485BPOS 1 adex2_485b.txt POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2012 ================================================================================ 1933 Act Registration No. 333-171759 1940 Act Registration No. 811-22519 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. 8 [X] and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ ] Amendment No. 9 [X] FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED ALPHADEX(R) FUND II (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 120 East Liberty Drive 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 AlphaDEX(R) Fund II First Trust Advisors L.P. 120 East Liberty Drive 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 Germany AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Canada AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Australia AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Taiwan AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX(R) Fund, First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX(R) Fund and First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX(R) Fund 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 2nd day of March, 2012. FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED ALPHADEX(R) FUND II By: /s/ James A. Bowen --------------------------------------- James A. Bowen, Chairman of the Board 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 President and Chief Executive March 2, 2012 /s/ Mark R. Bradley Officer --------------------------------------- Mark R. Bradley /s/ James A. Bowen Trustee and Chairman of the Board March 2, 2012 --------------------------------------- James A. Bowen ) Richard E. Erickson* Trustee ) ) ) Thomas R. Kadlec* Trustee ) BY:/s/ James A. Bowen ) ------------------------- ) James A. Bowen Robert F. Keith* Trustee ) Attorney-In-Fact ) March 2, 2012 ) Niel B. Nielson* Trustee ) )
* Original powers of attorney authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, Mark R. Bradley, 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, are incorporated by reference herein. INDEX TO EXHIBITS (101) Risk/return summary in interactive data format