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07/03/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/03/2024 14:02

Post Effective Amendment to Post Effective Amendment by Investment Company Form 485BXT

BXT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2024
Registration Nos. 333-28339; 811-08239
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
☒
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
☐
Post-Effective Amendment No. 137
☒
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
☒
Amendment No. 139
☒
ProFunds
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Trust Instrument)
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(240) 497-6400
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
Michael L. Sapir, CEO
ProFund Advisors LLC
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
Elizabeth J. Reza, Esq.
c/o Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199-3600
Richard F. Morris
ProFund Advisors LLC
7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒ On July 31, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b)
☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
☐ On pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
☐ On pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following:
☒ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A is filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating July 31, 2024 as the new effective date for Post-Effective Amendment No. 135 to the Registration Statement filed on May 3, 2024, for ProFund VP Bitcoin Strategy and ProFund VP Ether Strategy. This Post-Effective Amendment incorporates by reference the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 135 to the Registration Statement.

PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
ProFunds
ITEM 28. Exhibits
(c)
Not applicable
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(f)
Not Applicable
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(j)
Not Applicable
(k)
Not Applicable
(o)
Not Applicable
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(1)
Previously filed on October 29, 1997 as part of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 and incorporated by reference herein.
(2)
Previously filed on October 15, 1999 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 and incorporated by reference herein.
(3)
Previously filed on July 13, 2000 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 and incorporated by reference herein.
(4)
Previously filed on February 28, 2003 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 and incorporated by reference herein.
(5)
Previously filed on February 20, 2004 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 and incorporated by reference herein.
(6)
Previously filed on April 29, 2005 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 and incorporated by reference herein.
(7)
Previously filed on February 24, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 and incorporated by reference herein.
(8)
Previously filed on March 28, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 and incorporated by reference herein.
(9)
Previously filed on July 26, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 and incorporated by reference herein.
(10)
Previously filed on November 27, 2006 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 and incorporated by reference herein.
(11)
Previously filed on April 30, 2007 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 and incorporated by reference herein.
(12)
Previously filed on February 5, 2008 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 and incorporated by reference herein.
(13)
Previously filed on April 29, 2009 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 and incorporated by reference herein.
(14)
Previously filed on April 30, 2010 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 and incorporated by reference herein.
(15)
Previously filed on April 29, 2011 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 and incorporated by reference herein.
(16)
Previously filed on April 27, 2012 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 and incorporated by reference herein.
(17)
Previously filed on April 26, 2013 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 and incorporated by reference herein.
(18)
Previously filed on November 26, 2013 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 80 and incorporated by reference herein.
(19)
Previously filed on April 28, 2014 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 84 and incorporated by reference herein.
(20)
Previously filed on April 28, 2015 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 and incorporated by reference herein.
(21)
Previously filed on April 29, 2016 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 93 and incorporated by reference herein.
(22)
Previously filed on June 30, 2016 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 and incorporated by reference herein.
(23)
Previously filed on May 1, 2017 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 and incorporated by reference herein.
(24)
Previously filed on April 30, 2018 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 103 and incorporated by reference herein.
(25)
Previously filed on April 29, 2019 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 107 and incorporated by reference herein.
(26)
Previously filed on November 26, 2019 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 110 and incorporated by reference herein.
(27)
Previously filed on April 27, 2020 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 113 and incorporated by reference herein.
(28)
Previously filed on April 21, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 119 and incorporated by reference herein.
(29)
Previously filed on April 27, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 120 and incorporated by reference herein.
(30)
Previously filed on July 27, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 122 and incorporated by reference herein.
(31)
Previously filed on November 23, 2021 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 123 and incorporated by reference herein.
(32)
Previously filed on April 26, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 125 and incorporated by reference herein.
(33)
Previously filed on June 17, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 126 and incorporated by reference herein.
(34)
Previously filed on November 23, 2022 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 127 and incorporated by reference herein.
(35)
Previously filed on April 26, 2023 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 and incorporated by reference herein.
(36)
Previously filed on September 18, 2023 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 130 and incorporated by reference herein.
(37)
Previously filed on November 22, 2023 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 131 and incorporated by reference herein.
(38)
Previously filed on April 26, 2024 as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 134 and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control With Registrant.
None.
ITEM 30. Indemnification
ProFunds (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is operated pursuant to a Declaration of Trust, dated as of April 17, 1997 (the "Declaration of Trust"), that permits ProFunds to indemnify its trustees and officers under certain circumstances. Such indemnification, however, is subject to the limitations imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Declaration of Trust of ProFunds provides that officers and trustees of the Trust shall be indemnified by the Trust against liabilities and expenses they may incur while defending themselves in proceedings brought against them arising out of (i) their service as officers or trustees of the Trust, or else (ii) their service as officers or trustees of another entity, when serving at the request of such other entity. This indemnification is subject to the following conditions:
(a)
no trustee or officer of the Trust is indemnified against any liability to the Trust or its security holders which was the result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of his duties;
(b)
officers and trustees of the Trust are indemnified only for actions taken in good faith which the officers and trustees believed were in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust; and
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(c)
expenses of any suit or proceeding will be paid in advance only if the persons who will benefit by such advance undertake to repay the expenses unless it subsequently is determined that such persons are entitled to indemnification.
The Declaration of Trust of ProFunds provides that if indemnification is not ordered by a court, indemnification may be authorized upon determination by shareholders, or by a majority vote of a quorum of the trustees who were not parties to the proceedings or, if this quorum is not obtainable, if directed by a quorum of disinterested trustees, or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the persons to be indemnified have met the applicable standard.
ITEM 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
ProFund Advisors LLC is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Maryland on May 8, 1997. Reference is made to the captions "ProFunds VP Management" and "Fund Management" in the Prospectuses constituting Part A which is incorporated herein by reference and "Management of ProFunds" in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B which is incorporated herein by reference. The information as to the directors and officers of ProFund Advisors LLC is set forth in ProFund Advisors LLC's Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 1997 and amended through March 31, 2024.
Information relating to the business and other connections of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., which serves as investment adviser to the Government Cash Management Portfolio, in which Government Money Market ProFund, a series of ProFunds, invests substantially all of its assets, and each director, officer or partner of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference to disclosures in Item 31 of Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement of Government Cash Management Portfolio (File No. 811-06073). For additional information, please see the Government Money Market ProFund's Statement of Additional Information.
ITEM 32. Principal Underwriter
Item 32(a)
The following lists the names of each investment company for which the Trust's principal underwriter, ProFunds Distributors, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProFund Advisors LLC, acts as a principal underwriter:
ProFunds
The Distributor is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or "FINRA". The Distributor has its main address at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Item 32(b)
Information about the directors and officers of ProFunds Distributors Inc. ("PDI") is as follows:
All directors' and officers' addresses are 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Name
Position with PDI
Michael L. Sapir
Director
Louis M. Mayberg
Director
Steven B. Cohen
President
Richard F. Morris
Chief Legal Officer
Victor M. Frye
Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
Edward J. Karpowicz
Treasurer
Item 32(c)
Not Applicable
ITEM 33. Location of Accounts and Records
All accounts, books, and records required to be maintained and preserved by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Rules 31a-1 and 31a-2 thereunder, will be kept by the Registrant at:
(1)
ProFund Advisors LLC, 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, Maryland (records relating to its functions as investment adviser and manager);
(2)
ProFunds Distributors, Inc., 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, 21st Floor, Bethesda, Maryland (records relating to its function as Distributor);
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(3)
Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio and One Post Office Square, Suite 3710, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (official records of the Trust and records produced by Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. in its role as administrator and fund accountant);
(4)
FIS Investor Services LLC, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 400 Columbus, OH 43219 (official records of the Trust and records produced by FIS Investor Services LLC, in its role as transfer agent); and
(5)
UMB Bank, N.A., 928 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri for each series of the Trust (records relating to its function as Custodian).
Information relating to the location of accounts and records of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., which serves as investment adviser to Government Cash Management Portfolio, in which Government Money Market ProFund, a series of ProFunds, invests substantially all of its assets, is hereby incorporated by reference to disclosures in Item 33 of Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement of Government Cash Management Portfolio (File No. 811-06073).
ITEM 34. Management Services
Not Applicable
ITEM 35. Undertakings
Not Applicable
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment (the "Amendment") to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda and the State of Maryland on July 3, 2024.
ProFunds
By:
/s/ Todd B. Johnson
Todd B. Johnson President and Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael L. Sapir*
Michael L. Sapir
Trustee, Chairman
July 3, 2024
/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III*
Russell S. Reynolds, III
Trustee
July 3, 2024
/s/ Michael C. Wachs*
Michael C. Wachs
Trustee
July 3, 2024
/s/ William D. Fertig*
William D. Fertig
Trustee
July 3, 2024
/s/ Todd B. Johnson
Todd B. Johnson
President and Principal Executive Officer
July 3, 2024
/s/ Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
July 3, 2024
* By:/s/ Richard F. Morris
Richard F. Morris
As Attorney-in-fact
Date: July 3, 2024
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