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Issuer:     FIRST TRUST NEW OPPORTUNITIES MLP & ENERGY FUND (—)
CIK:        0001589420
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001445546-23-004077
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund rescinds control share by-law alongside 13 other funds
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- Board rescinded control share by-law provisions from by-laws of 14 First Trust closed-end funds, effective June 22, 2023.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.

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