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First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II
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<p style="font: 10pt/12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; text-align: justify">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in the Fund’s Prospectus or Summary Prospectus, the Average Annual Total Return table in the section entitled “Annual Total
Return” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</p>
<p style="font: 10pt/18.7pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.5pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><b>Average Annual Total Returns for
the Periods Ended December 31, 2023</b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 10pt 6.15pt 0.95pt 5.15pt; width: 10%; text-align: center"><b>1 Year</b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 10pt 6.15pt 0.95pt 5.15pt; width: 11%; text-align: center"><b>Since<br/>
Inception</b></td>
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Date</b></td></tr>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">Return Before Taxes</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">0.00%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">-13.05%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">3/22/2022</td></tr>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">Return After Taxes on Distributions</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">0.00%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">-13.05%</td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">0.00%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">-9.81%</td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">Nasdaq Lux Health Tech<sup>TM</sup> Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">0.60%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">-12.53%</td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">S&P Composite 1500<sup>®</sup> Health Care Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">1.92%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">1.01%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt"> </td></tr>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: left">Russell 3000<sup>®</sup> Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">25.96%</td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: center">4.30%</td>
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