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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0"&gt;Objective.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;The Trust seeks above-average total return.
Under normal circumstances, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in dividend-paying securities and at least 80% of its assets
in securities included in the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Dividend Aristocrats&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Index as of
the Initial Date of Deposit. The Trust is concentrated (i.e., invests 25% or more of Trust assets) in common stocks of companies within
the industrials sector.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0"&gt;Portfolio Selection Process.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;The
FTP S&amp;amp;P Dividend Aristocrats Target 25 Portfolio invests in companies from the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Dividend Aristocrats&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Index. The index consists of companies
from the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Index that have increased dividends
every year for the last 25 consecutive years. The S&amp;amp;P Dividend Aristocrats Target 25 Portfolio stocks are determined as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step
1:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;	We begin with all stocks contained in the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Dividend Aristocrats&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Index as of &lt;/span&gt;two &lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;business
days prior to the date of this prospectus. Regulated investment companies, limited partnerships and business development companies are
not eligible for selection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step
2:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;	We rank each stock on three equally-weighted factors:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;td style="width: 36pt"&gt;&#160;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="width: 5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&#x2022;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;Debt to equity. Compares a company&#x2019;s long-term debt to their stockholder&#x2019;s equity. Higher levels of this ratio are associated with higher risk, lower levels with lower risk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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    &lt;td style="width: 36pt"&gt;&#160;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="width: 5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&#x2022;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;Price to cash flow. Measures the cost of a company&#x2019;s stock for every dollar of cash flow generated. A lower, but positive, ratio indicates investors are paying less for the cash flow generated which can be a sign of value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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    &lt;td style="width: 36pt"&gt;&#160;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td style="width: 5pt"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&#x2022;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;Return on assets. Compares a company&#x2019;s net income to its total assets. The ratio shows how efficiently a company generates net income from its assets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step
3:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;	We rank each of the companies by their combined factor scores.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step
4:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;	We select an approximately equally-weighted portfolio of the best scoring 25 stocks with a maximum of seven stocks from
any one of the major Global Industry Classification Standard (&#x201c;GICS&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#x201d;)
market sectors. If more than seven stocks from any one of the major GICS&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
sectors are selected, these stocks are excluded and replaced with the next best scoring stocks which satisfy the criteria set forth above.
In the event of a tie, the stock with the better return on assets ratio is selected.&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0"&gt;Other Consideration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;Please
note that we applied the strategy which makes up the portfolio for the Trust at a particular time. If we create additional Units of the
Trust after the Initial Date of Deposit, we will deposit the Securities originally selected by applying the strategy on the Initial Date
of Deposit. This is true even if a later application of the strategy would have resulted in the selection of different securities. In
addition, companies which, based on publicly available information as of the date the Securities were selected, are the subject of an
announced business combination which we expect will happen within 12&#160;months of the date of this prospectus are not eligible for inclusion
in the Trust&#x2019;s portfolio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;The
Securities were selected as of the strategy&#x2019;s selection date using closing market prices on such date or, if a particular market
was not open for trading on such date, closing market prices on the day immediately prior to the selection date in which such market was
open. In addition, companies which, based on publicly available information on or before their respective selection date, are subject
to any of the limited circumstances which warrant removal of a Security from the Trust as described under &#x201c;Removing Securities from
the Trust&#x201d; are not eligible for inclusion in the Trust&#x2019;s portfolio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;While not a part of the Trust&#x2019;s portfolio
selection process, the Trust also invests in foreign securities and &lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;companies with various market
capitalizations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;As
with any similar investments, there can be no assurance that the objective of the Trust will be achieved. See &#x201c;Risk Factors&#x201d;
for a discussion of the risks of investing in the Trust.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;The S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; Index and
S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; Dividend Aristocrats&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Index are products of S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (&#x201c;SPDJI&#x201d;), and have been licensed for use by First Trust
Portfolios L.P. Standard &amp;amp; Poor&#x2019;s&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;, S&amp;amp;P&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;, S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; and S&amp;amp;P Dividend
Aristocrats are registered trademarks of Standard &amp;amp; Poor&#x2019;s Financial Services LLC (&#x201c;S&amp;amp;P&#x201d;) and these trademarks
have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by First Trust Portfolios L.P. The FTP S&amp;amp;P Dvd. Aristocrats
Target 25 3Q &#x2019;26 is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&amp;amp;P, their respective affiliates, and none
of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product nor do they have any liability for any
errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; Index. Please see the Information Supplement which sets forth certain
additional disclaimers and limitations of liabilities on behalf of SPDJI.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;The
publisher of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; Index is not affiliated with us and has not participated in creating the Trust or selecting
the Securities for the Trust. Except as noted herein, the index publisher has not approved of any of the information in this prospectus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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