AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN CONTRACT
Amendment dated December 7, 2006, to the Custodian Agreement dated September 18,
1997, as amended (the "Agreement"), by and between State Street Bank and Trust
Company (the "Custodian") and Evergreen Equity Trust (the "Fund").
WHEREAS, the Fund and the Custodian wish to amend certain provisions of the
Agreement in order to provide for the establishment by the Custodian of segregated
accounts;
III. Clause (iv) of Section 2.10 (entitled "Segregated Account") is amended and
replaced as follows:
(iv) for any other purpose in accordance with Proper Instructions from the Fund
on behalf of the applicable Portfolio.
IV. Except as specifically superseded or modified herein, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall continue to apply with full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Agreement prior to this Amendment and this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall prevail.
NOTICE. A Certificate of Trust with respect to the Fund is on file with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and the same was executed or made on behalf of the Fund by the Trustees or officers as Trustees or officers, and not individually, and the obligations of any instrument made or issued by the Trustees or by any officer or officers of the Trust are not binding upon any of them or the shareholders of the Fund individually but are binding only upon assets and property of the Trust, or the particular series in question, as the case may be.
EVERGREEN EQUITY TRUST
By:/s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Assistant Secretary
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Executive Vice President