First Trust Advisors L.P. (?FTA?) announced the appointment of Denise M. Keefe as a Class I Trustee of First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund, effective November 1, 2021. Ms. Keefe is Executive Vice President of Advocate Aurora Health and President of Advocate Aurora Continuing Health Division (together, ?Advocate?). Ms. Keefe has also been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee for First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund.