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
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective
Amendment No. 149
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[X]
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and/or
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Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 152
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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.
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First Trust
Exchange-Traded Fund II
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By:
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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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
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Title
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Date
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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President and Chief Executive
Officer
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February 7, 2020
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James M. Dykas
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/s/ Donald P. Swade
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Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
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February 7, 2020
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Donald P. Swade
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James A. Bowen*
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Trustee )
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Richard E. Erickson*
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Trustee )
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Thomas R. Kadlec*
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Trustee )
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By:
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/s/ W. Scott Jardine
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Robert F. Keith*
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Trustee )
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W. Scott Jardine
Attorney-In-Fact
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February 7, 2020
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Niel B. Nielson *
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Trustee )
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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.
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