Goldman Sachs Structured Investment Funds II SICAV: Liquidation of the Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Index ETF Portfolio

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30.05.2012 19:43

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Ad-hoc-announcement according to § 15 WpHG

of

GOLDMAN SACHS STRUCTURED INVESTMENTS II SICAV  
Société d'Investissement à Capital Variable
Registered Office: 49, Avenue J.F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
R.C.S. Luxembourg B 153.085

(ISIN LU0529341090)

Liquidation of the Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Index ETF
Portfolio as sole portfolio of Goldman Sachs Structured Investments II
SICAV and delisting of Class I Shares as sole class of shares of the
portfolio on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Luxembourg, 30 May 2012 - The board of directors of Goldman Sachs
Structured Investments II SICAV (the 'Company') has approved to submit the
dissolution and liquidation of the Company with its sole portfolio, the
Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Index ETF Portfolio (the
'Portfolio'), to the shareholders and to convene an Extraordinary General
Meeting ('EGM') on 6 June 2012, subject to the approval of the Commission
de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ('CSSF') or at such other date as the
directors may determine, and inform the shareholders of the Company
thereof. The board of directors of the Company has approved that the issue,
redemption and conversion of shares within the Company and the
determination of the net asset value per share (the 'NAV') within the
Company be suspended as of the date of publication of the convening notice
for the EGM. The board of directors of the Company has approved the
submission to the EGM of the appointment of AIM Services S.à r.l. as
liquidator and PriceWaterhouse Coopers S.à r.l. as auditor to the
liquidation, subject to CSSF approval and liquidator and auditor approval.

The board of directors of the Company has noted that the Class I Shares
(ISIN LU0529341090), the sole class of shares of the Portfolio, are listed
on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (XETRA Deutsche
Börse) since November 2010 and that as a consequence of the decision of the
board to submit the dissolution and liquidation of the Company to the
shareholders, it is necessary to proceed to the delisting of Class I Shares
on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The board of
directors of the Company has approved to proceed to the delisting of Class
I Shares (ISIN LU0529341090) on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange and to comply with all requirements thereon to that effect. The
issue, redemption and conversion of shares within the Company and the
determination of the NAV within the Company will be suspended as of the
date of publication of the convening notice for the EGM, which is
contemplated to be on 6 June 2012, subject to the approval of the CSSF. The
first EGM shall be held on 22 June 2012 and the separately convened second
EGM, the closure of the liquidation, shall be held on 6 August 2012, all
subject to the approval of the CSSF.

Goldman Sachs Structured Investments II SICAV

The Board of Directors


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Language:     English
Company:      Goldman Sachs Structured Investment Funds II SICAV
              49, Avenue J.F. Kennedy
              1855 Luxembourg
              Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Phone:        
Fax:          
E-mail:       
Internet:     
ISIN:         LU0529341090
WKN:          A1C6K3  
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard)
 
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