Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
RegistrationNo. 333-236926
IMPORTANT NOTICE
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (UCO)
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil (SCO)
(each, an “Oil Fund”, and together, the “Oil Funds”)
Supplement dated June 25, 2020
to each Oil Fund’s Prospectus and Disclosure Document
Dated March 30, 2020, each as supplemented
The Prospectus and Disclosure Document for each Oil Fund are hereby revised to reflect that:
Current Portfolio and Benchmark Exposure. Currently, each Oil Fund has approximately 2/3 of its portfolio exposed to the September 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract and approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the December 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract. The Funds’ benchmark currently is exposed to September 2020 WTI crude oil futures contracts, and will begin to roll to November 2020 WTI crude oil futures contracts on August 7, 2020.
Change to Investment Strategies. Each Oil Fund, in anticipation of the benchmark’s upcoming roll, and in order to help manage the impact of recent extraordinary conditions and volatility in the markets for crude oil and related Financial Instruments, intends to adjust its portfolio exposure as described below.
| • | | By the close of business on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, each Oil Fund intends to transition approximately half of its exposure to the September 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract into exposure to the October 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract. As a result of this transition, each Fund expects to have approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the September 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract, approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the October 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract, and approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the December 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract by the close of business on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. |
| • | | In addition, by the close of business on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, each Oil Fund intends to transition the remaining portion of its exposure to the September 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract into exposure to the November 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract. As a result of this transition, each Fund expects to have approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the October 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract, approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the November 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract, and approximately 1/3 of its portfolio exposed to the December 2020 WTI crude oil futures contract by the close of business on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. |
Following this portfolio transition each Oil Fund will have exposure to WTI crude oil futures contracts that are not included in the current benchmark. The performance of each Fund should not be expected to correspond to two times (2x), or two times the inverse(-2x), as applicable, of the daily performance of its current benchmark. Each Fund’s performance could differ significantly from its stated investment objective.
In addition, to the extent an Oil Fund has exposure to a longer-dated WTI crude oil futures contract (e.g., October, November and December 2020 instead of September 2020), the performance of the Fund may be expected to deviate to a greater extent from the “spot” price of WTI crude oil (which the Fund does not seek to track) than if the Fund had exposure to a shorter-dated futures contract. WTI crude oil futures contracts (and thus each Fund)