ProShares Trust II - Quarter Report: 2009 March (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009. |
OR
¨ | Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from to . |
Commission file number: 001-34200
PROSHARES TRUST II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 87-6284802 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC
7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(240) 497-6400
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
x Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
¨ Yes ¨ No
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.
Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ | Non-accelerated filer x | Smaller reporting company ¨ | |||
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
¨ Yes x No
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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
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Part II. OTHER INFORMATION |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. | Condensed Financial Statements. |
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||||
Assets |
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Cash |
$ | 3,978,903 | $ | 1,745,354 | ||||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
6,445,000 | 1,335,000 | ||||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
3,501,897 | | ||||||
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements |
| 184,583 | ||||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
37,357 | 33,411 | ||||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
50,532 | 69,640 | ||||||
Total assets |
14,013,689 | 3,367,988 | ||||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
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Liabilities |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
42,977 | 42,977 | ||||||
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements |
799,804 | | ||||||
Total liabilities |
842,781 | 42,977 | ||||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||||
Paid-in capital |
14,358,263 | 3,551,075 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(1,187,355 | ) | (226,064 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
13,170,908 | 3,325,011 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 14,013,689 | $ | 3,367,988 | ||||
Shares outstanding |
700,014 | 150,014 | ||||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 18.82 | $ | 22.16 | ||||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 18.83 | $ | 22.15 | ||||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG COMMODITY
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (27% of shareholders equity) |
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Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 115,000 | $ | 115,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
1,222,000 | 1,221,973 | ||||
0.10% due 04/14/09 |
753,000 | 752,973 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
112,000 | 111,995 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
800,000 | 799,981 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
500,000 | 499,975 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 3,501,897 | ||||
Termination Date |
Notional Amount at Value* |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Swap Agreements |
|||||||||
Swap agreements linked to Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
04/06/09 | $ | 26,338,582 | $ | (799,804 | ) |
* | For swap agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the benchmark Index. A negative amount represents short exposure to the benchmark Index. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
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Interest |
$ | 483 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Offering costs |
19,108 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(3,946 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
15,162 | |||
Net investment loss |
(14,679 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
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Net realized gain on |
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Swap agreements |
37,775 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Swap agreements |
(984,387 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(946,612 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (961,291 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (2.82 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
340,570 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 3,325,011 | ||
Sale of 550,000 shares |
10,807,188 | |||
Net investment loss |
(14,679 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
37,775 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(984,387 | ) | ||
Net loss |
(961,291 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 13,170,908 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
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Net loss |
$ | (961,291 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
(5,110,000 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(3,501,897 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap agreements |
984,387 | |||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(3,946 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering costs |
19,108 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(8,573,639 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
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Proceeds from sale of shares |
10,807,188 | |||
Net increase in cash |
2,233,549 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
1,745,354 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 3,978,903 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||
Assets |
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Cash |
$ | 950,020 | $ | 1,579,140 | ||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | ||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
617,979 | | ||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
126,139 | 56,576 | ||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
202,020 | 278,414 | ||||
Total assets |
3,296,158 | 3,314,130 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
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Liabilities |
||||||
Accounts payable |
208,046 | 208,046 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements |
294,703 | 426,201 | ||||
Total liabilities |
502,749 | 634,247 | ||||
Shareholders equity |
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Paid-in capital |
2,500,900 | 2,500,900 | ||||
Accumulated earnings |
292,509 | 178,983 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
2,793,409 | 2,679,883 | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 3,296,158 | $ | 3,314,130 | ||
Shares outstanding |
100,014 | 100,014 | ||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 27.93 | $ | 26.80 | ||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 28.97 | $ | 27.58 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG COMMODITY
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (22% of shareholders equity) |
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Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
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0.16% due 04/06/09 |
$ | 327,000 | $ | 326,993 | ||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
139,000 | 138,994 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
152,000 | 151,992 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 617,979 | ||||
Termination Date |
Notional Amount at Value* |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||
Swap Agreements |
||||||||||
Swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
04/06/09 | $ | (5,585,245 | ) | $ | (294,703 | ) |
* | For swap agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the benchmark Index. A negative amount represents short exposure to the benchmark Index. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
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Interest |
$ | 236 | ||
Expenses |
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Offering costs |
76,394 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(69,563 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
6,831 | |||
Net investment loss |
(6,595 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
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Net realized loss on |
||||
Swap agreements |
(11,377 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Swap agreements |
131,498 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
120,121 | |||
Net income |
$ | 113,526 | ||
Net income per weighted-average share |
$ | 1.14 | ||
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
100,014 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 2,679,883 | ||
Net investment loss |
(6,595 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(11,377 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
131,498 | |||
Net income |
113,526 | |||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 2,793,409 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG COMMODITY
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
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Net income |
$ | 113,526 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(617,979 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap agreements |
(131,498 | ) | ||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(69,563 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
76,394 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(629,120 | ) | ||
Net decrease in cash |
(629,120 | ) | ||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
1,579,140 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 950,020 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | ||||||
Assets |
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Cash |
$ | 52,206,842 | $ | 40,341,120 | |||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
95,000,000 | | |||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
41,298,863 | 37,425,038 | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
131,406,251 | | |||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
| 8,810,344 | |||||
Receivable on open futures contracts |
4,774,047 | 20,527,738 | |||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
| 16,192 | |||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
101,024 | 139,226 | |||||
Total assets |
324,787,027 | 107,259,658 | |||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
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Liabilities |
|||||||
Accounts payable |
97,742 | 97,742 | |||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed |
4,083,506 | 7,388,973 | |||||
Payable to Sponsor |
693,499 | | |||||
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements |
15,801,864 | | |||||
Total liabilities |
20,676,611 | 7,486,715 | |||||
Shareholders equity |
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
386,218,408 | 89,856,620 | |||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) |
(82,107,992 | ) | 9,916,323 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
304,110,416 | 99,772,943 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 324,787,027 | $ | 107,259,658 | |||
Shares outstanding |
35,400,014 | 6,750,014 | |||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 8.59 | $ | 14.78 | |||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 8.42 | $ | 13.69 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (43% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
$ | 19,332,000 | $ | 19,331,570 | ||
0.06% due 04/08/09 |
28,502,000 | 28,501,667 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
19,289,000 | 19,288,486 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
19,289,000 | 19,288,100 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
5,000,000 | 4,999,778 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
10,000,000 | 9,999,767 | ||||
0.17% due 04/23/09 |
30,000,000 | 29,996,883 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 131,406,251 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||
Futures Contracts Purchased |
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Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2009 |
5,827 | $ | 289,368,820 | $ | 18,542,160 |
Termination Date |
Notional Amount at Value* |
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Swap Agreements |
||||||||
Swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
04/06/09 | $ | 318,867,914 | (15,801,864 | ) |
* | For swap agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the benchmark Index. A negative amount represents short exposure to the benchmark Index. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
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Interest |
$ | 33,715 | ||
Expenses |
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Management fee |
709,691 | |||
Brokerage commissions |
131,950 | |||
Offering costs |
38,202 | |||
Total expenses |
879,843 | |||
Net investment loss |
(846,128 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
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Net realized loss on |
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Futures contracts |
(43,721,221 | ) | ||
Swap agreements |
(37,518,862 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(81,240,083 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
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Futures contracts |
5,863,760 | |||
Swap agreements |
(15,801,864 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(9,938,104 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(91,178,187 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (92,024,315 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (2.49 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
37,000,570 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 99,772,943 | ||
Sale of 65,200,000 shares |
626,561,421 | |||
Redemption of 36,550,000 shares |
(330,199,633 | ) | ||
Net sale of 28,650,000 shares |
296,361,788 | |||
Net investment loss |
(846,128 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(81,240,083 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(9,938,104 | ) | ||
Net loss |
(92,024,315 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 304,110,416 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
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Net loss |
$ | (92,024,315 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
(95,000,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(3,873,825 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(131,406,251 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable on futures contracts |
15,753,691 | |||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap agreements |
15,801,864 | |||
Increase in payable to Sponsor |
693,499 | |||
Decrease in receivable from Sponsor |
16,192 | |||
Amortization of offering cost |
38,202 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(290,000,943 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
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Proceeds from sale of shares |
635,371,765 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(333,505,100 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
301,866,665 | |||
Net increase in cash |
11,865,722 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
40,341,120 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 52,206,842 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 |
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Assets |
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Cash |
$ | 16,684,081 | $ | 7,925,214 | |||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
6,600,000 | | |||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
7,314,333 | 5,449,275 | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
17,940,529 | | |||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
| 7,269,858 | |||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
70,493 | 53,143 | |||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
202,020 | 278,414 | |||||
Total assets |
48,811,456 | 20,975,904 | |||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
|||||||
Liabilities |
|||||||
Accounts payable |
208,046 | 208,046 | |||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed |
4,924,845 | 1,999,561 | |||||
Payable on open futures contracts |
| 4,265,898 | |||||
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements |
78,476 | | |||||
Total liabilities |
5,211,367 | 6,473,505 | |||||
Shareholders equity |
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
37,285,849 | 15,231,359 | |||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) |
6,314,240 | (728,960 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
43,600,089 | 14,502,399 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 48,811,456 | $ | 20,975,904 | |||
Shares outstanding |
1,400,014 | 500,014 | |||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 31.14 | $ | 29.00 | |||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 31.84 | $ | 31.66 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (41% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
$ | 2,923,000 | $ | 2,922,987 | ||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
1,202,000 | 1,201,973 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
4,000,000 | 3,999,940 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
705,000 | 704,981 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
705,000 | 704,967 | ||||
0.10% due 04/14/09 |
5,406,000 | 5,405,805 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
1,000,000 | 999,977 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,899 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 17,940,529 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Futures Contracts Sold |
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Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2009 |
1,110 | $ | 55,122,600 | $ | 169,990 | |||||
Termination Date |
Notional Amount at Value* |
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Swap Agreements |
||||||||||
Swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
04/06/09 | $ | (32,076,469 | ) | (78,476 | ) |
* | For swap agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the benchmark Index. A negative amount represents short exposure to the benchmark Index. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
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Interest |
$ | 1,891 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Brokerage commissions |
33,690 | |||
Offering costs |
76,394 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(17,350 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
92,734 | |||
Net investment loss |
(90,843 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
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Net realized gain on |
||||
Futures contracts |
3,491,939 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Futures contracts |
3,720,580 | |||
Swap agreements |
(78,476 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
3,642,104 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
7,134,043 | |||
Net income |
$ | 7,043,200 | ||
Net income per weighted-average share |
$ | 9.52 | ||
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
739,458 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 14,502,399 | ||
Sale of 4,250,000 shares |
156,001,204 | |||
Redemption of 3,350,000 shares |
(133,946,714 | ) | ||
Net sale of 900,000 shares |
22,054,490 | |||
Net investment loss |
(90,843 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
3,491,939 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
3,642,104 | |||
Net income |
7,043,200 | |||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 43,600,089 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT DJ-AIG CRUDE OIL
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net income |
$ | 7,043,200 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for swap agreements |
(6,600,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(1,865,058 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(17,940,529 | ) | ||
Decrease in payable on futures contracts |
(4,265,898 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap agreements |
78,476 | |||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(17,350 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
76,394 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(23,490,765 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
163,271,062 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(131,021,430 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
32,249,632 | |||
Net increase in cash |
8,758,867 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
7,925,214 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 16,684,081 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | ||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Cash |
$ | 24,106,756 | $ | 23,435,796 | |||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
60,520,000 | | |||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
327,845 | 102,966 | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
48,348,356 | | |||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
1,655,298 | 4,661,921 | |||||
Receivable on open futures contracts |
| 2,885 | |||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
| 43,098 | |||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
207,961 | 284,355 | |||||
Total assets |
135,166,216 | 28,531,021 | |||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
|||||||
Liabilities |
|||||||
Payable to counterparty |
6,017,364 | | |||||
Accounts payable |
208,045 | 208,045 | |||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements |
3,081,646 | 586,254 | |||||
Payable to Sponsor |
84,944 | | |||||
Total liabilities |
9,391,999 | 794,299 | |||||
Shareholders equity |
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
127,032,301 | 26,025,918 | |||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) |
(1,258,084 | ) | 1,710,804 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
125,774,217 | 27,736,722 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 135,166,216 | $ | 28,531,021 | |||
Shares outstanding |
3,800,014 | 900,014 | |||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 33.10 | $ | 30.82 | |||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 33.31 | $ | 31.60 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (38% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
$ | 8,304,000 | $ | 8,303,963 | ||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
7,998,000 | 7,997,787 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
7,998,000 | 7,997,627 | ||||
0.10% due 04/14/09 |
10,000,000 | 9,999,639 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
9,000,000 | 8,999,600 | ||||
0.10% due 04/21/09 |
2,050,000 | 2,049,892 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
3,000,000 | 2,999,848 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 48,348,356 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Futures Contracts Purchased |
||||||||||||
Gold Futures - COMEX, expires June 2009 |
71 | $ | 6,529,160 | $ | 11,491 | |||||||
Settlement Date |
Commitment to (Deliver)/Receive |
Notional Amount at Value * |
||||||||||
Forward Agreements |
||||||||||||
Forward agreements linked to 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold |
04/06/09 | $ | 267,320 | $ | 245,025,512 | (3,081,646 | ) |
* | For forward agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents short exposure to the underlying commodity. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 9,474 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
128,042 | |||
Brokerage commissions |
1,282 | |||
Offering costs |
76,394 | |||
Total expenses |
205,718 | |||
Net investment loss |
(196,244 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Futures contracts |
130,476 | |||
Forward agreements |
(379,449 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(248,973 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Futures contracts |
(28,279 | ) | ||
Forward agreements |
(2,495,392 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(2,523,671 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(2,772,644 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (2,968,888 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (1.16 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
2,551,681 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 27,736,722 | ||
Sale of 3,150,000 shares |
109,085,915 | |||
Redemption of 250,000 shares |
(8,079,532 | ) | ||
Net sale of 2,900,000 shares |
101,006,383 | |||
Net investment loss |
(196,244 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(248,973 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(2,523,671 | ) | ||
Net loss |
(2,968,888 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 125,774,217 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (2,968,888 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
(60,520,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(224,879 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(48,348,356 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable on futures contracts |
2,885 | |||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on forward agreements |
2,495,392 | |||
Decrease in receivable from Sponsor |
43,098 | |||
Increase in payable to counterparty |
6,017,364 | |||
Increase in payable to Sponsor |
84,944 | |||
Amortization of offering cost |
76,394 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(103,342,046 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
112,092,538 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(8,079,532 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
104,013,006 | |||
Net decrease in cash |
670,960 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
23,435,796 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 24,106,756 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Cash |
$ | 12,259,296 | $ | 3,104,221 | ||||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
19,700,000 | 540,000 | ||||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
237,680 | 27,749 | ||||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
14,168,541 | | ||||||
Receivable due from counterparty |
1,896,590 | | ||||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
1,619,234 | | ||||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements |
1,162,023 | 86,657 | ||||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
54,402 | 51,088 | ||||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
207,961 | 284,355 | ||||||
Total assets |
51,305,727 | 4,094,070 | ||||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
208,046 | 208,046 | ||||||
Payable on open futures contracts |
102,467 | 10,931 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
310,513 | 218,977 | ||||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||||
Paid-in capital |
56,276,940 | 4,537,070 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(5,281,726 | ) | (661,977 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
50,995,214 | 3,875,093 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 51,305,727 | $ | 4,094,070 | ||||
Shares outstanding |
3,150,014 | 200,014 | ||||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 16.19 | $ | 19.37 | ||||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 16.17 | $ | 19.10 | ||||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (28% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 2,028,000 | $ | 2,028,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
1,000,000 | 999,996 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
698,000 | 697,981 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
698,000 | 697,967 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
817,000 | 816,968 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
1,055,000 | 1,054,953 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
2,706,000 | 2,705,937 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
5,167,000 | 5,166,739 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 14,168,541 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||
Futures Contracts Sold |
|||||||||||||
Gold Futures - COMEX, expires June 2009 |
40 | $ | 3,678,400 | $ | 5,784 | ||||||||
Settlement Date |
Commitment to (Deliver)/Receive |
Notional Amount at Value * |
|||||||||||
Forward Agreements |
|||||||||||||
Forward agreements linked to 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold |
04/06/09 | $ | (107,298 | ) | $ | (98,349,347 | ) | 1,162,023 |
* | For forward agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents short exposure to the underlying commodity. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 3,412 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Brokerage commissions |
1,220 | |||
Offering costs |
76,394 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(3,314 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
74,300 | |||
Net investment loss |
(70,888 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Futures contracts |
(197,607 | ) | ||
Forward agreements |
(5,455,094 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(5,652,701 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Futures contracts |
28,474 | |||
Forward agreements |
1,075,366 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,103,840 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(4,548,861 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (4,619,749 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (2.44 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
1,890,014 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 3,875,093 | ||
Sale of 3,350,000 shares |
58,409,478 | |||
Redemption of 400,000 shares |
(6,669,608 | ) | ||
Net sale of 2,950,000 shares |
51,739,870 | |||
Net investment loss |
(70,888 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(5,652,701 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,103,840 | |||
Net loss |
(4,619,749 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 50,995,214 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (4,619,749 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
(19,160,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(209,931 | ) | ||
Increase in receivable due from counterparty |
(1,896,590 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(14,168,541 | ) | ||
Increase in payable on futures contracts |
91,536 | |||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on forward agreements |
(1,075,366 | ) | ||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(3,314 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
76,394 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(40,965,561 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
56,790,244 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(6,669,608 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
50,120,636 | |||
Net increase in cash |
9,155,075 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
3,104,221 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 12,259,296 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||
Assets |
||||||
Cash |
$ | 10,961,630 | $ | 8,641,327 | ||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
26,750,000 | | ||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
505,376 | 73,705 | ||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
20,850,418 | | ||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
| 1,469,530 | ||||
Receivable on open futures contracts |
| 24,488 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements |
1,168,929 | | ||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
| 30,776 | ||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
52,017 | 71,126 | ||||
Total assets |
60,288,370 | 10,310,952 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||
Liabilities |
||||||
Payable to counterparty |
6,462,153 | | ||||
Accounts payable |
42,976 | 42,976 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements |
| 256,827 | ||||
Payable to Sponsor |
21,166 | | ||||
Total liabilities |
6,526,295 | 299,803 | ||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||
Paid-in capital |
49,450,806 | 9,881,413 | ||||
Accumulated earnings |
4,311,269 | 129,736 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
53,762,075 | 10,011,149 | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 60,288,370 | $ | 10,310,952 | ||
Shares outstanding |
1,350,014 | 350,014 | ||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 39.82 | $ | 28.60 | ||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 38.99 | $ | 31.50 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (39% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 4,249,000 | $ | 4,249,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
1,683,000 | 1,682,993 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
3,452,000 | 3,451,948 | ||||
0.10% due 04/14/09 |
3,000,000 | 2,999,892 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,922 | ||||
0.10% due 04/21/09 |
4,467,000 | 4,466,764 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,899 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 20,850,418 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Futures Contracts Purchased |
||||||||||||
Silver Futures - COMEX, expires May 2009 |
67 | $ | 4,396,875 | $ | (37,514 | ) | ||||||
Settlement Date |
Commitment to (Deliver)/Receive |
Notional Amount at Value * |
||||||||||
Forward Agreements |
||||||||||||
Forward agreements linked to 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver |
04/06/09 | $ | 7,867,800 | $ | 103,146,858 | 1,168,929 |
* | For forward agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents short exposure to the underlying commodity. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 2,949 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
51,942 | |||
Brokerage commissions |
893 | |||
Offering costs |
19,109 | |||
Total expenses |
71,944 | |||
Net investment loss |
(68,995 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized gain on |
||||
Futures contracts |
131,064 | |||
Forward agreements |
2,723,177 | |||
Net realized gain |
2,854,241 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Futures contracts |
(29,469 | ) | ||
Forward agreements |
1,425,756 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,396,287 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
4,250,528 | |||
Net income |
$ | 4,181,533 | ||
Net income per weighted-average share |
$ | 5.40 | ||
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
775,014 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 10,011,149 | ||
Sale of 1,200,000 shares |
47,161,207 | |||
Redemption of 200,000 shares |
(7,591,814 | ) | ||
Net sale of 1,000,000 shares |
39,569,393 | |||
Net investment loss |
(68,995 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
2,854,241 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,396,287 | |||
Net income |
4,181,533 | |||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 53,762,075 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net income |
$ | 4,181,533 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
(26,750,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(431,671 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(20,850,418 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable on futures contracts |
24,488 | |||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on forward agreements |
(1,425,756 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable from Sponsor |
30,776 | |||
Increase in payable to counterparty |
6,462,153 | |||
Increase in payable to Sponsor |
21,166 | |||
Amortization of offering cost |
19,109 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(38,718,620 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities: |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
48,630,737 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(7,591,814 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
41,038,923 | |||
Net decrease in cash |
2,320,303 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
8,641,327 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 10,961,630 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Cash |
$ | 3,157,232 | $ | 992,121 | ||||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
10,690,000 | 820,000 | ||||||
Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
236,888 | 22,280 | ||||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
11,177,667 | | ||||||
Receivable due from counterparty |
2,815,333 | | ||||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
1,148,525 | | ||||||
Receivable on open futures contracts |
44,641 | | ||||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements |
| 47,484 | ||||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
51,303 | 38,902 | ||||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
103,995 | 142,197 | ||||||
Total assets |
29,425,584 | 2,062,984 | ||||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
97,742 | 97,742 | ||||||
Payable on open futures contracts |
| 5,171 | ||||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements |
620,615 | | ||||||
Total liabilities |
718,357 | 102,913 | ||||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||||
Paid-in capital |
30,812,826 | 2,500,900 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(2,105,599 | ) | (540,829 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
28,707,227 | 1,960,071 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 29,425,584 | $ | 2,062,984 | ||||
Shares outstanding |
2,500,014 | 100,014 | ||||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 11.48 | $ | 19.60 | ||||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 11.74 | $ | 17.51 | ||||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT SILVER
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (39% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
$ | 350,000 | $ | 349,998 | ||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
1,104,000 | 1,103,975 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
1,974,000 | 1,973,970 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
1,494,000 | 1,493,960 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
1,494,000 | 1,493,930 | ||||
0.10% due 04/14/09 |
214,000 | 213,992 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
1,000,000 | 999,961 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
2,135,000 | 2,134,952 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
1,413,000 | 1,412,929 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 11,177,667 | ||||
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
Futures Contracts Sold |
||||||||||||||
Silver Futures - COMEX, expires May 2009 |
32 | $ | 2,100,000 | $ | 1,863 | |||||||||
Settlement Date |
Commitment to (Deliver)/ Receive |
Notional Amount at Value * |
||||||||||||
Forward Agreements |
||||||||||||||
Forward agreements linked to 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver |
04/06/09 | $ | (4,220,500 | ) | $ | (55,330,755 | ) | (620,615 | ) |
* | For forward agreements, a positive amount represents long exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents short exposure to the underlying commodity. |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT SILVER
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 1,167 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Brokerage commissions |
640 | |||
Offering costs |
38,202 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(12,401 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
26,441 | |||
Net investment loss |
(25,274 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Futures contracts |
(69,297 | ) | ||
Forward agreements |
(804,613 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(873,910 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Futures contracts |
2,513 | |||
Forward agreements |
(668,099 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(665,586 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1,539,496 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (1,564,770 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (1.68 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
931,681 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT SILVER
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 1,960,071 | ||
Sale of 2,700,000 shares |
31,476,628 | |||
Redemption of 300,000 shares |
(3,164,702 | ) | ||
Net sale of 2,400,000 shares |
28,311,926 | |||
Net investment loss |
(25,274 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(873,910 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(665,586 | ) | ||
Net loss |
(1,564,770 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 28,707,227 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT SILVER
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (1,564,770 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for forward agreements |
(9,870,000 | ) | ||
Increase in segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts |
(214,608 | ) | ||
Increase in receivable due from counterparty |
(2,815,333 | ) | ||
Net purchase in short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(11,177,667 | ) | ||
Increase in receivable on futures contracts |
(44,641 | ) | ||
Decrease in payable on futures contracts |
(5,171 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on forward agreements |
668,099 | |||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(12,401 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
38,202 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(24,998,290 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities: |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
30,328,103 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(3,164,702 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
27,163,401 | |||
Net increase in cash |
2,165,111 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
992,121 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 3,157,232 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||
Assets |
||||||
Cash |
$ | 2,352,361 | $ | 4,467,380 | ||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
1,220,000 | | ||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
3,241,901 | | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
1,008 | | ||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
40,256 | 32,913 | ||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
50,531 | 69,640 | ||||
Total assets |
6,906,057 | 4,569,933 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||
Liabilities |
||||||
Accounts payable |
42,977 | 42,977 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
291,800 | 140,545 | ||||
Total liabilities |
334,777 | 183,522 | ||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||
Paid-in capital |
6,490,148 | 3,958,670 | ||||
Accumulated earnings |
81,132 | 427,741 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
6,571,280 | 4,386,411 | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 6,906,057 | $ | 4,569,933 | ||
Shares outstanding |
250,014 | 150,014 | ||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 26.28 | $ | 29.24 | ||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 26.22 | $ | 29.49 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (49% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 323,000 | $ | 323,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
273,000 | 272,994 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
746,000 | 745,989 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
364,000 | 363,990 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
364,000 | 363,983 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
175,000 | 174,993 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
431,000 | 430,981 | ||||
0.10% due 04/21/09 |
247,000 | 246,987 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
319,000 | 318,984 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 3,241,901 | ||||
Settlement Date |
Local Currency |
Notional Amount at Value (USD) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts |
|||||||||||||
Contracts to Purchase |
|||||||||||||
Euro |
04/03/09 | 10,198,900 | $ | 13,546,029 | $ | (291,800 | ) | ||||||
Contracts to Sell |
|||||||||||||
Euro |
04/03/09 | (303,700 | ) | (403,370 | ) | 1,008 |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 690 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Offering costs |
19,109 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(7,343 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
11,766 | |||
Net investment loss |
(11,076 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
(185,286 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
(150,247 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(335,533 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (346,609 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (1.76 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
196,681 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 4,386,411 | ||
Sale of 100,000 shares |
2,531,478 | |||
Net investment loss |
(11,076 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(185,286 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
(150,247 | ) | ||
Net loss |
(346,609 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 6,571,280 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (346,609 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
(1,220,000 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(3,241,901 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
150,247 | |||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(7,343 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
19,109 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(4,646,497 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
2,531,478 | |||
Net decrease in cash |
(2,115,019 | ) | ||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
4,467,380 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 2,352,361 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Cash |
$ | 9,305,780 | $ | 7,121,112 | ||||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
6,010,000 | | ||||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
27,831,279 | | ||||||
Receivable from capital shares sold |
2,244,832 | | ||||||
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
1,899,777 | 151,153 | ||||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
| 32,234 | ||||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
50,532 | 69,641 | ||||||
Total assets |
47,342,200 | 7,374,140 | ||||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
42,977 | 42,977 | ||||||
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
66,976 | | ||||||
Payable to Sponsor |
11,979 | | ||||||
Total liabilities |
121,932 | 42,977 | ||||||
Shareholders equity |
||||||||
Paid-in capital |
50,489,294 | 7,676,890 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(3,269,026 | ) | (345,727 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
47,220,268 | 7,331,163 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 47,342,200 | $ | 7,374,140 | ||||
Shares outstanding |
2,100,014 | 350,014 | ||||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 22.49 | $ | 20.95 | ||||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 22.54 | $ | 21.26 | ||||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (59% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 6,227,000 | $ | 6,227,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
336,000 | 335,999 | ||||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
6,269,000 | 6,268,861 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
2,500,000 | 2,499,933 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
2,500,000 | 2,499,883 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
7,000,000 | 6,999,728 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
1,000,000 | 999,977 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,898 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 27,831,279 | ||||
Settlement Date |
Local Currency |
Notional Amount at Value (USD) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts |
|||||||||||||
Contracts to Purchase |
|||||||||||||
Euro |
04/03/09 | 3,598,400 | $ | 4,779,342 | $ | (66,976 | ) | ||||||
Contracts to Sell |
|||||||||||||
Euro |
04/03/09 | (74,627,100 | ) | (99,118,616 | ) | 1,899,777 |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 5,186 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
44,213 | |||
Offering costs |
19,109 | |||
Total expenses |
63,322 | |||
Net investment loss |
(58,136 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
(4,546,811 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
1,681,648 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(2,865,163 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (2,923,299 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (2.57 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
1,139,458 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 7,331,163 | ||
Sale of 1,950,000 shares |
47,189,104 | |||
Redemption of 200,000 shares |
(4,376,700 | ) | ||
Net sale of 1,750,000 shares |
42,812,404 | |||
Net investment loss |
(58,136 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(4,546,811 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,681,648 | |||
Net loss |
(2,923,299 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 47,220,268 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (2,923,299 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
(6,010,000 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(27,831,279 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
(1,681,648 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable from Sponsor |
32,234 | |||
Increase in payable to Sponsor |
11,979 | |||
Amortization of offering cost |
19,109 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(38,382,904 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
44,944,272 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(4,376,700 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
40,567,572 | |||
Net increase in cash |
2,184,668 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
7,121,112 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 9,305,780 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | ||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Cash |
$ | 1,760,747 | $ | 2,986,826 | |||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
1,835,942 | | |||||
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
305 | | |||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
43,623 | 33,137 | |||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
50,531 | 69,639 | |||||
Total assets |
3,691,148 | 3,089,602 | |||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
|||||||
Liabilities |
|||||||
Accounts payable |
42,975 | 42,975 | |||||
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
103,761 | 201,574 | |||||
Total liabilities |
146,736 | 244,549 | |||||
Shareholders equity |
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
3,960,520 | 2,500,350 | |||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) |
(416,108 | ) | 344,703 | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
3,544,412 | 2,845,053 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 3,691,148 | $ | 3,089,602 | |||
Shares outstanding |
150,014 | 100,014 | |||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 23.63 | $ | 28.45 | |||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 23.61 | $ | 28.66 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (52% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 210,000 | $ | 210,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
115,000 | 114,997 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
442,000 | 441,993 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
100,000 | 99,997 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
159,000 | 158,994 | ||||
0.10% due 04/17/09 |
296,000 | 295,987 | ||||
0.10% due 04/20/09 |
230,000 | 229,988 | ||||
0.07% due 04/28/09 |
284,000 | 283,986 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 1,835,942 | ||||
Settlement Date |
Local Currency |
Notional Amount at Value (USD) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts |
|||||||||||||
Contracts to Purchase |
|||||||||||||
Yen |
04/03/09 | 724,700,000 | $ | 7,319,163 | $ | (103,761 | ) | ||||||
Contracts to Sell |
|||||||||||||
Yen |
04/03/09 | (22,810,000 | ) | (230,371 | ) | 305 |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 508 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Offering costs |
19,108 | |||
Limitation by Sponsor |
(10,486 | ) | ||
Total expenses |
8,622 | |||
Net investment loss |
(8,114 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized loss on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
(850,815 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
98,118 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(752,697 | ) | ||
Net loss |
$ | (760,811 | ) | |
Net loss per weighted-average share |
$ | (5.50 | ) | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
138,347 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 2,845,053 | ||
Sale of 50,000 shares |
1,460,170 | |||
Net investment loss |
(8,114 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(850,815 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
98,118 | |||
Net loss |
(760,811 | ) | ||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 3,544,412 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (760,811 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. Government agency obligations |
(1,835,942 | ) | ||
Amortization of offering cost |
19,108 | |||
Increase in receivable from Sponsor |
(10,486 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
(98,118 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(2,686,249 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
1,460,170 | |||
Net decrease in cash |
(1,226,079 | ) | ||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
2,986,826 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 1,760,747 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
March 31, 2009 (unaudited) |
December 31, 2008 | ||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Cash |
$ | 13,535,437 | $ | 1,970,377 | |||
Segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
2,850,000 | | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (Note 3) |
41,379,259 | | |||||
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
1,634,198 | 135,917 | |||||
Receivable from Sponsor |
| 33,660 | |||||
Offering costs (Note 5) |
50,532 | 69,641 | |||||
Total assets |
59,449,426 | 2,209,595 | |||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
|||||||
Liabilities |
|||||||
Accounts payable |
42,978 | 42,978 | |||||
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
97,756 | | |||||
Payable to Sponsor |
5,912 | | |||||
Total liabilities |
146,646 | 42,978 | |||||
Shareholders equity |
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
55,584,028 | 2,500,350 | |||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) |
3,718,752 | (333,733 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders equity |
59,302,780 | 2,166,617 | |||||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
$ | 59,449,426 | $ | 2,209,595 | |||
Shares outstanding |
2,350,014 | 100,014 | |||||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 25.24 | $ | 21.66 | |||
Market value per share (Note 2) |
$ | 25.19 | $ | 21.85 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Principal Amount | Value | |||||
Short-term U.S. government agency obligations (70% of shareholders equity) |
||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank, Discount Notes: |
||||||
0.18% due 04/01/09 |
$ | 14,026,000 | $ | 14,026,000 | ||
0.16% due 04/02/09 |
2,500,000 | 2,499,989 | ||||
0.16% due 04/06/09 |
6,354,000 | 6,353,859 | ||||
0.09% due 04/07/09 |
4,500,000 | 4,499,933 | ||||
0.12% due 04/09/09 |
3,500,000 | 3,499,907 | ||||
0.14% due 04/13/09 |
3,500,000 | 3,499,837 | ||||
0.10% due 04/15/09 |
3,000,000 | 2,999,883 | ||||
0.04% due 04/22/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,952 | ||||
0.07% due 04/27/09 |
2,000,000 | 1,999,899 | ||||
Total short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
$ | 41,379,259 | ||||
Settlement Date |
Local Currency |
Notional Amount at Value (USD) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts | |||||||||||||
Contracts to Purchase |
|||||||||||||
Yen |
04/03/09 | 642,490,000 | $ | 6,488,877 | $ | (97,756 | ) | ||||||
Contracts to Sell |
|||||||||||||
Yen |
04/03/09 | (12,389,350,000 | ) | (125,127,194 | ) | 1,634,198 |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Investment Income |
||||
Interest |
$ | 5,382 | ||
Expenses |
||||
Management fee |
39,572 | |||
Offering costs |
19,109 | |||
Total expenses |
58,681 | |||
Net investment loss |
(53,299 | ) | ||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity |
||||
Net realized gain on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
2,705,259 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on |
||||
Foreign currency forward contracts |
1,400,525 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
4,105,784 | |||
Net income |
$ | 4,052,485 | ||
Net income per weighted-average share |
$ | 3.92 | ||
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
1,035,014 | |||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Shareholders equity, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 2,166,617 | ||
Sale of 2,350,000 shares |
55,550,727 | |||
Redemption of 100,000 shares |
(2,467,049 | ) | ||
Net sale of 2,250,000 shares |
53,083,678 | |||
Net investment loss |
(53,299 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
2,705,259 | |||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation |
1,400,525 | |||
Net income |
4,052,485 | |||
Shareholders equity, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 59,302,780 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities |
||||
Net income |
$ | 4,052,485 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
Increase in segregated cash balances with custodian for foreign currency forward contracts |
(2,850,000 | ) | ||
Net purchase of short-term U.S. government agency obligations |
(41,379,259 | ) | ||
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
(1,400,525 | ) | ||
Decrease in receivable from Sponsor |
33,660 | |||
Increase in payable to Sponsor |
5,912 | |||
Amortization of offering cost |
19,109 | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(41,518,618 | ) | ||
Cash flow from financing activities |
||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
55,550,727 | |||
Payment on shares redeemed |
(2,467,049 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
53,083,678 | |||
Net increase in cash |
11,565,060 | |||
Cash, at December 31, 2008 |
1,970,377 | |||
Cash, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 13,535,437 | ||
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2009
(unaudited)
NOTE 1 ORGANIZATION
ProShares Trust II (the Trust) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on October 9, 2007 and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common units of beneficial interest (Shares). The Trust is comprised of twelve separate series (each, a Fund, and collectively, the Funds): ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares Ultra Yen and ProShares UltraShort Yen.
The Trust had no operations prior to November 24, 2008 other than matters relating to its organization and the registration of each series under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the sale and issuance to ProShare Capital Management LLC (the Sponsor) of fourteen Shares of each Fund at an aggregate purchase price of $350 in each of the Funds.
Eight of the Funds, ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Euro, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares Ultra Yen and ProShares UltraShort Yen, commenced investment operations on November 24, 2008, and four of the Funds, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver and ProShares UltraShort Silver, commenced investment operations on December 1, 2008.
NOTE 2 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by each Fund in preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Funds financial statements included in the Trusts Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008 as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009.
Use of Estimates & Indemnifications
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in these financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Trusts maximum exposure under these arrangements cannot be known; however, the Trust expects any risk of loss to be remote.
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Fiscal Period Cut-off
These financial statements have been prepared as of the time of the final calculation of the Funds net asset value (NAV) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 as follows. All times are Eastern:
NAV Calculation Time |
NAV Calculation Date | |||
UltraSilver, UltraShort Silver |
7:00 A.M. | March 31 | ||
Ultra Gold, UltraShort Gold |
10:00 A.M. | March 31 | ||
Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity, UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity |
2:30 P.M. | March 31 | ||
Ultra DJ-Crude Oil, UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
2:30 P.M. | March 31 | ||
Ultra Euro, UltraShort Euro |
4:00 P.M. | March 31 | ||
Ultra Yen, UltraShort Yen |
4:00 P.M. | March 31 |
Although the Funds Shares may continue to trade subsequent to these times, these times represent the close of business for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 for the Funds investment operations and Share creation and redemption operations. Market value per Share is determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange and may be later than when the Funds NAV per Share is calculated.
Investment Valuation
Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost to the extent that it approximates value.
Derivatives (e.g., futures, swaps and forward agreements) are generally valued using third party pricing services or other procedures as determined by the Sponsor. Futures contracts, except for the Gold and Silver Funds, are generally valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that future trades. Futures in the Gold and Silver Funds are valued at the last sales price prior to the time at which the NAV per Share of a Fund is determined. If there was no sale on that day, and for non-exchange traded derivatives, the Sponsor may in its sole discretion choose to determine a fair value price as the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. Such fair value price would be generally determined based on available inputs about the current value of the underlying financial instrument or commodity and would be based on principles that the Sponsor deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards.
Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of an investment. While the Trusts policy is intended to result in a calculation of a Funds NAV that fairly reflects investment values as of the time of pricing, the Trust cannot ensure that fair values determined by the Sponsor or persons acting at their direction would accurately reflect the price that a Fund could obtain for an investment if it were to dispose of that investment as of the time of pricing (for instance, in a forced or distressed sale). The prices used by a Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold and the differences could be material to the financial statements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157) was issued and became effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurement. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of SFAS 157 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurement. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds (observable inputs) and (2) the Funds own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows:
Level I Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
Level II Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level II assets include the following: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated inputs).
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Level III Unobservable pricing input at the measurement date for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.
In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
The following table summarizes the valuation of investments at March 31, 2009 using the fair value hierarchy:
LEVEL 1 Quoted Prices |
LEVEL 2 Other Significant Observable Inputs |
Total Short-Term U.S. Government Agencies, Futures Contracts, Forward and Swap Agreements | ||||||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government Agencies |
Futures Contracts |
Forward and Swap Agreements |
||||||||||||
Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity |
$ | 3,501,897 | $ | | $ | (799,804 | ) | $ | 2,702,093 | |||||
UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity |
617,979 | | (294,703 | ) | 323,276 | |||||||||
Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
131,406,251 | 18,542,160 | (15,801,864 | ) | 134,146,547 | |||||||||
UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
17,940,529 | 169,990 | (78,476 | ) | 18,032,043 | |||||||||
Ultra Gold |
48,348,356 | 11,491 | (3,081,646 | ) | 45,278,200 | |||||||||
UltraShort Gold |
14,168,541 | 5,784 | 1,162,023 | 15,336,348 | ||||||||||
Ultra Silver |
20,850,418 | (37,514 | ) | 1,168,929 | 21,981,833 | |||||||||
UltraShort Silver |
11,177,667 | 1,863 | (620,615 | ) | 10,558,915 | |||||||||
Ultra Euro |
3,241,901 | | (290,792 | ) | 2,951,109 | |||||||||
UltraShort Euro |
27,831,279 | | 1,832,801 | 29,664,080 | ||||||||||
Ultra Yen |
1,835,942 | | (103,456 | ) | 1,732,486 | |||||||||
UltraShort Yen |
41,379,259 | | 1,536,442 | 42,915,701 |
At March 31, 2009, there were no Level 3 portfolio investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Investment Transactions and Related Income
Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. All such transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis and marked to market daily. Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on open contracts are reflected in the Statements of Financial Condition and changes in the unrealized appreciation/ depreciation between periods are reflected in the Statements of Operations. Discounts and premiums on short-term securities purchased are accreted and amortized, respectively, on a yield-to-maturity basis and reflected as Interest Income in the Statements of Operations.
Brokerage Commissions and Fees
Each Fund pays its respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities for each Funds investment in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulated investments.
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Federal Income Tax
Each Fund is registered as a series of a Delaware statutory trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, no Fund expects to incur U.S. federal income tax liability; rather, each beneficial owner of a Funds Shares is required to take into account its allocable share of its Funds income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for its Funds taxable year ending with or within the beneficial owners taxable year.
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48), an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements and prescribes a threshold of more-likely-than-not for recognition of tax benefits of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides related guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, and disclosure.
Management of the Funds has reviewed all open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded the application of FIN 48 resulted in no impact to the Funds net assets or results of operations. There is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken under FIN 48 to determine if adjustments to conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation of guidance expected from FASB and on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.
NOTE 3 INVESTMENTS
Short-Term Investments
The Funds may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one year or less. A portion of these investments may be posted as collateral in connection with swap agreements and/or used as margin for each Funds trading in futures and forward contracts.
Accounting for Derivative Instruments
In seeking to achieve each Funds investment objective, the Sponsor uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, the Sponsor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that the Sponsor believes in combination should produce daily returns consistent with a Funds objective.
All open derivative positions at period-end for each Fund are disclosed in the Schedules of Investments and the volume of these open positions relative to the shareholders equity of each Fund is generally representative of the volume of open positions throughout the reporting period for each respective Fund.
Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Funds during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type.
Futures Contracts
The Funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of an underlying commodity. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future delivery of a specified quantity and type of a commodity at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery.
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Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. The initial margin is segregated as cash balances with brokers for futures contracts, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition, and is restricted as to its use. Pursuant to the futures contract, each Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Each Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing of a futures transaction.
Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically commodity price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure each Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchanges clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default.
Swap Agreements
The Funds may enter into swap agreements for purposes of pursuing their investment objectives or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting) commodities, or to create an economic hedge against a position. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily with institutional investors for a specified period, ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns earned or realized on a particular predetermined investment, instrument or index in exchange for a fixed or floating rate of return in respect of a predetermined notional amount. In the case of futures contracts based indices, such as those used by the Commodity Index Funds, the reference interest rate is zero. The gross returns to be exchanged are calculated with respect to a notional amount and the benchmark returns to which the swap is linked. Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying instruments.
Generally, swap agreements entered into by the Funds calculate and settle the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a net basis with a single payment. Consequently, each Funds current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of such obligations (or rights) (the net amount). In a typical swap agreement entered into by an Ultra Fund, the Ultra Fund would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the benchmark increases and would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay. In a typical swap agreement entered into by an UltraShort Fund, the UltraShort Fund would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the benchmark increases and would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay.
The net amount of the excess, if any, of each Funds obligations over its entitlements with respect to each swap agreement is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or liquid assets having an aggregate NAV at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained in a segregated account by the Funds Custodian. Until a swap agreement is settled in cash, the gain or loss on the notional amount less any transaction costs or trading spreads payable by each Fund on the notional amount are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements and, when cash is exchanged, the gain or loss realized is recorded as realized gains or losses on swap agreements. Swap agreements are generally valued at the last settled price of the benchmark referenced Index.
The Trust, on behalf of a Fund, may enter into agreements with certain counterparties for derivative transactions. These agreements contain various conditions, events of default, termination events, covenants and representations. The triggering of certain events or the default on certain terms of the agreement could allow a party to terminate a transaction under the agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net positions owed the party under the agreement. This could cause a Fund to have to enter into a new transaction with the same counterparty, enter into a transaction with a different counterparty or seek to achieve its investment objective through any number of different investments or investment techniques.
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Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (commodity price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the unrealized gain/loss reflected. The notional amounts reflect the extent of the total investment exposure each Fund has under the swap agreement, which may exceed the NAV of each Fund. Additional risks associated with the use of swap agreements are imperfect correlation between movements in the notional amount and the price of the underlying investments and the inability of counterparties to perform. Each Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. A Fund will enter into swap agreements only with large, well-capitalized and well established financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms which is a party to a swap agreement is monitored by the Sponsor.
The Funds collateralize swap agreements with cash as indicated on the Statements of Financial Condition and such collateral is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek return of this collateral and may incur certain costs exercising its right with respect to the collateral.
The Funds remain subject to credit risk with respect to the amount they expect to receive from counterparties, as those amounts are not similarly collateralized by the counterparty. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. The Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.
Forward Contracts
A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specified quantity of a commodity or currency at or before a specified date in the future at a specified price. Forward contracts are typically traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets and all details of the contract are negotiated between the counterparties to the agreement. Accordingly, the forward contracts are valued by reference to the contracts traded in the OTC markets.
The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity or currency, establishing an opposite position in the contract and recognizing the profit or loss on both positions simultaneously on the delivery date or, in some instances, paying a cash settlement before the designated date of delivery. The forward contracts are adjusted by the daily fluctuation of the underlying commodity or currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses until the contract settlement date.
Forward contracts are, in general, not cleared or guaranteed by a third party. The Funds collateralize forward commodity contracts with cash and/or certain securities as indicated on their Statements of Financial Condition and such collateral is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek return of this collateral and may incur certain costs exercising its right with respect to the collateral.
Participants in trading foreign exchange forward contracts often do not require margin deposits, but rely upon internal credit limitations and their judgments regarding the creditworthiness of their counterparties.
A Fund will enter into forward contracts only with large, well-capitalized and well established financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms which is a party to a forward contract is monitored by the Sponsor.
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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
as of March 31, 2009
Asset Derivatives |
Liability Derivatives |
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Derivatives not |
Statements |
Fund |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Statements |
Fund |
Unrealized Depreciation |
||||||||||
Commodities Contracts | Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swap and/or forward agreements |
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
$ | 18,542,160 | * | Payables on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swap and/or forward agreements |
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity | $ | 799,804 | |||||||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 169,990 | * | ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity | 294,703 | ||||||||||||
ProShares Ultra Gold | 11,491 | * | ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 15,801,864 | ||||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Gold |
1,167,807 | * | ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 78,476 | ||||||||||||
ProShares Ultra Silver |
1,168,929 | * | ProShares Ultra Gold | 3,081,646 | ||||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver | 1,863 | * | ProShares Ultra Silver | 37,514 | * | |||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver | 620,615 | |||||||||||||||
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
ProShares UltraShort Euro | 1,832,801 | Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
ProShares Ultra Euro | 290,792 | ||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Yen | 1,536,442 | ProShares Ultra Yen | 103,456 |
* | Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current days variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts. |
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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
as of December 31, 2008
Asset Derivatives |
Liability Derivatives | ||||||||||||||
Derivatives not |
Statements |
Fund |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Statements |
Fund |
Unrealized Depreciation | |||||||||
Commodities Contracts | Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swap and/or forward agreements |
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity | $ | 184,583 | Payables on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swap and/or forward agreements |
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity | $ | 426,201 | |||||||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 12,678,400 | ** | ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 3,550,590** | |||||||||||
ProShares Ultra Gold | 39,770 | ** | ProShares Ultra Gold | 586,254 | |||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Gold |
86,657 | ProShares UltraShort Gold |
22,690** | ||||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver |
47,484 | ProShares Ultra Silver | 264,872** | ||||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver | 650** | ||||||||||||||
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
ProShares UltraShort Euro | 151,153 | Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts |
ProShares Ultra Euro | 140,545 | |||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Yen | 135,917 | ProShares Ultra Yen | 201,574 |
** | Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Trusts Annual Report on Form 10-K. Only current days variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts. |
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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations
For the three months ended March 31, 2009
Derivatives not under Statement 133 |
Location of Gain or |
Fund |
Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income |
Change in
Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income |
||||||||
Commodity Contracts | Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from futures, swaps, and/or forwards/changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures, swaps, and/or forwards |
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity | $ | 37,775 | $ | (984,387 | ) | |||||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity | (11,377 | ) | 131,498 | |||||||||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil | (81,240,083 | ) | (9,938,104 | ) | ||||||||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil | 3,491,939 | 3,642,104 | ||||||||||
ProShares Ultra Gold | (248,973 | ) | (2,523,671 | ) | ||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Gold | (5,652,701 | ) | 1,103,840 | |||||||||
ProShares Ultra Silver | 2,854,241 | 1,396,287 | ||||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver | (873,910 | ) | (665,586 | ) | ||||||||
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from foreign currency transactions/changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency transactions |
ProShares Ultra Euro | (185,286 | ) | (150,247 | ) | ||||||
ProShares UltraShort Euro | (4,546,811 | ) | 1,681,648 | |||||||||
ProShares Ultra Yen | (850,815 | ) | 98,118 | |||||||||
ProShares UltraShort Yen | 2,705,259 | 1,400,525 |
NOTE 4 AGREEMENTS
Management Fee
Each Fund pays the Sponsor a Management Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.95% per annum of the average daily NAV of such Fund to the extent that such amounts cumulatively exceed the organization and offering costs incurred by the Fund. The Management Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsors services as commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor, and for managing the business and affairs of the Fund. From the Management Fee, the Sponsor pays the fees and expenses of the Administrator, Custodian, Distributor, Transfer Agent and the licensors for the Commodity Index Funds (Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and AIG Financial Products Corp., together, DJ-AIG), the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of each Fund, and the normal and expected expenses incurred in connection with the continuous offering of Shares of each Fund after the commencement of its trading operations, including, but not limited to, expenses such as ongoing SEC registration fees not exceeding 0.021% per annum of the NAV of a Fund and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filing fees. Each Fund incurs and pays its non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses. No other management fee is paid by the Fund. The Management Fee will be paid in consideration of the Sponsors trading advisory services and other services provided to the Funds that the Sponsor will pay directly.
The Administrator
The Sponsor and the Trust, for itself and on behalf of each Fund, has appointed Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH&Co.) as the Administrator of the Funds, and the Sponsor, the Trust, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, and BBH&Co. have entered into an Administrative Agency Agreement (the Administration Agreement) in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreement and under the supervision and direction of the Sponsor and the Trust, BBH&Co. prepares and files certain regulatory filings on behalf of the Funds. BBH&Co. may also perform other services for the Funds pursuant to the Administration Agreement as mutually agreed upon by the Sponsor, the Trust and BBH&Co. from time to time. Pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreement, BBH&Co. also serves as the Transfer Agent of the Funds. The Administrators fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Sponsor.
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The Custodian
BBH&Co. serves as Custodian of the Funds, and the Trust, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, and BBH&Co. have entered into a Custodian Agreement in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of the Custodian Agreement, BBH&Co. is responsible for the holding and safekeeping of assets delivered to it by the Funds, and performing various administrative duties in accordance with instructions delivered to BBH&Co. by the Funds. The Custodians fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Sponsor.
The Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SEI), serves as Distributor of the Shares and assists the Sponsor and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing, including taking creation and redemption orders, consulting with the marketing staff of the Sponsor and its affiliates with respect to compliance with FINRA and/or the National Futures Association (NFA) in connection with marketing efforts, and reviewing and filing of marketing materials with FINRA and/or the NFA. SEI retains all marketing materials separately for each Fund, at c/o SEI, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Sponsor, on behalf of each Fund, has entered into a Distribution Services Agreement with SEI.
Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses
The Sponsor pays all of the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of each Fund generally, as determined by the Sponsor including, but not limited to, fees and expenses of the Administrator, Custodian, Distributor, Transfer Agent, DJ-AIG, accounting and auditing fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, legal fees not in excess of $100,000 per annum, ongoing SEC registration fees not exceeding 0.021% per annum of the NAV of a Fund, FINRA filing fees, individual K-1 preparation and mailing fees not exceeding 0.10% per annum of the NAV of a Fund, and report preparation and mailing expenses.
Non-Recurring Fees and Expenses
Each Fund pays all non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses, if any, as determined by the Sponsor. Non-recurring fees and expenses are fees and expenses such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other material expenses which are not currently anticipated obligations of the Funds. Such fees and expenses are those that are non-recurring, unexpected or unusual in nature.
NOTE 5 ORGANIZATION AND OFFERING COSTS
Organization costs are expensed as incurred and offering costs will be amortized by the Funds over a twelve month period on a straight-line basis. The Sponsor will not collect any fee in the first year of operation of each Fund in an amount equal to the organization and offering fees. The Sponsor has agreed to reimburse a Fund to the extent that its organization and offering costs exceed 0.95% of its average daily NAV of each Fund for the shorter of the twelve month period following the initial sale of Shares or the period from the initial sale of Shares to the date the Fund ceases investment operations.
NOTE 6 CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS
Each Fund issues and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Units. A Creation Unit is a block of 50,000 Shares of a Fund. Creation Units may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants.
Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from or with a Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker. Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to Financial Statementssuch as references to the Transaction Fees imposed on purchases and redemptionsis not relevant to retail investors.
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Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions
Authorized Participants pay a fixed transaction fee of $500 in connection with each order to create or redeem a Creation Unit of Shares in order to compensate BBH&Co. for services in processing the creation and redemption of Creation Units. Authorized Participants are required to pay a variable transaction fee of up to 0.10% of the value of the Creation Unit that is purchased or redeemed unless the transaction fee is waived or otherwise adjusted by the Sponsor. The Sponsor will provide the Authorized Participant with prompt notice in advance of any such waiver or adjustment of transaction fee. Authorized Participants may sell the Shares included in the Creation Units they purchase from the Funds to other investors.
Transaction fees for the following Funds for the three months ended March 31, 2009, which are included in the Sale and/or Redemption of Shares on the Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity, were as follows:
Fund |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 | ||
Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity |
$ | 2,400 | |
Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
213,718 | ||
UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
62,911 | ||
Ultra Gold |
25,760 | ||
UltraShort Gold |
14,147 | ||
Ultra Silver |
12,469 | ||
UltraShort Silver |
7,483 |
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NOTE 7 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected data for a Share outstanding throughout the three months ended March 31, 2009:
Ultra ProShares
For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Per Share Operating Performance |
Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity |
Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
Ultra Gold | Ultra Silver | Ultra Euro | Ultra Yen | ||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 22.1647 | $ | 14.7811 | $ | 30.8181 | $ | 28.6021 | $ | 29.2400 | $ | 28.4465 | ||||||||||||
Net investment loss |
(0.0431 | ) | (0.0229 | ) | (0.0769 | ) | (0.0890 | ) | (0.0563 | ) | (0.0586 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(3.3064 | ) | (6.1675 | ) | 2.3572 | # | 11.3102 | (2.9001 | ) | (4.7607 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
(3.3495 | ) | (6.1904 | ) | 2.2803 | 11.2212 | (2.9564 | ) | (4.8193 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 18.8152 | $ | 8.5907 | $ | 33.0984 | $ | 39.8233 | $ | 26.2836 | $ | 23.6272 | ||||||||||||
Market value per share, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 22.15 | $ | 13.69 | $ | 31.60 | $ | 31.50 | $ | 29.49 | $ | 28.66 | ||||||||||||
Market value per share, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 18.83 | $ | 8.42 | $ | 33.31 | $ | 38.99 | $ | 26.22 | $ | 23.61 | ||||||||||||
Total Return, at net asset value^ |
(15.11 | )% | (41.88 | )% | 7.40 | % | 39.23 | % | (10.11 | )% | (16.94 | )% | ||||||||||||
Total Return, at market value^ |
(14.99 | )% | (38.50 | )% | 5.41 | % | 23.78 | % | (11.09 | )% | (17.62 | )% | ||||||||||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets** |
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Expense ratio |
(0.95 | )% | (1.12 | )% | (0.96 | )% | (0.96 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | ||||||||||||
Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions |
(0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | ||||||||||||
Net investment loss |
(0.92 | )% | (1.08 | )% | (0.91 | )% | (0.92 | )% | (0.89 | )% | (0.89 | )% |
^ | Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2009. |
** | Percentages are annualized. |
# | The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period does not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of the timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset values during the period. |
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UltraShort ProShares
For the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Per Share Operating Performance |
UltraShort DJ- AIG Commodity |
UltraShort DJ- AIG Crude Oil |
UltraShort Gold |
UltraShort Silver |
UltraShort Euro |
UltraShort Yen |
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Net asset value, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 26.7951 | $ | 29.0040 | $ | 19.3741 | $ | 19.5980 | $ | 20.9453 | $ | 21.6631 | ||||||||||||
Net investment loss |
(0.0659 | ) | (0.1229 | ) | (0.0375 | ) | (0.0271 | ) | (0.0510 | ) | (0.0515 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
1.2010 | 2.2615 | (3.1477 | ) | (8.0881 | ) | 1.5914 | # | 3.6235 | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
1.1351 | 2.1386 | (3.1852 | ) | (8.1152 | ) | 1.5404 | 3.5720 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 27.9302 | $ | 31.1426 | $ | 16.1889 | $ | 11.4828 | $ | 22.4857 | $ | 25.2351 | ||||||||||||
Market value per share, at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 27.58 | $ | 31.66 | $ | 19.10 | $ | 17.51 | $ | 21.26 | $ | 21.85 | ||||||||||||
Market value per share, at March 31, 2009 |
$ | 28.97 | $ | 31.84 | $ | 16.17 | $ | 11.74 | $ | 22.54 | $ | 25.19 | ||||||||||||
Total Return, at net asset value^ |
4.24 | % | 7.37 | % | (16.44 | )% | (41.41 | )% | 7.35 | % | 16.49 | % | ||||||||||||
Total Return, at market value^ |
5.04 | % | 0.57 | % | (15.34 | )% | (32.95 | )% | 6.02 | % | 15.29 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets** |
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Expense ratio |
(0.95 | )% | (1.49 | )% | (0.97 | )% | (0.97 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | ||||||||||||
Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions |
(0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | (0.95 | )% | ||||||||||||
Net investment loss |
(0.92 | )% | (1.46 | )% | (0.92 | )% | (0.93 | )% | (0.87 | )% | (0.86 | )% |
^ | Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2009. |
** | Percentages are annualized. |
# | The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period does not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of the timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset values during the period. |
NOTE 8 RISK
See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Trusts Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009, for additional disclosure regarding the risks associated with the Funds, including graphs which illustrate the impact of leverage on Fund performance.
Correlation Risk
A number of factors may affect a Funds ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. A failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent a Fund from achieving its investment objective. A number of factors may adversely affect a Funds correlation with its benchmark, including fees, expenses, transaction costs, costs associated with the use of leveraged investment techniques, income items, accounting standards and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for the commodities or Financial Instruments (i.e., commodity-based or currency-based instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, rate or index) in which the Fund invests. A Fund may be subject to large movements of assets into and out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being over- or under-exposed to its benchmark. In addition, there is a special form of correlation risk that derives from these Funds use of leverage, which is that for periods greater than one day, the use of leverage tends to cause the performance of a Fund to be either greater than or less than the target return for the same period stated in the fund objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses. In general, given a particular index return, increased volatility of the index will cause a decrease in the performance relative to the target return for the same period.
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Counterparty Risk
A Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to Financial Instruments and repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties. A Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding and a Fund may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. The Funds typically enter into transactions with counterparties whose credit ratings are investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or, if unrated, judged by the Sponsor to be of comparable quality.
Leverage Risk
Leverage offers a means of magnifying market movements into larger changes in an investments value and provides greater investment exposure than an unleveraged investment. Swap agreements, borrowing, futures contracts and forward contracts, all may be used to create leverage. Each Fund employs leveraged investment techniques to achieve its investment objective.
Liquidity Risk
In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the commodities or Financial Instruments in which a Fund invests, a Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent true market value in the judgment of the Sponsor. Such a situation may prevent a Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation or inverse correlation with its underlying index.
NOTE 9 RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2008, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about the Funds derivative and hedging activities. The Funds adopted FAS 161 on December 31, 2008, and disclosures can be found in Note 3 in these Notes to Financial Statements.
In September 2008, FASB Staff Position 133-1 and FIN 45-4 Disclosures about Credit Derivatives and Certain Guarantees: An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 and FASB Interpretation No. 45; and Clarification of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 161 (the Amendment) was issued and is effective for annual and interim reporting periods ending after November 15, 2008. The Amendment requires enhanced disclosures regarding a funds credit derivatives holdings, including credit default swaps, credit spread options, and hybrid financial instruments containing embedded credit derivatives. Management has evaluated the Amendment and determined that it will have no impact on the Funds financial statements.
NOTE 10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On May 6, 2009, UBS Securities LLC acquired AIG Financial Product Corp.s commodity business. Accordingly, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index and the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index have been renamed the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index and the Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index, respectively, effective May 7, 2009. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index and the Dow Jones-UBS Crude Oil Sub-Index have an identical methodology, form and format to the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index and the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index, respectively. The Funds are expected to change their names accordingly.
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Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The discussion and analysis that follows may contain statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as will, may, should, expect, plan, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, potential or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. None of the Trust, the Sponsor or the Trustee (as each term is defined below) assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by federal securities laws, none of the Trust, the Sponsor or the Trustee is under a duty to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform such statements to actual results or to a change in expectations or predictions.
Introduction
ProShares Trust II (formerly known as the Commodities and Currencies Trust) (the Trust) is a Delaware statutory trust formed on October 9, 2007 and currently organized into separate series. The following twelve series of the Trust, ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity, ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares Ultra Yen and ProShares UltraShort Yen (each, a Fund and collectively, the Funds) issue common units of beneficial interest (Shares), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of only that Fund. The Shares of each Fund are listed on the NYSE Arca exchange (NYSE Arca).
ProShare Capital Management LLC serves as the Trusts Sponsor (the Sponsor), commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor. Wilmington Trust Company serves as the Trustee of the Trust (the Trustee). The Funds are commodity pools, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) and are operated by the Sponsor, a commodity pool operator registered with the CFTC. The Trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Groups of Funds are collectively referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in two different ways. References to Ultra ProShares or UltraShort ProShares refer to the different Funds based upon their investment objectives, but without distinguishing among the Funds benchmarks. References to Commodity Index Funds, Commodity Funds and Currency Funds refer to the different Funds according to their general benchmark categories without distinguishing among the Funds investment objectives or Fund-specific benchmarks.
Each Ultra Fund seeks daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each UltraShort Fund seeks daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each Fund generally invests in Financial Instruments (i.e., commodity-based or currency-based instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, rate or index) as a substitute for investing directly in a commodity or currency in order to gain exposure to the commodity index, commodity or currency. Financial Instruments also are used to produce economically leveraged or inverse investment results and may include futures contracts and options on futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and other commodity-based or currency-based options contracts.
The Funds do not seek to achieve their stated investment objective over a period of time greater than one day because mathematical compounding prevents the Funds from achieving such results. Accordingly, results over periods of time greater than one day should not be expected to be a simple multiple (+200 or -200%) of the period return of the corresponding benchmark and will likely differ significantly.
Each Fund continuously offers and redeems its Shares in blocks of 50,000 Shares (Creation Units). Only Authorized Participants may purchase and redeem Shares from a Fund and then only in Creation Units. An Authorized Participant is an entity that has entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with one or more of the Funds. Shares of the Funds are offered to Authorized Participants in Creation Units at each Funds respective net asset value per Share (NAV). Authorized Participants may then offer to the public, from time to time, Shares from
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any Creation Unit they create at a per-Share market price that varies depending on, among other factors, the trading price of the Shares of each Fund on NYSE Arca, the NAV and the supply of and demand for the Shares at the time of the offer. Shares from the same Creation Unit may be offered at different times and may have different offering prices based upon the above factors. The form of Authorized Participant Agreement and related Authorized Participant Handbook set forth the terms and conditions under which an Authorized Participant may purchase or redeem a Creation Unit. Authorized Participants do not receive from any Fund, the Sponsor, or any of their affiliates, any underwriting fees or compensation in connection with their sale of Shares to the public.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In order to collaterize derivatives positions in commodities or currencies, a significant portion of the NAV of each Fund is held in cash and/or U.S. Treasury Securities, agency securities, or other high credit quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities (such as shares of money market funds, bank deposits, bank money market accounts, certain variable rate-demand notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities, whether denominated in U.S. dollars or the applicable foreign currency with respect to a Currency Fund). A portion of these investments may be posted as collateral in connection with swap agreements and/or used as margin for each Funds trading in futures and forward contracts. The percentage that U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term fixed-income securities bear to the shareholders equity of each Fund varies from period to period as the market values of the underlying swaps, futures contracts and forward contracts change. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, each of the Funds earned interest income as follows:
Fund |
Interest Income Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 | ||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity |
$ | 483 | |
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity |
236 | ||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
33,715 | ||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
1,891 | ||
ProShares Ultra Gold |
9,474 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Gold |
3,412 | ||
ProShares Ultra Silver |
2,949 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Silver |
1,167 | ||
ProShares Ultra Euro |
690 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Euro |
5,186 | ||
ProShares Ultra Yen |
508 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Yen |
5,382 |
Each Funds underlying swaps, futures and forward contracts, as the case may be, are subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, swaps and forward contracts are not traded on an exchange, do not have uniform terms and conditions, and in general are not transferable without the consent of the counterparty. In the case of futures contracts, commodity exchanges may limit fluctuations in certain futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as daily limits. During a single day, no futures trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in such futures contracts can neither be taken nor liquidated unless the traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Futures contract prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent a Fund from promptly liquidating its futures positions.
Entry into swap agreements or forward contracts may further impact liquidity because these contractual agreements are executed off-exchange between private parties and, therefore, the time required to offset or unwind these positions may be greater than that for exchange-traded instruments. This potential delay could be exacerbated to the extent a counterparty is not a United States person.
The Trust is unaware of any other trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to the Trusts liquidity needs.
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Because each Fund enters into swaps and may trade futures and forward contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk).
Results of Operations for the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2009
NAV of ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity
The Funds NAV increased from $3,325,011 at December 31, 2008 to $13,170,908 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 150,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 700,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 550,000 Shares (11 Creation Units) being created and no Shares being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 15.11%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark declined by a cumulative 6.36% and had an annualized volatility of 31%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity
The Funds NAV increased from $2,679,883 at December 31, 2008 to $2,793,409 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 4.24%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 6.36% and had an annualized volatility of 31%.
NAV of ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil
The Funds NAV increased from $99,772,943 at December 31, 2008 to $304,110,416 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 6,750,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 35,400,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 65,200,000 Shares (1,304 Creation Units) being created and 36,550,000 Shares (731 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 41.88%. During the three- month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 18.7% and had an annualized volatility of 70%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil
The Funds NAV increased from $14,502,399 at December 31, 2008 to $43,600,089 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 500,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 1,400,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 4,250,000 Shares (85 Creation Units) being created and 3,350,000 Shares (67 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 7.13%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 18.7% and had an annualized volatility of 70%.
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NAV of ProShares Ultra Gold
The Funds NAV increased from $27,736,722 at December 31, 2008 to $125,774,217 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 900,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 3,800,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 3,150,000 Shares (63 Creation Units) being created and 250,000 Shares (5 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. The increase in the Funds NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar p.m. fixing price for delivery in London. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 7.38%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index rose by a cumulative 5.38% and had an annualized volatility of 31%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort Gold
The Funds NAV increased from $3,875,093 at December 31, 2008 to $50,995,214 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 200,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 3,150,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 3,350,000 Shares (67 Creation Units) being created and 400,000 Shares (8 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar p.m. fixing price for delivery in London. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 16.47%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index rose by a cumulative 5.38% and had an annualized volatility of 31%.
NAV of ProShares Ultra Silver
The Funds NAV increased from $10,011,149 at December 31, 2008 to $53,762,075 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 350,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 1,350,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 1,200,000 Shares (24 Creation Units) being created and 200,000 Shares (4 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. The increase in the Funds NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar fixing price for delivery in London. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 39.21%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index rose by a cumulative 21.50% and had an annualized volatility of 41%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort Silver
The Funds NAV increased from $1,960,071 at December 31, 2008 to $28,707,227 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 100,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 2,500,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 2,700,000 Shares (54 Creation Units) being created and 300,000 Shares (6 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar fixing price for delivery in London. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 41.42%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index rose by a cumulative 21.50% and had an annualized volatility of 41%.
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NAV of ProShares Ultra Euro
The Funds NAV increased from $4,386,411 at December 31, 2008 to $6,571,280 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 150,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 250,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 100,000 Shares (2 Creation Units) being created and no Shares being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the spot price of the Euro versus the U.S. Dollar. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 10.11%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 4.90% and had an annualized volatility of 18%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort Euro
The Funds NAV increased from $7,331,163 at December 31, 2008 to $47,220,268 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 350,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 2,100,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 1,950,000 Shares (39 Creation Units) being created and 200,000 Shares (4 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. The increase in the Funds NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Euro versus the U.S. Dollar. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 7.36%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 4.90% and had an annualized volatility of 18%.
NAV of ProShares Ultra Yen
The Funds NAV increased from $2,845,053 at December 31, 2008 to $3,544,412 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 100,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 150,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 50,000 Shares (1 Creation Unit) being created and no Shares being redeemed during the period. This increase in NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese Yen versus the U.S. Dollar. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV decreased by 16.94%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 8.34% and had an annualized volatility of 16%.
NAV of ProShares UltraShort Yen
The Funds NAV increased from $2,166,617 at December 31, 2008 to $59,302,780 at March 31, 2009. The increase in the Funds NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares, which increased from 100,014 Shares at December 31, 2008 to 2,350,014 Shares at March 31, 2009 due to 2,350,000 Shares (47 Creation Units) being created and 100,000 Shares (2 Creation Units) being redeemed during the period. The increase in the Funds NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese Yen versus the U.S. Dollar. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, over which the Funds daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 200% of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark, the Funds per Share NAV increased by 16.49%. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2009, the benchmark index declined by a cumulative 8.34% and had an annualized volatility of 16%.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
As of May 14, 2009, the Funds have not used, nor do they expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include
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indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Funds. While each Funds exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on a Funds financial position.
Management fee payments made to the Sponsor are calculated as a fixed percentage of each Funds NAV. As such, the Sponsor cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as NAVs are not known until a future date. The agreement with the Sponsor may be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice to the other party. One officer of the Trust also serves as an officer and owner of the Sponsor.
Market Risk
Trading in futures contracts involves each Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a commodity underlying the Funds benchmark at a specified date and price, should it hold such futures contract into the deliverable period. Should a Fund enter into a contractual commitment to sell a physical commodity, it would be required to make delivery of that commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which the value of a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities would expose a Fund to theoretically unlimited risk.
Each Funds exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors, including the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of each Funds trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors capital.
Credit Risk
When a Fund enters into swap agreements, futures contracts or forward contracts, the Fund is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations.
The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearing house associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearing houses are backed by their corporate members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearing house is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges, which may become applicable in the future), it may be backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions.
Swap and forward agreements are contracted for directly with counterparties. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearing house will meet its obligations to a Fund.
Swap agreements do not generally involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets either at the outset of a transaction or upon settlement. Accordingly, if the counterparty to a swap agreement defaults, the Funds risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any.
Forward agreements do not involve the delivery of securities at the onset of a transaction, but may be settled physically in the underlying asset if such contracts are held to expiration, particularly in the case of currency forwards. Thus, prior to settlement, if the counterparty to a forward contract defaults, a Funds risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any. However, if physically settled forwards are held until expiration (presently, there is no plan to do this), at the time of settlement, a Fund may be at risk for the full notional value of the forward contracts depending on the type of settlement procedures used.
The Sponsor attempts to minimize certain of these market and credit risks by normally:
| executing and clearing trades with creditworthy counterparties, as determined by the Sponsor; |
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| limiting the outstanding amounts due from counterparties to the Funds; |
| not posting margin directly with a counterparty; |
| limiting the amount of margin or premium posted at a futures commission merchant (FCM); and |
| ensuring that deliverable contracts are not held to such a date when delivery of the underlying asset could be called for. |
The FCM for each Fund, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Fund, all assets of the Fund relating to domestic futures trading, and the FCM is not allowed to commingle such assets with other assets of the FCM. In addition, CFTC regulations also require the FCM to hold in a secure account assets of each Fund related to foreign futures trading.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Funds critical accounting policies are as follows:
Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates. The Sponsors application of these policies involves judgments and actual results may differ from the estimates used.
Each Fund has significant exposure to Financial Instruments. The Funds hold a significant portion of their assets in swaps, futures or forward contracts, all of which are recorded on a trade date basis and at fair value in the financial statements, with changes in fair value reported in the Statements of Operations.
The use of fair value to measure Financial Instruments, with related unrealized gains or losses recognized in earnings in each period, is fundamental to the Funds financial statements. The fair value of a Financial Instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price).
Derivatives (e.g., futures, swaps and forward agreements) are generally valued using third party pricing services or other procedures as determined by the Sponsor. Futures contracts, except for those entered into by the Gold and Silver Funds, are generally valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that future trades. Futures contracts entered into by the Gold and Silver Funds are valued at the last sales price prior to the time at which the NAV per Share of a Fund is determined. If there was no sale on that day, and for non-exchange traded derivatives, the Sponsor may in its sole discretion choose to determine a fair value price as the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. Such fair value prices would be generally determined based on available inputs about the current value of the underlying financial instrument or commodity and would be based on principles that the Sponsor deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards.
Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of an investment. While a Funds policy is intended to result in a calculation of the Funds NAV that fairly reflects investment values as of the time of pricing, the Fund cannot ensure that fair values determined by the Sponsor or persons acting at their direction would accurately reflect the price that the Fund could obtain for an investment if it were to dispose of that investment as of the time of pricing (for instance, in a forced or distressed sale). The prices used by the Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold and the differences could be material to the financial statements.
Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157) establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
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measurement date (an exit price). The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. See Note 2 in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information regarding SFAS 157.
Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gain (loss) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the Statements of Operations in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
Quantitative Disclosure
Commodity Price Sensitivity
Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2009, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds positions were as follows:
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index. The following table provides information about the Funds swap positions as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Swap Agreements
Reference Index |
Long or Short |
Termination Date |
Units | Index Close | Notional Amount at Value | ||||||
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
Long | 04/06/09 | 239,917.13 | 109.782 | $ | 26,338,582 |
The March 31, 2009 swap notional amount is calculated by multiplying units times the closing level of the Index. The notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the level of the Index. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or financing costs associated with the swaps. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Trusts Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2009 (the Form 10-K) for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index. The following table provides information about the Funds short swap positions as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
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Swap Agreements
Reference Index |
Long or Short |
Termination Date |
Units | Index Close | Notional Amount at Value |
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Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index |
Short | 04/06/09 | (50,875.78 | ) | 109.782 | $ | (5,585,245 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 short swap notional amount is calculated by multiplying units times the closing level of the Index. The short notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the level of the Index. Additional losses (gains) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in short notional amount, before accounting for any spreads or financing costs associated with the swaps. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by minus two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts and its holding of swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Crude Oil (NYMEX) |
Long | May 2009 | 5,827 | $ | 49.66 | 1,000 | $ | 289,368,820 |
Swap Agreements
Reference Index |
Long or Short |
Termination Date |
Units | Index Close |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||
Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
Long | 04/06/09 | 1,571,660.51 | 202.886 | $ | 318,867,914 |
The March 31, 2009 futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2009 swap notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. These notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day.
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ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts and its holding of swap agreements linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Crude Oil (NYMEX) |
Short | May 2009 | 1,110 | $ | 49.66 | 1,000 | $ | 55,122,600 |
Swap Agreements
Reference Index |
Long or Short |
Termination Date |
Units | Index Close |
Notional Amount at Value |
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Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil Sub-Index |
Short | 04/06/09 | (158,100.95) | 202.886 | $ | (32,076,469 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 short futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2009 swap notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. The short notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable. Additional losses (gains) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in short notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day.
ProShares Ultra Gold:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra Gold Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Gold futures contracts and Gold forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | 3/31/09 Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Gold Futures (COMEX) |
Long | June 2009 | 71 | $ | 919.60 | 100 | $ | 6,529,160 |
Forward Agreements
Reference Commodity |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Units | 3/31/09 Forward Price |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||
0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold |
Long | 04/06/09 | 267,320 | $916.60 | $ | 245,025,512 |
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The March 31, 2009 futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2009 forward notional amount equals units multiplied by the forward price. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
ProShares UltraShort Gold:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort Gold Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Gold futures contracts and Gold forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | 3/31/09 Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Gold Futures (COMEX) |
Short | June 2009 | 40 | $ | 919.60 | 100 | $ | 3,678,400 |
Forward Agreements
Reference Commodity |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date | Units | 3/31/09 Forward Price |
Notional Amount at Value |
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0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold |
Short | 04/06/09 | (107,298) | $916.60 | $ | (98,349,347 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 short futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31. 2009 short forward notional amount equals units multiplied by the forward price. These short notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional losses (gains) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
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ProShares Ultra Silver:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra Silver Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Silver futures contracts and Silver forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | 3/31/09 Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Silver Futures (COMEX) |
Long | May 2009 | 67 | $ | 13.125 | 5,000 | $ | 4,396,875 |
Forward Agreements
Reference Commodity |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Units | 3/31/09 Forward Price |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||
0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver |
Long | 04/06/09 | 7,867,800 | $13.11 | $ | 103,146,858 |
The March 31, 2009 futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2009 forward notional amount equals units multiplied by the forward price. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
ProShares UltraShort Silver:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort Silver Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Silver futures contracts and Silver forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to commodity price risk.
Futures Positions
Contract |
Long or Short |
Expiration | Contracts | 3/31/09 Valuation Price |
Contract Multiplier |
Notional Amount at Value | ||||||||
Silver Futures (COMEX) |
Short | May 2009 | 32 | $ | 13.125 | 5,000 | $ | 2,100,000 |
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Forward Agreements
Reference Commodity |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Units | 3/31/09 Forward Price |
Notional Amount at Value |
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0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver |
Short | 04/06/09 | (4,220,500) | $13.11 | $ | (55,330,755 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 short futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2009 short forward notional amount equals units multiplied by the forward price. These short notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional losses (gains) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current commodity price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
Exchange Rate Sensitivity
Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Funds Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2009, each of the Currency Funds positions were as follows:
ProShares Ultra Euro:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra Euro Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Euro/USD forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to exchange rate price risk.
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Reference Currency |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Euro | 3/31/09 Forward Rate |
3/31/09 Market Value USD |
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Euro |
Long | 04/03/09 | 10,198,900 | 1.32818 | $ | 13,546,029 | ||||||
Euro |
Short | 04/03/09 | (303,700) | 1.32818 | $ | (403,370 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 USD market value equals the number of Euros multiplied by the forward rate. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Euro for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current exchange rate price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the Euro and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
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ProShares UltraShort Euro:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort Euro Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Euro/USD forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to exchange rate price risk.
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Reference Currency |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Euro | 3/31/09 Forward Rate |
3/31/09 Market Value USD |
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Euro |
Long | 04/03/09 | 3,598,400 | 1.32818 | $ | 4,779,342 | ||||||
Euro |
Short | 04/03/09 | (74,627,100) |
1.32818 | $ | (99,118,616 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 USD market value equals the number of Euros multiplied by the forward rate. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of short exposure to the Euro for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current exchange rate price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the Euro and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
ProShares Ultra Yen:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares Ultra Yen Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Yen/USD forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to exchange rate price risk.
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Reference Currency |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Yen | 3/31/09 Forward Rate |
3/31/09 Market Value USD |
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Yen |
Long | 04/03/09 | 724,700,000 | 0.0100996 | $ | 7,319,163 | ||||||
Yen |
Short | 04/03/09 | (22,810,000) | 0.0100996 | $ | (230,371 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 USD market value equals the number of Yen multiplied by the forward rate. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Yen for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current exchange rate price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the Yen and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
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ProShares UltraShort Yen:
As of March 31, 2009, the ProShares UltraShort Yen Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Yen/USD forward agreements. The following table provides information about the Funds positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2009, which are sensitive to exchange rate price risk.
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts
Reference Currency |
Long or Short |
Settlement Date |
Yen | 3/31/09 Forward Rate |
3/31/09 Market Value USD |
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Yen |
Long | 04/03/09 | 642,490,000 | 0.0100996 | $ | 6,488,877 | ||||||
Yen |
Short | 04/03/09 | (12,389,350,000) | 0.0100996 | $ | (125,127,194 | ) |
The March 31, 2009 USD market value equals the number of Yen multiplied by the forward rate. These notional amounts will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have negative $2.00 of short exposure to the Yen for every $1.00 of net assets. While the above information properly represents the then current exchange rate price risk and is adequate for estimating the following days gains or losses, estimates of future values over longer periods should take the Funds daily rebalancing efforts into account. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the Yen and multiplying by two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Funds custodian bank.
Qualitative Disclosure
As described above in Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, it is the investment objective of each Fund to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance, whether positive or negative, of its corresponding benchmark. Each Ultra ProShares Fund seeks daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each UltraShort ProShares Fund seeks daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. The Funds do not seek to achieve these stated investment objectives over a period of time greater than one day because mathematical compounding prevents the Funds from achieving such results. Performance over longer periods of time will be influenced not only by the cumulative period performance of the corresponding benchmark but equally by the intervening volatility of the benchmark as well as fees and expenses, including costs associated with the use of Financial Instruments such as financing costs and trading spreads. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the percent change in the corresponding benchmark and multiplying by two or negative two. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day.
Primary Market Risk Exposure
Each Funds investment objective and corresponding benchmark defines the primary market risks that the Funds are exposed to. For example, the primary market risk that the ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil and the ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil Funds are exposed to are direct and inverse exposure, respectively, to the price of crude oil as measured by the return of holding and periodically rolling crude oil futures contracts (the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index and its sub-indexes are based on the price of rolling futures positions, rather than on the cash price for immediate delivery of the corresponding commodity).
Each Funds exposure to market risk is further influenced by a number of factors, including the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of each Funds trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors capital.
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As described above in Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, trading in certain futures contracts or forward agreements involves each Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a commodity underlying a Funds benchmark at a specified date and price, should it hold such futures contract into the deliverable period. Should a Fund enter into a contractual commitment to sell a physical commodity, it is required to make delivery of that commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which the value of a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities would expose a Fund to theoretically unlimited risk.
Commodity Price Sensitivity
As further described in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K, the value of the Shares of each Fund relates directly to the value of, and realized profit or loss from, the Financial Instruments and other assets held by the Fund and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. With regard to the Commodity Index Funds or the Commodity Funds, several factors may affect the price of a commodity underlying a Commodity Index Fund or a Commodity Fund, and in turn, the Financial Instruments and other assets, if any, owned by such a Fund. The impact of changes in the price of a physical commodity or of a commodity index (comprised of commodity futures contracts) will affect investors differently depending upon the Fund in which investors invest. Daily increases in the price of an underlying commodity or commodity index will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an UltraShort Fund and daily decreases in the price of an underlying commodity or commodity index will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an Ultra Fund. Performance over time is a cumulative effect of geometrically linking each days leveraged or inverse leveraged returns. For instance, if a corresponding benchmark was up 10% and then down 10%, which would result in a (1.1*0.9)-1 = -1% period benchmark return, the two-day period return for a theoretical two-times fund would be equal to a (1.2 *0.8)-1 = -4% period Fund return (rather than simply two times the period return of the benchmark).
Exchange Rate Sensitivity
As further described in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K, the value of the Shares of each Fund relates directly to the value of, and realized profit or loss from, the Financial Instruments and other assets held by the Fund and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. With regard to the Currency Funds, several factors may affect the value of the foreign currencies or the U.S. Dollar, and, in turn, the swap agreements, futures contracts, forward contracts thereof and other assets, if any, owned by a Fund. The impact of changes in the price of a currency will affect investors differently depending upon the Fund in which investors invest. Daily increases in the price of a currency will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an UltraShort Fund and daily decreases in the price of a currency will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an Ultra Fund. Performance over time is a cumulative effect of geometrically linking each days leveraged or inverse leveraged returns. For instance, if a corresponding benchmark was up 10% and then down 10%, which would result in a (1.1*0.9)-1 = -1% period benchmark return, the two-day period return for a theoretical two-times fund would be equal to a (1.2 *0.8)-1 = -4% period Fund return (rather than simply two times the period return of the benchmark).
Managing Market Risks
Each Fund seeks to remain fully exposed to the corresponding benchmark at the levels implied by the relevant investment objective (200% or -200%), regardless of market direction or sentiment. As described above in Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, this is done through the use of various Financial Instruments. No attempt is made to adjust market exposure in order to avoid changes to the benchmark that would cause the Funds to lose value.
The use of certain Financial Instruments introduces counterparty risk. A Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to Financial Instruments and repurchase agreements entered into by the Fund. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties. Each Fund intends to enter into swap and forward agreements
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only with large, established and well capitalized financial institutions that meet certain credit quality standards and monitoring policies. Each Fund may use various techniques to minimize credit risk including early termination or reset and payment, and limiting the net amount due from any individual counterparty.
Most Financial Instruments held by the Funds are unfunded meaning that the Fund will obtain exposure to the corresponding benchmark while still being in possession of its original cash assets. The cash positions that result from use of such Financial Instruments are held in a manner to minimize both interest rate and credit risk. During the reporting period, cash positions were maintained in a non-interest bearing demand deposit account. In the future, it is expected that a portion of this cash will be invested in cash equivalents (such as shares of money market funds, bank deposits, bank money market accounts, certain variable rate-demand notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities).
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Trust have evaluated the effectiveness of the Trusts disclosure controls and procedures, and have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the Trust were effective, as of March 31, 2009, to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Trust files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms, and that it is accumulated and communicated to the duly authorized officers of the Trust as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Trusts internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trusts internal control over financial reporting.
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Part II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. |
None.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors. |
There have been no material changes to Risk Factors since last reported in Part I, Item 1A in the Form 10-K.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
(a) | None. |
(b) | As described in the Trusts Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-146801), which was declared effective on November 21, 2008, and its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-156888), which was declared effective on February 13, 2009, substantially all of the proceeds received by each Fund from the issuance and sale of Shares to Authorized Participants are used by each Fund to enter into Financial Instruments relating to that Funds benchmark in combination with cash or cash equivalents and/or U.S. Treasury Securities or other high credit quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities (such as shares of money market funds, bank deposits, bank money market accounts, certain variable rate-demand notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities, whether denominated in U.S. or the applicable foreign currency with respect to a Currency Fund) that may be used to collateralize swap agreements or forward contracts or deposited with FCMs as margin in connection with any futures transactions. Each Fund continuously offers and redeems its Shares in blocks of 50,000 Shares. |
Title of Securities Registered |
Amount Registered |
Shares Sold through March 31, 2009 |
Sale Price of Shares Sold through March 31, 2009 | ||||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 550,000 | $ | 10,807,188 | |||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
2,000,000,000 | | | ||||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
4,000,000,000 | 65,200,000 | 626,561,421 | ||||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
3,000,000,000 | 4,250,000 | 156,001,204 | ||||
ProShares Ultra Gold Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
2,000,000,000 | 3,150,000 | 109,085,915 | ||||
ProShares UltraShort Gold Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
2,000,000,000 | 3,350,000 | 58,409,478 | ||||
ProShares Ultra Silver Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 1,200,000 | 47,161,207 | ||||
ProShares UltraShort Silver Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 2,700,000 | 31,476,628 | ||||
ProShares Ultra Euro Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 100,000 | 2,531,478 | ||||
ProShares UltraShort Euro Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 1,950,000 | 47,189,104 | ||||
ProShares Ultra Yen Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 50,000 | 1,460,170 | ||||
ProShares UltraShort Yen Common Units of Beneficial Interest |
1,000,000,000 | 2,350,000 | 55,550,727 | ||||
Total: |
20,000,000,000 | 84,850,000 | 1,146,234,520 |
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(c) | From December 31, 2008 through March 31, 2009, the number of Shares redeemed of each Fund was as follows: |
Fund |
Total Number of Shares Redeemed |
Average Price Per Share | |||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
| | |||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
| | |||
ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
4,400,000 | $ | 14.01 | ||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
12,800,000 | $ | 7.57 | ||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
19,350,000 | $ | 8.87 | ||
ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
900,000 | $ | 31.85 | ||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
2,100,000 | $ | 45.21 | ||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
350,000 | $ | 29.54 | ||
ProShares Ultra Gold |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
250,000 | $ | 32.32 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Gold |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
400,000 | $ | 16.67 | ||
ProShares Ultra Silver |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
200,000 | $ | 37.96 | ||
ProShares UltraShort Silver |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
300,000 | $ | 10.55 | ||
ProShares Ultra Euro |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
| | |||
ProShares UltraShort Euro |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
200,000 | $ | 21.88 | ||
ProShares Ultra Yen |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
| | |||
ProShares UltraShort Yen |
|||||
01/01/09 to 01/31/09 |
| | |||
02/01/09 to 02/28/09 |
| | |||
03/01/09 to 03/31/09 |
100,000 | $ | 24.67 | ||
Total: |
41,350,000 | $ | 12.01 |
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Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Other Information. |
None.
Item 6. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. |
Description of Document | |
31.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) | |
31.2 | Certification by Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) | |
32.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(2) | |
32.2 | Certification by Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(2) |
(1) | Filed herewith |
(2) | Furnished herewith |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
PROSHARES TRUST II |
/s/ Louis Mayberg |
By: Louis Mayberg |
Principal Executive Officer |
Date: May 15, 2009 |
/s/ Edward Karpowicz |
By: Edward Karpowicz |
Principal Financial Officer |
Date: May 15, 2009 |