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FEDERATED ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND

Institutional Service Shares

Supplement to Prospectus dated October 31, 2007

1.           Please delete the section entitled “What are the Fund’s Fees and Expenses?” in its entirety and replace with the following:
 
What are the Fund’s Fees and Expenses?
 
 
FEDERATED ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND
 
FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Service Shares of the Fund.
 
Shareholder Fees
           
Fees Paid Directly From Your Investment
           
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
 
None
       
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)
 
None
       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other Distributions) (as a percentage of offering price)
 
None
       
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable)
 
None
       
Exchange Fee
 
None
       
             
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Anticipated Waivers and Reduction)1
           
Expenses That are Deducted From Fund Assets (as a percentage of average net assets)
           
Management Fee2
 
0.60%
       
Distribution (12b-1) Fee3
 
0.05%
       
Other Expenses4
 
0.73%
       
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses5
 
1.38%
       
1      The percentages shown have been restated and are based on anticipated expenses for the entire fiscal year ending August 31, 2008. However, the rate at which expenses are accrued during the fiscal year may not be constant and, at any particular point, may be greater or less than the stated average percentage. Although not contractually obligated to do so, each of the Adviser, distributor and administrator expect to waive, and the shareholder services provider expects not to charge, a portion of its fee. These are shown below along with the net expenses the Fund expects to pay for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.
 
Total Anticipated Waivers and Reduction of Fund Expenses
 
0.54%
   
Total Anticipated Actual Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after anticipated waivers and reduction)6
 
0.84%
   
2      The Adviser expects to voluntarily waive a portion of the management fee. The Adviser can terminate this anticipated voluntary waiver at any time. The management fee paid by the Fund (after the anticipated voluntary waiver) is expected to be 0.19% for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.  The management fee paid by the Fund (after the voluntary waiver) was 0.23% for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
 
3      The Board of Trustees approved an amendment to the distribution (12b-1) plan reducing the distribution (12b-1) fee for the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares from 0.25% to 0.05% effective April 30, 2008.  The fee table represents the fees that would have been in place had this change occurred on September 1, 2007, the first day of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.  The distribution (12b-1) fee expects to be voluntarily waived. This antcipated voluntary waiver can be terminated at any time. The distribution (12b-1) fee paid by the Fund’s Institutional Servcie Shares (after the anticipted voluntary waiver) is expected to be 0.00% for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.  The distribution  (12b-1) fee paid by the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares (after the voluntary waiver) was 0.00% for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
 
4      Includes a shareholder services fee/account administration fee which is used to compensate intermediaries for shareholder services or account administrative services. Also includes a recordkeeping fee which is used to compensate intermediaries for recordkeeping services. Please see “Payments to Financial Intermediaries” herein. Also includes amounts the Fund might incur indirectly if it were to invest in other investment companies.  For the fiscal period ending August 31, 2008, these “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are estimated to be less than 0.01%.  The administrator expects to voluntarily waive a portion of its fee. The administrator can terminate this anticipated voluntary waiver at any time.  In addition, the shareholder services provider expects not to charge, therefore the Fund will not accrue, a portion of its fee.  This anticipated reduction can be terminated at any time.  Total other expenses paid by the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares (after the anticipated voluntary waiver and reduction) are expected to be 0.65% for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.  Total other expenses paid by the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares (after the volunatry waiver and reduction) was 0.59% for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
 
5      The Adviser and its affiliates have voluntarily agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse expenses so that the total operating expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses) paid by the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares (after the voluntary waivers and reimbursements) will not exceed 0.88% for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008.  Although these actions are voluntary, the Adviser and its affiliates have agreed not to terminate these waivers and/or reimbursements until after October 31, 2008.
 
6      Total Actual Fund Operating Expenses paid by the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares (after the voluntary waivers and reduction) was 0.82% for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007.
 
 

 
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
 
       The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares operating expenses are before anticipated waivers and reduction as shown in the table and remain the same. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
1 Year                                                                               $141
3 Years                                                                              $437
5 Years                                                                              $755
10 Years                                                                         $1,657

2.           Under the section entitled “Payments to Financial Intermediaries” please delete the subsection entitled “Rule 12b-1 Fees” in its entirety and replace with the following:

 
RULE 12B-1 FEES
The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan, which allows it to pay marketing fees of up to 0.05% of average net assets to the Distributor for the sale, distribution, administration and customer servicing of the Fund’s Institutional Service Shares. When the Distributor receives Rule 12b-1 Fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase Shares. Because these Shares pay marketing fees on an ongoing basis, your investment cost may be higher over time than other shares with different marketing fees.



FEDERATED ADJUSTABLE RATE SECURITIES FUND - INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE SHARES
 
ANNUAL EXPENSE RATIO: 1.38%
 
MAXIMUM FRONT-END SALES CHARGE: NONE
Year
 
Hypothetical
 Beginning
Investment
 
Hypothetical
 Performance
 Earnings
 
Investment
 After
Returns
 
Hypothetical
Expenses
 
Hypothetical
Ending
Investment
1
 
$10,000.00
 
$500.00
 
$10,500.00
 
$140.50
 
$10,362.00
2
 
$10,362.00
 
$518.10
 
$10,880.10
 
$145.58
 
$10,737.10
3
 
$10,737.10
 
$536.86
 
$11,273.96
 
$150.85
 
$11,125.78
4
 
$11,125.78
 
$556.29
 
$11,682.07
 
$156.31
 
$11,528.53
5
 
$11,528.53
 
$576.43
 
$12,104.96
 
$161.97
 
$11,945.86
6
 
$11,945.86
 
$597.29
 
$12,543.15
 
$167.84
 
$12,378.30
7
 
$12,378.30
 
$618.92
 
$12,997.22
 
$173.91
 
$12,826.39
8
 
$12,826.39
 
$641.32
 
$13,467.71
 
$180.21
 
$13,290.71
9
 
$13,290.71
 
$664.54
 
$13,955.25
 
$186.73
 
$13,771.83
10
 
$13,771.83
 
$688.59
 
$14,460.42
 
$193.49
 
$14,270.37
Cumulative
     
$5,898.34
     
$1,657.39
   

April 25, 2008




Cusip 314082207
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