# First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF — new fund registration

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2017-03-24. Featured series: First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III
- CIK: 0001424212
- Form: 485APOS
- Filed: 2017-03-24
- Accession: 0001445546-17-001553
- Reported net assets: $204.6M

## Series & classes (1)

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000057894) | First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF | FCAL | Yes |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.65%
- Management fee: 0.65%
- Net expense ratio: 0.50%
- Other expenses: 0.00%

## Investment objective

The First Trust California Municipal High Income ETFs (the Fund ) primary investment objective is to seek to provide current income that is exempt from regular federal income taxes and California income taxes, and its secondary objective is long-term capital appreciation.

## Advisers

- [First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/107027)

## Other filings by this registrant (15)

- [485APOS — 2026-06-30](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-004768)
- [485APOS — 2026-06-25](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-004611)
- [485APOS — 2026-02-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-26-001259)
- [485APOS — 2020-10-14 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-20-004971)
- [485APOS — 2020-05-01 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-20-002333)
- [485APOS — 2019-12-30 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-19-005288)
- [485APOS — 2019-10-18 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-19-004334)
- [485APOS — 2018-08-17 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-18-003682)
- [485APOS — 2018-08-17 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-18-003680)
- [485APOS — 2017-05-04 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-17-002176)
- [485APOS — 2016-06-06 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-16-008913)
- [485APOS — 2015-11-19 (4 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001445546-15-005267)

## More

- [Registrant profile: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1424212)
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