SEC Form 40-17G/A filed by First Trust Senior Floating Rate 2022 Target Term Fund (Amendment)
May 10, 2021
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Rule 17g-1 Fidelity Bond Filing Information with Respect to Joint Fidelity Bond filing under Investment Company Act Rule 17g-1, Bond No 99516120B for the following management investment companies: |
| Fund Name | File No. | SEC Registration No. |
| Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/ Utilities Dividend & Income Fund |
811-21496 | 333-112202 |
| First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II | 811-21539 | 333-113978, 333-115414, 333-184182 and 333-115878 |
| First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund | 811-21549 | 333-114131, 333-120853, 333-131771, 333-154254, 333-123460, 333-173334, 333-179878, 333-173335, 333-187192 and 333-217580 |
| First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund | 811-21586 | 333-116023 and 333-118593 |
| First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund | 811-21636 | 333-119081 |
| First Trust Mortgage Income Fund | 811-21727 | 333-123262 and 333-170228 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | 811-21774 | 333-125751 |
| First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund | 811-21905 | 333-134540 |
| First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund |
811-22039 | 333-141457, 333-200618, 333-143713 and 333-143268 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund | 811-22019 | 333-140895 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II | 811-21944 | 333-143964; 333-231299 |
| First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund | 811-22442 | 333-168186, 333-225853 and 333-223803 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II | 811-22519 | 333-171759 |
| First Trust Series Fund | 811-22452 | 333-168727 |
| First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund | 811-22528 | 333-172439 and 333-177037 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI | 811-22717 | 333-182308 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV | 811-22559 | 333-174332 |
| First Trust Variable Insurance Trust | 811-22652 | 333-178767 |
| First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund | 811-22738 | 333-183396, 333-185172 and 333-217581 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III | 811-22245 | 333-176976 |
| First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund | 811-22795 | 333-186412 and 333-188816 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund V | 811-22709 | 333-181507 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII | 811-22767 | 333-184918 |
| First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund | 811-22902 | 333-191808, 333-194835 and 333-212884 |
| First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund | 811-23072 | 333-205681 and 333-207118 |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 811-23147 | 333-210186 |
| First Trust Senior Floating Rate 2022 Target Term Fund | 811-23199 | 333-214125 |
| First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund | 811-23565 | 333-237878 |
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclosed for filing, pursuant to Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, please find a copy of the Joint Insured Fidelity Bond for the period October 9, 2020 to October 9, 2021, for the First Trust complex of funds referenced above. Please note for the Commission’s records, the following:
(i) The Joint Insured Fidelity Bond;
(ii) a Certificate of Assistant Secretary containing the form of resolutions of the Board of Trustees approving the amount, type, form and coverage of the Fidelity Bond, the amount of the single insured bond which the registrant would have provided had it not been named as an insured under the Fidelity Bond, and a statement as to the period for which premiums have been paid; and
(iii) a copy of the Blanket Bond Insurance Agreement.
| Very truly yours, | |||
| First Trust Portfolios L.P. | |||
| /s/ Kristi A. Maher | |||
| Deputy General Counsel |
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