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First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Distributions for Exchange-Traded Funds

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announces the declaration of the regular quarterly distributions for 67 of 73 exchange-traded funds advised by FTA.

The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations:

Expected Ex-Dividend Date: December 21, 2012
Record Date: December 26, 2012
Payable Date: December 31, 2012

Ordinary

Long-Term Short-Term
Income Capital Gain Capital Gain
Per Share Per Share Per Share

Ticker

Exchange

Fund Name

Frequency

Amount

Amount

Amount

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

FDM NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.3078
FDL NYSE Arca First Trust Morningstar Dividend LeadersSM Index Fund Quarterly $0.2058
FPX NYSE Arca First Trust US IPO Index Fund Quarterly $0.1320
FDV NYSE Arca First Trust Strategic Value Index Fund Quarterly $0.2167
FVI NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Equity Allocation Index Fund Quarterly $0.2171
FVD NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.1496
FRI NYSE Arca First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund Quarterly $0.1069 $0.0342
FIW NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Water Index Fund Quarterly $0.0476
FCG NYSE Arca First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund Quarterly $0.0047
FNI NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund Quarterly $0.0034
FVL NYSE Arca First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund Quarterly $0.0837
QQEW NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.1367
QTEC NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.0839
QQXT NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector IndexSM Fund Quarterly $0.1627
QCLN NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund Quarterly $0.0434
QABA NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund Quarterly $0.2505
VIXH NYSE Arca First Trust CBOE S&P 500 VIX Tail Hedge Fund Quarterly $0.0926

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II

FDD NYSE Arca First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.0691
FFR NYSE Arca

First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Markets Real Estate Index Fund

Quarterly

$1.0453

FGD NYSE Arca First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.3033
FAN NYSE Arca First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund Quarterly $0.0253
FLM NYSE Arca

First Trust ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund

Quarterly

$0.0703

GRID NASDAQ

First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

Quarterly

$0.0168

BICK NASDAQ First Trust BICK Index Fund Quarterly $0.0516
CU NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Copper Index Fund Quarterly $0.1999
PLTM NASDAQ First Trust ISE Global Platinum Index Fund Quarterly $0.0170
FONE NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund Quarterly $0.1115
CARZ NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund Quarterly $0.0665
SKYY NASDAQ First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund Quarterly $0.0032

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV

EMLP NYSE Arca First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund Quarterly $0.1390

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI

MDIV NASDAQ Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund Quarterly $0.2833 $0.0011
TDIV NASDAQ First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund Quarterly $0.1651

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund

FEX NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2857
FNX NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2237
FYX NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2648
FTA NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2908
FTC NYSE Arca First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2434
FAB NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2884
FAD NYSE Arca First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1915
FXD NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2456
FXG NYSE Arca First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3422
FXN NYSE Arca First Trust Energy AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1442
FXO NYSE Arca First Trust Financials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2121
FXR NYSE Arca First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2993
FXZ NYSE Arca First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.4504
FXU NYSE Arca First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2460
FXH NYSE Arca First Trust Health Care® AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1235
FXL NYSE Arca First Trust Technology AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0645
FNY NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2648
FNK NYSE Arca First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1454
FYC NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0749
FYT NYSE Arca First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1536
FMK NYSE Arca First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1728

First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX® Fund II

FEM NYSE Arca First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0316
FBZ NYSE Arca First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1410
FDT NYSE Arca First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2821
FEP NYSE Arca First Trust Europe AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0249
FJP NYSE Arca First Trust Japan AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3027
FLN NYSE Arca First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0572
FPA NYSE Arca First Trust Asia Pacific ex-Japan AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.0580
FCAN NYSE Arca First Trust Canada AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1840
FAUS NYSE Arca First Trust Australia AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.5170
FKU NYSE Arca First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1894
FHK NYSE Arca First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.3497
FSZ NYSE Arca First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.2300
FDTS NYSE Arca

First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund

Quarterly

$0.6015

FEMS NYSE Arca First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX® Fund Quarterly $0.1355

First Trust Advisors L.P., the Funds’ investment advisor, along with its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies which provide a variety of investment services, including asset management and financial advisory services, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $62 billion as of November 30, 2012 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a Fund before investing. Prospectuses for the Funds contain this and other important information and are available free of charge by calling toll-free at 1-800-621-1675 or visiting www.ftportfolios.com.A prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

Past performance is no assurance of future results. Principal Risk Factors: A Fund’s shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in a Fund. An investment in a Fund involves risk similar to those of investing in any fund of equity securities traded on exchanges. A Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an index. You should anticipate that the value of a Fund’s shares will decline, more or less, in correlation with any decline in the value of the index. A Fund’s return may not match the return of the index. Unlike the Fund, the indices do not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore do not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. A Fund may invest in small capitalization and mid capitalization companies. Such companies may experience greater price volatility than larger, more established companies. The risks of investing in each Fund are spelled out in its prospectus, shareholder report, and other regulatory filings.

Investors buying or selling Fund shares on the secondary market may incur brokerage commissions. Investors who sell Fund shares may receive less than the share’s net asset value. Unlike shares of open-end mutual funds, investors are generally not able to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund and individual shares are not redeemable. However, specified large blocks of shares called “creation units” can be purchased from, or redeemed to, the Fund.

Contacts:

First Trust Advisors L.P.
Press Inquiries: Jane Doyle, 630-765-8775
Analyst Inquiries: Eric Anderson, 630-517-7676
Broker Inquiries: Ryan Issakainen, 630-765-8689

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