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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 1pt"&gt;Objectives.&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
Trust seeks current monthly income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective, by investing in a diversified portfolio of income-generating
ETFs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 1pt"&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
portfolio consists of First Trust ETFs advised by First Trust Advisors L.P., an affiliate of the Trust&#x2019;s Sponsor. The Funds held
by the Trust invest in dividend-paying common stocks across all market capitalizations. In addition, all of the Funds held by the Trust
will write call options on individual stocks and/or on stock indices in order to generate premium income. &lt;/span&gt;&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
ETFs in the portfolio were selected based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the size and liquidity of the ETFs (requiring
a minimum market capitalization of $50,000,000), the current dividend yield of the ETFs (prioritizing ETFs with the highest dividend yields),
a minimum of six months of trading history, and the quality and character of the securities held by the ETF (considering the consistency
and reliability of dividends from the common stocks and premium income from the call options). All other factors being equal, the Sponsor
will select ETFs with lower expense ratios, while attempting to limit the overlap of the securities held by the ETFs. The Trust&#x2019;s
portfolio will include both actively managed ETFs and ETFs that track an index. The Trust&#x2019;s final portfolio is comprised of six
approximately equally weighted ETFs. The six ETFs included in the Trust&#x2019;s portfolio were selected based on the criteria described
above.&lt;/span&gt;&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;In
connection with the Trust&#x2019;s investments in ETFs advised by First Trust Advisors L.P., an affiliate of the Trust&#x2019;s Sponsor,
First Trust Advisors L.P. will receive advisory fees from the underlying ETFs which it would not otherwise receive if the Trust invested
solely in ETFs advised by unaffiliated third-parties. This may provide an incentive for the Sponsor to select ETFs advised by First Trust
Advisors L.P. over ETFs advised by unaffiliated third-parties. The Sponsor may invest in an affiliated ETF even in circumstances where
an unaffiliated ETF may have lower fees or better performance over certain time periods. However, the Sponsor selected what it considered
to be the best suited ETFs to achieve the Trust&#x2019;s investment objectives even though there may be other ETFs, including those advised
by unaffiliated third-parties, that provide similar results.&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;As
with any similar investments, there can be no guarantee that the objectives 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;

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