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First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announces the declaration of the regular monthly and quarterly distributions for 69 of 85 exchange-traded funds advised by FTA.

The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations:

        Expected Ex-Dividend Date: March 25, 2014 Record Date: March 27, 2014 Payable Date: March 31, 2014           Ordinary Income Per Share

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ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III

FPE NYSE Arca First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF Monthly $ 0.1069  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV

EMLP NYSE Arca First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund Quarterly $ 0.2183 HYLS NASDAQ First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF Monthly $ 0.2200 FTSL NASDAQ First Trust Senior Loan Fund Monthly $ 0.1450  

INDEX EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

 

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

FDM NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap IndexSM Fund Quarterly $ 0.0710 FDL NYSE Arca First Trust Morningstar Dividend LeadersSM Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1920 FPX NYSE Arca First Trust US IPO Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1069 FTCS NASDAQ First Trust Capital Strength ETF Quarterly $ 0.1726 FVI NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Equity Allocation Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0400 FVD NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1836 FRI NYSE Arca First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0658 FIW NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Water Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0371 FCG NYSE Arca First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0120 FNI NYSE Arca First Trust Chindia Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0629 FVL NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund Quarterly $ 0.0309 QQEW NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted IndexSM Fund Quarterly $ 0.1744 QTEC NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $ 0.0715 QQXT NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $ 0.2664 QCLN NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0152 QABA NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0867 VIXH NYSE Arca First Trust CBOE S&P 500 VIX Tail Hedge Fund Quarterly $ 0.0758  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II

FDD NYSE Arca First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0618 FFR NYSE Arca First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1221 FGD NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1228 FAN NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0278 FLM NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0177 GRID NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1261 BICK NASDAQ First Trust BICK Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0639 CU NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0966 PLTM NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0394 FONE NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.1037 CARZ NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.0221  

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI

MDIV NASDAQ Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund Monthly $ 0.1361 TDIV NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $ 0.2555 YDIV NASDAQ International Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund Monthly $ 0.0683 FTHI NASDAQ First Trust High Income ETF Monthly $ 0.0593 FTLB NASDAQ First Trust Low Beta Income ETF Monthly $ 0.0593 RDVY NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Quarterly $ 0.0359  

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

FEX NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1087 FNX NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0566 FYX NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0628 FTA NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1546 FTC NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0467 FAB NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1275 FAD NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0209 FXD NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0207 FXG NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0980 FXN NYSE Arca First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0381 FXO NYSE Arca First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0640 FXR NYSE Arca First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0459 FXZ NYSE Arca First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0836 FXU NYSE Arca First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0738 FXL NYSE Arca First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0213 FNY NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0015 FNK NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0594 FYT NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0498 FMK NYSE Arca First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0779  

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II

FBZ NYSE Arca First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0922 FDT NYSE Arca First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0361 FLN NYSE Arca First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0424 FPA NYSE Arca First Trust Asia Pacific Ex-Japan AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1338 FKO NYSE Arca First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.2350 FCAN NYSE Arca First Trust Canada AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0937 FAUS NYSE Arca First Trust Australia AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.2421 FKU NYSE Arca First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.4590 FHK NYSE Arca First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1054 FSZ NYSE Arca First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0034 FDTS NYSE Arca First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.1015 FEMS NYSE Arca First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $ 0.0476  

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 $86 billion as of February 28, 2014, through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.

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Past performance is no assurance of future results. Principal Risk Factors: A Fund’s shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in a Fund. An investment in a Fund involves risk similar to those of investing in any fund of equity securities traded on exchanges. The risks of investing in each Fund are spelled out in its prospectus, shareholder report, and other regulatory filings.

A Fund that is concentrated in securities of companies in a certain sector or industry involves additional risks, including limited diversification. A Fund which invests in foreign securities may be subject to additional risks not associated with domestic securities. Such risks may be heightened in the case of securities of emerging markets countries. An Index ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an index. You should anticipate that the value of an Index Fund’s shares will decline, more or less, in correlation with any decline in the value of the index. An Index Fund’s return may not match the return of the index. Unlike a Fund, the indices do not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore do not incur the expenses incurred by a Fund.

An actively managed ETF is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed portfolio. In managing such a Fund’s investment portfolio, the portfolio managers will apply investment techniques and risk analyses that may not have the desired result. There can be no guarantee that a Fund will meet its investment objective. Preferred Securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk and income risk. Credit Risk may be heightened if a Fund invests in “high yield” or “junk” debt. The First Trust Senior Loan Fund is subject to credit risk, currency risk, high yield securities risk, interest rate risk, prepayment risk and senior loans risk. The First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF is subject to convertible bonds risk, credit risk, distressed securities risk, high yield securities risk, interest rate risk, loans risk, prepayment risk and short sale risk. The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF is subject to financial company risk, high yield securities risk, income risk, preferred securities risk and REIT risk.

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