0001445546-18-000121.txt : 20180109
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20180109160759
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001445546-18-000121
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: AW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20180109
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180109
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001561785
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: AW
SEC ACT:
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-184918
FILM NUMBER: 18519146
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400
CITY: WHEATON
STATE: IL
ZIP: 60187
BUSINESS PHONE: 630-765-8000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400
CITY: WHEATON
STATE: IL
ZIP: 60187
AW
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etf7_aw.txt
REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENT
January 9, 2018
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Form AW - Request for Withdrawal
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII
Registration on Form N-1A
Post-Effective Amendments No. 15, 16, 17, 18
(Registration Statement File Nos. 333-184918, 811-22767)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of the First Trust Bitcoin Plus Strategy ETF, First Trust Inverse
Bitcoin Plus Strategy ETF, First Trust Bitcoin Strategy ETF and First Trust
Inverse Bitcoin Strategy ETF (the "Funds"), each a series of First Trust
Exchange-Traded Fund VII (the "Trust"), the Trust hereby requests the withdrawal
of the above-mentioned Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 477 of
Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration
Statements were originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 11, 2017. No securities of the Funds were sold, or will be sold,
pursuant to the Registration Statements.
These withdrawals are being filed at the request of the Staff. On a phone call
on January 8, 2018, the Staff expressed concern with respect to the liquidity
and pricing mechanism of the Funds' proposed investments. The Staff requested
that the Trust withdraw the Amendments until such time as the Staff's concerns
are resolved. Therefore, in response to the Staff's request, the Trust
respectfully requests withdrawal of the Amendments.
Sincerely,
FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND VII
By: /s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas,
President and Chief Executive Officer