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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2011

Registration Nos. 333-89822; 811-21114

 

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    x     
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.   
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 42   

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

  THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    x     
  Amendment No. 50   

 

 

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, CEO

ProShare Advisors LLC

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000

Bethesda, MD 20814

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

 

with copies to:
John Loder, Esq.   Amy R. Doberman
c/o Ropes & Gray LLP   ProShare Advisors LLC
One International Place   7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02110   Bethesda, MD 20814

 

 

Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

  x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ on              pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  ¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following:

  ¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This post-effective amendment relates only to the following series of ProShares Trust: ProShares Ultra High Yield and ProShares Ultra Investment Grade Corporate. No information relating to any other series or class of series of ProShares Trust is amended or superseded hereby.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment (the “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 May 6, 2011.

 

ProShares Trust
By:  

/s/ Louis M. Mayberg

  Louis M. Mayberg

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.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ Michael L. Sapir *

Michael L. Sapir

   Trustee, Chairman    May 6, 2011

/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III *

Russell S. Reynolds, III

   Trustee    May 6, 2011

/s/ Michael Wachs *

Michael Wachs

   Trustee    May 6, 2011

/s/ Louis M. Mayberg *

Louis M. Mayberg

   President    May 6, 2011

/s/ Charles S. Todd

     
Charles S. Todd    Treasurer    May 6, 2011

 

* By:

 

/s/ Amy R. Doberman

  Amy R. Doberman
  As Attorney-in-fact

Date: May 6, 2011


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.

  

Description of Exhibit

EX-101.INS

   XBRL Instance Document

EX-101.SCH

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX-101.CAL

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

EX-101.DEF

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

EX-101.LAB

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase

EX-101.PRE

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase