UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2021

RICE ACQUISITION CORP. II
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Cayman Islands	001-40503	98-1580612
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

102 East Main Street, Second Story
Carnegie, Pennsylvania 15106
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(713) 446-6259
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class registered	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant	RONI U	The New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	RONI	The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	RONI WS	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 6, 2021, Rice Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing that the holders of the Company’s units may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and warrants included in the units commencing on August 6, 2021. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “RONI U,” and each of the Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the symbols “RONI” and “RONI WS,” respectively. Holders of units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)       Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
99.1	Press Release dated August 6, 2021.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 6, 2021
	RICE ACQUISITION CORP. II
	By:	/s/ James Wilmot Rogers
	Name:  Title:	James Wilmot Rogers Chief Accounting Officer

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