8-A12B

PROSHARES TRUST

Date: November 14, 2017

/s/ Richard F. Morris

Richard F. Morris

Chief Legal Officer

0001193125-17-342708.txt : 20171114 0001193125-17-342708.hdr.sgml : 20171114 20171114170825 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-342708 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171114 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: 171202792 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 d471711d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B

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 1000E Bethesda, MD		20814
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(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

NYSE Arca

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) or (e), check the following box. ☒

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) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering 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 a series (the “Fund”) of ProShares Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 188 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 197 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, on Form N-1A (Commission File No. 333-89822; 811-21114), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This filing relates to the following Fund:


Fund Name		Tax ID Number
ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF		82-3161682

Item 2. Exhibits

None

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.