EX-99.DEC TRUST 3 dectrust2.txt Exhibit a(xv) under Form N-1A Exhibit 3(i) under Item 601/Reg. S-K FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 20 to the RESTATED AND AMENDED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated August 15, 1995 Effective December 31, 2003, this Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: A. 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 of the Trust are established and designated as: Federated Capital Appreciation Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class K Shares Federated Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Kaufmann Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class K Shares Federated Kaufmann Small Cap 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 Market Opportunity Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Technology Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned hereby certify that the above-stated Amendment is a true and correct Amendment to the Declaration of Trust, as adopted by the Board of Trustees at a meeting on the 17th day of October, 2003. WITNESS the due execution hereof this 17th day of October, 2003. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Thomas G. Bigley /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Thomas G. Bigley Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. /s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. /s/ Nicholas P. Constantakis /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Nicholas P. Constantakis John E. Murray, Jr. /s/ John F. Cunningham /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Cunningham Marjorie P. Smuts /s/ J. Christopher Donahue /s/ John S. Walsh ------------------------------ ------------------------------ J. Christopher Donahue John S. Walsh FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS Amendment No. 21 to the RESTATED AND AMENDED DECLARATION OF TRUST dated August 15, 1995 Effective June 30, 2004, this Declaration of Trust is amended as follows: B. 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 of the Trust are established and designated as: Federated Capital Appreciation Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class K Shares Federated Communications Technology Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Kaufmann Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class K Shares Federated Kaufmann Small Cap 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 Market Opportunity Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Federated Mid Cap Growth Strategies Fund Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares The undersigned hereby certify that the above-stated Amendment is a true and correct Amendment to the Declaration of Trust, as adopted by the Board of Trustees at a meeting on the 14th day of May, 2004. WITNESS the due execution hereof this 14th day of May, 2004. /s/ John F. Donahue /s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Donahue Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. /s/ Thomas G. Bigley /s/ Peter E. Madden ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Thomas G. Bigley Peter E. Madden /s/ John T. Conroy, Jr. /s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John T. Conroy, Jr. Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. /s/ Nicholas P. Constantakis /s/ John E. Murray, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Nicholas P. Constantakis John E. Murray, Jr. /s/ John F. Cunningham /s/ Marjorie P. Smuts ------------------------------ ------------------------------ John F. Cunningham Marjorie P. Smuts /s/ J. Christopher Donahue /s/ John S. Walsh ------------------------------ ------------------------------ J. Christopher Donahue John S. Walsh