Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP has filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all individuals and institutions who purchased shares in the ProShares Ultrashort Russell2000 Growth Fund (the “SKK Fund”) (NYSE: SKK) offered by ProShares Trust (“ProShares”), pursuant or traceable to ProShares’s false and misleading Registration Statement, Prospectuses, and Statements of Additional Information (collectively, the “Registration Statement”) issued in connection with shares of the SKK Fund (the “Class”). The Class is seeking to pursue remedies under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
The complaint names ProShares, ProShare Advisors LLC, SEI Investments Distribution Co., Michael L. Sapir, Louis M. Mayberg, Russell S. Reynolds, III, Michael Wachs, and Simon D. Collier, as defendants (collectively, “Defendants”). The SKK Fund is one of ProShares’s UltraShort ETFs, which ProShares claims are designed to go up when markets go down. Specifically, the SKK Fund seeks investment results that correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance of the Russell MidCap Value Index (the “Index”). However, although the Index gained approximately 27 percent from January 2, 2009, through February 2, 2010, the SKK Fund fell approximately 66 percent during this period, generating much greater losses than ProShares claimed.
The complaint alleges that Defendants violated the Securities Act by failing to disclose that if SKK Fund shares are held for a time period longer than one day, the performance of those shares does not track the performance of the Index. In addition, the complaint alleges that if SKK Fund shares are held for a time period longer than one day, there is a significant likelihood of catastrophic losses.
Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP is also investigating claims on behalf of investors in all other ProShares leveraged funds (the “Funds”), including:
Fund | Ticker | ||
UltraShort Russell3000 | NYSE: TWQ | ||
UltraShort SmallCap600 | NYSE: SDD | ||
UltraPro Short S&P500 | NYSE: SPXU | ||
UltraShort Russell1000 Value | NYSE: SJF | ||
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth | NYSE: SFK | ||
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth | NYSE: SDK | ||
UltraShort Russell2000 Value | NYSE: SJH | ||
UltraShort Consumer Goods | NYSE: SZK | ||
UltraShort Health Care | NYSE: RXD | ||
UltraShort Industrials | NYSE: SIJ | ||
UltraShort Semiconductors | NYSE: SSG | ||
UltraShort Technology | NYSE: REW | ||
UltraShort Telecommunications | NYSE: TLL | ||
UltraShort Utilities | NYSE: SDP | ||
UltraShort MSCI EAFE | NYSE: EFU | ||
UltraShort MSCI Europe | NYSE: EPV | ||
UltraShort MSCI Pacific ex-Japan | NYSE: JPX | ||
UltraShort MSCI Brazil | NYSE: BZQ | ||
UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 | NYSE: FXP | ||
UltraShort MSCI Japan | NYSE: EWV | ||
UltraShort MSCI Mexico Investable Market | NYSE: SMK | ||
UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury | NYSE: PST | ||
UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury | NYSE: TBT | ||
UltraShort DJ-UBS Commodity | NYSE: CMD | ||
UltraShort Gold | NYSE: GLL | ||
UltraShort Silver | NYSE: ZSL | ||
UltraShort Euro | NYSE: EUO | ||
UltraShort Yen | NYSE: YCS | ||
Ultra QQQ | NYSE: QLD | ||
Ultra Dow30 | NYSE: DDM | ||
Ultra S&P500 | NYSE: SSO | ||
Ultra Russell3000 | NYSE: UWC | ||
Ultra MidCap400 | NYSE: MVV | ||
Ultra SmallCap600 | NYSE: SAA | ||
UltraPro S&P500 | NYSE: UPRO | ||
Ultra Russell1000 Value | NYSE: UVG | ||
Ultra Russell1000 Growth | NYSE: UKF | ||
Ultra Russell MidCap Value | NYSE: UVU | ||
Ultra Russell MidCap Growth | NYSE: UKW | ||
Ultra Russell2000 Value | NYSE: UVT | ||
Ultra Russell2000 Growth | NYSE: UKK | ||
Ultra Basic Materials | NYSE: UYM | ||
Ultra Consumer Goods | NYSE: UGE | ||
Ultra Consumer Services | NYSE: UCC | ||
Ultra Health Care | NYSE: RXL | ||
Ultra Industrials | NYSE: UXI | ||
Ultra Semiconductors | NYSE: USD | ||
Ultra Technology | NYSE: ROM | ||
Ultra Telecommunications | NYSE: LTL | ||
Ultra Utilities | NYSE: UPW | ||
Ultra DJ-UBS Commodity | NYSE: UCD | ||
Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil | NYSE: UCO | ||
Ultra Gold | NYSE: UGL | ||
Ultra Silver | NYSE: AGQ | ||
Ultra Euro | NYSE: ULE | ||
Ultra Yen | NYSE: YCL | ||
Ultra MSCI EAFE | NYSE: EFO | ||
Ultra MSCI Emerging Markets | NYSE: EET | ||
Ultra FTSE/Xinhua China 25 | NYSE: XPP | ||
Ultra MSCI Japan | NYSE: EZJ | ||
If you are a member of the class described above, you may move the Court, not later than April 14, 2010, to serve as Lead Plaintiff for the Class. A Lead Plaintiff is a representative chosen by the Court who acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. You do not need to be a Lead Plaintiff to be included in the class. If you purchased SKK Fund shares, or any of the Fund shares listed above, and wish to discuss this litigation, or have any questions concerning this Notice or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact us.
Contacts:
Brian D. Brooks, 212-682-1818 /
800-497-8076
newcase@murrayfrank.com
www.murrayfrank.com