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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (“FEI”) is filing herewith a press release issued on February 29, 2024, as Exhibit 99.1. The press release was issued by FirstTrust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) to announce that shareholders of First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (NYSE American: FEN), First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (NYSE: FEI), First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund (NYSE: FPL) and First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund (NYSE: FIF) (the “Target Funds” or each, individually, a “Target Fund”), each a closed-end management investment company managed by FTA and sub-advised by Energy Income Partners, LLC (“EIP”), approved the mergers of the Target Funds into FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF (“EIPI”), a newly formed actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that will be traded on the NYSE Arca and will be managed by FTA and sub-advised by EIP, at a joint special meeting of shareholders on February 29, 2024. Details regarding the merger are contained in the press release included herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated February 29, 2024. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: February 29, 2024 | FIRST TRUST MLP AND ENERGY INCOME FUND | |
| By: | /s/ W. Scott Jardine | |
| Name | W. Scott Jardine | |
| Title: | Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated February 29, 2024. |