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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950130-98-003830.txt : 19980807
<SEC-HEADER>0000950130-98-003830.hdr.sgml : 19980807
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950130-98-003830
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-2/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980806
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001058239
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-48351
		FILM NUMBER:		98678230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08709
		FILM NUMBER:		98678231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		0
		STREET 2:		SEVEN WORLD TRADE CENTER
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10048

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND IN
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980319
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<DESCRIPTION>SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC.
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<PAGE>
 
     
  AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 6, 1998     
                                               SECURITIES ACT FILE NO. 333-48351
                                       INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. 811-08709
 
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                    FORM N-2
 
[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
   
[_] PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.     
   
[X] POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1     
 
                                     AND/OR
 
[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
   
[X] AMENDMENT NO. 3     (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX OR BOXES)
 
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                    SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
 
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                            SEVEN WORLD TRADE CENTER
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 
              REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE:
                                 (888) 777-0102
 
                           ROBERT A. VEGLIANTE, ESQ.
                    SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC
                            SEVEN WORLD TRADE CENTER
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
                                 (212) 783-7000
                    (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
         GARY S. SCHPERO, ESQ.                   THOMAS A. DECAPO, ESQ.
       SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT         SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
          425 LEXINGTON AVENUE                            LLP
        NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017                   ONE BEACON STREET
             (212) 455-2000                   BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108
                                                     (617) 573-4800
 
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  This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of
deregistering 996,667 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.001
per share.     
       
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                                   SIGNATURES
   
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK ON THE 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1998.     
 
                                          Salomon Brothers High Income Fund II
                                           Inc
 
                                                   /s/ Heath B. McLendon
                                          By: _________________________________
                                                     HEATH B. MCLENDON
                                                         PRESIDENT
 
                                                   /s/ Lewis E. Daidone
                                          By: _________________________________
                                                     LEWIS E. DAIDONE
                                                TREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL
                                                          OFFICER
 
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE
DATES INDICATED.
 
              SIGNATURE                         TITLE                DATE
 
        /s/ Heath B. McLendon           Chairman of the            
- -------------------------------------    Board and President    August 6, 1998
          HEATH B. MCLENDON                                              
 
         * Charles F. Barber            Director                   
- -------------------------------------                           August 6, 1998
          CHARLES F. BARBER                                              
 
         * Daniel P. Cronin             Director                   
- -------------------------------------                           August 6, 1998
          DANIEL P. CRONIN                                               
 
           * Riordan Roett              Director                   
- -------------------------------------                           August 6, 1998
            RIORDAN ROETT                                                
 
        * Jeswald W. Salacuse           Director                   
- -------------------------------------                           August 6, 1998
         JESWALD W. SALACUSE                                             
 
        /s/ Heath B. McLendon
* By: _______________________________
 HEATH B. MCLENDON, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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