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accession: "0001445546-23-004065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001284940"
company_name: "FIRST TRUST ENERGY INCOME & GROWTH FUND"
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T17:42:21.836278+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Trust closed-end funds rescind control share by-law, removing voting restrictions

## Summary
- Board rescinded Control Share By-Law for 14 First Trust closed-end funds, including FEN, MFD, FCT, FFA, FAM, FMY.
- Effective June 22, 2023; all prior and new share purchases no longer trigger voting limitations.
- Rescission removes entrusting non-interested shareholders to approve voting rights of control share acquisitions.
- Amended By-Laws filed as Exhibit 3.1 with SEC; press release dated June 23, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001445546-23-004065
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001284940
- company_name: FIRST TRUST ENERGY INCOME & GROWTH FUND
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284940/000144554623004065/0001445546-23-004065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284940/000144554623004065/fen_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST TRUST ENERGY INCOME & GROWTH FUND: Rescinded Article XII control share provisions and made conforming amendments to the By-Laws (effective 2023-06-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-22
  source text: On June 22, 2023, the Board of Trustees of First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund amended and restated its existing Amended and Restated By-Laws (and as so amended and restated, the “By-Laws”), effective immediately. The By-Laws were revised to rescind Article XII and its accompanying control share provisions, along with other conforming amendments.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1284940/000144554623004065/0001445546-23-004065-index.htm

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