# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001329377
**File Stem:** 0001445546-25-008398
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 2741
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001445546-25-008398.hdr.sgml**: 20251222

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001445546-25-008398

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251222

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251219

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251222

**FILER**: 

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

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

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-125751
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251588772

**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 Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF (Series ID: S000011047)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                     | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000030477 | First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF | QQEW            |

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(j) <br> Registration Nos. 333-125751 and 811-21774

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| ![cac_logo](cac.jpg) | **Chapman and Cutler LLP**<br> 320 South Canal Street, 27th Floor<br> Chicago, Illinois 60606<br>T 312.845.3000<br> F 312.701.2361<br> www.chapman.com |

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December 22, 2025

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund <br> <u>(Registration Nos. 333-125751, 811-21774)</u>

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund (the *"Registrant"*), in accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j) of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "*Securities Act*"), this letter serves to certify that the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the *"Registration Statement"*) of the Registrant does not differ from that which would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement relates to First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF, a series of the Registrant. Post-Effective Amendment No. 272, which was the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement, was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2025.

If you have any questions or comments, please telephone the undersigned at (312) 845-3484.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| Chapman and Cutler llp | Chapman and Cutler llp |
| By: | &nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Morrison C. Warren |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Morrison C. Warren |

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