First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Distributions for Exchange-Traded Funds

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the monthly distributions for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA.

The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations:

				Expected Ex-Dividend Date:			December 11, 2019
				Record Date:			December 12, 2019
				Payable Date:			December 31, 2019

Ticker	Exchange	Fund Name	Frequency	Ordinary Income Per Share Amount
ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
FCEF	Nasdaq	First Trust CEF Income Opportunity ETF	Monthly	$0.0975
MCEF	Nasdaq	First Trust Municipal CEF Income Opportunity ETF	Monthly	$0.0475

FTA is a federally registered investment advisor and serves as the Funds' investment advisor. FTA and its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P. ("FTP"), a FINRA registered broker-dealer, are privately-held companies that provide a variety of investment services. FTA has collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $141 billion as of November 30, 2019 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts. FTA is the supervisor of the First Trust unit investment trusts, while FTP is the sponsor. FTP is also a distributor of mutual fund shares and exchange-traded fund creation units. FTA and FTP are based in Wheaton, Illinois.