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The Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Common Shares of Macquarie/First
Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund, First Trust Energy
Income and Growth Fund, First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, First
Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund, First Trust Mortgage Income Fund,
First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II, First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging
Opportunity Fund, First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities
Fund, First Trust Dividend and Income Fund, First Trust High Income Long/Short
Fund, First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund, First Trust MLP and Energy Income
Fund, First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund and First Trust
New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund was held on April 20, 2015 (the "Annual
Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, Richard E. Erickson and Thomas R. Kadlec were
elected by the Common Shareholders of the First Trust Enhanced Equity Income
Fund as Class II Trustees for a three-year term expiring at the Fund's annual
meeting of shareholders in 2018. The number of votes cast in favor of Mr.
Erickson was 17,437,693, the number of votes against was 451,105 and the number
of broker non-votes was 2,084,366. The number of votes cast in favor of Mr.
Kadlec was 17,459,722, the number of votes against was 429,076 and the number of
broker non-votes was 2,084,366. James A. Bowen, Robert F. Keith and Niel B.
Nielson are the other current and continuing Trustees.
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