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(8)
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Previously filed on February 28, 2008 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 24. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control With Registrant
Provide a list or diagram of all persons directly or indirectly controlled by or under common control with the Registrant. For any person controlled by
another person, disclose the percentage of voting securities owned by the immediately controlling person or other basis of that persons control. For each company, also provide the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which the
company is organized.
None.
Item 25. Indemnification
State the general effect of any contract, arrangements or statute under which any director,
officer, underwriter or affiliated person of the registrant is insured or indemnified against any liability incurred in their official capacity, other than insurance provided by any director, officer, affiliated person, or underwriter for their own
protection.
Reference is made to Article Eight of the Registrants Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust which is incorporated by
reference herein:
The Registrant (also, the Trust) is organized as a Delaware business trust is operated pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated October 10, 2005 (the Declaration of Trust), that
permits the Registrant to indemnify every person who is, or has been, a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust, including persons who serve at the
request of the Trust as directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents of another organization in which the Trust has an interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (hereinafter referred to as a Covered Person), shall be
indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or
otherwise by virtue of his being or having been such a Trustee, director, officer, employee or agent and against amounts paid or incurred by him in settlement thereof. This indemnification is subject to the following conditions:
No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person:
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(a)
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For an liability to the Trust or its Shareholders arising out of a final adjudication by the court of other body before which the proceeding was brought that the Covered Person
engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office;
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(b)
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With respect to any matter as to which the Covered Person shall have been finally adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in
the best interests of the Trust; or
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(c)
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In the event of a settlement of other disposition not involving a final adjudication (as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8.5.2) and resulting in a
payment by a Covered Person, unless there has been either a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of this office by the
court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or a reasonable determination, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that he or she did not engage in such conduct, such
determination being made by : (i) a vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees (as such term is defined in Section 8.5.5) acting on the matter); or (ii) a writer opinion of independent legal counsel.
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The rights of indemnification under the Declaration of Trust may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, and shall be severable, shall not affect any
other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Covered Person, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Nothing
contained in the Declaration of Trust shall affect any rights to indemnification to which Trust personnel other than Covered Persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.
Expenses of preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding subject to a claim for indemnification under Section 8.5 of the Declaration of Trust shall be advanced by the Trust
prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under Section 8.5 of the Declaration of
Trust, provided that either: Covered Person, unless there has been either a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of this
office by the court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or a reasonable determination, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that he or she did not engage in such conduct,
such determination being made by : (i) a vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees (as such term is defined in Section 8.5.5) acting on the matter (provided that a majority of Disinterested Trustees then in office act on the
matter); or (ii) a writer opinion of independent legal counsel.
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(a)
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Such undertaking is secured by a surety bond or some other appropriate security or the Trust shall be insured against losses arising out of any such advances; or
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(b)
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A majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees then in office act on the matter) or independent legal counsel
in a written opinion shall determine, based upon a review of the readily available facts (as opposed to the facts available upon a full trial), that there is reason to believe that the recipient ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
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As used in Section 8.5 of the Declaration of Trust, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below:
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(c)
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A Disinterested Trustee is one (i) who is not an Interested Person of the Trust (including anyone, as such Disinterested Trustees, who has been exempted from being
an Interested Person by any rule, regulation or order of the Commission), and (ii) against whom none of such actions, suits or other proceedings or another action, suit or other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has been
pending;
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(d)
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Claim, action, suite or proceeding shall apply to all claims, actions, suits, proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative or other,
including appeals), actual or threatened; and
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(e)
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Liability and expenses shall include without limitation, attorneys fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other
liabilities.
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Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisers
Describe any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which the investment adviser and each director, officer or
partner of the investment adviser, or has been, engaged within the last two fiscal years for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee (disclose the name and principal business address of any
company for which a person listed above serves in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, and the nature of the relationship.)
Reference is made to the caption Management in the Prospectuses constituting Part A which is incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement and Management of the ProShares Trust in
the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B which is incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement.
The
information as to the directors and officers of ProShare Advisors LLC is set forth in ProShare Advisors LLCs Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2005 (Reference No. 5524427696B2B2) and amended
through the date March 22, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 27. Principal Underwriters
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(a)
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State the name of each investment company (other than the registrant) for which each principal underwriter currently distributing securities of the registrant also acts as a
principal underwriter, depositor or investment adviser.
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Registrants distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the
Distributor), acts as distributor for:
SEI Daily Income Trust
SEI Liquid Asset Trust
SEI Tax Exempt
Trust
SEI Index Funds
SEI
Institutional Managed Trust
SEI Institutional International Trust
The Advisors Inner Circle Fund
The
Advisors Inner Circle Fund II
Bishop Street Funds
SEI Asset Allocation Trust
SEI Institutional Investments Trust
HighMark Funds
Oak Associates Funds
CNI Charter Funds
iShares
Inc.
iShares Trust
JohnsonFamily Funds, Inc.
Causeway Capital Management Trust
The Japan Fund, Inc.
Barclays Global
Investors Funds
The Arbitrage Funds
The Turner Funds
Community Reinvestment Act Qualified Investment Fund
The Distributor provides numerous financial services to investment managers, pension plan sponsors, and bank trust departments. These services include
portfolio evaluation, performance measurement and consulting services (Funds Evaluation) and automated execution, clearing and settlement of securities transactions (MarketLink).
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(b)
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Provide the information required by the following table with respect to each director, officer or partner of each principal underwriter named in answer to Item 20. Unless
otherwise noted, the business address of each director or officer is Oaks, PA 19456
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Name
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Position and Office with Underwriter
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Positions and Offices with
Registrant
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William M. Doran
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Director
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None
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Edward D. Loughlin
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Director
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None
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Wayne M. Withrow
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Director
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None
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Kevin Barr
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President & Chief Executive Officer
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None
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Maxine Chou
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Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
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None
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Thomas Rodman
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Chief Operations Officer
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None
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John Munch
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General Counsel & Secretary
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None
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Name
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Position and Office with Underwriter
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Positions and Offices with
Registrant
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Karen LaTourette
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Chief Compliance Officer and Anti- Money Laundering Officer
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None
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Mark J. Held
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Senior Vice President
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None
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Lori L. White
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Vice President & Assistant Secretary
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None
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Robert Silvestri
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Vice President
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None
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John Coary
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Vice President
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None
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Michael Farrell
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Vice President
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None
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Mark McManus
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Vice President
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None
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Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records
State the names and address of each person maintaining principal possession of each account, book or other document required to be maintained by
Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act [15 u.s.c. 80a-30(a)] and the rules under that section.
The books, accounts and other documents
required by Section 31(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder are maintained in the physical possession of:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Attn: General Counsel
4 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11245
J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co.
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Attention: Legal Department
ProShare Advisors LLC
c/o ProFund Advisors LLC
Attn: General Counsel
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000
Bethesda,
MD 20814
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
Attn: General Counsel
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456-1100
Item 29. Management
Services
Provide a summary of the substantive provisions of any management-related service contract not discussed in Part A or Part B,
disclosing the parties to the contract and the total amount paid and by whom, for the funds last three fiscal years.
Not applicable.
Item 30. Undertakings
Not
applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this post-effective amendment to its Registration
Statement in Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and it has duly caused this post-effective amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda and the
State of Maryland on September 27, 2008.
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ProShares Trust
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By:
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/s/ Louis M. Mayberg
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Louis M. Mayberg
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Michael L. Sapir
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Trustee, Chairman
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September 29, 2008
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Michael L. Sapir
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/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III*
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Trustee
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September 29, 2008
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Russell S. Reynolds, III
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/s/ Michael Wachs*
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Trustee
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September 29, 2008
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Michael Wachs
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/s/ Louis M. Mayberg
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President
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September 29, 2008
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Louis M. Mayberg
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/s/ Simon D. Collier
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Treasurer
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September 29, 2008
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Simon D. Collier
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* By:
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/s/ Barry Pershkow
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As Attorney-in-fact
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Date: September 29, 2008
EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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ITEM
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(d)(1)
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Amended Schedule A of the Investment Advisory Agreement
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(g)(1)
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Amendment No. 7 of the Custody Agreement
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(h)(1)
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Amended Schedule A of the Management Services Agreement
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(h)(2)
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Amended Schedule A of the Expense Limitation Agreement
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(h)(3)
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Amendment No. 7 of the Fund Services Agreement
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(h)(4)
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Amendment No. 7 of the Agency Services Agreement
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(i)(1)
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Opinion and Consent of Ropes & Gray LLC
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(j)(1)
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Opinion and Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
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