# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001329377
**File Stem:** 0001445546-25-005822
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 3095
**Document Hash:** 56602315c19a7d55a3e91637bf11d9ec
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001445546-25-005822.hdr.sgml**: 20250822

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001445546-25-005822

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250822

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250822

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250822

**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:** 251246786

**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 August 22, 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 August 29, 2025, the Fund's current Target Outcome Period will end, and a new Target Outcome Period will begin as of September 2, 2025. The new Target Outcome Period will end on November 28, 2025. While the actual caps will not be determined until the first day of the new Target Outcome Period, set forth below are the anticipated cap ranges for the Fund for the Target Outcome Period beginning on September 2, 2025. A supplement to the Fund's prospectus will be filed on September 2, 2025 that will include the actual cap for the new Target Outcome Period, which may be higher or lower than the anticipated cap ranges set forth below.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Fund** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Anticipated cap range**<br> **(before fees and expenses)** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Anticipated cap range**<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;**7.75% - 10.10%** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**7.52% - 9.87%** |

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Please Keep this Supplement with your Fund Prospectus for Future Reference