Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

Securities Act Registration No. 333 -174926

Investment Company Act Registration No. 811 -22549

FORM N-1A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.___

o

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 97

x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No.   99

x

 (Check appropriate box or boxes.)

Northern Lights Fund Trust II

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  [phone]

17605 Wright Street

Omaha, NE 68130

402.895.1600

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

17605 Wright Street

Omaha, NE 68130

402.895.1600

With copy to:

David J. Baum, Esq. Alston & Bird, LLP 950 F Street NW Washington, DC 20004 [phone]	James P. Ash, Esq. Gemini Fund Services, LLC 80 Arkay Drive Hauppauge, New York 11788 [phone]

Approximate date of proposed public offering:  

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:   

x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

  o On (date)   pursuant to paragraph (b)

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o On ___________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

o This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to the Aftershock Strategies Fund and the Longboard Managed Futures Strategy Fund, each a series of the Trust

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 pursuant to 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of  Hauppauge, State of New York, on the 1st day of April 2013.

NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II

By: /s/ Kevin Wolf

     Kevin Wolf

     Principal Executive Officer*

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 1, 2013.

Brian Nielsen*	Trustee & Chairman	April 1, 2013
Anthony Lewis*	Trustee	April 1, 2013
Keith Rhoades*	Trustee	April 1, 2013
Randy Skalla*	Trustee	April 1, 2013
Thomas Sarkany*	Trustee	April 1, 2013
Kevin Wolf*	President and Principal Executive Officer	April 1, 2013
Erik Naviloff*	Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer	April 1, 2013

* By: /s/ James Ash

         James Ash

* Attorney-in-Fact –  pursuant to powers of attorney incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No.2 (filed August 3, 2011) and Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 (filed November 2, 2011) and Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 (filed January 30, 2013 ) each to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A.

INDEX

Index No.		Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase