The Fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. The Index is designed to measure the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. markets. The Index selects the 2000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index based on market capitalization. The Russell 3000 Index is designed to measure the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies. As of July 31, 2024, the market capitalization of each company within the Index was below 12 billion dollars. The selected companies are then weighted based on market capitalization. The Indexs composition and the assigned weights are reevaluated each June.