First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund Declares its Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.11 Per Share for September

First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FIF) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.11 per share payable on September 16, 2019, to shareholders of record as of September 4, 2019. The ex-dividend date is expected to be September 3, 2019. The monthly distribution information for the Fund appears below.

First Trust Energy Infrastructure Fund (FIF):

 

Distribution per share:

$0.11

Distribution Rate based on the August 19, 2019 NAV of $17.42:

7.58%

Distribution Rate based on the August 19, 2019 closing market price of $15.67:

8.42%

The Fund's Board of Trustees has approved a managed distribution policy for the Fund (the "Plan") in reliance on exemptive relief received from the Securities and Exchange Commission which permits the Fund to make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains as frequently as monthly each tax year. Under the Plan, the Fund intends to continue to pay its recurring monthly distribution in the amount of $0.11 per share that reflects the distributable cash flow of the Fund. A portion of this monthly distribution may include long-term capital gains. This may result in a reduction of the long-term capital gain distribution necessary at year end by distributing long-term capital gains throughout the year. The annual distribution rate is independent of the Fund's performance during any particular period. Accordingly, you should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of any distribution or from the terms of the Plan.

The distribution may consist of net investment income earned by the Fund, net short-term and long-term capital gains and/or tax-deferred return of capital. Tax-deferred return of capital, if any, is primarily due to the tax treatment of cash distributions made by master-limited partnerships ("MLPs") in which the Fund invests. The final determination of the source of tax status of all 2019 distributions will be made after the end of 2019 and will be provided on Form 1099-DIV.