First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF — new fund registration

FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2026-02-19. Featured series: First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF.

Registration

• Registrant / trust: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III
• CIK: 0001424212
• Form: 485APOS
• Filed: 2026-02-19
• Accession: 0001445546-26-001259
• Reported net assets: $25.0M

Series & classes (1)

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

• 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.69%
• Management fee: 0.95%
• Other expenses: 0.00%

Investment objective

The First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETFs (the Fund ) investment objective is to seek to provide investors with capital appreciation.

Advisers

• First Trust Advisors L.P. (Advisor)
• First Trust Capital Management L.P. (Subadvisor)

Other filings by this registrant (15)

• 485APOS — 2026-06-30
• 485APOS — 2026-06-25
• 485APOS — 2020-10-14 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2020-05-01 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2019-12-30 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2019-10-18 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2018-08-17 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2018-08-17 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2017-05-04 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2017-03-24 (1 new series)
• 485APOS — 2016-06-06 (2 new series)
• 485APOS — 2015-11-19 (4 new series)

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• Registrant profile: FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III
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