Form 8-A

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VmScIA/pD4Ks9BMUCJq4nXdID533NUTyRlaruRslXCD6qIAv2GORLYHiId19wL3d lgw0vyeFvRXA8vXRXhSbFg== 0001193125-08-129567.txt : 20080606 0001193125-08-129567.hdr.sgml : 20080606 20080606151656 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-129567 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PROSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001174610 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32916 FILM NUMBER: 08885516 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 BUSINESS PHONE: 240-497-6400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE1000 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: XTRASHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030409 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROFUNDS ETF TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020531 8-A12B 1 d8a12b.htm FORM 8-A Form 8-A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

ProShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(See Next Page)

(State of Incorporation

or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Bethesda, MD		20814
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section l2(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered:

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be so Registered:

Shares of beneficial interest, no par value

American Stock Exchange LLC

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-89822; 811-21114

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of each of the following two portfolios, each a separate series of ProShares Trust (the “Trust”) to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 9 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-89822; 811-21114) (the “Registration Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Each of the Trust’s two investment portfolios to which this filing relates and their respective I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:


Short Oil & Gas ProShares				26-2751491
Short Financials ProShares				26-2751472

Item 2. Exhibits

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(2)(ii) to Pre- Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Trust’s Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2006.

2. The Trust’s By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Trust’s Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2006.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


	PROSHARES TRUST

Date: June 6, 2008	By:	/s/ Louis M. Mayberg*
		Louis M. Mayberg,
		President


*By:		/s/ Barry Pershkow
		Barry Pershkow
		As Attorney-in-fact

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