# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001329377
**File Stem:** 0001445546-23-001419
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 2734
**Document Hash:** 13b8f6d8017ac84088af5796330e729b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001445546-23-001419.hdr.sgml**: 20230222

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001445546-23-001419

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230222

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230222

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230222

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001329377
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-125751
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23651994

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400
- **CITY:** WHEATON
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60187
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 630-765-8000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400
- **CITY:** WHEATON
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60187

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (Series ID: S000070088)

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|  |  |  |
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| Class Name                                      | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF | BGLD          | C000222997 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (Series ID: S000070088)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000222997 | FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF | BGLD            |

Rule 497(e)<br> Registration Nos. 333-125751 and 811-21774

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

(the *"Trust"*)

FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF

(the *"Fund"*)

Supplement To the Fund's Prospectus

February 22, 2023

As described in the Fund's prospectus, Fund shareholders are subject to an upside return cap that represents the maximum percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in the Fund for a given Target Outcome Period. On February 28, 2023, the Fund's current Target Outcome Period will end, and a new Target Outcome Period will begin as of March 1, 2023. The new Target Outcome Period will end on May 31, 2023. While the actual cap will not be determined until the first day of the new Target Outcome Period, set forth below is the anticipated cap range for the Fund for the Target Outcome Period beginning on March 1, 2023.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;FT Cboe Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF | &nbsp;&nbsp; **6.38% - 6.76%**<br> (before fees and expenses)<br> **6.16% - 6.53%**<br> (after fees and expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, trading fees and extraordinary expenses not included in the Fund's management fee) |

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Please Keep this Supplement with your Fund Prospectus for Future Reference