FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND

FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND

EXCHANGE NYSE:FTHY · CUSIP · CIK 0001810523
PROXY · UNDER COVERAGE SINCE AUG 2026

7.4

SIGNAL INDEX

▲ 1.2 past 30 days · divergence-driven

1

BALLOTS PUBLISHED

1

ITEMS COVERED

0

DIVERGENCES

0

ACTIVE REVIEWS

Approve

RECONCILED (PENDING 8-K)

Signal Timeline

Every proxy position, divergence, research event, and reconciliation for this issuer — newest first, timestamped, on the record.

JUL 18, 2026 · RESEARCH

Executive Compensation Alignment Review opened

Pay-for-performance divergence on Item 2 moved this issuer from monitoring into a structured review of compensation disclosure practices.

Aug 8 · T+64h · PROXY

SPI recommends AGAINST executive compensation

AGAINST on say-on-pay and WITHHOLD on two compensation-committee members, diverging from the board on 1 items. Concern band: Contested.

Aug 8 · T+64h · PROXY

DEF 14A accepted on EDGAR

Item-by-item recommendations published within 41 hours of DEF 14A acceptance on EDGAR. Fingerprinted and entered on the ledger.

Aug 8 · T+64h · FILING

DEF 14A accepted on EDGAR

Definitive proxy statement for the Sep 15, 2026 annual meeting. Coverage clock started.

Aug 8 · T+64h · COVERAGE

Added to the SPI coverage universe

PROXY

Continuous monitoring of filings, ownership reports, and governance events began.

Proxy History

Every covered meeting, with the reconciled outcome once the company reports the vote.

Meeting Date Items Diverg. Band Outcome
2026 Annual Meeting Sep 15, 2026 1 0 PROXY Approve

MEETING

DATE

ITEMS

DIVERG.

BAND

Meeting Date Items Diverg. Band Outcome
2026 Annual Meeting Sep 15, 2026 1 0 PROXY Approve

OUTCOME

2026 Annual Meeting

Aug 25, 2026

5

3

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

Issuer

FIRST TRUST HIGH YIELD OPPORTUNITIES 2027 TERM FUND

Exchange

NYSE:FTHY

CUSIP

Class

Record date

SEC CIK

0001810523

CURRENT PROXY

Meeting

Sep 15, 2026

Band

PROXY

Headline

FOR

Published

Aug 8 · T+64h

Active Research

Executive Compensation Alignment Review

OPENED JUL 18, 2026 · STATUS: ACTIVE

SOURCE EVIDENCE

DEF 14A — definitive proxy

EDGAR · accepted Aug 6, 2026

Form 8-K Item 5.07 (PROXY)

Approve outcome · reconciles the ledger

EDGAR issuer profile

CIK

0001810523

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