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accession: "0001445546-23-004077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001589420"
company_name: "FIRST TRUST NEW OPPORTUNITIES MLP & ENERGY FUND"
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:02:00.630929+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund rescinds control share by-law alongside 13 other funds

## Summary
- Board rescinded control share by-law provisions from by-laws of 14 First Trust closed-end funds, effective June 22, 2023.
- Control share by-law previously limited voting rights of shareholders acquiring beneficial ownership above a threshold.
- Rescission removes voting restrictions for all past and future share acquisitions; all shares now have full voting rights.
- Funds affected include FPL, MFD, FCT, FEN, FFA, FAM, FMY, FGB, FSD, FIF, FEI, FPF, FDEU, and FTHY.
- Amended and restated by-laws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to each fund's Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001445546-23-004077
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001589420
- company_name: FIRST TRUST NEW OPPORTUNITIES MLP & ENERGY 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/1589420/000144554623004077/0001445546-23-004077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589420/000144554623004077/fpl_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST TRUST NEW OPPORTUNITIES MLP & ENERGY FUND: Amended and restated By-Laws to rescind Article XII (control share provisions) and make conforming amendments (effective 2023-06-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-22
  source text: On June 22, 2023, the Board of Trustees of First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy 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/1589420/000144554623004077/0001445546-23-004077-index.htm

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