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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2023
Registration Nos. 333-89822; 811-21114
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
☒
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
☐
Post-Effective Amendment No. 285
☒
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
☒
Amendment No. 294
☒
ProShares Trust
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Trust Instrument)
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(240) 497-6400
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
Michael L. Sapir, CEO
ProShare Advisors LLC
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
with copies to: 
John Loder, Esq.
c/o Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199-3600
Richard F. Morris
ProShare Advisors LLC
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒ On November 20, 2023 pursuant to paragraph (b)
☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
☐ On [] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
☐ On pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following:
☒ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A is filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating November 20, 2023 as the new effective date for Post-Effective Amendment No. 269 to the Registration Statement filed on May 26, 2023 for ProShares S&P 500 Enhanced Covered Call ETF. This Post-Effective Amendment incorporates by reference the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 269 to the Registration Statement.
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PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
ProShares Trust
Item 28. Exhibits
(a)
Articles of Incorporation
(b)
By-Laws
(c)
Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders
Not applicable.
(d)
Investment Advisory Contracts
(e)
Underwriting Contracts
(f)
Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts
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Not applicable.
(g)
Custodian Agreements
(h)
Other Material Contracts
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(i)
Legal Opinion.28
(j)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Not applicable.
(k)
Omitted Financial Statements
Not applicable.
(l)
Initial Capital Agreements
(m)
Rule 12b-1 Plan
(n)
Rule 18f-3 Plan
Not applicable.
(o)
Reserved
Not applicable.
(p)
Codes of Ethics
(q)
Powers of Attorney
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(1)
Filed with Initial Registration Statement on June 5, 2002.
(2)
Previously filed on July 17, 2003 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(3)
Previously filed on May 22, 2006 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 6 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(4)
Previously filed on June 19, 2006 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 7 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(5)
Previously filed on August 30, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(6)
Previously filed on December 29, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(7)
Previously filed on September 28, 2010 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(8)
Previously filed on December 30, 2010 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(9)
Previously filed on January 23, 2012 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(10)
Previously filed on December 6, 2012 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 77 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(11)
Previously filed on September 22, 2014 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 123 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(12)
Previously filed on October 8, 2014 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 126 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(13)
Previously filed on February 12, 2016 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 169 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(14)
Previously filed on October 2, 2017 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(15)
Previously filed on September 28, 2018 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 201 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(16)
Previously filed on October 22, 2018 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 205 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(17)
Previously filed on September 25, 2019 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 208 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(18)
Previously filed on October 4, 2019 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 213 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(19)
Previously filed on January 15, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 222 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(20)
Previously filed on July 16, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 225 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(21)
Previously filed on September 23, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(22)
Previously filed on October 15, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 238 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(23)
Previously filed on March 14, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 254 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(24)
Previously filed on June 19, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 264 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(25)
Previously filed on September 27, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 266 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(26)
Previously filed on September 26, 2023 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 278 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(27)
Previously filed on October 13, 2023 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 283 under the Securities Act of 1933 and incorporated by reference herein.
(28)
To be filed by subsequent post-effective amendment.
Item 29. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control With Registrant
Provide a list or diagram of all persons directly or indirectly controlled by or under common control with the Registrant. For any person controlled by another person, disclose the percentage of voting securities owned by the immediately controlling person or other basis of that person’s control. For each company, also provide the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which the company is organized.
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None.
Item 30. Indemnification
State the general effect of any contract, arrangements or statute under which any director, officer, underwriter or affiliated person of the registrant is insured or indemnified against any liability incurred in their official capacity, other than insurance provided by any director, officer, affiliated person, or underwriter for their own protection.
Reference is made to Article Eight of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust which is incorporated herein by reference:
The Registrant (also, the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware business trust is operated pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated December 13, 2010 (the “Declaration of Trust”), that permits the Registrant to indemnify every person who is, or has been, a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust, including persons who serve at the request of the Trust as directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents of another organization in which the Trust has an interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (hereinafter referred to as a “Covered Person”), shall be indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been such a Trustee, director, officer, employee or agent and against amounts paid or incurred by him in settlement thereof. This indemnification is subject to the following conditions:
No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person:
(a)
For any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders arising out of a final adjudication by the court of other body before which the proceeding was brought that the Covered Person engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office;
(b)
With respect to any matter as to which the Covered Person shall have been finally adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interests of the Trust;
(c)
For any criminal proceeding finally adjudicated for which the Covered Person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; or
(d)
In the event of a settlement of other disposition not involving a final adjudication (as provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8.5.2) and resulting in a payment by a Covered Person, unless there has been either a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of this office by the court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or a reasonable determination, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that he or she did not engage in such conduct, such determination being made by : (i) a vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees (as such term is defined in Section 8.5.5) acting on the matter); or (ii) a writer opinion of independent legal counsel.
The rights of indemnification under the Declaration of Trust may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, and shall be severable, shall not affect any other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Covered Person, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Nothing contained in the Declaration of Trust shall affect any rights to indemnification to which Trust personnel other than Covered Persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.
Expenses of preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding subject to a claim for indemnification under Section 8.5 of the Declaration of Trust shall be advanced by the Trust prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under Section 8.5 of the Declaration of Trust, provided that either: Covered Person, unless there has been either a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of this office by the court or other body approving the settlement or other disposition, or a reasonable determination, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that he or she did not engage in such conduct, such determination being made by : (i) a vote of a majority of the Disinterested Trustees (as such term is defined in Section 8.5.5) acting on the matter (provided that a majority of Disinterested Trustees then in office act on the matter); or (ii) a writer opinion of independent legal counsel.
(a)
Such undertaking is secured by a surety bond or some other appropriate security or the Trust shall be insured against losses arising out of any such advances; or
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(b)
A majority of the Disinterested Trustees acting on the matter (provided that a majority of the Disinterested Trustees then in office act on the matter) or independent legal counsel in a written opinion shall determine, based upon a review of the readily available facts (as opposed to the facts available upon a full trial), that there is reason to believe that the recipient ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
As used in Section 8.5 of the Declaration of Trust, the following words shall have the meanings set forth below:
(c)
A “Disinterested Trustee” is one (i) who is not an Interested Person of the Trust (including anyone, as such Disinterested Trustees, who has been exempted from being an Interested Person by any rule, regulation or order of the Commission), and (ii) against whom none of such actions, suits or other proceedings or another action, suit or other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has been pending;
(d)
“Claim,” “action,” “suite” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits, proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative or other, including appeals), actual or threatened; and
(e)
“Liability” and “expenses” shall include without limitation, attorneys’ and accountants’ fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.
Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
Describe any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which the investment adviser and each director, officer or partner of the investment adviser, or has been, engaged within the last two fiscal years for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee (disclose the name and principal business address of any company for which a person listed above serves in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, and the nature of the relationship.)
Reference is made to the caption “Management” in the Prospectuses constituting Part A which is incorporated herein by reference and “Management of ProShares Trust” in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B which is incorporated herein by reference.
The information as to the directors and officers of ProShare Advisors LLC is set forth in ProShare Advisors LLC’s Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2005 (Reference No. 5524427696B2B2), as amended, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 32. Principal Underwriters
(a)
State the name of each investment company (other than the registrant) for which each principal underwriter currently distributing securities of the registrant also acts as a principal underwriter, depositor or investment adviser.
Registrant’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”), acts as distributor for:
Adviser Managed Trust
Bishop Street Funds
Catholic Responsible Investment Funds
Causeway Capital Management Trust
City National Rochdale Funds (f/k/a CNI Charter Funds)
City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund
City National Rochdale Strategic Credit Fund
Community Capital Trust (f/k/a Community Reinvestment Act Qualified Investment Fund)
Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund
Exchange Traded Concepts Trust (f/k/a FaithShares Trust)
Frost Family of Funds
Gallery Trust
Global X Funds
Impact Shares Trust
KraneShares Trust
New Covenant Funds
ProShares Trust II
Quaker Investment Trust
RiverPark Funds Trust
Schwab Strategic Trust
SEI Asset Allocation Trust
SEI Catholic Values Trust
SEI Core Property Fund
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SEI Daily Income Trust
SEI Energy Debt Fund LP
SEI Exchange Traded Funds
SEI Global Private Assets VI LP
SEI Hedge Fund SPC
SEI Institutional International Trust
SEI Institutional Managed Trust
SEI Institutional Investments Trust
SEI Offshore Advanced Strategy Series SPC
SEI Offshore Opportunity Fund II Ltd
SEI Special Situations Fund
SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP
SEI Tax Exempt Trust
SEI Vista Fund Ltd.
Symmetry Panoramic Trust
The Advisors’ Timer Circle Fund
The Advisors’ Timer Circle Fund II
The Advisors’ Timer Circle Fund III
The Distributor provides numerous financial services to investment managers, pension plan sponsors, and bank trust departments. These services include portfolio evaluation, performance measurement and consulting services (“Funds Evaluation”) and automated execution, clearing and settlement of securities transactions (“MarketLink”).
(b)
Provide the information required by the following table with respect to each director, officer or partner of each principal underwriter named in answer to Item 32. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each director or officer is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. 
Name
Position and Office with Underwriter
Positions and
Offices with
Registrant
William M. Doran
Director
None
Paul F. Klauder
Director
None
Wayne M. Withrow
Director
None
Kevin P. Barr
President & Chief Executive Officer
None
Maxine J. Chou
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer & Treasurer
None
John C. Munch
General Counsel & Secretary
None
Jennifer H. Campisi
Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Assistant Secretary
None
Donald Duncan
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
None
John P. Coary
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
None
Jason McGhin
Vice President
None
Judith A. Rager
Vice President
None
Gary Michael Reese
Vice President
None
Robert M. Silvestri
Vice President
None
William M. Martin
Vice President
None
Christopher Rowan
Vice President
None
 
Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records
State the names and address of each person maintaining principal possession of each account, book or other document required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act [15 u.s.c. 80a-30(a)] and the rules under that section.
The books, accounts and other documents required by Section 31(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder are maintained in the physical possession of:
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Attn: General Counsel
4 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11245
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J.P. Morgan Investor Services Co.
70 Fargo Street — Suite 3 East
Boston, MA 02210-1950
Attention: Fund Administration Department
ProShare Advisors LLC
ProFund Advisors LLC
Attn: General Counsel
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814-6527
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
Attn: General Counsel
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456-1100
Citi Fund Services, Ohio, Inc.
One Post Office Square, Suite 3710
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Attention: Regulatory Administration Department
Item 34. Management Services
Provide a summary of the substantive provisions of any management-related service contract not discussed in Part A or Part B, disclosing the parties to the contract and the total amount paid and by whom, for the fund’s last three fiscal years.
Item 35. Undertakings
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda and the State of Maryland on October 26, 2023. 
ProShares Trust
By:
/s/ Todd B. Johnson
 
Todd B. Johnson President and Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated. 
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael L. Sapir*
Michael L. Sapir
Trustee, Chairman
October 26, 2023
/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III*
Russell S. Reynolds, III
Trustee
October 26, 2023
/s/ Michael C. Wachs*
Michael C. Wachs
Trustee
October 26, 2023
/s/ William D. Fertig*
William D. Fertig
Trustee
October 26, 2023
/s/ Todd B. Johnson
Todd B. Johnson
President and Principal Executive Officer
October 26, 2023
/s/ Maria Clem Sell
Maria Clem Sell
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
October 26, 2023
* By:/s/ Richard F. Morris
Richard F. Morris
As Attorney-in-fact
Date: October 26, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
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