Form 485BXT FORUM FUNDS II

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission May 27, 2022

File Nos. 333-188521 and 811-22842

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 155

AND

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 157

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FORUM FUNDS II

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600

Portland, Maine 04101

207-347-2000

Alison Fuller

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006-1871

Copies to:

Zachary Tackett

Apex Fund Services

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600

Portland, ME 04101

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

[     ]     immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)(1)

[ X ]     on June 17, 2022 pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)(1)

[     ]     60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

[     ]     on                              , pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

[     ]     75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

[     ]     on   _____________, pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

[ X ]     this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

FORUM FUNDS II

CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This registration statement is comprised of the following:

Cover Sheet

Contents of Registration Statement

Part A:  The Prospectus for the SafeGuard 500 Fund is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2022, accession number 0001398344-22-000593 (“PEA No. 150”).

Part B:  The Statement of Additional Information for the SafeGuard 500 Fund is incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 150.

Part C:  Incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 150.

Signature Page

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until June 17, 2022, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the SafeGuard 500 Fund, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 150 on January 14, 2022, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.  No other series of the Registrant is affected by the filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this amendment to its registration statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, and State of Maine on May 27, 2022.

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 27, 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.