SUB-ITEM Q1(E): EXHIBITS
ASSIGNMENT of
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT and
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Federated Index Trust
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 Management Contract and an amendment thereto dated as of
June 1, 2001 (collectively, the "Management Contract") with Federated
Index Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), including
the Exhibits thereto making the Contract applicable to the following
portfolios of the trust (the "Funds"):
Exhibi
t
Date
Fund
A
July 2, 1990
Federated Max-Cap Index Fund
B
July 7, 1992
Federated Mini-Cap Index Fund
C
July 7, 1992
Federated Mid-Cap Index Fund
WHEREAS, FIMC and the Trust entered into a Subadvisory Agreement
dated as of March 27, 2003 with respect to the Funds with Fund Asset
Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership;
WHEREAS, FIMC desires to assign to FEMCOPA its rights, duties and
responsibilities with respect to each of the Funds under the Management
Contract and under the aforementioned Subadvisory Agreement (together
with the Management 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
Name: G. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx:
Title: Vice President Title: President
