---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001445546-21-005180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTHY"
cik: "0001810523"
company_name: "FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:18:47.913324+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Trust appoints Denise M. Keefe as Trustee of multiple funds, effective Nov 1, 2021

## Summary
- Denise M. Keefe appointed Trustee for all First Trust advised ETFs, closed-end funds, mutual funds, and variable insurance funds.
- She is Executive Vice President of Advocate Aurora Health and President of Advocate Aurora Continuing Health Division.
- Also appointed to Audit, Valuation, and Nominating & Governance Committees for each fund.
- No current transactions with the funds or First Trust Advisors requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001445546-21-005180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTHY
- cik: 0001810523
- company_name: FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810523/000144554621005180/0001445546-21-005180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810523/000144554621005180/fthy_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445546-21-005180
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445546-21-005180.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445546-21-005180.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denise M. Keefe was appointed as Trustee at FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: The press release was issued by First Trust Advisors L.P. to announce the appointment of Denise M. Keefe as a Trustee of the Fund, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810523/000144554621005180/0001445546-21-005180-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.