EX-99 3 exhibit4.txt CERTIFICATE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY CERTIFICATE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY The undersigned, Kristi A. Maher, Assistant Secretary of First Defined Portfolio Fund, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, First Trust Value Line(R) 100 Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Value Line(R) Dividend Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Value Line(R) & Ibbotson Equity Allocation Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II, a Massachusetts Business Trust, Energy Income and Growth Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust and First Trust Strategic High Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, and First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Tax-Advantaged Preferred Income Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Strategic High Income Fund III, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II, a Massachusetts Business Trust, and First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX(TM) Fund, a Massachusetts Business Trust (individually, the "Company" and collectively, the "Companies"), does hereby certify that: 1. This certificate is being delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with the filing of the Companies' joint fidelity bond (the "Bond") pursuant to Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the SEC is entitled to rely on this certificate for purposes of the filing. 2. The undersigned is duly elected, qualified and acting Assistant Secretary of each Company, and has custody of the corporate records of each Company and is a proper officer to make this certification. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a copy of the form of resolutions of a majority of the Board of Trustees who are not "interested persons" of each Company approving the amount, type, form and coverage of the Bond and the portion of the premium to be paid by each Company. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a list of the amount of the single insured bond which each Company would have provided and maintained had it not been named as an insured under the Bond. 5. Premiums have been paid for the period October 9, 2006 to October 9, 2007. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be executed this 16th day of January, 2008. /s/ Kristi A. Maher ---------------------------------------- Kristi A. Maher, Assistant Secretary EXHIBIT A FIRST DEFINED PORTFOLIO FUND, LLC FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 FUND FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND FUND FIRST TRUST/FOUR CORNERS SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND MACQUARIE/FIRST TRUST GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE/UTILITIES DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST/VALUE LINE(R) & IBBOTSON EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND FIRST TRUST/FOUR CORNERS SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND FIRST TRUST ENHANCED EQUITY INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST/FIDAC MORTGAGE INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND II FIRST TRUST TAX-ADVANTAGED PREFERRED INCOME FUND FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND III FIRST TRUST/GALLATIN SPECIALTY FINANCE AND FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED ALPHADEX(TM) FUND RESOLUTIONS REGARDING FIDELITY BOND RESOLVED, that the officers of the First Trust Value Line(R) 100 Fund, the First Trust Value Line(R) Dividend Fund, the First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund, the Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend & Income Fund, the First Trust/Value Line(R) & Ibbotson Equity Allocation Fund, the First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II, the Energy Income and Growth Fund, the First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund, the First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund, the First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund, the First Trust Strategic High Income Fund, the First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II, the First Trust Tax-Advantaged Preferred Income Fund, the First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund, the First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, First Trust Strategic High Income Fund III, the First Defined Portfolio Fund, LLC, the First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund, the First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II and the First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX(TM) Fund (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds") be and they hereby are, authorized and directed to make application for and maintain joint fidelity bond coverage for the Funds, jointly with such other funds managed by First Trust as the officers, in their judgment, shall deem advisable and to enter into an agreement with the other insured funds concerning such coverage as required by Rule 17g-1(f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, such agreement being in substantially the form presented to this meeting; and it is further RESOLVED, that fidelity bond coverage insuring the Funds in the amount required by Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or such greater amounts as officers of the Funds may from time to time determine in accordance with the provisions of Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, is hereby deemed to be reasonable in form and amount as required by and considering all relevant factors as provided in Rule 17g-1 and is hereby approved; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Funds' participation with other management investment companies advised by First Trust Advisors in the purchase and maintenance of new fidelity bond coverage with ICI Mutual Insurance Company as required by Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the payment by the Funds of that portion of the premium for such coverage as may be allocated to each Fund in accordance with the premium allocation methodology approved by the Trustees at this meeting, is hereby approved; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Funds is hereby designated the officer to make the filings and give or cause to be given the notices required by Paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. EXHIBIT B Each Company listed below would have provided and maintained a single insured bond in the following amounts had it not been named as an insured under a joint Fidelity Bond: FIRST DEFINED PORTFOLIO FUND, LLC $900,000 FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) 100 FUND $0 FIRST TRUST VALUE LINE(R) DIVIDEND FUND $0 FIRST TRUST/FOUR CORNERS SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND $600,000 MACQUARIE/FIRST TRUST GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE/ UTILITIES DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND $750,000 FIRST TRUST/VALUE LINE(R) & IBBOTSON EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND $0 FIRST TRUST/FOUR CORNERS SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II $1,000,000 ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND $750,000 FIRST TRUST ENHANCED EQUITY INCOME FUND $750,000 FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND $750,000 FIRST TRUST/FIDAC MORTGAGE INCOME FUND $450,000 FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND $600,000 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND $1,000,000 FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND II $600,000 FIRST TRUST TAX-ADVANTAGED PREFERRED INCOME FUND $400,000 FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND $525,000 FIRST TRUST STRATEGIC HIGH INCOME FUND III $525,000 FIRST TRUST/GALLATIN SPECIALTY FINANCE AND FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND $750,000 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED ALPHADEX(TM) FUND $450,000 FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND II $450,000