Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 22, 2021 (December 22, 2021)

ProShares Trust II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34200

87-6284802

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Michael L. Sapir

c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC

7272 Wisconsin Avenue

21^st Floor

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

(240) 497-6400

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Michael M. Philipp

c/o Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

77 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601

and

Richard F. Morris

c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC

7272 Wisconsin Avenue

21^st Floor

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

KOLD

NYSE Arca, Inc.

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Item 8.01.

Other Events

Change to Exchange Listing

On December 22, 2021, ProShare Capital Management LLC, on behalf of ProShares Trust II (the “Trust”) issued a press release announcing a reverse share split (“Reverse Split”) on ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas (NYSE Arca symbol “KOLD”) (the “Fund”). The Reverse Split will not change the value of a shareholder’s investment.

The Fund will execute a 1 for 5 Reverse Split of its shares. The Reverse Split will be effective at the market open on January 14, 2022, when the Fund begins trading at its post-Reverse Split prices. The ticker symbol for the Fund will not change, but the Fund will be issued a new CUSIP number: 74347Y821. The Reverse Split will increase the price per share of the Fund with a proportionate decrease in the number of shares outstanding. Specifically, every 5 pre-Reverse Split shares held by a Fund shareholder will result in the receipt of one post-Reverse Split share, which will be priced 5 times higher than the net asset value of a pre-Reverse Split share.

For Fund shareholders who hold quantities of shares that are not an exact multiple of the applicable Reverse Split ratio (i.e., not a multiple of 5), the Reverse Split will result in the creation of a fractional share. Post-Reverse Split fractional shares will be redeemed for cash and sent to the shareholder’s broker of record. This redemption may cause some shareholders to realize gains or losses, which could be a taxable event for those shareholders.

The Sponsor announced the foregoing via a press release dated December 22, 2021. A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference. The press release includes information relating to additional funds, none of which are series of the Trust.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release Dated December 22, 2021.

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 22, 2021