Exhibit (dxii) under Form N-1A
Exhibit 10 under Item 601/Reg. S-K
ASSIGNMENT of
INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT and
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS
Federated Equity Funds
THIS ASSIGNMENT is entered into as of January 1, 2004 by and
between FEDERATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware statutory
trust ("FIMC"), and FEDERATED EQUITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF
PENNSYLVANIA, a Delaware statutory trust ("FEMCOPA").
WHEREAS, FIMC, then known as Federated Management, entered into
an Investment Advisory Contract dated as of June 1, 1995 and an
amendment thereto dated as of June 1, 2001 (collectively, the "Advisory
Contract") with Federated Equity Funds, a Massachusetts business trust
(the "Trust"), including the Exhibits thereto making the Contract
applicable to the following portfolios of the trust (the "Funds"):
Exhibit Date Fund
B September 1, 1995 Federated Capital
Appreciation Fund
E September 1, 1999 Federated Technology Fund
(formerly Federated
Communication Technology Fund)
G December 1, 2000 Federated Xxxxxxxx Fund
I November 29, 2000 Federated Market Opportunity
Fund
J December 1, 2000 Federated Xxxxxxxx Small Cap
Fund
WHEREAS, FIMC has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with
Federated Global Investment Management Corp., a Delaware corporation,
with respect to certain of the Funds as follows:
Date Fund
December 1, 2000 Federated Xxxxxxxx Fund
December 1, 2002 Federated Xxxxxxxx Small Cap
Fund
WHEREAS, FIMC desires to assign to FEMCOPA its rights, duties and
responsibilities with respect to each of the Funds under the Advisory
Contract and under the aforementioned Subadvisory Agreements (together
with the Advisory Agreement, collectively the "Contracts"), and FEMCOPA
desires to accept such assignments from FIMC; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Trust has approved the
assignment of the Contracts from FIMC to FEMCOPA;
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT:
In consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good
and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
FIMC does hereby assign to FEMCOPA all of its rights, duties and
responsibilities with respect to the Funds named above under the
Contracts described above, and FEMCOPA does hereby accept such
assignment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Assignment to be executed by their authorized representatives as of the
date first hereinabove set forth.
FEDERATED INVESTMENT FEDERATED EQUITY MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
By: /s/ G. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: G. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: President
