Nuveen Investment Trust II

11/30/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/30/2021 05:48

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

Nuveen Investment Trust II

Nuveen Dividend Growth Fund
(formerly Nuveen Santa Barbara Dividend Growth Fund)


Ticker
Class A-NSBAX
Class C-NSBCX
Class R6-NSBFX
Class I-NSBRX


30 November
2021

This summary prospectus is designed to provide investors with key Fund information in a clear and concise format. Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's complete prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund online at www.nuveen.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 257-8787 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated November 30, 2021, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or e-mail address noted above.

As permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund's annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will not be sent to you by mail unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund's website (www.nuveen.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) through which you hold your Fund shares or, if you are a direct investor, by enrolling at www.nuveen.com/e-reports.

You may elect to receive all future shareholder reports in paper free of charge at any time by contacting your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 800-257-8787 and selecting option #1. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all your directly held Nuveen Funds and any other directly held funds within the same group of related investment companies.

Summary
Prospectus

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Nuveen Dividend Growth Fund
(formerly Nuveen Santa Barbara Dividend Growth Fund)

Investment Objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek an attractive total return comprised of income from dividends and long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund or in other Nuveen Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts, as well as eligibility requirements for each share class, is available from your financial advisor and in "How You Can Buy and Sell Shares" on page 17 of the Fund's prospectus and "Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares" on page S-59 of the Fund's statement of additional information. In addition, more information about sales charge discounts and waivers for purchases of shares through specific financial intermediaries is set forth in the appendix to the Fund's prospectus entitled "Variations in Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers Available Through Certain Intermediaries."

The tables and examples below do not reflect any commissions that shareholders may be required to pay directly to their financial intermediaries when buying or selling Class I shares.

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Class I

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)

5.75%

None

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds)1

None

1.00%

None

None

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends

None

None

None

None

Exchange Fee

None

None

None

None

Annual Low Balance Account Fee (for accounts under $1,000)2

$15

$15

None

$15

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Class I

Management Fees

0.59

%

0.59

%

0.59

%

0.59

%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

0.25

%

1.00

%

0.00

%

0.00

%

Other Expenses

0.08

%

0.08

%

0.03

%

0.08

%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.92

%

1.67

%

0.62

%

0.67

%

1The contingent deferred sales charge on Class C shares applies only to redemptions within 12 months of purchase.

2Fee applies to the following types of accounts under $1,000 held directly with the Fund: individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and accounts established pursuant to the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) or Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA).

Example

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then either redeem or do not redeem your shares at the end of a period. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Class I

1 Year

$

663

$

170

$

63

$

68

3 Years

$

851

$

526

$

199

$

214

5 Years

$

1,055

$

907

$

346

$

373

10 Years

$

1,641

$

1,976

$

774

$

835

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays 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

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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 15% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in dividend-paying common stocks and preferred securities. Companies in certain economic sectors of the market have historically provided higher dividend yields than companies in other sectors and industries. As a result, given the Fund's focus on dividend-paying securities, the Fund may, from time to time, have a greater exposure to these higher dividend-yield sectors and industries than the broad equity market.

The Fund may invest in small-, mid- and large-cap companies. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in non- U.S. equity securities that are U.S. dollar-denominated.

Principal Risks

The value of your investment in this Fund will change daily. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The principal risks of investing in the Fund listed below are presented alphabetically to facilitate your ability to find particular risks and compare them with the risks of other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a "principal risk" of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.

Active Management Risk-The Fund's sub-adviser actively manages the Fund's investments. Consequently, the Fund is subject to the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses employed by the Fund's sub-adviser may not produce the desired results. This could cause the Fund to lose value or its investment results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.

Currency Risk-Even though the non-U.S. securities held by the Fund are traded in U.S. dollars, their prices are typically indirectly influenced by currency fluctuations. Changes in currency exchange rates may affect the Fund's net asset value, the value of dividends and interest earned, and gains or losses realized on the sale of securities.

Cybersecurity Risk-Cybersecurity risk is the risk of an unauthorized breach and access to Fund assets, customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, or the risk of an incident occurring that causes the Fund, its investment adviser or sub-adviser, custodian, transfer agent, distributor or other service provider or a financial intermediary to suffer a data breach, data corruption or lose operational functionality. Successful cyber-attacks or other cyber-failures or events affecting the Fund or its service providers may adversely impact the Fund or its shareholders. Additionally, a cybersecurity breach could affect the issuers in which the Fund invests, which may cause the Fund's investments to lose value.

Dividend-Paying Security Risk-The Fund's investment in dividend-paying stocks could cause the Fund to underperform similar funds that invest without consideration of a company's track record of paying dividends. Stocks of companies with a history of paying dividends may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as most other stocks, and a sharp rise in interest rates or economic downturn could cause a company to unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend. There is no guarantee that the issuers of the stocks held by the Fund will declare dividends in the future or that, if declared, they will remain at their current levels or increase over time.

Equity Security Risk-Equity securities in the Fund's portfolio, including common stocks and preferred securities, may decline significantly in price over short or extended periods of time, and such declines may occur because of declines in the equity market as a whole, or because of declines in only a particular country, company, industry, or sector of the market. Holders of common stock generally are subject to more risks than holders of preferred securities because the status of common stockholders upon the bankruptcy of the issuer is subordinated to that of preferred security holders. Given the Fund's focus on dividend-paying securities, the Fund may, from time to time, have a greater exposure to higher dividend-yield sectors and industries than the broad equity market which would make the Fund more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting such sectors or industries.

Foreign Investment Risk-Non-U.S. issuers or U.S. issuers with significant non-U.S. operations may be subject to risks in addition to those of issuers located in or that principally operate in the United States as a result of, among other things, political, social and economic developments abroad and different legal, regulatory and tax environments. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the securities of companies in a single country or region, it may be more susceptible to adverse conditions affecting that country or region.

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Information Technology Sector Risk-The Fund currently invests a significant portion of its assets in the information technology sector, although this may change over time. The information technology sector can be significantly affected by changes in, among other things, the supply and demand for specific products and services, the pace of technological development and product obsolescence, market competition, government regulation, and patent and intellectual property rights.

Market Risk-The market value of the Fund's investments may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably and for short or extended periods of time, due to the particular circumstances of individual issuers or due to general conditions impacting issuers more broadly. Global economies and financial markets have become highly interconnected, and thus economic, market or political conditions or events in one country or region might adversely impact the value of the Fund's investments whether or not the Fund invests in such country or region. Events such as war, terrorism, natural and environmental disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health emergencies may have a severe negative impact on the global economy, could cause financial markets to experience extreme volatility and losses, and could result in the disruption of trading and the reduction of liquidity in many instruments.

Preferred Security Risk-Preferred securities generally are subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company's capital structure and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than those debt instruments. In addition, preferred securities are subject to other risks, such as having no or limited voting rights, being subject to special redemption rights, having distributions deferred or skipped, having floating interest rates or dividends, which may result in a decline in value in a falling interest rate environment, having fixed interest rates or dividends, which may result in a decline in value in a rising interest rate environment, having limited liquidity, changing or unfavorable tax treatments and possibly being issued by companies in heavily regulated industries.

Small- and Mid-Cap Company Risk-Securities of small-cap companies involve substantial risk. Prices of small-cap securities may be subject to more abrupt or erratic movements, and to wider fluctuations, than security prices of larger, more established companies or broader market averages in general. It may be difficult to sell small-cap securities at the desired time and price. While mid-cap securities may be slightly less volatile than small-cap securities, they still involve similar risks.

Fund Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the potential risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.nuveen.com/performance or by calling (800) 257-8787.

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The bar chart below shows the variability of the Fund's performance from year to year for Class A shares. The bar chart and highest/lowest quarterly returns that follow do not reflect sales charges, and if these charges were reflected, the returns would be less than those shown.

Class A Annual Total Return*

*Class A year-to-date total return as of September 30, 2021 was 11.64%. The performance of the other share classes will differ due to their different expense structures.

During the ten-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Fund's highest and lowest quarterly returns were 15.03%
and -19.12%, respectively, for the quarters ended June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020.

The table below shows the variability of the Fund's average annual returns and how they compare over the time periods indicated with those of a broad measure of market performance and an index of funds with similar investment objectives. All after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. Your own actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from what is shown here. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares in tax-deferred accounts such as IRAs or employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Both the bar chart and the table assume that all distributions have been reinvested. Performance reflects fee waivers, if any, in effect during the periods presented. If any such waivers had not been in place, returns would have been reduced.

Average Annual Total Returns

for the Periods Ended

December 31, 2020

Inception
Date

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years

Since
Inception
(Class R6)

Class A (return before taxes)

3/28/06

3.16

%

11.63

%

10.95

%

N/A

Class A (return after taxes on distributions)

2.05

%

10.33

%

9.91

%

N/A

Class A (return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares)

2.59

%

9.09

%

8.85

%

N/A

Class C (return before taxes)

3/28/06

8.65

%

12.12

%

10.78

%

N/A

Class R6 (return before taxes)

3/25/13

9.83

%

13.33

%

N/A

11.92

%

Class I (return before taxes)

3/28/06

9.75

%

13.25

%

11.89

%

N/A

S&P 500® Index1

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

18.40

%

15.22

%

13.88

%

14.35

%

Lipper Equity Income Funds Category Average2

(reflects no deduction for taxes or sales loads)

4.43

%

9.90

%

9.80

%

9.37

%

1

An unmanaged index generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market.

2

Represents the average annualized total return for all reporting funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds Category.

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Management

Investment Adviser

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC*

*Effective December 31, 2021, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC will replace Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC as the Fund's sub-adviser. Nuveen Asset Management, LLC and Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC are both affiliates of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, the Fund's investment adviser.

Portfolio Managers

Name

Title

Portfolio Manager of Fund Since

David A. Chalupnik, CFA

Senior Managing Director

June 2019

David S. Park, CFA

Managing Director

June 2019

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the Fund on any business day through a financial advisor or other financial intermediary. The Fund's initial and subsequent investment minimums generally are as follows, although certain financial intermediaries may impose their own investment minimums and the Fund may reduce or waive the minimums in some cases:

Class A and Class C

Class R6

Class I

Eligibility and Minimum Initial Investment

$3,000 for all accounts except:

•$2,500 for Traditional/
Roth IRA accounts.

•$2,000 for Coverdell
Education Savings
Accounts.

•$250 for accounts opened through fee-based programs.

•No minimum for retirement plans.

Available only to certain qualified retirement plans and other investors as described in the prospectus and through fee-based programs.

$1 million for all accounts except:

•$100,000 for clients of financial intermediaries who charge such clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or related services.

•No minimum for certain qualified retirement plans and certain other categories of eligible investors as described in the prospectus.

Available only through fee-based programs and certain retirement plans, and to other limited categories of investors as described in the prospectus.

$100,000 for all accounts except:

•$250 for clients of financial intermediaries and family offices that have accounts holding Class I shares with an aggregate value of at least $100,000 (or that are expected to reach this level).

•No minimum for eligible retirement plans and certain other categories of eligible investors as described in the prospectus.

Minimum
Additional
Investment

$100

No minimum.

No minimum.

Tax Information

The Fund's distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred account, such as an IRA or 401(k) plan (in which case you may be taxed upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, its distributor or its investment adviser 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 financial intermediary and your salesperson 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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