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First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Investment Objective/Strategy - First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund pursues an integrated investment strategy in which the Fund invests substantially all of its managed assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of U.S. corporations and U.S. dollar-denominated equity securities of non-U.S. issuers, in each case that are traded on U.S. securities exchanges, and on an ongoing and consistent basis writes (sells) covered call options on a portion of the Fund's managed assets.
There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment objectives will be achieved.
Fund Overview
TickerFFA
Fund TypeEquity Income
Investment AdvisorFirst Trust Advisors L.P.
Portfolio Manager/Sub-AdvisorChartwell Investment Partners
Investor Servicing AgentBNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
CUSIP337318109
Fiscal Year-End12/31
ExchangeNYSE
Inception8/26/2004
Inception Price$20.00
Inception NAV$19.10
Current Fund Data (as of 5/23/2013)
Closing NAV1$14.65
Closing Share Price2$13.25
Discount to NAV9.56%
Total Net Assets$292,511,821
Common Shares Outstanding19,973,164
Dividend FrequencyQuarterly
Dividend Per Share Amt3$0.2250
Distribution Rate46.79%
Daily Volume52,465
Average 30-Day Daily Volume41,425
Closing Share Price 52-Week High/Low$13.43 / $11.00
Closing NAV 52-Week High/Low$14.78 / $12.53
Expense Ratios (as of 12/31/2012)
Annual ExpensesPercent of
Net Assets
Management Fees1.00%
Other Expenses0.21%
 
Total Annual Expenses1.21%
 
Top Holdings by Issuer (as of 3/31/2013)7
Holding Percent
Apple, Inc. 3.75%
Pfizer, Inc. 3.52%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.15%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 2.95%
General Electric Co. 2.86%
International Business Machines Corp. 2.79%
Coca-Cola (The) Co. 2.50%
QUALCOMM, Inc. 2.37%
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 2.15%
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. 2.00%
Portfolio Composition (as of 3/31/2013)7
  Sector Percent
Information Technology 18.80%
Financials 15.95%
Energy 13.00%
Consumer Discretionary 12.20%
Health Care 11.35%
Consumer Staples 10.45%
Industrials 10.10%
Materials 3.27%
Telecommunication Services 2.49%
Utilities 2.39%
Share Price and NAV History (Since Inception)
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Volume (Since Inception)
% Premium/Discount (Since Inception)
Cumulative Total Returns (as of 4/30/2013)5
Period Share Price NAV
3 Months 6.06% 4.81%
1 Year 16.75% 13.87%
3 Years 36.15% 39.34%
5 Years 37.30% 33.31%
Year to Date 12.15% 10.34%
Inception to Date 40.96% 62.76%
Calendar Year Returns (as of 12/31/2012)5
Period Share Price NAV
2005 -6.85% 3.48%
2006 17.26% 7.09%
2007 -3.76% 8.19%
2008 -37.22% -30.54%
2009 46.26% 22.24%
2010 16.37% 15.50%
2011 -7.33% 2.42%
2012 17.68% 14.18%
Average Annual Returns (as of 4/30/2013)5
Period Share Price NAV
3 Years 10.83% 11.69%
5 Years 6.54% 5.92%
Inception to Date 4.04% 5.77%
Leverage Information6
The Fund currently has no outstanding leverage.
Portfolio Information (as of 3/31/2013)7
% of Portfolio with Call Options56.09%
Footnotes
1 The NAV represents the fund's net assets (assets less liabilities) divided by the fund's common shares outstanding.
2 Fund shares are purchased and sold on an exchange at their share price rather than net asset value (NAV), which may cause the shares to trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).
3 Most recent distribution paid or declared through today's date. Subject to change in the future.
4 Distribution rates are calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution paid or declaration through today's date and then dividing by the most recent market price. Distribution Rates May Vary. Any distribution adjustment will not be reflected until after the declaration date for the next distribution. The distribution rate may include realized short-term capital gains and/or a return of capital. See the fund's 19a-1 Notices, if any, located under the "News & Literature" section of the website for estimates of distribution sources other than income. Final determination of the source and tax status of all distributions paid in the current year will be made after year-end.
5 Total return is the combination of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, at prices obtained by the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, if any, and changes in the NAV and Share Price. The NAV total return takes into account the fund's total annual expenses and does not reflect sales load. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
6 Leverage is a technique where a closed-end fund's manager borrows assets at one rate and invests the proceeds from the borrowed assets at another rate, seeking to increasing yield and total return. Use of leverage can result in additional risk and cost, and can magnify the effect of any losses.
7 Market value information used in calculating the percentages is based upon trade date plus one recording of transactions, which can differ from regulatory financial reports (Forms N-CSR and N-Q) that are based on trade date recording of security transactions. Holdings are subject to change.
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Risk Considerations

The Fund is subject to various risks, including: Investment and Market Risk, Management Risk, Common Stock Risk, Option Risk, Investment Companies Risk, Industry and Sector Risk, Income Risk, Portfolio Turnover Risk, Non-U.S. Equity Securities Risk, Illiquid Securities Risk, Tax Risk, Derivatives Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Market Disruption Risk, Inflation Risk, Certain Affiliations, Anti-Takeover Provisions, Market Discount from Net Asset Value.

The Fund may write (sell) covered call options on all or a portion of the equity securities held in the Fund's portfolio as determined to be appropriate by the Fund's investment sub-advisor, consistent with the Fund's investment objective. The ability to successfully implement the Fund's investment strategy depends on the investment sub-advisor's ability to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. Thus, the use of options may require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices other than current market values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment, or may cause the Fund to hold an equity security that it might otherwise sell. There can be no assurance that a liquid market for the options will exist when the Fund seeks to close out an option position. Additionally, to the extent that the Fund purchases options pursuant to a hedging strategy, the Fund will be subject to additional risks. Covered call option premiums will be treated by the Fund as either short-term or long-term capital gain or loss, depending whether the call option expires, is exercised or cancelled pursuant to a covering transaction, and the timing of such transaction. Thus, The fund cannot assure you as to any level of any regular quarterly distributions of net investment income (income other than net long-term capital gain) that will be treated as ordinary income, cannot assure you as to any level of capital gain distributions and cannot assure you as to any ratio of regular quarterly distributions to capital gain distributions.

The risks of investing in the Fund are spelled out in the prospectus, shareholder report and other regulatory filings.
Not FDIC Insured • Not Bank Guaranteed • May Lose Value
 
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