First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index (the Index). The Index is designed to measure the stock performance of companies engaged in specific real estate activities of the North American, European and Asian real estate markets. Relevant real estate activities are defined as the ownership, trading and development of income-producing real estate. The constituents of the Index are required to meet individual geographic criteria, and are subject to size, liquidity and free-float screens. The Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index, based on free-float market capitalization. The Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly. The Fund’s investment advisor is First Trust Advisors L.P.