First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Portfolio Manager Update for Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that Delaware Investment Advisors (“DIFA”), investment sub-advisor for the Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE: MFD) (the “Fund”), will release an update on the market and the Fund for financial professionals and investors. The update will be available Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time until 11:59 P.M. Eastern time on Sunday, September 6, 2020. To listen to the update, follow these instructions:

-- Dial: [phone]; International [phone]; and Passcode # 8641510. The update will be available from Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on Sunday, September 6, 2020.

The Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks a high level of current return consisting of dividends, interest and other similar income while attempting to preserve capital. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing predominantly in the securities of companies that are involved in the management, ownership and/or operation of infrastructure and utility assets and are expected to offer reasonably predictable income and attractive yields.

FTA is a federally registered investment advisor and serves as the Fund’s 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 $139 billion as of June 30, 2020 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.

DIFA is the Fund's investment sub-advisor. DIFA operates within Macquarie Asset Management ("MAM"). MAM is a large scale, global asset manager, providing clients with access to a diverse range of capabilities and products across infrastructure, real estate, natural resources, private credit, fixed income, equities, multi-asset and liquid alternatives. The Fund's Core Component, which consists primarily of equity securities and equity-like securities issued by infrastructure issuers, is managed by the Global Listed Infrastructure team, which started operations in 2004 with the launch of the fund. DIFA and its Australia-based affiliates managed approximately $2.4 billion of assets as of June 30, 2020, in MAM's Infrastructure Securities portfolios, which includes the Fund. The Fund's Senior Loan Component is managed by Four Corners Capital Management ("FCCM"), which joined Macquarie Group in 2008. FCCM managed approximately $700 million of assets as of June 30, 2020, with an emphasis on Senior Loans.