September 3, 2021
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Form AW - Request for Withdrawal
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
Registration on Form N-1A
Post-Effective Amendment No. 207
(Registration Statement File Nos. 333-210186, 811-23147)
Ladies and Gentleman:
On behalf of the FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Quarterly Enhanced ETF (the “Fund”), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (the “Trust”), the Trust hereby requests the withdrawal of the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 477 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2020. The Trust no longer intends to seek effectiveness of the Fund and no securities have been sold pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VIII
By: /s/ James M. Dykas
James M. Dykas,
President and Chief Executive Officer