0001445546-24-002948.txt : 20240419 0001445546-24-002948.hdr.sgml : 20240419 20240419160224 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001445546-24-002948 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: AW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240419 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240419 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517936 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: AW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-174332 FILM NUMBER: 24857669 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400 CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 BUSINESS PHONE: 630-765-8000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400 CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 AW 1 etf4_aw.htm WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT

April 19, 2024

Division of Investment Management

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re:	Form AW – Request for Withdrawal
	First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV
	Registration on Form N-1A
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 201
	(Registration Statement File Nos. 333-174332, 811-22559)

Ladies and Gentleman:

On behalf of First Trust Gyroscope Active Income ETF (the “Fund”), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV (the “Trust”), the Trust hereby requests the withdrawal of the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 477 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Post-Effective Amendment No. 201 was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2022. The Trust no longer intends to seek effectiveness of the Fund and no securities of the Fund were sold, or will be sold, pursuant to the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement.

Sincerely,

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND IV

By: /s/ James M. Dykas

James M. Dykas,

President and Chief Executive Officer