# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001667919
**File Stem:** 0000940400-25-005054
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 19786
**Document Hash:** f79d4fcb4d9cf0b2ab707bdb3289c801
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000940400-25-005054.hdr.sgml**: 20251022

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000940400-25-005054

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: NPORT-P

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250831

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251022

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251022

**PERIOD START**: 20250831

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001667919

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** NPORT-P
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-23147
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251409040

**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

### First Trust Expanded Technology ETF (Series ID: S000071978)

| Class ID   | Class Name                          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000227615 | First Trust Expanded Technology ETF | XPND            |

## Form NPORT-P: Monthly Portfolio Investments Report

### NPORT-P: Part A: General Information

**Item A.1. Information about the Registrant.**

- **a. Name of Registrant:** First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII

- **b. Investment Company Act file number:** 811-23147

- **c. CIK number of Registrant:** 0001667919

- **d. LEI of Registrant:** 549300NT36PJKGP5Y765

- **e. Address and telephone number of Registrant.**

  - **Street Address 1:** 120 East Liberty Drive

  - **City:** Wheaton

  - **State:** IL

  - **Foreign country:** US

  - **Zip / Postal Code:** 60187

  - **Telephone number:** 630-765-8000

**Item A.2. Information about the Series.**

- **a. Name of Series:** First Trust Expanded Technology ETF

- **b. EDGAR series identifier (if any):** S000071978

- **c. LEI of Series:** 5493004771S8UONQ1564

**Item A.3. Reporting period.**

- **a. Date of fiscal year-end:** 2025-08-31

- **b. Date as of which information is reported:** 2025-08-31

**Item A.4. Final filing**

Does the Fund anticipate that this will be its final filing on Form N-PORT? **No**

### Fund Information

**Total Assets:** $30732897.49

**Total Liabilities:** $17053.82

**Net Assets:** $30715843.67

**Cash Not Reported:** $283.04

**Monthly Return Information**

| Class               | Month 1 Return (%)   | Month 2 Return (%)   | Month 3 Return (%)   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class ID C000227615 | 7.59%                | 0.68%                | 0.74%                |

**Monthly Gains & Losses**

| Period   | Net Realized Gain/Loss   | Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Month 1  | $-73400.32               | $1969365.45                                |
| Month 2  | $0.00                    | $189067.67                                 |
| Month 3  | $0.00                    | $199545.36                                 |

### Schedule of Portfolio Investments

| Name                          | Title                                | Identifiers                                   | Payoff Profile   | Asset Category   | Issuer Category   | Country   |   Balance | Units   | Value (USD)   | % of Net Assets   | Maturity Date   | Coupon Type   | Annualized Rate (%)   | Restricted?   |   Fair Value Level | Lending Status   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|---:|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|---:|:---|
| Gartner Inc                   | Gartner Inc                          | CUSIP: 366651107<br>LEI: PP55B5R38BFB8O8HH686 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       161 | NS      | $40441.59     | 0.13%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| AppLovin Corp                 | AppLovin Corp                        | CUSIP: 03831W108<br>LEI: 549300LLVXMUAOL3SQ07 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1642 | NS      | $785844.78    | 2.56%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Roper Technologies Inc        | Roper Technologies Inc               | CUSIP: 776696106<br>LEI: 54930003T4SXCIWVXY35 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       522 | NS      | $274733.82    | 0.89%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Netflix Inc                   | Netflix Inc                          | CUSIP: 64110L106<br>LEI: 549300Y7VHGU0I7CE873 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1047 | NS      | $1265037.75   | 4.12%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co        | CUSIP: 42824C109<br>LEI: 549300BX44RGX6ANDV88 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      4065 | NS      | $91747.05     | 0.30%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Walt Disney Co/The            | Walt Disney Co/The                   | CUSIP: 254687106<br>LEI: 549300GZKULIZ0WOW665 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      8725 | NS      | $1032865.50   | 3.36%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| ServiceNow Inc                | ServiceNow Inc                       | CUSIP: 81762P102<br>LEI: 549300HJTQM36M0E1G39 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1007 | NS      | $923882.22    | 3.01%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Jack Henry & Associates Inc   | Jack Henry & Associates Inc          | CUSIP: 426281101<br>LEI: 529900X1QS8C54W0JB21 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       389 | NS      | $63508.14     | 0.21%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Warner Music Group Corp       | Warner Music Group Corp              | CUSIP: 934550203<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2668 | NS      | $88977.80     | 0.29%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Amphenol Corp                 | Amphenol Corp                        | CUSIP: 032095101<br>LEI: 549300D3L3G0R4U4VT04 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      5870 | NS      | $639008.20    | 2.08%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc    | Cadence Design Systems Inc           | CUSIP: 127387108<br>LEI: GCT7RXJOGLXPV0NXZY22 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1326 | NS      | $464670.18    | 1.51%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| GoDaddy Inc                   | GoDaddy Inc                          | CUSIP: 380237107<br>LEI: 549300J8H1TB0I2CB447 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       385 | NS      | $57099.35     | 0.19%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Visa Inc                      | Visa Inc                             | CUSIP: 92826C839<br>LEI: 549300JZ4OKEHW3DPJ59 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      3461 | NS      | $1217510.58   | 3.96%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Corning Inc                   | Corning Inc                          | CUSIP: 219350105<br>LEI: 549300X2937PB0CJ7I56 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1417 | NS      | $94981.51     | 0.31%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Tyler Technologies Inc        | Tyler Technologies Inc               | CUSIP: 902252105<br>LEI: 25490040SMU4Z8LBCW70 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       122 | NS      | $68671.36     | 0.22%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Gen Digital Inc               | Gen Digital Inc                      | CUSIP: 668771108<br>LEI: YF6ZV0M6AU4FY94MK914 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2466 | NS      | $74473.20     | 0.24%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Zebra Technologies Corp       | Zebra Technologies Corp              | CUSIP: 989207105<br>LEI: PO0I32GKZ3HZMMDPZZ08 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       241 | NS      | $76418.69     | 0.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| T-Mobile US Inc               | T-Mobile US Inc                      | CUSIP: 872590104<br>LEI: 549300QHIJYOHPACPG31 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      5220 | NS      | $1315387.80   | 4.28%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Microsoft Corp                | Microsoft Corp                       | CUSIP: 594918104<br>LEI: INR2EJN1ERAN0W5ZP974 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2747 | NS      | $1391877.43   | 4.53%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| MSILF Treasury Portfolio      | MSILF Treasury Portfolio             | CUSIP: 61747C582<br>LEI: 549300D1XR6GP7EZ0T47 | Long             | STIV             | RF                | US        |     80847 | NS      | $80846.56     | 0.26%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Broadcom Inc                  | Broadcom Inc                         | CUSIP: 11135F101<br>LEI: 549300WV6GIDOZJTV909 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      5222 | NS      | $1552970.58   | 5.06%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Autodesk Inc                  | Autodesk Inc                         | CUSIP: 052769106<br>LEI: FRKKVKAIQEF3FCSTPG55 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1039 | NS      | $326973.30    | 1.06%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Alphabet Inc                  | Alphabet Inc                         | CUSIP: 02079K305<br>LEI: 5493006MHB84DD0ZWV18 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      7361 | NS      | $1567230.51   | 5.10%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Cisco Systems Inc             | Cisco Systems Inc                    | CUSIP: 17275R102<br>LEI: 549300LKFJ962MZ46593 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     19219 | NS      | $1327840.71   | 4.32%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc        | Palo Alto Networks Inc               | CUSIP: 697435105<br>LEI: 549300QXR2YVZV231H43 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      3237 | NS      | $616713.24    | 2.01%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| F5 Inc                        | F5 Inc                               | CUSIP: 315616102<br>LEI: 54930015FPK9KT966303 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       247 | NS      | $77345.58     | 0.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| NetApp Inc                    | NetApp Inc                           | CUSIP: 64110D104<br>LEI: QTX3D84DZDD5JYOCYH15 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       708 | NS      | $79855.32     | 0.26%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Fox Corp                      | Fox Corp                             | CUSIP: 35137L105<br>LEI: 549300DDU6FDRBIELS05 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1278 | NS      | $76296.60     | 0.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Motorola Solutions Inc        | Motorola Solutions Inc               | CUSIP: 620076307<br>LEI: 6S552MUG6KGJVEBSEC55 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       810 | NS      | $382692.60    | 1.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| NVIDIA Corp                   | NVIDIA Corp                          | CUSIP: 67066G104<br>LEI: 549300S4KLFTLO7GSQ80 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      9356 | NS      | $1629628.08   | 5.31%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Fortinet Inc                  | Fortinet Inc                         | CUSIP: 34959E109<br>LEI: 549300O0QJWDBAS0QX03 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      3714 | NS      | $292551.78    | 0.95%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Intuit Inc                    | Intuit Inc                           | CUSIP: 461202103<br>LEI: VI90HBPH7XSFMB9E4M29 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1353 | NS      | $902451.00    | 2.94%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Meta Platforms Inc            | Meta Platforms Inc                   | CUSIP: 30303M102<br>LEI: BQ4BKCS1HXDV9HN80Z93 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1952 | NS      | $1441942.40   | 4.69%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| QUALCOMM Inc                  | QUALCOMM Inc                         | CUSIP: 747525103<br>LEI: H1J8DDZKZP6H7RWC0H53 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      5292 | NS      | $850583.16    | 2.77%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| CDW Corp/DE                   | CDW Corp/DE                          | CUSIP: 12514G108<br>LEI: 9845001B052ABF0B6755 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       390 | NS      | $64256.40     | 0.21%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Apple Inc                     | Apple Inc                            | CUSIP: 037833100<br>LEI: HWUPKR0MPOU8FGXBT394 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      6295 | NS      | $1461321.30   | 4.76%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Teledyne Technologies Inc     | Teledyne Technologies Inc            | CUSIP: 879360105<br>LEI: 549300VSMO9KYQWDND94 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       141 | NS      | $75881.97     | 0.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Charter Communications Inc    | Charter Communications Inc           | CUSIP: 16119P108<br>LEI: 0J0XRGZE3PBRFEZ7MV65 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       670 | NS      | $177938.60    | 0.58%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Monolithic Power Systems Inc  | Monolithic Power Systems Inc         | CUSIP: 609839105<br>LEI: 529900TB7O85LSZ1XU31 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       106 | NS      | $88590.56     | 0.29%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| KLA Corp                      | KLA Corp                             | CUSIP: 482480100<br>LEI: 549300H0BF5JCG96TJ81 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       642 | NS      | $559824.00    | 1.82%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Omnicom Group Inc             | Omnicom Group Inc                    | CUSIP: 681919106<br>LEI: HKUPACFHSSASQK8HLS17 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       956 | NS      | $74883.48     | 0.24%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Adobe Inc                     | Adobe Inc                            | CUSIP: 00724F101<br>LEI: FU4LY2G4933NH2E1CP29 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2069 | NS      | $738012.30    | 2.40%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Lam Research Corp             | Lam Research Corp                    | CUSIP: 512807306<br>LEI: 549300I4GMO6D34U1T02 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      6208 | NS      | $621731.20    | 2.02%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Oracle Corp                   | Oracle Corp                          | CUSIP: 68389X105<br>LEI: 1Z4GXXU7ZHVWFCD8TV52 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      7637 | NS      | $1726954.81   | 5.62%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Trimble Inc                   | Trimble Inc                          | CUSIP: 896239100<br>LEI: 549300E2MI7NSZFQWS19 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       986 | NS      | $79688.52     | 0.26%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Mastercard Inc                | Mastercard Inc                       | CUSIP: 57636Q104<br>LEI: AR5L2ODV9HN37376R084 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2159 | NS      | $1285231.11   | 4.18%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Jabil Inc                     | Jabil Inc                            | CUSIP: 466313103<br>LEI: 5493000CGCQY2OQU7669 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |       418 | NS      | $85618.94     | 0.28%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Bentley Systems Inc           | Bentley Systems Inc                  | CUSIP: 08265T208<br>LEI: 549300WVEHPGE0Z56F71 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1472 | NS      | $81916.80     | 0.27%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| IBM                           | International Business Machines Corp | CUSIP: 459200101<br>LEI: VGRQXHF3J8VDLUA7XE92 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      4413 | NS      | $1074521.37   | 3.50%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Arista Networks Inc           | Arista Networks Inc                  | CUSIP: 040413205<br>LEI: 635400H1WKBLOQERUU95 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      6096 | NS      | $832408.80    | 2.71%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc      | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc             | CUSIP: 22788C105<br>LEI: 549300YBY08K9KM4HX32 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      1209 | NS      | $512253.30    | 1.67%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |

### Signature

**Date Signed:** 2025-10-21

**Name of Applicant:** First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII

**Signature:** Derek Maltbie

**Name of Signer:** Derek Maltbie

**Title:** Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer