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Baird's Investment Banking Group is pleased to announce the following transaction:

July 2012


First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund
Follow-on Offering
$73.2 Million


Baird served as a co-lead manager in this offering


First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (NYSE AMEX: FEN) (the “Fund”) recently completed a follow-on offering of 2,400,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $30.50 per share, generating gross proceeds of approximately $73.2 million. The Fund intends to invest the net proceeds from the offering to acquire portfolio securities in pursuit of its investment objectives and policies and for general corporate purposes.

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company which commenced investment operations in June 2004. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of after-tax total return with an emphasis on current distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in master limited partnerships and related public entities in the energy sector.

For additional information about this transaction, please contact:
Managing Director, Co-Head of Energy
(314) 445-6532
Managing Director, Co-Head of Energy
(314) 445-6540
Vice President
(314) 445-6533
Managing Director
(414) 765-3611

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