First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund : 19a-1 Notice – 12/15/2023 & 12/26/2023

	Notice Regarding Your Monthly Distribution
First Trust/abrdn Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM)	First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT)
First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (FEI)	First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund (FSD)
First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund (FTHY)	First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund (FPL)

Each closed-end fund listed above (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") has declared a distribution payable on December 15, 2023, with the exception of FTHY, which has declared

a distribution payable on December 26, 2023, to shareholders of record as of December 4, 2023, with an ex-dividend date of December 1, 2023. This Notice is meant to provide you information about the sources of your Fund's distributions. You should not draw any conclusions about each Fund's investment performance from the amount of its distribution.

The following tables set forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date for each Fund from the following sources: net investment income ("NII"); net realized short-term capital gains ("STCG"); net realized long-term capital gains ("LTCG"); and return of capital ("ROC"). These estimates are based upon information as of November 30, 2023, are calculated based on a generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") basis and include the prior fiscal year-end undistributed net investment income. The amounts and sources of distributions are expressed per common share.

													Annualized	5 Year
			Total										Current Dist.	Avg. Annual
Fund	Fund	Fiscal	Current		Current Distribution ($)				Current Distribution (%)		Rate as a	Total Return
Ticker	Cusip	Year End	Distribution	NII	STCG	LTCG	ROC (2)		NII	STCG	LTCG	ROC (2)	% of NAV (3)	on NAV (4)
FAM	337319107	12/31/2023	$0.06000	$0.03200	-	-	$0.02800	53.34%	-	-	46.66%	10.83%	-0.34%
FCT	33733U108	5/31/2024	$0.09700	$0.07736	-	-	$0.01964	79.75%	-	-	20.25%	10.48%	4.80%
FSD	33738E109	10/31/2024	$0.10500	$0.05093	-	-	$0.05407	48.50%	-	-	51.50%	10.10%	4.35%
FEI (5)	33739B104	10/31/2024	$0.05000	$0.01273	-	-	$0.03727	25.46%	-	-	74.54%	6.29%	4.43%
FPL (5)	33739M100	10/31/2024	$0.03750	$0.01181	-	-	$0.02569	31.50%	-	-	68.50%	5.90%	4.61%
FTHY	33741Q107	5/31/2024	$0.13000	$0.07316	-	-	$0.05684	56.28%	-	-	43.72%	10.01%	1.69%
			Total										Cumulative	Cumulative
			Cumulative										Fiscal YTD	Fiscal YTD
Fund	Fund	Fiscal	Fiscal YTD	Cumulative Distributions Fiscal YTD ($)		Cumulative Distributions Fiscal YTD (%)	Distributions as	Total Return
Ticker	Cusip	Year End	Distributions (1)	NII	STCG	LTCG	ROC (2)		NII	STCG	LTCG	ROC (2)	a % of NAV (3)	on NAV (4)
FAM	337319107	12/31/2023	$0.66000	$0.35204	-	-	$0.30796	53.34%	-	-	46.66%	9.92%	10.11%
FCT	33733U108	5/31/2024	$0.67900	$0.54150	-	-	$0.13750	79.75%	-	-	20.25%	6.11%	7.45%
FSD	33738E109	10/31/2024	$0.21000	$0.10185	-	-	$0.10815	48.50%	-	-	51.50%	1.68%	5.34%
FEI (5)	33739B104	10/31/2024	$0.10000	$0.02546	-	-	$0.07454	25.46%	-	-	74.54%	1.05%	4.76%
FPL (5)	33739M100	10/31/2024	$0.07500	$0.02363	-	-	$0.05137	31.50%	-	-	68.50%	0.98%	5.96%
FTHY	33741Q107	5/31/2024	$0.91000	$0.51215	-	-	$0.39785	56.28%	-	-	43.72%	5.84%	7.22%

1. Includes the most recent monthly distribution paid on December 15, 2023, with the exception of FTHY, which has declared a distribution payable on December 26, 2023.
2. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income."
3. Based on Net Asset Value ("NAV") as of November 30, 2023.
4. Total Returns are through November 30, 2023, and for Funds in operation less than five years, the return included in the 5 Year Average Annual Total Return on NAV column is from the Fund's first public offering.
5. The Fund anticipates that, due to the tax treatment of cash distributions made by Master Limited Partnerships in which the Fund invests, a portion of distributions the Fund makes to Common Shareholders may consist of a tax-deferred return of capital.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. You should not use this Notice as a substitute for your Form 1099-DIV.

First Trust Advisors L.P. Contact:

Derek Maltbie [phone]