8-A12B 1 d8a12b.htm FORM 8-A12B Form 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 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  

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. 13 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 20 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on Form N-1A (Commission File No. 333-89822; 811-21114) (the “Registration Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Each Fund to which this filing relates and their respective I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

 

Fund Name

  

Tax ID Number

ProShares Ultra MSCI EAFE

   26-1865761

ProShares Ultra MSCI Emerging Markets

   26-1865598

ProShares Ultra FTSE/Xinhua China 25

   26-1686227

ProShares Ultra MSCI Japan

   26-1686105

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Europe

   27-0215713

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Pacific ex-Japan

   27-0215761

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil

   27-0215820

ProShares UltraShort MSCI Mexico Investable Market

   27-0215323

ProShares Ultra Russell3000

   27-0215123

ProShares UltraShort Russell3000

   27-0215181

 

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: May 29, 2009     By:   /s/ Louis M. Mayberg
      Louis M. Mayberg
      President