As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2020.
Registration Nos. 333-131683
811-21852
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ☒ | |||
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____ | ☐ | |||
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 208 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | |||
| Amendment No. 224 | ☒ |
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 345-6611
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Christopher O. Petersen, Esq. c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
Ryan C Larrenaga, Esq. c/o Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
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| (Name and Address of Agents for Service) |
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrant’s Columbia Emerging Markets Bond Fund series. Information contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, and the State of Minnesota on the 10th day of January, 2020.
| COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II | ||
| By: |
/s/ Christopher O. Petersen |
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| Christopher O. Petersen | ||
| President | ||
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 on the 10th day of January, 2020.
| Signature | Capacity | Signature | Capacity | |||
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/s/ Christopher O. Petersen Christopher O. Petersen |
President (Principal Executive Officer) |
/s/ Patricia M. Flynn* Patricia M. Flynn |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ Michael G. Clarke* Michael G. Clarke |
Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
/s/ Brian J. Gallagher* Brian J. Gallagher |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ Joseph Beranek* Joseph Beranek |
Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) and Principal Financial Officer |
/s/ Anthony M. Santomero* Anthony M. Santomero |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ Catherine James Paglia* Catherine James Paglia |
Chair of the Board |
/s/ Minor M. Shaw* Minor M. Shaw |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ George S. Batejan* George S. Batejan |
Trustee |
/s/ William F. Truscott* William F. Truscott |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ Kathleen A. Blatz* Kathleen A. Blatz |
Trustee |
/s/ Sandra Yeager* Sandra Yeager |
Trustee | |||
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/s/ Pamela G. Carlton* Pamela G. Carlton |
Trustee | |||||
| * | By: |
/s/ Joseph D’Alessandro |
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| Name: | Joseph D’Alessandro** | |||
| Attorney-in-fact |
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Executed by Joseph D’Alessandro on behalf of Michael G. Clarke pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated May 23, 2016, and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 143 to Registration Statement No. 333-131683 of the Registrant on Form N-1A (Exhibit (q)(2)), filed with the Commission on May 27, 2016, on behalf of Joseph Beranek pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated January 3, 2020, filed herewith as Exhibit-99 (q)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 208 to Registration Statement No. 333-131683 of the Registrant on Form N-1A and on behalf of each of the Trustees pursuant to a Trustees’ Power of Attorney, dated January 1, 2018 and incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 175 to Registration Statement No. 333-131683 of the Registrant on Form N-1A (Exhibit (q)(1)), filed with the Commission on February 16, 2018. |
Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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| EX-99 (q)(4) | Power of Attorney for Joseph Beranek, dated January 3, 2020 | |
| EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
| EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
| EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
| EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST
COLUMBIA FUNDS SERIES TRUST II
COLUMBIA FUNDS VARIABLE SERIES TRUST II
COLUMBIA SELIGMAN PREMIUM TECHNOLOGY GROWTH FUND, INC.
TRI-CONTINENTAL CORPORATION
(each a “Registrant”)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint Michael G. Clarke, Marybeth Pilat, Joseph D’Alessandro, Paul B. Goucher, Ryan C. Larrenaga, Christopher O. Petersen, Michael E. DeFao and Megan E. Garcy, each individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent (each an “Attorney-in-Fact”) with power of substitution or resubstitution, in any and all capacities, including without limitation in the undersigned’s capacity as Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), and Principal Financial Officer of each Registrant, in the furtherance of the business and affairs of each Registrant: (i) to execute any and all instruments which said Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or advisable or which may be required to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (together the “Acts”) and any other applicable federal securities laws, or rules, regulations or requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in respect thereof, in connection with the filing and effectiveness of each Registrant’s Registration Statement regarding the registration of each Registrant or its shares of beneficial interest, and any and all amendments thereto, including without limitation any reports, forms or other filings required by the Acts or any other applicable federal securities laws, or rules, regulations or requirements of the SEC; and (ii) to execute any and all federal, state or foreign regulatory or other required filings, including all applications with regulatory authorities, state charter or organizational documents and any amendments or supplements thereto, to be executed by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of, each Registrant. The undersigned hereby grants to each Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing contemplated above, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said Attorneys-in-Fact, individually or collectively, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney I may execute unless such subsequent power of attorney specifically refers to this Power of Attorney or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke all prior general powers of attorney or all prior powers of attorney (and unless otherwise required by a provision of law that cannot be waived). This Power of Attorney shall terminate automatically with respect to a Registrant if the undersigned ceases to hold the above-referenced office(s) of the Registrant.
Dated: January 3, 2020
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/s/ Joseph Beranek |
| Joseph Beranek |