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Issuer:     FIRST TRUST MLP & ENERGY INCOME FUND (—)
CIK:        0001556336
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001445546-23-004063
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund rescinds control share by-law; voting rights restored for all share acquisitions
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- Board rescinded control share by-law effective June 22, 2023, removing voting restrictions on control share acquisitions.
- The change applies to prior and future share acquisitions; no longer requires non-interested shareholder approval for voting rights.
- Amended by-laws adopted for 15 First Trust closed-end funds, including FEI, FEN, FFA, FCT, MFD, and others.
- Decision made after thorough review and deemed consistent with the best interests of each fund.
- Control share by-law previously limited voting rights of holders who obtained beneficial ownership above a threshold.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556336/000144554623004063/0001445546-23-004063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1556336/000144554623004063/fei_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445546-23-004063

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