As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2017
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1933 Act File No. 333-212884
1940 Act File No. 811-22902
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
[ ] Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
[X] Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
and
[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
[X] Amendment No. 9
First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration ofTrust
10 Westport Road, Suite C101a, Wilton, Connecticut 06897
Address of Principal Executive Offices (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)
(630) 765-8000
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
W. Scott Jardine, Esq.
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Name and Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service
Copies of Communications to:
Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: From time to time after the
effective date of this Registration Statement
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If any of the securities being registered on this form are offered on a
delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment
plan, check the following box. [X]
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 will become effective immediately upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form
N-2 (File No. 333-212884) of First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund
(the "Registration Statement") is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the
purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory
note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the
exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 does
not modify any other part of the Registration Statement.
PART C - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 25: Financial Statements and Exhibits
1. Financial Statements:
The Registrant's audited financial statements, notes to the financial
statements and the report of independent public accounting firm thereon have
been incorporated into Part B of the Registration Statement by reference to
Registrant's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016 contained
in its Form N-CSR, as described in the statement of additional information.
2. Exhibits:
a.1 Declaration of Trust dated October 15, 2013. (1)
a.2 Amendment to the Declaration of Trust dated April 25, 2016. (5)
b. By-Laws of Fund. (2)
c. None.
d. None.
e. Terms and Conditions of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan. (2)
f. None.
g.1 Form of Investment Management Agreement between Registrant and First Trust
Advisors L.P. (2)
g.2 Form of Sub-Advisory Agreement between Registrant, First Trust Advisors
L.P. and Energy Income Partners, LLC. (2)
h.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
h.2 Form of Sales Agreement. (5)
i. None.
j. Form of Custody Agreement between Registrant and Fund Custodian. (2)
k.1 Form of Service Agreement for Transfer Agent Services between Registrant
and Fund Transfer Agent. (2)
k.2 Form of Administration and Accounting Services Agreement. (2)
k.3 Committed Facility Agreement dated April 7, 2014. (5)
k.4 Amendment No. 1 to Committed Facility Agreement dated May 12, 2014. (5)
k.5 Amendment No. 2 to Committed Facility Agreement dated August 28, 2014. (5)
k.6 Amendment No. 3 to Committed Facility Agreement dated January 21, 2015.
(5)
k.7 Amendment No. 4 to Committed Facility Agreement dated March 18, 2016. (5)
l.1 Opinion and consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP.**
l.2 Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.**
m. None.
n. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.**
o. None.
p. Subscription Agreement between Registrant and First Trust Advisors L.P.
(2)
q. None.
r.1 Code of Ethics of Registrant. (2)
r.2 Code of Ethics of First Trust Portfolios L.P. (2)
r.3 Code of Ethics of First Trust Advisors L.P. (2)
r.4. Code of Ethics of Energy Income Partners, LLC. (2)
s. Powers of Attorney. (3)
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(1) Filed on October 18, 2013 as Exhibit a. to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-191808) and incorporated herein by
reference.
(2) Filed on March 26, 2014 in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-191808) and incorporated
herein by reference.
(3) Filed on August 4, 2016 as Exhibit s. to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884) and incorporated herein by
reference.
(4) Filed on September 20, 2016 as Exhibit 1.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No.
1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884)
and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Filed on September 29, 2016 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884) and
incorporated herein by reference.
* To be filed by amendment.
** Filed herewith.
Item 26: Marketing Arrangements
The information contained under the heading "Plan of Distribution"
contained in Registrant's Prospectus, filed as Part A of Registrant's
Registration Statement on June 12, 2017 is incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in the Sales Agreement among the Registrant,
First Trust Advisors L.P., Energy Income Partners, LLC and JonesTrading
Institutional Services LLC for the Registrant's common shares of beneficial
interest, filed on September 29, 2016 as Exhibit h.2 to Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884),
is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 27: Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
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Securities and Exchange Commission Fees $ 12,145
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Fees $ 18,590
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Printing and Engraving Expenses $ 11,335
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Legal Fees $ 126,258
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Listing Fees $ 2,500
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Accounting Expenses $ 31,500
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Blue Sky Filing Fees and Expenses --
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Miscellaneous Expenses --
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Total $ 202,328
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Item 28: Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant
Not applicable.
Item 29: Number of Holders of Securities
At June 5, 2017
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Title of Class Number of Record Holders
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Common Shares, $0.01 par value 12,971
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Item 30: Indemnification
Section 9.5 of the Registrant's Declaration of Trust provides as follows:
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. Subject to the exceptions and
limitations contained in this Section 9.5, every person who is, or has been, a
Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust, including persons who serve at the
request of the Trust as directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents of
another organization in which the Trust has an interest as a shareholder,
creditor or otherwise (hereinafter referred to as a "Covered Person"), shall be
indemnified by the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against
liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him in
connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he becomes
involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his being or having been such a
Trustee, director, officer, employee or agent and against amounts paid or
incurred by him in settlement thereof.
No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person to the
extent such indemnification is prohibited by applicable federal law.
The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by
policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not affect any other
rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be such a Covered Person and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person.
Subject to applicable federal law, expenses of preparation and
presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding subject to a
claim for indemnification under this Section 9.5 shall be advanced by the Trust
prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that
he is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 9.5.
To the extent that any determination is required to be made as to whether
a Covered Person engaged in conduct for which indemnification is not provided as
described herein, or as to whether there is reason to believe that a Covered
Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification, the Person or
Persons making the determination shall afford the Covered Person a rebuttable
presumption that the Covered Person has not engaged in such conduct and that
there is reason to believe that the Covered Person ultimately will be found
entitled to indemnification.
As used in this Section 9.5, the words "claim," "action," "suit" or
"proceeding" shall apply to all claims, demands, actions, suits, investigations,
regulatory inquiries, proceedings or any other occurrence of a similar nature,
whether actual or threatened and whether civil, criminal, administrative or
other, including appeals, and the words "liability" and "expenses" shall include
without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in
settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.
Reference is also made to Section 9 of the Form of Sales Agreement, filed on
September 29, 2016 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884) and incorporated herein
by reference.
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 31: Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisers
The information in the Statement of Additional Information under the captions
"Management of the Fund - Trustees and Officers" and "Sub-Advisor," and the Form
ADV of Energy Income Partners, LLC (File No. 801-66907) filed with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 32: Location of Accounts and Records.
First Trust Advisors L.P. maintains the Declaration of Trust, By-Laws, minutes
of trustees and shareholders meetings and contracts of the Registrant, all
advisory material of the investment adviser, all general and subsidiary ledgers,
journals, trial balances, records of all portfolio purchases and sales, and all
other required records.
Item 33: Management Services
Not applicable.
Item 34: Undertakings
1. Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of its shares until it
amends its prospectus if (1) subsequent to the effective date of its
Registration Statement, the net asset value declines more than 10 percent
from its net asset value as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement, or (2) the net asset value increases to an amount greater than
its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.
4. The Registrant undertakes (a) to file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(1) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(2) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; and
(3) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
(b) that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of those securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(c) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering;
(d) that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of
1933 to any purchaser, if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C; each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 497(b), (c), (d) or (e) under the
Securities Act of 1933, shall be deemed to be part of and included in this
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in this
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of this registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into this registration statement or prospectus that is art of
this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supercede or modify any
statement that was made in this registration statement or prospectus that
was part of this registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such date of first use;
(e) that for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of
securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned
Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to
offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:
(1) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 497 under
the Securities Act of 1933;
(2) the portion of any advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the Securities
Act of 1933 relating to the offering containing material information about
the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant; and
(3) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
5. The Registrant undertakes that:
a. For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
a registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the
form of prospectus filed by the Registrant under Rule 497(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of the Registration
Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
b. For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
6. The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means
designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of
receipt of a written or oral request, any Statement of Additional
Information.
7. Upon each issuance of securities pursuant to this Registration Statement,
the Registrant undertakes to file a form of prospectus and/or prospectus
supplement pursuant to Rule 497 and a post-effective amendment to the
extent required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and
regulations thereunder, including, but not limited to a post-effective
amendment pursuant to Rule 462(c) or Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act
of 1933.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in this City of Wheaton, and State of Illinois, on the 7th day of
July, 2017.
FIRST TRUST NEW OPPORTUNITIES
MLP & ENERGY FUND
By: /s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ James M. Dykas President and Chief Executive July 7, 2017
-------------------- Officer
James M. Dykas (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Donald P. Swade Chief Financial Officer, Chief July 7, 2017
-------------------- Accounting Officers and
Donald P. Swade Treasurer (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
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James A. Bowen(1) Chairman of the Board )
and Trustee )
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Richard E. Erickson(1) Trustee ) By: /s/ W. Scott Jardine
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Thomas R. Kadlec(1) Trustee ) W. Scott Jardine
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Robert F. Keith(1) Trustee ) July 7, 2017
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Niel B. Nielson(1) Trustee )
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(1) Original powers of attorney authorizing W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas,
Eric F. Fess and Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's Registration
Statement, and Amendments thereto, for each of the trustees of the
Registrant on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were
previously executed and filed on August 4, 2016 as an Exhibit to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-212884).
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
l.1 Opinion and consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP.
l.2 Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
n. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.