EquityCompass Risk Manager ETF (ERM)

First Trust Announces Approval of Liquidation of Three ETFs

WHEATON, Ill., June 06, 2023--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announced today the approval of the liquidation of First Trust BICK Index Fund (Nasdaq: BICK), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II, Developed International Equity Select ETF (Nasdaq: RNDM), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI and EquityCompass Risk Manager ETF (NYSE Arca: ERM, a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (each, a "Fund").