First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FFA)
has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution
of $0.35 per share. The distribution will be payable on September
30, 2024, to shareholders of record as of September 20, 2024. The
ex-dividend date is expected to be September 20, 2024. The
quarterly distribution information for the Fund appears below.
First Trust Enhanced
Equity Income Fund (FFA):
Distribution per share:
$0.35
Distribution Rate based on the September
9, 2024 NAV of $20.44:
6.85%
Distribution Rate based on the September
9, 2024 closing market price of $19.70:
7.11%
The Fund's Board of Trustees has approved a managed distribution
policy for the Fund (the "Plan") in reliance on exemptive relief
received from the Securities and Exchange Commission which permits
the Fund to make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains
more frequently than otherwise permitted with respect to its common
shares subject to certain conditions. Under the Plan, the Fund
intends to pay a quarterly distribution in the amount of $0.35 per
share. A portion of this quarterly distribution may include
long-term capital gains. This may result in a reduction of the
long-term capital gain distribution necessary at year end by
distributing long-term capital gains throughout the year. The
annual distribution rate is independent of the Fund's performance
during any particular period. Accordingly, you should not draw any
conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount
of any distribution or from the terms of the Plan.
This distribution will consist of net investment income earned
by the Fund and may also consist of return of capital and/or
realized capital gains. The final determination of the source and
tax status of all distributions paid in 2024 will be made after the
end of 2024 and will be provided on Form 1099-DIV.
The Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment
company that seeks to provide a high level of current income and
gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. The Fund seeks
to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified
portfolio of equity securities.
First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") is a federally registered
investment advisor and serves as the Fund's investment advisor. FTA
and its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P. ("FTP"), 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 $241 billion as of
August 31, 2024 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded
funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate 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.
Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC ("Chartwell") serves as the
Fund's investment sub-advisor and is an investment firm focusing on
institutional, sub-advisory, and private client relationships. The
firm is a research-based equity and fixed-income manager with a
disciplined, team-oriented investment process. As of July 31, 2024,
Chartwell had approximately $12.1 billion in assets under
management.
Principal Risk Factors: Risks are inherent in all investing.
Certain risks applicable to the Fund are identified below, which
includes the risk that you could lose some or all of your
investment in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the
Fund are spelled out in the Fund's annual shareholder reports. The
order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance
of any particular risk factor. The Fund also files reports, proxy
statements and other information that is available for
review.
Past performance is no assurance of future results. Investment
return and market value of an investment in the Fund will
fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their
original cost. There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment
objectives will be achieved. The Fund may not be appropriate for
all investors.
Market risk is the risk that a particular investment, or shares
of a fund in general may fall in value. Investments held by the
Fund are subject to market fluctuations caused by real or perceived
adverse economic conditions, political events, regulatory factors
or market developments, changes in interest rates and perceived
trends in securities prices. Shares of a fund could decline in
value or underperform other investments as a result. In addition,
local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism,
market manipulation, government defaults, government shutdowns,
regulatory actions, political changes, diplomatic developments, the
imposition of sanctions and other similar measures, spread of
infectious disease or other public health issues, recessions,
natural disasters or other events could have significant negative
impact on a fund and its investments.
Current market conditions risk is the risk that a particular
investment, or shares of the fund in general, may fall in value due
to current market conditions. As a means to fight inflation, the
Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have raised
interest rates and expect to continue to do so, and the Federal
Reserve has announced that it intends to reverse previously
implemented quantitative easing. Recent and potential future bank
failures could result in disruption to the broader banking industry
or markets generally and reduce confidence in financial
institutions and the economy as a whole, which may also heighten
market volatility and reduce liquidity. Ongoing armed conflicts
between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Hamas and
other militant groups in the Middle East, have caused and could
continue to cause significant market disruptions and volatility
within the markets in Russia, Europe, the Middle East and the
United States. The hostilities and sanctions resulting from those
hostilities have and could continue to have a significant impact on
certain fund investments as well as fund performance and liquidity.
The COVID-19 global pandemic, or any future public health crisis,
and the ensuing policies enacted by governments and central banks
have caused and may continue to cause significant volatility and
uncertainty in global financial markets, negatively impacting
global growth prospects.
Shares of closed-end investment companies such as the Fund
frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. The Fund
cannot predict whether its common shares will trade at, below or
above net asset value.
The Fund may write (sell) covered call options on all or a
portion of the equity securities held in the Fund's portfolio. The
use of options may require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at
inopportune times or for prices other than current market values,
may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an
investment, or may cause the Fund to hold an equity security that
it might otherwise sell.
Premiums from writing (selling) call options and dividends and
interest payments made by the securities in the Fund's portfolio
can vary widely over time.
An adverse event affecting an issuer of equity securities, such
as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of a
particular equity security held by the Fund. Also, the prices of
equity securities are sensitive to general movements in the stock
market and a drop in the stock market may depress the prices of
equity securities to which the Fund has exposure. There is no
guarantee that the issuers of the equity securities in which the
Fund invests will declare dividends in the future or that if
declared they will remain at current levels. There can be no
assurance as to what portion of the distributions paid to the
Fund's Common Shareholders will consist of tax-advantaged qualified
dividend income.
Investment in non-U.S. securities is subject to the risk of
currency fluctuations and to economic and political risks
associated with such foreign countries.
The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its total assets in
securities of issuers in any single industry. If the Fund is
focused in an industry, it may present more risks than if it were
broadly diversified over numerous industries of the economy.
The risks of investing in the Fund are spelled out in the
shareholder report and other regulatory filings.
The information presented is not intended to constitute an
investment recommendation for, or advice to, any specific person.
By providing this information, First Trust is not undertaking to
give advice in any fiduciary capacity within the meaning of ERISA,
the Internal Revenue Code or any other regulatory framework.
Financial professionals are responsible for evaluating investment
risks independently and for exercising independent judgment in
determining whether investments are appropriate for their
clients.
The Fund’s daily closing New York Stock Exchange price and net
asset value per share as well as other information can be found at
https://www.ftportfolios.com or by calling 1-800-988-5891.
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