UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number   811-22795  

  First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund  
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)  
   120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400  
   Wheaton, IL 60187  
   (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)  
  W. Scott Jardine, Esq.  
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.  
  120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400  
  Wheaton, IL 60187  
  (Name and address of agent for service)  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (630) 765-8000  

Date of fiscal year end:   October 31   

Date of reporting period:   April 30, 2018  

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Item 1. Report to Stockholders.

The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 

 

 
 
First Trust
Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Semi-Annual Report
For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2018

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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Semi-Annual Report
April 30, 2018

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Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the goals, beliefs, plans or current expectations of First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or the “Advisor”) and/or Stonebridge Advisors LLC (“Stonebridge” or the “Sub-Advisor”) and their respective representatives, taking into account the information currently available to them. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to current or historical fact. For example, forward-looking statements include the use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “would” or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (the “Fund”) to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. When evaluating the information included in this report, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect the judgment of the Advisor and/or Sub-Advisor and their respective representatives only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events and circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
Performance and Risk Disclosure
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. The Fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline and that the value of the Fund shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money by investing in the Fund. See “Risk Considerations” in the Additional Information section of this report for a discussion of certain other risks of investing in the Fund.
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit www.ftportfolios.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns, net asset value and common share price will fluctuate and Fund shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The Advisor may also periodically provide additional information on Fund performance on the Fund’s web page at www.ftportfolios.com.
How to Read This Report
This report contains information that may help you evaluate your investment in the Fund. It includes details about the Fund and presents data and analysis that provide insight into the Fund’s performance and investment approach.
By reading the portfolio commentary by the portfolio management team of the Fund, you may obtain an understanding of how the market environment affected the Fund’s performance. The statistical information that follows may help you understand the Fund’s performance compared to that of relevant market benchmarks.
It is important to keep in mind that the opinions expressed by personnel of First Trust and Stonebridge are just that: informed opinions. They should not be considered to be promises or advice. The opinions, like the statistics, cover the period through the date on the cover of this report. The material risks of investing in the Fund are spelled out in the prospectus, the statement of additional information, this report and other Fund regulatory filings.

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Shareholder Letter
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Semi-Annual Letter from the Chairman and CEO
April 30, 2018
Dear Shareholders,
First Trust is pleased to provide you with the semi-annual report for the First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund which contains detailed information about your investment for the period ended April 30, 2018, including a market overview and a performance analysis for the period. We encourage you to read this report carefully and discuss it with your financial advisor.
As you are no doubt aware, 2017 was a very strong year for both the U.S. and global markets. The three major U.S. indices – the S&P 500® Index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite – posted their best performance since 2013. And there was more good news for Wall Street as the year ended and analysts collected stock market data:
The S&P 500® Index did something it had never previously done, finishing 2017 with 12 months of gains;
The Dow Jones Industrial Average achieved a milestone as well, closing above 24,000 for the first time ever on November 30;
The Nasdaq Composite set a record by having 11 months of gains in 2017 (June was the only down month, and by just 0.86%); and
The MSCI AC World Index (containing constituents from 47 countries) ended 2017 at an all-time high and was up 22% at year-end.
As 2017 ended, President Trump signed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” tax reform bill. As 2018 began, there was much enthusiasm for this tax reform package and the potential increase in take-home pay for many Americans, as well as the reduction in the federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Early in the year, many investors were also watching the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) and its signaled intent to continue raising interest rates at a gradual pace. Based on strong job growth and the economic outlook in the U.S., the Fed did, in fact, raise interest rates on March 21, 2018.
For the entire first quarter of 2018, increased volatility was the norm. The S&P 500® Index was off to a strong start in January as it returned over 7.5% from January 2 to January 26. February, however, was a different story. Early in the month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 567 points and sank into “correction” territory (defined as a drop of 10% from the index’s high) and in just two weeks, was down more than 3,200 points. However, as February came to a close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was back on track and up from the lows experienced earlier in the month. Volatility continued in March and April with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending April with a small gain. Across the globe, the first quarter saw the Emerging Market and Developing Market countries, as well as Europe, continue with the strong performances experienced in 2017.
This market volatility is why we believe that one should invest for the long term and be prepared for market movements, which can happen at any time. This can be accomplished by keeping current on your portfolio and investing goals and by speaking regularly with your investment professional. It’s important to keep in mind that past performance of the U.S. and global stock markets or investment products can never guarantee future results. As we’ve said before, markets go up and they also go down, but savvy investors are prepared for either through careful attention to their portfolios and investment goals.
At First Trust, we continue to be optimistic about the U.S. economy and we thank you for giving us the opportunity to be a part of your financial plan. We value our relationship with you and will report on your investment again in six months.
Sincerely,
James A. Bowen
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Chief Executive Officer of First Trust Advisors L.P.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
“AT A GLANCE”
As of April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Fund Statistics  
Symbol on New York Stock Exchange FPF
Common Share Price $22.62
Common Share Net Asset Value (“NAV”) $24.04
Premium (Discount) to NAV (5.91)%
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares $1,460,916,200
Current Distribution per Common Share(1) $0.1525
Current Annualized Distribution per Common Share $1.8300
Current Distribution Rate on Common Share Price(2) 8.09%
Current Distribution Rate on NAV(2) 7.61%
Common Share Price & NAV (weekly closing price)
  
 
 
Performance      
      Average Annual
Total Returns
  6 Months Ended
4/30/18
1 Year Ended
4/30/18
Inception (5/23/13)
to 4/30/18
Fund Performance(3)      
NAV -1.08% 6.08% 8.79%
Market Value -5.23% 3.32% 6.47%
Index Performance      
ICE BofAML Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index -1.46% 1.97% 5.06%
ICE BofAML U.S. Capital Securities Index -1.84% 2.59% 4.56%
Blended Index(4) -1.64% 2.29% 4.83%
    
(1) Most recent distribution paid or declared through 4/30/2018. Subject to change in the future.
(2) Distribution rates are calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution paid or declared through the report date and then dividing by Common Share Price or NAV, as applicable, as of 4/30/2018. Subject to change in the future.
(3) Total return is based on the combination of reinvested dividend, capital gain, and return of capital distributions, if any, at prices obtained by the Dividend Reinvestment Plan and changes in NAV per share for NAV returns and changes in Common Share Price for market value returns. Total returns do not reflect sales load and are not annualized for periods of less than one year. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
(4) The Blended Index consists of the following: ICE BofAML Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index (50%) and ICE BofAML U.S. Capital Securities Index (50%). The Blended Index was added to reflect the diverse allocation of institutional preferred and hybrid securities in the Fund’s Portfolio. The indexes do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the performance shown. Indexes are unmanaged and an investor cannot invest directly in an index.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
“AT A GLANCE” (Continued)
As of April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Industry Classification % of Total
Investments
Banks 44.1%
Insurance 24.2
Food Products 5.4
Electric Utilities 4.8
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 4.4
Capital Markets 4.1
Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.9
Multi-Utilities 1.3
Metals & Mining 1.3
Energy Equipment & Services 1.2
Diversified Financial Services 1.1
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers 1.1
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts 1.1
Transportation Infrastructure 1.0
Automobiles 1.0
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts 1.0
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.6
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.3
Internet Software & Services 0.1
Total 100.0%
    
Top Ten Holdings % of Total
Investments
Enel S.p.A. 2.2%
Aquarius & Investments PLC for Swiss Reinsurance Co., Ltd. 1.9
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 1.9
Emera, Inc., Series 16-A 1.9
Catlin Insurance Co., Ltd. 1.9
Barclays PLC 1.8
Land O’Lakes, Inc. 1.8
Credit Agricole S.A. 1.8
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 1.6
BNP Paribas S.A. 1.5
Total 18.3%
    
Credit Quality(5) % of Total
Fixed-Income
Investments
A+ 1.9%
A- 5.2
BBB+ 12.2
BBB 14.5
BBB- 26.4
BB+ 18.8
BB 8.7
BB- 4.8
B+ 2.6
B 0.2
Not Rated 4.7
Total 100.0%
 
 
(5) The credit quality and ratings information presented above reflect the ratings assigned by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs), including Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Fitch Ratings or a comparably rated NRSRO. For situations in which a security is rated by more than one NRSRO and the ratings are not equivalent, the highest rating is used. Sub-investment grade ratings are those rated BB+/Ba1 or lower. Investment grade ratings are those rated BBB-/Baa3 or higher. The credit ratings shown relate to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities in the Fund, and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings are subject to change.
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Portfolio Commentary
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Semi-Annual Report
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Advisor
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”) is the investment advisor to the First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (the “Fund”). First Trust is responsible for the ongoing monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain administrative services necessary for the management of the Fund.
Sub-Advisor
Stonebridge Advisors LLC (“Stonebridge” or the “Sub-Advisor”) is the sub-advisor to the Fund and is a registered investment advisor based in Wilton, Connecticut. Stonebridge specializes in the management of preferred and hybrid securities.
Stonebridge Advisors LLC Portfolio Management Team
Scott T. Fleming – Chief Executive Officer and President
Robert Wolf – Chief Investment Officer, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager
Commentary
Market Recap
The six-month period ended April 30, 2018 was relatively volatile for the preferred and hybrid markets as interest rates moved higher across the curve. Short-term interest rates, as measured by 3-Month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), spiked almost 100 basis points (“bps”) during the period while 10-Year Treasuries rose almost 60 bps. Additionally, outflows from passive preferred and hybrid exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) created a weak market technical at the start of 2018. However, yield spread tightening in the preferred and hybrid market helped to cushion the asset class. The retail ($25 par) preferred market was supported by net negative issuance during the period, which helped to offset the effect of the ETF redemptions. Conversely, the institutional preferred and hybrid market experienced robust net issuance during the period, particularly from master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) issuers and U.S. bank issuers, which created additional weakness. Contingent capital securities (“CoCos”), which are a subset of the institutional market, underperformed as rising USD LIBOR increased the cost of cross-currency hedges for non-U.S. investors, while new CoCos were issued at a concession to the secondary market, pushing prices lower. For the fiscal year to date, the retail market returned -1.46%, while the institutional market returned -1.84%, according to the ICE BofAML Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index (P0P1) and the ICE BofAML U.S. Capital Securities Index (C0CS), respectively.
Performance Analysis
The Fund produced a total return of -5.23% based on market price and -1.08% based on net asset value (“NAV”) for the six-month period ended April 30, 2018, outperforming the Blended Index’s total return of -1.64%. The Blended Index is a 50/50 blend of the P0P1 and the C0CS return. This was achieved due to the Fund maintaining a more conservative interest rate stance relative to the benchmark during a period of rising rates. Throughout the period, the effective duration of the Fund excluding leverage was lower than the blended benchmark while still keeping income comparable to peer funds.
The primary factors that contributed to the outperformance of the Fund’s NAV relative to the benchmark were the Fund’s overall superior security selection, as well as the Fund’s overweight to floating rate securities. The Fund achieved superior security selection within both variable rate and fixed-for-life institutional securities by focusing on the most defensive security structures in regard to interest rate risk. This included variable rate securities with wide back-end reset spreads and shorter duration, high coupon fixed-for-life securities that are likely to be redeemed. Also, the Fund added significant outperformance due to its large overweight to floating rate securities, which benefited from the rise in 3-Month LIBOR during the period and are not held in the benchmark. The largest detractor to the relative performance of the Fund versus the benchmark was leverage.
The Fund also employed a hedging strategy throughout the year to further manage its interest rate risk. This strategy consisted of an interest rate swap, which was a positive contributor to the relative performance of the Fund as the curve shifted higher during the period.
Finally, effective with the dividend declaration in April, the distribution rate for the Fund was reduced due to strong interest rates, tightening yield spreads, and reduced income on the Fund’s portfolio. While preferred and hybrid yields have drifted lower, leverage costs have increased as the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has guided short-term rates higher. Consequently, the net income available for distribution to common shareholders has fallen. The new distribution rate reflects these current market conditions. Going forward, we continue to believe it is prudent to maintain a conservative interest rate stance relative to the benchmark, particularly if this can be done while continuing to pay a relatively high distribution rate.
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Portfolio Commentary (Continued)
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Semi-Annual Report
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Market and Fund Outlook
Despite increased volatility and market weakness during the six-month period ended April 30, 2018, we continue to believe that positive earnings in the financial sector, low inflation and solid gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth globally should be supportive of performance in the preferred and hybrid securities markets for the remainder of 2018. New risks have appeared in the form of U.S. trade policy and an expansionary U.S. fiscal agreement, which have pressured the equity market, but we believe these risks will have limited impact on the credit and preferred markets. Interest rate volatility also increased during the period, but we continue to believe that U.S. interest rates should broadly continue a gradual rise and the Treasury yield curve is likely to remain relatively flat. Nonetheless, we believe the preferred and hybrid market is likely to benefit from a subdued level of new issuance for the remainder of 2018 and will likely continue to be positively supported by its attractive yields compared to other fixed income asset classes and wide credit yield spreads relative to U.S. Treasuries. We will continue to position our strategies through active management to protect against the largest risks we see in the market, including geopolitical events, potential increases in interest rates, or an unexpected increase in new issuance supply.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
$25 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES – 19.6%
    Banks – 3.2%            
85,593  
Banc of California, Inc., Series E

  7.00%   (a)   $2,175,774
300,000  
Citigroup, Inc., Series S (b)

  6.30%   (a)   7,878,000
49,752  
Fifth Third Bancorp, Series I (c)

  6.63%   (a)   1,411,962
149,642  
FNB Corp. (b) (c)

  7.25%   (a)   4,185,487
864,211  
GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 5.79% (b) (d)

  7.62%   02/15/40   22,979,370
53,928  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series BB

  6.15%   (a)   1,414,531
44,878  
Valley National Bancorp, Series A (c)

  6.25%   (a)   1,178,945
100,000  
Wells Fargo & Co., Series W

  5.70%   (a)   2,502,000
98,964  
Wintrust Financial Corp., Series D (b) (c)

  6.50%   (a)   2,662,132
        46,388,201
    Capital Markets – 2.6%            
211,494  
Apollo Global Management, LLC, Series B (b)

  6.38%   (a)   5,118,155
145,201  
Apollo Investment Corp. (b)

  6.88%   07/15/43   3,651,805
3,067  
Ares Management L.P., Series A

  7.00%   (a)   79,895
387,100  
Morgan Stanley, Series E (b) (c)

  7.13%   (a)   10,892,994
644,656  
Morgan Stanley, Series F (b) (c)

  6.88%   (a)   17,728,040
        37,470,889
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.2%            
302,222  
Qwest Corp. (b)

  6.88%   10/01/54   6,609,595
141,191  
Qwest Corp. (b)

  7.00%   02/01/56   3,360,346
128,413  
Qwest Corp.

  6.50%   09/01/56   2,712,083
200,000  
Qwest Corp. (b)

  6.75%   06/15/57   4,312,000
        16,994,024
    Electric Utilities – 0.6%            
73,257  
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Series B

  5.90%   04/30/73   1,837,286
258,726  
Southern (The) Co. (b)

  6.25%   10/15/75   6,701,003
        8,538,289
    Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts – 1.4%            
150,000  
Colony NorthStar, Inc., Series E (b)

  8.75%   (a)   3,807,000
193,100  
Farmland Partners, Inc., Series B, steps up 10/01/24 to 10.00% (b) (e)

  6.00%   (a)   4,803,362
91,002  
Global Net Lease, Inc., Series A

  7.25%   (a)   2,238,649
114,430  
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Series H

  6.25%   (a)   2,794,381
250,000  
VEREIT, Inc., Series F (b)

  6.70%   (a)   6,292,500
        19,935,892
    Food Products – 2.5%            
824,835  
CHS, Inc., Series 2 (b) (c)

  7.10%   (a)   22,600,479
546,059  
CHS, Inc., Series 3 (b) (c)

  6.75%   (a)   14,366,812
        36,967,291
    Insurance – 2.9%            
3,591  
Allstate Corp., Series C

  6.75%   (a)   91,894
54,323  
Allstate Corp., Series E

  6.63%   (a)   1,415,657
193,648  
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (b)

  7.25%   06/15/55   4,570,093
210,480  
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (b)

  7.50%   09/15/55   5,215,695
100,000  
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Series F

  6.95%   (a)   1,800,000
59,196  
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

  5.63%   (a)   1,431,359
379,385  
Delphi Financial Group, Inc., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.19% (b) (d)

  5.03%   05/15/37   8,725,855
158,193  
Global Indemnity Ltd. (b)

  7.75%   08/15/45   3,983,300
190,380  
Global Indemnity Ltd. (b)

  7.88%   04/15/47   4,845,171
19,685  
National General Holdings Corp.

  7.63%   09/15/55   492,420
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
$25 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES (Continued)
    Insurance (Continued)            
133,133  
National General Holdings Corp., Series C (b)

  7.50%   (a)   $3,317,674
107,835  
PartnerRe Ltd., Series G (b)

  6.50%   (a)   2,850,079
225,000  
Phoenix Cos., Inc.

  7.45%   01/15/32   4,192,875
        42,932,072
    Internet Software & Services – 0.2%            
105,594  
eBay, Inc. (b)

  6.00%   02/01/56   2,756,003
    Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts – 1.5%            
346,092  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Series F (b) (c)

  6.95%   (a)   8,718,058
121,000  
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc., Series B (b) (c)

  7.75%   (a)   3,047,990
207,000  
Two Harbors Investment Corp., Series B (b) (c)

  7.63%   (a)   5,175,000
220,000  
Two Harbors Investment Corp., Series C (b) (c)

  7.25%   (a)   5,273,400
        22,214,448
    Multi-Utilities – 1.9%            
732,571  
Integrys Holding, Inc. (b) (c)

  6.00%   08/01/73   18,955,275
350,000  
Just Energy Group, Inc., Series A (b) (c)

  8.50%   (a)   8,092,000
        27,047,275
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.4%            
148,780  
Enbridge, Inc., Series B (c)

  6.38%   04/15/78   3,776,780
85,000  
Energy Transfer Partners L.P., Series C (c)

  7.38%   (a)   2,109,700
        5,886,480
    Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.8%            
455,104  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Series A (b) (c)

  6.38%   (a)   12,319,665
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.4%            
262,545  
United States Cellular Corp. (b)

  7.25%   12/01/64   6,589,880
   
Total $25 Par Preferred Securities

  286,040,409
    (Cost $284,236,250)            
$100 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES – 3.6%
    Banks – 3.6%            
80,000  
Agribank FCB (c) (f)

  6.88%   (a)   8,645,000
179,000  
CoBank ACB, Series F (b) (c) (f)

  6.25%   (a)   18,974,000
82,220  
CoBank ACB, Series G (b) (f)

  6.13%   (a)   8,394,826
54,250  
CoBank ACB, Series H (b) (c) (f)

  6.20%   (a)   5,743,719
100,000  
Farm Credit Bank Of Texas (b) (c) (g)

  6.75%   (a)   10,780,200
   
Total $100 Par Preferred Securities

  52,537,745
    (Cost $50,687,346)            
$1,000 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES – 6.3%
    Banks – 3.5%            
3,557  
CoBank ACB, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 1.18% (d) (g)

  3.52%   (a)   2,370,459
25,859  
Farm Credit Bank Of Texas, Series 1 (b) (f)

  10.00%   (a)   30,513,620
15,364  
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust (g)

  12.00%   (a)   18,091,110
        50,975,189
    Diversified Financial Services – 1.4%            
12,000  
Compeer Financial ACA (b) (c) (g)

  6.75%   (a)   12,660,000
8,500  
Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.90% (d) (g)

  5.77%   08/18/57   7,978,187
        20,638,187
See Notes to Financial Statements
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Shares   Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
$1,000 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES (Continued)
    Insurance – 1.4%            
20,949  
XLIT Ltd., Series D, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.12% (d)

  5.47%   (a)   $21,001,373
   
Total $1,000 Par Preferred Securities

  92,614,749
    (Cost $92,307,810)            
$1,000,000 PAR PREFERRED SECURITIES – 1.0%
    Banks – 1.0%            
12  
FT Real Estate Securities Co., Inc. (g) (h) (i)

  9.50%   (a)   14,739,072
    (Cost $15,990,000)            
Par
Amount
  Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
CAPITAL PREFERRED SECURITIES – 111.8%
    Automobiles – 1.4%            
$21,100,000  
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series A (b) (c)

  5.75%   (a)   20,857,350
    Banks – 51.9%            
16,000,000  
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  6.75%   (a)   17,100,000
11,800,000  
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (c) (k)

  6.13%   (a)   11,434,790
4,600,000  
Banco Mercantil del Norte S.A. (c) (j) (k)

  6.88%   (a)   4,634,500
8,000,000  
Banco Mercantil del Norte S.A. (c) (j) (k)

  7.63%   (a)   8,290,000
12,200,000  
Banco Santander S.A. (b) (c) (k)

  6.38%   (a)   12,393,126
18,000,000  
Bank of America Corp., Series DD (b) (c)

  6.30%   (a)   19,101,600
23,867,000  
Bank of America Corp., Series Z (b) (c)

  6.50%   (a)   25,328,854
40,000  
Barclays Bank PLC (j)

  10.18%   06/12/21   46,827
35,136,000  
Barclays PLC (b) (c) (k)

  7.88%   (a)   37,563,195
2,000,000  
BNP Paribas S.A. (c) (j) (k)

  7.38%   (a)   2,182,500
29,774,000  
BNP Paribas S.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.63%   (a)   32,148,476
9,500,000  
BPCE S.A. (b) (c) (j)

  12.50%   (a)   10,628,125
5,000,000  
Citigroup, Inc., Series O (b) (c)

  5.88%   (a)   5,143,750
25,000,000  
Citigroup, Inc., Series R (b) (c)

  6.13%   (a)   26,156,250
25,000,000  
CoBank ACB, Series I (b) (c) (f)

  6.25%   (a)   26,670,225
37,104,000  
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA (b) (c) (j)

  11.00%   (a)   40,211,460
24,100,000  
Credit Agricole S.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.88%   (a)   26,208,750
32,500,000  
Credit Agricole S.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  8.13%   (a)   37,008,562
10,000,000  
Credit Agricole S.A. (b) (c) (j)

  8.38%   (a)   10,687,500
8,680,000  
Danske Bank A.S. (c) (k)

  6.13%   (a)   8,810,200
16,500,000  
HSBC Holdings PLC (b) (c) (k)

  6.38%   (a)   17,036,250
3,000,000  
HSBC Holdings PLC (c) (k)

  6.38%   (a)   3,078,000
9,400,000  
HSBC Holdings PLC (c) (k)

  6.88%   (a)   9,987,500
10,520,000  
ING Groep N.V. (c) (k)

  6.50%   (a)   10,854,536
10,000,000  
ING Groep N.V. (b) (c) (k)

  6.88%   (a)   10,576,250
27,300,000  
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.70%   (a)   29,006,250
11,000,000  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series I, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.47% (b) (d)

  5.83%   (a)   11,096,250
20,000,000  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series S (b) (c)

  6.75%   (a)   21,700,000
13,000,000  
Lloyds Bank PLC (b) (c) (j)

  12.00%   (a)   16,549,793
14,150,000  
Lloyds Bank PLC (b) (c)

  12.00%   (a)   18,013,813
17,313,000  
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (c) (k)

  7.50%   (a)   18,724,009
5,363,000  
Nordea Bank AB (c) (k)

  6.13%   (a)   5,523,890
23,400,000  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (b) (c) (k)

  8.00%   (a)   25,652,250
31,050,000  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (b) (c) (k)

  8.63%   (a)   34,077,375
10,200,000  
Societe Generale S.A. (c) (j) (k)

  6.00%   (a)   10,288,995
24,600,000  
Societe Generale S.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.38%   (a)   26,137,500
15,250,000  
Societe Generale S.A. (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.88%   (a)   16,565,313
5,565,000  
Standard Chartered PLC (b) (c)

  7.01%   (a)   6,309,319
12,400,000  
Standard Chartered PLC (b) (c) (j) (k)

  7.50%   (a)   13,128,500
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Par
Amount
  Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
CAPITAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Continued)
    Banks (Continued)            
$7,500,000  
Standard Chartered PLC (c) (j) (k)

  7.75%   (a)   $8,006,250
825,000  
Standard Chartered PLC (c) (k)

  7.75%   (a)   880,688
29,746,000  
UniCredit S.p.A. (b) (c) (k)

  8.00%   (a)   31,108,545
16,000,000  
UniCredit S.p.A. (b) (c) (j)

  5.86%   06/19/32   16,050,928
21,500,000  
Wells Fargo & Co., Series K, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.77% (b) (d)

  5.89%   (a)   21,768,750
12,670,000  
Zions Bancorporation, Series J (b) (c)

  7.20%   (a)   13,810,300
        757,679,944
    Capital Markets – 3.3%            
1,650,000  
Charles Schwab Corp. (c)

  7.00%   (a)   1,815,000
17,079,000  
Credit Suisse Group AG (c) (j) (k)

  7.50%   (a)   18,552,235
7,675,000  
Credit Suisse Group AG (c) (k)

  7.50%   (a)   8,337,045
3,350,000  
UBS Group AG (c) (k)

  7.00%   (a)   3,589,920
15,000,000  
UBS Group AG (b) (c) (k)

  7.13%   (a)   15,642,870
        47,937,070
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.2%            
3,379,000  
Voya Financial, Inc. (b) (c)

  5.65%   05/15/53   3,451,649
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.6%            
20,000,000  
Koninklijke KPN N.V. (b) (c) (j)

  7.00%   03/28/73   21,650,000
1,000,000  
Koninklijke KPN N.V. (b) (c)

  7.00%   03/28/73   1,082,500
        22,732,500
    Electric Utilities – 6.3%            
36,500,000  
Emera, Inc., Series 16-A (b) (c)

  6.75%   06/15/76   39,675,500
38,700,000  
Enel S.p.A. (b) (c) (j)

  8.75%   09/24/73   45,907,875
6,500,000  
Southern (The) Co., Series B (b) (c)

  5.50%   03/15/57   6,720,516
        92,303,891
    Energy Equipment & Services – 1.8%            
24,800,000  
Transcanada Trust, Series 16-A (b) (c)

  5.88%   08/15/76   25,606,000
    Food Products – 5.1%            
9,000,000  
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (b) (g)

  7.13%   (a)   9,877,500
14,988,000  
Land O’Lakes Capital Trust I (b) (g)

  7.45%   03/15/28   17,086,320
10,000,000  
Land O’Lakes, Inc. (b) (j)

  7.25%   (a)   11,150,000
33,000,000  
Land O’Lakes, Inc. (b) (j)

  8.00%   (a)   37,125,000
        75,238,820
    Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.6%            
9,850,000  
AES Gener S.A. (c) (j)

  8.38%   12/18/73   10,293,250
12,150,000  
AES Gener S.A. (c)

  8.38%   12/18/73   12,696,750
        22,990,000
    Insurance – 29.5%            
12,500,000  
Aegon N.V. (c)

  5.50%   04/11/48   12,452,747
9,600,000  
AG Insurance S.A. (b) (c)

  6.75%   (a)   9,835,219
23,820,000  
American International Group, Inc. (b) (c)

  8.18%   05/15/58   31,263,750
5,350,000  
American International Group, Inc. Series A-9 (b) (c)

  5.75%   04/01/48   5,390,125
40,000,000  
Aquarius & Investments PLC for Swiss Reinsurance Co., Ltd. (b) (c)

  8.25%   (a)   40,496,760
339,000  
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. (c)

  7.25%   (a)   359,200
14,300,000  
Assurant, Inc. (b) (c)

  7.00%   03/27/48   14,926,347
30,000,000  
Assured Guaranty Municipal Holdings, Inc. (b) (c) (j)

  6.40%   12/15/66   30,150,000
39,700,000  
Catlin Insurance Co., Ltd., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 2.98% (b) (d) (j)

  5.33%   (a)   39,551,125
10,600,000  
CNP Assurances (b) (c)

  6.88%   (a)   10,936,550
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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Par
Amount
  Description   Stated
Rate
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
CAPITAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Continued)
    Insurance (Continued)            
$10,600,000  
CNP Assurances (b) (c)

  7.50%   (a)   $10,767,321
12,500,000  
Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (The) (b) (c) (j)

  7.25%   (a)   13,702,750
15,300,000  
Fortegra Financial Corp. (b) (c) (g)

  8.50%   10/15/57   15,491,250
27,375,000  
Friends Life Holdings PLC (b) (c)

  7.88%   (a)   28,011,469
1,000,000  
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. (c)

  6.50%   (a)   1,110,000
25,616,000  
La Mondiale SAM (b) (c)

  7.63%   (a)   26,458,126
16,210,000  
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (b) (j)

  7.80%   03/15/37   19,654,625
2,000,000  
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (b) (c)

  10.75%   06/15/58   3,085,000
1,000,000  
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 2.91% (d) (j)

  5.03%   03/15/37   987,500
4,120,000  
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance, Co. (c) (j)

  5.10%   04/26/48   4,212,929
1,401,000  
MetLife, Inc. (j)

  9.25%   04/08/38   1,912,365
25,000,000  
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (b) (c) (j)

  7.00%   03/15/72   27,618,750
3,000,000  
Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust (b) (f)

  7.90%   03/01/37   3,337,862
19,700,000  
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. (b)

  6.75%   05/15/37   21,965,500
24,300,000  
QBE Insurance Group, Ltd. (b) (c) (j)

  7.50%   11/24/43   27,176,634
20,250,000  
QBE Insurance Group, Ltd. (b) (c)

  6.75%   12/02/44   21,649,478
8,130,000  
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. (b) (c) (j)

  6.50%   09/20/73   8,963,325
        431,466,707
    Metals & Mining – 1.8%            
23,500,000  
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. (b) (c) (j)

  6.75%   10/19/75   26,196,625
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 5.9%            
12,157,000  
Andeavor Logistics L.P., Series A (b) (c)

  6.88%   (a)   12,380,385
8,000,000  
DCP Midstream L.P., Series A (b) (c)

  7.38%   (a)   7,895,000
28,243,000  
Enbridge Energy Partners L.P., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.80% (b) (d)

  6.11%   10/01/37   28,101,785
5,400,000  
Enbridge, Inc. (b) (c)

  5.50%   07/15/77   5,035,500
7,700,000  
Enbridge, Inc. (b) (c)

  6.25%   03/01/78   7,538,133
5,000,000  
Enbridge, Inc., Series 16-A (b) (c)

  6.00%   01/15/77   4,881,250
10,500,000  
Energy Transfer Partners L.P., 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.02% (b) (d)

  4.79%   11/01/66   9,187,500
8,000,000  
Energy Transfer Partners L.P., Series B (b) (c)

  6.63%   (a)   7,580,600
2,000,000  
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 2.78% (d)

  4.78%   06/01/67   1,987,835
1,000,000  
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Series A, 3 Mo. LIBOR + 3.71% (d)

  5.48%   08/01/66   1,005,210
        85,593,198
    Transportation Infrastructure – 1.4%            
19,817,000  
AerCap Global Aviation Trust (b) (c) (j)

  6.50%   06/15/45   21,105,105
   
Total Capital Preferred Securities

  1,633,158,859
    (Cost $1,621,356,332)            
Principal
Value
  Description   Stated
Coupon
  Stated
Maturity
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES – 0.7%
    Insurance – 0.7%            
10,000,000  
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (b)

  6.13%   08/15/23   9,848,023
    (Cost $9,962,922)            
    
 
Total Investments – 143.0%

 2,088,938,857
  (Cost $2,074,540,660) (l)   
 
Outstanding Loan – (44.8)%

 (655,000,000)
 
Net Other Assets and Liabilities – 1.8%

 26,977,343
 
Net Assets – 100.0%

 $1,460,916,200
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

Interest Rate Swap Agreements:
Counterparty   Floating Rate (1)   Expiration Date   Notional
Amount
  Fixed Rate (1)   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
Bank of Nova Scotia   1 month LIBOR   01/23/25   $165,000,000   1.786%   $10,110,225
    
(1) The Fund pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate. The floating rate on April 30, 2018 was 1.898%.
    

(a) Perpetual maturity.
(b) All or a portion of this security serves as collateral on the outstanding loan.
(c) Fixed-to-floating or fixed-to-variable rate security. The interest rate shown reflects the fixed rate in effect at April 30, 2018. At a predetermined date, the fixed rate will change to a floating rate or a variable rate.
(d) Floating rate security.
(e) Step-up security. A security where the coupon increases or steps up at a predetermined date.
(f) Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, this security has been determined to be illiquid by Stonebridge Advisors LLC (the "Sub-Advisor").
(g) This security, sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, is exempt from registration upon resale under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers (see Note 2D - Restricted Securities in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(h) This security is fair valued by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. At April 30, 2018, securities noted as such are valued at $14,739,072 or 1.0% of net assets.
(i) This security’s value was determined using significant unobservable inputs (see Note 2A-Portfolio Valuation in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(j) This security, sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, is exempt from registration upon resale under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, this security has been determined to be liquid by the Sub-Advisor. Although market instability can result in periods of increased overall market illiquidity, liquidity for each security is determined based on security specific factors and assumptions, which require subjective judgment. At April 30, 2018, securities noted as such amounted to $690,790,322 or 47.3% of net assets.
(k) This security is a contingent convertible capital security which may be subject to conversion into common stock of the issuer under certain circumstances. At April 30, 2018, securities noted as such amounted to $514,528,271 or 24.3% of managed assets. Of these securities, 2.5% originated in emerging markets, and 97.5% originated in foreign markets.
(l) Aggregate cost for financial reporting purposes approximates the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes. As of April 30, 2018, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $69,762,081 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was $45,253,659. The net unrealized appreciation was $24,508,422. The amounts presented are inclusive of derivative contracts.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

Valuation Inputs
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2018 is as follows (see Note 2A - Portfolio Valuation in the Notes to Financial Statements):
  Total
Value at
4/30/2018
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
$25 Par Preferred Securities:        
Insurance

$42,932,072 $30,013,342 $12,918,730 $
Multi-Utilities

27,047,275 8,092,000 18,955,275
Other industry categories*

216,061,062 216,061,062
$100 Par Preferred Securities*

52,537,745 52,537,745
$1,000 Par Preferred Securities*

92,614,749 92,614,749
$1,000,000 Par Preferred Securities*

14,739,072 14,739,072
Capital Preferred Securities*

1,633,158,859 1,633,158,859
Corporate Bonds and Notes*

9,848,023 9,848,023
Total Investments

2,088,938,857 254,166,404 1,820,033,381 14,739,072
Interest Rate Swap Agreement

10,110,225 10,110,225
Total

$2,099,049,082 $254,166,404 $1,830,143,606 $14,739,072
    
* See Portfolio of Investments for industry breakout.
All transfers in and out of the Levels during the period are assumed to occur on the last day of the period at their current value. There were no transfers between Levels at April 30, 2018.
Level 3 Par Preferred Securities are fair valued using broker quotes and are footnoted in the Portfolio of Investments. These values are based on unobservable and non-quantitative inputs. The Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted valuation procedures that are utilized by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee to oversee the day-to-day valuation of the Fund’s investments. The Advisor’s Pricing Committee, through the Fund’s fund accounting agent, monitors the daily pricing via tolerance checks and stale and unchanged price reviews. The Advisor’s Pricing Committee also reviews monthly back testing of third-party pricing service prices by comparing sales prices of the Fund’s investments to prior day third-party pricing service prices. Additionally, the Advisor’s Pricing Committee reviews periodic information from the Fund’s third-party pricing service that compares secondary market trade prices to their daily valuations.
The following table presents the activity of the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the period presented.
Beginning Balance at October 31, 2017  
$1,000,000 Par Preferred Securities $15,126,120
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation (387,048)
Purchases
Sales
Transfers In
Transfers Out
Ending Balance at April 30, 2018  
$1,000,000 Par Preferred Securities 14,739,072
Total Level 3 holdings $14,739,072
There was a net change of $(387,048) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from Level 3 investments held as of April 30, 2018.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
ASSETS:  
Investments, at value

    (Cost $2,074,540,660)

$ 2,088,938,857
Cash

11,571,769
Swap contracts, at value

10,110,225
Receivables:  
Interest

24,250,007
Dividends

555,429
Interest reclaims

247,577
Dividend reclaims

48,136
Other assets

101,727
Prepaid expenses

26,738
Total Assets

2,135,850,465
LIABILITIES:  
Outstanding loan

655,000,000
Payables:  
Investment securities purchased

10,455,425
Due to broker

6,317,584
Interest and fees on loan

1,539,873
Investment advisory fees

1,480,506
Administrative fees

76,395
Printing fees

25,434
Audit and tax fees

20,581
Legal fees

12,594
Transfer agent fees

2,930
Financial reporting fees

929
Trustees’ fees and expenses

52
Other liabilities

1,962
Total Liabilities

674,934,265
NET ASSETS

$1,460,916,200
NET ASSETS consist of:  
Paid-in capital

$ 1,448,052,970
Par value

607,660
Accumulated net investment income (loss)

4,058,499
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and swap contracts

(16,311,351)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and swap contracts

24,508,422
NET ASSETS

$1,460,916,200
NET ASSET VALUE, per Common Share (par value $0.01 per Common Share)

$24.04
Number of Common Shares outstanding (unlimited number of Common Shares has been authorized)

60,765,997
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
INVESTMENT INCOME:  
Interest (net of foreign withholding tax of $954)

$ 55,615,542
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $13,794)

 16,166,644
Total investment income

71,782,186
EXPENSES:  
Investment advisory fees

 9,155,453
Interest and fees on loan

 7,879,002
Administrative fees

 343,259
Printing fees

 115,528
Custodian fees

 79,787
Listing expense

 26,658
Legal fees

 23,999
Audit and tax fees

 16,384
Transfer agent fees

 8,892
Trustees’ fees and expenses

 7,537
Financial reporting fees

 4,783
Other

 16,758
Total expenses

17,678,040
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

54,104,146
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS):  
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Investments

532,917
Swap contracts

(275,900)
Net realized gain (loss)

 257,017
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:  
Investments

(79,727,294)
Swap contracts

6,649,374
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(73,077,920)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

(72,820,903)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

$(18,716,757)
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months
Ended
4/30/2018
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
10/31/2017
OPERATIONS:      
Net investment income (loss)

$ 54,104,146   $ 113,143,853
Net realized gain (loss)

 257,017    2,811,134
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 (73,077,920)    74,197,864
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

(18,716,757)   190,152,851
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:      
Net investment income

 (55,600,887)    (114,847,734)
Total distributions to shareholders

(55,600,887)   (114,847,734)
Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 (74,317,644)    75,305,117
NET ASSETS:      
Beginning of period

 1,535,233,844    1,459,928,727
End of period

$ 1,460,916,200   $ 1,535,233,844
Accumulated net investment income (loss) at end of period

$4,058,499   $5,555,240
COMMON SHARES:      
Common Shares at end of period

60,765,997   60,765,997
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$(18,716,757)  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Purchases of investments

(346,860,291)  
Sales, maturities and paydown of investments

368,070,468  
Net amortization/accretion of premiums/discounts on investments

213,284  
Net realized gain/loss on investments

(532,917)  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

79,727,294  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts

(6,649,374)  
Decrease in cash segregated as collateral for open swap contracts

3,927,669  
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Increase in interest receivable

(1,187,385)  
Decrease in interest reclaims receivable

14,267  
Increase in dividend reclaims receivable

(18,594)  
Decrease in dividends receivable

323,073  
Increase in other assets

(101,727)  
Increase in prepaid expenses

(26,738)  
Increase in interest and fees payable on loan

338,262  
Increase in due to broker

6,317,584  
Decrease in investment advisory fees payable

(109,972)  
Decrease in audit and tax fees payable

(12,916)  
Increase in legal fees payable

3,500  
Decrease in printing fees payable

(28,421)  
Decrease in administrative fees payable

(177,107)  
Decrease in custodian fees payable

(6,233)  
Increase in transfer agent fees payable

1,380  
Decrease in Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

(1,471)  
Increase in financial reporting fees payable

158  
Increase in other liabilities payable

330  
Cash provided by operating activities

  $84,507,366
Cash flows from financing activities:    
Distributions to Common Shareholders from net investment income

(55,600,887)  
Repayment of borrowing

(25,000,000)  
Cash used in financing activities

  (80,600,887)
Increase in cash

  3,906,479
Cash at beginning of period

  7,665,290
Cash at end of period

  $11,571,769
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:    
Cash paid during the period for interest and fees

  $7,540,740
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
Financial Highlights
For a Common Share outstanding throughout each period
  Six Months
Ended
4/30/2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended October 31,   Period
Ended
10/31/2013 (a)
2017   2016   2015   2014  
Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 25.26   $ 24.03   $ 23.69   $ 24.42   $ 23.51   $23.88(b)
Income from investment operations:                      
Net investment income (loss)

0.89   1.86   1.94   1.96   1.85   0.70
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

(1.19)   1.26   0.35   (0.58)   0.97   (0.64)
Total from investment operations

(0.30)   3.12   2.29   1.38   2.82   0.06
Distributions paid to shareholders from:                      
Net investment income

(0.92)   (1.89)   (1.95)   (2.11)   (1.91)   (0.46)
Common Shares offering costs charged to paid-in capital

      0.00(c)     (0.03)
Premiums from shares sold in at the market offerings

          0.06
Net asset value, end of period

$24.04   $25.26   $24.03   $23.69   $24.42   $23.51
Market value, end of period

$22.62   $24.80   $22.66   $21.95   $21.94   $21.01
Total return based on net asset value (d)

(1.08)%   13.85%   10.68%   6.68%   13.37%   0.60%
Total return based on market value (d)

(5.23)%   18.53%   12.65%   10.02%   13.98%   (14.13)%
Ratios to average net assets/supplemental data:                      
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

$ 1,460,916   $ 1,535,234   $ 1,459,929   $ 1,438,361   $ 1,482,490   $ 1,427,164
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

2.38%(e)   2.09%   1.88%   1.76%   1.69%   1.53%(e)
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense

1.32%(e)   1.31%   1.34%   1.34%   1.33%   1.24%(e)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

7.28%(e)   7.67%   8.34%   8.15%   7.66%   7.01%(e)
Portfolio turnover rate

17%   31%   50%   48%   62%   11%
Indebtedness:                      
Total loan outstanding (in 000’s)

$ 655,000   $ 680,000   $ 645,000   $ 645,000   $ 665,000   $ 584,000
Asset coverage per $1,000 of indebtedness (f)

$ 3,230   $ 3,258   $ 3,263   $ 3,230   $ 3,229   $ 3,444
    
(a) The Fund was initially seeded on April 16, 2013 and commenced operations on May 23, 2013.
(b) Beginning net asset value is net of sales load of $1.125 per share from the initial offering.
(c) Amount is less than $0.01.
(d) Total return is based on the combination of reinvested dividend, capital gain and return of capital distributions, if any, at prices obtained by the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, and changes in net asset value per share for net asset value returns and changes in Common Share Price for market value returns. Total returns do not reflect sales load and are not annualized for periods of less than one year. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (not including the loan outstanding) from the Fund’s total assets, and dividing by the outstanding loan balance in 000’s.
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Notes to Financial Statements
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
1. Organization
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 4, 2013, and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund trades under the ticker symbol FPF on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
The primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The Fund has a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its managed assets in preferred securities and other income producing securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including traditional preferred securities, hybrid preferred securities that have investment and economic characteristics of both preferred securities and debt securities, floating rate and fixed-to-floating rate preferred securities, debt securities, convertible securities and contingent convertible securities. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. The Fund seeks to maintain, under normal market conditions, a duration of between three and eight years. The Fund may not be appropriate for all investors.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The Fund is considered an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies.” The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of the financial statements. The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Portfolio Valuation
The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Common Shares of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. If the NYSE closes early on a valuation day, the NAV is determined as of that time. Domestic debt securities and foreign securities are priced using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities. The Fund’s NAV per Common Share is calculated by dividing the value of all assets of the Fund (including accrued interest and dividends), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses, dividends declared but unpaid and any borrowings of the Fund), by the total number of Common Shares outstanding.
The Fund’s investments are valued daily at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value. Market value prices represent last sale or official closing prices from a national or foreign exchange (i.e., a regulated market) and are primarily obtained from third-party pricing services. Fair value prices represent any prices not considered market value prices and are either obtained from a third-party pricing service or are determined by the Pricing Committee of the Fund’s investment advisor, First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or the “Advisor”), in accordance with valuation procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, and in accordance with provisions of the 1940 Act. Investments valued by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee, if any, are footnoted as such in the footnotes to the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund’s investments are valued as follows:
Preferred stocks and other equity securities listed on any national or foreign exchange (excluding The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) and the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”)) are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are principally traded or, for Nasdaq and AIM securities, the official closing price. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, at the close of the securities exchange representing the principal market for such securities.
Corporate bonds, notes and other debt securities are fair valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers who make markets in such securities or by a third-party pricing service approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, which may use the following valuation inputs when available:
1) benchmark yields;
2) reported trades;
3) broker/dealer quotes;
4) issuer spreads;
5) benchmark securities;
6) bids and offers; and
7) reference data including market research publications.
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April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Securities traded in an over-the-counter market are fair valued at the mean of their most recent bid and asked price, if available, and otherwise at their closing bid price.
Swaps are fair valued utilizing quotations provided by a third-party pricing service or, if the third-party pricing service does not provide a value, by quotes provided by the selling dealer or financial institution.
Certain securities may not be able to be priced by pre-established pricing methods. Such securities may be valued by the Fund’s Board of Trustees or its delegate, the Advisor’s Pricing Committee, at fair value. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”)) for which a third-party pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; a security whose market or fair value price is not available from a pre-established pricing source; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of the Fund’s NAV or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; and a security whose price, as provided by the third-party pricing service, does not reflect the security’s fair value. As a general principle, the current fair value of a security would appear to be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. When fair value prices are used, generally they will differ from market quotations or official closing prices on the applicable exchanges. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities, including, but not limited to, the following:
1) the type of security;
2) the size of the holding;
3) the initial cost of the security;
4) transactions in comparable securities;
5) price quotes from dealers and/or third-party pricing services;
6) relationships among various securities;
7) information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange;
8) an analysis of the issuer’s financial statements; and
9) the existence of merger proposals or tender offers that might affect the value of the security.
If the securities in question are foreign securities, the following additional information may be considered:
1) the value of similar foreign securities traded on other foreign markets;
2) ADR trading of similar securities;
3) closed-end fund trading of similar securities;
4) foreign currency exchange activity;
5) the trading prices of financial products that are tied to baskets of foreign securities;
6) factors relating to the event that precipitated the pricing problem;
7) whether the event is likely to recur; and
8) whether the effects of the event are isolated or whether they affect entire markets, countries or regions.
The Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. An active market is a market in which transactions for the investment occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2 – Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, either directly or indirectly, and include the following:
o Quoted prices for similar investments in active markets.
o Quoted prices for identical or similar investments in markets that are non-active. A non-active market is a market where there are few transactions for the investment, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers, or in which little information is released publicly.
o Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the investment (for example, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates).
o Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
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April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Level 3 – Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs. Unobservable inputs may reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the investment.
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of April 30, 2018, is included with the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
B. Swap Agreements
The Fund may enter into interest rate swap agreements. A swap is a financial instrument that typically involves the exchange of cash flows between two parties (“Counterparties”) on specified dates (settlement dates) where the cash flows are based on agreed upon prices, rates, etc. Payment received or made by the Fund for interest rate swaps are recorded on the Statement of Operations as “Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts.” When an interest rate swap is terminated, the Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contracts, if any, is the premium received or paid. Swap agreements are individually negotiated and involve the risk of the potential inability of the Counterparties to meet the terms of the agreement. In connection with these agreements, cash and securities may be identified as collateral in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default under the swap agreement or bankruptcy/insolvency of a party to the swap agreement. In the event of a default by a Counterparty, the Fund will seek withdrawal of the collateral and may incur certain costs exercising its rights with respect to the collateral. If a Counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. The Fund may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.
Swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of the investments of the Fund. The performance of swap agreements may be affected by changes in the specific interest rate, security, currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from the Fund. The Fund’s maximum interest rate risk to meet its future payments under swap agreements outstanding at April 30, 2018, is equal to the total notional amount as shown on the Portfolio of Investments. The notional amount represents the U.S. dollar value of the contract as of the day of the opening transaction or contract reset. When the Fund enters into a swap agreement, any premium paid is included in “Swap contracts, at value” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Fund held interest rate swap agreements at April 30, 2018. An interest rate swap agreement involves the Fund’s agreement to exchange a stream of interest payments for another party’s stream of cash flows. Interest rate swaps do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to interest rate swaps is limited to the net amount of interest payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make.
C. Securities Transactions and Investment Income
Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Amortization of premiums and the accretion of discounts are recorded using the effective interest method.
The Fund may hold the securities of real estate investments trusts (“REITs”). Distributions from such investments may include income, capital gains and return of capital. The actual character of amounts received during the year is not known until after the REITs’ fiscal year end. The Fund records the character of distributions received from the REITs during the year based on estimates available. The characterization of distributions received by the Fund may be subsequently revised based on information received from the REITs after their tax reporting periods conclude.
D. Restricted Securities
The Fund invests in restricted securities, which are securities that may not be offered for public sale without first being registered under the 1933 Act. Prior to registration, restricted securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2018, the Fund held restricted securities as shown in the following table that Stonebridge Advisors LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”) has deemed illiquid pursuant to procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Although market instability can result in periods of increased overall market illiquidity, liquidity for each security is determined based on security-specific factors and assumptions, which require subjective judgment. The Fund does not have the right to demand that such securities be registered. These securities are valued according to the valuation procedures as stated in the Portfolio Valuation note (Note 2A) and are not expressed as a discount to the carrying value of a comparable unrestricted security. There are no unrestricted securities with the same maturity dates and yields for these issuers.
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April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Security Acquisition
Date
Par
Amount/Shares
Current Price Carrying
Cost
  Value   % of
Net
Assets
CoBank ACB, 3.52% 3/29/18 3,557 $666.42 $2,409,868   $2,370,459   0.16%
Compeer Financial ACA 6.75% 5/29/13-7/31/15 12,000 1,055.00 12,105,000   12,660,000   0.87
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., 7.13% 9/15/16 $9,000,000 109.75 9,000,000   9,877,500   0.68
Farm Credit Bank Of Texas, 6.75% 7/16/13-7/17/13 100,000 107.80 10,020,000   10,780,200   0.74
Fortegra Financial Corp., 8.50%, 10/15/57 10/12/17-3/12/18 $15,300,000 101.25 15,344,600   15,491,250   1.06
FT Real Estate Securities Co., Inc., 9.50% 6/15/16 12 1,228,256 15,990,000   14,739,072   1.01
Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 5.77%, 08/18/57 3/21/17-6/20/17 8,500 938.61 7,765,000   7,978,187   0.55
Land O’Lakes Capital Trust I, 7.45%, 03/15/28 6/6/14-7/7/17 $14,988,000 114.00 15,620,234   17,086,320   1.17
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00% 6/11/13-3/22/16 15,364 1,177.50 20,231,885   18,091,110   1.24
        $108,486,587   $109,074,098   7.48%
E. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly by the Fund, or as the Board of Trustees may determine from time to time. Distributions of net realized capital gains earned by the Fund, if any, are distributed at least annually.
Distributions from income and capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These permanent differences are primarily due to the varying treatment of income and gain/loss on portfolio securities held by the Fund and have no impact on net assets or NAV per share. Temporary differences, which arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense and gain/loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes, will reverse at some time in the future.
The tax character of distributions paid by the Fund during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017, was as follows:
Distributions paid from:  
Ordinary income

$114,847,734
Capital gains

Return of capital

As of October 31, 2017, the distributable earnings and net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income

$1,956,977
Undistributed capital gains

Total undistributed earnings

1,956,977
Accumulated capital and other losses

(14,566,654)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

99,182,891
Total accumulated earnings (losses)

86,573,214
Other

Paid-in capital

1,448660,630
Total net assets

$1,535,233,844
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April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
F. Income Taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which includes distributing substantially all of its net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal and state income taxes. However, due to the timing and amount of distributions, the Fund may be subject to an excise tax of 4% of the amount by which approximately 98% of the Fund’s taxable income exceeds the distributions from such taxable income for the calendar year.
The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws, which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward indefinitely following the year of the loss and offset such loss against any future realized capital gains. The Fund is subject to certain limitations under U.S. tax rules on the use of capital loss carryforwards and net unrealized built-in losses. These limitations apply when there has been a 50% change in ownership. At October 31, 2017, the Fund had $14,566,654 of capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund is subject to accounting standards that establish a minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Taxable years ended 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 remain open to federal and state audit. As of April 30, 2018, management has evaluated the application of these standards to the Fund and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for uncertain tax positions.
G. Expenses
The Fund will pay all expenses directly related to its operations.
H. New and Amended Financial Reporting Rules and Forms
On October 13, 2016, the SEC adopted new rules and forms, and amended existing rules and forms. The new and amended rules and forms are intended to modernize the reporting of information provided by funds and to improve the quality and type of information that funds provide to the SEC and investors. In part, the new and amended rules and forms amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosures about derivatives in a fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments of Regulation S-X was August 1, 2017, which resulted in additional disclosure for variable interest and derivative instruments within the Portfolio of Investments. The new form types and other rule amendments will be effective for the First Trust funds, including the Fund, for reporting periods beginning on and after June 1, 2018. Management is evaluating the new form types and other rule amendments that are effective on and after June 1, 2018 to determine the impact to the Fund.
3. Investment Advisory Fee, Affiliated Transactions and Other Fee Arrangements
First Trust, the investment advisor to the Fund, is a limited partnership with one limited partner, Grace Partners of DuPage L.P., and one general partner, The Charger Corporation. The Charger Corporation is an Illinois corporation controlled by James A. Bowen, Chief Executive Officer of First Trust. First Trust is responsible for the ongoing monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain administrative services necessary for the management of the Fund. For these investment management services, First Trust is entitled to a monthly fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund’s Managed Assets average daily net assets . First Trust also provides fund reporting services to the Fund for a flat annual fee in the amount of $9,250.
Stonebridge, a majority-owned affiliate of First Trust, serves as the Fund’s sub-advisor and manages the Fund’s portfolio subject to First Trust’s supervision. The Sub-Advisor receives a monthly portfolio management fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.425% of average daily net assets that is paid by First Trust out of its investment advisory fee.
First Trust Capital Partners, LLC, an affiliate of First Trust, owns a 51% ownership interest in Stonebridge.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”) serves as the Fund’s administrator, fund accountant and custodian in accordance with certain fee arrangements. As administrator and fund accountant, BBH is responsible for providing certain administrative and accounting services to the Fund, including maintaining the Fund’s books of account, records of the Fund’s securities transactions, and certain other books and records. As custodian, BBH is responsible for custody of the Fund’s assets.
Computershare, Inc. (“Computershare”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent in accordance with certain fee arrangements. As transfer agent, Computershare is responsible for maintaining shareholder records for the Fund.
Each Trustee who is not an officer or employee of First Trust, any sub-advisor or any of their affiliates (“Independent Trustees”) is paid a fixed annual retainer that is allocated equally among each fund in the First Trust Fund Complex. Each Independent Trustee is also paid an annual per fund fee that varies based on whether the fund is a closed-end or other actively managed fund, or is an index fund.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Additionally, the Lead Independent Trustee and the Chairmen of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee and Valuation Committee are paid annual fees to serve in such capacities, with such compensation allocated pro rata among each fund in the First Trust Fund Complex based on net assets. Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with all meetings. The Lead Independent Trustee and Committee Chairmen rotate every three years. The officers and “Interested” Trustee receive no compensation from the Fund for acting in such capacities.
4. Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended April 30, 2018, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short term investments and in-kind transactions, were $355,225,288 and $360,302,208, respectively.
5. Derivative Transactions
The following table presents the type of derivatives held by the Fund at April 30, 2018, the primary underlying risk exposure and the location of these instruments as presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
        Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives
Derivative
Instrument
  Risk
Exposure
  Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Value   Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Value
Interest Rate Swap Agreements   Interest Rate Risk   Swap contracts, at value   $10,110,225   Swap contracts, at value   $ -
The following table presents the amount of net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) recognized for the six months ended April 30, 2018, on derivative instruments, as well as the primary underlying risk exposure associated with each instrument.
Statement of Operations Location  
Interest Rate Risk  
Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts $(275,900)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts 6,649,374
The average notional value of interest rate swaps was $165,000,000 for the six months ended April 30, 2018.
The Fund does not have the right to offset financial assets and liabilities related to swap contracts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
6. Borrowings
The Fund entered into a credit agreement with The Bank of Nova Scotia that has a maximum commitment amount of $725,000,000. The borrowing rate under the facility is equal to the 1-month LIBOR plus 75 basis points. In addition, under the facility, the Fund pays a commitment fee of 0.15% on the undrawn amount of such facility on any date that the loan balance is less than 50% of the total commitment amount. The average amount outstanding between November 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018, was $674,088,398 with a weighted average interest rate of 2.35%. As of April 30, 2018, the Fund had outstanding borrowings of $655,000,000, which approximates fair value, under this committed facility agreement. The borrowings are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The high and low annual interest rates for the six months ended April 30, 2018, were 2.66% and 1.99%, respectively. The interest rate at April 30, 2018, was 2.66%.
7. Indemnification
The Fund has a variety of indemnification obligations under contracts with its service providers. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
8. Subsequent Events
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events to the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements that have not already been disclosed.
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First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund (FPF)
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
If your Common Shares are registered directly with the Fund or if you hold your Common Shares with a brokerage firm that participates in the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), unless you elect, by written notice to the Fund, to receive cash distributions, all dividends, including any capital gain distributions, on your Common Shares will be automatically reinvested by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Agent”), in additional Common Shares under the Plan. If you elect to receive cash distributions, you will receive all distributions in cash paid by check mailed directly to you by the Plan Agent, as the dividend paying agent.
If you decide to participate in the Plan, the number of Common Shares you will receive will be determined as follows:
(1) If Common Shares are trading at or above net asset value (“NAV”) at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at a price equal to the greater of (i) NAV per Common Share on that date or (ii) 95% of the market price on that date.
(2) If Common Shares are trading below NAV at the time of valuation, the Plan Agent will receive the dividend or distribution in cash and will purchase Common Shares in the open market, on the NYSE or elsewhere, for the participants’ accounts. It is possible that the market price for the Common Shares may increase before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases. Therefore, the average purchase price per share paid by the Plan Agent may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the purchase of fewer shares than if the dividend or distribution had been paid in Common Shares issued by the Fund. The Plan Agent will use all dividends and distributions received in cash to purchase Common Shares in the open market within 30 days of the valuation date except where temporary curtailment or suspension of purchases is necessary to comply with federal securities laws. Interest will not be paid on any uninvested cash payments.
You may elect to opt-out of or withdraw from the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Plan Agent, or by telephone at (866) 340-1104, in accordance with such reasonable requirements as the Plan Agent and the Fund may agree upon. If you withdraw or the Plan is terminated, you will receive a certificate for each whole share in your account under the Plan, and you will receive a cash payment for any fraction of a share in your account. If you wish, the Plan Agent will sell your shares and send you the proceeds, minus brokerage commissions.
The Plan Agent maintains all Common Shareholders’ accounts in the Plan and gives written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information you may need for tax records. Common Shares in your account will be held by the Plan Agent in non-certificated form. The Plan Agent will forward to each participant any proxy solicitation material and will vote any shares so held only in accordance with proxies returned to the Fund. Any proxy you receive will include all Common Shares you have received under the Plan.
There is no brokerage charge for reinvestment of your dividends or distributions in Common Shares. However, all participants will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred by the Plan Agent when it makes open market purchases.
Automatically reinvesting dividends and distributions does not mean that you do not have to pay income taxes due upon receiving dividends and distributions. Capital gains and income are realized although cash is not received by you. Consult your financial advisor for more information.
If you hold your Common Shares with a brokerage firm that does not participate in the Plan, you will not be able to participate in the Plan and any dividend reinvestment may be effected on different terms than those described above.
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan if in the judgment of the Board of Trustees the change is warranted. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Additional information about the Plan may be obtained by writing Computershare, Inc., P.O. Box 505000, Louisville, KY 40233-5000.
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies and information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio investments during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 988-5891; (2) on the Fund’s website at www.ftportfolios.com; and (3) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.
Portfolio Holdings
The Fund files its complete schedule of the Fund’s portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Qs are available (1) by calling (800) 988-5891; (2) on the Fund’s website at www.ftportfolios.com;
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(3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; and (4) for review and copying at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (“PRR”) in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the PRR may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Shareholders
The Fund held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) on April 23, 2018. At the Annual Meeting, Richard E. Erickson and Thomas R. Kadlec were elected by the Common Shareholders of First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund as Class II Trustees for a three-year term expiring at the Fund’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2021. The number of votes cast in favor of Mr. Erickson was 52,513,744, the number of votes against was 950,726 and the number of broker non-votes was 7,301,527. The number of votes cast in favor of Mr. Kadlec was 52,544,351, the number of votes against was 920,119 and the number of broker non-votes was 7,301,527. James A. Bowen, Robert F. Keith and Niel B. Nielson are the other current and continuing Trustees.
Risk Considerations
The following discussion summarizes certain (but not all) of the principal risks associated with investing in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information that is available for review.
CONTINGENT CAPITAL SECURITIES RISK. CoCos may provide for mandatory conversion into common stock of the issuer under certain circumstances. Since the common stock of the issuer may not pay a dividend, investors in these instruments could experience a reduced income rate, potentially to zero; and conversion would deepen the subordination of the investor, hence worsening standing in a bankruptcy. In addition, some such instruments have a set stock conversion rate that would cause a reduction in value of the security if the price of the stock is below the conversion price on the conversion date. CoCos may be considered to be high-yield securities (a.k.a. “junk” bonds) and, to the extent a CoCo held by the Fund undergoes a write down, the Fund may lose some or all of its original investment in the CoCo. Subordinate securities such as CoCos are more likely to experience credit loss than non-subordinate securities of the same issuer - even if the CoCos do not convert to equity securities. Any losses incurred by subordinate securities, such as CoCos, are likely to be proportionately greater than non-subordinate securities and any recovery of principal and interest of subordinate securities may take more time. As a result, any perceived decline in creditworthiness of a CoCo issuer is likely to have a greater impact on the CoCo, as a subordinate security.
CREDIT AGENCY RISK. Credit ratings are determined by credit rating agencies and are only the opinions of such entities. Ratings assigned by a rating agency are not absolute standards of credit quality and do not evaluate market risk or the liquidity of securities. Any shortcomings or inefficiencies in credit rating agencies’ processes for determining credit ratings may adversely affect the credit ratings of securities held by the Fund and, as a result, may adversely affect those securities’ perceived or actual credit risk.
CREDIT AND BELOW-INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES RISK. Credit risk is the risk that one or more securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in price, or the issuer thereof will fail to pay interest or repay principal when due. Below-investment grade instruments are commonly referred to as high-yield securities or “junk” bonds and are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal and are susceptible to default or decline in market value due to adverse economic and business developments. High-yield securities are often unsecured and subordinated to other creditors of the issuer. The market values for high-yield securities tend to be very volatile, and these securities are generally less liquid than investment grade securities. For these reasons, an investment in the Fund is subject to the following specific risks: (i) increased price sensitivity to changing interest rates and to a deteriorating economic environment; (ii) greater risk of loss due to default or declining credit quality; (iii) adverse company specific events more likely to render the issuer unable to make interest and/or principal payments; (iv) negative perception of the high-yield market which may depress the price and liquidity of high-yield securities; (v) volatility; and (vi) liquidity.
CYBER SECURITIES RISK. As the use of Internet technology has become more prevalent in the course of business, the Fund has become more susceptible to potential operational risks through breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security breaches may involve unauthorized access to the Fund’s digital information systems through “hacking” or malicious software coding, but may also result from outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users. In addition, cyber security breaches of the Fund’s third-party service providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent, custodian, or sub-advisor, as applicable, or issuers in which the Fund invests, can also subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches. The Fund has established risk management systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber security. However, there is no guarantee that such efforts will succeed, especially because the Fund does not directly control the cyber security systems of issuers or third party service providers.
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DURATION RISK. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate (or yield) changes than securities with shorter durations. The duration of a security will be expected to change over time with changes in market factors and time to maturity. Although the Fund seeks to maintain a duration, under normal market circumstances, excluding the effects of leverage, of between three and eight years, if the effect of the Fund’s use of leverage was included in calculating duration, it could result in a longer duration for the Fund.
ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES RISK. Investments in restricted securities could have the effect of increasing the amount of the Fund’s assets invested in illiquid securities if qualified institutional buyers are unwilling to purchase these securities. Illiquid and restricted securities may be difficult to dispose of at a fair price at the times when the Fund believes it is desirable to do so. The market price of illiquid and restricted securities generally is more volatile than that of more liquid securities, which may adversely affect the price that the Fund pays for or recovers upon the sale of such securities. Illiquid and restricted securities are also more difficult to value, especially in challenging markets.
INTEREST RATE SWAPS RISK. If short-term interest rates are lower than the Fund’s fixed rate of payment on an interest rate swap, the swap will reduce common share net earnings. In addition, a default by the counterparty to a swap transaction could also negatively impact the performance of the common shares.
LEVERAGE RISK. The use of leverage by the Fund can magnify the effect of any losses. If the income and gains from the securities and investments purchased with leverage proceeds do not cover the cost of leverage, the return to the common shares will be less than if leverage had not been used. Leverage involves risks and special considerations for common shareholders including: the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of the common shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings will reduce the return to the common shareholders or will result in fluctuations in the dividends paid on the common shares; in a declining market, the use of leverage is likely to cause a greater decline in the net asset value of the common shares than if the Fund were not leveraged, which may result in a greater decline in the market price of the common shares; and when the Fund uses certain types of leverage, the investment advisory fee payable to the Advisor and by the Advisor to the Sub-Advisor will be higher than if the Fund did not use leverage.
MANAGEMENT RISK AND RELIANCE ON KEY PERSONNEL. The implementation of the Fund’s investment strategy depends upon the continued contributions of certain key employees of the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, some of whom have unique talents and experience and would be difficult to replace. The loss or interruption of the services of a key member of the portfolio management team could have a negative impact on the Fund.
MARKET DISCOUNT FROM NET ASSET VALUE. Shares of closed-end investment companies such as the Fund frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. The Fund cannot predict whether its common shares will trade at, below or above net asset value.
NON-U.S. SECURITIES RISK. Investing in securities of non-U.S. issuers, which are generally denominated in non-U.S. currencies, may involve certain risks not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include: (i) there may be less publicly available information about non-U.S. issuers or markets due to less rigorous disclosure or accounting standards or regulatory practices; (ii) non-U.S. markets may be smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the U.S. market; (iii) potential adverse effects of fluctuations in currency exchange rates or controls on the value of the Fund’s investments; (iv) the economies of non-U.S. countries may grow at slower rates than expected or may experience a downturn or recession; (v) the impact of economic, political, social or diplomatic events; (vi) certain non-U.S. countries may impose restrictions on the ability of non-U.S. issuers to make payments of principal and interest to investors located in the United States due to blockage of non-U.S. currency exchanges or otherwise; and (vii) withholding and other non-U.S. taxes may decrease the Fund’s return. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. In addition, there may be difficulty in obtaining or enforcing a court judgment abroad. These risks may be more pronounced to the extent that the Fund invests a significant amount of its assets in companies located in one region or in emerging markets.
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ON INTEREST RISK. First Trust, Stonebridge and the portfolio managers have interests which may conflict with the interests of the Fund. In particular, First Trust and Stonebridge currently manage and may in the future manage and/or advise other investment funds or accounts with the same or substantially similar investment objective and strategies as the Fund. In addition, while the Fund is using leverage, the amount of the fees paid to First Trust (and by First Trust to Stonebridge) for investment advisory and management services are higher than if the Fund did not use leverage because the fees paid are calculated based on managed assets. Therefore, First Trust and Stonebridge have a financial incentive to leverage the Fund.
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PREFERRED/HYBRID PREFERRED AND DEBT SECURITIES RISK. An investment in preferred/hybrid preferred and debt securities is subject to certain risks, including:
Issuer Risk. The value of these securities may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed rate securities will decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. When market interest rates rise, the market value of fixed rate securities generally will fall. Market value generally falls further for fixed rate securities with longer duration. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of certain types of securities may be extended because of slower than expected prepayments. This may lock in a below-market yield, increase the security’s duration and further reduce the value of the security. Investments in fixed rate securities with long-term maturities may experience significant price declines if long-term interest rates increase.
Floating Rate and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Risk. The market value of floating rate and fixed-to-floating rate securities may fall in a declining interest rate environment and may also fall in a rising interest rate environment if there is a lag between the rise in interest rates and the interest rate reset. A secondary risk associated with declining interest rates is the risk that income earned by the Fund on floating rate and fixed-to-floating rate securities may decline due to lower coupon payments on floating rate securities.
Prepayment Risk. During periods of declining interest rates, the issuer of a security may exercise its option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled, forcing the Fund to reinvest the proceeds from such prepayment in lower yielding securities, which may result in a decline in the Fund’s income and distributions to common shareholders.
Reinvestment Risk. Reinvestment risk is the risk that income from the Fund’s portfolio will decline if the Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called securities at market interest rates that are below the Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.
In addition, preferred and hybrid preferred securities are subject to certain other risks, including deferral and omission risk, subordination risk, limited voting rights risk and special redemption rights risk.
RISKS ON CONCENTRATION IN THE FINANCIALS SECTOR. Because the Fund invests 25% or more of its managed assets in the financials sector, it will be more susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting this sector, such as changes in interest rates, loan concentration and competition. The Fund may emphasize its investments in certain industries such as the banking and insurance industries and therefore may make the Fund more economically vulnerable in the event of a downturn in those industries. Additionally, banking and insurance institutions are subject to substantial regulations (and could be subject to further regulations in the future) that could adversely affect their ability to operate.
TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES RISK. The risks associated with trust preferred securities typically include the financial condition of the financial institution that creates the trust, as the trust typically has no business operations other than holding the subordinated debt issued by the financial institution and issuing the trust preferred securities and common stock backed by the subordinated debt. If a financial institution is financially unsound and defaults on interest payments to the trust, the trust will not be able to make payments to holders of the trust preferred securities such as the Fund. The issuer of trust preferred securities is generally able to defer or skip payments for up to five years without being in default and certain enhanced trust preferred securities may have longer interest payment deferral periods.
VALUATION RISK. Unlike publicly traded common stock which trades on national exchanges, there is no central place or exchange for certain preferred securities and debt securities trading. Preferred securities and debt securities generally trade on an “over-the- counter” market which may be anywhere in the world where the buyer and seller can settle on a price. Due to the lack of centralized information and trading, the valuation of certain preferred securities and debt securities may carry more risk than that of common stock. Uncertainties in the conditions of the financial market, unreliable reference data, lack of transparency and inconsistency of valuation models and processes may lead to inaccurate asset pricing.
NOT FDIC INSURED NOT BANK GUARANTEED MAY LOSE VALUE
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INVESTMENT ADVISOR
First Trust Advisors L.P.
120 E. Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISOR
Stonebridge Advisors LLC
10 Westport Road, Suite C101
Wilton, CT 06897
ADMINISTRATOR,
FUND ACCOUNTANT &
CUSTODIAN
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
50 Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02110
TRANSFER AGENT
Computershare, Inc.
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233-5000
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP
111 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
LEGAL COUNSEL
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

(a)Not applicable.

 

(b)Danielle Salters is no longer a portfolio manager for the registrant as she has left the firm.

 

 Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)(1)Not Applicable.

 

(a)(2)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(b)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(registrant)   First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund
By (Signature and Title)*   /s/ James M. Dykas
    James M. Dykas, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Date:   July 6, 2018  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*   /s/ James M. Dykas
    James M. Dykas, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Date:   July 6, 2018  
By (Signature and Title)*   /s/ Donald P. Swade
    Donald P. Swade, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal financial officer)
Date:   July 6, 2018  

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.