First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II Series of Exchange-Traded Funds Announces Distributions

  
    
  
  
    
      First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II (“Trust”), a registered management 
      investment company currently consisting of five exchange-traded funds, 
      announced regular quarterly and semi-annual distributions today for five 
      exchange-traded funds (“Funds”) in the Trust.
    
    
      The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations:
    
    
      
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          Expected Ex-Dividend Date
        
        
           
        
        
          December 23, 2008
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Record Date
        
        
        
        
          December 26, 2008
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          Payable Date
        
        
        
        
          December 31, 2008
        
      
    
    
      
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
        
           
        
        
        
        
           
        
        
          Ordinary
        
        
           
        
        
          Long-Term
        
      
      
        
          
            Ticker
          
        
        
        
        
          
            Exchange
          
        
        
        
        
          
            Fund Name
          
        
        
        
        
          
            Frequency
          
        
        
        
        
          
            Income
          
        
        
        
        
          
            Capital Gain
          
        
      
      
        
          FDD
        
        
        
        
          NYSE Arca
        
        
        
        
          
            First Trust DJ STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index Fund
          
        
        
          
             
          
        
        
          Quarterly
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.1555
        
        
        
        
        
        
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          FFR
        
        
        
        
          NYSE Arca
        
        
        
        
          First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund
        
        
        
        
          Semi-Annually
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.4330
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.0111
        
      
      
        
          FGD
        
        
        
        
          NYSE Arca
        
        
        
        
          First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund
        
        
        
        
          Quarterly
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.2285
        
        
        
        
        
        
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          FAN
        
        
        
        
          NYSE Arca
        
        
        
        
          First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund
        
        
        
        
          Semi-Annually
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.0405
        
        
        
        
        
        
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          FLM
        
        
        
        
          NYSE Arca
        
        
        
        
          First Trust ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund
        
        
        
        
          Semi-Annually
        
        
        
        
          $
        
        
          0.0110
        
        
        
        
        
        
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      The majority, and possibly all, of this distribution will be paid out of 
      net investment income earned by the Fund. A portion of this distribution 
      may come from net short-term realized capital gains or return of 
      capital. The final determination of the source and tax status of 2008 
      distributions will be made after the end of 2008.
    
    
      First Trust Advisors L.P., the Funds’ investment advisor, along with its 
      affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies 
      which provide a variety of investment services, including asset 
      management, financial advisory services, and municipal and corporate 
      investment banking, with collective assets under management or 
      supervision of over $17 billion as of November 30, 2008 through 
      closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, mutual funds, separate managed 
      accounts and exchange-traded funds.
    
    
      You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and 
      expenses of a Fund before investing. Prospectuses for the Funds contain 
      this and other important information and are available free of charge by 
      calling toll-free at 1-800-621-1675 or visiting www.ftportfolios.com. 
      A prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
    
    
      Principal Risk Factors: A Fund’s shares will change in value, and you 
      could lose money by investing in a Fund. An investment in a Fund 
      involves risk similar to those of investing in any fund of equity 
      securities traded on exchanges. A Fund seeks investments results that 
      correspond generally to the price and yield of an index. You should 
      anticipate that the value of a Fund’s shares will decline, more or less, 
      in correlation with any decline in the value of the index. A Fund’s 
      return may not match the return of the index. A Fund may invest in small 
      capitalization and mid capitalization companies. Such companies may 
      experience greater price volatility than larger, more established 
      companies.
    
    
      Investors buying or selling Fund shares on the secondary market may 
      incur brokerage commissions. Investors who sell Fund shares may receive 
      less than the share’s net asset value. Unlike shares of open-end mutual 
      funds, investors are generally not able to purchase Fund shares directly 
      from the Fund and individual shares are not redeemable. However, 
      specified large blocks of shares called “creation units” can be 
      purchased from, or redeemed to, the Fund.