First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
 
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 98.2%
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.4%
21,000
FedEx Corp. (a)
$5,747,280
Automobiles – 0.4%
40,000
General Motors Co. (a) (b)
1,793,600
Banks – 6.8%
350,000
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
5,145,000
76,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)
16,025,360
17,500
PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc.
3,234,875
100,000
Truist Financial Corp.
4,277,000
 
28,682,235
Beverages – 3.3%
125,000
Coca-Cola (The) Co. (a)
8,982,500
18,500
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A
4,767,265
 
13,749,765
Biotechnology – 2.2%
46,000
AbbVie, Inc. (a)
9,084,080
Broadline Retail – 1.8%
40,500
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) (c)
7,546,365
Capital Markets – 2.5%
10,000
Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc.
4,951,100
52,500
Morgan Stanley (a)
5,472,600
 
10,423,700
Chemicals – 2.6%
15,000
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
4,466,100
16,500
Sherwin-Williams (The) Co. (a)
6,297,555
 
10,763,655
Communications Equipment – 1.5%
117,500
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)
6,253,350
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 1.6%
7,800
Costco Wholesale Corp. (b)
6,914,856
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.3%
125,000
Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)
5,613,750
Electric Utilities – 2.2%
42,500
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
4,360,500
155,000
PPL Corp.
5,127,400
 
9,487,900
Electrical Equipment – 1.6%
20,000
AMETEK, Inc.
3,434,200
33,500
Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A (b)
3,332,915
 
6,767,115
Entertainment – 1.5%
47,500
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (c)
1,322,400
15,000
Electronic Arts, Inc.
2,151,600
19,000
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (c)
2,920,490
 
6,394,490
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
Financial Services – 0.3%
14,000
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b) (c)
$1,092,420
Ground Transportation – 1.2%
57,500
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
4,918,550
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.1%
7,800
McKesson Corp.
3,856,476
8,400
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
4,911,312
 
8,767,788
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.3%
68,000
Carnival Corp. (a) (b) (c)
1,256,640
102,000
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (b)
5,134,680
15,000
McDonald’s Corp.
4,567,650
30,000
Starbucks Corp.
2,924,700
 
13,883,670
Insurance – 4.1%
31,500
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (a) (b)
8,863,155
28,500
Chubb Ltd. (a)
8,219,115
 
17,082,270
Interactive Media & Services – 4.0%
100,000
Alphabet, Inc., Class C
16,719,000
IT Services – 1.4%
26,500
International Business Machines Corp. (a) (b)
5,858,620
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 3.4%
25,000
Danaher Corp. (a)
6,950,500
12,000
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)
7,422,840
 
14,373,340
Machinery – 1.7%
18,000
Caterpillar, Inc. (a)
7,040,160
Metals & Mining – 0.6%
54,000
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (b)
2,695,680
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.8%
28,000
Diamondback Energy, Inc. (a)
4,827,200
50,000
Exxon Mobil Corp. (a)
5,861,000
39,000
Hess Corp.
5,296,200
 
15,984,400
Pharmaceuticals – 3.9%
9,000
Eli Lilly & Co. (a) (b)
7,973,460
76,000
Merck & Co., Inc. (a)
8,630,560
 
16,604,020
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 9.7%
45,000
Broadcom, Inc. (a)
7,762,500
154,000
Intel Corp.
3,612,840
42,500
Marvell Technology, Inc. (b)
3,065,100
42,000
Micron Technology, Inc. (b)
4,355,820
180,000
NVIDIA Corp. (a)
21,859,200
 
40,655,460
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
Shares
Description
Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
Software – 12.4%
7,000
Adobe, Inc. (b) (c)
$3,624,460
8,900
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (b) (c)
2,496,183
97,300
Microsoft Corp. (a)
41,868,190
8,600
Synopsys, Inc. (c)
4,354,954
 
52,343,787
Specialized REITs – 2.3%
34,000
Crown Castle, Inc.
4,033,420
107,000
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (a)
5,505,150
 
9,538,570
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 9.3%
168,000
Apple, Inc. (a)
39,144,000
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.9%
80,000
Tapestry, Inc. (b)
3,758,400
Tobacco – 1.8%
64,000
Philip Morris International, Inc. (a) (b)
7,769,600
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 1.3%
26,000
T-Mobile US, Inc.
5,365,360
Total Common Stocks
412,817,236
(Cost $263,247,961)
COMMON STOCKS – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES – 1.1%
Capital Markets – 1.1%
215,000
Ares Capital Corp.
4,502,100
(Cost $3,728,891)
Total Investments – 99.3%
417,319,336
(Cost $266,976,852)
 
Number of
Contracts
Description
Notional
Amount
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Value
WRITTEN OPTIONS – (0.1)%
Call Options Written – (0.1)%
(20
)
Adobe, Inc.
$(1,035,560
)
$645.00
10/18/24
(340
)
(20
)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
(562,740
)
300.00
10/18/24
(600
)
(45
)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
(1,266,165
)
310.00
10/18/24
(1,913
)
(200
)
Carnival Corp.
(369,600
)
21.50
10/18/24
(1,600
)
(25
)
Costco Wholesale Corp.
(2,216,300
)
950.00
10/18/24
(4,625
)
(30
)
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
(841,410
)
320.00
10/18/24
(2,190
)
(30
)
Eli Lilly & Co.
(2,657,820
)
1,050.00
11/15/24
(20,400
)
(180
)
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
(898,560
)
55.00
11/15/24
(18,180
)
(300
)
General Motors Co.
(1,345,200
)
50.00
10/18/24
(5,400
)
(75
)
International Business Machines Corp.
(1,658,100
)
240.00
11/15/24
(19,050
)
(200
)
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
(1,006,800
)
55.00
10/18/24
(9,000
)
(400
)
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
(2,013,600
)
60.00
11/15/24
(18,000
)
(125
)
Marvell Technology, Inc.
(901,500
)
90.00
10/18/24
(500
)
(125
)
Micron Technology Inc
(1,296,375
)
110.00
10/18/24
(22,125
)
(100
)
Micron Technology Inc
(1,037,100
)
135.00
11/15/24
(5,000
)
(100
)
PayPal Holdings Inc
(780,300
)
80.00
10/18/24
(12,600
)
(200
)
Philip Morris International, Inc.
(2,428,000
)
125.00
11/15/24
(47,000
)
(100
)
S&P 500® Index (d)
(57,624,800
)
5,925.00
10/18/24
(62,500
)
(100
)
S&P 500® Index (d)
(57,624,800
)
5,950.00
10/18/24
(59,400
)
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
September 30, 2024 (Unaudited)
Number of
Contracts
Description
Notional
Amount
Exercise
Price
Expiration
Date
Value
WRITTEN OPTIONS (Continued)
Call Options Written (Continued)
(150
)
S&P 500® Index (d)
$(86,437,200
)
$5,975.00
10/18/24
$(57,000
)
(200
)
Tapestry, Inc.
(939,600
)
50.00
11/15/24
(32,000
)
(50
)
Vertiv Holdings Co.
(497,450
)
105.00
10/18/24
(12,250
)
(115
)
Vertiv Holdings Co.
(1,144,135
)
110.00
10/18/24
(14,375
)
Total Written Options
(426,048
)
(Premiums received $640,700)
 
Net Other Assets and Liabilities – 0.8%
3,474,879
Net Assets – 100.0%
$420,368,167
 
(a)
All or a portion of these securities are pledged to cover index call options written. At September 30, 2024, the segregated value of
these securities amounts to $202,395,440.
(b)
All or a portion of this security’s position represents cover for outstanding options written.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
Call options on securities indices were written on a portion of the common stock positions that were not used to cover call options
written on individual equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio.
 
Abbreviations throughout the Portfolio of Investments:
REITs
– Real Estate Investment Trusts
Valuation Inputs
The Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
•
Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
•
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly. (Quoted prices for similar investments, valuations based on interest rates and yield curves, or valuations derived from observable market data.)
•
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2024 is as follows:
 
ASSETS TABLE
 
Total
Value at
9/30/2024
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*
$412,817,236
$412,817,236
$—
$—
Common Stocks - Business Development Companies*
4,502,100
4,502,100
—
—
Total Investments
$417,319,336
$417,319,336
$—
$—
 
LIABILITIES TABLE
 
Total
Value at
9/30/2024
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Written Options
$(426,048
)
$(423,635
)
$(2,413
)
$—
 
*
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