GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fd

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announces the declaration of the regular quarterly distributions for 67 of 73 exchange-traded funds advised by FTA.

The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations:

        Expected Ex-Dividend Date:     December 21, 2012 Record Date: December 26, 2012 Payable Date: December 31, 2012        

 

 

Ordinary

  Long-Term   Short-Term Income Capital Gain Capital Gain Per Share Per Share Per Share

Ticker

Exchange

Fund Name

Frequency

Amount

Amount

Amount

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

FDM NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.3078 FDL NYSE Arca First Trust Morningstar Dividend LeadersSM Index Fund Quarterly $0.2058 FPX NYSE Arca First Trust US IPO Index Fund Quarterly $0.1320 FDV NYSE Arca First Trust Strategic Value Index Fund Quarterly $0.2167 FVI NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Equity Allocation Index Fund Quarterly $0.2171 FVD NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.1496 FRI NYSE Arca First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund Quarterly $0.1069 $0.0342 FIW NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Water Index Fund Quarterly $0.0476 FCG NYSE Arca First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund Quarterly $0.0047 FNI NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund Quarterly $0.0034 FVL NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund Quarterly $0.0837 QQEW NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.1367 QTEC NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.0839 QQXT NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.1627 QCLN NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund Quarterly $0.0434 QABA NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund Quarterly $0.2505 VIXH NYSE Arca First Trust CBOE S&P 500 VIX Tail Hedge Fund Quarterly $0.0926  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II

FDD NYSE Arca First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.0691 FFR NYSE Arca

First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund

Quarterly

$1.0453

FGD NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.3033 FAN NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund Quarterly $0.0253 FLM NYSE Arca

First Trust ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund

Quarterly

$0.0703

GRID NASDAQ

First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

Quarterly

$0.0168

BICK NASDAQ First Trust BICK Index Fund Quarterly $0.0516 CU NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund Quarterly $0.1999 PLTM NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund Quarterly $0.0170 FONE NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund Quarterly $0.1115 CARZ NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund Quarterly $0.0665 SKYY NASDAQ First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund Quarterly $0.0032  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV

EMLP NYSE Arca First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund Quarterly $0.1390  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI

MDIV NASDAQ Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund Quarterly $0.2833 $0.0011 TDIV NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.1651  

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

FEX NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2857 FNX NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2237 FYX NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2648 FTA NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2908 FTC NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2434 FAB NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2884 FAD NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1915 FXD NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2456 FXG NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3422 FXN NYSE Arca First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1442 FXO NYSE Arca First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2121 FXR NYSE Arca First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2993 FXZ NYSE Arca First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.4504 FXU NYSE Arca First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2460 FXH NYSE Arca First Trust Health Care® AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1235 FXL NYSE Arca First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0645 FNY NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2648 FNK NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1454 FYC NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0749 FYT NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1536 FMK NYSE Arca First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1728  

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II

FEM NYSE Arca First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0316 FBZ NYSE Arca First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1410 FDT NYSE Arca First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2821 FEP NYSE Arca First Trust Europe AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0249 FJP NYSE Arca First Trust Japan AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3027 FLN NYSE Arca First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0572 FPA NYSE Arca First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0580 FCAN NYSE Arca First Trust Canada AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1840 FAUS NYSE Arca First Trust Australia AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.5170 FKU NYSE Arca First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1894 FHK NYSE Arca First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3497 FSZ NYSE Arca First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2300 FDTS NYSE Arca

First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund

Quarterly

$0.6015

FEMS NYSE Arca First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1355  

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 and financial advisory services, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $62 billion as of November 30, 2012 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.

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