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Summary Prospectus
July 29, 2016
(As amended October 19, 2016)
Columbia Beyond BRICs ETF
(formerly EGShares Beyond BRICs ETF)
    
CUSIP   Ticker Symbol
19762B103   BBRC
Before you invest, you may want to review the Columbia Beyond BRICs ETF (the Fund) prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information and other information about the Fund online at www.columbiathreadneedleetf.com/emergingmarkets. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 888.800.4347, by sending an email to salesinquiries@columbiathreadneedle.com or from your financial advisor. This Summary Prospectus incorporates by reference the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, dated July 29, 2016.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the Exchange).

 

Investment Objective
Columbia Beyond BRICs ETF (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the FTSE Beyond BRICs Index (the BBRC Underlying Index).
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the table. If such expenses were reflected, the expenses set forth below would be higher.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees(a) 0.85%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees(b) 0.00%
Other expenses 0.00%
Total annual Fund operating expenses 0.85%
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements(c) (0.27%)
Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements 0.58%
(a) Pursuant to the Investment Management Services Agreement with Columbia ETF Trust II (the Trust) on behalf of the Fund, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (the Investment Manager) pays all of the operating costs and expenses of the Fund, except for payments under the Fund’s Rule 12b-1 plan (if any), brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, and other infrequent and/or unusual expenses.
(b) The Fund does not anticipate that it will incur any 12b-1 fees during the current fiscal year.
(c) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC has entered into a written fee waiver agreement (Fee Waiver Agreement) pursuant to which the Investment Manager has agreed to waive its advisory fee to 0.58% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Fee Waiver Agreement will remain in effect and will be contractually binding until August 31, 2018. The Fee Waiver Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees of the Trust, but may not be terminated by the Investment Manager during the term of the Fee Waiver Agreement. The Fee Waiver Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the termination of the Investment Management Services Agreement or, with respect to the Fund, in the event of merger or liquidation of the Fund.
Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over the time periods indicated (whether or not shares are redeemed), and assumes that:
you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the periods indicated,
your investment has a 5% return each year, and
the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same as shown in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table above.
Since the waivers and/or reimbursements shown in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table above expire as indicated in the preceding table, they are only reflected in the 1 year example and the first two years of the other examples. Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of the Fund’s shares, which are not reflected in the example. The example also does not include transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Creation Units (defined below) because those fees will not be imposed on retail investors. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions listed above, your costs would be:
  1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
  $59 $216 $417 $998
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 32% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by attempting to replicate the portfolio of the BBRC Underlying Index through investments in equity securities, including, but not limited to, common shares traded on local exchanges, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). ADRs and GDRs represent ownership interests in shares of foreign companies that are held in financial institution custodial accounts, and are traded on exchanges in the United States and around the world.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in companies included in the BBRC Underlying Index and generally expects to be substantially invested at such times, with at least 95% of its net assets invested in these securities. The Fund defines companies from “Beyond BRICs” countries as companies in developing market countries that are included in the BBRC Underlying Index at the time of purchase. The Fund defines “developing market” countries as those that are in frontier market countries (i.e., those that are in the early stages of their economic development) and emerging market countries (i.e., those that are in the intermediate stages of their economic development), and included in the “Advanced Emerging,” “Secondary Emerging” or “Frontier” category of FTSE International Limited’s (FTSE) Country Classification System. Because the BBRC Underlying Index is “Beyond BRICs,” it excludes companies domiciled in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries), and it also excludes companies domiciled in Taiwan and Argentina. The Fund may invest in small capitalization (small cap) companies (i.e., those with market capitalizations between U.S. $100 million and U.S. $2 billion) and mid-capitalization (mid cap) companies (i.e., those with market capitalizations between U.S. $2 billion and U.S. $10 billion). A substantial portion of the Fund’s assets are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar.
The BBRC Underlying Index is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to represent the performance of a diversified basket of 90 liquid companies in emerging and frontier markets excluding BRIC countries, Taiwan and Argentina, as defined by FTSE’s Country Classification System. The BBRC Underlying Index has 75% exposure to emerging markets and 25% exposure to frontier markets at rebalance. The market capitalization of index constituents as of June 30, 2016 ranged from approximately U.S. $1 billion to U.S. $67 billion. Market capitalization weighting means each component security is weighted by the issuer’s market capitalization relative to the overall capitalization of the index.
The Fund intends to replicate the constituent securities of the BBRC Underlying Index as closely as possible using ADRs, GDRs or ordinary local shares. In certain circumstances, when it may not be possible or practicable to fully implement a replication strategy, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Columbia Management or the Investment Manager) may utilize a “representative sampling” strategy whereby the Fund would hold a significant number of the component securities of the BBRC Underlying Index, but may not track the index with the same degree of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire index.
The Fund will invest in specific countries or geographic regions to approximately the same extent as the BBRC Underlying Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its net assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the BBRC Underlying Index is concentrated. As of March 31, 2016, the BBRC Underlying Index (and therefore the Fund) is concentrated in the financials industry. In determining whether a publicly traded firm belongs to a specific industry or sector, the BBRC Underlying Index relies on FTSE’s proprietary classification system.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks, including those described below. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective and you may lose money. The value of the Fund’s holdings may decline, and the Fund’s net asset value (NAV) and share price may go down. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Equity Securities. The price of one or more of the equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio may fall. Many factors can adversely affect an equity security’s performance, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific company, industry or geographic region.
Market Price Variance. As an ETF, the Fund’s shares generally trade in the secondary market on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the Exchange) at market prices that change throughout the day. Although it is expected that the market price of Fund shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. You may pay more than NAV when you buy shares of the Fund on the Exchange, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those shares on the Exchange.
Non-Correlation. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the BBRC Underlying Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses that are not reflected in the BBRC Underlying Index, including the cost of buying and selling securities. If the Fund is not fully invested, holding cash balances may prevent it from tracking the BBRC Underlying Index. In addition, the Fund’s NAV may deviate from the BBRC Underlying Index if the Fund fair values a
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portfolio security at a price other than the price used by the BBRC Underlying Index for that security. To the extent the Investment Manager uses a representative sampling strategy, the Fund may not track the BBRC Underlying Index as closely as it would have if the Investment Manager were using a full replication strategy.
Index-Related Risk. There is no assurance that the sponsor of the BBRC Underlying Index (the Sponsor) will compile the BBRC Underlying Index accurately, or that the BBRC Underlying Index will be determined, composed or calculated accurately. While the Sponsor provides descriptions of what the BBRC Underlying Index is designed to achieve, the Sponsor does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of data in respect of its indices, and does not guarantee that the BBRC Underlying Index will be in line with its described index methodology. Any gains, losses or costs to the Fund that are caused by Sponsor errors will therefore be borne by the Fund and its shareholders.
Market Liquidity for Fund Shares. As an ETF, Fund shares are not individually redeemable securities. There is no assurance that an active trading market for Fund shares will develop or be maintained. Active market trading of Fund shares may cause more frequent creations or redemptions of Creation Units, which, if not conducted in-kind, could increase the rate of portfolio turnover and the Fund’s tracking error versus the BBRC Underlying Index, as well as generate capital gains taxes.
Concentration. The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent as the BBRC Underlying Index, and as such, may be adversely affected by increased price volatility of securities in those industries, and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting those industries.
Financials Industry. Companies in the financials industry are subject to extensive governmental regulation, which may adversely affect the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain.
Foreign Investment. The Fund’s foreign investments may be more volatile because of economic or political developments, public health and safety issues, demographic changes, market inefficiencies, lack of regulatory oversight, or a higher risk that essential investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate. Restrictions on currency trading may be imposed by foreign countries, which may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.
Emerging Markets. Investments in emerging market securities are subject to even greater risks than for foreign investments generally, including increased risks of: illiquidity of securities; price volatility; inflation or deflation; restrictions on foreign investment; nationalization; higher taxation; economic and political instability; pervasive corruption and crime; less governmental regulation; and less developed legal systems.
Frontier Markets. Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies or less developed capital markets than in more advanced emerging markets and, as a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries may be magnified in frontier market countries.
Foreign Currency. The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency could change significantly as foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Risks related to foreign currencies also include those related to economic or political developments, market inefficiencies or a higher risk that essential investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate.
Country and Regional. The Fund will invest in specific countries or geographic regions to approximately the same extent as the BBRC Underlying Index. To the extent that the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a particular country or a specific geographic region, the Fund will generally have more exposure to that country’s or region’s economic risks. In the event of economic or political turmoil or a deterioration of diplomatic relations in a country or region where a substantial portion of the Fund’s assets are invested, the Fund may experience increased volatility or illiquidity of its portfolio holdings, which may adversely affect Fund performance.
Small Cap and Mid Cap Companies. Small cap and mid cap companies may have greater volatility in price than the stocks of large cap companies due to limited product lines or resources or a dependency upon a particular market niche.
Liquidity. In certain circumstances, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent true market value in the judgment of the Investment Manager, preventing the Fund from tracking the BBRC Underlying Index.
Depositary Receipts. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of ADRs or GDRs and, therefore, may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor an ADR or GDR, or that the depositary receipts will continue to trade on an exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability and pricing of the depositary receipt.
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Passive Management. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not “actively” managed. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble or defaulted, or whose credit rating was downgraded, unless that security was removed from the BBRC Underlying Index. The decision of whether to remove a security from an index is made by an independent index provider who is not affiliated with the Fund or the Investment Manager.
Issuer Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
Cash Transactions. In certain instances, the Fund may effect creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF.
International Closed Market Trading. Because some or all of the Fund’s underlying securities trade on an exchange that is closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s shares list and trade is open, there may be market uncertainty about the stale security pricing (i.e., the last quote from its closed foreign market) resulting in premiums or discounts to NAV that may be greater than those experienced by other ETFs.
Authorized Participants Concentration. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (APs). To the extent that those APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, and no other AP is willing or able to create or redeem shares of the Fund, the Fund’s shares may trade like closed-end fund shares at a discount to NAV and possibly face delisting.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table show you how the Fund has performed in the past, and can help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s performance has varied for each full calendar year shown. The table below the bar chart compares the Fund’s returns for the periods shown with the index the Fund seeks to track, which provides a broad measure of market performance.
The after-tax returns shown in the Average Annual Total Returns table below are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your personal tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown in the table do not apply to shares held in tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information can be obtained by calling toll-free 888.800.4347 or visiting columbiathreadneedleetf.com/emergingmarkets.
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC has been the Fund’s investment manager since September 1, 2016.
Year by Year Total Return (%)
as of December 31 Each Year*
Best and Worst Quarterly Returns
During the Period Shown in the Bar Chart

Best 2nd Quarter 2014 4.14%
Worst

3rd Quarter 2015 -17.05%
* Year to Date return as of June 30, 2016: 6.05%
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Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2015
    1 Year Since Inception
(8/15/12)
Return Before Taxes   -22.80% -6.75%
Return After Taxes on Distributions   -23.60% -7.21%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares   -12.25% -5.00%
FTSE Beyond BRICs IndexSM (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes, except withholding taxes) (since October 28, 2013)   -21.60% -11.04%
Underlying Combined Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes, except withholding taxes)(1)   -21.60% -4.95%
  
(1) The Underlying Combined Index reflects the Indxx Beyond BRICs Index through October 25, 2013 and the FTSE Beyond BRICs Net of Tax Index USD thereafter.
Fund Management
Investment Manager: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
Portfolio Manager   Title   Role with Fund   Managed Fund Since
Christopher Lo, CFA   Senior Portfolio Manager   Co-manager   September 2016
Frank Vallario   Portfolio Manager   Co-manager   July 2016
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund issues and redeems shares only through Authorized Participants (typically broker-dealers) in large blocks of shares, typically 50,000 shares, called Creation Units. Creation Units are issued and redeemed typically for an in-kind basket of securities. Individual shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer. Because the Fund’s shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount).
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and generally will be taxed as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA, in which case your distributions generally will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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