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First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS – 94.1%
    Aerospace & Defense – 2.3%    
14,000  
Boeing (The) Co. (a)

  $2,087,960
11,000  
Lockheed Martin Corp. (a)

  3,728,450
        5,816,410
    Automobiles – 0.9%    
110,000  
General Motors Co. (a)

  2,285,800
    Banks – 5.3%    
94,000  
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)

  8,462,820
200,000  
KeyCorp (a)

  2,074,000
100,000  
Truist Financial Corp. (a)

  3,084,000
        13,620,820
    Beverages – 3.2%    
107,000  
Coca-Cola (The) Co. (a)

  4,734,750
25,000  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a)

  3,584,000
        8,318,750
    Capital Markets – 0.7%    
52,500  
Morgan Stanley (a)

  1,785,000
    Chemicals – 1.0%    
15,000  
Linde PLC (a)

  2,595,000
    Communications Equipment – 1.8%    
117,500  
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

  4,618,925
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.4%    
215,000  
AT&T, Inc. (a)

  6,267,250
    Electric Utilities – 2.7%    
100,000  
Exelon Corp. (a)

  3,681,000
135,000  
PPL Corp. (a)

  3,331,800
        7,012,800
    Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.0%    
32,000  
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)

  2,677,760
    Entertainment – 5.1%    
80,000  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (a)

  4,758,400
90,000  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)

  917,100
31,500  
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) (b)

  3,155,355
157,500  
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B (a) (b)

  878,850
35,000  
Walt Disney (The) Co.

  3,381,000
        13,090,705
    Food & Staples Retailing – 1.9%    
17,500  
Costco Wholesale Corp. (a)

  4,989,775
    Food Products – 0.9%    
45,000  
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A (a)

  2,253,600
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.0%    
80,000  
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) (b)

  2,610,400
    Health Care Providers & Services – 2.8%    
29,000  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (a)

  7,232,020
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.0%    
85,000  
Carnival Corp. (a)

  1,119,450
30,000  
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)

  1,274,100

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)    
52,000  
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. (a)

  $2,081,560
47,500  
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a)

  595,650
        5,070,760
    Industrial Conglomerates – 1.8%    
35,000  
Honeywell International, Inc. (a)

  4,682,650
    Insurance – 3.9%    
50,000  
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (a)

  4,075,500
22,500  
Chubb, Ltd. (a)

  2,513,025
45,000  
Progressive (The) Corp.

  3,322,800
        9,911,325
    Interactive Media & Services – 2.9%    
4,500  
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) (b)

  5,232,645
14,000  
Facebook, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

  2,335,200
        7,567,845
    Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.6%    
21,000  
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (a) (b)

  4,084,080
    IT Services – 3.6%    
21,000  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A (a)

  5,072,760
45,000  
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

  4,308,300
        9,381,060
    Life Sciences Tools & Services – 2.8%    
25,000  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)

  7,090,000
    Machinery – 1.8%    
22,000  
Caterpillar, Inc. (a)

  2,552,880
22,000  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (a)

  2,200,000
        4,752,880
    Media – 0.2%    
39,000  
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B (a)

  546,390
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.1%    
120,000  
BP PLC, ADR (a)

  2,926,800
70,000  
Hess Corp. (a)

  2,331,000
65,000  
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (a)

  752,700
26,500  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (a)

  1,858,975
        7,869,475
    Pharmaceuticals – 7.0%    
75,000  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (a)

  4,180,500
102,000  
Merck & Co., Inc. (a)

  7,847,880
50,500  
Zoetis, Inc. (a)

  5,943,345
        17,971,725
    Road & Rail – 1.2%    
52,000  
CSX Corp.

  2,979,600
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 6.6%    
127,000  
Intel Corp. (a)

  6,873,240
76,500  
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) (b)

  3,217,590
26,200  
NVIDIA Corp. (a)

  6,906,320
        16,997,150

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
    Software – 11.9%    
15,000  
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

  $4,773,600
138,300  
Microsoft Corp. (a)

  21,811,293
14,000  
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a) (b)

  2,295,440
14,500  
Synopsys, Inc. (a) (b)

  1,867,455
        30,747,788
    Specialty Retail – 2.9%    
21,500  
Burlington Stores, Inc. (b)

  3,406,890
46,000  
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. (a)

  3,958,300
        7,365,190
    Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 5.0%    
51,000  
Apple, Inc. (a)

  12,968,790
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.9%    
60,000  
NIKE, Inc., Class B (a)

  4,964,400
    Water Utilities – 0.9%    
20,000  
American Water Works Co., Inc.

  2,391,200
   
Total Common Stocks

  242,517,323
    (Cost $238,103,778)    
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 3.9%
    Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts – 3.9%    
34,000  
Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

  4,909,600
102,000  
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A

  2,476,560
53,000  
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A (a)

  2,717,840
   
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts

  10,104,000
    (Cost $9,865,225)    
COMMON STOCKS – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES - 0.9%
    Capital Markets – 0.9%    
215,000  
Ares Capital Corp. (a)

  2,317,700
    (Cost $3,728,891)    
    
Shares   Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity (c)
  Value
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES – 0.7%
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.7%            
35,000  
Becton Dickinson and Co., Series A

  6.13%   05/01/20   1,829,800
    (Cost $1,999,693)            
 
Total Investments – 99.6%

 256,768,823
  (Cost $253,697,587) (d)   
    
Number of Contracts   Description   Notional Amount   Exercise Price   Expiration Date   Value
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN – (0.1)%
(200)  
Activision Blizzard, Inc.

  $(1,189,600)   $65.00   Apr 2020   (9,000)
(50)  
Adobe Systems, Inc.

  (1,591,200)   360.00   Apr 2020   (5,900)
(100)  
American Water Works Co., Inc.

  (1,195,600)   135.00   Apr 2020   (6,800)
(80)  
American Water Works Co., Inc.

  (956,480)   155.00   Apr 2020   (1,600)
(40)  
Boeing (The) Co.

  (602,526)   200.00   Apr 2020   (480)
(300)  
Carnival Corp.

  (395,100)   17.50   Apr 2020   (24,900)
(200)  
Carnival Corp.

  (263,400)   20.00   Apr 2020   (6,200)
(75)  
Costco Wholesale Corp.

  (2,138,475)   325.00   Apr 2020   (3,750)
(100)  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.

  (424,700)   55.00   Apr 2020   (3,000)

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Number of Contracts   Description   Notional Amount   Exercise Price   Expiration Date   Value
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (Continued)
(200)  
Micron Technology, Inc.

  $(841,200)   $48.00   Apr 2020   $(12,000)
(200)  
Micron Technology, Inc.

  (841,200)   50.00   Apr 2020   (6,800)
(53)  
Microsoft Corp.

  (835,863)   157.50   Apr 2020   (18,550)
(150)  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  (38,768,850)   2,875.00   Apr 2020   (90,000)
(200)  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  (51,691,800)   2,950.00   Apr 2020   (40,000)
(300)  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  (77,537,700)   3,000.00   Apr 2020   (46,500)
(75)  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  (1,870,350)   300.00   Apr 2020   (1,500)
   
Total Call Options Written

  (276,980)
    (Premiums received $718,326)                
 
Net Other Assets and Liabilities – 0.5%

 1,297,640
 
Net Assets – 100.0%

 $257,789,483
    

(a) All or a portion of these securities are pledged to cover index call options written.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Stated maturity represents the mandatory conversion date.
(d) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of March 31, 2020, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $47,372,541 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $43,859,959. The net unrealized appreciation was $3,512,582. The amounts presented are inclusive of derivative contracts.
(e) Call options on securities indices were written on a portion of the common stock positions that were not used to cover call options written on individual equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio.
    
ADR American Depositary Receipt

Valuation Inputs
The Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020 is as follows:
ASSETS TABLE
  Total
Value at
3/31/2020
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*

$242,517,323 $242,517,323 $$
Real Estate Investment Trusts*

10,104,000 10,104,000
Common Stocks - Business Development Companies*

2,317,700 2,317,700
Convertible Preferred Securities*

1,829,800 1,829,800
Total Investments

$256,768,823 $256,768,823 $$

 

LIABILITIES TABLE

  Total
Value at
3/31/2020
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Call Options Written

$(276,980) $(276,980) $$
    
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.