Press Release
Source: First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund
FIRST TRUST ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND COMMENCES PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON
SHARES
Wheaton, IL -- July 25, 2012 -- First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund
(the "Fund") (NYSE Amex: FEN) announced that it has commenced a public offering
of 2,800,000 common shares of beneficial interest. The Fund also intends to
grant the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 420,000 additional
common shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Net proceeds from the offering
will be used to make additional portfolio investments that are consistent with
the Fund's investment objective and for general corporate purposes.
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint
book-running managers for the offering. Oppenheimer & Co. and Robert W. Baird &
Co. are acting as co-lead managers for the offering. The offering is made
pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement on Form N-2 previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering of these
securities will be made only by means of a prospectus. Interested persons,
including existing shareholders of the Fund, may obtain a copy of the
preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to
the offering from the following addresses:
Morgan Stanley
Attn: Prospectus Department
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10014
Telephone: 866-718-1649
Citigroup
Prospectus Department
Brooklyn Army Terminal
140 58th Street, 8th floor
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Telephone: 800-831-9146
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Attn: Equity Syndicate Department
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Telephone: 212-428-6670
Fax: 212-428-6260
Investors may also obtain these documents free of charge from the
Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.
An investor should read the Fund's preliminary prospectus supplement and
accompanying base prospectus carefully before investing. The preliminary
prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus contain important
information about the Fund and its investment objective and policies, risks,
charges and expenses.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation
to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of
such state or jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these
securities was filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company
which commenced investment operations in June 2004. The Fund's investment
objective is to seek a high level of after-tax total return with an emphasis on
current distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund seeks to provide its common
shareholders with an efficient vehicle to invest in a portfolio of
cash-generating securities of publicly traded master limited partnerships
("MLPs") and related public entities in the energy sector.
First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund's investment advisor, along with its
affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies which
provide a variety of investment services, including asset management, financial
advisory services, and municipal and corporate investment banking, with
collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $54 billion
as of June 30, 2012, through closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, mutual
funds, separate managed accounts and exchange-traded funds.
Energy Income Partners, LLC ("EIP") serves as the Fund's investment
sub-advisor and provides advisory services to a number of investment companies
and partnerships for the purpose of investing in MLPs and other energy
infrastructure securities. EIP is one of the early investment advisors
specializing in this area. As of June 30, 2012, EIP managed or supervised
approximately $1.6 billion in client assets.
CONTACT:
Press Inquiries: Jane Doyle 630-765-8775
Analyst Inquiries: Jeff Margolin 630-915-6784
Broker Inquiries: Jeff Margolin 630-915-6784
Source: First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund
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