UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21586

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

W. Scott Jardine, Esq.
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

registrant's telephone number, including area code: 630-765-8000

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2018

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 
 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Schedule(s) of Investments is attached herewith. 

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS – 93.8%
    Aerospace & Defense  – 2.2%    
33,000  
Raytheon Co. (a)

  $7,122,060
    Air Freight & Logistics  – 1.9%    
24,500  
FedEx Corp. (a)

  5,882,695
    Automobiles  – 1.1%    
95,000  
General Motors Co. (a)

  3,452,300
    Banks  – 10.1%    
275,000  
Bank of America Corp. (a)

  8,247,250
40,000  
First Republic Bank (a)

  3,704,400
94,000  
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (a)

  10,337,180
200,000  
KeyCorp (a)

  3,910,000
24,000  
SVB Financial Group (b)

  5,760,240
        31,959,070
    Beverages  – 3.5%    
20,000  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

  4,558,400
60,000  
PepsiCo, Inc.

  6,549,000
        11,107,400
    Biotechnology  – 2.1%    
42,500  
Celgene Corp. (b)

  3,791,425
39,000  
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

  2,940,210
        6,731,635
    Capital Markets  – 1.6%    
95,000  
Charles Schwab (The) Corp.

  4,960,900
    Chemicals  – 1.5%    
75,000  
DowDuPont, Inc. (a)

  4,778,250
    Communications Equipment  – 3.2%    
170,000  
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

  7,291,300
15,000  
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (b)

  2,722,800
        10,014,100
    Containers & Packaging  – 1.0%    
50,000  
WestRock Co.

  3,208,500
    Diversified Telecommunication Services  – 1.3%    
120,000  
AT&T, Inc. (a)

  4,278,000
    Electric Utilities  – 2.2%    
100,000  
Exelon Corp. (a)

  3,901,000
110,000  
PPL Corp.

  3,111,900
        7,012,900
    Energy Equipment & Services  – 1.1%    
56,000  
Schlumberger Ltd.

  3,627,680
    Food & Staples Retailing  – 1.9%    
32,000  
Costco Wholesale Corp. (a)

  6,029,760
    Food Products  – 0.9%    
45,000  
Kraft Heinz (The) Co. (a)

  2,803,050
    Health Care Providers & Services  – 2.1%    
31,600  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

  6,762,400
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure  – 3.0%    
100,000  
Carnival Corp.

  $6,558,000
50,000  
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

  3,113,000
        9,671,000
    Industrial Conglomerates  – 1.8%    
40,000  
Honeywell International, Inc. (a)

  5,780,400
    Insurance  – 4.0%    
45,000  
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (a)

  3,092,850
39,000  
Chubb, Ltd. (a)

  5,334,030
40,000  
Prudential Financial, Inc. (a)

  4,142,000
        12,568,880
    IT Services  – 0.8%    
32,000  
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

  2,427,840
    Life Sciences Tools & Services  – 2.3%    
35,000  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

  7,226,100
    Machinery  – 2.0%    
16,000  
Caterpillar, Inc. (a)

  2,358,080
25,500  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (a)

  3,906,600
        6,264,680
    Media  – 4.3%    
59,000  
CBS Corp., Class B (a)

  3,032,010
115,000  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

  4,332,050
105,000  
Comcast Corp., Class A

  3,587,850
110,000  
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B (a)

  2,648,800
        13,600,710
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  – 4.7%    
50,000  
Chevron Corp. (a)

  5,702,000
33,000  
Exxon Mobil Corp. (a)

  2,462,130
50,000  
Hess Corp. (a)

  2,531,000
63,000  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.

  4,092,480
        14,787,610
    Pharmaceuticals  – 5.8%    
110,000  
Merck & Co., Inc. (a)

  5,991,700
235,000  
Pfizer, Inc.

  8,340,150
50,000  
Zoetis, Inc.

  4,175,500
        18,507,350
    Road & Rail  – 1.0%    
28,000  
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (a)

  3,280,200
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  – 7.6%    
95,000  
Applied Materials, Inc. (a)

  5,282,950
21,000  
Broadcom Ltd. (a)

  4,948,650
150,000  
Intel Corp. (a)

  7,812,000
120,000  
Micron Technology, Inc. (b)

  6,256,800
        24,300,400
    Software  – 9.4%    
40,000  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (a)

  2,698,400
17,000  
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

  3,673,360
20,000  
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) (b)

  2,424,800
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Value
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)
    Software  (Continued)    
170,000  
Microsoft Corp. (a)

  $15,515,900
125,000  
Oracle Corp. (a)

  5,718,750
        30,031,210
    Specialty Retail  – 1.7%    
30,000  
Home Depot (The), Inc. (a)

  5,347,200
    Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals  – 4.5%    
85,000  
Apple, Inc. (a)

  14,261,300
    Tobacco  – 3.2%    
60,000  
Altria Group, Inc. (a)

  3,739,200
66,000  
Philip Morris International, Inc. (a)

  6,560,400
        10,299,600
   
Total Common Stocks

  298,085,180
    (Cost $240,038,893)    
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 3.2%
    Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts  – 2.3%    
45,000  
Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

  4,932,450
40,000  
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A (a)

  2,546,400
        7,478,850
    Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts  – 0.9%    
90,000  
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A (a)

  2,827,800
   
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts

  10,306,650
    (Cost $9,355,077)    
COMMON STOCKS – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES - 0.9%
    Capital Markets  – 0.9%    
180,000  
Ares Capital Corp. (a)

  2,856,600
    (Cost $3,116,652)    
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS – 0.5%
    Capital Markets  – 0.5%    
6,000  
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (a)

  1,578,900
    (Cost $1,559,745)    
    
Shares   Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity (c)
  Value
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES – 1.6%
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.7%            
40,000  
Becton Dickinson and Co., Series A

  6.13%   05/01/20   2,337,200
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.9%            
45,500  
Hess Corp.

  8.00%   02/01/19   2,709,980
   
Total Convertible Preferred Securities

  5,047,180
    (Cost $4,990,768)            
    
   
Total Investments – 100.0%

 317,874,510
   (Cost $259,061,135) (d)   
    
Number of Contracts   Description   Notional Amount   Exercise Price   Expiration Date   Value
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN – (0.3)%
60  
Adobe Systems, Inc.

  $1,296,480   $230.00   Apr 2018   (12,000)
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
Number of Contracts   Description   Notional Amount   Exercise Price   Expiration Date   Value
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (Continued)
235  
Applied Materials, Inc.

  $1,306,835   $62.50   Apr 2018   $(7,285)
250  
Carnival Corp.

  1,639,500   70.00   Apr 2018   (3,750)
350  
Cisco Systems, Inc.

  1,501,150   46.00   Apr 2018   (3,850)
60  
Constellation Brands, Inc.

  1,367,520   225.00   Apr 2018   (45,000)
100  
FedEx Corp.

  2,401,100   260.00   Apr 2018   (6,000)
175  
Hess Corp.

  885,850   55.00   Apr 2018   (5,950)
300  
Intel Corp.

  1,562,400   54.00   Apr 2018   (19,500)
150  
Micron Technology, Inc.

  782,100   57.50   Apr 2018   (9,150)
350  
Micron Technology, Inc.

  1,824,900   60.00   Apr 2018   (9,450)
325  
Oracle Corp.

  1,486,875   55.00   Apr 2018   (650)
50  
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

  907,600   190.00   Apr 2018   (12,600)
100  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.

  758,700   85.00   Apr 2018   (1,900)
100  
Raytheon Co.

  2,158,200   220.00   Apr 2018   (22,200)
150  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  39,613,050   2,700.00   Apr 2018   (306,000)
200  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  52,817,400   2,725.00   Apr 2018   (259,000)
250  
S&P 500® Index (e)

  66,021,750   2,750.00   Apr 2018   (165,000)
60  
SVB Financial Group

  1,440,060   280.00   Apr 2018   (960)
   
Total Call Options Written

  (890,245)
    (Premiums received $969,378)                
   
Net Other Assets and Liabilities – 0.3%

 838,450
   
Net Assets – 100.0%

 $317,822,715
    

(a) All or a portion of these securities are pledged to cover index call options written.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Stated maturity represents the mandatory conversion date.
(d) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of March 31, 2018, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $66,119,973 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $7,227,465. The net unrealized appreciation was $58,892,508. The amounts presented are inclusive of derivative contracts.
(e) 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.
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2018 is as follows (see Note 2A - Portfolio Valuation in the Notes to Portfolio of Investments):
ASSETS TABLE
  Total
Value at
3/31/2018
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks*

$298,085,180 $298,085,180 $$
Real Estate Investment Trusts*

10,306,650 10,306,650
Common Stocks - Business Development Companies*

2,856,600 2,856,600
Exchange-Traded Funds*

1,578,900 1,578,900
Convertible Preferred Securities*

5,047,180 5,047,180
Total Investments

$317,874,510 $317,874,510 $$
LIABILITIES TABLE
  Total
Value at
3/31/2018
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Call Options Written

$(890,245) $(890,245) $$
    
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
All transfers in and out of the Levels during the period are assumed to occur on the last day of the period at their current value. There were no transfers between Levels at March 31, 2018.
See Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Notes to Portfolio of Investments
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
1. Organization
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust on May 20, 2004, and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund trades under the ticker symbol FFA on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
The Fund is considered an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies.”
2. Valuation and Investment Practices
A. Portfolio Valuation
The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Common Shares of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. If the NYSE closes early on a valuation day, the NAV is determined as of that time. The Fund’s NAV per Common Share is calculated by dividing the value of all assets of the Fund (including accrued interest and dividends), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses, the value of call options written (sold) and dividends declared but unpaid), by the total number of shares outstanding.
The Fund’s investments are valued daily at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value. Market value prices represent last sale or official closing prices from a national or foreign exchange (i.e., a regulated market) and are primarily obtained from third-party pricing services. Fair value prices represent any prices not considered market value prices and are either obtained from a third-party pricing service or are determined by the Pricing Committee of the Fund’s investment advisor, First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or the “Advisor”), in accordance with valuation procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with provisions of the 1940 Act. Investments valued by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee, if any, are footnoted as such in the footnotes to the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund’s investments are valued as follows:
Common stocks, real estate investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, convertible preferred stocks, and other equity securities listed on any national or foreign exchange (excluding The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) and the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”)) are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are principally traded or, for Nasdaq and AIM securities, the official closing price. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, at the close of the securities exchange representing the principal market for such securities.
Securities traded in an over-the-counter market are fair valued at the mean of their most recent bid and asked price, if available, and otherwise at their closing bid price.
Exchange-traded options contracts are valued at the closing price in the market where such contracts are principally traded. If no closing price is available, exchange-traded options contracts are fair valued at the mean of their most recent bid and asked price, if available, and otherwise at their closing bid price. Over-the-counter options contracts are fair valued at the mean of their most recent bid and asked price, if available, and otherwise at their closing bid price.
Certain securities may not be able to be priced by pre-established pricing methods. Such securities may be valued by the Fund’s Board of Trustees or its delegate, the Advisor’s Pricing Committee, at fair value. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) for which a third-party pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; a security whose market or fair value price is not available from a pre-established pricing source; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of the Fund’s NAV or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; and a security whose price, as provided by the third-party pricing service, does not reflect the security’s fair value. As a general principle, the current fair value of a security would appear to be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. When fair value prices are used, generally they will differ from market quotations or official closing prices on the applicable exchanges. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities, including, but not limited to, the following:
1) the type of security;
2) the size of the holding;
3) the initial cost of the security;
4) transactions in comparable securities;
5) price quotes from dealers and/or third-party pricing services;

Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
6) relationships among various securities;
7) information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange;
8) an analysis of the issuer’s financial statements; and
9) the existence of merger proposals or tender offers that might affect the value of the security.
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. An active market is a market in which transactions for the investment occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly, and include the following:
o Quoted prices for similar investments in active markets.
o Quoted prices for identical or similar investments in markets that are non-active. A non-active market is a market where there are few transactions for the investment, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers, or in which little information is released publicly.
o Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the investment (for example, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates).
o Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs. Unobservable inputs 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 March 31, 2018, is included with the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
B. Option Contracts
The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective and may write (sell) options to hedge against changes in the value of equities. Also, the Fund seeks to generate additional income, in the form of premiums received, from writing (selling) the options. The Fund may write (sell) covered call or put options (“options”) on all or a portion of the equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio as determined to be appropriate by Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC (“Chartwell” or the “Sub-Advisor”), consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The number of options the Fund can write (sell) is limited by the amount of equity securities the Fund holds in its portfolio. Options on securities indices are designed to reflect price fluctuations in a group of securities or segment of the securities market rather than price fluctuations in a single security and are similar to options on single securities, except that the exercise of securities index options requires cash settlement payments and does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities. The Fund will not write (sell) “naked” or uncovered options. If certain equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio are not covered by a related call option on the individual equity security, securities index options may be written on all or a portion of such uncovered securities. Options are marked-to-market daily and their value will be affected by changes in the value and dividend rates of the underlying equity securities, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the securities markets and the underlying equity securities and the remaining time to the options’ expiration. The value of options may also be adversely affected if the market for the options becomes less liquid or trading volume diminishes.
Options the Fund writes (sells) will either be exercised, expire or be canceled pursuant to a closing transaction. If the price of the underlying equity security exceeds the option’s exercise price, it is likely that the option holder will exercise the option. If an option written (sold) by the Fund is exercised, the Fund would be obligated to deliver the underlying equity security to the option holder upon payment of the strike price. In this case, the option premium received by the Fund will be added to the amount realized on the sale of the underlying security for purposes of determining gain or loss. If the price of the underlying equity security is less than the option’s strike price, the option will likely expire without being exercised. The option premium received by the Fund will, in this case, be treated as short-term capital gain on the expiration date of the option. The Fund may also elect to close out its position in an option prior to its expiration by purchasing an option of the same series as the option written (sold) by the Fund.
The options that the Fund writes (sells) give the option holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a security from the Fund at the strike price on or prior to the option’s expiration date. The ability to successfully implement the writing (selling) of covered call options depends on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. Thus, the use of

Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA)
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
options may require the Fund to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices other than current market value, which may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment, or may cause the Fund to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. As the writer (seller) of a covered option, the Fund foregoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the option, but has retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline. The writer (seller) of an option has no control over the time when it may be required to fulfill its obligation as a writer (seller) of the option. Once an option writer (seller) has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying security to the option holder at the exercise price.
Over-the-counter options have the risk of the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum equity price risk for purchased options is limited to the premium initially paid. In addition, certain risks may arise upon entering into option contracts including the risk that an illiquid secondary market will limit the Fund’s ability to close out an option contract prior to the expiration date and that a change in the value of the option contract may not correlate exactly with changes in the value of the securities hedged.
C. Securities Transactions
Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis.
3. Derivative Transactions
During the fiscal year-to-date period (January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018), the premiums for written options opened were $10,707,154, and the premiums for written options closed, exercised and expired were $10,601,543.

 

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a)The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

  

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

SIGNATURES

 



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(registrant)

First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund

   

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ James M. Dykas    
  James M. Dykas, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
   

DateMay 23, 2018

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ James M. Dykas    
  James M. Dykas, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
   
DateMay 23, 2018

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Donald P. Swade    
  Donald P. Swade, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal financial officer)
   
DateMay 23, 2018

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.