First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Portfolio Manager Conference Call for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (NYSE: FFA) (the “Fund”) intends to host a conference call with Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC (“Chartwell”), the Fund’s investment sub-advisor, on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 4:15 P.M. Eastern Time. The purpose of the call is to hear the Fund’s portfolio management team provide an update for the Fund.

-- Dial-in Numbers: (866) 323-9095; International (416) 849-3996; and Passcode # 577356. Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the teleconference.

-- Telephone Replay: (888) 203-1112; International (719) 457-0820; and Passcode # 168279. The replay will be available after the call until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on Saturday, April 23, 2016.

The Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide a high level of current income and gains and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities and by writing (selling) covered call options on a portion of the equity securities in the fund’s portfolio.

First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor, along with its affiliate, First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies which provide a variety of investment services, including asset management and financial advisory services, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $90 billion as of February 29, 2016 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.

Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC. (“Chartwell”) serves as the Fund’s investment sub-advisor and is an investment firm focusing on institutional, sub-advisory, and private client relationships. The firm is a research-based equity and fixed-income manager with a disciplined, team-oriented investment process. At February 29, 2016, Chartwell had approximately $7.7 billion in assets under management.

If you have questions about the Fund that you would like answered on the call, please email your questions to cefquestions@ftadvisors.com in advance of the call and refer to FFA, by Monday, March 21, 2016, 4:15 P.M. Eastern Time.

Past performance is no assurance of future results. Investment return and market value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Principal Risk Factors: The Fund is subject to various risks, including: investment and market risk, management risk, common stock risk, option risk, investment companies risk, industry and sector risk, income risk, portfolio turnover risk, non-U.S. equity securities risk, illiquid securities risk, tax risk, derivatives risk, interest rate risk, market disruption risk, inflation risk, certain affiliations, anti-takeover provisions, and market discount from net asset value.

The risks of investing in the Fund are spelled out in the prospectus, shareholder report and other regulatory filings.

The Fund’s daily closing New York Stock Exchange price and net asset value per share as well as other information can be found at www.ftportfolios.com or by calling (800) 988-5891.

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