ProShares Announces Change to ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF
Apr 22, 2021
Bethesda, MD – April 22, 2021 – ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, announced in March that ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF (OILK) will change its investment objective and index. Effective after the market closes on May 17, 2021, the Fund will be passively rather than actively managed. The (new) benchmark index for this Fund will be the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index (ticker: BCBCLI). Following these changes, the Fund will seek exposure to longer-dated WTI crude oil futures contracts. For more complete information concerning the changes to OILK, please refer to its prospectus supplement.
| Ticker | ProShares ETF Name | Current Objective | New Objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| OILK | ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF | ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total return through actively managed exposure to The West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures markets. | ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index. |
Neither the Fund nor its index are intended to track the performance of the spot price of WTI crude oil,* and therefore the Fund should be expected to perform very differently from the spot price of WTI crude oil.
New Index Description
The Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index aims to track the performance of three separate contract schedules for WTI crude oil futures, which are reset on a semiannual basis. One third of the index follows a monthly roll schedule that rolls from the current futures contract (which expires one month out) into the following month’s contract; the second third of the index is designated to be in a June contract and follows an annual roll schedule in March of each year; and the remaining third is designated to be in a December contract and follows an annual roll schedule in September of each year
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* “Spot” price refers to the price of physical crude oil that can be purchased at port for immediate delivery. The spot price is commonly referred to by the financial press and others but is not generally investable.
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