As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2020

 

1933 Act Registration No. 333-143964

1940 Act Registration No. 811-21944

 

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A
 

Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 [   ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __ [   ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 [X]
and/or
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [   ]
Amendment No. 152 [X]

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 621-1675

W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II

First Trust Advisors L.P.

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Eric F. Fess, Esq.

Chapman and Cutler LLP

111 West Monroe Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[   ] on ____________ pursuant to paragraph (b)

[   ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[   ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[   ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

[   ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

[   ] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 
 

 

This Registration Statement relates to the First Trust BICK Index Fund, First Trust Cloud Computing ETF, First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund, First Trust Global Engineering and Construction ETF, First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF, First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF, First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF, First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF, First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund, First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF, First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund, First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund, First Trust Indxx NextG ETF, First Trust Dow Jones International Internet ETF and First Trust IPOX® Europe Equity Opportunities ETF, each a series of the Registrant.

 

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Wheaton, and State of Illinois, on the 7th day of February, 2020.

  First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II
  By: /s/ James M. Dykas
    James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature Title   Date
/s/ James M. Dykas President and Chief Executive
Officer
February 7, 2020
James M. Dykas      
/s/ Donald P. Swade Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
February 7, 2020
Donald P. Swade      
James A. Bowen* )
Trustee )
   
  )    
Richard E. Erickson* )
Trustee )
   
  )    
Thomas R. Kadlec* )
Trustee )
   
  ) By: /s/ W. Scott Jardine
Robert F. Keith* )
Trustee )
  W. Scott Jardine
Attorney-In-Fact
  )   February 7, 2020
Niel B. Nielson * )
Trustee )
   
  )    
* Original powers of attorney authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas, Eric F. Fess and Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's Registration Statement, and Amendments thereto, for each of the trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were previously executed, filed as an exhibit and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Index to Exhibits 

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