UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

     

FORM N-CSRS

     

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)

     

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(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: (877)-446-3863

Date of fiscal year end: July 31, 2024

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2024

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

(a) A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II

Reaves Infrastructure Fund

 Semi-Annual Report January 31, 2024 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Schedule of Investments	1
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	3
Statement of Operations	4
Statements of Changes in Net Assets	5
Financial Highlights	6
Notes to Financial Statements	7
Disclosure of Fund Expenses	17
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement	19

The Fund files its complete schedule of investments with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT is 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, D.C. 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 Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to fund securities, as well as information relating to how the Fund voted proxies relating to fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-342-7058; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS†:

† Percentages are based on total investments. More narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas broad sectors are utilized for reporting purposes.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK — 99.5%
	Shares		Value
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 22.7%
Charter Communications, Cl A *		2,318	$	859,306
Cogent Communications Holdings		17,539		1,354,011
Comcast, Cl A		17,859		831,158
Frontier Communications Parent *		23,750		584,962
Rogers Communications, Cl B		25,312		1,182,324
T-Mobile US		8,023		1,293,548
				6,105,309
ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 22.4%
Alliant Energy		20,589		1,001,861
Constellation Energy		12,314		1,502,308
IDACORP		10,524		974,312
NextEra Energy		12,566		736,744
PNM Resources		20,900		757,207
Southern		15,200		1,056,704
				6,029,136
ENERGY — 3.9%
DT Midstream		19,621		1,053,451
GAS UTILITIES — 3.9%
Atmos Energy		9,293		1,058,845
INDUSTRIALS — 11.0%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City		14,124		1,136,558
Quanta Services		2,650		514,232
Union Pacific		5,392		1,315,271
				2,966,061

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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COMMON STOCK — continued
	Shares		Value
MATERIALS — 4.7%
Linde		3,127	$	1,265,903
MULTI-UTILITIES — 17.9%
CenterPoint Energy		33,249		928,977
CMS Energy		15,323		875,863
Dominion Energy		19,000		868,680
NiSource		45,366		1,178,155
Sempra		13,442		961,909
				4,813,584
REAL ESTATE — 9.1%
Equinix †		1,560		1,294,441
SBA Communications, Cl A †		5,082		1,137,657
				2,432,098
WATER UTILITIES — 3.9%
American Water Works		8,554		1,060,867
TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $22,916,550)				26,785,254
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (A) — 0.7%
SEI Daily Income Trust Treasury II Fund, Cl F, 5.300% (Cost $192,823)		192,823		192,823
TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 100.2% (Cost $23,109,373)			$	26,978,077

  Percentages are based on Net Assets of $26,932,138.

* Non-income producing security.

† Real Estate Investment Trust

(A) The rate reported is the 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2024.

Cl — Class

As of January 31, 2024, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Assets:
Investments at Value (Cost $23,109,373)	$	26,978,077
Dividends Receivable		10,201
Prepaid Expenses		16,259
Receivable from Investment Adviser		325
Total Assets		27,004,862
Liabilities:
Professional Fees Payable		15,299
Transfer Agent Fees Payable		9,204
Payable due to Trustees		8,329
Payable due to Administrator		8,046
Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed		7,485
Payable to Custodian		1,700
Chief Compliance Officer Fees Payable		1,313
Printing Fees Payable		11,571
Other Accrued Expenses		9,777
Total Liabilities		72,724
Commitments and Contingencies†
Net Assets	$	26,932,138
Net Assets Consist of:
Paid-in Capital	$	23,203,379
Total Distributable Earnings		3,728,759
Net Assets	$	26,932,138
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share (unlimited authorization – no par value) Institutional Class Shares ($26,932,138 ÷ 3,235,629)	$	8.32

† See Note 5 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Investment Income
Dividend Income	$	376,450
Interest Income		2,784
Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld		(6,556	)
Total Investment Income		372,678
Expenses:
Investment Advisory Fees		105,696
Administration Fees		47,825
Professional Fees		38,383
Transfer Agent Fees		37,784
Trustees’ Fees		14,435
Registration Fees		14,109
Printing Fees		11,060
Chief Compliance Officer Fees		4,129
Custodian Fees		2,416
Insurance and Other Expenses		12,538
Total Expenses		288,375
Less: Investment Advisory Fees Waived		(105,696	)
Less: Reimbursement from Adviser		(26,332	)
Less: Fees Paid Indirectly(1)		(696	)
Net Expenses		155,651
Net Investment Income		217,027
Net Realized Loss on Investments		(208,572	)
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments		(472,676	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments		(681,248	)
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations	$	(464,221	)

(1) See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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 STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Six Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)			Year Ended July 31, 2023
Operations:
Net Investment Income	$	217,027		$	410,242
Net Realized Gain (Loss)		(208,572	)		2,776,227
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation		(472,676	)		(6,566,251	)
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations		(464,221	)		(3,379,782	)
Distributions		(739,891	)		(3,744,391	)
Capital Share Transactions:(1)
Issued		113,211			1,133,783
Reinvestment of Distributions		679,078			3,473,363
Redeemed		(2,224,921	)		(17,946,143	)
Net Decrease from Capital Share Transactions		(1,432,632	)		(13,338,997	)
Total Decrease in Net Assets		(2,636,744	)		(20,463,170	)
Net Assets:
Beginning of Period		29,568,882			50,032,052
End of Period	$	26,932,138		$	29,568,882

(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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 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years or Period

	Institutional Class Shares
	Six Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)			Year Ended July 31, 2023			Year Ended July 31, 2022			Year Ended July 31, 2021			Year Ended July 31, 2020			Year Ended July 31, 2019
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period	$	8.67		$	10.30		$	11.56		$	10.02		$	10.58		$	10.34
Income from Operations:
Net Investment Income(1)		0.06			0.11			0.03			0.03			0.07			0.06
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments		(0.19	)		(0.68	)		(0.68	)		1.55			0.14			1.07
Total from Operations		(0.13	)		(0.57	)		(0.65	)		1.58			0.21			1.13
Dividends and Distributions from:
Net Investment Income		(0.08	)		(0.06	)		(0.05	)		(0.04	)		(0.13	)		(0.13	)
Net Realized Gains		(0.14	)		(1.00	)		(0.56	)		—			(0.64	)		(0.76	)
Total Dividends and Distributions		(0.22	)		(1.06	)		(0.61	)		(0.04	)		(0.77	)		(0.89	)
Net Asset Value, End of Period	$	8.32		$	8.67		$	10.30		$	11.56		$	10.02		$	10.58
Total Return †		(1.49	)%		(5.47	)%		(6.01	)%		15.80	%		1.87	%		12.76	%
Ratios and Supplemental Data
Net Assets, End of Period (Thousands)	$	26,932		$	29,569		$	50,032		$	57,708		$	52,296		$	43,129
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (including waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)		1.11%	*		0.99%			1.10%			1.30%			1.30%			1.30%
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (excluding waivers, reimbursements and fees paid indirectly)		2.05%	*		1.84%			1.42%			1.38%			1.46%			1.49%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets		1.54%	*		1.20%			0.26%			0.25%			0.68%			0.63%
Portfolio Turnover Rate		27%	**		54%			46%			42%			36%			31%

(1) Per share data calculated using average shares method.

† Returns shown do 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 fees not been waived and expenses assumed by the Adviser during the period.

* Annualized

** Not Annualized

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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 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 10 funds. The financial statements herein are those of the Reaves Infrastructure Fund (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the remaining funds of the Trust are presented separately. The Fund is diversified and its investment objective is to seek total return from income and capital growth. The assets of the Fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following are significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund. The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of 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 and such differences could be material.

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 an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ official closing price will be used. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates. Prices for most securities held in the Fund are provided daily by recognized independent pricing agents. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Fund seeks to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker.

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Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with fair value procedures (the “Fair Value Procedures”) established by the Adviser and approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the “valuation designee” to determine the fair value of securities and other instruments for which no readily available market quotations are available. The Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) of the Adviser.

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 delisted 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 Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Fund discloses fair value of its 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 Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

● Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, adjusted quoted prices on foreign equity securities that were adjusted in accordance with the Adviser’s pricing procedures, etc.); and

● 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).

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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.

Federal Income Taxes — It is the 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 its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s 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 Fund did not record any tax provision in the current year. 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 six-month period ended January 31, 2024, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, the Fund did not incur any interest or penalties relating to unrecognized tax benefits.

Security Transactions and Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on the 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.

Investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) — With respect to the Fund, dividend income is recorded based on the income included in distributions received from REIT investments using published REIT reclassifications including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of any estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from estimated amounts.

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Expenses — Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a particular fund. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a 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 — The Fund seeks to declare quarterly dividends at fixed rates approved by the Board. To the extent that the amount of the Fund’s net investment income and short-term capital gains is less than the approved fixed rate, some of its dividends may be paid from net capital gains or as a return of shareholder capital. To the extent the amount of the Fund’s net investment income and short-term capital gains exceeds the approved fixed rate, the Fund may pay additional dividends. An additional distribution of net capital gains realized by the Fund, if any, may be made annually; provided, however, that no more than one distribution of net capital gains shall be made with respect to any one taxable year of the Fund (other than a permitted, supplemental distribution which does not exceed 10% of the aggregate amount distributed for such taxable year).

3. Transactions with Affiliates:

Certain officers and trustees 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 trustees are paid no fees by the Trust for serving as officers and trustees of the Trust.

The services provided by the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and his staff, who are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust, as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s advisers and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services and fees have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board.

4. Administration, Transfer Agent and Custodian Agreements:

The Fund and the Administrator are parties to an administration agreement under which the Administrator provides management and administrative services to the Fund. For these services, the Administrator is paid an asset-based fee (subject to certain minimums), which will vary depending on the number of share classes and the average daily net assets of the Fund. For the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, the Fund was charged $47,825 for these services.

SS&C Global Investor & Distribution Solutions, Inc., serves as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund under a transfer agency agreement with

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the Trust. The Fund may earn cash management credits which can be used to offset transfer agent expenses. During the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, the Fund earned credits of $696, which were used to offset transfer agent expenses. This amount is listed as “Fees Paid Indirectly” on the Statement of Operations.

U.S. Bank, N.A. acts as custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Fund. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Fund or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Fund.

5. Investment Advisory Agreement:

Under the terms of an investment advisory agreement, Reaves Asset Management (the “Adviser”) provides investment advisory services to the Fund at a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fees and to assume expenses, if necessary, in order to keep the Fund’s total annual operating expenses from exceeding 1.30% of the Institutional Class Share average daily net assets. Prior to November 28, 2023, the Fund’s voluntary expense cap was 0.99% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Institutional Class Shares. The Adviser may discontinue the expense limitation at any time. In addition, if at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to reduce fees or make expense reimbursements, the Adviser may retain the difference between the “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses” and the aforementioned expense limitations to recapture all or a portion of its prior expense limitation reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period up to the expense cap in place at the time the expenses were waived. As of January 31, 2024, fees which were previously waived and reimbursed by the Adviser which may be subject to possible future reimbursement to the Adviser were $168,687 expiring in 2025, $291,732 expiring in 2026, and $132,028 expiring in 2027. During the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, there has been no recoupment of previously waived and reimbursed fees.

6. Share Transactions:

	Six Months Ended January 31, 2024 (Unaudited)			Year Ended July 31, 2023
Share Transactions:
Institutional Class Shares
Issued		13,422			118,534
Reinvestment of Distributions		80,805			398,992
Redeemed		(267,177	)		(1,965,964	)
Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding		(172,950	)		(1,448,438	)

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7. Investment Transactions:

The cost of security purchases and the proceeds from security sales, other than long-term U.S. Government and short-term investments, for the period ended January 31, 2024 were $7,522,143, and $9,524,128, respectively. There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities.

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. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent. The permanent differences primarily consist of reclassification of long term capital gain distribution on REITs. There are no permanent differences that are credited or charged to Paid-in Capital and Distributable Earnings as of July 31, 2023.

The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:

	Ordinary Income			Long-Term   Capital Gain			Total
2023	$	236,673		$	3,507,718		$	3,744,391
2022		150,543			2,930,571			3,081,114

As of July 31, 2023, the components of Distributable Earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed Ordinary Income	$	176,372
Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains		479,012
Net Unrealized Appreciation		4,277,483
Other Temporary Differences		4
Total Distributable Earnings	$	4,932,871

For Federal income tax purposes the difference between Federal tax cost and book cost primarily relates to wash sales, which cannot be used for Federal income tax purposes in the current year and have been deferred for use in future years. The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Fund at January 31, 2024 were as follows:

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Federal   Tax Cost	Aggregate Gross  Unrealized Appreciation	Aggregate Gross  Unrealized Depreciation	Net Unrealized  Appreciation
$23,109,373	$4,162,088	$(293,384)	$3,868,704

9. Concentration of Risks:

The Fund has adopted a policy to concentrate its investments (invest at least 25% of its assets) in companies involved to a significant extent in the Utilities and/or Energy Industries. The Fund considers a company to be involved to a significant extent in the Utilities and/or the Energy Industry, as applicable, if at least 50% of its assets, gross income or profits are committed to or derived from Utilities or Energy. While the Fund primarily invests in equity securities of large and mid capitalization companies, it may also invest in securities of small capitalization companies.

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders’ investments in the Fund are set forth below.

Equity Risk – Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.

Infrastructure Company Risk – Infrastructure companies are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation or unsettled capital markets, the effects of economic slowdown and surplus capacity, increased competition from

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other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies, service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps, and other factors. Additionally, infrastructure entities may be subject to regulation by various governmental authorities and may also be affected by governmental regulation of rates charged to customers; the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards; nationalization; and general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure assets.

Industry Focus Risk – To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the Utilities Industry and/or the Energy Industry, the Fund is subject to the risk that legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition will negatively affect these industries. Fluctuations in the value of securities of companies in the Utilities Industry and/or the Energy Industry depend to a large extent on the price and supply of energy fuels. Many utility companies historically have been subject to risks of increases in fuel, power and other operating costs, high interest costs on borrowings needed for capital improvement programs and costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other governmental regulations.

REITs Risk – REITs are pooled investment vehicles that own, and usually operate, income-producing real estate. REITs are susceptible to the risks associated with direct ownership of real estate, such as the following: declines in property values; increases in property taxes, operating expenses, interest rates or competition; overbuilding; zoning changes; and losses from casualty or condemnation. REITs typically incur fees that are separate from those of the Fund. Accordingly, the Fund’s investments in REITs will result in the layering of expenses such that shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the REITs’ operating expenses, in addition to paying Fund expenses. REIT operating expenses are not reflected in the fee table and example in this prospectus.

Focused Portfolio Risk – Although the Fund is diversified, its investment strategy often results in a relatively focused portfolio of stocks of companies that the Adviser believes hold the most total return potential. As a result, poor performance or adverse economic events affecting one or more of these companies could have a greater impact on the Fund than it would on another mutual fund with a broader range of investments.

Small and Medium Capitalization Company Risk – The small- and medium-sized companies the Fund invests in may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, investments in these small- and medium-sized companies may pose additional risks, including

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liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, small- and mid-cap stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.

Foreign Security Risk – Investing in foreign companies poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These events will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. Securities of foreign companies may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and foreign companies are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce income received from the securities comprising the Fund’s portfolio. Foreign securities may also be more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers. In addition, investments in foreign companies are generally denominated in a foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund’s investments. These currency movements may occur separately from and in response to events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer’s home country. In addition, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.

10. Concentration of Shareholders:

At January 31, 2024, 21% of Institutional Class Shares outstanding were held by one record shareholder owning 10% or greater of the aggregate total shares outstanding. This shareholder is comprised of individual shareholders and omnibus accounts that were held on behalf of various individual shareholders.

11. Indemnifications:

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s 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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12. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no disclosures and/or adjustments were required to the financial statements as of January 31, 2024.

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 DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES

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 a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce its final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of a mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as a 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 (August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024).

The table on the following 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 value 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 “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

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 DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES

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 Account Value 8/1/2023		Ending Account Value 1/31/2024		Annualized Expense Ratios		Expenses Paid During Period*
Actual Fund Return
Institutional Class Shares		$1,000.00		$985.10		1.11%		$5.54
Hypothetical Fund Return
Institutional Class Shares		$1,000.00		$1,019.56		1.11%		$5.63

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one half year period).

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 APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Fund’s advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) must be renewed at least annually after its initial two-year term: (i) by the vote of the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II (the “Trust”) or by a vote of a majority of the shareholders of the Fund; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Agreement or “interested persons” of any party thereto, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such renewal.

A Board meeting was held on August 22-23, 2023 to decide whether to renew the Agreement for an additional one-year term. In preparation for the meeting, the Trustees requested that the Adviser furnish information necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. Prior to the meeting, the Independent Trustees of the Fund met to review and discuss the information provided and submitted a request for additional information to the Adviser, and information was provided in response to this request. The Trustees used this information, as well as other information that the Adviser and other service providers of the Fund presented or submitted to the Board at the meeting and other meetings held during the prior year, to help them decide whether to renew the Agreement for an additional year.

Specifically, the Board requested and received written materials from the Adviser and other service providers of the Fund regarding: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services; (ii) the Adviser’s investment management personnel; (iii) the Adviser’s operations and financial condition; (iv) the Adviser’s brokerage practices (including any soft dollar arrangements) and investment strategies; (v) the Fund’s advisory fee paid to the Adviser and overall fees and operating expenses compared with a peer group of mutual funds; (vi) the level of the Adviser’s profitability from its relationship with the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates; (vii) the Adviser’s potential economies of scale; (viii) the Adviser’s compliance program, including a description of material compliance matters and material compliance violations; (ix) the Adviser’s policies on and compliance procedures for personal securities transactions; and (x) the Fund’s performance compared with a peer group of mutual funds and the Fund’s benchmark indices.

Representatives from the Adviser, along with other Fund service providers, presented additional information and participated in question and answer sessions at the Board meeting to help the Trustees evaluate the Adviser’s services, fee and other aspects of the Agreement. The Independent Trustees received advice from independent counsel

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and met in executive sessions outside the presence of Fund management and the Adviser.

At the Board meeting, the Trustees, including all of the Independent Trustees, based on their evaluation of the information provided by the Adviser and other service providers of the Fund, renewed the Agreement. In considering the renewal of the Agreement, the Board considered various factors that they determined were relevant, including: (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser; (ii) the investment performance of the Fund and the Adviser; (iii) the costs of the services provided and profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale are being realized by the Adviser; and (v) whether fee levels reflect such economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors, as discussed in further detail below.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser

In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board reviewed the portfolio management services provided by the Adviser to the Fund, including the quality and continuity of the Adviser’s portfolio management personnel, the resources of the Adviser, and the Adviser’s compliance history and compliance program. The Trustees reviewed the terms of the Agreement. The Trustees also reviewed the Adviser’s investment and risk management approaches for the Fund. The most recent investment adviser registration form (“Form ADV”) for the Adviser was available to the Board, as was the response of the Adviser to a detailed series of questions which included, among other things, information about the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Fund.

The Trustees also considered other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser such as selecting broker-dealers for executing portfolio transactions, monitoring adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions, and monitoring compliance with various Fund policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. Based on the factors above, as well as those discussed below, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser were sufficient to support renewal of the Agreement.

Investment Performance of the Fund and the Adviser

The Board was provided with regular reports regarding the Fund’s performance over various time periods. The Trustees also reviewed reports prepared by the Fund’s administrator comparing the Fund’s performance to its benchmark indices and a peer group of mutual funds as classified by Lipper, an independent provider of

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investment company data, over various periods of time. Representatives from the Adviser provided information regarding and led discussions of factors impacting the performance of the Fund, outlining current market conditions and explaining their expectations and strategies for the future. The Trustees determined that the Fund’s performance was satisfactory, or, where the Fund’s performance was materially below its benchmarks and/or peer group, the Trustees were satisfied by the reasons for the underperformance and/or the steps taken by the Adviser in an effort to improve the performance of the Fund. Based on this information, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the investment results that the Adviser had been able to achieve for the Fund were sufficient to support renewal of the Agreement.

Costs of Advisory Services, Profitability and Economies of Scale

In considering the advisory fee payable by the Fund to the Adviser, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, a report of the advisory fee paid to the Adviser. The Trustees also reviewed reports prepared by the Fund’s administrator comparing the Fund’s net and gross expense ratios and advisory fee to those paid by a peer group of mutual funds as classified by Lipper. The Trustees reviewed the management fees charged by the Adviser to other clients with comparable mandates. The Trustees considered any differences in management fees and took into account the respective demands, resources and complexity associated with the Fund and other client accounts as well as the extensive regulatory, compliance and tax regimes to which the Fund is subject. The Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the advisory fee was reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services rendered by the Adviser.

The Trustees reviewed the costs of services provided by and the profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund, including both direct benefits and indirect benefits, such as research and brokerage services received under soft dollar arrangements, accruing to the Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees considered how the Adviser’s profitability was affected by factors such as its organizational structure and method for allocating expenses. The Trustees concluded that the profit margins of the Adviser with respect to the management of the Fund were not unreasonable. The Board also considered the Adviser’s commitment to managing the Fund and its willingness to continue its expense limitation and fee waiver arrangement with the Fund.

The Trustees considered the Adviser’s views relating to economies of scale in connection with the Fund as Fund assets grow and the extent to which the benefits of any such economies of scale are shared with the Fund and Fund shareholders. The Board considered the existence of any economies of scale and whether those were passed along to the Fund’s shareholders through a graduated advisory fee schedule

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or other means, including fee waivers. The Trustees recognized that economies of scale are difficult to identify and quantify and are rarely identifiable on a fund-by-fund basis. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded that the advisory fee was reasonable in light of the information that was provided to the Trustees by the Adviser with respect to economies of scale.

Renewal of the Agreement

Based on the Board’s deliberations and its evaluation of the information described above and other factors and information it believed relevant in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, with the assistance of Fund counsel and Independent Trustees’ counsel, unanimously concluded that the terms of the Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, were fair and reasonable and agreed to renew the Agreement for another year. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any absence of information as material to its decision, or any particular factor (or conclusion with respect thereto) or single piece of information that was all-important, controlling or determinative of its decision, but considered all of the factors together, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors (and conclusions with respect thereto) and information.

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NOTES

NOTES

NOTES

Reaves Infrastructure Fund

P.O. Box 219009

Kansas City, MO 64121-9009

1-866-342-7058

Investment Adviser:

Reaves Asset Management

10 Exchange Place

18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Distributor:

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Administrator:

SEI Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Legal Counsel:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

2222 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

Ernst & Young LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 700

Philadelphia, PA 19103

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus

for the Portfolio described.

WHR-SA-001-2000

(b) Not applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

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 to open-end management investment companies.

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 Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.13a-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 (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during 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.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

Item 19. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

(a)(2) Not applicable.

(a)(3) 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 Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(a)), are filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(b)), also accompany this filing as exhibits.

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/ Michael Beattie
	Michael Beattie
	Principal Executive Officer

Date: April 5, 2024

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/ Michael Beattie
	Michael Beattie
	Principal Executive Officer
Date: April 5, 2024
By (Signature and Title)	/s/ Andrew Metzger
	Andrew Metzger
	Principal Financial Officer
Date: April 5, 2024