Exhibit 8.1
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June 23, 2022
ProShare Capital Management LLC
Sponsor to ProShares Trust II
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
21st Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Re: | Publicly Traded Partnership Tax Opinion for the Funds in ProShares Trust II. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as your counsel in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the registration statement on Form S-3 initially filed with the Commission on February 15, 2022, including any amendments thereto, the prospectus contained therein (“Prospectus”) and all documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (each, a “Registration Statement”), of ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY), ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY), and ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (SVXY) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of the ProShares Trust II (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on October 9, 2007.
We have reviewed such documents, questions of law and fact and other matters as we have deemed pertinent for the purpose of this opinion. Based upon the foregoing, we hereby confirm our opinion contained under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus that each Fund will be classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
We also advise you that the tax discussion under the captions “Summary – Important Tax Information,” “Risk Factors,” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus correctly describes the material aspects of the U.S. federal income tax treatment to a United States individual taxpayer, as of the date hereof, of an investment in any of the Funds.