0001354488-15-000587.txt : 20150212 0001354488-15-000587.hdr.sgml : 20150212 20150211190609 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001354488-15-000587 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150211 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: 15601171 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 pst_8a12b.htm 8-A12B pst_8a12b.htm
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   Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered:   Each Class is to be so Registered:
Shares of beneficial interest, no par value   NYSE Arca, Inc.
 

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 separate series (each, a “Fund”) of ProShares Trust (the "Trust"), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 136 to the Trust's Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 145 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 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.

The Funds to which this filing relates and their I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

Fund Name
Tax ID Number
1. ProShares UltraShort Junior Miners
2. ProShares Ultra Junior Miners
47-2584287
47-2588371

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.
 
 
PROSHARES TRUST
  
       
Date: February 12, 2015
By:
/s/ Amy R. Doberman  
    Amy R. Doberman  
   
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary