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PROSPECTUS
November 30, 2023, as supplemented March 15, 2024
 
 
 
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
BTCFX
 
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
BITIX
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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Summary Section

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Investment Objective
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to bitcoin returns. The Fund currently seeks to achieve this objective primarily through investments in bitcoin futures contracts. The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Wire Fee $10
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
 
Investor
Class
Investment Advisory Fees
0.45%
Other Expenses1
1.16%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Before Fee
Waivers and Expense Reimbursements
1.61%
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements2
-0.20%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee
Waivers and Expense Reimbursements
1.41%
1
“Other Expenses” includes 0.31% of Interest Expense incurred in the course of implementing the Fund’s strategy.
2
ProFund Advisors LLC (“ProFund Advisors”) has contractually agreed to waive fees and to reimburse expenses, excluding Interest and FCM Expense, to the extent necessary to limit such fees and expenses to 1.10% through November 30, 2024. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular contractual period may be recouped by ProFund Advisors within three years subject to certain limitations.
Example: This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of each period. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that the fee waiver/expense reimbursement is assumed only to pertain to the first year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your approximate costs would be:
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor Class
$144
$488
$857
$1,894
The Fund pays transaction and financing costs associated with the purchase and sale of securities and derivatives. These costs are not reflected in the table or the example above.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the Fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the example above, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s annual portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through managed exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. In this manner, the Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the performance of bitcoin.
The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin. Investors seeking a direct investment in bitcoin should consider an investment other than the Fund.
Bitcoin is a digital asset. The ownership and operation of bitcoin is determined by participants in an online, peer-to-peer network sometimes referred to as the “Bitcoin Network”. The Bitcoin Network connects computers that run publicly accessible, or “open source,” software that follows the rules and procedures governing the Bitcoin Network. This is commonly referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol (and is described in more detail in the section entitled “The Bitcoin Protocol” in the Fund’s Prospectus). Bitcoin may be used to pay for goods and services, stored for future use, or converted to a government-issued currency. As of the date of this Prospectus, the adoption of bitcoin for these purposes has been limited.
The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body. Instead, its value is determined in part by the supply and demand in markets created to facilitate trading of bitcoin. Ownership and transaction records for bitcoin are protected through public-key cryptography. The supply of bitcoin is determined by the Bitcoin Protocol. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by (1) a decentralized group of participants who run computer software that results in the recording and validation of transactions (commonly referred to as “miners”), (2) developers who propose improvements to the Bitcoin Protocol and the software that enforces the protocol and (3) users who choose which version of the bitcoin software to run. From time to time, the

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developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of users and miners elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the bitcoin software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” The price of the bitcoin futures contracts in which the Fund invests may reflect the impact of these forks.
While the Fund seeks to invest primarily in bitcoin futures contracts, the Fund also may invest in other instruments as described below.
Bitcoin Futures Contracts – Standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). The Fund seeks to invest in cash-settled, front-month bitcoin futures. The Fund may also invest in back-month, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. Front-month bitcoin futures contracts are those contracts with the shortest time to maturity. Back-month bitcoin futures contracts are those with longer times to maturity.
Canadian Exchange Traded Funds – In limited circumstances, for example to manage inflows and outflows or respond to unusual market conditions or increased in margin requirements, the Fund may invest in the securities of exchange traded funds, or “ETFs”, organized and listed for trading in Canada. The shares of these ETFs represent an interest in a portfolio of bitcoin.
Money Market Instruments — The Fund expects that any cash balances maintained in connection with its use of derivatives will typically be held in high quality, short-term money market instruments, for example:
U.S. Treasury Bills — U.S. government securities that have initial maturities of one year or less, and are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Repurchase Agreements — Contracts in which a seller of securities, usually U.S. government securities or other money market instruments, agrees to buy the securities back at a specified time and price.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements – The Fund seeks to engage in reverse repurchase agreements, a form of borrowing or leverage, and uses the proceeds to help achieve the Fund’s investment objective.
In order to maintain its exposure to bitcoin futures contracts, the Fund must sell its futures contracts as they near expiration and replace them with new futures contracts with a later expiration date. This is often referred to as “rolling” a futures contract. Futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced higher than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “contango.” When rolling futures contracts that are in contango, the Fund will sell the expiring contract at a relatively lower price and buy a longer-dated contract at a relatively higher price.
Conversely, futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced lower than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “backwardation.” When rolling futures contracts that are in backwardation, the Fund will sell the expiring contract at a relatively higher price and buy a longer-dated contract at a relatively lower price.
The Fund expects to gain exposure by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands and advised by ProFund Advisors. Because the Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Fund intends to invest no more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets in the subsidiary at each quarter end of the Fund’s tax year. Exceeding this amount may have tax consequences, see the section entitled “Tax Risk” in the Fund’s Prospectus for more information. References to investments by the Fund should be read to mean investments by either the Fund or the subsidiary.
Please see “Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks” in the Fund’s Prospectus for additional details.
Principal Risks
You could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Investment Strategy Risk – The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the performance of bitcoin by primarily investing in bitcoin futures contracts. The Fund does not invest directly in or hold bitcoin. Investors seeking a direct investment in bitcoin should consider an investment other than the Fund. While the performance of bitcoin futures contracts, in general, has historically been highly correlated to the performance of “spot” bitcoin, there can be no guarantee that this will continue. “Spot” bitcoin refers to bitcoin that can be purchased immediately. The performance of the Fund should not be expected to match the performance of spot bitcoin.
Bitcoin Market Volatility Risk – The prices of bitcoin and bitcoin futures have historically been highly volatile. The value of the Fund’s investments in bitcoin futures – and therefore the value of an investment in the Fund – could decline significantly and without warning, including to zero. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund you should not invest in the Fund.
Trading prices of bitcoin and other digital assets have experienced significant volatility in recent periods and may continue to do so. For instance, there were steep increases in the value of certain digital assets, including bitcoin over the course of 2021, and multiple market observers asserted that digital assets were experiencing a “bubble.” These increases were followed by steep drawdowns throughout 2022 in digital asset trading prices, including for bitcoin. These episodes of

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rapid price appreciation followed by steep drawdowns have occurred multiple times throughout bitcoin’s history, including in 2011, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018, before repeating again in 2021-2022. Over the course of 2023, bitcoin prices have continued to exhibit extreme volatility. Such volatility may persist.
Liquidity Risk — The market for the bitcoin futures contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity. During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large size of the positions which the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and may increase the losses incurred while trying to do so. Such large positions also may impact the price of bitcoin futures, which could decrease the correlation between the performance of bitcoin futures and spot bitcoin.
Bitcoin Futures Risk – The market for bitcoin futures may be less developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the bitcoin futures market has grown substantially since bitcoin futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will continue. The price for bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Market conditions and expectations, regulatory limitations or limitations imposed by the listing exchanges or futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) (e.g., margin requirements, position limits, and accountability levels), collateral requirements, availability of counterparties, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts.
Market conditions and expectations, margin requirements, position limits, accountability levels, collateral requirements, availability of counterparties, and other factors may also limit the Fund’s ability to achieve its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. If the Fund is unable to achieve such exposure it may not be able to meet its investment objective and the Fund’s returns may be different or lower than expected. Additionally, collateral requirements may require the Fund to liquidate its positions, potentially incurring losses and expenses, when it otherwise would not do so. Investing in derivatives like bitcoin futures may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to significant risks. These risks include counterparty risk and liquidity risk.
The performance of bitcoin futures contracts, in general, has historically been highly correlated to the performance of bitcoin. However, there can be no guarantee this will continue. Transaction costs (including the costs associated with futures investing), position limits, the availability of counterparties and other factors may impact the cost of bitcoin futures contracts and decrease the correlation between the performance of bitcoin futures contracts and bitcoin, over
short or even long-term periods. In addition, the performance of back-month futures contracts is likely to differ more significantly from the performance of the spot prices of bitcoin. To the extent the Fund is invested in back-month bitcoin future contracts, the performance of the Fund should be expected to deviate more significantly from the performance of bitcoin.
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk – If the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, for example, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, or a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, as a result of margin requirements, position limit, accountability levels, or other limitations imposed by the Fund’s futures commission merchants (“FCMs”), the listing exchanges or the CFTC, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses.
In such circumstances, the Advisor intends to take such actions as it believes appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund. Any disruption in the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts will cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of bitcoin and bitcoin futures. Additionally, the ability of the Fund to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts is limited by certain tax rules that limit the amount the Fund can invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary as of the end of each tax quarter. Exceeding this amount may have tax consequences, see the section entitled “Tax Risk” in the Fund’s Prospectus for more information.
Cost of Futures Investment Risk – As discussed above, when a bitcoin futures contract is nearing expiration, the Fund will “roll” the futures contract, which means it will generally sell such contract and use the proceeds to buy a bitcoin futures contract with a later expiration date. When rolling futures contracts that are in contango, the Fund would sell a lower priced, expiring contract and purchase a higher priced, longer-dated contract. The price difference between the expiring contract and longer-dated contract associated with rolling bitcoin futures is typically substantially higher than the price difference associated with rolling other futures contracts. Bitcoin futures have historically experienced extended periods of contango. Contango in the bitcoin futures market may have a significant adverse impact on the performance of the Fund and may cause bitcoin futures and the Fund to underperform spot bitcoin. Both contango and backwardation would reduce the Fund’s correlation to spot bitcoin and may limit or prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The impact of both contango and backwardation may also be greater to the extent the Fund invests in back-month futures contracts.
Bitcoin Risk – The Fund’s investments in bitcoin futures contracts expose the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in bitcoin because the price of bitcoin futures is substantially based on the price of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a relatively new innovation and is subject to unique and

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substantial risks. The market for bitcoin is subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty.
The further development of the Bitcoin Network and the acceptance and use of bitcoin are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development of the Bitcoin Network or the acceptance of bitcoin may adversely affect the price and liquidity of bitcoin. The widespread adoption of a competing digital asset or blockchain may result in a reduction in demand for bitcoin. A significant portion of the demand for bitcoin may be the result of speculation. Such speculation regarding the potential future appreciation in the price of bitcoin may artificially inflate or deflate the price of bitcoin and increase volatility. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation or security failures, operational or other problems that impact digital asset trading venues. Additionally, if one or a coordinated group of miners were to gain control of 51% of the Bitcoin Network, they would have the ability to execute extensive attacks, manipulate transactions, halt payments and fraudulently obtain bitcoin. A significant portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as “whales”. Transactions by these holders may influence the price of bitcoin.
Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, bitcoin and digital asset trading venues are largely unregulated, may be operating out of compliance with regulation, and are highly fragmented. As a result of the lack of regulation, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote bitcoin in a way that artificially increases the price of bitcoin). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud and market manipulation than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of digital asset trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses. Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin Network or restrict the use of bitcoin. In addition, digital asset trading venues, bitcoin miners, and other participants may have significant exposure to other digital assets. Instability in the price, availability or legal or regulatory status of those instruments may adversely impact the operation of the digital asset trading venues and the Bitcoin Network. As a result, events that are not necessarily related to the security or utility of bitcoin can nonetheless cause a significant decline in the price of bitcoin (e.g., the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022).
The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of bitcoin and consequently a reduction in the value of bitcoin, bitcoin futures, and the Fund. Finally, the creation of a “fork” (as described above) or a substantial giveaway of bitcoin (sometimes referred to as an “air drop”)
may result in significant and unexpected declines in the value of bitcoin, bitcoin futures, and the Fund.
Canadian ETF Risk – Canadian ETFs that provide exposure to bitcoin are subject to many of the same risks as a direct investment in bitcoin. Additionally, shares of these ETFs may trade at a premium or discount from the value of their underlying investments, may become illiquid, may or may not be correlated with the price of bitcoin or bitcoin futures contracts, and may be highly volatile. If the Fund invests in an ETF, the Fund’s shareholders will indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by that ETF, in addition to the Fund’s own fees and expenses. In addition, Canadian ETFs are not regulated under the 1940 Act, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other U.S. federal or state securities laws. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in these vehicles will not benefit from the protections and restrictions of such laws.
Subsidiary Investment Risk — Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund to operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
Borrowing Risk – The Fund may borrow for investment purposes using reverse repurchase agreements. The cost of borrowing may reduce the Fund’s return. Borrowing may cause the Fund to liquidate positions under adverse market conditions to satisfy its repayment obligations. Borrowing increases the risk of loss and may increase the volatility of the Fund.
Money Market Instruments Risk — Adverse economic, political or market events affecting issuers of money market instruments, defaults by counterparties or changes in government regulations may have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund.
Counterparty Risk — The Fund may lose money if a counterparty does not meet its contractual obligations.
Concentration Risk — The Fund has a significant portion of its value in bitcoin futures. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater market fluctuations than a fund that is more broadly invested across industries.
Non-Diversification Risk — The Fund has the ability to invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers or in financial instruments with a single counterparty or a few counterparties. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and increase the risk that the Fund’s performance will decline based on the performance of a single issuer or the credit of a single counterparty.
Active Management Risk — The Fund is actively managed and its performance reflects the investment decisions that ProFund Advisors makes for the Fund. ProFund Advisors’ judgments about the Fund’s investments may prove to be incorrect. If the investments selected and strategies employed

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by the Fund fail to produce the intended results, the Fund could underperform or have negative returns as compared to other funds with a similar investment objective and/or strategies.
Active Investor Risk —The Fund permits short-term trading of its securities. This may have a negative impact on the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective or maintain a consistent level of operating expenses. In certain circumstances, the Fund’s expense ratio may vary from current estimates or the historical ratio disclosed in this Prospectus.
Early Close/Late Close/Trading Halt Risk — An exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts on bitcoin futures contracts. In these circumstances, each Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Please see “Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks” in the Fund’s Prospectus for additional details.
Investment Results
The bar chart below shows how the Fund’s investment results for Investor Class shares during its first full calendar year of operations, and the table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of market performance. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. In addition, the Fund’s performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expenses limitations, if any, in effect during the periods presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower.   Past results (before and after taxes) are not predictive of future results. Updated information on the Fund’s results can be obtained by visiting the Fund’s website (www.profunds.com).
Annual Returns as of December 31
Best Quarter
(ended
9/30/2022
):
3.09%
Worst Quarter
(ended
6/30/2022
):
-59.30%
Year-to-Date
(ended
9/30/2023
):
53.56%
Average Annual Total Returns
As of December 31, 2022
 
One
Year
Since
Inception
Inception
Date
Investor Class Shares
 
 
7/28/2021
– Before Taxes
-64.04%
-47.93%
 
– After Taxes on Distributions
-64.04%
-47.93%
 
– After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Shares
-37.91%
-35.21%
 
Bloomberg Galaxy Bitcoin Index
-63.83%
-46.17%
 
Management
The Fund is advised by ProFund Advisors. Alexander Ilyasov, Senior Portfolio Manager, and George Banian, Portfolio Manager, have jointly and primarily managed the Fund since July 2021 and March 2022, respectively.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The minimum initial investment amounts, which may be waived at the discretion of the Fund, are:
$1,000 for accounts that list a financial professional.
$1,000 for self-directed accounts.
You may purchase, redeem or exchange Fund shares on any day which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Depending on where your account is held, you may redeem your shares by contacting your financial professional or the Fund by mail, telephone, wire transfer or on-line (www.profunds.com).
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. You may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from such tax-advantaged arrangements. The Fund intends to distribute income, if any, monthly, and capital gains, if any, at least annually.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or investment adviser, the Fund and its distributor may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

FUND NUMBER :: Investor Class 121 :: Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund :: 9
Investment Objective
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund (the “Fund”) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Galaxy Bitcoin Index (the “Index”).
In this manner, the Fund seeks daily returns that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the price of bitcoin. The Fund does not directly short bitcoin.
Important Information About the Fund
If the Fund is successful in meeting its investment objective, it should gain approximately as much as much as the Index loses when the Index falls on a given day. Conversely, it should lose approximately as much as much as the Index gains when the Index rises on a given day. The Fund does not seek to achieve the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Index (the “Daily Target”) for any period other than a day.
While the Fund has a daily investment objective, you may hold Fund shares for longer than one day if you believe doing so is consistent with your goals and risk tolerance. If you hold fund shares for any period other than a day, it is important for you to understand that over your holding period:
Your return may be higher or lower than the Daily Target, and this difference may be significant.
Factors that contribute to returns that are worse than the Daily Target include smaller Index gains or losses and higher Index volatility, as well as longer holding periods when these factors apply.
Factors that contribute to returns that are better than the Daily Target include larger Index gains or losses and lower Index volatility, as well as longer holding periods when these factors apply.
The more extreme these factors are, and the more they occur together, the more your return will tend to deviate from the Daily Target.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to
financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Wire Fee $10
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the
value of your investment)
 
Investor
Class
Investment Advisory Fees
0.45%
Other Expenses1
12.91%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Before Fee
Waivers and Expense Reimbursements
13.36%
Fee Waivers/Reimbursements2
-11.97%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee
Waivers and Expense Reimbursements
1.39%
1
“Other Expenses” includes 0.29% of Interest Expense incurred in the course of implementing the Fund’s strategy.
2
ProFund Advisors LLC (“ProFund Advisors”) has contractually agreed to waive fees and to reimburse expenses, excluding Interest and FCM Expense, to the extent necessary to limit such fees and expenses to 1.10% through November 30, 2024. Amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular contractual period may be recouped by ProFund Advisors within three years subject to certain limitations.
Example: This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of each period. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your approximate costs would be:
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor Class
$142
$2,683
$4,818
$8,776

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The Fund pays transaction and financing costs associated with the purchase and sale of securities and derivatives. These costs are not reflected in the table or the example above.
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the Fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the example above, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s annual portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund invests in financial instruments that ProFund Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target.
Bitcoin is a digital asset. The ownership and operation of bitcoin is determined by participants in an online, peer-to-peer network sometimes referred to as the “Bitcoin Network”. The Bitcoin Network connects computers that run publicly accessible, or “open source,” software that follows the rules and procedures governing the Bitcoin Network. This is commonly referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol (and is described in more detail in the section entitled “The Bitcoin Protocol” in the Fund’s Prospectus). Bitcoin may be used to pay for goods and services, stored for future use, or converted to a government-issued currency. As of the date of this Prospectus, the adoption of bitcoin for these purposes has been limited.
The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body. Instead, its value is determined in part by the supply and demand in markets created to facilitate trading of bitcoin. Ownership and transaction records for bitcoin are protected through public-key cryptography. The supply of bitcoin is determined by the Bitcoin Protocol. No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by (1) a decentralized group of participants who run computer software that results in the recording and validation of transactions (commonly referred to as “miners”), (2) developers who propose improvements to the Bitcoin Protocol and the software that enforces the protocol and (3) users who choose which version of the bitcoin software to run. From time to time, the developers suggest changes to the bitcoin software. If a sufficient number of users and miners elect not to adopt the changes, a new digital asset, operating on the earlier version of the bitcoin software, may be created. This is often referred to as a “fork.” The price of the bitcoin futures contracts in which the Fund invests may reflect the impact of these forks.
The Index is designed to measure the performance of a single bitcoin traded in USD and seeks to provide a proxy for the bitcoin market. The Index price is a composite of U.S. dollar-bitcoin trading activities reported by certain digital asset trading platforms that are evaluated based on a variety of different criteria, including the trading platforms’ oversight and governance controls, liquidity, capital controls, data transparency and data integrity. The digital asset trading platforms included in the Index are reevaluated quarterly. The Index is constructed and maintained by Bloomberg Index Services Limited and is co-branded with Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP. More information about the Index is published under the Bloomberg ticker symbol “BTC”.
In order to obtain inverse or “short” exposure, the Fund intends to enter into cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts as the “seller.” In simplest terms, in a cash-settled futures market the seller pays the counterparty if the price of a futures contract goes up and receives cash from the counterparty if the price of the futures contract goes down.
While the Fund seeks to invest primarily in bitcoin futures contracts, the Fund also may invest in other instruments as described below.
Bitcoin Futures Contracts – Standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). The Fund seeks to invest in cash-settled, front-month bitcoin futures. The Fund may also invest in back-month, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. Front-month bitcoin futures contracts are those contracts with the shortest time to maturity. Back-month bitcoin futures contracts are those with longer times to maturity.
Swap Agreements –  The Fund may enter into swap agreements that provide exposure to bitcoin. Swap agreements are derivative contracts entered into primarily with major global financial institutions for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange or “swap” payments based on the change in value of an underlying asset or benchmark. For example, two parties may agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on a particular investment or instrument.
Money Market Instruments — The Fund expects that any cash balances maintained in connection with its use of derivatives will typically be held in high quality, short-term money market instruments, for example:
U.S. Treasury Bills — U.S. government securities that have initial maturities of one year or less, and are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Repurchase Agreements — Contracts in which a seller of securities, usually U.S. government securities or other

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money market instruments, agrees to buy the securities back at a specified time and price.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements – The Fund seeks to engage in reverse repurchase agreements, a form of borrowing or leverage, and uses the proceeds to help achieve the Fund’s investment objective.
ProFund Advisors uses a mathematical approach to investing in which it determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that it believes, in combination, the Fund should hold to produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. For these purposes a day is measured from the time of one net asset value (“NAV”) calculation to the next.
The Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times in financial instruments that, in combination, provide inverse exposure consistent with the investment objective, without regard to market conditions, trends or direction.
The Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio each day so that its exposure to the Index is consistent with the Daily Target. The Index’s movements during the day will affect whether the Fund’s portfolio needs to be rebalanced. For example, if the Index has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should fall (assuming there were no shares issued). As a result, the Fund’s exposure will need to be decreased. Conversely, if the Index has fallen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise (assuming there were no share redemptions). As a result, the Fund’s exposure will need to be increased.
In order to maintain its inverse exposure to the Index, the Fund intends to exit its futures contracts as they near expiration and replace them with new futures contracts with a later expiration date. Futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced lower than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “backwardation.” When rolling short futures contracts that are in backwardation, the Fund will close its short position by buying the expiring contract at a relatively higher price and selling a longer-dated contract at a relatively lower price. The presence of backwardation would be expected to adversely affect the performance of the Fund.
Conversely, futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced higher than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “contango.” When rolling short futures contracts that are in contango, the Fund will close its short position by buying the expiring contract at a relatively lower price and selling a longer-dated contract at a relatively higher price. The presence of contango may positively affect the performance of the Fund.
The Fund expects to gain inverse exposure by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands and advised by ProFund Advisors. Because the Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Fund intends to invest no more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets in the subsidiary at each quarter end of the Fund’s tax year.
Exceeding this amount may have tax consequences, see the section entitled “Tax Risk” in the Fund’s Prospectus for more information. References to investments by the Fund should be read to mean investments by either the Fund or the subsidiary.
Please see “Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks” in the Fund’s Prospectus for additional details.
Principal Risks
You could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Investment Strategy Risk – The Fund obtains short exposure to bitcoin in a manner designed to provide inverse exposure to the single day returns of the Index. The Fund does not directly short bitcoin. Investors seeking to short bitcoin directly should consider an investment other than the Fund. While the performance of bitcoin futures contracts, in general, has historically been highly correlated to the performance of “spot” bitcoin, there can be no guarantee that this will continue. “Spot” bitcoin refers to bitcoin that can be purchased immediately.
Bitcoin Market Volatility Risk – The prices of bitcoin and bitcoin futures have historically been highly volatile. The value of the Fund’s inverse exposure to bitcoin futures – and therefore the value of an investment in the Fund – could decline significantly and without warning, including to zero. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund you should not invest in the Fund.
Trading prices of bitcoin and other digital assets have experienced significant volatility in recent periods and may continue to do so. For instance, there were steep increases in the value of certain digital assets, including bitcoin over the course of 2021, and multiple market observers asserted that digital assets were experiencing a “bubble.” These increases were followed by steep drawdowns throughout 2022 in digital asset trading prices, including for bitcoin. These episodes of rapid price appreciation followed by steep drawdowns have occurred multiple times throughout bitcoin’s history, including in 2011, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018, before repeating again in 2021-2022. Over the course of 2023, bitcoin prices have continued to exhibit extreme volatility. Such volatility may persist.
Bitcoin Futures Risk – The market for bitcoin futures may be less developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the bitcoin futures market has grown substantially since bitcoin futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will continue. The price for bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Market conditions and expectations, regulatory limitations or limitations imposed by the listing exchanges or futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) (e.g., margin requirements, position limits, and accountability levels), collateral requirements, availability of

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counterparties, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts.
Market conditions and expectations, margin requirements, position limits, accountability levels, collateral requirements, availability of counterparties, and other factors may also limit the Fund’s ability to achieve its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. If the Fund is unable to achieve such exposure it may not be able to meet its investment objective and the Fund’s returns may be different or lower than expected. Additionally, collateral requirements may require the Fund to liquidate its positions, potentially incurring losses and expenses, when it otherwise would not do so. Investing in derivatives like bitcoin futures may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to significant risks. These risks include counterparty risk and liquidity risk.
The performance of bitcoin futures contracts, in general, has historically been highly correlated to the performance of bitcoin. However, there can be no guarantee this will continue. Transaction costs (including the costs associated with futures investing), position limits, the availability of counterparties and other factors may impact the cost of bitcoin futures contracts and decrease the correlation between the performance of bitcoin futures contracts and bitcoin, over short or even long-term periods. In addition, the performance of back-month futures contracts is likely to differ more significantly from the performance of the spot prices of bitcoin. To the extent the Fund is invested in back-month bitcoin future contracts, the performance of the Fund should be expected to deviate more significantly from the performance of bitcoin.
Short or Inverse Investing Risk — You will lose money when the Index rises – a result that is the opposite from a traditional index fund. Obtaining inverse or “short” exposure may be considered an aggressive investment technique. The costs of obtaining this short exposure will lower your returns. If the level of the Index approaches a 100% increase at any point in the day, you could lose your entire investment. As a result, an investment in the Fund may not be suitable for all investors.
Holding Period Risk — The performance of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will likely differ from the
Daily Target. This difference may be significant. If you are considering holding fund shares for longer than a day, it’s important that you understand the impact of Index returns and Index volatility (how much the value of the Index moves up and down from day-to-day) on your holding period return. Index volatility has a negative impact on Fund returns. During periods of higher Index volatility, the Index volatility may affect the Fund’s returns as much as or more than the return of the Index.
The following table illustrates the impact of Index volatility and Index return on Fund returns for a hypothetical one-year period. However, these effects will impact your return for any holding period other than a day. The longer you hold shares of the Fund, the more magnified these effects will be. As a result, you should consider monitoring your investments in the Fund in light of your individual investment goals and risk tolerance.
In the table areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than the Daily Target. As the table shows, your return will tend to be worse than the Daily Target when there are smaller Index gains or losses and higher Index volatility. Your return will tend to be better than the Daily Target when there are larger Index gains or losses and lower Index volatility. You may lose money when the Index return is flat (i.e., close to zero) and you may lose money when the Index falls.
The table uses hypothetical annualized Index volatility and Index returns to illustrate the impact of these two factors on Fund performance over a one-year period. It does not represent actual returns. Each row corresponds to the level of a hypothetical Index return for a one-year period. Each column corresponds to a level of hypothetical annualized Index volatility. For example, the Fund may mistakenly be expected to achieve a -20% return on a yearly basis if the annual Index return were 20%. However, as the table shows, with a one-year Index return of 20% and an annualized Index volatility of 50%, the Fund could be expected to return -35.1%.

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Estimated Fund Returns
Index Performance
One Year Volatility Rate
One
Year
Index
Inverse (-1x)
of the
One Year
Index
10%
25%
50%
75%
100%
-90%
90%
890.0%
839.4%
678.8%
469.8%
267.9%
-80%
80%
395.0%
369.7%
289.4%
184.9%
83.9%
-70%
70%
230.0%
213.1%
159.6%
89.9%
22.6%
-60%
60%
147.5%
134.9%
94.7%
42.4%
-8.0%
-50%
50%
98.0%
87.9%
55.8%
14.0%
-26.4%
-40%
40%
65.0%
56.6%
29.8%
-5.0%
-38.7%
-30%
30%
41.4%
34.2%
11.3%
-18.6%
-47.4%
-20%
20%
23.8%
17.4%
-2.6%
-28.8%
-54.0%
-10%
10%
10.0%
4.4%
-13.5%
-36.7%
-59.1%
0%
0%
-1.0%
-6.1%
-22.1%
-43.0%
-63.2%
10%
-10%
-10.0%
-14.6%
-29.2%
-48.2%
-66.6%
20%
-20%
-17.5%
-21.7%
-35.1%
-52.5%
-69.3%
30%
-30%
-23.8%
-27.7%
-40.1%
-56.2%
-71.7%
40%
-40%
-29.3%
-32.9%
-44.4%
-59.3%
-73.7%
50%
-50%
-34.0%
-37.4%
-48.1%
-62.0%
-75.5%
60%
-60%
-38.1%
-41.3%
-51.3%
-64.4%
-77.0%
70%
-70%
-41.8%
-44.7%
-54.2%
-66.5%
-78.4%
80%
-80%
-45.0%
-47.8%
-56.7%
-68.3%
-79.6%
90%
-90%
-47.9%
-50.6%
-59.0%
-70.0%
-80.6%
100%
-100%
-50.5%
-53.0%
-61.1%
-71.5%
-81.6%
Assumes: (a) no dividends paid with respect to securities included in the Index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain inverse exposure) of zero percent. If these were included the Fund’s performance would be different from that shown.
The Index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five-year period ended July 31, 2023 was 68.10%. The Index’s highest July to July volatility rate during the five-year period was 79.46% (July 31, 2019). The Index’s annualized total return performance for the five-year period ended July 31, 2023 was 30.41%. Historical Index volatility and performance do not predict future Index volatility and performance.
For more information, including additional graphs and charts demonstrating the effects of Index volatility and Index return on the long-term performance of the Fund, see “Understanding the Risks and Long-Term Performance of a Daily Objective Fund” in the Fund’s Prospectus.
Correlation Risk — A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of inverse correlation with the Index. Fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs associated with the use of derivatives, among other factors, will adversely impact the Fund’s ability to meet its Daily Target. In addition, if for any reason the Fund is unable to rebalance all or a portion of its investments, the Fund may have exposure to the Index that is significantly greater or less
than the Daily Target. Any of these factors may prevent the Fund from achieving exposure consistent with the Daily Target.
Risks Associated with the Use of Derivatives — Investing in derivatives to obtain inverse exposure may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to greater risks including counterparty risk and correlation risk. The Fund may lose money if its derivatives do not perform as expected and may even lose money if they do perform as expected. To the extent the Fund invests in swaps that use an ETF as the reference asset, the Fund may be subject to greater correlation risk since the performance of the ETF may not track the performance of the Index. Any costs associated with using derivatives will reduce the Fund’s return.
Counterparty Risk — The Fund may lose money if a counterparty does not meet its contractual obligations. With respect to swap agreements, if the Index has a dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in the Fund’s net assets, the terms of a swap agreement between the Fund and its counterparty may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction with the Fund. In that event, the Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve its investment objective.
Leverage Risk — Leverage increases the risk of a total loss of an investor’s investment, may increase the volatility of the Fund, and may magnify any differences between the performance of the Fund and the Index.
Bitcoin Risk – The Fund’s investments in swap agreements and bitcoin futures contracts expose the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in bitcoin because the price of these derivatives are substantially based on the price of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a relatively new innovation and is subject to unique and substantial risks. The market for bitcoin is subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty.
The further development of the Bitcoin Network and the acceptance and use of bitcoin are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development of the Bitcoin Network or the acceptance of bitcoin may adversely affect the price and liquidity of bitcoin. The widespread adoption of a competing digital asset or blockchain may result in a reduction in demand for bitcoin. A significant portion of the demand for bitcoin may be the result of speculation. Such speculation regarding the potential future appreciation in the price of bitcoin may artificially inflate or deflate the price of bitcoin and increase volatility. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation or security failures, operational or other problems that impact digital asset trading venues. Additionally, if one or a coordinated group of miners were to gain control of 51% of the Bitcoin Network, they would have the ability to execute extensive attacks, manipulate transactions, halt payments and fraudulently obtain bitcoin. A significant

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portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as “whales”. Transactions by these holders may influence the price of bitcoin.
Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, bitcoin and digital asset trading venues are largely unregulated, may be operating out of compliance with regulation, and are highly fragmented. As a result of the lack of regulation, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote bitcoin in a way that artificially increases the price of bitcoin). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud and market manipulation than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of digital asset trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses. Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin Network or restrict the use of bitcoin. In addition, digital asset trading venues, bitcoin miners, and other participants may have significant exposure to other digital assets. Instability in the price, availability or legal or regulatory status of those instruments may adversely impact the operation of the digital asset trading venues and the Bitcoin Network.
As a result, events that are not necessarily related to the security or utility of bitcoin can nonetheless cause significant volatility in the price of bitcoin (e.g., the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022). Alternatively, legal or regulatory changes may increase the acceptance and adoption of bitcoin. The realization of any of these risks could result in increased volatility and in some instances could result in a sharp increase in the value of bitcoin and bitcoin futures.
Investment Capacity Risk – If the Fund’s ability to obtain inverse exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, or as a result of margin requirements or position limits imposed by the Fund’s futures commission merchants (“FCMs”), the CME, or the CFTC, the Fund would not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses. The Adviser may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, limit or reject purchases of Fund shares. This is often referred to as “closing” the Fund. The Adviser may re-open the Fund in its sole discretion and without prior notice.
Bitcoin Futures Capacity Risk – If the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts consistent with its investment objective is disrupted for any reason including, for example, limited liquidity in the bitcoin futures market, or a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, as a result of margin requirements, position limit, accountability levels, or other
limitations imposed by the Fund’s futures commission merchants (“FCMs”), the listing exchanges or the CFTC, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant losses.
In such circumstances, the Advisor intends to take such actions as it believes appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund. Any disruption in the Fund’s ability to obtain inverse exposure to bitcoin futures contracts will cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the inverse performance of bitcoin and bitcoin futures. Additionally, the ability of the Fund to obtain inverse exposure to bitcoin futures contracts is limited by certain tax rules that limit the amount the Fund can invest in its wholly-owned subsidiary as of the end of each tax quarter. Exceeding this amount may have tax consequences, see the section entitled “Tax Risk” in the Fund’s Prospectus for more information.
Cost of Futures Investment Risk – As discussed above, when a bitcoin futures contract is nearing expiration, the Fund will “roll” the futures contract. This means it will generally exit its position in such contract and enter into a new position in a bitcoin futures contract with a later expiration date. When rolling short futures contracts that are in backwardation, the Fund will close its short position by buying the expiring contract at a relatively higher price and selling a longer-dated contract at a relatively lower price. Backwardation in the bitcoin futures market may have a significant adverse impact on the performance of the Fund. Both contango and backwardation may cause bitcoin futures to perform differently than spot bitcoin and may limit or prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.
Subsidiary Investment Risk — Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund to operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
Borrowing Risk – The Fund may borrow for investment purposes using reverse repurchase agreements. The cost of borrowing may reduce the Fund’s return. Borrowing may cause the Fund to liquidate positions under adverse market conditions to satisfy its repayment obligations. Borrowing increases the risk of loss and may increase the volatility of the Fund.
Money Market Instruments Risk — Adverse economic, political or market events affecting issuers of money market instruments, defaults by counterparties or changes in government regulations may have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund.
Non-Diversification Risk — The Fund has the ability to invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers or in financial instruments with a single counterparty or a few counterparties. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and increase the risk that the

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Fund’s performance will decline based on the performance of a single issuer or the credit of a single counterparty.
Concentration Risk — The Fund has a significant portion of its value in bitcoin futures. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater market fluctuations than a fund that is more broadly invested across industries.
Index Performance Risk — The Index used by the Fund may underperform other asset classes and may underperform other similar indices. The Index is maintained by a third party provider unaffiliated with the Fund or ProFund Advisors. There can be no guarantee that the methodology underlying the Index or the daily calculation of the Index will be free from error.
Active Investor Risk —The Fund permits short-term trading of its securities. This may have a negative impact on the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective or maintain a consistent level of operating expenses. In certain circumstances, the Fund’s expense ratio may vary from current estimates or the historical ratio disclosed in this Prospectus.
Early Close/Late Close/Trading Halt Risk — An exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts on bitcoin futures contracts. In these circumstances, each Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Please see “Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks” in the Fund’s Prospectus for additional details.
Investment Results
Performance history will be available for the Fund after it has been in operation for a full calendar year. After the Fund has a full calendar year of performance information, performance information will be shown on an annual basis.
Management
The Fund is advised by ProFund Advisors. Alexander Ilyasov, Senior Portfolio Manager, and George Banian, Portfolio Manager, have jointly and primarily managed the Fund since inception.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The minimum initial investment amounts, which may be waived at the discretion of the Fund, are:
$1,000 for accounts that list a financial professional.
$1,000 for self-directed accounts.
You may purchase, redeem or exchange Fund shares on any day which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Depending on where your account is held, you may redeem your shares by contacting your financial professional or the Fund by mail, telephone, wire transfer or on-line (www.profunds.com).
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. You may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from such tax-advantaged arrangements. The Fund intends to distribute income, if any, monthly, and capital gains, if any, at least annually.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or investment adviser, the Fund and its distributor may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks

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This section contains additional details about each Fund’s investment objectives, principal investment strategies and related risks.
Investment Objectives
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
The Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of bitcoin. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective primarily through investments in bitcoin futures contracts. The Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin.
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x)  of the daily performance of the Index (the “Daily Target”) for a single day, not for any other period. The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective over a period of time greater than a single day. A “single day” is measured from the time the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) to the time of the Fund’s next NAV calculation.
The return of the Fund for periods longer than a day is the product of a series of daily leveraged returns for each trading day during that period. If you hold Fund shares for any period other than a day, it is important for you to understand the risks and long-term performance of a daily objective fund. You should know that over your holding period:
Your return may be higher or lower than the Daily Target, and this difference may be significant.
Factors that contribute to returns that are worse than the Daily Target include smaller Index gains or losses and higher Index volatility, as well as longer holding periods when these factors apply.
Factors that contribute to returns that are better than the Daily Target include larger Index gains or losses and lower Index volatility, as well as longer holding periods when these factors apply.
The more extreme these factors are, and the more they occur together, the more your return will tend to deviate from the Daily Target.
For periods longer than a day, you will lose money if the Index’s performance is flat. It is possible that you will lose money even if the value of the Index falls during that period. During periods of higher Index volatility, the Index volatility may affect your return as much or more than the return of the Index. Returns may move in the opposite direction of the Index during periods of higher Index volatility, low Index returns, or both. In addition, during periods of higher Index volatility, the Index volatility may affect your return as much or more than the return of the Index.
Investment in the Fund involves risks that are different from and additional to the risks of investments in other types of funds. An investor in the Fund could potentially lose the full value of their investment within a single day.
Each Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental, meaning it may be changed by the Board of Trustees (“Board”), without the approval of Fund shareholders. Each Fund reserves the right to substitute a different index for its current benchmark.
Principal Investment Strategies
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily though managed exposure to bitcoin futures contracts. In this manner, the Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the performance of bitcoin, although the Fund does not invest directly in bitcoin. In addition, in limited circumstances, for example to manage inflows and outflows or respond to unusual market conditions or increases in margin requirements, the Fund also may invest in the securities of ETFs organized and listed for trading in Canada that provide exposure to the spot price of bitcoin. For example, the Fund may invest in Purpose Bitcoin CAD ETF, CI Galaxy Bitcoin ETF, and Bitcoin ETF. Under normal market conditions, the Fund intends to invest no more than 10% of its assets in such ETFs.
In seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, ProFund Advisors LLC (“ProFund Advisors” or the “Advisor”) takes into consideration, among other things, the relative liquidity of and costs associated with bitcoin futures contracts as well as regulatory requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. The Fund generally seeks to remain fully invested at all times in investments that, in combination, provide exposure to bitcoin futures without regard to market conditions, trends, or direction.
The Fund does not take temporary defensive positions. The Fund will generally hold its bitcoin-related investments during periods in which the value bitcoin is flat or declining as well as during periods in which the value of bitcoin is rising. For example, if the Fund’s bitcoin-related investments are declining in value, the Fund generally will not exit its positions except as needed to meet redemption requests.
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
In seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the Advisor follows a passive approach to investing that is designed to correspond to the inverse (-1x)  of the daily performance of the Index.
In selecting investments for the Fund, the Advisor takes into consideration the relative liquidity of and costs associated with bitcoin futures contracts as well as regulatory requirements imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service, and other factors. The Fund generally seeks to remain fully invested at all times in investments that, in combination, provide exposure to bitcoin futures without regard to market conditions, trends, or direction.
The Fund does not take temporary defensive positions. The Fund will generally hold its bitcoin-related investments during periods

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in which the value bitcoin is flat or rising as well as during periods in which the value of bitcoin is declining. For example, if the Fund’s bitcoin-related investments are declining in value, the Fund generally will not exit its positions except as needed to meet redemption requests.
All Funds
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset which serves as the unit of account on an open-source, decentralized, peer-to-peer computer network. Bitcoin may be used to pay for goods and services, stored for future use, or converted to a government-issued currency. As of the date of this Prospectus, the adoption of bitcoin for these purposes has been limited. The value of bitcoin is not backed by any government, corporation, or other identified body.
The value of bitcoin is determined in part by the supply of (which is limited), and demand for, bitcoin in the markets for exchange that have been organized to facilitate the trading of bitcoin. By design, the supply of bitcoin is limited to 21 million bitcoins. As of the date of this Prospectus, there are approximately 20 million bitcoins in circulation.
Bitcoin is maintained on the decentralized, open source, peer-to-peer computer network (the “Bitcoin Network”). No single entity owns or operates the Bitcoin Network. The Bitcoin Network is accessed through software and governs bitcoin’s creation and movement. The source code for the Bitcoin Network, often referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol, is open-source, and anyone can contribute to its development.
The Bitcoin Network
The infrastructure of the Bitcoin Network is collectively maintained by participants in the Bitcoin Network, which include miners, developers, and users. Miners validate transactions and are currently compensated for that service in bitcoin. Developers maintain and contribute updates to the Bitcoin Network’s source code often referred to as the Bitcoin Protocol. Users access the Bitcoin Network using open-source software. Anyone can be a user, developer, or miner.
Bitcoin is maintained on a digital transaction ledger commonly known as a “blockchain.” A blockchain is a type of shared and continually reconciled database, stored in a decentralized manner on the computers of certain users of the digital asset and is protected by cryptography. The Bitcoin Blockchain contains a record and history for each bitcoin transaction.
New bitcoin is created by “mining.” Miners use specialized computer software and hardware to solve a highly complex mathematical problem presented by the Bitcoin Protocol. The first miner to successfully solve the problem is permitted to add a block of transactions to the Bitcoin Blockchain. The new block is then confirmed through acceptance by a majority of users who maintain versions of the blockchain on their individual computers. Miners that successfully add a block to the Bitcoin
Blockchain are automatically rewarded with a fixed amount of bitcoin for their effort plus any transaction fees paid by transferors whose transactions are recorded in the block. This reward system is the means by which new bitcoin enter circulation and is the mechanism by which versions of the blockchain held by users on a decentralized network are kept in consensus.
The Bitcoin Protocol
The Bitcoin Protocol is an open source project with no official company or group in control. Anyone can review the underlying code and suggest changes. There are, however, a number of individual developers that regularly contribute to a specific distribution of bitcoin software known as the “Bitcoin Core.” Developers of the Bitcoin Core loosely oversee the development of the source code. There are many other compatible versions of the bitcoin software, but Bitcoin Core is the most widely adopted and currently provides the de facto standard for the Bitcoin Protocol. The core developers are able to access, and can alter, the Bitcoin Network source code and, as a result, they are responsible for quasi-official releases of updates and other changes to the Bitcoin Network’s source code.
However, because bitcoin has no central authority, the release of updates to the Bitcoin Network’s source code by the core developers does not guarantee that the updates will be automatically adopted by the other participants. Users and miners must accept any changes made to the source code by downloading the proposed modification and that modification is effective only with respect to those bitcoin users and miners who choose to download it. As a practical matter, a modification to the source code becomes part of the Bitcoin Network only if it is accepted by participants that collectively have a majority of the processing power on the Bitcoin Network.
If a modification is accepted by only a percentage of users and miners, a division will occur such that one network will run the pre-modification source code and the other network will run the modified source code. Such a division is known as a “fork.”
Bitcoin Futures
A futures contract is a standardized contract traded on, or subject to the rules of, an exchange to buy or sell a specified type and quantity of a particular underlying asset at a designated price. Each Fund invests in standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts traded on commodity exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). Futures contracts are traded on a wide variety of underlying assets, including bitcoin, bonds, interest rates, agricultural products, stock indexes, currencies, digital assets, energy, metals, economic indicators and statistical measures. The contract unit (i.e., the total amount of the underlying asset referenced in each futures contract) and calendar term of futures contracts on a particular underlying asset are identical and are not subject to any negotiation, other than with respect to price and the number

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of contracts traded between the buyer and seller. Futures contracts expire on a designated date, referred to as the “expiration date.”
Each Fund’s ability to invest in bitcoin futures contracts is subject to regulatory limitations, limitations imposed by listing exchanges and in some instances, limitations imposed by FCMs (e.g., margin requirements, position limits, and accountability levels). Position limits are predetermined maximum levels of futures that can be owned or controlled by a market participant. An accountability level is a threshold of futures holdings established by an exchange that, once met, subjects a market participant to greater scrutiny, such as providing information to the exchange about a Fund and its futures positions and the possibility that the exchange would prevent the Fund from increasing the size of its bitcoin futures position or require it to decrease its position in bitcoin futures contracts. Each Fund’s futures positions may be aggregated with those held by certain of its affiliates for purposes of applying position limits and accountability levels, meaning that the amount of bitcoin futures held by certain affiliates of the Fund could affect the Fund’s ability to enter into additional bitcoin futures contracts or subject the Fund to a requirement to decrease its position in bitcoin futures contracts. Margin requirements specify the minimum amount of cash required to be deposited with an FCM for open futures contracts.
Each Fund generally deposits cash (also known as “margin”) with an FCM for its open positions in futures contracts. The margin requirements or position limits may be based on the notional exposure (i.e., the total dollar value of exposure a Fund has to the asset that underlies the futures contract) of the futures contracts or the number of futures contracts purchased. The FCM, in turn, generally transfers such deposits to the clearing house to protect the clearing house against non-payment by each Fund. “Variation Margin” is the amount of cash that each party agrees to pay to or receive from the other to reflect the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. The clearing house becomes substituted for each counterparty to a futures contract and, in effect, guarantees performance. In addition, the FCM may require a Fund to deposit additional collateral in excess of the clearing house’s requirements for the FCM’s own protection. Margin requirements for bitcoin futures are substantially higher than margin requirements for many other types of futures contracts.
CME Bitcoin Futures commenced trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform on December 17, 2017, under the ticker symbol “BTC.” CME Micro Bitcoin Futures commenced trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform on May 3, 2021, under the ticker symbol “MBT.” CME Bitcoin Futures and CME Micro Bitcoin Futures are cash-settled in U.S. dollars, based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (“BRR”). The CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate is a volume-weighted composite of U.S. dollar-bitcoin trading activity on spot bitcoin trading venues selected by an oversight committee established by the CME and CF Benchmarks, the
administrator of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate, based on predefined criteria established by CF Benchmarks and approved by the oversight committee. As of the date of this Prospectus, the trading venues included in the BRR are Bitstamp, Coinbase, ItBit, Kraken, Gemini, and LMAX Digital. The criteria require, among other things, each selected trading venue to have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure fair and transparent market conditions and to identify and impede illegal, unfair or manipulative trading practices. The selected trading venues are not registered exchanges and are not subject to the regulation and supervision of a federal financial markets regulator. Each selected trading venue is reviewed annually by an oversight committee established by CF Benchmarks to confirm that the selected trading venue continues to meet all criteria. CF Benchmarks and the BRR are subject to United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority Regulation.
Rolling of the Bitcoin Futures
Futures contracts expire on a designated date, referred to as the “expiration date.” Each Fund generally seeks to invest in “front-month” bitcoin futures contracts but may invest in back-month, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts. “Front-month” contracts are the monthly contracts with the nearest expiration date. Back-month bitcoin futures contracts are those with longer times to maturity. Bitcoin futures are cash-settled on their expiration date unless they are “rolled” prior to expiration. Each Fund intends to “roll” its bitcoin futures prior to expiration. Typically, each Fund will roll to the next “nearby” bitcoin futures. The “nearby” contracts are those contracts with the next closest expiration date.
Investment in the Cayman Subsidiary
The Bitcoin Strategy ProFund expects to gain exposure to bitcoin futures contracts by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bitcoin Strategy ProFund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the ProFunds Bitcoin Strategy Portfolio (the “Bitcoin Portfolio”). The Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund expects to gain inverse exposure to bitcoin futures contracts by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, the ProFunds Cayman Short Bitcoin Strategy Portfolio (the “Short Bitcoin Portfolio”). The Bitcoin Portfolio and the Short Bitcoin Portfolio are managed and advised by ProFund Advisors and overseen by each Fund’s board of directors.
Additional Bitcoin-Related Investments
If a Fund is unable to obtain the desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts because it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or accountability levels or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Advisor intends to take such action as it believes appropriate and in the best interest of the Fund.
For the Bitcoin Strategy ProFund, this may include among other things, investing in equity securities of “bitcoin-related companies” or investing in other U.S. investment companies that

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provide investment exposure to futures contracts or bitcoin-related companies. For the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund, this may include shorting equity securities of “bitcoin-related companies.” For these purposes, bitcoin-related companies are companies listed on a U.S. stock exchange that the Advisor believes provide returns that generally correspond, or are closely related, to the performance of bitcoin or bitcoin futures. For example, the Fund may invest in U.S. listed companies engaged in digital asset mining or offering digital asset trading platforms.
Please see “Principal Investment Strategies” in each Fund’s Summary Prospectus for more detail about the financial instruments in which each Fund invests.
Understanding the Risks and Long-Term Performance of a Daily Objective Fund
The Fund is designed to provide inverse (-1x) results on a daily basis. The Fund, however, is unlikely to provide a simple multiple (-1x) of an index’s performance over periods longer than a single day.
Why? The hypothetical example below illustrates how daily Fund returns can behave for periods longer than a single day.
Take a hypothetical fund XYZ that seeks the inverse (-1x) of the daily investment results of index XYZ. On each day, fund XYZ performs in line with its objective (-1x the index’s daily investment results before fees and expenses). Notice that over the entire five-day period, the fund’s total return is less than the inverse of the period return of the index. For the five-day period, index XYZ returned 5.1% while fund XYZ returned -5.3% (versus -1 x 5.1% or -5.1%). In other scenarios, the return of a daily rebalanced fund could be greater or less than the inverse of the index’s return.
 
Index XYZ
Fund XYZ
 
Level
Daily
Performance
Daily
Performance
Net Asset
Value
Start
100.0
 
 
$100.00
Day 1
103.0
3.0%
-3.0%
$97.00
Day 2
99.9
-3.0%
3.0%
$99.92
Day 3
103.9
4.0%
-4.0%
$95.92
Day 4
101.3
-2.5%
2.5%
$98.32
Day 5
105.1
3.8%
-3.8%
$94.63
Total Return
5.1%
 
 
-5.3%
Why does this happen? This effect is caused by compounding, which exists in all investments. The return of the Fund for a period longer than a single day is the result of its return for each day compounded over the period and usually will differ in amount, and possibly even direction, from the inverse (-1x) of the return of the index for the same
period. In general, during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the multiple of the return of the index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases. Conversely, in periods of lower index volatility (particularly when combined with higher index returns), fund returns over longer periods can be higher than the inverse (-1x) return of the daily performance of the index. Actual results for a particular period, before fees and expenses, are also dependent on the following factors: a) the index’s volatility; b) the index’s performance; c) period of time; d) financing rates associated with derivatives; and e) other Fund expenses. The examples herein illustrate the impact of two principal factors — index volatility and index performance — on Fund performance. The significance of this effect is even greater for inverse (-1x) funds. Please see the SAI for additional details.
The graphs that follow illustrate this point. Each of the graphs shows a simulated hypothetical one year performance of an index compared with the performance of a fund that perfectly achieves its investment objective. The graphs demonstrate that, for periods longer than a single day, the Fund is likely to underperform or overperform (but not match) the inverse (-1x) of the return of the index for the same period. Investors should understand the consequences of seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of a daily benchmark such as the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of an index, for a single day, not for any other period, including the impact of compounding on fund performance. Investors should consider actively monitoring and/or periodically rebalancing their portfolios (which will possibly trigger transaction costs and tax consequences) in light of their investment goals and risk tolerance. A one-year period is used for illustrative purposes only. Deviations from the index return times the fund multiple can occur over periods as short as a single day (as measured from one day’s NAV to the next day’s NAV) and may also occur in periods shorter than a single day (when measured intraday as opposed to NAV to NAV). An investor in the Fund could potentially lose the full value of his/her investment within a single day.
To isolate the impact of inverse exposure, these graphs assume: a) no Fund expenses and b) borrowing/lending rates of zero percent. If these were reflected, the Fund’s performance would be lower than the performance returns shown. Each of the graphs also assumes a volatility rate of 69%, which is an approximation of the five-year historical volatility rate of the Bloomberg Galaxy Bitcoin Index. An index’s volatility rate is a

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statistical measure of the magnitude of fluctuations in the returns of an index.
One-Year Simulation; Index Return 0%
(Annualized Index Volatility 69%)
The graph above shows a scenario where the index, which exhibits day to day volatility, is flat or trendless over the year (i.e., begins and ends the year at 0%), but the Short (-1x) Fund is down.
One-Year Simulation; Index Return 55%
(Annualized Index Volatility 69%)
The graph above shows a scenario where the index, which exhibits day to day volatility, is up over the year, and the Short (-1x) Fund is down more than the inverse of the index.
One-Year Simulation; Index Return –55%
(Annualized Index Volatility 69%)
The graph above shows a scenario where the index, which exhibits day-to-day volatility, is down over the year, and the Short (-1x) Fund is up less than the inverse of the index.
The Bloomberg Galaxy Bitcoin Index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five-year period ended July 31, 2023 was 68.10%.
For additional details about fund performance over periods longer than a single day in the Fund, please see the SAI.
What it means for you. The daily objective of the Fund, if used properly and in conjunction with the investor’s view on the future direction and volatility of the markets, can be a useful tool for knowledgeable investors who want to manage their exposure to bitcoin futures. Investors should understand the consequences of seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of a benchmark (such as the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of an index), for a single day, not for any other period, including the impact of compounding on fund performance. Investors should actively monitor and/or periodically rebalance their portfolios (which will possibly trigger transaction costs and tax consequences), as frequently as daily. Investors considering the Fund should understand that it is designed to provide returns that are the inverse (-1x) of an index for a single day, not for any other period.

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Additionally, investors should recognize that the degree of volatility of the Fund’s index can have a dramatic effect on the Fund’s longer-term performance. The more volatile an index is, the more the Fund’s longer-term performance will negatively deviate from the inverse (-1x) of its index’s longer-term return. The return of the Fund for a period longer than a single day is the result of its return for each day compounded over the period and usually will differ in amount, and possibly even direction, from the inverse (-1x) of the return of the index for the same period. For periods longer than a single day, the Fund will lose money if its index’s performance is flat over time, and it is possible that the Fund will lose money over time regardless of the performance of its index, as a result of daily rebalancing, the index’s volatility, compounding and other factors. An investor in the Fund could potentially lose the full value of his/her investment within a single day.
Additional Information Regarding Principal Risks
Like all investments, investing in a Fund entails risks. The factors most likely to have a significant impact on a Fund’s portfolio are called “principal risks.” The principal risks for each Fund are described in each Fund’s Summary Prospectus and additional information regarding certain of these risks, as well as information related to other potential risks to which a Fund may be subjected, is provided below and under the section titled “Other Risks.” The principal risks are intended to provide information about the factors likely to have a significant adverse impact on a Fund’s returns and consequently the value of an investment in a Fund. The risks are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability and their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur than another risk or likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk. The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) contains additional information about each Fund, investment strategies and related risks. Each Fund may be subject to other risks in addition to those identified as principal risks.
While the realization of certain of these risks may benefit the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund because the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the Index, such occurrences may introduce more volatility to the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund and have a negative impact on Fund performance.
Bitcoin and Bitcoin Futures Risk – Investments linked to bitcoin present unique and substantial risks. Such investments can be highly volatile compared to investments in traditional securities and a Fund may experience sudden and large losses. The markets for bitcoin and bitcoin futures may become illiquid. These markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors including changes in overall market movements, political and economic events, wars, acts of terrorism, natural disasters (including disease, epidemics and pandemics) and changes in interest rates or inflation rates. An investor should be prepared to lose the full principal value of their investment suddenly and without warning. Trading and investing in assets
linked to bitcoin are generally not based in fundamental investment analysis.
A number of factors impact the price and market for bitcoin and bitcoin futures.
Supply and demand for bitcoin – It is believed that speculators and investors who seek to profit from trading and holding bitcoin currently account for a significant portion of bitcoin demand. Such speculation regarding the potential future appreciation in the price of bitcoin may artificially inflate or deflate the price of bitcoin. Market fraud and/or manipulation and other fraudulent trading practices such as the intentional dissemination of false or misleading information (e.g., false rumors) can, among other things, lead to a disruption of the orderly functioning of markets, significant market volatility, and cause the value of bitcoin futures to fluctuate quickly and without warning.
Supply and demand for bitcoin futures contracts – The price of bitcoin futures contracts is based on a number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for bitcoin futures contracts. Typically, demand paired with supply constraints and other factors have caused bitcoin futures to trade at a premium to a “spot” price of bitcoin. Additional demand, including demand resulting from the purchase, or anticipated purchase, of futures contracts by a Fund or other entities may increase that premium, perhaps significantly. It is not possible to predict whether or how long such conditions will continue. To the extent the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund sells futures contracts at a premium and the premium increases, the value of an investment in the Fund also should be expected to decline. Likewise, to the extent the Bitcoin Strategy ProFund purchases futures contracts at a premium and the premium declines, the value of an investment in the Fund also should be expected to decline.
Adoption and use of bitcoin – The continued adoption of bitcoin will require growth in its usage as a means of payment. Even if growth in bitcoin adoption continues in the near or medium-term, there is no assurance that bitcoin usage will continue to grow over the long-term. The slowness of transaction processing and the variability of transaction fees are significant impediments to the widespread adoption of bitcoin. To address these issues, participants have created secondary networks that layer on top of the blockchain to facilitate small, low-cost transactions (e.g., Lightning Network). These secondary networks may be more vulnerable to fraud and malicious attacks and may experience greater price volatility. In addition, participants have been slow to adopt these

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secondary networks. If the adoption and use of bitcoin slows or contracts, bitcoin may become less liquid, and the price of bitcoin may experience greater volatility.
Competition from other blockchains and digital assets – It is possible that other blockchains will emerge that are similarly designed to serve as an alternative payment system, such as those focused on privacy through the use of zero-knowledge cryptography. These alternative blockchains have in the past and may in the future seek to compete with the Bitcoin Network by offering networks that improve the speed of transaction processing, address issues in the finality and variability of transaction fees in the Bitcoin Networks, and with lesser volatility in the digital asset’s price than bitcoin. In addition, it is also possible that other digital assets and trading systems could become more widely accepted and used than bitcoin. The market demand for these alternative blockchains may reduce the market demand for bitcoin which would adversely impact the price of bitcoin.
The regulatory environment relating to bitcoin and bitcoin futures – The regulation of bitcoin, digital assets, digital asset trading venues, and related products and services continues to evolve. The inconsistent and sometimes conflicting regulatory landscape may make it more difficult for bitcoin businesses to provide services, which may impede the growth of the bitcoin economy and have an adverse effect on adoption of bitcoin. In addition, certain bitcoin businesses may be operating out of compliance with regulations. Future regulatory changes or enforcement actions by regulatory authorities may alter, perhaps to a material extent, the ability to buy and sell bitcoin and bitcoin futures. Similarly, future regulatory changes or enforcement actions could impact the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objective or alter the nature of an investment in the Fund or the ability of the Fund to continue to operate, as planned.
Margin requirements and position limits applicable to bitcoin futures contracts – Margin levels for bitcoin futures contracts are substantially higher than the margin requirements for more established futures contracts. Additionally, the FCMs utilized by a Fund may impose margin requirements in addition to those imposed by the exchanges. Margin requirements are subject to change and may be raised in the future by the exchanges and the FCMs. High margin requirements could prevent a Fund from obtaining sufficient exposure to bitcoin futures and may adversely affect its ability to achieve its investment objective. Further, FCMs utilized by a Fund may impose limits on the amount of exposure to futures contracts the Fund can obtain through such FCMs. If a Fund cannot obtain sufficient exposure through its FCMs, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.
Largely unregulated marketplace – Bitcoin, the Bitcoin Network and digital asset trading venues are relatively new and, in most cases, largely unregulated. As a result of this lack of regulation, individuals, or groups may engage in insider trading, fraud or market manipulation with respect to bitcoin. Such manipulation could cause investors in bitcoin to lose money, possibly the entire value of their investments. Over the past several years, a number of digital asset trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. The nature of the assets held at digital asset trading venues make them appealing targets for hackers and a number of digital asset trading venues have been victims of cybercrimes and other fraudulent activity. These activities have caused significant, in some cases total, losses for bitcoin investors. Investors in bitcoin may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur. There is no central registry showing which individuals or entities own bitcoin or the quantity of bitcoin that is owned by any particular person or entity. There are no regulations in place that would prevent a large holder of bitcoin or a group of holders from selling their bitcoin (which could depress the price of bitcoin) or otherwise attempting to manipulate the price of bitcoin or the Bitcoin Network. Events that reduce user confidence in bitcoin, the Bitcoin Network, and the fairness of digital asset trading venues could have a negative impact on a Fund.
Cybersecurity – As a digital asset bitcoin is subject to the risk that malicious actors will exploit flaws in its code or structure, or that of digital asset trading venues, that will allow them to, among other things, steal bitcoin held by others, control the blockchain, steal personally identifying information, or issue significant amounts of bitcoin in contravention of the relevant protocol. The occurrence of any of these events is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the price and liquidity of bitcoin and bitcoin futures contracts. Additionally, the Bitcoin Network’s functionality relies on the Internet. A significant disruption of Internet connectivity affecting large numbers of users or geographic areas could impede the functionality of the Bitcoin Network. Any technical disruptions or regulatory limitations that affect Internet access may have an adverse effect on the Bitcoin Network, the price and liquidity of bitcoin, and the value of an investment in a Fund.
Declining mining compensation – Transactions in bitcoin are processed by miners which are primarily compensated in bitcoin based on a declining payment schedule and, in some instances, by voluntary fees paid by participants. If this compensation is not sufficient to incentivize miners to process transactions, the confirmation process for transactions may slow and the

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Bitcoin Network may become more vulnerable to malicious actors. Additionally, changes in the prices of hardware or electricity required to process transactions may reduce miner incentives. These and similar events may have a significant adverse effect on the price and liquidity of bitcoin and the value of an investment in a Fund.
Forks – The open-source nature of the Bitcoin Protocol permits any developer to review the underlying code and suggest changes. If some users and miners adopt a change while others do not and that change is not compatible with the existing software, a fork occurs. Several forks have already occurred in the Bitcoin Network resulting in the creation of new, separate digital assets. Which fork will be considered to be bitcoin for purposes of the BRR is determined by CF Benchmarks Hard Fork Policy. Forks and similar events could adversely affect the liquidity of bitcoin. The Bitcoin Network has already experienced two major forks after developers attempted to increase transaction capacity (i.e., the forks resulting in “Bitcoin Cash” and “Bitcoin Gold”).
Costs of rolling futures contracts – Futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced higher than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “contango.” Conversely, futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced lower than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called “backwardation.” For the Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund, when rolling futures contracts that are in backwardation, the Fund would buy a higher priced expiring bitcoin futures contract to close its existing short position and sell a lower priced, longer-dated bitcoin futures to open a new short position. For the Bitcoin Strategy ProFund, when rolling futures contracts that are in contango, the Fund would sell the expiring bitcoin futures at a lower price and buy a longer-dated bitcoin futures at a higher price. The price difference between the expiring contract and longer-dated contract associated with rolling bitcoin futures may be substantially higher than the price difference associated with rolling other futures contracts. Backwardation and contango in the bitcoin futures market may have a significant adverse impact on the performance of a Fund and may cause bitcoin futures to perform differently than spot bitcoin. Both backwardation or contango may limit or prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective. Additionally, because of the frequency with which a Fund may roll futures contracts, the impact of contango or backwardation on Fund performance may be greater than it would have been if the Fund rolled futures contracts less frequently.
Liquidity risk – The market for bitcoin futures contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of
illiquidity. During such times it may be difficult or impossible to enter into or exit a position at the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large size of the positions which a Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and may increase the losses incurred while trying to do so. It is also possible that, if a Fund’s assets become significant relative to the overall market, the large size of its positions potentially could impact futures contracts prices and contribute to illiquidity. Limits imposed by counterparties, exchanges or other regulatory organizations, such as accountability levels, position limits and daily price fluctuation limits, may contribute to a lack of liquidity and have a negative impact on Fund performance. During periods of market illiquidity, including periods of market disruption and volatility, it may be difficult or impossible for a Fund to enter into or exit futures at desired prices or at all.
Bitcoin tax risk – Current U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) guidance indicates that convertible virtual currency, defined as a digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and/or a store of value that has an equivalent value in real currency, or that acts as a substitute for real currency, should be treated and taxed as property, and that transactions involving the payment of convertible virtual currency for goods and services should be treated as barter transactions. While this treatment allows for the possibility of capital gains treatment, it creates a potential tax reporting requirement in any circumstance where the ownership of convertible virtual currency passes from one person to another, usually by means of convertible virtual currency transactions (including off-blockchain transactions), which could discourage the use of bitcoin as a medium of exchange, especially for a holder of bitcoin that has appreciated in value.
Environmental risk – Bitcoin mining currently requires computing hardware that consumes large amounts of electricity. By way of electrical power generation, many bitcoin miners rely on fossil fuels to power their operations. Public perception of the impact of bitcoin mining on climate change may impact the demand for bitcoin and increase the likelihood of regulation that limits bitcoin mining or restricts energy usage by bitcoin miners.
Risks Associated with the Use of Derivatives — A Fund may obtain exposure to bitcoin through derivatives (i.e., bitcoin futures contracts). Investing in derivatives may be considered aggressive and may expose a Fund to risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the reference asset(s) underlying the derivative. The

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use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than directly investing in securities. The risks of using derivatives include: 1) the risk that there may be imperfect correlation between the price of the financial instruments and movements in the prices of the reference asset(s); 2) the risk that an instrument is mispriced; 3) credit or counterparty risk on the amount a Fund expects to receive from a counterparty; 4) the risk that securities prices, interest rates and currency markets will move adversely and the Fund will incur significant losses; and 5) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for a particular instrument and possible exchange imposed price fluctuation limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to adjust each Fund’s position in a particular instrument when desired. Each of these factors may prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective and may increase the volatility (i.e., fluctuations) of the Fund’s returns. Because derivatives often require limited initial investment, the use of derivatives also may expose a Fund to losses in excess of those amounts initially invested.
The use of swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks in addition to, and in some cases different from, those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of swaps are mispricing or improper valuation, imperfect correlation between movements in the notional amount and the price of the underlying investments, and the failure of a counterparty to perform. If a counterparty’s creditworthiness for an over-the-counter swap declines, the value of the swap would likely decline. Moreover, there is no guarantee that a Fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap by entering into an offsetting swap with the same or another party.
The gross return to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties is calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” e.g., the return on, or the increase/decrease in, value of a particular dollar amount invested in a “basket” of securities or an ETF representing a particular index or group of securities. The return to a Fund on such a swap should be the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends or interest on the assets less the interest paid by the Fund on the notional amount. Such swaps are uncleared, non-exchange-traded, and cash settled.
In addition, a Fund may use a combination of swaps on an underlying index and swaps on an ETF that is designed to track the performance of that index. The performance of an ETF may not track the performance of its underlying index due to embedded costs and other factors. Thus, to the extent a Fund invests in swaps that use an ETF as the reference asset, the Fund may be subject to greater correlation risk and may not achieve as high a degree of correlation with its index as it would if the Fund only used swaps on the underlying index.
Borrowing Risk – A Fund may borrow for tax management or investment purposes using reverse repurchase agreements.
Reverse repurchase agreements are financing arrangements that involve sales by a Fund of portfolio financial instruments concurrently with an agreement by a Fund to repurchase the same financial instruments at a later date at a fixed price. Reverse repurchase agreements do not mitigate a Fund’s risk that the market value of the financial instruments a Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. A Fund may enter into both exchange-traded and over-the-counter reverse repurchase agreements. The cost of borrowing may reduce a Fund’s return. Borrowing may cause a Fund to liquidate positions under adverse market conditions to satisfy its repayment obligations. Borrowing increases the risk of loss and may increase the volatility of a Fund.
Subsidiary Investment Risk — Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which a Fund and the subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of a Fund to operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. Each Fund complies with the provisions of the 1940 Act governing investment policies, capital structure, and leverage on an aggregate basis with the subsidiary.
Bitcoin-Related Company Risk — If a Fund is unable to obtain its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts because it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Fund may obtain exposure by investing in or shorting securities of “bitcoin-related companies.” There can be no assurance that the returns of bitcoin-related companies will correspond, or be closely-related, to the performance of bitcoin or bitcoin futures. Bitcoin-related companies face rapid changes in technology, intense competition including the development and acceptance of competing platforms or technologies, loss or impairment of intellectual property rights, cyclical economic patterns, shifting consumer preferences, evolving industry standards, adverse effects of changes to a network’s or software’s protocols, a rapidly changing regulatory environment, and dependency on certain key personnel (including highly skilled financial services professionals and software engineers). Bitcoin-related companies may be susceptible to operational and information security risks including those associated with hardware or software failures, interruptions, or delays in service by third party vendors, and security breaches. Certain bitcoin-related companies may be subject to the risks associated with investing directly in digital assets, including among other things, bitcoin, ether and crypto tokens.
Risk of Investing in Other U.S. ETFs — If a Fund is unable to obtain its desired exposure to bitcoin futures contracts because it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Fund may obtain exposure by investing in other U.S. ETFs, that provide investment exposure to bitcoin futures contracts or bitcoin-related companies. Such investments subject a Fund to those

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risks affecting the underlying ETFs, such as risks that the investment management strategy of the underlying fund may not produce its intended results (management risk) and the risk that the underlying fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns (market risk). In addition, ETFs may trade at a price below their net asset value. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying fund’s expenses.
Correlation Risk — A number of factors may affect a Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with the Index, and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective, and the percentage change of the Fund’s NAV each day may differ, perhaps significantly in amount, and possibly even direction, from the Daily Target.
In order to achieve a high degree of correlation with the Index, the Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio daily to keep exposure consistent with its investment objective. Being materially under- or overexposed to the Index may prevent the Fund from achieving a high degree of correlation with the Index and may expose the Fund to greater leverage risk. Market disruptions or closures, regulatory restrictions, market volatility, illiquidity in the markets for the financial instruments in which the Fund invests, and other factors will adversely affect the Fund’s ability to adjust exposure to requisite levels. The target amount of portfolio exposure is impacted dynamically by the Index’s movements, including intraday movements. Because of this, it is unlikely that the Fund will have perfect exposure during the day or at the end of each day and the likelihood of being materially under- or overexposed is higher on days when the Index is volatile, particularly when the Index is volatile at or near the close of the trading day.
Money Market Instruments Risk — Money market instruments may be adversely affected by market and economic events. Adverse economic, political or other developments affecting issuers of money market instruments; or defaults by transaction counterparties may also have a negative impact on the performance of such instruments. Each of these could have a negative impact on the performance of a Fund. Money market instruments may include money market funds. To the extent a Fund invests in a money market fund, the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the money market fund’s fees and expenses.
Counterparty Risk — A Fund will be subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or unable to make timely payments or otherwise meet its contractual obligations) with respect to the amount the Fund expects to receive from counterparties to financial instruments (including derivatives and repurchase agreements) entered into by the Fund. A Fund generally structures the agreements such that either party can terminate the contract without
penalty prior to the termination date. If a counterparty terminates a contract, a Fund may not be able to invest in other derivatives to achieve the desired exposure, or achieving such exposure may be more expensive. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under such an agreement. 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. In order to attempt to mitigate potential counterparty credit risk, a Fund typically enters into transactions with major financial institutions.
A Fund also seeks to mitigate risks by generally requiring that the counterparties agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes the Fund, subject to certain minimum thresholds. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient or there are delays in accessing the collateral, a Fund will be exposed to the risks described above, including possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings.
The counterparty to an exchange-traded futures contract is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and the futures commission merchant (“FCM”) through which it holds its position. Specifically, the FCM or the clearing house could fail to perform its obligations, causing significant losses to the Fund. For example, a Fund could lose margin payments it has deposited with an FCM as well as any gains owed but not paid to the Fund, if the FCM or clearing house becomes insolvent or otherwise fails to perform its obligations. Credit risk of market participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is concentrated in a few clearing houses and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. Under current Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulations, a FCM maintains customers’ assets in a bulk segregated account. If a FCM fails to do so, or is unable to satisfy a substantial deficit in a customer account, its other customers may be subject to risk of loss of their funds in the event of that FCM’s bankruptcy. In that event, in the case of futures, the FCM’s customers are entitled to recover, even in respect of property specifically traceable to them, only a proportional share of all property available for distribution to all of that FCM’s customers. In addition, if the FCM does not comply with the applicable regulations, or in the event of a fraud or misappropriation of customer assets by the FCM, a Fund could have only an unsecured creditor claim in an insolvency of the FCM with respect to the margin held by the FCM. FCMs are also required to transfer to the clearing house the amount of margin required by the clearing house, which amount is generally held in an omnibus account at the clearing house for all customers of the FCM.

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In addition, a Fund may enter into agreements with a limited number of counterparties, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk. A Fund does not specifically limit its counterparty risk with respect to any single counterparty. Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties are willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with a Fund and, as a result, a Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective. Contractual provisions and applicable law may prevent or delay a Fund from exercising its rights to terminate an investment or transaction with a financial institution experiencing financial difficulties, or to realize on collateral, and another institution may be substituted for that financial institution without the consent of the Fund. If the credit rating of a counterparty to a futures contract and/or repurchase agreement declines, a Fund may nonetheless choose or be required to keep existing transactions in place with the counterparty, in which event the Fund would be subject to any increased credit risk associated with those transactions. Also, in the event of a counterparty’s (or its affiliate’s) insolvency, the possibility exists that a Fund’s ability to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations and realization on collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under special resolution regimes adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other jurisdictions. Such regimes provide government authorities with broad authority to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty. In particular, the regulatory authorities could reduce, eliminate, or convert to equity the liabilities to a Fund of a counterparty who is subject to such proceedings in the European Union or the United Kingdom (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).
Moreover, with respect to the use of swap agreements, although the term of the agreement may be for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year, either party may generally terminate the agreement without penalty prior to the termination. As a result, if the underlying reference asset has a dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in a Fund’s net assets, the terms of a swap agreement between the Fund and its counterparty may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction with the Fund. In that event, the Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve the desired exposure consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. This, in turn, may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective, even if the reference asset reverses all or a portion of its intraday move by the end of the day. Any costs associated with using derivatives will also have the effect of lowering the Fund’s return.
Index Performance Risk — The Index used by a Fund may underperform other asset classes and may underperform other similar indices. The Index is maintained by a third party provider unaffiliated with a Fund or ProFund Advisors. There can be no guarantee that the methodology underlying the Index or the daily calculation of the Index will be free from
error. Changes to the index methodology or changes to the digital asset trading platforms included in the index may impact the value of the Index may cause a Fund to experience increased volatility and adversely impact the Fund’s ability to meet its Daily Target.
Short Sale Exposure Risk — A Fund may seek inverse or “short” exposure through financial instruments, which would cause the Fund to be exposed to certain risks associated with selling short. These risks include, under certain market conditions, an increase in the volatility and decrease in the liquidity of securities or financial instruments or credits underlying the short position, which may lower a Fund’s return, result in a loss, have the effect of limiting the Fund’s ability to obtain inverse exposure through financial instruments, or requiring the Fund to seek inverse exposure through alternative investment strategies that may be less desirable or more costly to implement. To the extent that, at any particular point in time, the securities or financial instruments or credits underlying the short position may be thinly-traded or have a limited market, including due to regulatory action, a Fund may be unable to meet its investment objective (e.g., due to a lack of available securities or financial instruments or counterparties). During such periods, the Fund’s ability to issue additional shares may be adversely affected. Obtaining inverse exposure may be considered an aggressive investment technique. Any income, dividends or payments by the assets underlying a Fund’s short positions will negatively impact the Fund.
Early Close/Late Close/Trading Halt Risk — An exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts on bitcoin futures contracts. In these circumstances, each Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Other Risks
In addition to the risks noted above, many other factors may also affect the value of an investment in a Fund, such as 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 investments in which the Fund invests, the Fund’s level of investment in particular issuers and other factors, including the financial condition, industry, economic sector and location of such issuers. The SAI contains additional information about each Fund, its investment strategies and related risks. Each Fund may be subject to other risks in addition to those identified as principal risks.
Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk — Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics (for example, the novel coronavirus COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have recently led, and may

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continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Such natural disaster and health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding results on the operating performance of each Fund and its investments. A climate of uncertainty and panic, including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies and reduce the availability of potential investment opportunities, and increases the difficulty of performing due diligence and modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of financial projections. Under these circumstances, each Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objectives which may adversely impact Fund performance. Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual companies (including, but not limited to, each Fund’s investment advisor, third party service providers, and counterparties), sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of each Fund’s investments. These factors can cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, changes in the availability of and the margin requirements for certain instruments, and can impact the ability of each Fund to complete redemptions and otherwise affect Fund performance and Fund trading in the secondary market. A widespread crisis would also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted. Impacts from these events could have a significant impact on each Fund’s performance, resulting in losses to your investment.
Risk of Global Economic Shock — Widespread disease, including public health disruptions, pandemics and epidemics (for example, COVID-19 including its variants), have been and may continue to be highly disruptive to economies and markets. Health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks, and result in breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, civil unrest, periods of high unemployment, shortages in and disruptions to the medical care and consumer goods and services industries, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains, with potential corresponding results on the performance of a Fund and its investments.
Additionally, war, military conflicts, sanctions, acts of terrorism, sustained elevated inflation, supply chain issues or other events could have a significant negative impact on global financial markets and economies. Russia’s military incursions in Ukraine have led to, and may lead to additional sanctions being levied by the United States, European Union and other countries against Russia. The ongoing hostilities between the two countries could result in additional widespread conflict
and could have a severe adverse effect on the region and certain markets. Sanctions on Russian exports could have a significant adverse impact on the Russian economy and related markets and could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, even beyond any direct exposure a Fund may have to the region or to adjoining geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative impacts on the economy and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas. How long such tensions and related events will last cannot be predicted. These tensions and any related events could have significant impact on a Fund performance and the value of an investment in a Fund.
Risks of Government Regulation —The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued a notice on March 8, 2022 seeking comment on measures that could prevent or restrict investors from buying a broad range of public securities designated as “complex products”—which could include the digital asset (such as bitcoin) funds offered by ProFund Advisors. The ultimate impact, if any, of these measures remains unclear. However, if regulations are adopted, they could, among other things, prevent or restrict investors’ ability to buy the funds.
Cybersecurity Risk — With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, each Fund, financial intermediaries, service providers and the relevant listing exchange are susceptible to operational, information security and related “cyber” risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to gaining unauthorized access to digital systems for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, and denial of service attacks on websites. Cybersecurity failures or breaches of a Fund’s third party service provider (including, but not limited to, index providers, the administrator and transfer agent) or the issuers of securities and/or financial instruments in which the Fund invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws. For instance, cyber attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, impact a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject a Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. In addition, substantial

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costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. Each Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result. While a Fund or its service providers may have established business continuity plans and systems designed to guard against such cyber attacks or adverse effects of such attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, in large part because different unknown threats may emerge in the future. Similar types of cybersecurity risks also are present for issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investments in such securities to lose value. In addition, cyber attacks involving a counterparty to a Fund could affect such a counterparty’s ability to meets it obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. ProFund Advisors and the Trust do not control the cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by third party service providers, and such third party service providers may have no or limited indemnification obligations to ProFund Advisors or a Fund.
Operational Risk — A Fund, its service providers and financial intermediaries are subject to operational risks arising from, among other things, human error, systems and technology errors and disruptions, failed or inadequate controls, and fraud. These errors may adversely affect a Fund’s operations, including its ability to execute its investment process, calculate or disseminate its NAV or intraday indicative value in a timely manner, and process purchases or redemptions. While a Fund seeks to minimize such events through controls and oversight, there may still be failures and a Fund may be unable to recover any damages associated with such failures. These failures may have a material adverse effect on a Fund’s returns. Each Fund relies on order information provided by financial intermediaries to determine the net inflows and outflows. As a result, each Fund is subject to operational risks associated with reliance on those financial intermediaries and their data sources. In particular, errors in the order information may result in the purchase or sale of the instruments in which a Fund invests in a manner that may be disadvantageous to a Fund.
Portfolio Turnover Risk — Each Fund may incur high portfolio turnover in connection with managing the Fund’s investment exposure. Additionally, active trading of a Fund’s shares is expected to cause more frequent purchase and sales activities that could, in certain circumstances, increase the number of portfolio transactions. High levels of portfolio transactions increase transaction costs and may result in increased taxable gains. Each of these factors could have a negative impact on the performance of a Fund.
Valuation Risk — In certain circumstances (e.g., if ProFund Advisors believes market quotations are not reliable, or a trading halt closes an exchange or market early), ProFund Advisors may, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board
of Trustees of a Fund, choose to determine a fair value price as the basis for determining the value of such investment for such day. The fair value of an investment determined by ProFund Advisors may be different from other value determinations of the same investment. Portfolio investments that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including “fair valued” investments, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their value from one day to the next than would be the case if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that a Fund could sell a portfolio investment for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that a Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio investment is sold at a discount to its established value. The fair value of a Fund’s bitcoin futures may be determined by reference, in whole or in part, to the cash market in bitcoin. These circumstances may be more likely to occur with respect to bitcoin futures than with respect to futures on more traditional assets. In addition, the bitcoin futures held by a Fund and bitcoin may be traded in markets on days and at times when a Fund is not open for business. As a result, the value of a Fund’s holdings may vary, perhaps significantly, on days and at times when investors are unable to purchase or sell Fund shares.
Tax Risk — In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, a Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from “qualifying income,” meet certain asset diversification tests at the end of each taxable quarter, and meet annual distribution requirements. A Fund’s pursuit of its investment strategies will potentially be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify for such treatment and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to so qualify. A Fund may make certain investments, the treatment of which for these purposes is unclear. In particular, direct investments by a Fund in futures are not expected to produce qualifying income for purposes of the Fund’s qualification as a RIC. A Fund, however, expects to gain exposure to futures and generate qualifying income by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a RIC, a Fund will limit its investments in such subsidiary to 25% of the Fund’s total assets at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund may, however, exceed this amount from time to time if the Advisor believes doing so is in the best interests of the Fund, provided, however, that the Fund intends to continue to comply with the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. If a Fund’s investments in the subsidiary were to exceed 25% of the Fund’s total assets at the end of a tax quarter, the Fund may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC. The Advisor will carefully monitor a Fund’s investments in the subsidiary to ensure that no more than 25% of the Fund’s assets are invested in the subsidiary at the end of each tax quarter. A Fund intends to invest in complex derivatives for which there is not clear guidance from the Internal Revenue Service

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(“IRS”) as to the calculation of such investments under the asset diversification test applicable to RICs. There are no assurances that the IRS will agree with a Fund’s calculation under the asset diversification test which could cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC.
If, in any year, a Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or were not to cure such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income at the fund level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce a Fund’s net assets and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, a Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain distributions. Please see the section entitled “Taxation” in the Statement of Additional Information for more information.
Precautionary Notes
A Precautionary Note to Investment Companies — For purposes of the 1940 Act, each Fund is a registered investment company, and the acquisition of a Fund’s shares by other
investment companies is subject to the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) thereof. 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. Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act permits investments in acquired funds in excess of the limits of Section 12(d)(1) subject to certain conditions. Among these conditions, prior to a fund acquiring securities of another fund exceeding the limits of Section 12(d)(1), the acquiring fund must enter into a “Fund of Funds Investment Agreement” with the acquired fund setting forth the material terms of the arrangement.
A Precautionary Note Regarding Regulation of Derivatives — Current global regulation of and future regulatory changes with respect to derivatives regulations may alter, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in a Fund or the ability of a Fund to continue to implement its investment strategies.
Portfolio Holdings Information
A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.

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Fund Management

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Board of Trustees and Officers
The Board is responsible for the general supervision of each Fund. The officers of the Trust are responsible for the day-to-day operations of each Fund.
Investment Advisor
ProFund Advisors, located at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, serves as the investment adviser to each Fund and provides investment advice and management services to each Fund. ProFund Advisors oversees the investment and reinvestment of the assets in each Fund. For its investment advisory services, ProFund Advisors is entitled to receive annual fees equal to 0.45% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. ProFund Advisors bears the costs of providing advisory services. Subject to the condition that the aggregate daily net assets of the Trust be equal to or greater than $10 billion, ProFund Advisors has agreed to reduce the Fund’s annual investment advisory fee by 0.025% on assets in excess of $500 million up to $1 billion, 0.05% on assets in excess of $1 billion up to $2 billion and 0.075% on assets in excess of $2 billion. During the year ended July 31, 2023, the Fund’s annual investment advisory fee was not subject to such reductions. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board approving the investment advisory agreement for the Fund is in the Trust’s most recent annual report to shareholders dated July 31, 2023.During the year ended July 31, 2023, each Fund paid ProFund Advisors a fee in the following amount (fees paid reflect the effects of any expense limitation arrangement in place during the period):
Fees Paid
 
Net
Amount
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
0.27%
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
Portfolio Management
The following individuals have responsibility for the day-to-day management of each Fund as set forth in the Summary Prospectus relating to each Fund. The Portfolio Managers’ business experience for the past five years is listed below. Additional information about the Portfolio Managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers and their ownership of other investment companies can be found in the SAI.
Alexander Ilyasov, ProShare Advisors: Senior Portfolio Manager since October 2013 and Portfolio Manager from November
2009 through September 2013. ProFund Advisors LLC: Senior Portfolio Manager since October 2013 and Portfolio Manager from November 2009 through September 2013. ProShare Capital Management LLC: Senior Portfolio Manager since August 2016.
George Banian, ProShare Advisors: Portfolio Manager since February 2022, Associate Portfolio Manager from August 2016 to February 2022, Senior Portfolio Analyst from December 2010 to August 2016, Portfolio Analyst from December 2007 to December 2010. ProFund Advisors: Portfolio Manager since February 2022, Associate Portfolio Manager from July 2021 to February 2022.
Other Service Providers
ProFunds Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), located at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, acts as the distributor of Fund shares and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProFund Advisors. Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”), located at 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43219, acts as the administrator to each Fund, providing operations, compliance and administrative services. FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”), located at 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43219, acts as transfer agent for each Fund, maintaining shareholder account records for each Fund, distributing distributions payable by each Fund, and producing statements with respect to account activity for each Fund and their shareholders.
ProFund Advisors also performs certain management services, including client support and other administrative services, for the Funds under a Management Services Agreement. ProFund Advisors is entitled to receive annual fees equal to 0.15% of the average daily net assets of the Funds for such services. During the year ended July 31, 2023, each Fund paid the Advisor management services fees in the following amounts (fees paid reflect the effects of any expense limitation arrangements in place for the period):
Fees Paid
 
Net
Amount
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
0.09%
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund

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General Information

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Determination of NAV
The price at which you purchase, redeem and exchange shares is the NAV per share next determined after your transaction request is received by the transfer agent in good order (i.e., required forms are complete and, in the case of a purchase, correct payment is received). Each Fund calculates its NAV by taking the value of its assets, subtracting any liabilities, and dividing that amount by the number of outstanding shares.
Each Fund’s assets are valued primarily on the basis of information furnished by a pricing service or market quotations. Securities that are listed or traded on a stock exchange or the Nasdaq or National Market System are generally valued at the closing price, if available, on the exchange or market where the security is principally traded (including the Nasdaq Official Closing Price). Short-term securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost or based on market prices. Securities traded regularly in the over-the-counter market are generally valued on the basis of the mean between the bid and asked quotes furnished by dealers actively trading those securities. Futures contracts purchased and held by a Fund are generally valued at the last sale price prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV or at the official futures settlement price on the relevant exchange. Routine valuation of certain derivatives is performed using procedures approved by the Board. In addition, certain derivatives linked to a benchmark may be valued based on the performance of one or more U.S. ETFs or instruments that reflect the values of the securities in such benchmark, when the level of the benchmark is not computed as of the close of the U.S. securities markets.
If market quotations are not readily available, an investment may be valued by a method that the Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects fair value. The use of such a fair valuation method may be appropriate if, for example: (i) ProFund Advisors believes market quotations do not accurately reflect fair value of an investment; (ii) ProFund Advisors believes an investment’s 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. Any such fair valuations will be conducted pursuant to Board approved fair valuation procedures. At times, each Fund may, pursuant to Board-approved procedures, write down the value of an investment or other asset to reflect, among other things, decreases in the value of the asset or decreases in the likelihood that a Fund will be able to collect on the asset. These write downs will reduce the value of the asset and, ultimately, the value of a Fund. Fair valuation procedures involve the risk that a Fund’s valuation of an investment may be higher or lower than the price the investment might actually command if a Fund sold it.
Each Fund normally calculates its daily share price as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) every day the NYSE is open.
To the extent a Fund’s portfolio investments trade in markets on days when a Fund is not open for business, the value of a Fund’s assets may vary on those days. In addition, trading in certain portfolio investments may not occur on days a Fund is open for business. If the NYSE closes early, the NAV may be calculated at the close of regular trading or its normal calculation time. If the exchange or market on which a Fund’s underlying investments are primarily traded closes early, the NAV may be calculated prior to its normal calculation time.
NYSE Holiday Schedule:The NYSE is open every week, Monday through Friday, except when the following holidays are celebrated: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (the third Monday in January), Washington’s Birthday (observed), Good Friday, Memorial Day (the last Monday in May), Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day (the first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day. Exchange holiday schedules are subject to change without notice.
The NYSE will close early (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the day before Independence Day and on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (“SIFMA”) Proposed Close and Early Close Schedule: On the following days in 2024 and 2025 SIFMA has recommended that the U.S. bond markets close: May 27, 2024, June 19, 2024, July 4, 2024, September 2, 2024, October 14, 2024, November 11, 2024, November 28, 2024, December 25, 2024, January 1, 2025, January 20, 2025, February 17, 2025, April 18, 2025, May 26, 2025, June 19, 2025, July 4, 2025, September 1, 2025, October 13, 2025, November 11, 2025, November 27, 2025 and December 25, 2025. SIFMA has recommended that the U.S. bond markets close early at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) May 28, 2024, July 3, 2024, November 29, 2024, December 24, 2024, December 31, 2024, April 17, 2025, May 23, 2025, July 3, 2025, November 28, 2025, December 24, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
A Fund may cease taking transaction requests, including requests to exchange to or from other funds managed by ProFund Advisors or affiliates of ProFund Advisors on such days, at times other than the normal cut-off time. See “Transaction Cut-Off Times” in the Shareholder Services Guide in this Prospectus for more details. 
Form of Redemption Proceeds
You may receive redemption proceeds of your sale of shares of a Fund in a check, Automated Clearing House (“ACH”), or federal wire transfer. The Funds typically expect that it will take one to three days following the receipt of your redemption request made in “good order” to pay out redemption proceeds; however, while not expected, payment of redemption proceeds may take up to seven days. Each Fund maintains a cash balance that serves as a primary source of liquidity for meeting redemption requests. The Funds may also use the proceeds from the sale of portfolio securities to meet redemption requests if consistent

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with the management of a Fund. The Funds reserve the right to redeem in-kind. Each of these redemption methods may be used regularly and in stressed market conditions in conformity with applicable rules of the SEC.
Cost Basis Reporting: Upon the redemption or exchange of your shares in a Fund, the Fund or, if you purchase your shares through a financial intermediary, your financial intermediary generally will be required to provide you and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with cost basis and certain other related tax information about a Fund shares you redeemed or exchanged. This cost basis reporting requirement is effective for shares purchased, including through dividend reinvestment, on or after January 1, 2012. Please see the Funds’ website (www.profunds.com) or consult your financial intermediary, as appropriate, for more information regarding available methods for cost basis reporting and how to select or change a particular method. Please consult your tax advisor to determine which available cost basis method is best for you.
Dividends and Distributions
Each Fund intends to distribute its net investment income and capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually to qualify for treatment as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as follows:
Fund
Dividends
Capital
Gains
Accrued
Paid
Paid
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
Monthly
Monthly
Annually
Short Bitcoin Strategy
ProFund
Monthly
Monthly
Annually
The Funds do not announce dividend distribution dates in advance. Certain investment strategies employed by certain Funds may produce income or net short-term capital gains which a Funds may seek to distribute more frequently. Each Fund may declare additional capital gains distributions during a year. Each Fund will reinvest distributions in additional shares of the Fund making the distribution, unless a shareholder has written to request distributions in cash (by check, wire or ACH).
By selecting the distribution by check or wire option, a shareholder agrees to the following conditions:
If a shareholder elects to receive distributions by check or wire, a Fund will, nonetheless, automatically reinvest such distributions in additional shares of the Fund if they are $10 or less (and payable by check) or $25 or less (and payable by wire). A shareholder may elect to receive distributions via ACH or reinvest such distribution in shares of another Fund regardless of amount.
Any dividend or distribution check, which has been returned to a Fund or has remained uncashed for a period of six months from the issuance date, will be cancelled, and the funds will be reinvested (net of any bank charges) on the date of cancellation into the Fund or, if the account is closed or
only the Government Money Market ProFund is open, the funds will be reinvested into the Government Money Market ProFund (information about the Government Money Market ProFund is contained in a separate prospectus, which may be obtained by calling (888) 776-5717 or (240) 497-6552); and
Any account on which a dividend or distribution check was returned or remained uncashed for a period of six months will automatically have the dividend and distribution payment election adjusted so that all future dividends or distributions are reinvested into the Fund, unless subsequent distribution checks have been cashed.
Earning Dividends
Shares purchased in an exchange transaction begin earning dividends the day after the exchange is processed. Shares continue to earn dividends through the business day on which the Funds’ transfer agent has processed a redemption of those shares.
Taxes
The following information is a general summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in a Fund and does not address any foreign, state, or local tax consequences. Please see the Statement of Additional Information for more information.
Each Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a “regulated investment company” (“RIC”) for federal income tax purposes. As such, a Fund does not ordinarily pay federal income tax on its net investment income and net realized capital gains that it timely distributes to shareholders. In order for each Fund 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.
Each Fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net investment income and capital gains to shareholders every year.
Distributions from investment income by a Fund are generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
Whether a distribution from capital gains by a Fund is taxable to shareholders as ordinary income or at the rates applicable to net capital gains depends on how long the Fund owned (or is treated as having owned) the investments generating the distribution, not on how long an investor has owned shares of the Fund.
Distributions from capital gains on investments that a Fund has owned (or is treated as having owned) for more than 12 months and that are properly reported by the Fund as capital gain dividends will be treated as long-term capital gains includible in a shareholder’s net capital gain and taxed to individuals at reduced rates. Distributions from capital gains

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on investments that a Fund has owned (or is treated as having owned) for 12 months or less will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income.
Distributions from investment income reported by a Fund as derived from “qualified dividend income” will be taxed in the hands of individuals at the rates applicable to net capital gains, provided that holding period and other requirements are met at both the shareholder and the Fund level. It is unclear whether a Fund will be able to report a significant portion of its distributions to shareholders as qualified dividend income.
Shareholders will generally be subject to tax on Fund distributions regardless of whether they receive cash or choose to have the distributions reinvested.
Distributions are taxable even if they are paid from income or gains earned by a Fund prior to the shareholder’s purchase of Fund shares (which income or gains were thus included in the price paid for the Fund shares).
Dividends declared by a Fund in October, November or December of one year and paid in January of the next year are generally taxable to shareholders in the calendar year in which the distributions are declared, rather than the calendar year in which the distributions are received.
If shareholders redeem their Fund shares, they may have a capital gain or loss, which will be long-term or short-term depending upon how long they have held the shares. Net gains resulting from redemptions or sales of shares held for more than one year generally are taxed at net capital gain rates, while those resulting from redemptions or sales of shares held for one year or less generally are taxed at ordinary income rates.
If shareholders exchange shares of one Fund for shares of a different Fund, this will be treated as a sale of the Fund’s shares and any gain on the transaction may be subject to federal income tax.
The Code generally imposes a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the “net investment income” of individuals, estates and trusts to the extent their income exceeds certain threshold amounts. Net investment income generally includes for this purpose, among other things, dividends paid by a Fund, including any capital gain dividends, and net capital gains recognized on the sale, redemption or exchange of Fund shares. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this additional tax on their investment in a Fund.
Distributions by a Fund to retirement plans that qualify for tax-exempt treatment under federal income tax laws and net gains on the redemption or sale of Fund shares by such plans will generally not be taxable. Special tax rules apply to investments through such plans. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the suitability of a Fund as an
investment through such a plan and the tax treatment of distributions (including distributions of amounts attributable to an investment in a Fund) from such a plan.
Income and gains from a Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers, if any, may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes. In such a case, a Fund’s yield on those securities would decrease. It is not anticipated that Fund shareholders will be able to claim a credit or deduction with respect to such foreign taxes. In addition, a Fund’s investments in foreign securities or foreign currencies may increase or accelerate a Fund’s recognition of ordinary income and may affect the timing or amount of a Fund’s distributions.
A Fund’s investment in certain debt instruments and a Fund’s use of derivatives may cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated by such instruments. As a result, a Fund could be required at times to liquidate other investments (including when otherwise disadvantageous to do so) in order to satisfy its distribution requirements under the Code. A Fund’s use of derivatives will also affect the amount, timing, and character of the Fund’s distributions.
As discussed above, in order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, a Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from “qualifying income,” meet certain asset diversification tests at the end of each taxable quarter, and meet annual distribution requirements. A Fund’s pursuit of its investment strategies will potentially be limited by the Fund’s intention to qualify for such treatment and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to so qualify. A Fund can make certain investments, the treatment of which for these purposes is unclear. If, in any year, a Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income at the fund level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce the Fund’s net assets and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain distributions.
Each Fund is required to withhold U.S. federal income tax from all taxable distributions and redemption proceeds to shareholders who fail to provide the Fund with correct taxpayer identification numbers or to make required certifications, or who have been notified by the IRS that they are subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax; rather, it is a way in which the IRS ensures it will collect taxes otherwise due. Any amounts withheld may be credited against the shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability.

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In general, dividends paid to a shareholder that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of the Code (such a shareholder, a “foreign person”) that a Fund properly reports as capital gain dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, or interest-related dividends, each as further defined in the SAI, are not subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax, provided that certain other requirements are met. A Fund (or intermediary, as applicable) is permitted, but is not required, to report any part of its dividends as are eligible for such treatment. A Fund’s dividends other than those a Fund so reports as capital gain dividends, short-term capital gain dividends, or interest-related dividends generally will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate).
Special tax considerations may apply to foreign persons investing in a Fund. Please see the SAI for further information. Because each shareholder’s tax circumstances are unique and because the tax laws are subject to change, it is recommended that shareholders consult their own tax advisors about the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of investing in the Funds.
Contractual Arrangement
The Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including, among others, the Advisor, administrator,
custodian, transfer agent, and Distributor, who provide services to each Fund. Shareholders are not parties to, or intended (or “third party”) beneficiaries of, any of these contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any individual shareholder or group of shareholders and right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.
This Prospectus provides information concerning the Trust and each Fund that you should consider in determining whether to purchase shares of a Fund. None of this Prospectus, the SAI or any contract that is an exhibit to the Trust’s registration statements, is intended to, nor does it, give rise to an agreement or contract between the Trust or each Fund and any investor, or give rise to any contract or other rights in any individual shareholder, group of shareholders or other person than any rights conferred explicitly by federal or state securities laws that may not be waived.

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Shareholder Services Guide

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Opening a New Account
ProFunds offers two classes of shares: Investor Class Shares and Service Class Shares, except that Bitcoin Strategy ProFund and Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund (the “Bitcoin ProFunds”) only offer Investor Class Shares. Investor Class Shares may be purchased directly through ProFunds Distributors, Inc. or through authorized financial professionals. Service Class Shares may only be purchased through authorized financial professionals and have service and distribution expenses not applicable to Investor Class Shares. There is a separate New Account Form for each class of shares available. Please ensure you have the correct New Account Form before completing it.
You may purchase
shares using any of the
following methods.
HOW TO MAKE AN
INITIAL PURCHASE
HOW TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL SHARES
Please note: Purchases must be made according to the transaction cut-off times stated within the Shareholder Services Guide.
Account Minimums
(all account types)
All ProFunds (except Bitcoin ProFunds) – The
minimum initial investment* amounts are:
˃ $5,000 for accounts that list a financial professional.
˃ $15,000 for self-directed accounts.
Bitcoin ProFunds – The minimum initial investment*
amounts are:
˃ $1,000 for all accounts
Not Applicable.
By Mail
Step 1:
Complete a New Account Form (see “Completing
your New Account Form”).
Step 1:
Complete a ProFunds’ investment slip, which is
attached to your transaction confirmation statement.
If an investment slip is not readily available, you may
send written instructions which include your name,
account number, name and share class of the
ProFund you wish to purchase and the purchase
amount.
Step 2:
Make your check payable to ProFunds. Write the name of the ProFund in which you wish to invest and your
account number, if known, on the check.
Step 3:
Send the signed New Account Form and check to:
ProFunds • P.O. Box 182800 • Columbus, OH
43218-2800
Step 3:
Send the investment slip and check to:
ProFunds • P.O. Box 182800 • Columbus, OH
43218-2800

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You may purchase
shares using any of the
following methods.
HOW TO MAKE AN
INITIAL PURCHASE
HOW TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL SHARES
By Phone via Wire
Step 1:
Complete a New Account Form (see “Completing
your New Account Form”).
Step 1:
Call ProFunds to inform us of:
˃ your account number,
˃ the amount to be wired,
˃ the ProFund(s) in which you wish to invest
You will be provided:
˃ a confirmation number for your purchase order
(your trade is not effective until you have received a
confirmation number from ProFunds and the
funding is received in good order by the transfer
agent),
˃ bank wire instructions
Step 2:
Fax the New Account Form to (800) 782-4797
(toll-free).
Step 2:
Contact your bank to initiate your wire transfer.
Step 3:
Call ProFunds at 888-776-3637 to:
˃ confirm receipt of the faxed New Account Form,
˃ request your new account number.
You will be provided:
˃ a confirmation number for your purchase order
(your trade is not effective until you have received a
confirmation number from ProFunds), and
˃ bank wire instructions.
Instructions given to ProFunds for wire transfer
requests do not constitute a transaction request
received in “good order” until the wire transfer has
been received by ProFunds.
 
Step 4:
Call your bank to initiate your wire transfer.
 
Step 5:
Send the original, signed New Account Form to:
ProFunds • P.O. Box 182800 • Columbus, OH
43218-2800
 
* Under certain circumstances, ProFunds may waive minimum initial investment amounts.
You may purchase
shares using any of the
following methods.
HOW TO MAKE AN
INITIAL PURCHASE
HOW TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL SHARES
By Phone via ACH
Please note: the
maximum ACH purchase
amount is $50,000
Initial purchase via ACH not available.
Step 1:
Establish bank instructions on your account by
completing an Account Options Form (if not already
established).
Step 2:
Call ProFunds to inform us of:
˃ the fact that you want to make an ACH purchase,
˃ your account number,
˃ the purchase amount,
˃ the ProFund(s) in which you wish to invest,
You will be provided a confirmation number for your
purchase order (your trade is not effective until you
have received a confirmation number from
ProFunds).

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You may purchase
shares using any of the
following methods.
HOW TO MAKE AN
INITIAL PURCHASE
HOW TO PURCHASE
ADDITIONAL SHARES
By Internet via
check or wire
Step 1:
Go to ProFunds.com.
Step 1:
Go to ProFunds.com.
Step 2:
Click on “Open Account.”
Step 2:
Click on the “Access Account” button.
Step 3:
Complete an on-line New Account Form.
Step 3:
Enter User Name and Password.
Step 4:
If funding with check:
Mail check payable to ProFunds to: P.O. Box 182800
Columbus, OH 43218-2800
Call ProFunds at 888-776-3637 to:
˃ confirm receipt of the faxed New Account Form,
˃ request your new account number.
You will be provided:
˃ a confirmation number for your purchase order
(your trade is not effective until you have received a
confirmation number from ProFunds), and
˃ bank wire instructions.
Instructions given to ProFunds for wire transfer
requests do not constitute a transaction request
received in “good order” until the wire transfer has
been received by ProFunds.
Step 4:
Follow transaction instructions for making a
purchase.
Through a Financial
Professional
Contact your financial professional with your
instructions.
Contact your financial professional with your
instructions.

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You may
purchase
shares using any
of the
following
methods.
HOW TO EXCHANGE
OR REDEEM SHARES
By Mail
To redeem shares using ProFund form:
Complete and mail the appropriate
Withdrawal Request or IRA Distribution
Request Form
located at profunds.com
To exchange or redeem shares by letter:
Send a signed letter to:
 ProFunds
 P.O. Box 182800
 Columbus, OH 43218-2800
The letter should include information
necessary to process your request (see
“Exchanging Shares”). ProFunds may
require a signature guarantee in certain
circumstances. See “Signature Guarantees”
under “Additional Shareholder Information”
or call ProFunds for additional information.
By Telephone
Individual Investors:
(888) 776-3637 or (614) 470-8122
Financial Professionals and Institutions:
(888) 776-5717 or (240) 497-6552
Interactive Voice Response System (“IVR”):
Call (888) 776-3637 (toll-free) or (614)
470-8122 and follow the step-by-step
instructions.
By Internet
ProFunds.com
Select the “Access Account” navigation bar,
enter your User Name and Password and
follow the step-by-step instructions. Please
make sure you receive and record your
confirmation number for later reference.
(Your transaction is not effective until you
have received a confirmation number from
ProFunds.)
Through a
Financial
Professional
Contact your financial professional with
your instructions.
Contact Information
By Telephone
Individual Investors:
(888) 776-3637 or (614) 470-8122
Financial Professionals and Institutions:
(888) 776-5717 or (240) 497-6552
Fax
(800) 782-4797 (toll-free)
Internet
ProFunds.com
Regular mail
ProFunds
P.O. Box 182800
Columbus, OH 43218-2800
Overnight mail
ProFunds
c/o Transfer Agency
4249 Easton Way, Suite 400
Columbus, OH 43219
ProFunds Accounts
To open a mutual fund account, you will need to complete a New Account Form. You should also read the relevant prospectus carefully prior to opening your account. Contact ProFunds to request a New Account Form or download a New Account Form from ProFunds’ website. For guidelines to help you complete the Form, see the instructions below. You may also open certain new accounts online. Go to (www.profunds.com), select “Open Account” and follow the instructions. Please note that new accounts opened online must be funded by check or wire purchase.
Retirement Plan Accounts
Several types of Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”) are available. Please visit (www.profunds.com) or contact ProFunds for a retirement plan account application. The IRA custodian charges an annual fee of $15 per social security number for all types of IRAs. The annual fee may be waived in certain circumstances. Other types of retirement accounts, such as profit sharing, money purchase and 401(k) accounts may be established; however, ProFunds does not sponsor these plans nor does ProFunds provide retirement reporting for these types of plans.
Accounts through Financial Professionals
Contact your financial professional for information on opening an account to invest in ProFunds.
Completing Your New Account Form
˃You must provide each account holder’s social security number or tax identification number and date of birth on the New Account Form.
˃Attach the trust documents when establishing a trust account. Contact ProFunds for specific requirements.
˃When establishing an account for your corporation, partnership or self-directed retirement plan, please check the appropriate box to indicate the correct account type to ensure proper tax reporting, and provide a certified corporate resolution or other documentation evidencing your authority to open the account and engage in transactions.
˃You must provide a street address (ProFunds does not accept P.O. Box-only addresses, but APO and FPO Armed Forces mailing addresses are acceptable). If account holders have different addresses, each address must be provided.
˃You must designate the ProFund(s) to which your initial investment will be directed or the investment will be made in Government Money Market ProFund.
˃Be sure all parties named on the account sign the New Account Form.
Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or entity who opens an account. Some or all of the information provided will

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be used by ProFunds and/or its agents to verify the identity of the persons opening an account. If this information is not provided, ProFunds may not be able to open your account. Accounts may be restricted or closed, and monies withheld, pending verification of this information or as otherwise required under federal regulations. You may be asked to provide additional information to verify your identity consistent with the requirements under anti-money laundering regulations. In addition, transaction orders, including orders for purchases, exchanges and redemptions may be suspended, restricted, canceled or processed and the proceeds may be withheld.
Purchasing Shares
You have the option to send purchase orders by mail or Internet and to send purchase proceeds by check, ACH or wire. Initial purchases via ACH are not accepted. All purchases must be made in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Cash, starter checks, Internet-based checks, credit cards, travelers’ checks, money orders and credit card checks are not accepted. Third-party checks are generally not accepted to open an account.
Each ProFund prices shares you purchase at the price per share next computed after it (or an authorized financial intermediary) receives your purchase request in good order. To be in good order, a purchase request must include a wire or check or the processing of an ACH initiated (as applicable) by stated cut-off times, and for new accounts, a properly completed New Account Form. ProFunds cannot accept wire or ACH purchases on bank holidays. ProFunds and ProFunds Distributors, Inc. may reject any purchase request for any reason.
Important Information You Should Know When You Purchase Shares:
˃Instructions, written or by telephone, given to ProFunds for wire transfer requests do not constitute a transaction request received in “good order” until the wire transfer has been received by ProFunds. A wire purchase will be considered in good order if (i) you have completed and faxed a New Account Form; (ii) you have contacted ProFunds and received a confirmation number, and (iii) ProFunds receives and accepts your wire during ProFunds wire processing times noted in the chart under “Transaction Cut-Off Times.”
˃Although ProFunds does not charge for wire receipt, your bank may charge a fee to send wires. Please be sure that the wire is sufficient to cover your purchase and any such bank fees.
˃Any New Account Form, check or wire order received that does not designate a specific ProFund will be used to purchase shares (i) in the ProFund in your existing account if you have an investment in only one ProFund, or (ii) in Investor Class or Service Class Shares, as applicable, of the Government Money Market ProFund, if you are initially opening an account or have more than one ProFund investment. Neither ProFunds nor ProFunds Distributors, Inc. will be responsible for investment opportunities lost as a result of investments being directed to Government Money
Market ProFund, to an existing active ProFund account. ProFunds is not responsible for transfer errors by sending or receiving bank and will not be liable for any loss incurred due to a wire transfer or ACH not having been received. If the check, ACH or wire cannot be identified, it may be returned or rejected. Checks submitted to ProFunds will be automatically deposited upon receipt at our administrative office in Columbus, Ohio.
˃If it is determined that account information is not in good order, any amount deposited will be refunded by check no earlier than ten business days from receipt of such payment to allow adequate time for the original check to clear through the banking system.
˃ProFunds will ordinarily cancel your purchase order if your bank does not honor your check or ACH for any reason, or your wire transfer is not received by the designated cut-off time. If your purchase transaction is cancelled, you will be responsible for any losses that may result from any decline in the value of the cancelled purchase. ProFunds (or its agents) have the authority to redeem shares in your account(s) to cover any losses. Any profit on a cancelled transaction will accrue to the applicable ProFund.
˃ProFunds may reject or cancel any purchase orders for any reason.
˃The minimum for initial purchases may be waived in certain circumstances.
Exchanging Shares
Shareholders can, free of charge and without a limit on frequency or maximum amount, exchange Investor or Service Class Shares of any publicly available ProFund for Investor or Service Class Shares, respectively, of another publicly available series of ProFunds that offers such shares as long as the shareholder’s account meets the minimum initial investment requirements of the ProFund into which the shareholder is exchanging. Exchange requests, like any other share transaction, are subject to ProFunds transaction cut-off times described under “Transaction Cut-Off Times.”
ProFunds will need the following information to process your exchange:
˃the account number applicable to the exchange transaction request;
˃the number of shares, percentage, or dollar value of the shares you wish to exchange; and
˃the share class and name of the ProFund you are exchanging from and the share class and name of the ProFund you are exchanging into.
Please note that the transaction cut-off times of one Fund may differ from those of another Fund. In an exchange between funds with different cut-off times, you will receive the price next computed after the exchange request is made for both the redemption and the purchase transactions involved in the

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exchange. You will be responsible for any losses if sufficient redemption proceeds are not available to pay the purchase price of shares purchased. Please consult the prospectus of the Fund into which you are exchanging for the applicable cut-off times. Contact an Authorized Financial Professional to initiate an exchange. You can perform exchanges by mail, phone and online at (www.profunds.com).
Important Information You Should Know When You Exchange Shares:
˃An exchange involves redeeming shares of one fund and purchasing shares of another fund. Exchanges are taxable transactions. Exchanges within a retirement account may not be taxable. Please contact your tax advisor for more information.
˃If your account does not meet the minimum initial investment requirements of the ProFund you are exchanging into, your exchange will be treated as a redemption from the ProFund you are exchanging from and a purchase that was not in good order of the ProFund you wish to exchange into. Consequently, the proceeds from the redemption will be used to purchase Investor Class or Service Class Shares, as applicable, of the Government Money Market ProFund. Neither ProFunds nor ProFunds Distributors, Inc. will be responsible for investment opportunities lost as a result of investments being directed to Government Money Market ProFund.
˃ProFunds can only honor exchanges between accounts registered in the same name and having the same address and taxpayer identification number.
˃None of ProFunds, ProFunds Distributors, Inc. or the ProFunds’ transfer agent is required to verify that there is a sufficient balance in the account to cover the exchange. You will be responsible for any loss if there are insufficient funds available to cover the exchange due to insufficient shares or due to a decline in the value of the ProFund from which you are exchanging.
˃The redemption and purchase will be processed at the next calculated NAVs of the respective ProFund after a Fund has received your exchange request in good order.
˃The exchange privilege may be modified or discontinued at any time.
˃Before exchanging into a ProFund, please read such fund’s prospectus.
˃Financial intermediaries may have their own rules about exchanges or transfers and may impose limits on the number of such transactions you are permitted to make during a given time period.
Redeeming Shares
You may redeem all or part of your shares at the NAV next determined after your redemption request is received in good order. Only the registered owner(s) of the account or persons
authorized in writing by the registered owner(s) may redeem shares.
ProFunds will need the following information to process your redemption request:
˃name(s) of account owners;
˃account number(s);
˃the name of the ProFund(s);
˃your daytime telephone number;
˃the dollar amount, percentage or number of shares being redeemed; and
˃how you would like to receive your redemption proceeds (see options below). Unless otherwise requested, your redemption proceeds will be sent by check to the registered account owner’s address of record by U.S. mail.
You may receive your redemption proceeds:
By Check: Normally, redemption proceeds will be sent by check to the address listed on the account. ProFunds may charge a fee associated with overnight mailings or Saturday delivery of redemption proceeds.
By Wire: You may have your redemption proceeds wired directly into a designated bank account by establishing a wire redemption option on your account. ProFunds may charge a $10 service fee for a wire transfer of redemption proceeds under certain circumstances, and your bank may charge an additional fee to receive the wire. If you would like to establish this option on an existing account, please call ProFunds.
By ACH: You may have your redemption proceeds sent to your bank account via ACH by establishing this option on your account. Funds sent through ACH should reach your bank in approximately two business days. While there is no fee charged by ProFunds for this service, your bank may charge a fee. If you would like to establish this option on an existing account, please call ProFunds.
Important Information You Should Know When You Sell Shares:
˃ProFund shareholders automatically have telephone redemption privileges unless they elect not to have these privileges on the New Account Form. Redemptions requested via telephone must be made payable to the name on the account and sent to the address or bank account listed on the account.
˃To redeem shares from a retirement account, you may make this request in writing by completing an IRA Distribution Request Form. In certain cases, distributions may be requested via telephone with proceeds sent to the address or bank on record on the account. Financial professionals may not request a redemption from an IRA on your behalf. You should consult a tax advisor before redeeming shares and making distributions from your tax qualified account because doing

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so may have adverse tax consequences for you. Call ProFunds to request an IRA Distribution Request Form or download the form from the ProFunds’ website, (www.profunds.com).
˃If you request that redemption proceeds be sent to a bank account or an address other than the bank account or address you have previously established on your ProFunds account, you must make the request in writing. The signatures of all registered owners must be guaranteed (see “Signature Guarantees”).
˃If you are selling some, but not all, of your shares, your remaining account balance should be above the minimum investment amount to keep your ProFund position open.
˃ProFunds normally remits redemption proceeds within seven days of redemption. For redemption of shares purchased by check, ACH or through ProFunds’ automatic investment plan, ProFunds may wait up to 10 business days before sending redemption proceeds to ensure that its transfer agent has collected the original purchase payment.
˃Your right of redemption may be suspended, or the date of payment postponed for any period during which: (i) the NYSE or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed (other than customary weekend or holiday closings); (ii) trading on the NYSE, or other securities exchanges or markets as appropriate, is restricted, as determined by the SEC; (iii) an emergency exists, as determined by the SEC; or (iv) for such other periods as the SEC, by order, may permit for protection of ProFunds’ investors. Proceeds cannot be sent by wire or ACH on bank holidays.
Additional Shareholder Information
Account Minimums
Account minimums apply to all initial investments with ProFunds, including retirement plans, and apply to the total initial value of an account. These minimums may be different for investments made through certain financial intermediaries. In addition, ProFunds reserves the right to modify its minimum account requirements at any time with or without prior notice.
ProFunds reserves the right to involuntarily redeem an investor’s account, including a retirement account, if the account holder’s aggregate account balance falls below the applicable minimum initial investment amount due to transaction activity. You will be given at least 30 days’ notice to reestablish the minimum balance if your ProFund balance falls below the applicable account minimum. If you do not increase your balance during the notice period, the ProFund may sell all of your shares and send the proceeds to you. Your shares will be sold at the NAV on the day your ProFund position is closed.
Transaction Cut-Off Times
All shareholder transaction orders are processed at the NAV next determined after your transaction order is received in good order by ProFunds’ transfer agent, distributor, or financial intermediary designated by the ProFunds as an authorized agent.
Transaction orders in ProFund accounts must be received in good order by the ProFunds’ transfer agent or distributor before the cut-off times detailed in the table below to be processed at that business day’s NAV. A completed New Account Form does not constitute a purchase order until the transfer agent deems it to be in good order, processes the New Account Form and receives correct payment by check or wire transfer on any business day prior to the designated cut-off time. Trades placed via telephone must be initiated (i.e., the call must be received and in queue) by the cut-off time and communicated in good order by the close of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). When the NYSE closes early, all cut-off times are adjusted for the early close. When the bond markets close early, the cut-off times for the U.S. Government Plus ProFund, Rising Rates Opportunity 10 ProFund and Rising Rates Opportunity ProFund, Access Flex Bear High Yield ProFund, and Access Flex High Yield ProFund are adjusted for the early close. Certain financial intermediaries may impose cut-off times different from those described below.
Method
Fund/Trust
Normal
Cut-Off Time
(Eastern Time)
Additional
Transaction
Information
(Eastern Time)
By Mail
All (except
Government
Money
Market
ProFund)
4:00 p.m.
 
Government
Money
Market
ProFund
5:00 p.m.
 
By Telephone
and Wire
All (except
Bitcoin
ProFunds)
3:30 p.m. (wire
purchases)
3:50 p.m.
(exchanges
and
redemptions)
ProFunds
accepts all
Transactions
starting at
8:00 a.m.
through the
Transaction
cut-off time
and from
5:00 p.m.
through
6:00 p.m.
Bitcoin
ProFunds
3:00 p.m. (wire
purchases)
3:00 p.m.
(exchanges
and
redemptions)
By Internet,
Fund/SERV and
Interactive Voice
Response
System (“IVR”)
All (except
Bitcoin
ProFunds)
3:55 p.m.
ProFunds
accepts
transactions at
any time
except
between
3:55 p.m. and
5:00 p.m.
Bitcoin
ProFunds
3:00 p.m.
About Telephone and Internet Transactions
Telephone and Internet transactions, whether initiated by a shareholder or a shareholder’s agent, are extremely convenient but are not free from risk. None of ProFunds, ProFunds

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Distributors, Inc. nor ProFunds’ agents will be responsible for any losses resulting from unauthorized telephone or Internet transactions if reasonable security procedures are followed. Telephone conversations may be recorded or monitored for verification, recordkeeping and quality-assurance purposes. For transactions over the Internet, we recommend the use of a secure internet browser. In addition, you should verify the accuracy of your confirmation statements immediately upon receipt. If you do not want the ability to initiate transactions by telephone or Internet, call ProFunds for instructions.
During periods of heavy market activity or other times, it may be difficult to reach ProFunds by telephone or to transact business over the Internet. Technological irregularities may also make the use of the Internet slow or unavailable at times. If you are unable to reach us by telephone or unable to transact business over the Internet, consider sending written instructions.
The ProFunds may terminate the receipt of redemption or exchange orders by telephone or the Internet at any time, in which case you may redeem or exchange shares in writing.
Exchanges or Redemptions in Excess of Share Balances
If you initiate exchange or redemption transactions that, in total, exceed the balance of your shares in a ProFund, some transactions may be processed while others may not. This may result in ProFund positions that you did not anticipate. None of ProFunds, ProFunds’ transfer agent nor ProFunds Distributors, Inc. will be responsible for transactions that did not process in this circumstance. You may be liable for losses resulting from exchanges canceled due to insufficient balances.
Signature Verification for Certain Transactions
Signature Guarantee Program — Financial Transactions
Certain redemption requests must include a signature guarantee if any of the following apply:
Your account address has changed within the last 10 business days;
A check is being mailed to an address different than the one on your account;
A check or wire is being made payable to someone other than the account owner;
Redemption proceeds are being transferred to an account with a different registration;
A wire or ACH transfer is being sent to a financial institution other than the one that has been established on your ProFunds account; or
Other unusual situations as determined by ProFunds’ transfer agent.
ProFunds reserves the right to waive signature guarantee requirements, require a signature guarantee under other circumstances or reject or delay a redemption if the signature guarantee is not in good form. Faxed signature guarantees are generally not accepted.
Signature guarantees may be provided by an eligible financial institution such as a commercial bank, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) member firm such as a stock broker, a savings association or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee. ProFunds reserves the right to reject a signature guarantee if it is not provided by a STAMP 2000 Medallion guarantor.
Signature Validation Program — Non-Financial Transactions
The Fund may require a Signature Validation Program (“SVP”) stamp or a Signature Guarantee stamp for certain non-financial transactions. The SVP is intended to provide validation of authorized signatures for those transactions considered non-financial (i.e., do not involve the sale, redemption or transfer of securities). The purpose of the SVP stamp on a document is to authenticate your signature and to confirm that you have the authority to provide the instructions in the document. This stamp may be obtained from eligible members of a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program (see above) or other eligible guarantor institutions in accordance with SVP.
Eligible guarantor institutions generally include banks, broker/dealers, credit unions, members of national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations. You should verify with the institution that they are an eligible guarantor institution prior to signing. A notary public cannot provide an SVP stamp.
Uncashed Redemption Check
Generally, redemption checks which have been returned to ProFunds, or have remained uncashed for a period of six months from the issuance date, will be deposited into the shareholder’s account in the Government Money Market ProFund.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of ProFund Shares
It is the general policy of ProFunds to permit frequent purchases and redemptions of ProFund shares. The ProFunds impose no restrictions and charge no redemption fees to prevent or minimize frequent purchases and redemptions of ProFund shares other than a $10 wire fee under certain circumstances. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Policy, ProFunds may reject any purchase request for any reason.
As noted under “Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks — Other Principal Risks — Active Investor Risk,” frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares could increase the rate of portfolio turnover. A high level of portfolio turnover may negatively affect performance by

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increasing transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. In addition, large movements of assets into and out of a ProFund may negatively affect a ProFund’s ability to achieve its investment objective or maintain a consistent level of operating expenses. In certain circumstances, a ProFund’s expense ratio may vary from current estimates or the historical ratio disclosed in this Prospectus.
Additional Shareholder Services
Automatic Investment Plans (AIP) and Systematic Withdrawal Plans (SWP)
Shareholders may purchase and/or redeem shares automatically on a monthly, bimonthly, quarterly or annual basis. You may sign up for these services on the New Account Form, or you may download or request an Account Options Form to add these services to an existing account. Requests to add an Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) to an account should be received in good order at least three business days prior to the first date in which the AIP is to run.
Account Statements and Confirmations
Shareholders with ProFund accounts will receive quarterly ProFund statements showing the market value of their ProFund account at the close of the statement period in addition to any transaction information for the period. Shareholders will also receive transaction confirmations for most Fund transactions. Shareholders should review their account statements and confirmations as soon as they are received. You may also receive statements and confirmations electronically. See “Electronic Document Delivery Program — PaperFree™.”
Tax Statements
Each year, ProFunds will send tax information to assist you in preparing your income tax returns. These statements will report the previous year’s dividend and capital gains distributions, proceeds from the sales of shares, and distributions from, and contributions to, IRAs and other retirement plans.
Cost Basis
Shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 included tax reporting rules that change the information ProFunds reports on Form 1099-B for mutual fund shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, and subsequently sold. The law expands the information reported to the IRS and to shareholders to include the adjusted cost basis, whether any gain or loss is short- or long-term, and whether any loss is disallowed by the wash sale rules.
Generally, the rules apply to those accounts that currently receive Form 1099-B tax reporting, such as individual, joint, partnership and Uniform Gifts to Minors Act/Uniform Transfers to Minors Act registrations. S Corporations are also covered by the new rules. Accounts held by retirement accounts and C Corporations are not subject to the new reporting requirements.
For shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012, investors who purchase shares directly from ProFunds have the opportunity to choose which method ProFunds uses to calculate cost basis or to use the ProFunds default method — Average Cost. ProFunds will use the Average Cost method if a shareholder does not instruct it to use an alternate method. Investors should consult a qualified tax advisor to determine the method most suitable for their situation. For shares purchased through a financial intermediary, the intermediary’s default method will apply in the absence of an election by the investor to use a different method. Investors that purchase shares through a financial intermediary should consult their intermediary for information regarding available methods and how to select or change a particular method.
Electronic Document Delivery Program — PaperFree™
You may elect to receive your account statements and confirmations electronically through PaperFree™, ProFunds’ electronic document delivery service. You may also choose to receive your ProFunds Prospectus, shareholder reports, and other documents electronically. To enroll for this service, please register on ProFunds’ website. You may elect the PaperFree™ service by completing the appropriate section on the New Account Form. ProFunds will then send you a link to the enrollment site.
Financial Intermediaries
Certain financial intermediaries may accept purchase and redemption orders on ProFunds’ behalf. Such purchase and redemption orders will be deemed to have been received by ProFunds at the time an authorized financial intermediary accepts the orders. Your financial intermediary has the responsibility to transmit your orders and payment promptly and may specify transaction order cut-off times and different share transaction policies and limitations, including limitations on the number of exchanges, than those described in this Prospectus. In addition, the financial intermediary may impose additional restrictions or charge fees not described in this Prospectus. Furthermore, such financial intermediaries are authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on a ProFund’s behalf. If your order and payment is not received from your financial intermediary timely, your order may be cancelled and the financial intermediary could be liable for resulting fees or losses. Although the ProFunds may effect portfolio transactions through broker dealers who sell Fund shares, ProFunds does not consider the sale of ProFund shares as a factor when selecting broker dealers to effect portfolio transactions.
Investor Class Shares and Service Class Shares bear fees payable to certain intermediaries or financial institutions for provision of recordkeeping, sub-accounting services, transfer agency and other administrative services. The expenses paid by each ProFund are included in “Other Expenses” under “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” in this Prospectus.

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Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
Under Rule 12b-1 Distribution and Shareholder Services Plans (the “Plans”) adopted by the Trustees and administered by ProFunds Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), each ProFund may pay the Distributor, financial intermediaries, such as broker-dealers and investment advisers, up to 1.00% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets attributable to Service Class Shares and with respect to the Bitcoin ProFunds only, up to 0.25% on an annualized basis of the average daily net asset attributable to Investor Class Shares as reimbursement or compensation for service and distribution related activities with respect to each Fund and/or shareholder services. Over time, fees paid under the Plans will increase the cost of a shareholder’s investment and may cost more than other types of sales charges. With respect to the Bitcoin ProFunds, no payments have yet been authorized by the Board, nor are any such expected to be made by the Fund under the Plan during the current fiscal year.
Payments to Financial Firms
ProFund Advisors or other service providers may utilize their own resources to finance distribution or service activities on behalf of the ProFunds, including compensating the Distributor and other third parties, including financial firms, for distribution-related activities or the provision of shareholder services. These payments are not reflected in the fees and expenses section of the fee table for the ProFunds contained in this Prospectus.
A financial firm is one that, in exchange for compensation, sells, among other products, mutual fund shares (including the shares offered in this Prospectus) or provides services for mutual fund shareholders. Financial firms include registered investment advisers, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and banks. In addition to the payments described above, the Distributor and ProFund Advisors from time to time provide other incentives to selected financial firms as compensation for services (including preferential services) such as, without limitation, paying for active asset allocation services provided to investors in the ProFunds, providing the ProFunds with “shelf space” or a higher profile for the financial firms’ financial consultants and their customers, placing the ProFunds on the financial firms’ preferred or recommended fund list, granting the Distributor or ProFund Advisors access to the financial firms’ financial consultants, providing assistance in training and educating the financial firms’ personnel, and furnishing marketing support and other specified services. These payments may be significant to the financial firms and may also take the form of sponsorship of seminars or informational meetings or payment for
attendance by persons associated with the financial firms at seminars or informational meetings.
A number of factors will be considered in determining the amount of these additional payments to financial firms. On some occasions, such payments may be conditioned upon levels of sales, including the sale of a specified minimum dollar amount of the shares of a ProFund, all other ProFunds, other funds sponsored by ProFund Advisors and/or a particular class of shares, during a specified period of time. The Distributor and ProFund Advisors may also make payments to one or more participating financial firms based upon factors such as the amount of assets a financial firm’s clients have invested in the ProFunds and the quality of the financial firm’s relationship with the Distributor or ProFund Advisors. The additional payments described above are made at the Distributor’s or ProFund Advisors’ expense, as applicable. These payments may be made at the discretion of the Distributor or ProFund Advisors to some of the financial firms that have sold the greatest amounts of shares of the ProFunds. In certain cases, the payments described in the preceding sentence may be subject to certain minimum payment levels.
Representatives of the Distributor and ProFund Advisors visit financial firms on a regular basis to educate financial advisors about the ProFunds and to encourage the sale of ProFund shares to their clients. The costs and expenses associated with these efforts may include travel, lodging, sponsorship at educational seminars and conferences, entertainment and meals to the extent permitted by law and Rules of FINRA.
If investment advisers, distributors or affiliates of mutual funds other than ProFunds make payments (including, without limitation, sub-transfer agency fees, platform fees, bonuses and incentives) in differing amounts, financial firms and their financial consultants may have financial incentives for recommending a particular mutual fund (including ProFunds) over other mutual funds. In addition, depending on the arrangements in place at any particular time, a financial firm and its financial consultants may also have a financial incentive for recommending a particular share class over other share classes. You should consult your financial advisor and review carefully any disclosure by the financial firm as to compensation received by that firm and/or your financial advisor.
For further details about payments made by the Distributor or ProFund Advisors to financial firms, please see the SAI.

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Financial Highlights
The following table is intended to help you understand the financial history of each Fund for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). 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. This information has been derived from information audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the financial statements of a Fund, appears in the Annual Report of each Fund and is available upon request.

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ProFunds Financial Highlights FOR THE PERIODS INDICATED
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
 
Investment Activities
Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets
Supplemental Data
 
Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
Total from
Investment
Activities
Net
Investment
Income
Total
Distributions
Net
Asset
Value,
End of
Period
Total
Return(b)
Gross
Expenses(c)(d)
Net
Expenses(c)(d)
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
Net Assets,
End of Period
(000’s)
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(e)
Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended July 31, 2023
$13.99
0.06
2.46
2.52
(1.83)
(1.83)
$14.68
18.23%
1.61%
1.35%(f)
0.46%
$55,168
Year Ended July 31, 2022
$24.70
(0.27)
(10.44)
(10.71)
$13.99
(43.36)%
1.93%
1.25%(f)
(1.17)%
$23,548
Period July 28, 2021 through
July 31, 2021(g)
$25.00
(h)
(0.30)
(0.30)
$24.70
(1.20)%
24.80%
1.30%(f)
(1.28)%
$524
Short Bitcoin Strategy ProFund
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended July 31, 2023
$20.65
(0.02)
(8.59)
(8.61)
$12.04
(41.69)%
13.36%
1.35%(i)(j)
(0.10)%
$862
Period June 21, 2022 through
July 31, 2022(g)
$25.00
(0.04)
(4.31)
(4.35)
$20.65
(17.40)%
17.68%
1.88%(i)(k)
(1.39)%
$405
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(a)
Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.
(b)
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(c)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(d)
The expense ratios reflect all interest expense and other costs related to reverse repurchase agreements and trading of Bitcoin futures contracts.
(e)
Portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to instruments having a maturity of less than one year from acquisition or derivative instruments (including futures contracts).
(f)
Excluding interest expense and other costs related to reverse repurchase agreements and trading of Bitcoin futures contracts, the net expense ratio would have been 1.04%, 0.84% and 0.84% for the years ended July 31, 2023 and July 31, 2022, and the period ended July 31, 2021, respectively.
(g)
Period from commencement of operations.
(h)
Amount is less than $0.005.
(i)
Excluding interest expense and other costs related to reverse repurchase agreements and trading of Bitcoin futures contracts, the net expense ratio would have been 1.06% and 1.26% for the year ended July 31, 2023 and the period ended July 31, 2022, respectively.
(j)
For the year ended July 31, 2023, the Advisor voluntarily waived fees and expenses to limit the expense ratio, including interest expense and other costs related to reverse repurchase agreements and trading of Bitcoin futures contracts, to 1.35%.
(k)
For the period June 21, 2022 through July 31, 2022, the Advisor voluntarily waived fees and expenses to limit the expense ratio (excluding interest expense and certain other costs) to 1.26%.

Additional information about ProFunds is available in the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of ProFunds. In the annual report you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected performance during the fiscal year covered by the report.
You can find additional information about each Fund in its current SAI, dated November 30, 2023, as supplemented March 15, 2024, as may be amended from time to time, and most recent annual report to shareholders, dated July 31, 2023, which have been filed electronically with the SEC and which are incorporated by reference into, and are legally a part of, this Prospectus. In each Fund’s annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year. Copies of the SAI, and each Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports are available, free of charge, online at each Fund’s website (www.profunds.com). You may also request a free copy of the SAI or make inquiries to ProFunds by writing us at the address set forth above or calling us toll-free at the telephone number set forth below.
You can find other information about ProFunds on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or you can get copies of this information after payment of a duplicating fee via email to publicinfo@sec.gov.
ProFunds
Post Office Mailing Address for Investments
P.O. Box 182800
Columbus, OH 43218-2800
Phone Numbers
For Financial Professionals: (888) PRO-5717 (888) 776-5717 or (240) 497-6552
For All Others: (888) PRO-FNDS (888) 776-3637 or (614) 470-8122
Fax Number: (800) 782-4797
Website Address: www.profunds.com
ProFunds and the Bull & Bear design, Rising Rates Opportunity ProFund and Not just funds, ProFunds are trademarks of ProFund Advisors LLC.
ProFunds Executive Offices
Bethesda, MD
Investment Company Act File No. 811-08239
PRO-1123