First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund : Holdings as of 9/30/2023

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Shares		Description		Value
COMMON STOCKS - 96.0%
		Air Freight & Logistics - 1.6%
21,000		FedEx Corp. (a)	$ 5,563,320
		Automobiles - 0.7%
75,000		General Motors Co. (a)	2,472,750
		Banks - 5.6%
350,000		Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (a)	3,640,000
76,000		JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)	11,021,520
17,500		PNC Financial Services Group (The), Inc. (a)	2,148,475
100,000		Truist Financial Corp. (a)	2,861,000
				19,670,995
		Beverages - 3.3%
125,000		Coca-Cola (The) Co. (a)	6,997,500
18,500		Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a)	4,649,605
				11,647,105
		Biotechnology - 2.2%
51,000		AbbVie, Inc. (a)	7,602,060
		Broadline Retail - 1.5%
40,500		Amazon.com, Inc. (a) (b)	5,148,360
		Capital Markets - 1.2%
52,500		Morgan Stanley (a)	4,287,675
		Chemicals - 2.4%
15,000		Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (a)	4,251,000
16,500		Sherwin-Williams (The) Co. (a)	4,208,325
				8,459,325
		Communications Equipment - 1.8%
117,500		Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)	6,316,800
		Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.6%
9,800		Costco Wholesale Corp. (a)	5,536,608
	Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.3%
112,500	AT&T, Inc. (a)	1,689,750
85,000	Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)	2,754,850
				4,444,600
	Electric Utilities - 2.1%
100,000	Exelon Corp. (a)	3,779,000
155,000	PPL Corp. (a)	3,651,800
				7,430,800
	Entertainment - 2.0%
90,000	Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a) (b) (c)	1,651,500
15,000	Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)	1,806,000
200,000	Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B (b)	1,574,000
14,000	Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (b)	1,965,460
				6,996,960
	Financial Services - 0.4%
24,000	PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)	1,403,040
	Ground Transportation - 1.5%
70,000	Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Ltd	5,208,700

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Shares		Description		Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
		Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.8%
53,626		Boston Scientific Corp. (b)	$ 2,831,453
		Health Care Providers & Services - 2.7%
19,000		UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (a)	9,579,610
		Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.9%
85,000		Carnival Corp. (a) (b) (c)	1,166,200
10,000		Domino's Pizza, Inc. (a) (c)	3,787,900
90,000		Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)	4,125,600
52,000		Restaurant Brands International, Inc	3,464,240
47,500		Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (a) (b)		1,116,725
			13,660,665
		Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%
29,000		Honeywell International, Inc. (a)	5,357,460
		Insurance - 4.1%
31,500		Arthur J. Gallagher & Co	7,179,795
34,500		Chubb, Ltd. (a)		7,182,210
			14,362,005
		Interactive Media & Services - 3.8%
100,000		Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) (b)	13,185,000
		IT Services - 1.3%
31,500		International Business Machines Corp. (a)	4,419,450
		Life Sciences Tools & Services - 3.9%
29,800		Danaher Corp. (a)	7,393,380
12,000		Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)		6,074,040
			13,467,420
		Machinery - 1.4%
18,000		Caterpillar, Inc	4,914,000
		Metals & Mining - 0.6%
54,000		Freeport-McMoRan, Inc	2,013,660
		Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.9%
33,000		Diamondback Energy, Inc. (a)	5,111,040
50,000		Exxon Mobil Corp. (c)	5,879,000
39,000		Hess Corp. (a) (c)		5,967,000
			16,957,040
		Pharmaceuticals - 4.0%
2,500		Eli Lilly & Co. (a)	1,342,825
76,000		Merck & Co., Inc	7,824,200
28,000		Zoetis, Inc. (a)		4,871,440
			14,038,465
		Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.8%
5,000		Broadcom, Inc	4,152,900
119,000		Intel Corp. (a) (c)	4,230,450
47,000		Micron Technology, Inc. (a) (c)	3,197,410
12,000		NVIDIA Corp. (c)	5,219,880
			16,800,640
		Software - 12.0%
7,000		Adobe, Inc. (a) (b) (c)	3,569,300

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Shares		Description		Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
		Software (Continued)
107,000		Microsoft Corp. (a)	$ 33,785,250
10,000		Synopsys, Inc. (a) (b)	4,589,700
				41,944,250

	Specialized REITs - 2.3%
34,000	Crown Castle, Inc. (a)	3,129,020
107,000	Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc	4,873,850
		8,002,870

	Specialty Retail - 0.2%
32,500	Foot Locker, Inc. (a)	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			563,875
	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 10.2%
207,000	Apple, Inc. (a)	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			35,440,470
	Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.8%
41,000	NIKE, Inc., Class B (a)	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		3,920,420
80,000	Tapestry, Inc	2,300,000
												6,220,420
	Tobacco - 1.7%
64,000	Philip Morris International, Inc. (a)	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		5,925,120
	Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.9%
23,500	T-Mobile US, Inc. (a) (b)	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		3,291,175
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Common Stocks	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		335,164,146
	(Cost $254,762,885)
COMMON STOCKS - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES - 1.2%
	Capital Markets - 1.2%
215,000	Ares Capital Corp. (a)	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		4,186,050
	(Cost $3,728,891)
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 1.6%
13,000	SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		5,557,240
	(Cost $5,691,946)
	Total Investments - 98.8%	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		344,907,436
Number of	(Cost $264,183,722)	Notional			Exercise		Expiration
Contracts	Description		Amount				Price		Date			Value
WRITTEN OPTIONS - (0.0)%
	Call Options Written - (0.0)%
(20)	Adobe, Inc	$ (1,019,800)	$	610.00	10/20/23		(320)
(150)	Carnival Corp	(205,800)			16.00	10/20/23		(1,350)
(250)	Carnival Corp	(343,000)			17.00	10/20/23		(1,250)
(250)	Cinemark Holdings, Inc	(458,750)			20.00	10/20/23		(5,500)
(15)	Domino's Pizza, Inc	(568,185)			410.00	10/20/23		(5,610)
(15)	Domino's Pizza, Inc	(568,185)			430.00	11/17/23		(4,575)
(75)	Exxon Mobile Corp	(881,850)			125.00	11/17/23		(11,850)
(80)	Hess Corp	(1,224,000)			170.00	10/20/23		(3,200)
(300)	Intel Corp	(1,066,500)			41.00	10/20/23		(1,800)
(250)	Micron Technology, Inc	(1,700,750)			75.00	10/20/23		(6,000)
(25)	NVIDIA Corp	(1,087,475)			485.00	10/20/23		(5,650)
(200)	S&P 500® Index (d)	(85,761,000)			4,500.00	10/20/23		(56,000)

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Number of			Notional			Exercise		Expiration
Contracts	Description		Amount				Price		Date			Value
WRITTEN OPTIONS (Continued)
	Call Options Written (Continued)
(325) S&P 500® Index (d)	$(139,361,625)	$	4,525.00	10/20/23 $	(53,625)
	Total Written Options
	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			(156,730)
	(Premiums received $502,730)
	Net Other Assets and Liabilities - 1.2%	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			4,029,973
	Net Assets - 100.0%	. . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	.$	348,937,409

1. All or a portion of these securities are pledged to cover index call options written. At September 30, 2023, the segregated value of these securities amounts to $228,487,549.
2. Non-incomeproducing security.
3. All or a portion of this security's position represents cover for outstanding options written.
4. 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.

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, 2023 is as follows:

	ASSETS TABLE
						Level 2	Level 3
			Total		Level 1	Significant	Significant
			Value at		Quoted	Observable	Unobservable
			9/30/2023		Prices	Inputs	Inputs
Common Stocks*	. . . . $ 335,164,146	$	335,164,146	$	-	$ -
Common Stocks - Business Development Companies* .	. . . .		4,186,050		4,186,050		-	-
Exchange-Traded Funds	. . . .		5,557,240		5,557,240		-	-
Total Investments	. . . . $ 344,907,436	$	344,907,436	$	-	$ -
	LIABILITIES TABLE
						Level 2	Level 3
			Total		Level 1	Significant	Significant
			Value at		Quoted	Observable	Unobservable
			9/30/2023		Prices	Inputs	Inputs
Written Options	. . . . $	(156,730)	$	(153,530)	$ (3,200)	$ -

* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.