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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number 811-07102
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
c/o CT Corporation
101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-877-446-3863
Date of fiscal year end: July 31, 2011
Date of reporting period: July 31, 2011
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
Champlain Small Company Fund
Annual Report
July 31, 2011
Investment Adviser:
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC


 

     
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
Shareholders’ Letter
    1  
Top Ten Common Stock Holdings
    12  
Schedules of Investments
    14  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
    23  
Statements of Operations
    24  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
    25  
Financial Highlights
    27  
Notes to Financial Statements
    30  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    40  
Trustees and Officers of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II
    42  
Disclosure of Fund Expenses
    50  
Notice to Shareholders
    52  
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q within 60 days after the end of the period. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, as well as information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-773-3238; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


 

     
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Dear Shareholders,
Please find below the recent and long-term performance for both the Champlain Mid Cap Fund and the Champlain Small Company Fund.
                         
    Performance for the periods ending July 31, 2011*
                    Since Fund’s
    6 months   1-year   Inception
CIPMX
    5.46 %     26.06 %     7.87 %
CIPIX
    5.55       N/A       6.41 *
Russell Mid Cap
    1.99       24.51       5.01  
 
CIPSX
    4.85 %     27.70 %     8.74 %
Russell 2000
    2.63       23.92       4.85  
 
*   Return is cumulative and has not been annualized.
Champlain Mid Cap Fund, Advisor Shares (CIPMX), inception date: 06/30/08
Champlain Mid Cap Fund, Institutional Shares (CIPIX), inception date: 01/03/11
Champlain Small Company Fund (CIPSX), inception date: 11/30/04
The combination of Japan’s devastating Tsunami, Europe’s inability to deal forthrightly with its sovereign debt problems and recapitalize bank balance sheets, as well as the U.S. Congress’ inability to control spending and address future liabilities tied to entitlements has probably discouraged more than a few businesses and investors. Not surprisingly, the stock market sold-off sharply and broadly following the end of the quarter as investors began to discount the prospects for another recession. Equity investors also may be starting to discount an end to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies that have consistently inflated stocks, particularly the speculative lower quality and more cyclical kind, over the past decade or more. A period of faith in monetary and fiscal alchemy may be waning. Indeed, we applaud Chairman Bernanke’s recent comments to the effect that getting the government’s fiscal house in order is critical to establishing a sustainable growth trajectory for the economy.
Although a regional or global banking crisis is still within the realm of possibilities, we do not expect to see a repeat of the 2008 meltdown. We actually see faint light at the end of the debt addiction tunnel. In Europe, the camel’s nose is now well under the bondholder haircut tent; and some influential policy makers are calling clearly for recapitalizing Europe’s banks. In the U.S., both sides of the aisle in Congress now acknowledge we have serious fiscal problems, even though they cannot agree on what steps to take to fix them. That policy makers no longer seem to be in complete denial of the

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problems is encouraging to us as it lessens (but does not eliminate) the risk of a disorderly unraveling. In 2007 and early 2008, few thought we had a housing problem. Compared to 2008, most businesses today are much leaner (cost-wise) and wield much stronger balance sheets and better liquidity positions. Though we may be a little closer to finding a legitimate path toward right sizing sovereign debts here and abroad, we would not characterize ourselves as bullish — just encouraged. No doubt we will see more scary headlines and intense political battles as nations come to grips with scarce financial resources. We also would not be at all surprised to see at least several more years of slow and halting domestic and global growth. There is simply not a quick and easy fix to the world’s excessive borrowing over the past many years. Still, we expect an environment will develop that favors the consistent and high quality growth stocks favored by our investment process. And following the recent sell-off, we also are encouraged by the increasingly attractive valuations for many high quality growth companies.
Portfolio Discussion
Technology
When we consider how many of the largest technology stocks face tremendous obsolescence risk as cloud computing (e.g. virtualization and on-demand software over the Internet) supplants client server architecture and/or smart phones and tablets supplant PCs and laptops, it does not surprise us that so many of the large cap technology names have stated their intentions to spend billions on acquisitions in software over the next several years. And it would not surprise us to see further consolidation activity benefit both of our funds. Accordingly, in both strategies we continue to accumulate the best positioned software franchises we can find that trade at reasonable discounts to Fair Value. Many of these holdings deliver their Software as a Service (SaaS) —making their software available on demand over the Internet via subscriptions. One of our favorites is Concur Technologies, and we own this for both funds. They have established themselves as the “Go To” Vendor for travel and expense reporting and related applications. While some investors have become discouraged by management’s willingness to postpone peak margins as they invest to expand their addressable market, we have not. A few of our other software holdings — LogMeIn, Solar Winds, and Qlik Technologies — use a “freemium” business model as a way to introduce their products to customers,

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while making their money from customers that recognize the value and opt to upgrade (and pay) for “premium” feature-rich products. The ability for businesses to access powerful software applications that deliver meaningful productivity gains without a large upfront licensing fee or server installation costs is highly disruptive to many of the large client-server oriented software and hardware companies. We also very much agree with a recent editorial by Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and venture investor, in which he highlighted the compelling advantages software companies have over hardware companies. Indeed, for many years our sector factor for technology has consistently limited our exposure to hardware companies, particularly those which face rapid product obsolescence; while also giving us a distinct bias toward software companies.
Industrials and Materials
Simulation software and rapid prototyping which enable better and faster design of innovative new products, programmable chips which enable more features and functionality, a growing appetite for energy efficiency, and the continued push to substitute capital for labor are some of the fundamental drivers for the industrial side of the economy. In fact, we expect this Industrial Renaissance to persist for some time. In our Small Company Fund, we have continued to make progress with transitioning capital away from the $3 Billion plus market cap names by trimming IDEX, Waste Connections, and eliminating Wabtec at opportunistic valuations. We also started new positions in EnPro Industries, Raven Industries, and TriMas. All three of these companies remind us to some extent of AMETEK, IDEX, and Roper Industries when they were small caps. All three have nicely diversified portfolios of profitable businesses and capable management teams. While each has some very enviable lines of business, they each also have some less attractive segments. Over time, we expect management at all three of these new holdings to diversify away from the less attractive segments via organic investments and acquisitions. In the Mid Cap Fund, we sold Flowserve and redeployed that capital into new positions in Dover and Pentair. Time will tell, but we believe these changes incrementally improved our overall risk/reward profile in this sector. Similar to the other industrial “portfolio managers” in this strategy, Dover has developed a balanced portfolio of early, mid and late-cycle business units with fluid solutions (pumps) and energy comprising two of their five key growth platforms. Pentair also produces pumps — mostly for water-related applications.

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While many investors view Pentair as highly dependent on the construction of new homes, sales related to new home construction are only about 6% of the total revenues. Approximately 80% of the company’s residential exposure (about 30% of total revenues) is for maintenance, replacement, and consumables. The company has much greater exposure to industrial applications and even more exposure to emerging markets with products such as water reclamation/recycling systems. Given the sharp correction in valuations for several of our favorite industrials, we have recently added weight back to this sector for both strategies.
Energy
Having just read Peter Maass’s book, Crude World, we were intrigued by his interviews and anecdotes early in the book which strongly suggest that Saudi Arabia will not have ample spare capacity to meet the increased demand for oil expected within a few years. Since that book was published in 2009; confidential cables from the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, that were released by WikiLeaks, urged Washington D.C. to take seriously a senior Saudi oil official’s warning that the Kingdom’s reserves may be overstated by as much as 40%. Indeed, Saudi Arabia was either unable or unwilling to make up for the loss of Libyan production this spring. The manner in which Saudi officials publicly denounce peak oil believers and politicians everywhere attack energy speculators reminds us of how broken or fraudulent companies have tried to undermine critical analysis and redirect the herd. Such tactics and propaganda can be quite effective in the short term as most people will dismiss that which is uncomfortable and embrace a more palatable notion to manage their cognitive dissonance. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) release of strategic reserves earlier this summer may drive some speculators to the sidelines and provide some short-term relief to consumers at the gasoline pumps, but we suspect it may be evidence of structurally restrained supply, particularly for light sweet crude and diesel fuel.
To be sure, we are not certain that demand will outpace supply in the coming years. Perhaps global growth ebbs and/or technology and innovation help to bring on more supply than anticipated. We also are mindful of the risk of having a confirmatory bias and putting too much weight on books like Peter Maass’s. However, the stakes surrounding this issue are quite high for investors; and we encourage our shareholders to contemplate the impact a further escalation of crude oil prices would have on their portfolios. Accordingly, we

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viewed the sharp correction in the share prices of our energy holdings this summer as an opportunity to add selectively to some of our positions. And if we didn’t see so many threats to global growth at this time, we would be more than moderately overweight this sector.
In both strategies, we have emphasized Exploration and Production holdings that are exposed primarily to the Bakken oil shale in the Williston Basin (Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana). The Bakken-focused holdings in your funds include Continental Resources, Whiting Petroleum, Brigham Exploration, Oasis Petroleum, and Northern Oil and Gas (listed in order of most to least Bakken acreage). At current prices for oil, the return on investment for drilling oil wells in this region is thought to be among the most attractive plays. We also like the onshore and long-lived nature of the Bakken reserves and the near 100% drilling success rate our holdings are experiencing. The returns will only become more attractive once lower-cost and more reliable oil transportation assets (e.g. rail or pipeline) are established. Each strategy also owns a company engaged in tertiary oil recovery (e.g. pumping CO2 into mature wells to stimulate increased production) — Denbury Resources in the Mid Cap Fund and Resolute Energy in the Small Company Fund. These two companies also have modest acreage positions in the Bakken. On the service side, we also have good exposure to Superior Energy Services in both strategies. Superior’s Chairman has made extensive investments in assets and hired a younger, but experienced and talented CEO in recent years to position the company for strong North American and international growth.
Consumer
Similar to the health care sector, strategic and opportunistic buyers have been surfacing value in our consumer staples holdings over the last year. In the Mid Cap Fund, we trimmed part of our Ralcorp Holdings position after it traded higher than ConAgra’s initial bid, and we are watching closely Clorox’s reaction to Carl Icahn’s efforts to create an auction process of the company. We are very grateful for his investment in Hain Celestial as it enabled us to exit the name at our estimate of Fair Value with a nice profit. Also similar to health care, in both the small cap and mid cap universes, staples have been one of the best performing sectors over the last four years since the market peaked in July of 2007 when the sub-prime problems began to create some scary headlines. We continue to see serious macro-economic challenges for most consumer related

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companies, but the companies selling highly discretionary and/or expensive items look like the most vulnerable to weak demand trends.
Financials
There may be some light at the end of the declining home price tunnel. Given housing’s profound influence on banking — particularly on Northeast banks, we are interested in opportunities to buy reasonably priced banks in attractive markets with reliable management — folks who have a history of avoiding problems. For the most part, our attention is being drawn toward a handful of small community banks in the small cap universe that didn’t need to access the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and are unlikely to face higher capital requirements.
Although we trimmed both funds’ position in Morningstar, we remain enthusiastic about the company’s opportunities in the credit rating business. We are also encouraged by management’s decision to put more investment into expanding the sales effort which should dramatically improve profitability given the high incremental margins from selling a new subscription to a database or research.
We continue to keep both funds meaningfully overweight the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry. Valuations are attractive and we expect pricing to improve as emerging markets, catastrophes, and share repurchases consume the industry’s surplus capital. A recent speech given by Joseph Plumeri, the Chairman and CEO at Willis Group Holdings, at a Bermuda insurance conference supports our view that the P&C insurance industry has tremendous growth opportunities in emerging markets.
Health Care
Although we remain overweight this sector in both funds, strategic buyers have acquired a number of our holdings since our last letter, and our relative weight in both sectors has drifted lower as rising valuations have made it less attractive to reinvest the proceeds from the buyouts. In the Small Company Fund; American Medical Systems, Immucor, and Martek Biosciences were acquired. In Mid Cap, Danaher surfaced the value at Beckman Coulter and Cephalon agreed to be acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical to avoid a hostile takeover from another suitor.

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Although weak employment trends and other financial pressures on consumers are causing weak near-term utilization trends, we still expect the baby boomers to drive strong unit volume growth in the coming years. Given the growing prospects for government cuts to Medicare and Medicaid spending, we expect to see greater scrutiny of all diagnostics and clinical protocols. Accordingly, we are focused on companies with devices, tests, and services that deliver meaningfully better outcomes and/or compelling overall cost savings.
Final Thoughts
A savvy investor recently expressed to us some reservations about the idea that quality will outperform because he was hearing that thesis from almost everyone. He may have a good point as the consensus trade rarely works well. But his reservations also beg these questions — what is quality, does everybody actually own it, as well as which quality companies still offer value and which are overpriced? Just as few if any of the worst performing managers in 2008 or the best performing managers in 2009 would admit to owning low quality, we suspect many of us who think we own shares of high quality companies actually don’t own as much quality as we believe. And some of us may also be overpaying for growth and quality. Indeed, these issues remain some of our primary concerns and the focus of the investment team’s discussions. Accordingly, we have continued to upgrade our holdings in both strategies while remaining mindful of our valuation risk.
In our minds, reliable and consistent (non-cyclical) earnings growth that exceeds GDP growth by a respectable margin is a key attribute of quality companies. Also, quality companies are less accident prone, lightly regulated, and generally easier to manage — in part because they earn high returns on invested capital and are thus typically self-funding. We continue to believe the small and mid cap universes provide much more fertile ground than large caps for finding such companies. Superior earnings growth in most sectors is much more probable among the small and mid cap names. It is simply a lot easier to grow a small base, whether organically and through acquisition. Small and mid cap investors also should benefit more from takeover activity than large cap investors. Finally, small and mid cap companies are more transparent and less politically exposed; particularly within the financial sector.

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As always, we remain grateful for the opportunity and privilege to manage a portion of your assets. Importantly, we also understand that patient and thoughtful clients help make our job easier; and we feel fortunate to have such a group of shareholders.
Sincerely,
-s- Scott T. Brayman
Scott T. Brayman, CFA
The above commentary represents management’s assessment of the Funds and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Holdings are subject to change. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

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Definition of the Comparative Indices
The Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.
The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged index comprised of 2,000 stocks of U.S. companies with small market capitalization.

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment
(GROWTH INVESTMENT GRAPH)
 
*   If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower.
 
**   The Fund’s Advisor Shares commenced operations on June 30, 2008.
 
  The Fund’s Institutional Shares commenced operations on January 3, 2011. The return presented is cumulative and has not been annualized.
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment
in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost.
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a
representation of the future results of the Fund.
The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect
any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the
performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.
The graph is based on Advisor Shares. Performance for Institutional Shares would
have been higher because they are not subject to an additional annual distribution expense of 0.25%.
There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and
allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered
recommendations to buy individual securities.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would
pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
See definition of comparative index on page 9.

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  JULY 31, 2011
Growth of a $10,000 Investment
(GROWTH INVESTMENT GRAPH)
 
*   If the Adviser had not limited certain expenses, the Fund’s total return would have been lower.
 
**   The Fund commenced operations on November 30, 2004.
The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value
of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost.
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a
representation of the future results of the Fund.
The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or
expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note
that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.
There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject
to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.
Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund
distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
See definition of comparative index on page 9.

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  JULY 31, 2011
TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS*
         
Willis Group Holdings
    2.39 %
Energizer Holdings
    2.22 %
Clorox
    2.21 %
W.R. Berkley
    2.20 %
HCC Insurance Holdings
    2.17 %
Superior Energy Services
    2.13 %
Northern Trust
    2.12 %
Verisk Analytics, Cl A
    2.02 %
Kellogg
    2.01 %
Denbury Resources
    2.00 %
 
*   Percentages are based on total investments. Short-term investments are not shown in the top ten chart.

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TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS*
         
Flowers Foods
    2.02 %
UMB Financial
    2.00 %
John Wiley & Sons, Cl A
    2.00 %
Sensient Technologies
    1.94 %
CLARCOR
    1.94 %
Superior Energy Services
    1.83 %
Lancaster Colony
    1.82 %
Ruddick
    1.82 %
AptarGroup
    1.79 %
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings
    1.78 %
 
*   Percentages are based on total investments. Short-term investments are not shown in the top ten chart.

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SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (Unaudited)†:
(IMAGE)
 
     
  Percentages are based on total investments.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK†† — 93.1%
                 
    Shares     Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 4.9%
               
Apollo Group, Cl A*
    47,000     $ 2,389,010  
DeVry
    41,000       2,547,740  
John Wiley & Sons, Cl A
    31,000       1,551,860  
Tupperware Brands
    40,000       2,499,600  
VF
    17,000       1,985,600  
 
             
 
            10,973,810  
 
             
 
               
CONSUMER STAPLES — 15.7%
               
Avon Products
    143,000       3,750,890  
Brown-Forman, Cl B
    19,000       1,397,640  
Church & Dwight
    78,000       3,146,520  
Clorox
    66,000       4,724,940  
Energizer Holdings*
    59,000       4,757,760  
Flowers Foods
    118,500       2,597,520  
H.J. Heinz
    69,000       3,632,160  
Kellogg
    77,000       4,295,060  
Molson Coors Brewing, Cl B
    84,000       3,784,200  
Ralcorp Holdings*
    39,000       3,373,500  
 
             
 
            35,460,190  
 
             
 
               
ENERGY — 10.2%
               
Brigham Exploration*
    83,000       2,639,400  
Continental Resources*
    29,000       1,989,110  
Denbury Resources*
    222,000       4,289,040  
Dresser-Rand Group*
    27,000       1,442,340  
Pioneer Natural Resources
    28,000       2,603,720  
Superior Energy Services*
    110,000       4,563,900  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
ENERGY — continued
               
Ultra Petroleum*
    46,000     $ 2,153,720  
Whiting Petroleum*
    57,000       3,340,200  
 
             
 
            23,021,430  
 
             
 
               
FINANCIALS — 12.2%
               
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings
    71,000       3,865,950  
HCC Insurance Holdings
    154,000       4,640,020  
Invesco
    95,000       2,107,100  
Morningstar
    41,000       2,556,760  
Northern Trust
    101,000       4,535,405  
W.R. Berkley
    153,000       4,710,870  
Willis Group Holdings
    125,000       5,117,500  
 
             
 
            27,533,605  
 
             
 
               
HEALTH CARE — 18.7%
               
Allergan
    36,000       2,927,160  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cl A*
    28,000       3,052,000  
C.R. Bard
    34,000       3,355,120  
Gen-Probe*
    70,000       4,238,500  
Hologic*
    126,000       2,339,820  
Intuitive Surgical*
    7,800       3,124,290  
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings*
    36,500       3,312,740  
Life Technologies*
    86,000       3,872,580  
Myriad Genetics*
    112,000       2,382,240  
Pharmaceutical Product Development
    71,000       2,046,930  
Qiagen*
    90,000       1,524,600  
ResMed*
    98,000       2,968,420  
St. Jude Medical
    56,000       2,604,000  
West Pharmaceutical Services
    55,000       2,412,850  
Zimmer Holdings*
    37,000       2,220,740  
 
             
 
            42,381,990  
 
             
 
               
INDUSTRIALS — 13.0%
               
AMETEK
    40,000       1,700,000  
Copart*
    54,000       2,346,300  
Dover
    55,500       3,356,085  
Esterline Technologies*
    17,800       1,359,386  
IDEX
    81,000       3,359,880  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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COMMON STOCK — concluded
                 
    Shares     Value  
INDUSTRIALS — continued
               
Landstar System
    49,000     $ 2,197,650  
Pentair
    83,000       3,055,230  
Republic Services
    83,000       2,409,490  
Roper Industries
    27,000       2,204,010  
Verisk Analytics, Cl A*
    130,000       4,329,000  
Waste Connections
    91,700       2,956,408  
 
             
 
            29,273,439  
 
             
 
               
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 15.2%
               
Adobe Systems*
    83,000       2,300,760  
Altera
    55,000       2,248,400  
Ansys*
    45,000       2,277,000  
Check Point Software Technologies*
    36,000       2,075,400  
Citrix Systems*
    22,000       1,584,880  
Concur Technologies*
    53,000       2,408,320  
Hittite Microwave*
    12,000       671,880  
IHS, Cl A*
    28,000       2,063,320  
Intuit*
    77,000       3,595,900  
Jack Henry & Associates
    42,000       1,215,900  
Micros Systems*
    23,000       1,126,310  
National Instruments
    106,000       2,739,040  
NetApp*
    50,000       2,376,000  
NeuStar, Cl A*
    104,000       2,708,160  
Qlik Technologies*
    29,600       897,176  
Riverbed Technology*
    42,000       1,202,460  
Rovi*
    56,000       2,966,320  
 
             
 
            34,457,226  
 
             
 
               
MATERIALS — 3.2%
               
AptarGroup
    54,000       2,756,700  
Ecolab
    42,000       2,100,000  
Nalco Holding
    70,000       2,474,500  
 
             
 
            7,331,200  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $194,939,807)
            210,432,890  
 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN
 
  MID CAP FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 1.5%
                 
    Face Amount     Value  
Morgan Stanley
0.005%, dated 07/29/11, to be repurchased on 08/01/11, repurchase price $3,523,352 (collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Obligation, par value $3,565,953, 3.875%, 04/15/29, with a total market value of $3,593,824)
(Cost $3,523,351)
  $ 3,523,351     $ 3,523,351  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 94.6%
(Cost $198,463,158)
          $ 213,956,241  
 
             
 
††   Percentages are based on Net Assets of $226,113,793.
 
*   Non-income producing security.
 
Cl — Class
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
SECTOR WEIGHTINGS (Unaudited)†:
(IMAGE)
 
     
  Percentages are based on total investments.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK†† — 95.7%
                 
    Shares     Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 6.9%
               
American Public Education*
    110,000     $ 5,012,700  
Capella Education*
    115,000       4,916,250  
John Wiley & Sons, Cl A
    335,000       16,770,100  
K12*
    245,000       7,859,600  
Matthews International, Cl A
    32,000       1,158,080  
Strayer Education
    44,000       5,352,600  
Tupperware Brands
    145,000       9,061,050  
Wolverine World Wide
    189,000       7,157,430  
 
             
 
            57,287,810  
 
             
 
               
CONSUMER STAPLES — 9.5%
               
Flowers Foods
    772,500       16,933,200  
Lancaster Colony
    255,000       15,333,150  
Ruddick
    365,000       15,293,500  
Smart Balance*
    590,000       2,796,600  
Snyders-Lance
    555,000       11,327,550  
TreeHouse Foods*
    255,000       13,168,200  
WD-40
    110,000       4,818,000  
 
             
 
            79,670,200  
 
             
 
               
ENERGY — 8.7%
               
Brigham Exploration*
    185,000       5,883,000  
Gulfport Energy*
    220,000       8,021,200  
Northern Oil and Gas*
    370,000       8,191,800  
Oasis Petroleum*
    240,000       7,089,600  
Oil States International*
    75,000       6,052,500  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
ENERGY — continued
               
Petroleum Development*
    30,000     $ 1,089,600  
Resolute Energy*
    510,000       8,307,900  
Rosetta Resources*
    75,000       3,882,750  
Superior Energy Services*
    370,000       15,351,300  
TETRA Technologies*
    660,000       8,494,200  
 
             
 
            72,363,850  
 
             
 
               
FINANCIALS — 15.7%
               
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings
    275,000       14,973,750  
Amtrust Financial Services
    98,400       2,284,848  
Argo Group International Holdings
    150,000       4,410,000  
Arthur J. Gallagher
    220,000       6,186,400  
Aspen Insurance Holdings
    405,000       10,489,500  
Brown & Brown
    365,000       7,960,650  
Bryn Mawr Bank
    75,000       1,509,000  
Cardtronics*
    520,000       11,949,600  
Community Bank System
    75,000       1,887,000  
Financial Engines*
    220,000       5,227,200  
HCC Insurance Holdings
    220,000       6,628,600  
Healthcare Realty Trust
    590,000       11,564,000  
Independent Bank
    185,000       4,911,750  
Morningstar
    185,000       11,536,600  
Navigators Group*
    220,000       10,370,800  
UMB Financial
    405,000       16,807,500  
Washington Trust Bancorp
    90,000       2,050,200  
 
             
 
            130,747,398  
 
             
 
               
HEALTH CARE — 19.1%
               
athenahealth*
    75,000       4,409,250  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cl A*
    95,000       10,355,000  
Bio-Reference Laboratories*
    295,000       5,882,300  
Genomic Health*
    260,000       6,981,000  
Gen-Probe*
    145,000       8,779,750  
Immucor*
    220,000       5,830,000  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings*
    260,000       11,718,200  
Luminex*
    385,000       7,834,750  
Masimo
    235,000       6,528,300  
MedAssets*
    590,000       7,475,300  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
COMMON STOCK — continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
HEALTH CARE — continued
               
Medidata Solutions*
    260,000     $ 5,311,800  
Meridian Bioscience
    185,000       3,996,000  
Myriad Genetics*
    445,000       9,465,150  
NuVasive*
    385,000       11,018,700  
Quality Systems
    35,000       3,197,600  
SonoSite*
    220,000       7,185,200  
Techne
    95,000       7,200,050  
Teleflex
    163,000       9,817,490  
VCA Antech*
    370,000       7,229,800  
Volcano*
    145,000       4,554,450  
West Pharmaceutical Services
    330,000       14,477,100  
 
             
 
            159,247,190  
 
             
 
               
INDUSTRIALS — 14.7%
               
ABM Industries
    590,000       13,275,000  
Brady, Cl A
    480,000       14,208,000  
CIRCOR International
    76,600       3,312,950  
CLARCOR
    370,000       16,302,200  
Copart*
    220,000       9,559,000  
CoStar Group*
    120,000       7,051,200  
EnPro Industries*
    75,000       3,468,000  
Esterline Technologies*
    65,700       5,017,509  
IDEX
    295,000       12,236,600  
Landstar System
    255,000       11,436,750  
Raven Industries
    75,000       3,962,250  
TriMas*
    225,000       5,393,250  
UTi Worldwide
    295,000       4,770,150  
Waste Connections
    402,200       12,966,928  
 
             
 
            122,959,787  
 
             
 
               
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 16.1%
               
Blackboard*
    315,000       13,721,400  
Bottomline Technologies*
    405,000       9,432,450  
comScore*
    365,000       7,960,650  
Concur Technologies*
    220,000       9,996,800  
Constant Contact*
    295,000       5,584,350  
FARO Technologies*
    145,000       5,910,200  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
COMMON STOCK — concluded
                 
    Shares     Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — continued
               
Hittite Microwave*
    50,000     $ 2,799,500  
Jack Henry & Associates
    290,000       8,395,500  
LogMeIn*
    120,000       4,266,000  
Measurement Specialties*
    170,000       5,552,200  
National Instruments
    185,000       4,780,400  
NeuStar, Cl A*
    370,000       9,634,800  
NICE Systems ADR*
    235,000       8,394,200  
Progress Software*
    295,000       7,109,500  
Qlik Technologies*
    117,000       3,546,270  
SolarWinds*
    515,000       11,077,650  
Ultimate Software Group*
    150,000       8,157,000  
Wright Express*
    170,000       8,364,000  
 
             
 
            134,682,870  
 
             
 
               
MATERIALS — 5.0%
               
AptarGroup
    295,000       15,059,750  
Sensient Technologies
    440,000       16,332,800  
Silgan Holdings
    265,000       10,276,700  
 
             
 
            41,669,250  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $647,600,043)
            798,628,355  
 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
 
  JULY 31, 2011
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 5.0%
                 
    Face        
    Amount     Value  
Morgan Stanley
0.005%, dated 07/29/11, to be repurchased on 08/01/11, repurchase price $41,657,006 (collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Obligation, par value $42,160,678, 3.875%, 04/15/29, with a total market value of $42,490,200)
(Cost $41,656,989)
  $ 41,656,989     $ 41,656,989  
 
             
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 100.7%
(Cost $689,257,032)
          $ 840,285,344  
 
             
 
††   Percentages are based on Net Assets of $834,360,215.
 
*   Non-income producing security.
 
ADR—American Depositary Receipt
 
Cl—Class
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
                 
            Champlain  
    Champlain     Small  
    Mid Cap     Company  
    Fund     Fund  
Assets:
               
Investments, at value (Cost $198,463,158 and $689,257,032, respectively)
  $ 213,956,241     $ 840,285,344  
Receivable for Capital Shares Sold
    14,745,655       1,345,786  
Receivable for Investment Securities Sold
    173,588       1,117,125  
Receivable for Dividends and Interest
    103,414       354,838  
Receivable due from Adviser
    37,042        
Prepaid Expenses
    36,934       8,851  
 
           
Total Assets
    229,052,874       843,111,944  
 
           
 
               
Liabilities:
               
Payable for Investment Securities Purchased
    2,051,844       6,542,817  
Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed
    576,208       1,043,666  
Payable due to Adviser
    148,877       703,331  
Payable due to Distributor
    41,270       177,137  
Payable due to Administrator
    13,726       54,584  
Chief Compliance Officer Fees Payable
    1,227       6,051  
Payable due to Trustees
    821       3,270  
Other Accrued Expenses
    105,108       220,873  
 
           
Total Liabilities
    2,939,081       8,751,729  
 
           
Net Assets
  $ 226,113,793     $ 834,360,215  
 
           
 
               
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
               
Paid-in Capital
  $ 204,160,914     $ 633,884,056  
Accumulated Net Realized Gain
    6,459,796       49,447,847  
Net Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    15,493,083       151,028,312  
 
           
Net Assets
  $ 226,113,793     $ 834,360,215  
 
           
 
               
ADVISOR SHARES:
               
Net Assets
  $ 213,203,602     $ 834,360,215  
Shares Issued and Outstanding (unlimited authorization — no par value)
    18,104,404       54,338,355  
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
  $ 11.78     $ 15.35  
 
           
 
               
INSTITUTIONAL SHARES:
               
Net Assets
  $ 12,910,191       N/A  
Shares Issued and Outstanding (unlimited authorization — no par value)
    1,094,785       N/A  
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
  $ 11.79     $ N/A  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  YEAR ENDED
 
  JULY 31, 2011
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                 
            Champlain  
    Champlain     Small  
    Mid Cap     Company  
    Fund     Fund  
Investment Income
               
Dividends
  $ 1,096,164     $ 8,518,979  
Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld
    (4,823 )     (29,471 )
Interest
    1,878       16,428  
 
           
Total Investment Income
    1,093,219       8,505,936  
 
           
 
               
Expenses
               
Investment Advisory Fees
    899,345       7,054,101  
Distribution Fees—Advisor Shares
    272,066       1,959,471  
Administration Fees
    85,299       602,036  
Trustees’ Fees
    2,166       14,963  
Chief Compliance Officer Fees
    1,757       9,784  
Transfer Agent Fees
    191,365       904,606  
Registration Fees
    39,436       34,122  
Legal Fees
    28,678       45,124  
Printing Fees
    16,706       72,371  
Custodian Fees
    8,873       57,606  
Audit Fees
    7,927       32,499  
Insurance and Other Expenses
    5,197       26,180  
 
           
Total Expenses
    1,558,815       10,812,863  
 
           
Recovery of Investment Advisory Fees Previously Waived(1)
          163,721  
Less: Advisory Fees Waived
    (107,219 )      
Fees Paid Indirectly (See Note 4)
    (563 )     (3,320 )
 
           
Net Expenses
    1,451,033       10,973,264  
 
           
Net Investment Loss
    (357,814 )     (2,467,328 )
 
           
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    7,727,623       89,890,401  
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments
    8,658,553       93,150,087  
 
           
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    16,386,176       183,040,488  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting From Operations
  $ 16,028,362     $ 180,573,160  
 
           
 
(1)   See Note 5 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN
 
  MID CAP FUND
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
    Year     Year  
    Ended     Ended  
    July 31,     July 31,  
    2011     2010  
Operations:
               
Net Investment Loss
  $ (357,814 )   $ (132,847 )
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    7,727,623       5,309,147  
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    8,658,553       2,088,111  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    16,028,362       7,264,411  
 
           
 
               
Dividends and Distributions from:
               
Net Realized Gain:
               
Advisor Shares
    (4,077,939 )     (1,081,022 )
Institutional Shares(1)
           
 
           
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (4,077,939 )     (1,081,022 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions(2):
               
Advisor Shares:
               
Issued
    153,089,733       40,227,422  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    3,821,961       1,075,248  
Redeemed
    (27,026,440 )     (20,422,714 )
 
           
Increase in Advisor Shares Capital Share Transactions
    129,885,254       20,879,956  
 
           
 
               
Institutional Shares(1)
               
Issued
    13,214,604        
Reinvestment of Distributions
           
Redeemed
    (141,665 )      
 
           
Increase in Institutional Shares Capital Share
               
Transactions
    13,072,939        
 
           
 
               
Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
    142,958,193       20,879,956  
 
           
Total Increase in Net Assets
    154,908,616       27,063,345  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Year
    71,205,177       44,141,832  
 
           
End of Year (including undistributed net investment income of $0 and $0, respectively)
  $ 226,113,793     $ 71,205,177  
 
           
 
(1)   Commenced operations on January 3, 2011.
 
(2)   For share transactions, see Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
    Year     Year  
    Ended     Ended  
    July 31,     July 31,  
    2011     2010  
Operations:
               
Net Investment Loss
  $ (2,467,328 )   $ (2,275,824 )
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    89,890,401       37,221,291  
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    93,150,087       43,036,201  
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    180,573,160       77,981,668  
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions(1):
               
Issued
    151,971,035       158,868,532  
Redeemed
    (149,508,647 )     (144,536,921 )
 
           
Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
    2,462,388       14,331,611  
 
           
Total Increase in Net Assets
    183,035,548       92,313,279  
 
           
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of Year
    651,324,667       559,011,388  
 
           
End of Year (including undistributed net investment income of $0 and $0, respectively)
  $ 834,360,215     $ 651,324,667  
 
           
 
(1)   For share transactions, see Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II
  CHAMPLAIN
 
  MID CAP FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
                                 
    Advisor Shares  
    Year     Year     Year     Period  
    Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended  
    July 31,     July 31,     July 31,     July 31,  
    2011     2010     2009     2008(1)    
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 9.82     $ 8.76     $ 10.40     $ 10.00  
 
                       
Income from Operations:
                               
Net Investment Loss(2)
    (0.04 )     (0.02 )            
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    2.55       1.27       (1.64 )     0.40  
 
                       
Total from Operations
    2.51       1.25       (1.64 )     0.40  
 
                       
Dividends and Distributions from:
                               
Net Investment Income
                *      
Net Realized Gains
    (0.55 )     (0.19 )            
Return of Capital
                *      
 
                       
Total Dividends and Distributions
    (0.55 )     (0.19 )     *      
 
                       
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 11.78     $ 9.82     $ 8.76     $ 10.40  
 
                       
Total Return †
    26.06 %     14.31 %     (15.73 )%     4.00 %
 
                       
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                               
Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)
  $ 213,204     $ 71,205     $ 44,142     $ 1,726  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements, excluding fees paid indirectly)
    1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %**
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %**
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (excluding waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.39 %     1.37 %     1.59 %     5.10 %**
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets
    (0.33 )%     (0.21 )%     0.01 %     0.05 %**
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    33 %     63 %     55 %     0 %‡
 
  Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived and assumed by the Adviser during the period. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
  Not Annualized.
 
(1)   Commenced operations on June 30, 2008.
 
(2)   Per share net investment loss calculated using average shares.
 
*   Amount represents less than $0.01.
 
**   Annualized.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN
 
  MID CAP FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
    Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
         
    Institutional  
    Shares  
    Period Ended  
    July 31,  
    2011(1)  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 11.08  
 
     
Income from Operations:
       
Net Investment Loss(2)
    (0.01 )
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments
    0.72  
 
     
Total from Operations
    0.71  
 
     
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 11.79  
 
     
Total Return †
    6.41 %
 
     
 
       
Ratios and Supplemental Data
       
Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)
  $ 12,910  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements, excluding fees paid indirectly)
    1.05 %*
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.05 %*
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (excluding waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.19 %*
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    (0.08 )%*
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    33 %‡
 
  Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived and assumed by the Adviser during the period. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
  Portfolio turnover is for the Fund for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011.
 
(1)   Commenced operations on January 3, 2011.
 
(2)   Per share net investment loss calculated using average shares.
 
*   Annualized.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN SMALL
 
  COMPANY FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
                                         
    Advisor Shares  
    Year     Year     Year     Year     Year  
    Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended  
    July 31,     July 31,     July 31,     July 31,     July 31,  
    2011     2010     2009     2008     2007  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
  $ 12.02     $ 10.58     $ 12.86     $ 13.29     $ 11.11  
 
                             
Income (Loss) from Operations:
                                       
Net Investment Loss(1)
    (0.05 )     (0.04 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.04 )
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    3.38       1.48       (2.00 )     0.47       2.43  
 
                             
Total from Operations
    3.33       1.44       (2.03 )     0.43       2.39  
 
                             
Dividends and Distributions from:
                                       
Net Investment Income
                             
Net Realized Gains
                (0.25 )     (0.86 )     (0.21 )
Return of Capital
                *            
 
                             
Total Dividends and Distributions
                (0.25 )     (0.86 )     (0.21 )
 
                             
Net Asset Value, End of Year
  $ 15.35     $ 12.02     $ 10.58     $ 12.86     $ 13.29  
 
                             
Total Return †
    27.70 %     13.61 %‡     (15.47 )%‡     3.24 %‡     21.69 %‡
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratios and Supplemental Data
                                       
Net Assets, End of Year (Thousands)
  $ 834,360     $ 651,325     $ 559,011     $ 453,522     $ 243,122  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements, excluding fees paid indirectly)
    1.40 %(2)     1.40 %     1.40 %     1.41 %     1.41 %
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.40 %(2)     1.40 %     1.40 %     1.40 %     1.40 %
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (excluding waivers, recovered fees, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)
    1.38 %     1.42 %     1.45 %     1.42 %     1.49 %
Ratio of Net Investment Loss to Average Net Assets
    (0.31 )%     (0.34 )%     (0.33 )%     (0.35 )%     (0.33 )%
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    38 %     42 %     48 %     65 %     69 %
 
  Total return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
  Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived and assumed by the Adviser during the period.
 
(1)   Per share net investment loss calculated using average shares.
 
(2)   Ratio includes waivers and previously waived investment advisory fees recovered. The impact of the recovered fees may cause a higher net expense ratio.
 
*   Amount represents less than $0.01.
Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or round to $0.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization:
The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated July 24, 1992. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with thirty funds. The financial statements herein are those of the Champlain Mid Cap Fund and Champlain Small Company Fund (collectively, the “Funds”). The investment objective of the Funds is capital appreciation. The Funds are diversified funds, and invest primarily (at least 80% of their net assets) in common stocks of medium-sized companies with market capitalization of less than $15 billion and small companies with market capitalization of less than $2.5 billion, respectively. The financial statements of the remaining funds within the Trust are presented separately. The assets of each fund of the Trust are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held. The Funds currently offer Advisor Shares and the Champlain Mid Cap Fund also offers Institutional Shares, which commenced operations on January 3, 2011.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Security Valuation — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded, or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Trust’s Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using Fair Value Procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security has not been traded for an extended period of time; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price; or trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions. When a security is valued in accordance with the Trust’s Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee. As of July 31, 2011, there were no fair valued securities held by the Funds.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 — Quoted prices which are not active, or inputs that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment spreads, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, etc.); and

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
Level 3 — Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement. The table below sets forth information about the level within the fair value hierarchy at which the Funds’ investments are measured at July 31, 2011:
                                 
Investments                        
in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
                               
Common Stock
  $ 210,432,890     $     $     $ 210,432,890  
Repurchase Agreement
          3,523,351             3,523,351  
 
                       
 
  $ 210,432,890     $ 3,523,351     $     $ 213,956,241  
 
                       
Champlain Small Company Fund
                               
Common Stock
  $ 798,628,355     $     $     $ 798,628,355  
Repurchase Agreement
          41,656,989             41,656,989  
 
                       
 
  $ 798,628,355     $ 41,656,989     $     $ 840,285,344  
 
                       
For details of investment classifications, reference the Schedule of Investments. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For the year ended July 31, 2011, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair value methodologies and there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities.
Federal Income Taxes — It is each Fund’s intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute all of their taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
As of and during the year ended July 31, 2011, the Funds did not have liabilities for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense on the Statement of Operations. During the period the Funds did not incur any significant interest or penalties.
Security Transactions and Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sales of investment securities are based on specific identification. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.
Repurchase Agreements — In connection with transactions involving repurchase agreements, a third party custodian bank takes possession of the underlying securities (“collateral”), the value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. In the event of default on the obligation to repurchase, the Funds have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings.
Classes — Class specific expenses, such as distribution fees, are borne by that class of shares. Income, realized and unrealized gains/losses and non-class specific expenses are allocated to the respective class on the basis of relative net assets.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
Expenses — Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a particular fund. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a particular fund are apportioned among the funds of the Trust based on the number of funds and/or relative net assets.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually by the Funds. Any net realized capital gains are distributed to shareholders at least annually.
3. Transactions with Affiliates:
Certain officers and a trustee of the Trust are also officers of SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, and/or SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”). Such officers and the trustee are paid no fees by the Trust for serving as officers and trustee of the Trust.
The services provided by the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and his staff, whom are the employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s Advisors and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board.
4. Administration, Distribution, Transfer Agent and Custodian Agreements:
The Funds and the Administrator are parties to an Administration Agreement under which the Administrator provides management and administrative services to the Fund at an annual rate of:
0.10% on the first $250 million of the Funds’ average daily net assets;
0.08% on the next $250 million of the Funds’ average daily net assets; and
0.06% on the Funds’ average daily net assets over $500 million.
Each Fund is subject to a minimum annual administration fee of $100,000. There is also a minimum annual administration fee of $15,000 per additional class.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
The Trust and Distributor are parties to a Distribution Plan dated May 31, 2000, amended and restated November 16, 2004. The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) for the Advisor Shares. Under the Plan, the Distributor, or third parties that enter into agreements with the Distributor, may receive up to 0.25% of the Funds’ average net assets attributable to the Advisor Shares as compensation for distribution services.
DST Systems, Inc. serves as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Funds under a transfer agency agreement with the Trust. The Funds may earn cash management credits which can be used to offset transfer agent expenses. During the year ended July 31, 2011, the Mid Cap Fund earned credits of $563, and the Small Company Fund earned credits of $3,320, which were used to offset transfer agent expenses. These amounts are listed as “Fees Paid Indirectly” on the Statement of Operations.
U.S. Bank, N.A. acts as custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Funds. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.
5. Investment Advisory Agreement:
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. For its services, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.80% and 0.90% of the Mid Cap Fund and Small Company Fund’s average daily net assets, respectively. The Adviser has contractually agreed to limit the total expenses of the Mid Cap Fund — Advisor Shares, Mid Cap Fund — Institutional Shares and Small Company Fund — Advisor Shares (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired Fund fees and extraordinary expenses) to 1.30% , 1.05% and 1.40% of the Funds’ respective average daily net assets. To maintain this expense limitation, the Adviser may waive a portion of its advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Funds. The Adviser intends to continue its voluntary expense limitation until further notice, but may discontinue it at any time. If at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to make expense limitation reimbursements, the Adviser may retain the difference between the “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” and the aforementioned expense limitations

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
to recapture all or a portion of its prior expense limitation reimbursements made during the preceding three year period. During the year ended July 31, 2011, the Adviser recaptured $163,721 of prior expense limitation reimbursements for the Small Company Fund. At July 31, 2011, the remaining amount the Adviser may seek as reimbursement of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses for the Mid Cap Fund and Small Company Fund are as follows:
                     
Expense Deferred in Fiscal   Subject to Repayment   Mid Cap     Small Company  
Period Ending, July 31:   until, July 31:   Fund     Fund  
2009
  2012   $ 72,935     $ 60,335  
2010
  2013     41,433       98,590  
2011
  2014     107,219        
 
               
 
  Total   $ 221,587     $ 158,925  
 
               
6. Share Transactions:
                 
    Year/Period     Year  
    Ended     Ended  
    July 31, 2011     July 31, 2010  
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
               
Advisor Shares
               
Issued
    12,815,637       4,151,006  
Reinvestment of Distributions
    350,317       114,024  
Redeemed
    (2,312,200 )     (2,051,742 )
 
           
Total Advisor Shares Transactions
    10,853,754       2,213,288  
 
           
Institutional Shares*:
               
Issued
    1,106,409        
Reinvestment of Distributions
           
Redeemed
    (11,624 )      
 
           
Total Institutional Shares Transactions
    1,094,785        
 
           
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
    11,948,539       2,213,288  
 
           
 
*   Commenced operations on January 3, 2011.
                 
    Year     Year  
    Ended     Ended  
    July 31, 2011     July 31, 2010  
Champlain Small Company Fund
               
Advisor Shares
               
Issued
    10,502,303       13,651,602  
Reinvestment of Distributions
           
Redeemed
    (10,330,732 )     (12,320,955 )
 
           
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
    171,571       1,330,647  
 
           

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
7. Investment Transactions:
For the year ended July 31, 2011, the purchases and sales of investment securities other than long-term U.S. Government and short-term investments were:
                 
    Purchases   Sales
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
  $ 163,304,369     $ 37,939,989  
Champlain Small Company Fund
    286,915,509       311,884,989  
There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for either fund.
8. Federal Tax Information:
The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions, if any, to be paid, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments in the timing of recognition of gains or losses on investments. Permanent book and tax differences, if any, may result in reclassifications to undistributed net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) and paid-in capital.
The following permanent differences are primarily attributable to net investment losses and investments in REITs and have been reclassified to/from the following accounts during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011:
                         
    Increase in   Decrease in   Decrease in
    Undistributed Net   Accumulated Net   Paid-in
    Investment Income   Realized Loss   Capital
Mid Cap Fund
  $ 357,814     $ (357,814 )   $  
Small Company Fund
    2,467,328       (86,128 )     (2,381,200 )
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared for the Mid Cap Fund during the years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010 was as follows:
                                 
    Ordinary   Long-Term   Return of    
    Income   Capital Gain   Capital   Total
2011
  $ 1,650,420     $ 2,427,519     $     $ 4,077,939  
2010
    1,080,209       813             1,081,022  
There were no dividends or distributions declared for the Small Company Fund during the years ended July 31, 2011 and July 31, 2010.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
As of July 31, 2011, the components of Distributable Earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
                 
    Mid Cap     Small Company  
    Fund     Fund  
Undistributed Ordinary Income
  $ 3,663,169     $  
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain
    2,937,700       54,923,312  
Unrealized Appreciation
    15,352,010       145,552,847  
 
           
Total Distributable Earnings
  $ 21,952,879     $ 200,476,159  
 
           
For Federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards represent realized losses of the Funds that may be carried forward for a maximum period of eight years and applied against future net capital gains. During the year ended July 31, 2011, the Small Company Fund utilized $33,063,988 of capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains.
The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Funds at July 31, 2011 were as follows:
                                 
            Aggregate     Aggregate        
            Gross     Gross     Net  
    Federal     Unrealized     Unrealized     Unrealized  
    Tax Cost     Appreciation     Depreciation     Appreciation  
Mid Cap Fund
  $ 198,604,231     $ 23,058,301     $ (7,706,291 )   $ 15,352,010  
Small Company Fund
    694,732,497       170,173,938       (24,621,091 )     145,552,847  
9. Other:
At July 31, 2011, 32% of the total shares outstanding of the Mid Cap Fund Advisor Shares were held by two shareholders, 91% of the total shares outstanding of the Mid Cap Fund Institutional Shares were held by two shareholders and 51% of the total shares outstanding of the Small Company Fund Advisor Shares were held by two shareholders. These shareholders were comprised of omnibus accounts that were held on behalf of several individual shareholders.
In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
10. Line of Credit:
Each of the Funds entered into agreements which enable them to participate in lines of credit with the Custodian. The Champlain Mid Cap Fund is party to an $8 million uncommitted, senior secured line of credit and the Champlain Small Company Fund is party to a $39 million uncommitted, senior secured line of credit, which have maturity dates of February 18, 2012. The proceeds from the borrowings shall be used to provide temporary liquidity to the Funds as necessary in order to meet redemption needs. Interest is charged to the Funds based on the outstanding principal balance of the borrowings at an annual rate equal to the Custodian’s then-current prime-lending rate. As of and during the year ended July 31, 2011, there were no borrowings under the line of credit.
11. Accounting Pronouncements:
In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04 “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)”. ASU 2011-04 includes common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. ASU 2011-04 will require reporting entities to disclose the following information for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy: quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement, the valuation processes used by the reporting entity, and a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs. In addition, ASU 2011-04 will require reporting entities to make disclosures about amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. The new and revised disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU 2011-04 and its impact on the financial statements.
12. Subsequent Events:
The Funds have evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures or adjustments were required to the financial statements.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Trustees of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II and
Shareholders of Champlain Mid Cap Fund and Champlain Small Company Fund
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of the Champlain Mid Cap Fund and Champlain Small Company Fund (two of the series constituting The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”)) as of July 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two-years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Champlain Mid Cap Fund and Champlain Small Company Fund at July 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
(ERNST & YOUNG LLP)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 29, 2011

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II (Unaudited)
Set forth below are the names, age, position with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Trustees who are deemed not to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Messrs. Nesher and Doran are Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
Age1   the Trust   Time Served2
 
INTERESTED
BOARD MEMBERS
       
ROBERT A. NESHER
64 yrs. old








 
  Chairman of the Board of Trustees   (Since 1991)
 
       
WILLIAM M. DORAN
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
71 yrs. old






 
  Trustee   (Since 1992)
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

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of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-866-773-3238. The following chart lists the Trustees and Officers as of July 31, 2011.
             
    Number of    
    Funds in    
    The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund II    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Member   Held by Board Member3
 
 
 
Currently performs various services on behalf of SEI Investments for which Mr. Nesher is compensated.
    30     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, SEI Opportunity Master Fund, L.P., SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P., SEI Global Master Fund, PLC, SEI Global Assets Fund, PLC, SEI Global Investments Fund, PLC, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments Global Fund Services, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe), Ltd., SEI Investments Unit Trust Management (UK), Limited and SEI Global Nominee Ltd.
 
           
Self-employed Consultant since 2003. Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) from 1976-2003, counsel to the Trust, SEI, SIMC, the Administrator and the Distributor. Secretary of SEI Investments since 1978.
    30     Director of SEI Investments Company and SEI Investments Distribution Co., SEI Investments Global Fund Services Global Limited, Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Index Funds. SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, SEI Investments Global Fund Services Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited and SEI Asset Korea Co., Ltd.
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
Age1   the Trust   Time Served2
 
INDEPENDENT
BOARD MEMBERS
       
JAMES M. STOREY
80 yrs. old




 
  Trustee   (Since 1994)
 
       
GEORGE J. SULLIVAN, JR.
68 yrs. old







 
  Trustee   (Since 1999)
 
       
BETTY L. KRIKORIAN
68 yrs. old

 
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
 
       
CHARLES E. CARLBOM
76 yrs. old
 
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
             
    Number of    
    Funds in    
    The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund II    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Member   Held by Board Member3
 
 
 
Attorney, Solo Practitioner since 1994. Partner, Dechert, September 1987- December 1993.
    30     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, Bishop Street Funds, Massachusetts Health and Education Tax-Exempt Trust, and U.S. Charitable Gift Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P.
 
           
Chief Executive Officer, Inc. Newfound Consultants, Inc. since April 1997. General Partner, Teton Partners, L.P., June 1991-December 1996; Chief Financial Officer, Nobel Partners, L.P., March 1991-December 1996; Treasurer and Clerk, Peak Asset Management., since 1991.
    30     Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, Bishop Street Funds, State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P., SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. and SEI Structured Credit Fund, L.P., member of the independent review committee for SEI’s Canadian-registered mutual funds.
 
           
Vice President Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. from 2008 until July, 2010. Self-Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. Counsel to State Street Bank Global Securities and Cash Operations from 1995 to 2003.
    30     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Bishop Street Funds.
 
           
Self-Employed Business Consultant, Business Project Inc. since 1997. CEO and President, United Grocers Inc. from 1997 to 2000.
    30     Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Bishop Street Funds. Director of Oregon Transfer Co.
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
Age1   the Trust   Time Served2
 
INDEPENDENT
BOARD MEMBERS (continued)
       
MITCHELL A. JOHNSON
69 yrs. old




 
  Trustee   (Since 2005)
 
       
JOHN K. DARR
66 yrs. old
 
  Trustee   (Since 2008)
 
       
OFFICERS
       
PHILIP T. MASTERSON
47 yrs. old


 
  President   (Since 2008)
 
       
MICHAEL LAWSON
50 yrs. old
 
  Controller and Chief Financial Officer   (Since 2005)
 
       
RUSSELL EMERY
48 yrs. old








 
  Chief Compliance Officer   (Since 2006)
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
 
2   Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
             
    Number of    
    Funds in    
    The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund II    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Member   Held by Board Member3
 
 
 
Retired.
    30     Director, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, and Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, L.P.
 
           
CEO, Office of Finance, FHL Banks from 1992 to 2007.
    30     Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and Manna, Inc. and Trustee of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund and Bishop Street Funds.
 
           
 
           
Managing Director of SEI Investments since 2006. Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Administrator from 2004 to 2006. General Counsel of Citco Mutual Fund Services from 2003 to 2004. Vice President and Associate Counsel for the Oppenheimer Funds from 2001 to 2003.
    N/A     N/A
 
           
Director, SEI Investments, Fund Accounting since July 2005. Manager, SEI Investments AVP from April 1995 to February 1998 and November 1998 to July 2005.
    N/A     N/A
 
           
Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP and SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP since June 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Opportunity Fund, LP, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust and SEI Tax Exempt Trust since March 2006. Director of Investment Product Management and Development, SEI Investments, since February 2003. Senior Investment Analyst, — Equity team at SEI Investments from March 2000 to February 2003.
    N/A     N/A
 
3   Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND II (Unaudited)
         
        Term of
    Position(s)   Office and
Name, Address,   Held with   Length of
Age1   the Trust   Time Served
 
OFFICERS (continued)
       
DIANNE M. SULZBACH
34 yrs. old
 
  Vice President and Secretary   (Since 2011)
 
       
JAMES NDIAYE
42 yrs. old
 
  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   (Since 2004)
 
       
TIMOTHY D. BARTO
43 yrs. old
 
  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   (Since 2000)
 
       
MICHAEL BEATTIE
46 yrs. old
  Vice President   (Since 2009)
 
       
KERI ROHN
31 yrs. old
  AML Officer
Privacy Officer
  (Since 2011)
(Since 2009)
 
1   Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
         
    Number of    
    Funds in    
    The Advisors’    
    Inner Circle Fund II    
Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by Board   Other Directorships
During Past 5 Years   Member   Held by Board Member
 
 
Counsel at SEI Investments since 2010, Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP from 2006 to 2010; Associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP from 2003 to 2006; Associate at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP from 2002 to 2003.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Employed by SEI Investments Company since 2004. Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management from 2003-2004. Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP from 2000-2003. Counsel, Assistant Vice President, ING Variable Annuities Group from 1999-2000.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
General Counsel, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of SEI Investments Global Funds Services since 1999; Associate, Dechert (law firm) from 1997-1999; Associate, Richter, Miller & Finn (law firm) from 1994-1997.
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Director of Client Services at SEI since 2004.
 
  N/A   N/A
 
       
Compliance Officer at SEI Investments since 2003.
 
  N/A   N/A.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)
All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.
Operating expenses such as these are deducted from the mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce your final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the mutual fund’s expense ratio.
The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:
Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return. You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expense Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited) (Concluded)
Note: Because the hypothetical return is set at 5% for comparison purposes —NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.
                                 
    Beginning     Ending             Expenses  
    Account     Account     Annualized     Paid  
    Value     Value     Expense     During  
    02/01/11     07/31/11     Ratios     Period*  
 
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
                               
Actual Fund Return
                               
Advisor Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,054.60       1.29 %   $ 6.59  
Institutional Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,055.50       1.05 %   $ 5.37  
Hypothetical 5% Return
                               
Advisor Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.38       1.29 %   $ 6.47  
Institutional Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.57       1.05 %   $ 5.27  
Champlain Small Company Fund
                               
Actual Fund Return
                               
Advisor Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,048.50       1.39 %   $ 7.07  
Hypothetical 5% Return
                               
Advisor Shares
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.89       1.39 %   $ 6.97  
 
*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect one-half year period).

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  CHAMPLAIN FUNDS
 
  JULY 31, 2011
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)
For shareholders who do not have a July 31, 2011 taxable year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with a July 31, 2011 taxable year end, please consult your tax adviser as to the pertinence of this notice.
For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2011, the Funds are designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.
                                                         
                            Qualifying for                    
                            Corporate                    
    Long-Term     Ordinary             Dividends     Qualifying     Interest     Short-Term  
    Capital Gain     Income     Total     Received     Dividend     Related     Capital Gain  
    Distributions     Distributions     Distributions     Deduction (1)     Income (2)     Dividends (3)     Dividends (4)  
Champlain Mid Cap Fund
    59.53 %     40.47 %     100.00 %     23.73 %     24.29 %     0.05 %     100.00 %
Champlain Small Company Fund
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
 
(1)   Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions).
 
(2)   The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short-term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of the Fund to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.
 
(3)   The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of net investment income distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.
 
(4)   The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

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Champlain Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
866-773-3238
Adviser:
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
346 Shelburne Road
Burlington, VT 05401
Distributor:
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
Oaks, PA 19456
Administrator:
SEI Investments Global Funds Services
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
Legal Counsel:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
Ernst & Young LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street, Suite 4000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Funds.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a)(1) The Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.
(a) (2) The audit committee financial experts are John Darr and George Sullivan, and they are independent as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3 (a)(2).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) related to the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”).
E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:
                                                 
    2011     2010  
            All fees and     All other fees             All fees and     All other fees  
            services to     and services to             services to     and services to  
    All fees and     service     service     All fees and     service     service  
    services to the     affiliates that     affiliates that     services to the     affiliates that     affiliates that  
    Trust that were     were pre-     did not require     Trust that were     were pre-     did not require  
    pre-approved     approved     pre-approval     pre-approved     approved     pre-approval  
(a) Audit Fees
  $ 367,400     $ 1,853       N/A     $ 314,172     $ 1,377       N/A  
 
                                             
(b) Audit-Related Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(c) Tax Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(d) All Other Fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Notes:
 
(1)   Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Trust’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.
(e)(1) The Trust’s Audit Committee has adopted and the Board of Trustees has ratified an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor of the Funds may be pre-approved.
The Policy provides that all requests or applications for proposed services to be provided by the independent auditor must be submitted to the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The CFO will determine whether such services:

 


 

(1) require specific pre-approval; (2) are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee pursuant to the Policy; or (3) have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditor’s annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise. In any instance where services require pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with SEC’s rules and whether the provision of such services would impair the auditor’s independence.
Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the CFO. The Audit Committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the Audit Committee Chair or financial expert, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee are identified and described in the Policy. In addition, the Policy sets forth a maximum fee per engagement with respect to each identified service that has received general pre-approval.
All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment advisor or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.
In addition, the Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Registrant, such as reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and discussing with the independent auditor its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.
(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:
                 
    2011   2010
Audit-Related Fees
    0 %     0 %
Tax Fees
    N/A       N/A  
All Other Fees
    N/A       N/A  
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for the last two fiscal years were $0 and $0 for 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by Registrant’s principal accountant to either Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant were pre-approved by the audit committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the audit committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments

 


 

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable. Effective for closed-end management investment companies for fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2005
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 270.30a-15(b)) or 240.15d-15(b)).
(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17CFR 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Items 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.
(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.
(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an exhibit.

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
(Registrant) The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II
 
 
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Philip T. Masterson    
  Philip T. Masterson   
  President   
 
Date: October 7, 2011
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Philip T. Masterson    
  Philip T. Masterson   
  President   
 
Date: October 7, 2011
         
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Michael Lawson    
  Michael Lawson   
  Treasurer, Controller and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: October 7, 2011