8-K 1 feo_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT FILING

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)

June 28, 2022

First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Massachusetts	811-21905	71-1005833
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois

60187

(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.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”) is filing herewith a press release issued on June 28, 2022, as Exhibit 99.1. The press release was issued because First Trust Advisors L.P. announced the Board of Trustees of First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund approved a name change for the fund.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

	Exhibit
	Number	Description

	99.1	Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated June 28, 2022.

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.

		First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund

Date	June 28, 2022	/s/ W. Scott Jardine
		Name: W. Scott Jardine
		Title: Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

	Exhibit
	Number	Description

	99.1	Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated June 28, 2022.

First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits