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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001445546-21-005153
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211020
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211021
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211021

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001282850
		IRS NUMBER:				113716541
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21539
		FILM NUMBER:		211337175

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			WHEATON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60187
		BUSINESS PHONE:		630-765-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			WHEATON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60187

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST TRUST FOUR CORNERS SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040305
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt/106% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; vertical-align: bottom; width: 75%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%">October
    20, 2021</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 106%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">811-21539</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11-3716541</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Wheaton, Illinois</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">60187</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt"><B>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;) is filing herewith a press release issued on October&nbsp;20, 2021, as
Exhibit 99.1. The press release was issued by First Trust Advisors L.P. to announce the appointment of Denise M. Keefe as a Trustee of
the Fund, effective November 1, 2021. Details regarding the appointment are contained in the press release included herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Ms. Keefe has also been appointed&nbsp;as a
member of the Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee for the Fund.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Ms. Keefe is not currently a party to any transaction with the Fund or
First Trust Advisors L.P. that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.&nbsp;</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Description</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="pressrelease.htm"><FONT STYLE="color: blue">Press
    release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated  October 20, 2021</FONT></A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October
    20, 2021</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ W. Scott Jardine</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: W. Scott Jardine</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="pressrelease.htm"><FONT STYLE="color: blue">Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated October 20, 2021</FONT></A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>First Trust Announces Appointment of New Trustee
for Funds</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">WHEATON, IL &ndash; (BUSINESS WIRE) &ndash; October
20, 2021 &ndash; The exchange traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and variable insurance funds (collectively, the &ldquo;Funds&rdquo;)
advised by First Trust Advisors L.P. (&ldquo;FTA&rdquo;) announced the appointment of Denise M. Keefe as a Trustee of each of the Funds,
effective November 1, 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ms. Keefe is Executive Vice President of Advocate
Aurora Health and President of Advocate Aurora Continuing Health Division (together, &ldquo;Advocate&rdquo;), one of the largest integrated
healthcare systems in the U.S. serving Illinois and Wisconsin. Ms. Keefe has been employed by Advocate since 1993 and is responsible for
the Continuing Health Division&rsquo;s strategic direction, fiscal management, business development, revenue enhancement, operational
efficiencies, and human resource management of 4,000 employees. Ms. Keefe also currently serves on the boards of several organizations
within the Advocate Aurora Continuing Health Division and other health care organizations, including RML Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
(since 2014) and Senior Helpers (since 2021). Prior thereto, Ms. Keefe was Corporate Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
for the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (1989 &ndash; 1992) and a former Board Member of Sherman West Court Skilled Nursing Facility.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The appointment is applicable to all First Trust
exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and variable insurance funds, each of which are included in the following trusts: First Trust Series
Fund, First Trust Variable Insurance Trust, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II, First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund III, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund V, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI, First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund VII, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX<SUP>&reg;</SUP> Fund and First Trust Exchange-Traded
AlphaDEX<SUP>&reg;</SUP> Fund II.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In connection with the closed-end funds advised by
FTA, Ms. Keefe has been appointed as a Class I Trustee of the Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend &amp; Income
Fund, First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund, First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income
Fund, First Trust Mortgage Income Fund, First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund, First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities
Fund, First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund, First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund, First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund, First Trust
Intermediate Duration Preferred &amp; Income Fund, First Trust New Opportunities MLP &amp; Energy Fund and First Trust Dynamic Europe
Equity Income Fund and a Class II Trustee of the First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II, First Trust Senior Floating Rate 2022
Target Term Fund and First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ms. Keefe has also been appointed as a member of the
Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee for each of the Funds.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">FTA is a federally registered investment advisor and
serves as the Fund&rsquo;s investment advisor. FTA and its affiliate, First Trust Portfolios L.P. (&ldquo;FTP&rdquo;), a FINRA registered
broker-dealer, are privately-held companies that provide a variety of investment services. FTA has collective assets under management
or supervision of approximately $207 billion as of September 30, 2021 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end
funds, mutual funds and separately managed accounts. FTA is the supervisor of the First Trust unit investment trusts, while FTP is the
sponsor. FTP is also a distributor of mutual fund shares and exchange-traded fund creation units. FTA and FTP are based in Wheaton, Illinois.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>Contact:</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">First Trust Advisors L.P.</P>

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