Schedule A
FUNDS
| (1) | As of the Effective Date, with respect to each Fund listed below, the investment management fee shall be accrued daily and calculated in accordance with the following schedule: |
| Average Daily Net Assets | Annual Rate |
| Fund net assets up to and including $2.5 billion | 0.60000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $2.5 billion up to and including $5 billion | 0.58500% |
| Fund net assets greater than $5 billion up to and including $7.5 billion | 0.57000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $7.5 billion up to and including $10 billion | 0.55500% |
| Fund net assets greater than $10 billion up to and including $15 billion | 0.54000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $15 billion | 0.51000% |
| Fund | Effective Date: |
| First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (RND) | April 26, 2024 |
| First Trust S&P 500 Economic Moat ETF (EMOT) | June 26, 2024 |
| First Trust New Constructs Core Earnings Leaders ETF (FTCE) | September 27, 2024 |
| (2) | As of the Effective Date, with respect to each Fund listed below, the investment management fee shall be accrued daily and calculated in accordance with the following schedule: |
| Average Daily Net Assets | Annual Rate |
| Fund net assets up to and including $2.5 billion | 0.85000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $2.5 billion up to and including $5 billion | 0.82875% |
| Fund net assets greater than $5 billion up to and including $7.5 billion | 0.80750% |
| Fund net assets greater than $7.5 billion up to and including $10 billion | 0.78625% |
| Fund net assets greater than $10 billion | 0.76500% |
| Fund | Effective Date: |
| First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF (FTKI) | February 20, 2025 |
| (3) | As of the Effective Date, with respect to each Fund listed below, the investment management fee shall be accrued daily and calculated in accordance with the following schedule: |
| Average Daily Net Assets | Annual Rate |
| Fund net assets up to and including $2.5 billion | 0.2500% |
| Fund net assets greater than $2.5 billion up to and including $5 billion | 0.2438% |
| Fund net assets greater than $5 billion up to and including $7.5 billion | 0.2375% |
| Fund net assets greater than $7.5 billion up to and including $10 billion | 0.2313% |
| Fund net assets greater than $10 billion up to and including $15 billion | 0.2250% |
| Fund net assets greater than $15 billion | 0.1250% |
| Fund | Effective Date: |
| First Trust Balanced Income ETF (FTBI) | March 31, 2025 |
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| (4) | As of the Effective Date, with respect to each Fund listed below, the investment management fee shall be accrued daily and calculated in accordance with the following schedule: |
| Average Daily Net Assets | Annual Rate |
| Fund net assets up to and including $2.5 billion | 0.70000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $2.5 billion up to and including $5 billion | 0.68250% |
| Fund net assets greater than $5 billion up to and including $7.5 billion | 0.66500% |
| Fund net assets greater than $7.5 billion up to and including $10 billion | 0.64750% |
| Fund net assets greater than $10 billion up to and including $15 billion | 0.63000% |
| Fund net assets greater than $15 billion | 0.59550% |
| Fund | Effective Date: |
| First Trust RBA Deglobalization ETF (DGLO) | July 31, 2025 |
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