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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Re: |
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI |
Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail
Suzanne M. Russell, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
RE: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI Request for Exemption and No-Action Relief from Rule 14e-5
Dear Ms. Russell:
We are responding to your letter requesting exemptive and no-action relief dated January 7, 2014 and addressed to Michele M. Anderson and Geoff Kruczek, as supplemented by telephone conversations with the staff. To avoid having to recite or summarize the facts set forth in your letter, our response is attached to the enclosed photocopy of your correspondence. Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms in the letter have the same meaning as in your January 7, 2014 correspondence.
On the basis of the representations made and the facts presented in your January 7, 2014 letter, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") hereby grants an exemption from Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act. The exemption from Rule 14e-5 permits any person acting as a dealer manager of a tender offer for a security in which the Requesting Funds invest to either redeem Requesting Fund Shares in "creation unit" size aggregations to the Requesting Funds for a redemption basket that may include a security subject to the tender offer and/or purchase Requesting Fund Shares in the secondary market during such tender offer.
In addition, on the basis of the representations made and the facts presented in your January 7, 2014 letter, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action under Rule 14e-5 if a broker-dealer acting as a dealer-manager of a tender offer for any securities in which the Requesting Funds invest purchases such securities in the secondary market for the purpose of tendering them to purchase one or more Creation Units of Requesting Fund Shares, as described in your letter.
In granting this relief, we note in particular that:
The foregoing exemptive and no-action relief is based solely on the representations and the facts presented in your letter, as supplemented by telephone conversations with the Commission staff. The relief granted is strictly limited to the application of the rule listed above to the transactions described in your letter. You should discontinue these transactions pending further consultations with the staff if any of the facts or representations set forth in your letter change. In addition, this position is subject to modification or revocation if at any time the Commission or the Division of Corporation Finance determines that such action is necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Exchange Act.
Sincerely,
For the Commission,
By the Division of Corporation Finance
pursuant to delegated authority,
Michele M. Anderson
Chief,
Office of Mergers and Acquisitions
The Incoming Letter is in Acrobat format.
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction/2014/firsttrust-010714-14e5.htm
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