First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund Declares Its Monthly Common Share Distribution Of $0.13 Per Share For September

First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FAM) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on September 15, 2011 to shareholders of record as of September 6, 2011. The ex-dividend date is expected to be September 1, 2011. The monthly distribution information for the Fund appears below.

First Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund (FAM):

Distribution per share: $0.13

Distribution Rate based on the August 17, 2011 NAV of $18.01: 8.66%

Distribution Rate based on the August 17, 2011 closing market price of $17.20: 9.07%

The majority, and possibly all, of this distribution will be paid out of net investment income earned by the Fund. A portion of this distribution may come from net short-term realized capital gains or return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax status of all 2011 distributions will be made after the end of 2011.

The Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation. The Fund pursues these investment objectives by investing in the world bond markets through a diversified portfolio of investment grade and below-investment grade government and corporate debt securities.

First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund’s investment advisor, along with its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies which provide a variety of investment services, including asset management, financial advisory services, and competitive municipal underwritings, with collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $51 billion as of July 31, 2011 through unit investment trusts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.

Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. (“Aberdeen”) serves as the Fund’s investment sub-advisor. Aberdeen is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC which is the parent company of an asset management group managing approximately $301.4 billion in assets as of July 31, 2011, including approximately $69.3 billion in global fixed-income securities, for a range of pension funds, financial institutions, investment trusts, unit trusts, offshore funds, charities and private clients.