Rule 497(k)
Registration Nos. 333-182308 and 811-22717
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
(the “Trust”)
FIRST TRUST SMID CAP RISING DIVIDEND ACHIEVERS ETF
(the “Fund”)
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FUND’S PROSPECTUS AND SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
JUNE 18, 2024
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Fund’s Prospectus or Summary Prospectus, the Average Annual Total Return table in the section entitled “Annual Total Return” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2023
| 1 Year | 5 Years | Since Inception |
Inception Date | |
| Return Before Taxes | 28.69% | 15.22% | 10.35% | 11/1/2017 |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 27.57% | 14.35% | 9.55% | |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 16.90% | 11.79% | 7.85% | |
| Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Rising Dividend AchieversTM Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 29.65% | 15.95% | 11.04% | |
| S&P 1000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 16.35% | 12.14% | 8.52% | |
| Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 25.96% | 15.16% | 11.86% |
PLEASE KEEP
THIS SUPPLEMENT WITH YOUR FUND PROSPECTUS
AND SUMMARY PROSPECTUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE