Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2013

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		x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 89

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

		THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x

Amendment No. 98

 

 

ProShares Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Trust Instrument)

 

 

7501 Wisconsin Avenue,

Suite 1000 Bethesda, MD 20814

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

[phone]

(Area Code and Telephone Number)

 

 

Michael L. Sapir, CEO

ProShare Advisors LLC

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000

Bethesda, MD 20814

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

with copies to:
John Loder, Esq. c/o Ropes & Gray LLP One International Place Boston, MA 02110		Amy R. Doberman ProShare Advisors LLC 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000 Bethesda, MD 20814

 

 

Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

x

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

 

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

 

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on pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

 

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

 

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following:

 

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This post-effective amendment relates to ProShares High Yield–Interest Rate Hedged, a series of ProShares Trust. No information relating to any other series or class of series of ProShares Trust is amended or superseded hereby.

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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 May 21, 2013.

 

ProShares Trust
By:		/s/ Louis M. Mayberg
		Louis M. Mayberg

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		May 21, 2013
/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III * Russell S. Reynolds, III		Trustee		May 21, 2013
/s/ Michael C. Wachs * Michael C. Wachs		Trustee		May 21, 2013
/s/ William D. Fertig*		Trustee		May 21, 2013
William D. Fertig
/s/ Louis M. Mayberg * Louis M. Mayberg		President		May 21, 2013
/s/ Charles S. Todd		Treasurer		May 21, 2013
Charles S. Todd

 

* By:		/s/ Amy R. Doberman
		Amy R. Doberman As Attorney-in-fact

Date: May 21, 2013

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
EX-101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase