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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 811-05769

 

 

Invesco High Income Trust II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.,

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Colin Meadows

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.,

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919

Date of fiscal year end: 2/28

Date of reporting period: 08/31/13

 

 

 


Item 1. Report to Stockholders.


LOGO

 

 

 

  2    Trust Performance
  3    Dividend Reinvestment Plan
  4    Schedule of Investments
  15    Financial Statements
  18    Notes to Financial Statements
  24    Financial Highlights
  26    Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts
  28    Distribution Information
  29    Proxy Results
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco
 

 

  NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 


 

Trust Performance

 

Performance summary         
Cumulative total returns, 2/28/13 to 8/31/13   
Trust at NAV      0.33
Trust at Market Value      -8.23   
Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index      0.84   
          
Market Price Discount to NAV as of 8/31/13      -5.81   
Source: Lipper Inc.   

 

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Investment return, net asset value and share market price will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Please visit invesco.com/us for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect Trust expenses, the reinvestment of distributions (if any) and changes in net asset value (NAV) for performance based on NAV and changes in market price for performance based on market price.

Since the Trust is a closed-end management investment company, shares of the Trust may trade at a discount or premium from the NAV. This characteristic is separate and distinct from the risk that NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities and may be a greater risk to investors expecting to sell their shares after a short time. The Trust cannot predict whether shares will trade at, above or below NAV. The Trust should not be viewed as a vehicle for trading purposes. It is designed primarily for risk-tolerant long-term investors.

 

The Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index is an unmanaged index comprising US corporate, fixed-rate, noninvestment-grade debt with at least one year to maturity and at least $150 million in par outstanding. Index weights for each issuer are capped at 2%.

The Trust is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index described here, and consequently, the performance of the Trust may deviate significantly from the performance of the index.

A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges.

         

        

     

    

   

 

 

 
                                                           

NYSE Symbol                               VLT

  

 

2            Invesco High Income Trust  II

  

 


 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The dividend reinvestment plan (the Plan) offers you a prompt and simple way to reinvest your dividends and capital gains distributions (Distributions) into additional shares of your Invesco closed-end Trust (the Trust). Under the Plan, the money you earn from Distributions will be reinvested automatically in more shares of the Trust, allowing you to potentially increase your investment over time. All shareholders in the Trust are automatically enrolled in the Plan when shares are purchased.

 

Plan benefits

n Add to your account:

You may increase your shares in your Trust easily and automatically with the Plan.

n Low transaction costs:

Shareholders who participate in the Plan may be able to buy shares at below-market prices when the Trust is trading at a premium to its net asset value (NAV). In addition, transaction costs are low because when new shares are issued by the Trust, there is no brokerage fee, and when shares are bought in blocks on the open market, the per share fee is shared among all participants.

n Convenience:

You will receive a detailed account statement from Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Agent), which administers the Plan. The statement shows your total Distributions, date of investment, shares acquired, and price per share, as well as the total number of shares in your reinvestment account. You can also access your account at invesco.com/us.

n Safekeeping:

The Agent will hold the shares it has acquired for you in safekeeping.

 

 

Who can participate in the Plan

If you own shares in your own name, your purchase will automatically enroll you in the Plan. If your shares are held in “street name” – in the name of your brokerage firm, bank, or other financial institution – you must instruct that entity to participate on your behalf. If they are unable to participate on your behalf, you may request that they reregister your shares in your own name so that you may enroll in the Plan.

 

 

How to enroll

If you haven’t participated in the Plan in the past or chose to opt out, you are still eligible to participate. Enroll by visiting invesco.com/us, by calling toll-free 800 341 2929 or by notifying us in writing at Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078. If you are writing to us, please include the Trust name and account number and ensure that all shareholders listed on the account sign these written instructions. Your participation in the Plan will begin with the next Distribution payable after the Agent receives your authorization, as long as they receive it before the “record date,” which is generally 10 business days before the Distribution is paid. If your authorization arrives after such record date, your participation in the Plan will begin with the following Distribution.

 

How the Plan works

If you choose to participate in the Plan, your Distributions will be promptly reinvested for you, automatically increasing your shares. If the Trust is trading at a share price that is equal to its NAV, you’ll pay that amount for your reinvested shares. However, if the Trust is trading above or below NAV, the price is determined by one of two ways:

  1. Premium: If the Trust is trading at a premium – a market price that is higher than its NAV – you’ll pay either the NAV or 95 percent of the market price, whichever is greater. When the Trust trades at a premium, you may pay less for your reinvested shares than an investor purchasing shares on the stock exchange. Keep in mind, a portion of your price reduction may be taxable because you are receiving shares at less than market price.
  2. Discount: If the Trust is trading at a discount – a market price that is lower than its NAV – you’ll pay the market price for your reinvested shares.

 

 

Costs of the Plan

There is no direct charge to you for reinvesting Distributions because the Plan’s fees are paid by the Trust. If the Trust is trading at or above its NAV, your new shares are issued directly by the Trust and there are no brokerage charges or fees. However, if the Trust is trading at a discount, the shares are purchased on the open market, and you will pay your portion of any per share fees. These per share fees are typically less than the standard brokerage charges for individual transactions because shares are purchased for all participants in blocks, resulting in lower fees for each individual participant. Any service or per share fees are added to the purchase price. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.

 

 

Tax implications

The automatic reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be due on Distributions. You will receive tax information annually to help you prepare your federal income tax return.

Invesco does not offer tax advice. The tax information contained herein is general and is not exhaustive by nature. It was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any taxpayer for avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under US federal tax laws. Federal and state tax laws are complex and constantly changing. Shareholders should always consult a legal or tax adviser for information concerning their individual situation.

 

How to withdraw from the Plan

You may withdraw from the Plan at any time by calling 800 341 2929, by visiting invesco.com/us or by writing to Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078. Simply indicate that you would like to withdraw from the Plan, and be sure to include your Trust name and account number. Also, ensure that all shareholders listed on the account sign these written instructions. If you withdraw, you have three options with regard to the shares held in the Plan:

  1. If you opt to continue to hold your non-certificated whole shares (Investment Plan Book Shares), they will be held by the Agent electronically as Direct Registration Book-Shares (Book-Entry Shares) and fractional shares will be sold at the then-current market price. Proceeds will be sent via check to your address of record after deducting applicable fees, including per share fees such as any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.
  2. If you opt to sell your shares through the Agent, we will sell all full and fractional shares and send the proceeds via check to your address of record after deducting a $2.50 service fee and per share fees. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.
  3. You may sell your shares through your financial adviser through the Direct Registration System (DRS). DRS is a service within the securities industry that allows Trust shares to be held in your name in electronic format. You retain full ownership of your shares, without having to hold a share certificate. You should contact your financial adviser to learn more about any restrictions or fees that may apply.

The Trust and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. may amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Participants will receive at least 30 days written notice before the effective date of any amendment. In the case of termination, Participants will receive at least 30 days written notice before the record date for the payment of any such Distributions by the Trust. In the case of amendment or termination necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or the rules and policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, such written notice will not be required.

To obtain a complete copy of the current Dividend Reinvestment Plan, please call our Client Services department at 800 341 2929 or visit invesco.com/us.

 

 

 

3            Invesco High Income Trust  II

  


Schedule of Investments(a)

August 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds and
Notes–121.34%*

  

Aerospace & Defense–3.78%   

B/E Aerospace Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.25%, 04/01/22

  $ 565,000       $ 562,262   

Bombardier Inc. (Canada),
Sr. Unsec. Notes,

    

5.75%, 03/15/22(b)

    405,000         395,888   

6.13%, 01/15/23(b)

    220,000         216,150   

7.75%, 03/15/20(b)

    605,000         671,550   

DigitalGlobe Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.25%, 02/01/21(b)

    490,000         461,825   

GenCorp Inc., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.13%, 03/15/21(b)

    990,000         1,044,450   

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.88%, 03/15/18

    230,000         249,262   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 10.00%, 06/01/17

    526,000         570,710   

Sequa Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.00%, 12/15/17(b)

    380,000         380,475   

TransDigm Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes,

    

5.50%, 10/15/20

    317,000         309,075   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Notes,

    

7.50%, 07/15/21(b)

    300,000         316,500   
               5,178,147   
Airlines–2.52%   

Air Canada Pass Through Trust (Canada), Series 2013-1, Class B, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 5.38%, 05/15/21(b)

    215,000         208,550   

American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2011-1, Class B, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 7.00%, 01/31/18(b)

    510,572         528,441   

British Airways PLC (United Kingdom), Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 5.63%, 06/20/20(b)

    260,000         265,434   

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class C, Sec. Global Pass Through Ctfs., 7.34%, 04/19/14

    479,202         487,888   

Series 2009-2, Class B, Sec. Global Pass Through Ctfs., 9.25%, 05/10/17

    160,277         175,603   

Series 2012-3, Class C, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 6.13%, 04/29/18

    200,000         203,250   

UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-2, Class B, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Pass Through Ctfs., 12.00%, 01/15/16(b)

    348,131         391,865   

United Continental Holdings Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.38%, 06/01/18

    620,000         627,750   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Airlines–(continued)   

US Airways Pass Through Trust,
Series 1998-1, Class C, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 6.82%, 01/30/14

  $ 304,906       $ 300,714   

Series 2012-1, Class A, Sr. Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 5.90%, 10/01/24

    74,865         78,749   

Series 2012-1, Class B, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 8.00%, 10/01/19

    74,946         81,316   

Series 2012-1, Class C, Sec. Pass Through Ctfs., 9.13%, 10/01/15

    89,932         94,428   
               3,443,988   
Alternative Carriers–1.97%     

Cogent Communications Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.38%, 02/15/18(b)

    175,000         192,063   

Level 3 Communications Inc., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,

    

8.88%, 06/01/19

    290,000         309,575   

11.88%, 02/01/19

    635,000         728,662   

Level 3 Financing Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,

    

7.00%, 06/01/20

    380,000         384,750   

8.13%, 07/01/19

    305,000         322,537   

8.63%, 07/15/20

    332,000         356,070   

9.38%, 04/01/19

    370,000         405,150   
               2,698,807   
Apparel Retail–0.64%   

L Brands Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,

    

5.63%, 02/15/22

    633,000         636,956   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

6.63%, 04/01/21

    230,000         244,950   
               881,906   
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–1.96%   

Jones Group Inc./Apparel Group Holdings/Apparel Group USA/Footwear Accessories Retail, Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.88%, 03/15/19

    1,490,000         1,527,250   

Levi Strauss & Co., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.88%, 05/01/22

    100,000         107,000   

7.63%, 05/15/20

    780,000         842,400   

PVH Corp., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 4.50%, 12/15/22

    115,000         107,381   

William Carter Co. (The), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.25%, 08/15/21(b)

    91,000         91,683   
               2,675,714   
Application Software–0.35%   

Nuance Communications Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
5.38%, 08/15/20(b)

    505,000         483,538   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

4                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Asset Management & Custody Banks–0.50%   

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.88%, 02/15/21(b)

  $ 685,000       $ 679,863   
Auto Parts & Equipment–1.69%      

Allison Transmission Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.13%, 05/15/19(b)

    790,000         841,350   

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.25%, 03/15/21

    315,000         322,087   

6.63%, 10/15/22

    245,000         251,738   

Dana Holding Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.38%, 09/15/21

    200,000         197,000   

Gestamp Funding Luxembourg S.A. (Spain), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 5.63%, 05/31/20(b)

    310,000         300,700   

Schaeffler AG (Germany), Sr. Sec. Notes, 4.75%, 05/15/21(b)

    200,000         189,699   

Schaeffler Holding Finance BV (Germany), Sr. Sec. Gtd. PIK Notes, 6.88%, 08/15/18(b)

    200,000         209,296   
               2,311,870   
Automobile Manufacturers–0.45%      

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co-Issuer Inc., Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.00%, 06/15/19

    560,000         610,400   
Broadcasting–1.68%     

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc., Series A, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.50%, 11/15/22

    150,000         149,250   

Series B, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.50%, 11/15/22

    360,000         360,900   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 7.63%, 03/15/20

    900,000         906,750   

LIN Television Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.38%, 01/15/21

    818,000         822,090   

Starz LLC/Starz Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.00%, 09/15/19

    65,000         63,903   
               2,302,893   
Building Products–4.36%     

Builders FirstSource Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 7.63%, 06/01/21(b)

    1,288,000         1,281,560   

Gibraltar Industries Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 6.25%, 02/01/21

    1,103,000         1,116,787   

Nortek Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.50%, 04/15/21

    1,025,000         1,114,688   

10.00%, 12/01/18

    660,000         726,000   

Ply Gem Industries Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 9.38%, 04/15/17

    132,000         139,590   

USG Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.88%, 03/30/20(b)

    555,000         613,275   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 9.75%, 01/15/18

    840,000         972,300   
               5,964,200   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Cable & Satellite–5.19%     

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.25%, 03/15/21(b)

  $ 390,000       $ 371,475   

DISH DBS Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
5.00%, 03/15/23

    675,000         627,750   

5.13%, 05/01/20

    755,000         734,237   

5.88%, 07/15/22

    455,000         447,606   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.50%, 06/15/19

    485,000         512,888   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.63%, 06/15/21

    150,000         162,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (Luxembourg), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.63%, 12/15/22(b)

    1,822,000         1,826,555   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd. (Spain), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.88%, 12/01/18(b)

    600,000         619,500   

Ono Finance II PLC (Spain), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 10.88%, 07/15/19(b)

    500,000         517,500   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH (Germany), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 03/15/19(b)

    815,000         880,609   

Virgin Media Finance PLC (United Kingdom), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.38%, 04/15/23(b)

    400,000         399,000   
               7,099,120   
Casinos & Gaming–6.16%     

Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
9.00%, 07/01/20

    957,000         1,031,167   

9.13%, 12/01/18

    135,000         147,825   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 10.00%, 12/15/15

    130,000         112,775   

Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 9.00%, 02/15/20

    640,000         617,600   

9.00%, 02/15/20

    185,000         178,525   

CityCenter Holdings LLC/CityCenter Finance Corp., Sec. Gtd. Global PIK Notes, 10.75%, 01/15/17

    618,798         670,622   

Codere Finance Luxembourg S.A. (Spain), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 9.25%, 02/15/19(b)

    80,000         41,200   

MCE Finance Ltd. (China), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.00%, 02/15/21(b)

    200,000         185,500   

MGM Resorts International,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.63%, 12/15/21

    840,000         856,800   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

7.75%, 03/15/22

    1,940,000         2,075,800   

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.50%, 04/15/21

    590,000         635,725   

Seneca Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.25%, 12/01/18(b)

    645,000         688,538   

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, Sr. Sec. Notes, 9.13%, 02/01/15(b)

    625,000         625,000   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

5                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Casinos & Gaming–(continued)   

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,
5.38%, 03/15/22

  $ 400,000       $ 392,250   

7.75%, 08/15/20

    150,000         168,000   
               8,427,327   
Coal & Consumable Fuels–1.44%      

CONSOL Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.25%, 04/01/20

    790,000         839,375   

Peabody Energy Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.00%, 11/15/18

    638,000         636,405   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

6.50%, 09/15/20

    500,000         498,750   
               1,974,530   
Communications Equipment–1.60%   

Avaya Inc.,
Sec. Gtd. Notes,
10.50%, 03/01/21(b)

    265,000         204,050   

Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.00%, 04/01/19(b)

    920,000         842,950   

9.00%, 04/01/19(b)

    295,000         283,200   

ViaSat Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.88%, 06/15/20

    810,000         852,525   
               2,182,725   
Computer & Electronics Retail–0.72%   

Rent-A-Center Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.63%, 11/15/20

    935,000         982,919   
Computer Storage & Peripherals–1.55%   

Seagate HDD Cayman,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.00%, 11/01/21

    815,000         884,275   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

4.75%, 06/01/23(b)

    1,335,000         1,234,875   
               2,119,150   
Construction & Engineering–2.12%   

Abengoa Finance S.A.U. (Spain), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
8.88%, 11/01/17(b)

    350,000         327,520   

Dycom Investments Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 7.13%, 01/15/21

    1,025,000         1,083,937   

Tutor Perini Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.63%, 11/01/18

    1,425,000         1,489,125   
               2,900,582   
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks–2.22%   

Case New Holland Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.88%, 12/01/17

    525,000         605,062   

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc., Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.88%, 04/15/19

    585,000         586,462   

Manitowoc Co. Inc. (The),
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.88%, 10/15/22

    520,000         516,100   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.50%, 11/01/20

    295,000         328,188   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy
Trucks–(continued)
  

Navistar International Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.25%, 11/01/21

  $ 800,000       $ 800,000   

Terex Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.00%, 05/15/21

    138,000         139,380   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

6.50%, 04/01/20

    60,000         62,550   
               3,037,742   
Construction Materials–1.30%     

Cemex Finance LLC (Mexico), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 9.50%, 12/14/16(b)

    232,000         246,351   

Cemex S.A.B de C.V. (Mexico), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 5.88%, 03/25/19(b)

    200,000         191,741   

Texas Industries Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 9.25%, 08/15/20

    1,220,000         1,338,950   
               1,777,042   
Consumer Finance–1.45%     

Ally Financial Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
7.50%, 09/15/20

    1,172,000         1,324,360   

8.00%, 03/15/20

    570,000         659,775   
               1,984,135   
Data Processing & Outsourced Services–3.69%   

CoreLogic, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.25%, 06/01/21

    1,145,000         1,228,012   

First Data Corp.,
Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.25%, 01/15/21(b)

    1,950,000         2,003,625   

Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 6.75%, 11/01/20(b)

    754,000         770,965   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 12.63%, 01/15/21

    225,000         244,688   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 11.25%, 03/31/16

    358,000         357,105   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Notes, 11.75%, 08/15/21(b)

    190,000         178,600   

WEX Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 4.75%, 02/01/23(b)

    290,000         264,625   
               5,047,620   
Distillers & Vintners–0.66%   

CEDC Finance Corp. International Inc. (Poland), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.00%, 04/30/18(c)

    357,579         325,053   

Constellation Brands Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.00%, 05/01/22

    550,000         581,625   
               906,678   
Diversified Banks–0.52%     

RBS Capital Trust II (United Kingdom), Jr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Bonds, 6.43%(d)

    300,000         252,750   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (The) (United Kingdom), Unsec. Sub. Notes, 6.13%, 12/15/22

    470,000         452,044   
               704,794   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

6                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Diversified Chemicals–0.23%     

Eagle Spinco Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 4.63%, 02/15/21(b)

  $ 95,000       $ 90,250   

Ineos Holdings S.A. (Luxembourg), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.13%, 08/15/18(b)

    232,000         225,040   
               315,290   
Diversified Metals & Mining–1.57%      

FMG Resources Pty. Ltd. (Australia), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
6.88%, 04/01/22(b)

    370,000         367,225   

8.25%, 11/01/19(b)

    710,000         756,150   

Vedanta Resources PLC (India),
Sr. Unsec. Notes,
6.00%, 01/31/19(b)

    610,000         552,432   

9.50%, 07/18/18(b)

    295,000         307,910   

Walter Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.50%, 04/15/21(b)

    210,000         166,950   
               2,150,667   
Electrical Components & Equipment–0.53%   

Belden Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Notes, 5.50%, 09/01/22(b)

    315,000         307,125   

Polypore International Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.50%, 11/15/17

    390,000         415,350   
               722,475   
Electronic Manufacturing Services–0.60%   

Sanmina Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.00%, 05/15/19(b)

    775,000         815,688   
Environmental & Facilities Services–0.34%   

Clean Harbors Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.13%, 06/01/21

    200,000         195,500   

EnergySolutions Inc./LLC, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 10.75%, 08/15/18

    255,000         276,038   
               471,538   
Forest Products–0.28%     

Boise Cascade Co.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.38%, 11/01/20

    260,000         269,750   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.38%, 11/01/20(b)

    105,000         108,937   

Emerald Plantation Holdings Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global PIK Notes, 6.00%, 01/30/20(e)

    10,400         4,414   

Sino-Forest Corp. (Hong Kong), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes
6.25%, 10/21/17(b)(f)

    60,000         300   
               383,401   
Gas Utilities–1.79%     

AmeriGas Finance LLC/Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.00%, 05/20/22

    790,000         837,400   

Ferrellgas L.P./Ferrellgas Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.50%, 05/01/21

    587,000         589,935   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Gas Utilities–(continued)   

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P./Suburban Energy Finance Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 7.38%, 08/01/21

  $ 538,000       $ 568,935   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.38%, 03/15/20

    420,000         448,350   
               2,444,620   
Gold–0.20%     

Eldorado Gold Corp. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.13%, 12/15/20(b)

    290,000         278,400   
Health Care Equipment–0.93%   

Biomet Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.50%, 08/01/20

    140,000         144,200   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 6.50%, 10/01/20

    445,000         446,112   

DJO Finance LLC/Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.75%, 04/15/18

    75,000         74,156   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 9.75%, 10/15/17

    215,000         217,688   

Universal Hospital Services Inc., Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.63%, 08/15/20

    370,000         386,650   
               1,268,806   
Health Care Facilities–2.35%   

HCA Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.25%, 02/15/21

    610,000         614,575   

HCA, Inc.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.88%, 03/15/22

    890,000         923,375   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.88%, 05/01/23

    893,000         877,372   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 4.75%, 06/01/20

    50,000         47,563   

6.25%, 11/01/18

    195,000         207,187   

Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.75%, 02/01/20

    370,000         366,300   

8.00%, 08/01/20

    170,000         177,225   
               3,213,597   
Health Care Services–0.37%   

Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 8.38%, 05/01/19(b)

    485,000         510,463   
Homebuilding–4.11%   

Beazer Homes USA Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.25%, 02/01/23

    135,000         136,350   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 9.13%, 06/15/18

    475,000         501,719   

DR Horton Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 4.75%, 02/15/23

    335,000         306,525   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

7                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Homebuilding–(continued)   

K. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes,
7.25%, 10/15/20(b)

  $ 565,000       $ 600,312   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.25%, 01/15/16

    790,000         815,675   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 05/15/16

    170,000         179,988   

11.88%, 10/15/15

    120,000         136,800   

Lennar Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.95%, 06/01/18

    580,000         631,475   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 4.75%, 11/15/22(b)

    140,000         128,975   

M/I Homes Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.63%, 11/15/18

    625,000         670,312   

Meritage Homes Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.00%, 04/01/22

    355,000         383,400   

Ryland Group Inc. (The), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.38%, 10/01/22

    467,000         433,726   

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./ Monarch Communities Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
7.75%, 04/15/20(b)

    468,000         514,800   

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.88%, 02/15/22

    185,000         188,238   
               5,628,295   
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines–0.46%   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,
5.25%, 11/15/22

    390,000         382,200   

7.25%, 03/15/18

    105,000         121,538   

7.50%, 10/15/27

    120,000         130,200   
               633,938   
Household Products–0.68%   

Central Garden & Pet Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Notes, 8.25%, 03/01/18

    300,000         290,625   

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes,
5.75%, 10/15/20

    255,000         253,725   

7.13%, 04/15/19

    355,000         379,406   
               923,756   
Housewares & Specialties–0.23%   

American Greetings Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.38%, 12/01/21

    325,000         319,313   
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders–0.84%   

AES Corp. (The),
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 7.38%, 07/01/21

    372,000         408,270   

Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 8.00%, 10/15/17

    34,000         39,313   

NRG Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
6.63%, 03/15/23

    140,000         139,650   

7.63%, 01/15/18

    346,000         384,925   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders–(continued)   

Red Oak Power LLC, Series A, Sr. Sec. Bonds, 8.54%, 11/30/19

  $ 170,582       $ 182,736   
               1,154,894   
Industrial Conglomerates–0.35%     

Unifrax I LLC/Unifrax Holding Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 02/15/19(b)

    470,000         472,937   
Industrial Machinery–0.25%   

Actuant Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.63%, 06/15/22

    283,000         285,123   

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Global Notes, 7.88%, 02/01/19

    55,000         57,956   
               343,079   
Internet Software & Services–1.63%   

Bankrate Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.13%, 08/15/18(b)

    150,000         149,625   

CyrusOne L.P./CyrusOne Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.38%, 11/15/22

    683,000         691,537   

Equinix Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes,
5.38%, 04/01/23

    475,000         454,813   

7.00%, 07/15/21

    705,000         757,875   

VeriSign Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 4.63%, 05/01/23(b)

    185,000         172,744   
               2,226,594   
Leisure Facilities–0.38%     

Cedar Fair L.P./Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.25%, 03/15/21(b)

    310,000         296,050   

Speedway Motorsports Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.75%, 02/01/19

    215,000         228,438   
               524,488   
Marine–0.15%     

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp./Navios Acquisition Finance U.S. Inc., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.63%, 11/01/17

    200,000         208,500   
Movies & Entertainment–2.07%      

Cinemark USA Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.13%, 12/15/22

    564,000         530,160   

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.88%, 08/15/20(b)

    550,000         569,250   

Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
7.00%, 09/01/20(b)

    1,050,000         1,097,250   

Outerwall Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.00%, 03/15/19(b)

    633,000         634,582   
               2,831,242   
Multi-Line Insurance–1.28%     

American International Group Inc., Jr. Unsec. Sub. Global Deb., 8.18%, 05/15/58

    200,000         235,545   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.80%, 05/15/21(b)

    290,000         296,177   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

8                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Multi-Line Insurance–(continued)   

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The), Jr. Unsec. Sub. Deb., 8.13%, 06/15/38

  $ 204,000       $ 232,560   

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Jr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Bonds, 7.80%, 03/15/37(b)

    869,000         986,315   
               1,750,597   
Office Services & Supplies–0.09%   

Interface Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.63%, 12/01/18

    115,000         123,481   
Oil & Gas Drilling–0.86%   

Atwood Oceanics Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 6.50%, 02/01/20

    63,000         67,646   

Parker Drilling Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 08/01/20(b)

    253,000         251,103   

Precision Drilling Corp. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.50%, 12/15/21

    815,000         857,787   
               1,176,536   
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–2.18%   

Bristow Group, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.25%, 10/15/22

    795,000         828,787   

Calfrac Holdings L.P. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
7.50%, 12/01/20(b)

    1,060,000         1,073,250   

Exterran Partners L.P./EXLP Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.00%, 04/01/21(b)

    190,000         184,063   

Gulfmark Offshore Inc., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.38%, 03/15/22

    808,000         822,140   

Key Energy Services, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.75%, 03/01/21

    80,000         79,400   
               2,987,640   
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–9.28%   

Berry Petroleum Co., Sr. Unsec. Notes,
6.38%, 09/15/22

    430,000         430,000   

6.75%, 11/01/20

    195,000         200,850   

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.75%, 04/15/21

    786,000         803,685   

Chaparral Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
7.63%, 11/15/22

    695,000         705,425   

8.25%, 09/01/21

    525,000         552,563   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.88%, 11/15/20

    665,000         723,187   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.13%, 02/15/21

    342,000         357,390   

6.63%, 08/15/20

    105,000         113,006   

Cimarex Energy Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.88%, 05/01/22

    680,000         693,600   

Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P./EER Finance, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.00%, 08/15/21(b)

    525,000         519,750   

EV Energy Partners L.P./EV Energy Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.00%, 04/15/19

    321,000         322,605   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–(continued)   

EXCO Resources Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 09/15/18

  $ 665,000       $ 655,025   

Halcon Resources Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.88%, 05/15/21

    1,097,000         1,102,485   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.50%, 02/01/22(b)

    100,000         99,500   

Laredo Petroleum Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.38%, 05/01/22

    75,000         79,875   

Legacy Reserves L.P./Legacy Reserves Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.63%, 12/01/21(b)

    145,000         139,200   

MEG Energy Corp. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
6.38%, 01/30/23(b)

    127,000         127,318   

6.50%, 03/15/21(b)

    465,000         476,625   

Memorial Production Partners L.P./Memorial Production Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.63%, 05/01/21

    758,000         735,260   

QEP Resources Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 5.25%, 05/01/23

    220,000         207,900   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.38%, 10/01/22

    390,000         376,350   

Range Resources Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Sub. Notes,
5.00%, 08/15/22

    100,000         98,125   

5.75%, 06/01/21

    950,000         1,007,000   

SandRidge Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.50%, 03/15/21

    964,000         964,000   

SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,
6.50%, 11/15/21

    215,000         227,900   

6.50%, 01/01/23

    160,000         167,200   

6.63%, 02/15/19

    430,000         450,425   

WPX Energy Inc., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.00%, 01/15/22

    355,000         356,775   
               12,693,024   
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing–1.55%   

Crosstex Energy L.P./Crosstex Energy Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.13%, 06/01/22

    415,000         428,487   

CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance Inc., Sec. Gtd. Notes, 6.50%, 11/01/22(b)

    1,033,000         999,427   

Tesoro Logistics L.P./Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
5.88%, 10/01/20(b)

    205,000         205,513   

6.13%, 10/15/21(b)

    123,000         123,308   

United Refining Co., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 10.50%, 02/28/18

    331,000         368,237   
               2,124,972   
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation–4.84%   

Access Midstream Partners L.P./ACMP Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
5.88%, 04/15/21

    591,000         608,730   

6.13%, 07/15/22

    55,000         56,788   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation–(continued)   

Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P./Atlas Pipeline Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
5.88%, 08/01/23(b)

  $ 165,000       $ 155,512   

6.63%, 10/01/20(b)

    525,000         530,250   

Eagle Rock Energy Partners L.P./Eagle Rock Energy Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 8.38%, 06/01/19

    958,000         965,185   

Energy Transfer Equity L.P., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.50%, 10/15/20

    630,000         688,275   

Inergy Midstream L.P./NRGM Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.00%, 12/15/20(b)

    642,000         640,395   

MarkWest Energy Partners L.P./MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
5.50%, 02/15/23

    240,000         237,000   

6.50%, 08/15/21

    734,000         784,462   

Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P./Penn Virginia Resource Finance Corp. II, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.50%, 05/15/21(b)

    239,000         225,855   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Sr. Sec. Notes, 5.63%, 02/01/21(b)

    320,000         305,600   

Targa Resources Partners L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.38%, 08/01/22

    109,000         113,360   

6.88%, 02/01/21

    860,000         915,900   

Teekay Corp. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 8.50%, 01/15/20

    370,000         401,450   
               6,628,762   
Other Diversified Financial Services–1.50%   

Citigroup Inc., Series A, Jr. Unsec. Sub. Global Notes, 5.95%(d)

    895,000         856,962   

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.38%, 04/01/20(b)

    810,000         810,000   

Oxford Finance LLC/Oxford Finance Co-Issuer Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.25%, 01/15/18(b)

    375,000         386,250   
               2,053,212   
Packaged Foods & Meats–1.55%   

JBS SA (Brazil), Sr. Unsec. Notes, 10.50%, 08/04/16(b)

    100,000         109,250   

Post Holdings Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.38%, 02/15/22

    755,000         800,300   

Simmons Foods Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 10.50%, 11/01/17(b)

    520,000         557,700   

Sun Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes,
5.25%, 08/01/18(b)

    106,000         106,530   

5.88%, 08/01/21(b)

    106,000         106,000   

Wells Enterprises Inc., Sr. Sec. Notes, 6.75%, 02/01/20(b)

    425,000         439,875   
               2,119,655   
Paper Packaging–0.34%   

Cascades Inc. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.88%, 01/15/20

    438,000         465,375   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Paper Products–0.63%   

Clearwater Paper Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.13%, 11/01/18

  $ 141,000       $ 151,928   

Neenah Paper Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.25%, 05/15/21(b)

    84,000         80,220   

PH Glatfelter Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.38%, 10/15/20

    630,000         631,575   
               863,723   
Personal Products–0.14%     

First Quality Finance Co. Inc., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.63%, 05/15/21(b)

    58,000         53,795   

Revlon Consumer Products Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.75%, 02/15/21(b)

    142,000         136,675   
               190,470   
Pharmaceuticals–1.17%     

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.38%, 10/15/20(b)

    900,000         918,000   

VPII Escrow Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes,
6.75%, 08/15/18(b)

    320,000         339,200   

7.50%, 07/15/21(b)

    320,000         344,800   
               1,602,000   
Real Estate Services–0.35%   

CB Richard Ellis Services Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.63%, 10/15/20

    445,000         473,925   
Regional Banks–2.38%   

AmSouth Bancorp., Unsec. Sub. Deb., 6.75%, 11/01/25

    155,000         162,574   

Regions Bank, Unsec. Sub. Global Notes, 6.45%, 06/26/37

    400,000         417,037   

Regions Financial Corp., Unsec. Sub. Notes, 7.38%, 12/10/37

    430,000         461,939   

Synovus Financial Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 7.88%, 02/15/19

    335,000         387,763   

Unsec. Sub. Global Notes, 5.13%, 06/15/17

    1,155,000         1,180,988   

Zions Bancorp., Series I, Jr. Unsec. Sub. Notes, 5.80%(d)

    730,000         644,225   
               3,254,526   
Research & Consulting Services–0.47%   

FTI Consulting Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.75%, 10/01/20

    610,000         648,125   
Semiconductor Equipment–1.13%   

Amkor Technology Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.63%, 06/01/21

    1,060,000         1,048,075   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.38%, 05/01/18

    475,000         501,125   
               1,549,200   
Semiconductors–1.78%     

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
8.05%, 02/01/20

    1,245,000         1,297,912   

10.75%, 08/01/20

    239,000         264,095   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Semiconductors–(continued)   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC (Netherlands),
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.75%, 02/15/21(b)

  $ 480,000       $ 482,400   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.75%, 03/15/23(b)

    400,000         395,000   
               2,439,407   
Sovereign Debt–0.32%     

Slovenia Government International Bond (Slovenia),
Sr. Unsec. Bond, 5.85%, 05/10/23(b)

    200,000         189,000   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.75%, 05/10/18(b)

    258,000         250,260   
               439,260   
Specialized Finance–4.06%     

Air Lease Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.63%, 04/01/17

    1,145,000         1,229,730   

Aircastle Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,
6.25%, 12/01/19

    70,000         73,325   

6.75%, 04/15/17

    985,000         1,046,562   

7.63%, 04/15/20

    770,000         856,625   

CIT Group Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 5.00%, 08/15/22

    965,000         914,337   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 5.50%, 02/15/19(b)

    605,000         623,150   

International Lease Finance Corp.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.13%, 09/01/18(b)

    360,000         401,175   

Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 4.63%, 04/15/21

    145,000         133,763   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 8.25%, 12/15/20

    245,000         273,788   
               5,552,455   
Specialized REIT’s–0.32%     

MPT Operating Partnership L.P./MPT Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.88%, 05/01/21

    405,000         431,325   
Specialty Chemicals–1.22%     

Chemtura Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 5.75%, 07/15/21

    224,000         222,880   

Ferro Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.88%, 08/15/18

    340,000         362,950   

PolyOne Corp., Sr. Unsec. Notes,
5.25%, 03/15/23(b)

    690,000         665,850   

7.38%, 09/15/20

    60,000         66,450   

PQ Corp., Sr. Sec. Notes, 8.75%, 05/01/18(b)

    330,000         348,975   
               1,667,105   
Specialty Stores–0.52%     

Michaels Stores Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.75%, 11/01/18

    655,000         705,763   
Steel–1.97%     

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg), Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 6.75%, 02/25/22

    190,000         194,151   

Commercial Metals Co., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 4.88%, 05/15/23

    90,000         81,000   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Steel–(continued)   

Magnetation LLC/ Mag Finance Corp., Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 11.00%, 05/15/18(b)

  $ 275,000       $ 264,000   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 6.13%, 08/15/19

    550,000         576,125   

SunCoke Energy Partners L.P./SunCoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.38%, 02/01/20(b)

    860,000         896,550   

United States Steel Corp.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 7.50%, 03/15/22

    420,000         422,100   

Sr. Unsec. Notes, 7.00%, 02/01/18

    250,000         264,375   
               2,698,301   
Technology Distributors–0.07%      

Anixter Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.63%, 05/01/19

    90,000         93,375   
Tires & Rubber–0.56%     

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Sr. Unsec. Notes, 8.00%, 12/15/19

    515,000         538,175   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.50%, 03/01/21

    220,000         222,750   
               760,925   
Trading Companies & Distributors–0.22%   

United Rentals North America Inc.,
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Global Notes, 5.75%, 07/15/18

    55,000         58,988   

Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 8.25%, 02/01/21

    220,000         243,650   
               302,638   
Trucking–1.22%     

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
8.25%, 01/15/19

    145,000         158,593   

9.75%, 03/15/20

    160,000         184,200   

Hertz Corp. (The), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
5.88%, 10/15/20

    40,000         41,100   

6.75%, 04/15/19

    470,000         503,487   

7.38%, 01/15/21

    720,000         780,300   
               1,667,680   
Wireless Telecommunication Services–10.48%   

Cricket Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes, 7.75%, 10/15/20

    1,868,000         2,131,855   

Digicel Group Ltd. (Jamaica), Sr. Unsec. Notes,
8.25%, 09/30/20(b)

    225,000         239,625   

Digicel Ltd. (Jamaica), Sr. Unsec. Notes,
6.00%, 04/15/21(b)

    855,000         848,587   

7.00%, 02/15/20(b)

    235,000         238,525   

Intelsat Luxembourg S.A. (Luxembourg), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.75%, 06/01/21(b)

    680,000         703,800   

8.13%, 06/01/23(b)

    370,000         388,500   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Wireless Telecommunication Services–(continued)   

MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,
6.25%, 04/01/21(b)

        $ 760,000       $ 761,900   

6.63%, 11/15/20

    885,000         924,825   

6.63%, 04/01/23(b)

    595,000         593,512   

7.88%, 09/01/18

    265,000         288,188   

SBA Communications Corp., Sr. Unsec. Global Notes, 5.63%, 10/01/19

    458,000         452,275   

Sprint Capital Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Global Notes,
6.88%, 11/15/28

    1,460,000         1,324,950   

6.90%, 05/01/19

    940,000         972,900   

Sprint Communications Inc.,
Sr. Unsec. Global Notes,
6.00%, 11/15/22

    818,000         766,875   

7.00%, 08/15/20

    152,000         157,700   

11.50%, 11/15/21

    165,000         216,975   

Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes,

    

7.00%, 03/01/20(b)

    445,000         480,600   

9.00%, 11/15/18(b)

    430,000         505,250   

Sr. Unsec. Notes,

    

8.38%, 08/15/17

    30,000         33,900   

Vimpel Communications via VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. OJSC (Russia), Sr. Unsec. Loan Participation Notes, 7.75%, 02/02/21(b)

    400,000         414,000   

Wind Acquisition Finance S.A. (Italy),
Sec. Gtd. Notes, 11.75%, 07/15/17(b)

    1,020,000         1,071,000   

Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 7.25%, 02/15/18(b)

    800,000         824,000   
               14,339,742   

Total U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds and Notes (Cost $163,917,442)

   

     166,020,870   

Non-U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds &
Notes–7.62%(g)

  

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–0.46%   

Boardriders S.A., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.88%, 12/15/17(b)

  EUR  300,000         405,401   

Takko Luxembourg 2 S.C.A. (Germany), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 9.88%, 04/15/19(b)

  EUR  180,000         225,399   
               630,800   
Broadcasting–0.68%     

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (Czech Republic), REGS, Jr. Sec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 11.63%, 09/15/16(b)

  EUR  390,000         546,350   

CET 21 spol sro (Czech Republic), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 9.00%, 11/01/17(b)

  EUR  210,000         298,351   

Polish Television Holding B.V. (Poland), Sr. Sec. Notes,
11.25%, 05/15/17(b)(c)

  EUR  60,000         83,459   
               928,160   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Cable & Satellite–0.24%     

Nara Cable Funding Ltd. (Spain), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.88%, 12/01/18(b)

  EUR  235,000       $ 328,667   
Casinos & Gaming–1.45%     

Codere Finance Luxembourg S.A. (Spain),
Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.25%, 06/15/15(b)

  EUR  420,000         280,633   

REGS, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 8.25%, 06/15/15(b)

  EUR  230,000         153,680   

Gala Group Finance PLC (United Kingdom), REGS, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 8.88%, 09/01/18(b)

  GBP  375,000         621,817   

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. (Canada), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 6.63%, 07/25/22(b)

  CAD  545,000         529,064   

Spie BondCo 3 SCA (Luxembourg), REGS, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Medium-Term Euro Notes, 11.00%, 08/15/19(b)

  EUR  270,000         400,098   
               1,985,292   
Construction Materials–0.40%      

Manutencoop Facility Management SpA (Italy), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.50%, 08/01/20(b)

  EUR  330,000         413,231   

Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A. (Spain), REGS, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Medium-Term Euro Notes, 7.63%, 03/15/20(b)

  EUR  100,000         139,109   
               552,340   
Diversified Banks–0.29%     

Co-Operative Group Holdings 2011 (United Kingdom), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 6.88%, 07/08/20(c)

  GBP  265,000         391,164   
Electric Utilities–0.27%     

Infinis PLC (United Kingdom), Sr. Sec. Notes, 7.00%, 02/15/19(b)

  GBP  230,000         370,688   
Food Distributors–0.69%     

Bakkavor Finance 2 PLC (United Kingdom), REGS, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 8.25%, 02/15/18(b)

  GBP  580,000         941,520   
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines–0.24%   

Thomas Cook Finance PLC
(United Kingdom), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 7.75%, 06/15/20(b)

  EUR  250,000         330,772   
Leisure Facilities–0.59%   

Cirsa Funding Luxembourg S.A. (Spain),
Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 8.75%, 05/15/18(b)

  EUR  275,000         370,709   

REGS, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 8.75%, 05/15/18(b)

  EUR  325,000         438,110   
               808,819   
Metal & Glass Containers–0.20%   

Greif Luxembourg Finance SCA, REGS, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Medium-Term Euro Notes, 7.38%, 07/15/21(b)

  EUR  180,000         270,003   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Multi-Sector Holdings–0.39%   

KM Germany Holdings GmbH (Germany), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 8.75%, 12/15/20(b)

  EUR  265,000       $ 374,740   

Odeon & UCI Finco PLC (United Kingdom), Sr. Sec. Gtd. Notes, 9.00%, 08/01/18(b)

  GBP  100,000         160,781   
               535,521   
Other Diversified Financial Services–1.19%   

AG Spring Finance II Ltd. (Spain),
Sr. Sec. Notes, 9.50%, 06/01/19(b)

  EUR  160,000         210,399   

REGS, Sr. Sec. Euro Notes, 9.50%, 06/01/19(b)

  EUR  100,000         131,499   

Cabot Financial Luxembourg S.A. (United Kingdom), REGS, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Euro Notes, 10.38%, 10/01/19(b)

  GBP  405,000         709,220   

Numericable Finance & Co. SCA (Luxembourg), REGS, Sr. Sec. Euro Notes, 12.38%, 02/15/19(b)

  EUR  105,000         165,481   

TVN Finance Corp II AB (Poland), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Notes, 10.75%, 11/15/17(b)

  EUR  295,000         417,982   
               1,634,581   
Research & Consulting Services–0.18%   

La Financiere Atalian S.A. (France), REGS, Sr. Unsec. Euro Bonds, 7.25%, 01/15/20(b)

  EUR  190,000         246,082   
Wireless Telecommunication Services–0.35%   

Matterhorn Mobile Holdings S.A. (Luxembourg), REGS, Sr. Sec. Gtd. Medium-Term Euro Notes, 8.25%, 02/15/20(b)

  EUR  165,000         232,931   

Wind Acquisition Finance S.A. (Italy), Sec. Gtd. Notes, 11.75%, 07/15/17(b)

  EUR  175,000         243,087   
               476,018   

Total Non-U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds & Notes (Cost $10,716,686)

   

     10,430,427   
    Shares         

Preferred Stocks–2.90%

  

Automobile Manufacturers–0.22%   

General Motors Co., Series B, $2.38 Conv. Pfd.

    6,330         308,018   
Consumer Finance–0.54%      

Ally Financial, Inc., Series G, 7.00% Pfd.(b)

    795         743,921   
Diversified Banks–0.71%      

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (The) (United Kingdom), Series T, 7.25% Jr. Sub. Pfd.

    19,270         442,054   

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.85% Pfd.

    21,835         527,533   
               969,587   
         
Shares
     Value  
Industrial REIT’s–0.11%     

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., Series B, 7.63% Pfd.

    6,210       $ 150,717   
Investment Banking & Brokerage–0.28%   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Series J, 5.50% Pfd.

    16,950         383,917   
Multi-Line Insurance–0.71%   

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (The), 7.88% Jr. Sub. Pfd.

    34,920         971,824   
Regional Banks–0.21%   

Zions Bancorp., Series H,
5.75% Pfd.

    13,000         285,090   
Tires & Rubber–0.12%   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), $2.94 Conv. Pfd.

    2,715         159,371   

Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $3,721,988)

   

     3,972,445   
    Principal Amount         

Senior Secured Floating Rate Interest
Loans–1.13%

  

Health Care Facilities–1.13%   

Community Health Systems Inc.,
0%, 07/30/14(h)(m)

  $ 510,000         510,000   

Community Health Systems Inc.,
0%, 07/30/14(h)(m)

    538,783         538,783   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 06/24/14(h)

    500,217         500,217   

Total Senior Secured Floating Rate Interest Loans
(Cost $1,549,000)

   

     1,549,000   
    Shares         

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–0.50%

  

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–0.00%   

HCI Direct, Inc.–Class A(i)

    1,000         0   
Automobile Manufacturers–0.39%   

General Motors Co.(i)(j)

    6,663         227,075   

General Motors Co.–Wts. expiring 07/10/16(i)(j)

    6,057         149,365   

General Motors Co.–Wts. expiring 07/10/19(i)(j)

    6,057         103,999   

Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust(i)

    1,673         50,441   
               530,880   
Forest Products–0.00%     

Emerald Plantation Holdings Ltd. (Cayman Islands)(e)(i)

    9,308         1,396   
Paper Products–0.11%     

NewPage Holdings Inc. (Acquired 07/21/11–08/29/11; Cost $397,010)(b)(k)

    1,840         147,200   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $972,233)

   

     679,476   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13                         Invesco High Income Trust II


     Shares      Value  

Money Market Funds–3.16%

  

Liquid Assets Portfolio–
Institutional Class(l)

    2,162,407       $ 2,162,407   

Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(l)

    2,162,407         2,162,407   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $4,324,814)

   

     4,324,814   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–136.65%
(Cost $185,202,163)

   

     186,977,032   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(36.65)%

  

     (50,152,475

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 136,824,557   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

CAD  

– Canadian Dollar

Conv.  

– Convertible

Ctfs.  

– Certificates

Deb.  

– Debentures

EUR  

– Euro

GBP  

– British Pound

Gtd.  

– Guaranteed

Jr.  

– Junior

Pfd.  

– Preferred

PIK  

– Payment in Kind

REGS  

– Regulation S

REIT  

– Real Estate Investment Trust

Sec.  

– Secured

Sr.  

– Senior

Sub.  

– Subordinated

Unsec.  

– Unsecured

Wts.  

– Warrants

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Calculated as a percentage of net assets. Amounts in excess of 100% are due to the Trust’s use of leverage.
(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at August 31, 2013 was $65,834,428, which represented 48.12% of the Trust’s Net Assets.
(c)  Step coupon bond. The interest rate represents the coupon rate at which the bond will accrue at a specified future date.
(d)  Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
(e)  Acquired as part of the Sino-Forest Corp. reorganization.
(f)  Defaulted security. Currently, the issuer is partially or fully in default with respect to interest payments. The value of this security at August 31, 2013 represented less than 1% of the Trust’s Net Assets.
(g)  Foreign denominated security. Principal amount is denominated in currency indicated.
(h)  Senior secured corporate loans and senior secured debt securities are, at present, not readily marketable, not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may be subject to contractual and legal restrictions on sale. Senior secured corporate loans and senior secured debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio generally have variable rates which adjust to a base, such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), on set dates, typically every 30 days but not greater than one year; and/or have interest rates that float at a margin above a widely recognized base lending rate such as the Prime Rate of a designated U.S. bank.
(i)  Non-income producing security.
(j)  Acquired as part of the General Motors reorganization.
(k)  Non-income producing security as part of the NewPage Corp. bankruptcy reorganization.
(l)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser.
(m)  All or a portion of this holding is subject to unfunded loan commitments. Interest rate will be determined at the time of funding.

Portfolio Composition

By credit quality, based on Total Investments

as of August 31, 2013

 

A

    0.2

BBB

    2.1   

BB

    37.6   

B

    42.8   

CCC

    11.0   

CC

    0.2   

Non-Rated

    5.2   

Other

    0.9   

 

  Standard and Poor’s. A credit rating is an assessment provided by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) of the creditworthiness of an issuer with respect to debt obligations, including specific securities, money market instruments or other debts. Ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest); ratings are subject to change without notice. “Non-Rated” indicates the debtor was not rated, and should not be interpreted as indicating low quality. For more information on Standard and Poor’s rating methodology, please visit standardandpoors.com and select ‘Understanding Ratings’ under Rating Resources on the homepage.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

14                         Invesco High Income Trust II


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $180,877,349)

  $ 182,652,218   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    4,324,814   

Total investments, at value (Cost $185,202,163)

    186,977,032   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    255,275   

Dividends and interest

    3,428,706   

Principal paydowns

    6,864   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    6,698   

Other assets

    26,058   

Total assets

    190,700,633   

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    2,532,403   

Amount due custodian — foreign (Cost $593,800)

    588,418   

Dividends

    30,974   

Foreign currency contracts outstanding

    11,838   

Loan outstanding

    50,550,000   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    10,518   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,732   

Accrued other operating expenses

    55,719   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    10,084   

Accrued interest expense and line of credit fees

    84,390   

Total liabilities

    53,876,076   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 136,824,557   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 158,950,191   

Undistributed net investment income

    (660,631

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (23,234,271

Net Unrealized appreciation

    1,769,268   
    $ 136,824,557   

Shares outstanding, no par value,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Outstanding

    8,118,429   

Net asset value per share

  $ 16.85   

Market value per share

  $ 15.88   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the six months ended August 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Investment income:

  

Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $ 384)

  $ 6,148,139   

Dividends

    152,758   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    617   

Total investment income

    6,301,514   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    677,300   

Administrative services fees

    25,205   

Custodian fees

    9,882   

Interest, facilities and maintenance fees

    306,203   

Transfer agent fees

    19,771   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    7,350   

Professional services fees

    99,171   

Other

    65,226   

Total expenses

    1,210,108   

Less: Fees waived

    (93,505

Net expenses

    1,116,603   

Net investment income

    5,184,911   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    3,395,235   

Foreign currencies

    (3,029

Foreign currency contracts

    230,586   
      3,622,792   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    (8,203,167

Foreign currencies

    9,925   

Foreign currency contracts

    (300,113
      (8,493,355

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (4,870,563

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 314,348   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended August 31, 2013 and the year ended February 28, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

     August 31,
2013
     February 28,
2013
 

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 5,184,911       $ 8,085,792   

Net realized gain

    3,622,792         2,446,839   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (8,493,355      5,294,046   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    314,348         15,826,677   

Distributions to common shareholders from net investment income

    (5,650,426      (8,274,531

Increase from transactions in common shares of beneficial interest

            72,853,390   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (5,336,078      80,405,536   

Net assets:

    

Beginning of period

    142,160,635         61,755,099   

End of period (includes undistributed net investment income of $(660,631) and $(195,116), respectively)

  $ 136,824,557       $ 142,160,635   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

For the six months ended August 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Cash provided by operating activities:

  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 314,348   

Adjustments to reconcile the change in net assets applicable from operations to net cash provided by operating activities

  

Purchases of investments

    (68,180,917

Proceeds from sales of investments

    70,580,220   

Amortization of premium

    223,084   

Accretion of discount

    (96,676

Decrease in interest receivables and other assets

    367,845   

Decrease in accrued expenses and other payables

    (60,210

Net realized gain from investment securities

    (3,395,235

Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment securities

    8,203,167   

Net cash provided by operating activities

    7,955,626   

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:

 

Dividends paid to shareholders from net investment income

    (5,654,424

Increase in payable for amount due custodian

    588,418   

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    (5,066,006

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

    2,889,620   

Cash at beginning of period

    1,435,194   

Cash at end of period

  $ 4,324,814   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

Cash paid during the period for interest, facilities and maintenance fees

  $ 228,707   

Notes to Financial Statements

August 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco High Income Trust II (the “Trust”), is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company.

The Trust’s investment objective is to provide high current income, while seeking to preserve shareholders’ capital, through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of high-income producing fixed-income securities.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

Debt obligations (including convertible bonds) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Senior secured floating rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible bonds) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and ask prices. For purposes of determining net asset value per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

 

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Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the Adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Fund’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted for financial reporting purposes.

The Trust may periodically participate in litigation related to Trust investments. As such, the Trust may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Trust’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Trust’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Trust and the investment adviser.

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from income are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”) necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Trust’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Trust will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Trust files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Trust is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Trust monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

 

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G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts, including the Trust’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
H. Cash and Cash Equivalents — For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows the Trust defines Cash and Cash Equivalents as cash (including foreign currency), money market funds and other investments held in lieu of cash and excludes investments made with cash collateral received.
I. Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees — Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees include interest and related borrowing costs such as commitment fees and other expenses associated with lines of credit and interest and administrative expenses related to establishing and maintaining floating rate note obligations, if any.
J. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Trust does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Trust’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Trust may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable.

K. Foreign Currency Contracts — The Trust may enter into foreign currency contracts to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk. The Trust may also enter into foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security. A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Trust owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with foreign currency contracts include failure of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Trust pays an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.70% of the Trust’s average daily managed assets. Managed assets for this purpose means the Trust’s net assets, plus assets attributable to outstanding preferred shares and the amount of any borrowings incurred for the purpose of leverage (whether or not such borrowed amounts are reflected in the Trust’s financial statements for purposes of GAAP).

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Trust, may pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Trust based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least August 31, 2014, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit the Trust’s expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) to 1.10%. In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Trust’s expenses to exceed the limit reflected above: (1) interest, facilities and maintenance fees; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Trust has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of the Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on August 31, 2014. To the extent that the annualized expense ratio does not exceed the expense limitation, the Adviser will retain its ability to be reimbursed for such fee waivers or reimbursements prior to the end of each fiscal year.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2014, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Trust in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Trust of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the six months ended August 31, 2013, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $93,505.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Trust has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Trust. For the six months ended August 31, 2013, expenses incurred under this agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of Invesco.

 

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NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as 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, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Trust’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of August 31, 2013. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Equity Securities

  $ 8,035,173         $ 941,562         $ 0         $ 8,976,735   

Corporate Debt Securities

              167,130,610           0           167,130,610   

Foreign Debt Securities

              10,869,687                     10,869,687   
    $ 8,035,173         $ 178,941,859         $ 0         $ 186,977,032   

Foreign Currency Contracts*

              (11,838                  (11,838

Total Investments

  $ 8,035,173         $ 178,930,021         $ 0         $ 186,965,194   

 

* Unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

NOTE 4—Derivative Investments

Value of Derivative Investments at Period-End

The table below summarizes the value of the Trust’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of August 31, 2013:

 

    Value  
Risk Exposure/Derivative Type   Assets        Liabilities  

Currency risk

      

Foreign currency contracts(a)

  $ 19,949         $ (31,787

 

(a) Value is disclosed as foreign currency contracts outstanding on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Effect of Derivative Investments for the six months ended August 31, 2013

The table below summarizes the gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

    Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statement of Operations
 
     Foreign Currency
Contracts*
 

Realized Gain

 

Currency risk

  $ 230,586   

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Currency risk

  $ (300,113

Total

  $ (69,527

 

* The average notional value foreign currency contracts outstanding during the period was $9,439,745.

 

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Open Foreign Currency Contracts  

Settlement
Date

 

    

Counterparty

   Contract to        Notional
Value
       Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
 
        Deliver        Receive            

12/09/13

    

Morgan Stanley

     EUR        4,535,000           USD        6,015,904         $ 5,995,955         $ 19,949   

12/09/13

    

RBC Capital Markets Corp.

     GBP        1,926,000           USD        2,950,632           2,982,419           (31,787

Total open foreign currency contracts

                                         $ 8,978,374         $ (11,838

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR  

– Euro

GBP  

– British Pound Sterling

USD  

– U.S. Dollar

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Effective with the beginning of the Fund’s fiscal year, the Fund has adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which was subsequently clarified in Financial Accounting Standards Board ASU 2013-01 “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. This update is intended to enhance disclosures about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are subject to offsetting on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and to enable investors to better understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. In order for an arrangement to be eligible for netting, the Fund must have a basis to conclude that such netting arrangements are legally enforceable. The Funds enter into netting agreements and collateral agreements in an attempt to reduce the Fund’s counterparty credit risk by providing for a single net settlement with a counterparty of all financial transactions covered by the agreement in an event of default as defined under such agreement.

There were no derivative instruments subject to a netting agreement for which the Fund is not currently netting. The following tables present derivative instruments that are either subject to an enforceable netting agreement or offset by collateral arrangements as of August 31, 2013.

 

Assets:  
Counterparty   Gross amounts
presented in
Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
   Gross amounts
offset in
Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
   Net amounts of assets
presented in the
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities
     Collateral Received      Net
Amount
 
           Financial
Instruments
     Cash     

Morgan Stanley

  $19,949    $(19,949)    $           —       $       $       $   
                
Liabilities:  
Counterparty   Gross amounts
presented in
Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
   Gross amounts
offset in
Statement of
Assets & Liabilities
   Net amounts of liabilities
presented in the
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities
     Collateral Pledged      Net
Amount
 
           Financial
Instruments
     Cash     

RBC Capital Markets Corp.

  $31,787    $(19,949)      $11,838         $—       $       $ 11,838   

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits” include amounts accrued by the Trust to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Trust.

During the six months ended August 31, 2013, the Trust paid legal fees of $63,136 for services rendered by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as counsel to the Trust. A trustee of the Trust is Counsel Of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances and Borrowings

Trust has entered into a $65 million Credit Agreement which will expire on August 29, 2014. This Credit Agreement is secured by the assets on the Trust.

During the six months ended August 31, 2013, the average daily balance of borrowing under the Credit Agreement was $50,550,000 with a weighted interest rate of 0.15%. Expenses under the Credit Agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Interest, facilities and maintenance fees.

Additionally, the Trust is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”), the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Trust may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

NOTE 7—Tax Information

The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Reclassifications are made to the Trust’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforward) under income tax regulations. The tax character of distributions paid during the year and the tax components of net assets will be reported at the Trust’s fiscal year-end.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Trust to utilize. The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 eliminated the eight-year carryover period for capital losses that arise in taxable years beginning after its enactment date of December 22, 2010.

 

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Consequently, these capital losses can be carried forward for an unlimited period. However, capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Additionally, post-enactment capital loss carryovers will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Trust had a capital loss carryforward as of February 28, 2013 which expires as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

February 28, 2015

  $ 3,284,174         $         $ 3,284,174   

February 29, 2016

    15,554,271                     15,554,271   

February 28, 2017

    7,729,955                     7,729,955   
    $ 26,568,400         $         $ 26,568,400   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code. To the extent that unrealized gains as of August 27, 2012, the date of reorganization of Invesco High Yield Investments Fund, Inc. into the Trust, are realized on securities held in each fund at such date of reorganization, the capital loss carryforward may be further limited for up to five years from the date of the reorganization.

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Trust during the six months ended August 31, 2013 was $68,981,745 and $70,530,540, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 4,996,938   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (3,602,693

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 1,394,245   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $185,582,787.

NOTE 9—Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
August 31,
2013
       Year ended
February 28,
2013
 

Beginning shares

    8,118,429           3,770,265   

Shares issued in connection with acquisitions(a)

              4,348,164   

Ending shares

    8,118,429           8,118,429   

 

(a) As of the opening of business on August 27, 2012 Invesco High Yield Investments Fund, Inc. (the “Target Trust”) merged with and into the Trust pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Trustees of the Trust on November 28, 2011 and by the shareholders of the Target Trust on August 14, 2012. The reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 4,348,164 shares of the Trust for 11,653,080 shares outstanding of the Target Trust as of the close of business on August 27, 2012. Each class of the Target Trust was exchanged for common shares of the Trust, based on the relative net asset value of the Target Trust to the net asset value of the Trust on the close of business, August 27, 2012. The Target Trust’s net assets as of the close of business on August 27, 2012 of $72,853,390, including $2,915,525 of unrealized appreciation, were combined with those of the Trust. The net assets of the Trust immediately before the reorganization were $63,153,220 and $136,006,610 immediately after the reorganization.
         The pro forma results of operations for the year ended February 28, 2013 assuming the reorganization had been completed on March 1, 2012, the beginning of the annual reporting period are as follows:

 

Net investment income

   $ 11,196,842   

Net realized/unrealized gains

     9,049,374   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 20,246,216   

 

         The combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Target Trust that have been included in the Trust’s Statement of Operations since August 27, 2012.
         The Board of Trustees have approved share repurchases whereby the Trust may, when appropriate, purchase shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not above market value or net asset value, whichever is lower at time of purchase.

NOTE 10—Dividends

The Trust declared the following dividends to common shareholders from net investment income subsequent to August 31, 2013:

 

Declaration Date   Amount per Share        Record Date        Payable Date  

09/3/2013

  $ 0.116           09/13/13           09/30/13   

10/1/2013

    0.116           10/11/13           10/31/13   

 

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NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Trust outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

    Six months ended
August 31,
   

Year ended

February 28,

    Year ended
February 29,
    Two months ended
February 28,
    Years ended December 31,  
     2013     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  

Net asset value per common share, beginning of period

  $ 17.51      $ 16.38      $ 16.63      $ 16.16      $ 15.38      $ 10.45      $ 20.40   

Net investment income(a)

    0.64        1.35        1.37        0.24        1.61        1.83        2.45   

Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized)

    (0.60     1.17        (0.23     0.46        0.73        4.93        (9.90

Distributions paid to preferred shareholders from net investment income

                                 (0.01     (0.42     (1.00

Total from investment operations

    0.04        2.52        1.14        0.70        2.33        6.34        (8.45

Less dividends paid to common shareholders from net investment income

    (0.70     (1.39     (1.39     (0.23     (1.55     (1.41     (1.50

Net asset value per common share, end of period

  $ 16.85      $ 17.51      $ 16.38      $ 16.63      $ 16.16      $ 15.38      $ 10.45   

Market value per common share, end of period

  $ 15.88      $ 18.03      $ 16.89      $ 16.52      $ 16.02      $ 14.48      $ 8.90   

Total return at net asset value(b)

    0.27     15.74     7.26     4.37     15.55              

Total return at market value(c)

    (8.23 )%      15.57     11.33     4.59     21.67     83.40     (45.03 )% 

Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 136,825      $ 142,161      $ 61,755      $ 62,711      $ 60,916      $ 57,997        39,414   

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    37     58     60     18     135     58     46

Ratios/supplemental data based on average net assets applicable to common shares:

   

           

Ratio of expenses:

             

With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    1.57 %(f)      1.67     2.38     2.44 %(g)      2.57 %(e)      2.31 % (e)      1.94 %(e) 

With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements excluding interest, facilities and maintenance
fees(h)

    1.14 %(f)      1.20     1.95     1.71 %(g)      1.74 %(e)     

Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    1.70 %(f)      1.83     2.38     2.44 %(g)      2.61 %(e)      2.40 %(e)       2.04 %(e) 

Ratio of net investment income before preferred share dividends

    1.27 %(f)      7.96     8.69     8.93 %(g)      10.34     14.13     14.65

Preferred share dividends

                                 (0.03 )%               

Ratio of net investment income after preferred share dividends

    7.27 %(f)      7.96     8.69     8.93 %(g)      10.31     10.90     8.65

Senior securities:

             

Total amount of preferred shares outstanding (000’s omitted)

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ 4,400 (i)    $ 32,400 (i) 

Asset coverage per $1,000 unit of senior indebtedness(j)

  $ 3,707      $ 3,812      $ 3,628      $ 3,412         

Asset coverage per preferred share(k)

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ 354,600      $ 55,444   

Liquidating preference per preferred share(j)

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ 25,000      $ 25,000   

Total borrowings (000’s omitted)

  $ 50,550      $ 50,550      $ 23,500      $ 26,000      $ 26,000      $ 28,000        N/A   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period indicated. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. For the year ending February 28, 2013, the portfolio turnover calculation excludes the value of securities purchases of $94,353,288 and sold of $25,036,644 in the effort to realign the Trust’s portfolio holdings after the reorganization of Invesco High Yield Investments Fund, Inc. into the Trust.
(e)  Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(f)  Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets applicable to common shares (000’s omitted) of $141,387.
(g)  Annualized.
(h)  For the years ended October 31, 2010 and prior, ratio does not exclude facilities and maintenance fees.
(i)  Total shares outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were 176 and 1,296, respectively.
(j)  Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares and the borrowings) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by the total number of senior indebtedness units, where one unit equals $1,000 of senior indebtedness.
(k)  Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by preferred shares outstanding.
N/A = Not applicable

 

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NOTE 12—Legal Proceedings

Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.

Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries

On January 17, 2011, a Consolidated Amended Shareholder Derivative Complaint was filed by common shareholders on behalf of Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II; Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust; Invesco Municipal Trust; Invesco High Income Trust II; Invesco Senior Income Trust (the “Trusts”) against Van Kampen Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, and certain individuals (collectively, the “Defendants”) in Rotz v. Van Kampen Asset Management. The Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to common shareholders by causing the Trusts to redeem Auction Rate Preferred Securities (“ARPS”) at their liquidation value, which was allegedly higher than market value at the time, and by not having adequate procedures to deal with potential conflicts of interest. The Plaintiffs alleged that the redemptions of the ARPS wasted Trust assets, occurred at the expense of the Trusts and the common shareholders, and were improperly motivated to benefit preferred shareholders and Defendants. Additionally, the Plaintiffs claimed that the ARPS were replaced with less favorable financing. Plaintiffs seek judgment that: 1) orders Defendants to refrain from redeeming any ARPS at their liquidation value using Trusts assets; 2) awards monetary damages against all Defendants, individually, jointly or severally, in favor of the Trusts, for all losses and damages allegedly suffered as a result of the redemptions of ARPS at their liquidation value; 3) grants appropriate equitable relief to remedy the Defendants’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties; and 4) awards to Plaintiffs the costs and disbursements of the action. On August 10, 2010, the Board of Trustees formed a Special Litigation Committee (“SLC”) to investigate the claims made in the April 2010 demand letters underlying the Complaint with the assistance of independent counsel. After reviewing the findings of the SLC and a vote by Independent Trustees, the Board announced on June 24, 2011, that the Independent Trustees had adopted the SLC recommendation to reject the demands and seek dismissal of the lawsuit. The Trusts filed a motion to dismiss on October 4, 2011, which remains pending. The Trust has accrued $26,382 in expenses relating to these matters during the six months ending August 31, 2013.

Management of Invesco and the Trust believe that the outcome of the proceedings described above will not have a material adverse effect on the Trust or on the ability of Invesco to provide ongoing services to the Trust.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Invesco High Income Trust II (the “Fund”) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to approve annually the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco Advisers”) and the Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract (the “sub-advisory contracts”) with Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”). The Board considers the Fund’s relationship with Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers throughout the year and during meetings held on March 4-5, 2013 and May 6-7, 2013, the Board considered matters related to the continuance of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts. During a contract renewal meeting held on May 7, 2013, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise more than 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts for another year. In doing so, the Board considered the process that it follows in reviewing and approving the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts and the information that it is provided. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Board determined that the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and the compensation to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board, acting directly and through its committees, meets throughout the year to review the performance of the Fund. Over the course of each year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, meets with portfolio managers for the funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies and limitations and investment risks of the funds. The Board meets regularly and at designated contract renewal meetings each year to conduct a review of the performance, fees, expenses and other matters related to the funds.

During the contract renewal process, the Trustees receive comparative performance and fee data regarding the funds prepared by

Invesco Advisers and an independent company, Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”). The independent Trustees are assisted in their annual evaluation of the funds’ investment advisory agreements by fund counsel.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Trustees recognized that the advisory fees for the Fund reflect the results of years of review and negotiation between the Trustees and Invesco Advisers, as well as with Van Kampen Asset Management, the funds’ predecessor investment adviser. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. The Board noted the willingness of Invesco Advisers personnel to engage in open and candid discussions with the Board. One Trustee may have weighed a particular piece of information differently than another Trustee.

The discussion below is a summary of the Board’s evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion of the material factors and related conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of May 7, 2013, and may not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date, including, for example, changes to the Fund’s performance, advisory fees, expense limitations and/or fee waivers.

Factors and Conclusions

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers

The Board reviewed the advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services. The Board also meets throughout the year with the Fund’s portfolio management team, which provides the Board with insight into their management of the Fund and the Fund’s performance. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers and the portfolio management team to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ performance and investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the prior relationship between Invesco Advisers (and previously Van Kampen

Asset Management) and the Fund, as well as the Board’s knowledge of Invesco Advisers’ operations, and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund such as various back office support functions, equity and fixed income trading operations, internal audit and legal and compliance. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and the advisory services are provided in accordance with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

The Board reviewed the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the sub-advisory contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers who would provide such services. The Board noted that the Affiliated Sub-Advisers have offices and personnel that are located in financial centers around the world. As a result, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers can provide research and investment analysis on the markets and economies of various countries in which the Fund invests and make recommendations on securities of companies located in such countries. The Board concluded that the sub-advisory contracts benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, from time to time as necessary and appropriate, in managing the Fund. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and in accordance with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. The Board did not view Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the sub-advisory contracts for the Fund, as no Affiliated Sub-Adviser currently manages assets of the Fund.

The Board compared the Fund’s performance during the past one, two, three, five and ten calendar years to the performance of funds in the Fund’s Lipper performance universe and against the applicable Lipper index. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance was in the first quintile of its performance universe for the one and two year periods, the third quintile for the three year period, the fourth quintile for the five year period and the fifth quintile for the ten year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board also noted that the Lipper performance information was

 

 

26                         Invesco High Income Trust II


presented on a total return basis, and that the Fund’s distribution rate also generally compared favorably to its peers. The Board also considered the additional resources that Invesco Advisers had devoted to further develop its fixed income platform. In light of these considerations, the Board concluded the Fund’s performance was consistent with its investment objective and policies under applicable market conditions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fee Waivers

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate to the contractual advisory fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Lipper expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate was below the median contractual advisory fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Lipper in providing expense group information, which includes using audited financial data from the most recent annual report of each fund in the expense group that was publicly available as of the end of the past calendar year and including only one fund per investment adviser. The Board noted that comparative data is as of varying dates, which may affect the comparability of data during times of market volatility.

The Board also considered the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations and waivers), including comparisons, as applicable, to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. The Board reviewed not only the advisory fees but other fees and expenses (whether paid to Invesco Advisers, its affiliates or others) and the Fund’s overall expense ratio.

The Board also compared the strategy of the Fund to that of other client accounts of Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and considered, as applicable, the fees charged to other client accounts with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers or the Affiliated Sub-Advisers may charge lower fees to large institutional clients solely for investment management services than to registered fund clients, such as the Fund. Invesco Advisers reviewed with the Board the significantly greater scope of services it provides to registered fund clients, including the Fund, relative to other client accounts. These additional services include provision of administrative services, officers and office space, oversight of service providers, preparation of shareholder reports, efforts to support secondary market trading of the Fund’s shares, preparation of financial information and regulatory compliance under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and stock exchange listing standards, including preparation for, coordinating the solicitation of proxies for, and conducting annual shareholder

meetings. The Board noted that sub-advisory fees charged by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to manage registered fund clients and to manage other client accounts were often more comparable. The Board concluded that the aggregate services provided to the Fund were sufficiently different from those provided to institutional clients, and the Board did not place significant weight on these fee comparisons.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund through at least August 31, 2014 in an amount necessary to limit total annual operating expenses to a specified percentage of average daily net assets for each class of the Fund. The Board also considered the effect this fee waiver, and the discontinuation of this fee waiver on August 31, 2014, would have on the Fund’s total estimated expenses.

The Board also considered the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts, as well as the allocation of fees between Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts. The Board noted that, to the extent the Fund were to utilize the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, Invesco Advisers would provide services related to oversight of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers as well as the additional services described above other than day-to-day portfolio management. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees have no direct effect on the Fund or its shareholders, as they are paid by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board concluded that the Fund’s advisory and sub-advisory fees are fair and reasonable.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund, like most closed-end funds, does not have fund level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience substantial asset growth after the initial public offering. The Board noted that although the Fund does not benefit from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints, the Fund does share directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the registered fund clients and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Board reviewed with Invesco Advisers the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board considered the profitability of Invesco Advisers in connection with managing the Fund and the

other funds overseen by the Board. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its subsidiaries provide to the Fund and the other funds overseen by the Board. The Board concluded that the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund is not excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund. The Board considered whether Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser are financially sound and have the resources necessary to perform their obligations under the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts. The Board concluded that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser have the financial resources necessary to fulfill these obligations.

F. Collateral Benefits to Invesco Advisers and its Affiliates

The Board considered various other benefits received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for their provision of administrative services to the Fund. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that the services are required for the operation of the Fund; that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates can provide services, the nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided by others offering the same or similar services; and that the fees for such services are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges by others for services of the same nature and quality.

The Board considered that the Fund’s uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements may be invested in money market funds advised by Invesco Advisers pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers receives advisory fees from these affiliated money market funds attributable to such investments, although Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive through varying periods the advisory fees payable by the Fund. The waiver is in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers receives from the affiliated money market funds with respect to the Fund’s investment in the affiliated money market funds of uninvested cash, but not cash collateral. The Board concluded that the Fund’s investment of uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the affiliated money market funds is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

 

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Distribution Information

The following table sets forth on a per share basis the distributions that were paid in June and July 2013. Included in the table is a written statement of the sources of the distribution on a generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis.

 

     Net Income        Gain from
Sale of Securities
       Return of Principal        Total Distribution  

6/28/2013

  $ 0.0935         $ 0.0000         $ 0.0225         $ 0.1160   

7/31/2013

  $ 0.1160         $ 0.0000         $ 0.0000         $ 0.1160   

Please note that the information in the preceding chart is for financial accounting purposes only. Shareholders should be aware that the tax treatment of distributions likely differs from GAAP treatment. The tax treatment of distributions will be set forth in a Form 1099-DIV for the 2013 calendar year. This information is being provided to comply with certain Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.

 

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Proxy Results

An Annual Meeting (“Meeting”) of Shareholders of Invesco High Income Trust II (the “Fund”) was held on August 2, 2013. The Meeting was held for the following purpose:

 

(1) Elect three Class III Trustees by the holders of Common Shares of the Fund, each of whom will serve for a three-year term or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified.

The results of the voting on the above matter were as follows:

 

     Matter    Votes For       

Votes

Against

       Votes
Abstain
 
(1)   R. Craig Kennedy      6,803,818           439,923           6,589   
  Colin D. Meadows      6,803,485           440,257           6,588   
  Hugo F. Sonnenschein      6,800,775           442,899           6,656   

 

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Correspondence information

Send general correspondence to Computershare, P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078.

 

 

Invesco privacy policy

You share personal and financial information with us that is necessary for your transactions and your account records. We take very seriously the obligation to keep that information confidential and private.

Invesco collects nonpublic personal information about you from account applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you or our former customers to service providers or other third parties except to the extent necessary to service your account and in other limited circumstances as permitted by law. For example, we use this information to facilitate the delivery of transaction confirmations, financial reports, prospectuses and tax forms.

Even within Invesco, only people involved in the servicing of your accounts and compliance monitoring have access to your information. To ensure the highest level of confidentiality and security, Invesco maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed federal standards. Special measures, such as data encryption and authentication, apply to your communications with us on our website. More detail is available to you at invesco.com/privacy.

 

 

Trust holdings and proxy voting information

The Trust provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Trust’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Trust files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Trust’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Trust’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file number for the Trust is shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 341 2929 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. In addition, this information is available on the SEC website at sec.gov.

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SEC file numbers: 811-05769                 VK-CE-HINC2-SAR-1


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)

As of August 13, 2013, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of August 13, 2013, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is


  recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
12(a) (1)    Not applicable.
12(a) (2)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
12(a) (3)    Not applicable.
12(b)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.


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: Invesco High Income Trust II

 

By:  

/s/ Colin Meadows

  Colin Meadows
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   November 8, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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:  

/s/ Colin Meadows

  Colin Meadows
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   November 8, 2013

 

By:  

/s/ Sheri Morris

  Sheri Morris
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   November 8, 2013


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

12(a) (1)    Not applicable.
12(a) (2)    Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
12(a) (3)    Not applicable.
12(b)    Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.