CUSTODY AGREEMENTCustody Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3
This agreement made as of the date first set forth above between UMB Bank, n.a., a national banking association with its principal place of business located in Kansas City, Missouri (hereinafter "Custodian") and FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Fund").
FT VEST HEDGED EQUITY INCOME FUND: SERIES A3 AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST Dated: February 26, 2024FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • July 22nd, 2024
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust, made as of February 26, 2024 by the undersigned Trustee.
Placement Agent AgreementPlacement Agent Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3
This Placement Agent Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of April 25, 2024, by and among each of the funds listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, as amended from time to time (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), First Trust Capital Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”) and First Trust Portfolios L.P., an Illinois limited partnership (“First Trust”). The parties have signed one document for administrative convenience and to avoid a multiplicity of documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the parties expressly intend that the Agreement will function and be construed as if First Trust and the Investment Manager had signed a separate agreement with each Fund, acting severally and not jointly. For the avoidance of doubt, no Fund shall be jointly liable for the obligations of any other Fund.
ESCROW AGREEMENTEscrow Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3
This ESCROW AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 9th day of April, 2024, by and between FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), UMB Fund Services, Inc., as recordkeeper (“UMBFS”) and UMB Bank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”).
JOINT LIABILITY INSURANCE AGREEMENTJoint Liability Insurance Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • Delaware
AGREEMENT dated the 6th day of March, 2024 between the Infinity Core Alternative Fund, First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund, Variant Alternative Income Fund, Variant Impact Fund, Corbin Multi-Strategy Fund, LLC, Agility Multi-Asset Income Fund, Keystone Private Income Fund, Aspiriant Risk-Managed Real Assets Fund, Aspiriant Risk-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund, AFA Private Credit Fund, The Optima Dynamic Alternatives Fund, First Trust Real Assets Fund, First Trust Private Credit Fund, First Trust Private Assets Fund, Destiny Alternative Fund LLC, Destiny Alternative Fund (TEI) LLC, Pender Real Estate Credit Fund, Felicitas Private Markets Fund, First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund, FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A2, FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 and FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A4 (collectively, the “Funds” and individually, a “Fund”).
ADMINISTRATION, FUND ACCOUNTING AND RECORDKEEPING AGREEMENTAccounting and Recordkeeping Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3
THIS ADMINISTRATION, FUND ACCOUNTING AND RECORDKEEPING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 7 day of March, 2024, by and between FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and UMB Fund Services, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Administrator”).
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3Investment Management Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • Delaware
AGREEMENT effective as of this 7th day of March, 2024 by and between FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Fund"), and First Trust Capital Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Advisor").
PLATFORM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTPlatform Management Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 7 day of March, 2024, by and between FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 (the “Fund”), a Delaware statutory trust, and UMB Fund Services Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (“UMBFS”).
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • Delaware
THIS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 7, 2024 by and among FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), First Trust Capital Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Advisor”), and Vest Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Advisor”).
JOINT INSURED BOND AGREEMENTJoint Insured Bond Agreement • July 22nd, 2024 • FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 • Delaware
AGREEMENT dated as of this 6th day of March, 2024, by and between Infinity Core Alternative Fund, First Trust Alternative Opportunities Fund, Variant Alternative Income Fund, Variant Impact Fund, Corbin Multi-Strategy Fund, LLC, Agility Multi-Asset Income Fund, Keystone Private Income Fund, Aspiriant Risk-Managed Real Assets Fund, Aspiriant Risk-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund, AFA Private Credit Fund, The Optima Dynamic Alternatives Fund, First Trust Real Assets Fund, First Trust Private Credit Fund, First Trust Private Assets Fund, Destiny Alternative Fund LLC, Destiny Alternative Fund (TEI) LLC, Pender Real Estate Credit Fund, Felicitas Private Markets Fund, First Trust Hedged Strategies Fund, FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A2, FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A3 and FT Vest Hedged Equity Income Fund: Series A4 (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”).
