Exhibit 77 Q(1) INTERIM INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 29th day of July, 2008 by and among First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund"), First Trust...Interim Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • January 29th, 2009 • First Trust Specialty Finance & Financial Opportunities Fund • Illinois
INTERIM INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 29th day of July, 2008 by and among First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund"), First Trust Advisors L.P., an Illinois limited partnership (the "Manager") and a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and Confluence Investment Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a registered investment adviser with the SEC (the "Sub-Adviser"). WHEREAS, the Fund is a closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); WHEREAS, the Fund has retained the Manager to serve as the investment manager for the Fund pursuant to an Investment Management Agreement between the Manager and the Fund (as such agreement may be modified from time to time, the "Management Agreement"); WHEREAS, the Management Agreement provides that the Manager may,
