8-K

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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 14, 2011


                         ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



       Massachusetts                   811-21549                 11-3716544
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)


              187 Danbury Road
            Wilton, Connecticut                                      06897
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (630) 765-8000


       ___________________________________________________________________
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)



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Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.


Energy Income and Growth Fund (the "Fund") is filing herewith a PowerPoint
Presentation to be used on a conference call scheduled to occur on NOVEMBER 14,
2011 at 4:15 pm Eastern Time. The Fund will be hosting a conference call with
Energy Income Partners, LLC, the Fund's investment sub-adviser. The purpose of
the call is to hear the Fund's portfolio management team provide an update for
the Fund. Details regarding the conference call are as follows:

Dial-in Number: (866) 865-6631; International (706) 679-1727; and Passcode #
20365419. Please call 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the
teleconference.

--    Telephone Replay: (800) 585-8367; International (404) 537-3406; and
      Passcode # 20365419. The replay will be available after the call until
      11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

The presentation is also available at



     
http://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/ContentFileLoader.aspx?ContentGUID=5bed09bb-c4fe-42a8-ac3b-32eb3df76142.



Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.


      (d)    Exhibits

         Exhibit
         Number        Description

            99.1       PowerPoint presentation of Energy Income Partners, LLC




                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Dated: November 14, 2011         ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND

                                 By:    /s/ W. Scott Jardine
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                                 Name:   W. Scott Jardine
                                 Title:  Secretary





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
        Exhibit
        Number        Description

           99.1       PowerPoint presentation of First Trust Advisors, L.P.
                      dated November 14, 2011.

EX-99.1

EIP Energy Income & Growth Fund (FEN) November 14, 2011

2 FEN History • Launched in June, 2004 during weak market for income securities. • Energy Income Partners (EIP) takes over as sub - advisor on Sept 14, 2007. • EIP immediately restructures portfolio by reducing cyclical exposure, selling private equity positions, improving credit quality of portfolio companies and increasing income generation. • Deleveraging in Fall of 2008 causes all MLP closed end funds except FEN to cut their distributions as FEN has a more conservative payout ratio. • In 2008 and 2009 FEN retires its Auction Rate Notes and replaces them with a lending facility from BNP. • In 2010, FEN resumed dividend increases. In the Four years EIP has sub - advised FEN, dividends have grown 22.1%.

3 3 3 Asset Class Yield 1 Dividend Growth 2 ( Last 10 Years) Energy MLPs 6.9% 6.7% Former CITs 5.7% 4.3% Utilities 4.2% 4.9% REITs 4.1% - 2.4% S&P 500 2.3% 5.2% 1 Yield is as of 09/30/11. 2 10 - year growth is per share annual growth in cash distributions or dividends from 09/30/01 to 09/30/11. MLPs are represented by the Alerian MLP Index. Utilities are the components of the UTY Index. Former CITs are the infrastructure related Canadian Income Trusts and their successor companies th at EIP has owned at least once in the past and whose yield and historic growth is market cap weighted and include: VSN, NPI, ENF, PPL, IPL - U, WTE - U, BRC - U, KEY, MTL, ALA. Some CITs have not been in existence for the full 10 years. REITs are the Equity REIT component of the National Assn of REITs. It is not possible to invest direct ly in an index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, NAREIT, Alerian Capital Management Note: EIP gross yield will tend to be about 70 - 80 basis points lower than MLP Index 3 Yield & Growth: Drivers of Long Term Returns

4 4 4 EIP's Niche Strategy: Energy Infrastructure + High Payout High Payout ▪ Attractive Yield ▪ Capital Discipline Growth High Payout Infrastructure • Infrastructure ▪ Steady Fee - Based Cash Flows ▪ Natural Monopolies ▪ Inflation Escalators 4 MLPs Select Utilities Former Canadian Infrastructure Trusts Pipeline C - Corps

MLP 101: Sector Breakdown Source: Bloomberg, EIP Estimates. Numbers are as of September 30, 2011 5 Sector Number Market Cap ($bn) Intra - / Inter - State Pipelines 16 $128 Gathering & Processing 19 54 Oil & Gas Production 10 15 Propane 6 9 Coal 6 10 Marine 4 4 Other 11 11 Total 72 231

6 Recent Trends and Lessons from History • Legacy Infrastructure MLPs have mostly stuck to their knitting: long lived, mostly non - cyclical assets • Over 2/3 of new MLPs since 2005 are cyclical businesses, many with short asset lives • Meanwhile, pipeline utilities, energy conglomerates, etc. are restructuring to create old - fashioned, pure play utility companies. • A promise to payout most of the earnings that is backstopped by the right assets is a good deal for investors who want yield and provides a lower cost of capital for the company. • In high - payout asset classes like MLPs, Utilities, REITs and Income Trusts, history tells us that dividend cuts come from businesses that are too cyclical, too over - leveraged or both.

7 Worries About MLP Taxation • Earlier this year, MLPs traded down on fears that large partnerships would be taxed • Proposed by Treasury Department • All pass - through entities (S - Corps, LLCs, MLPs, REITs, sole proprietorships, etc) • Public or private • >$50 million of annual revenue • Recent Activity • Proposal for revenue enhancement by Ways and Means Democrats • President’s Jobs Bill • Joint Committee on Taxation review of “tax expenditures” • Lessons from History

8 Disclosures This closed - end fund invests in a portfolio consisting primarily of securities issued by MLPs. Investment in the Fund involves risks including fluctuations in energy prices, decreases in the supply of or demand for energy commodities, increased government regulation, national disasters and various other risks. The use of leverage for investment purposes increases both investment opportunity and investment risk. The risks of investing in the Fund are spelled out in its regulatory filings. Certain statements made during today’s call may not be historical facts and are referred to as “forward - looking statements” under the U.S. federal securities laws. Forward - looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent only the sub - advisor’s beliefs regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside the sub - advisor’s control. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements due to numerous factors. Generally, the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward - looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. You should not place undue reliance on forward - looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. FTA, the sub - advisor and the fund undertake no responsibility to update publicly or revise any forward - looking statements .