# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001329377
**File Stem:** 0001445546-25-007932
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 2698
**Document Hash:** 718faa1fb02f85615bf0b4a81dd21020
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001445546-25-007932.hdr.sgml**: 20251201

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001445546-25-007932

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251201

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251128

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251201

**FILER**: 

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

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

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-125751
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251536806

**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 Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (Series ID: S000070088)

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

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

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

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

(the *"Fund"*)

Supplement To the Fund's Prospectus

Dated December 1, 2025

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 November 28, 2025, the Fund's previous Target Outcome Period ended, and a new Target Outcome Period began as of December 1, 2025. The new Target Outcome Period will end on February 27, 2026. The cap for the Fund for the Target Outcome Period beginning on December 1, 2025 is set forth below.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Fund** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Cap**<br> **(before fees and expenses)** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Cap**<br> **(after fees and expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, trading fees, taxes and extraordinary expenses not included in the Fund's management fee)** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;FT Vest Gold Strategy Quarterly Buffer ETF (BGLD) | &nbsp;&nbsp;**8.92%** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**8.69%** |

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Please Keep this Supplement with your Fund Prospectus for Future Reference