Company: EUO
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: S-3/A
Source: 0001193125-25-056733
Chunk: 329

Company: ProShares Trust II
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: S-3/A
Chunk 329
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 and denied leave to amend. On April 28, 2022, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The appeal is fully briefed as of December 14, 2022. Additional information relating to these actions is publicly available in court filings under the docket numbers 15-MD-2673 (S.D.N.Y.) (Gardephe, J.) and 22-943 (2d Cir.).

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On October 12, 2016, a putative class action captioned LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ET AL. was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Citigroup, Citibank, CGMI and CGML and various other banks. The plaintiff asserts claims under the Sherman Act based on the defendants’ alleged manipulation of the supranational, sub-sovereign, and agency bond market, and seeks disgorgement and treble damages. Additional information concerning this action is publicly available in court filings under the docket number 16 Civ. 07991 (S.D.N.Y.) (Ramos, J.). Beginning in May 2016, a number of substantially similar putative class action complaints were filed against a number of financial institutions and traders related to the supranational, sub-sovereign, and agency (SSA) bond market. The actions are based on defendants’ roles as market makers and traders of SSA bonds and assert claims of alleged collusion under the antitrust laws and unjust enrichment and seek damages, including treble damages where authorized by statute, and disgorgement. In August 2016, these actions were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the caption IN RE SSA BONDS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, and interim co-lead counsel was appointed in December 2016. On April 11, 2017, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint against various financial institutions and traders, including Citigroup, Citibank, CGMI and CGML. On July 14, 2017, defendants, including Citigroup and Related Parties, moved to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint. Plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint on October 6, 2017, and defendants filed motions to dismiss on December 12, 2017. On August 24, 2018, the court granted defendants’ motion to