UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act File No. 811-22738 First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund ------------------------------------------------------------- Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, Illinois 60187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Address of Principal Executive Offices (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) W. Scott Jardine First Trust Portfolios L.P. 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton, Illinois 60187 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name and Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service (630) 765-8000 -------------------------------------------------- Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code Date of fiscal year end: October 31 ----------- Date of reporting period: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 ----------------------------- Form N-PX is to be used by a registered management investment company, other than a small business investment company registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than August 31 of each year, containing the registrant's proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, pursuant to section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rule 30b1-4 thereunder (17 CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-PX in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles. A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-PX, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-PX unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. Section 3507. Item 1. Proxy Voting Record National Grid plc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker NG. Security ID on Ballot G6375K151 Meeting Date 29-Jul-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Accept Financial Statements and Statutory Reports For For Yes No Management Approve Final Dividend For For Yes No Management Re-elect Sir Peter Gershon as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Steve Holliday as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Andrew Bonfield as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Tom King as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Nick Winser as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Philip Aiken as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Nora Brownell as Director For For Yes No Management Elect Jonathan Dawson as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Paul Golby as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Ruth Kelly as Director For For Yes No Management Re-elect Maria Richter as Director For For Yes No Management Elect Mark Williamson as Director For For Yes No Management Reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors For For Yes No Management Authorise Board to Fix Remuneration of Auditors For For Yes No Management Approve Remuneration Report For For Yes No Management Authorise Issue of Equity with Pre-emptive Rights For For Yes No Management Authorise Issue of Equity without Pre-emptive Rights For For Yes No Management Authorise Market Purchase of Ordinary Shares For For Yes No Management Authorise the Company to Call EGM with Two Weeks' Notice For For Yes No Enterprise Products Partners L.P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker EPD Security ID on Ballot 293792107 Meeting Date 30-Sep-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Yes No Management Amend Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Yes No Plains All American Pipeline LP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker PAA Security ID on Ballot 726503105 Meeting Date 19-Nov-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Yes No Management Adjourn Meeting For For Yes No UGI Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker UGI Security ID on Ballot 902681105 Meeting Date 30-Jan-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Lon R. Greenberg For For Yes No Management Elect Director Marvin O. Schlanger For For Yes No Management Elect Director Anne Pol For For Yes No Management Elect Director Ernest E. Jones For For Yes No Management Elect Director John L. Walsh For For Yes No Management Elect Director Roger B. Vincent For For Yes No Management Elect Director M. Shawn Puccio For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard W. Gochnauer For For Yes No Management Elect Director Frank S. Hermance For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Spectra Energy Corp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker SE Security ID on Ballot 847560109 Meeting Date 15-Apr-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Gregory L. Ebel For For Yes No Management Elect Director Austin A. Adams For For Yes No Management Elect Director Joseph Alvarado For For Yes No Management Elect Director Pamela L. Carter For For Yes No Management Elect Director Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director F. Anthony Comper For For Yes No Management Elect Director Peter B. Hamilton For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael McShane For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael G. Morris For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael E. J. Phelps For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Share Holder Report on Political Contributions Against For Yes Yes Share Holder Report on Methane Emissions Against For Yes Yes American Electric Power Company, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker AEP Security ID on Ballot 025537101 Meeting Date 22-Apr-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Nicholas K. Akins For For Yes No Management Elect Director David J. Anderson For For Yes No Management Elect Director J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Ralph D. Crosby, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed For For Yes No Management Elect Director Thomas E. Hoaglin For For Yes No Management Elect Director Sandra Beach Lin For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard C. Notebaert For For Yes No Management Elect Director Lionel L. Nowell, III For For Yes No Management Elect Director Stephen S. Rasmussen For For Yes No Management Elect Director Oliver G. Richard, III For For Yes No Management Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Northeast Utilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker NU Security ID on Ballot 664397106 Meeting Date 01-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Richard H. Booth For For Yes No Management Elect Director John S. Clarkeson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Cotton M. Cleveland For For Yes No Management Elect Director Sanford Cloud, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director James S. DiStasio For For Yes No Management Elect Director Francis A. Doyle For For Yes No Management Elect Director Charles K. Gifford For For Yes No Management Elect Director Paul A. La Camera For For Yes No Management Elect Director Kenneth R. Leibler For For Yes No Management Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Yes No Management Elect Director William C. Van Faasen For For Yes No Management Elect Director Frederica M. Williams For For Yes No Management Elect Director Dennis R. Wraase For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No TransCanada Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker TRP Security ID on Ballot 89353D107 Meeting Date 02-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Kevin E. Benson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Derek H. Burney For For Yes No Management Elect Director Paule Gauthier For For Yes No Management Elect Director Russell K. Girling For For Yes No Management Elect Director S. Barry Jackson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Paula Rosput Reynolds For For Yes No Management Elect Director John Richels For For Yes No Management Elect Director Mary Pat Salomone For For Yes No Management Elect Director D. Michael G. Stewart For For Yes No Management Elect Director Siim A. Vanaselja For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard E. Waugh For For Yes No Management Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix For For Yes No Their Remuneration Management Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach For For Yes No Wisconsin Energy Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker WEC Security ID on Ballot 976657106 Meeting Date 02-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director John F. Bergstrom For For Yes No Management Elect Director Barbara L. Bowles For For Yes No Management Elect Director Patricia W. Chadwick For For Yes No Management Elect Director Curt S. Culver For For Yes No Management Elect Director Thomas J. Fischer For For Yes No Management Elect Director Gale E. Klappa For For Yes No Management Elect Director Henry W. Knueppel For For Yes No Management Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Mary Ellen Stanek For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker ENF Security ID on Ballot 29251R105 Meeting Date 05-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and For For Yes No Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration Management Elect Director Richard H. Auchinleck For For Yes No Management Elect Director J. Richard Bird For For Yes No Management Elect Director M. Elizabeth Cannon For For Yes No Management Elect Director Charles W. Fischer For For Yes No Management Elect Director Brian E. Frank For For Yes No Management Elect Director E.F.H. (Harry) Roberts For For Yes No Management Elect Director Bruce G. Waterman For For Yes No Management Approve Increase in Maximum Number of Directors from For For Yes No Seven to Ten Management Approve Shareholder Rights Plan For For Yes No NRG Yield, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker NYLD Security ID on Ballot 62942X108 Meeting Date 06-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director David Crane For Withhold Yes Yes Management Elect Director John F. Chlebowski For For Yes No Management Elect Director Kirkland B. Andrews For Withhold Yes Yes Management Elect Director Brian R. Ford For For Yes No Management Elect Director Mauricio Gutierrez For Withhold Yes Yes Management Elect Director Ferrell P. McClean For For Yes No Management Elect Director Christopher S. Sotos For Withhold Yes Yes Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Dominion Resources, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker D Security ID on Ballot 25746U109 Meeting Date 07-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director William P. Barr For For Yes No Management Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Yes No Management Elect Director Helen E. Dragas For For Yes No Management Elect Director James O. Ellis, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II For For Yes No Management Elect Director John W. Harris For Against Yes Yes Management Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Yes No Management Elect Director Pamela J. Royal For For Yes No Management Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk For For Yes No Management Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Management Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Yes No Share Holder Stock Retention/Holding Period Against For Yes Yes Share Holder Report on Financial and Physical Risks of Climate Change Against For Yes Yes Share Holder Report on Methane Emissions Management and Reduction Against For Yes Yes Targets Share Holder Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy Against Against Yes No Share Holder Report on Environmental Impacts of Biomass and Assess Against For Yes Yes Risks Share Holder Adopt Quantitative GHG Goals for Products and Operations Against For Yes Yes Enbridge Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker ENB Security ID on Ballot 29250N105 Meeting Date 07-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director David A. Arledge For For Yes No Management Elect Director James J. Blanchard For For Yes No Management Elect Director J. Lorne Braithwaite For For Yes No Management Elect Director J. Herb England For For Yes No Management Elect Director Charles W. Fischer For For Yes No Management Elect Director V. Maureen Kempston Darkes For For Yes No Management Elect Director David A. Leslie For For Yes No Management Elect Director Al Monaco For For Yes No Management Elect Director George K. Petty For For Yes No Management Elect Director Charles E. Shultz For For Yes No Management Elect Director Dan C. Tutcher For For Yes No Management Elect Director Catherine L. Williams For For Yes No Management Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors For For Yes No Management Amend Stock Option Plan For For Yes No Management Approve Shareholder Rights Plan For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach For For Yes No Inter Pipeline Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker IPL Security ID on Ballot 45833V109 Meeting Date 12-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Fix Number of Directors at Seven For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard Shaw For For Yes No Management Elect Director David Fesyk For For Yes No Management Elect Director Lorne Brown For For Yes No Management Elect Director Duane Keinick For For Yes No Management Elect Director William Robertson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Brant Sangster For For Yes No Management Elect Director Alison Taylor Love For For Yes No Management Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors For For Yes No Management Authorize New Class of Preferred Stock (Class A) For For Yes No Management Approve Shareholder Rights Plan For For Yes No NiSource Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker NI Security ID on Ballot 65473P105 Meeting Date 13-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Richard A. Abdoo For For Yes No Management Elect Director Aristides S. Candris For For Yes No Management Elect Director Sigmund L. Cornelius For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael E. Jesanis For For Yes No Management Elect Director Marty R. Kittrell For For Yes No Management Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Yes No Management Elect Director Deborah S. Parker For For Yes No Management Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Teresa A. Taylor For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Share Holder Report on Political Contributions Against For Yes Yes CMS Energy Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker CMS Security ID on Ballot 125896100 Meeting Date 16-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Jon E. Barfield For For Yes No Management Elect Director Kurt L. Darrow For For Yes No Management Elect Director Stephen E. Ewing For For Yes No Management Elect Director Richard M. Gabrys For For Yes No Management Elect Director William D. Harvey For For Yes No Management Elect Director David W. Joos For For Yes No Management Elect Director Philip R. Lochner, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director John G. Russell For For Yes No Management Elect Director Kenneth L. Way For For Yes No Management Elect Director Laura H. Wright For For Yes No Management Elect Director John B. Yasinsky For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Yes No Management Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan For For Yes No Kinder Morgan, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker KMI Security ID on Ballot 49456B101 Meeting Date 19-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Richard D. Kinder For For Yes No Management Elect Director Steven J. Kean For For Yes No Management Elect Director Anthony W. Hall, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Deborah A. Macdonald For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael J. Miller For For Yes No Management Elect Director Michael C. Morgan For For Yes No Management Elect Director Fayez Sarofim For For Yes No Management Elect Director C. Park Shaper For For Yes No Management Elect Director Joel V. Staff For For Yes No Management Elect Director John M. Stokes For For Yes No Management Elect Director Robert F. Vagt For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Share Holder Report on Financial Risks of Climate Change Against For Yes Yes Share Holder Report on Methane Emissions Management, Pipeline Against For Yes Yes Maintenance and Reduction Targets Share Holder Report on Sustainability Against For Yes Yes Questar Corporation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker STR Security ID on Ballot 748356102 Meeting Date 22-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Teresa Beck For For Yes No Management Elect Director R. Don Cash For For Yes No Management Elect Director Laurence M. Downes For For Yes No Management Elect Director Christopher A. Helms For For Yes No Management Elect Director Ronald W. Jibson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Rebecca Ranich For For Yes No Management Elect Director Harris H. Simmons For For Yes No Management Elect Director Bruce A. Williamson For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation The Williams Companies, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker WMB Security ID on Ballot 969457100 Meeting Date 22-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Alan S. Armstrong For For Yes No Management Elect Director Joseph R. Cleveland For For Yes No Management Elect Director Kathleen B. Cooper For For Yes No Management Elect Director John A. Hagg For For Yes No Management Elect Director Juanita H. Hinshaw For For Yes No Management Elect Director Ralph Izzo For For Yes No Management Elect Director Frank T. MacInnis For For Yes No Management Elect Director Eric W. Mandelblatt For For Yes No Management Elect Director Steven W. Nance For For Yes No Management Elect Director Murray D. Smith For For Yes No Management Elect Director Janice D. Stoney For For Yes No Management Elect Director Laura A. Sugg For For Yes No Management Amend Omnibus Stock Plan For For Yes No Management Amend Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker CORR Security ID on Ballot 21870U205 Meeting Date 28-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Barrett Brady For For Yes No Management Elect Director Conrad S. Ciccotello For For Yes No Management Elect Director Catherine A. Lewis For For Yes No Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Approve Outside Director Stock Awards/Options in Lieu For For Yes No of Cash The Southern Company -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ticker SO Security ID on Ballot 842587107 Meeting Date 28-May-14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MANAGEMENT VOTE VOTED AGAINST PROPONENT PROPOSAL TEXT RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTION VOTED MANAGEMENT Management Elect Director Juanita Powell Baranco For For Yes No Management Elect Director Jon A. Boscia For For Yes No Management Elect Director Henry A. 'Hal' Clark, III For For Yes No Management Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning For For Yes No Management Elect Director David J. Grain For For Yes No Management Elect Director Veronica M. Hagen For For Yes No Management Elect Director Warren A. Hood, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Linda P. Hudson For For Yes No Management Elect Director Donald M. James For For Yes No Management Elect Director Dale E. Klein For For Yes No Management Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr. For For Yes No Management Elect Director Steven R. Specker For For Yes No Management Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III For Against Yes Yes Management Ratify Auditors For For Yes No Management Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' For For Yes No Compensation Share Holder Require Independent Board Chairman Against For Yes Yes SIGNATURES [See General Instruction F] Pursuant to the requirements of 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 MLP AND ENERGY INCOME FUND ----------------------------------------- By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Mark R. Bradley ----------------------------------- Mark R. Bradley, President Date July 21, 2014 ------------------------- * Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.