SEC Company Response from Investment Managers Series Trust II (CIK 0001587982) — Feb 25, 2020
Investment Managers Series Trust II (CIK 0001587982)
Date: Feb. 25, 2020 · CIK: 0001587982 · Accession: 0001398344-20-004309
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INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST II
235 W. Galena Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
VIA EDGAR
February 25, 2020
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Investment Managers Series Trust II – File Nos. 333-191476 and 811-022894 (the “Registrant”) on behalf
of All Terrain Opportunity Fund
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter summarizes the comments provided
by Mr. Jeffery Foor of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by telephone on February
21, 2020, regarding Post-Effective Amendment No. 199 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on Form N-1A with respect
to the All Terrain Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Registrant. Responses will be included in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 208 to the Fund’s Form N-1A registration statement (the “Amendment”) that will be filed separately.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY SECTION
Fees and Expenses Table and Example
1. Please provide the completed fee table and expense example for the Fund in correspondence to the
Commission in advance of filing the Amendment.
Response: The Fund’s
completed fee and expenses table and expense example, which will be included in the Amendment, is as follows:
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Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses
that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Institutional
Class
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of the value redeemed or the amount invested)
None
Redemption fee if redeemed within 60 days of purchase (as a percentage of amount redeemed)
1.00%
Wire fee
$20
Overnight check delivery fee
$25
Retirement account fees (annual maintenance fee)
$15
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees
1.40%
Distribution and service (Rule 12b-1) fees
None
Other expenses
0.75%
Shareholder service fee
0.09%
All other expenses
0.66%
Acquired fund fees and expenses
0.48%
Total annual fund operating expenses1
2.63%
Fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed1
(0.55)%
Total annual fund operating expenses after waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses1,2
2.08%
1 The total annual fund operating expenses and net operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense
reimbursements do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets appearing in the financial highlights table, which
reflects only the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include acquired fund fees and expenses.
2 Castle Financial & Retirement Planning Associates, Inc. (“Castle Financial”) and
Foothill Capital Management, LLC (“FCM”), the Fund’s advisors (collectively referred to as the “Advisors”),
have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating
expenses (excluding any taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired
fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with SEC Form N-1A), expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization,
and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 1.60% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Class
shares of the Fund. This agreement is in effect until February 28, 2021 and may be terminated before that date only by the Trust’s
Board of Trustees. Any reduction in advisory fees or payment of the Fund’s expenses made by Castle Financial or FCM is not
subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
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Example
This example is intended to help
you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example assumes that you invest
$10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example
also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example
reflects the Fund’s contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement only for the term of the contractual fee waiver and/or
expense reimbursement.
Although your actual costs may be
higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
One Year
Three Years
Five Years
Ten Years
$211
$765
$1,346
$2,923
2. Confirm that any expenses associated with short sales are reflected in the fee and expenses table.
Response: The Registrant so
confirms.
3. Footnote 2 to the fees and expense table states “Castle Financial & Retirement Planning
Associates, Inc. (“Castle Financial”) and Foothill Capital Management, LLC (“FCM”), the Fund’s advisors
(collectively referred to as the “Advisors”), have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay for operating expenses
of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions,
dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with SEC Form N-1A),
expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not
exceed 1.60% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Class shares of the Fund. This agreement is in effect until February
28, 2021 for Castle Financial and February 28, 2022 for FCM, and may be terminated before that date only by the Trust’s Board
of Trustees. Any reduction in advisory fees or payment of the Fund’s expenses made by Castle Financial or FCM is not subject
to reimbursement by the Fund.” Please confirm that when the expense limitation agreement expires with respect to Castle Financial
on February 28, 2021, that FCM will continue to waive fees and/or pay operating expenses to ensure that total annual fund operating
expenses do not exceed 1.60% until February 28, 2022.
Response: Similar to Castle
Financial, FCM has agreed to waive fees and/or pay operating expenses through February 28, 2021. The Registrant has revised Footnote
2 as follows:
Castle Financial & Retirement
Planning Associates, Inc. (“Castle Financial”) and Foothill Capital Management, LLC (“FCM”), the Fund’s
advisors (collectively referred to as the “Advisors”), have contractually agreed to waive fees and/or pay for operating
expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions,
dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with SEC Form N-1A),
expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not
exceed 1.60% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Class shares of the Fund. This agreement is in effect until February
28, 2021 for Castle Financial and February 28, 2022 for FCM and may be terminated before that date only by the
Trust’s Board of Trustees. Any reduction in advisory fees or payment of the Fund’s expenses made by Castle Financial
or FCM is not subject to reimbursement by the Fund.
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Please contact the undersigned at 626-385-5777
should you have any questions or comments regarding the Amendment.
Sincerely,
/s/Diane J. Drake
Diane J. Drake
Secretary
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