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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
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HEATH B. MCLENDON
* Charles F. Barber Director
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CHARLES F. BARBER
* Daniel P. Cronin Director
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DANIEL P. CRONIN
* Riordan Roett Director
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RIORDAN ROETT
* Jeswald W. Salacuse Director
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JESWALD W. SALACUSE
/s/ Heath B. McLendon
* By: _______________________________
HEATH B. MCLENDON, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
