As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2016
Registration No. 333-202725
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PROSHARES TRUST II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | | 6221 | | 87-6284802 |
(State of Organization) | | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Michael L. Sapir
c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC
7501 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1000
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(240) 497-6400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael J. Schmidtberger
James C. Munsell
c/o Sidley Austin LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
and
Robert J. Borzone, Jr.
c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000
Bethesda, MD 20814
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:As promptly as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ¨
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ¨
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one.)
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Large accelerated filer | | x | | Accelerated filer | | ¨ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company | | ¨ |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Deregistration of Unsold Securities
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-202725) is being filed to remove from registration all of the securities that remain unsold thereunder as of the termination of the offering in accordance with the undertaking required by Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. The registrant expects that the offering will be terminated after the stock market closes on March 30, 2016.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on the 30th day of March 2016.
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ProShares Trust II |
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By: | | /s/ Todd B. Johnson |
Name: | | Todd B. Johnson |
Title: | | Principal Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Todd B. Johnson | | Principal Executive Officer | | March 30, 2016 |
Name: Todd B. Johnson | | |
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/s/ Edward Karpowicz | | Principal Financial Officer Principal Accounting Officer | | March 30, 2016 |
Name: Edward Karpowicz | | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Sponsor in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Louis M. Mayberg* | | Member of the Sponsor (Director) | | March 30, 2016 |
Name: Louis M. Mayberg | | |
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/s/ Michael L. Sapir* | | Member of the Sponsor (Director) | | March 30, 2016 |
Name: Michael L. Sapir | | |
* | Signed by Todd B. Johnson pursuant to powers of attorney dated March 13, 2015. |