EX-99.DEC TRUST 2 dectrust1.txt Exhibit a(ii) under Form N-1A Exhibit 3(i) under Item 601/Reg. S-K FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 4 to the AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated, August 15, 1995 This Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: Strike the first paragraph of Section 5 of Article III from the Declaration of Trust and substitute in its place the following: "Section 5. Establishment and Designation of Series or Class. Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Article XII, Section 8, inter alia, to establish and designate any additional Series or Class or to modify the rights and preferences of any existing Series or Class, the Series and Classes shall be and are established and designated as: Federated Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Small Cap Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust then in office, hereby execute this Amendment as of the 15th day of August, 1995. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Gregor F. Meyer /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ William J. Copeland John E. Murray, Jr. James E. Dowd Wesley W. Posvar /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. Marjorie P. Smuts Edward L. Flaherty, Jr. FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 5 to the AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated, August 15, 1995 This Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: Strike the first paragraph of Section 5 of Article III from the Declaration of Trust and substitute in its place the following: "Section 5. Establishment and Designation of Series or Class. Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Article XII, Section 8, inter alia, to establish and designate any additional Series or Class or to modify the rights and preferences of any existing Series or Class, the Series and Classes shall be and are established and designated as: Federated Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Small Cap Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Capital Appreciation Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust then in office, hereby execute this Amendment as of the 15th day of August, 1995. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Gregor F. Meyer /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ William J. Copeland John E. Murray, Jr. James E. Dowd Wesley W. Posvar /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. Marjorie P. Smuts Edward L. Flaherty, Jr. FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 6 to the AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated, August 15, 1995 This Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: Strike the first paragraph of Section 5 of Article III from the Declaration of Trust and substitute in its place the following: "Section 5. Establishment and Designation of Series or Class. Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Article XII, Section 8, inter alia, to establish and designate any additional Series or Class or to modify the rights and preferences of any existing Series or Class, the Series and Classes shall be and are established and designated as: Federated Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Small Cap Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Capital Appreciation Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Aggressive Growth Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned , being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust then in office, hereby execute this Amendment as of the 15th day of August, 1995. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Gregor F. Meyer /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ William J. Copeland John E. Murray, Jr. James E. Dowd Wesley W. Posvar /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. Marjorie P. Smuts Edward L. Flaherty, Jr. FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 7 to the AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated, August 15, 1995 This Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: Strike the first paragraph of Section 5 of Article III from the Declaration of Trust and substitute in its place the following: "Section 5. Establishment and Designation of Series or Class. Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Article XII, Section 8, inter alia, to establish and designate any additional Series or Class or to modify the rights and preferences of any existing Series or Class, the Series and Classes shall be and are established and designated as: Federated Aggressive Growth Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Capital Appreciation Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Large Cap Growth Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Small Cap Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned Assistant Secretary of Federated Equity Funds hereby certifies that the above-stated Amendment is a true and correct Amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as adopted by the Board of Trustees on the 17th day of November, 1998. WITNESS the due execution hereof this 17th day of November, 1998. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Thomas G. Bigley /s/ Edward L. Flaherty, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Thomas G. Bigley Edward L. Flaherty, Jr. /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Peter E. Madden /s/ Nicholas P. Constantakis ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Nicholas P. Constantakis John E. Murray, Jr. /s/ Wesley W. Posvar ------------------------------ ------------------------------ William J. Copeland Wesley W. Posvar /s/ James E. Dowd /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ James E. Dowd Marjorie P. Smuts