On January 13, 2020, First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote for the election of Robert F. Keith as director of the Company and to vote against a shareholder proposal to terminate all investment advisory and management agreements pertaining to the Company and between First Trust Advisors L.P. at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to held on March 9, 2020.