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 and First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund was held on
April 23, 2014 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, Robert F. Keith
was elected by the Common Shareholders of the First Trust High Income Long/Short
Fund as a Class I Trustee for a three-year term expiring at the Fund's annual
meeting of shareholders in 2017. The number of votes cast in favor of Mr. Keith
was 30,496,068, the number of votes against was 482,618 and the number of
abstentions was 5,077,473. James A. Bowen, Richard E. Erickson, Thomas R. Kadlec
and Niel B. Nielson are the other current and continuing Trustees.