Exhibit (d)(ii) under Form N-1A
Exhibit (10) under Item 601/Reg. S-K
ASSIGNMENT of
INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
Federated Stock 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 Advisory Contract dated as of August 1, 1989 and an amendment thereto
dated as of June 1, 2001 (collectively, the "Contract") with Federated Stock
Trust (the "Fund");
WHEREAS, FIMC desires to assign its rights, duties and responsibilities
under the Contract to FEMCOPA, and FEMCOPA desires to accept such assignment
from FIMC; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund has approved the assignment of
the Contract 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 all of its rights, duties and responsibilities under the Contract
described above to FEMCOPA, 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/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President Title: President
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, dated as of January 1, 2004, that Federated
Stock Trust, a business trust duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts (the "Trust"), does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint
Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, a statutory trust duly
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Adviser"), to act
hereunder as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the Trust, for
the specific purpose of executing and delivering all such agreements,
instruments, contracts, assignments, bond powers, stock powers, transfer
instructions, receipts, waivers, consents and other documents, and performing
all such acts, as the Adviser may deem necessary or reasonably desirable,
related to the acquisition, disposition and/or reinvestment of the funds and
assets of the Trust in accordance with Adviser's supervision of the investment,
sale and reinvestment of the funds and assets of the Trust pursuant to the
authority granted to the Adviser as investment adviser of the Trust that certain
investment advisory contract dated August 1, 1989 by and between the Adviser and
the Trust (such investment advisory contract, as may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time is hereinafter referred to as the
"Investment Advisory Contract").
The Adviser shall exercise or omit to exercise the powers and authorities
granted herein in each case as the Adviser in its sole and absolute discretion
deems desirable or appropriate under existing circumstances. The Trust hereby
ratifies and confirms as good and effectual, at law or in equity, all that the
Adviser, and its officers and employees, may do by virtue hereof. However,
despite the above provisions, nothing herein shall be construed as imposing a
duty on the Adviser to act or assume responsibility for any matters referred to
above or other matters even though the Adviser may have power or authority
hereunder to do so. Nothing in this Limited Power of Attorney shall be construed
(i) to be an amendment or modifications of, or supplement to, the Investment
Advisory Contract, (ii) to amend, modify, limit or denigrate any duties,
obligations or liabilities of the Adviser under the terms of the Investment
Advisory Contract or (iii) exonerate, relieve or release the Adviser any losses,
obligations, penalties, actions, judgments and suits and other costs, expenses
and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Adviser (x) under the terms of the
Investment Advisory Contract or (y) at law, or in equity, for the performance of
its duties as the investment adviser of the Trust.
The Trust hereby agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Adviser and its
Trustees, officers and employees (each of the foregoing an "Indemnified Party"
and collectively the "Indemnified Parties") against and from any and all losses,
obligations, penalties, actions, judgments and suits and other costs, expenses
and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against an Indemnified Party, other than as a
consequence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an
Indemnified Party, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Power of
Attorney or any other agreement, instrument or document executed in connection
with the exercise of the authority granted to the Adviser herein to act on
behalf of the Trust, including without limitation the reasonable costs, expenses
and disbursements in connection with defending such Indemnified Party against
any claim or liability related to the exercise or performance of any of the
Adviser's powers or duties under this Limited Power of Attorney or any of the
other agreements, instruments or documents executed in connection with the
exercise of the authority granted to the Adviser herein to act on behalf of the
Trust, or the taking of any action under or in connection with any of the
foregoing. The obligations of the Trust under this paragraph shall survive the
termination of this Limited Power of Attorney with respect to actions taken by
the Adviser on behalf of the Trust during the term of this Limited Power of
Attorney.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity dealing with the
Adviser in its capacity as attorney-in-fact hereunder for the Trust is hereby
expressly put on notice that the Adviser is acting solely in the capacity as an
agent of the Trust and that any such person, partnership, corporation or other
legal entity must look solely to the Trust for enforcement of any claim against
the Trust, as the Adviser assumes no personal liability whatsoever for
obligations of the Trust entered into by the Adviser in its capacity as
attorney-in-fact for the Trust.
Each person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity which deals
with the Trust through the Adviser in its capacity as agent and attorney-in-fact
of the Trust, is hereby expressly put on notice that all persons or entities
dealing with the Trust must look solely to the Trust on whose behalf the Adviser
is acting pursuant to its powers hereunder for enforcement of any claim against
the Trust, as the Trustees, officers and/or agents of such Trust and the
shareholders of the Trust assume no personal liability whatsoever for
obligations entered into on behalf of the Trust.
The Trust hereby agrees that no person, partnership, corporation or other
legal entity dealing with the Adviser shall be bound to inquire into the
Adviser's power and authority hereunder and any such person, partnership,
corporation or other legal entity shall be fully protected in relying on such
power or authority unless such person, partnership, corporation or other legal
entity has received prior written notice from the Trust that this Limited Power
of Attorney has been revoked. This Limited Power of Attorney shall be revoked
and terminated automatically upon the cancellation or termination of the
Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and the Adviser. Except as
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the powers and authorities
herein granted may be revoked or terminated by the Trust at any time provided
that no such revocation or termination shall be effective until the Adviser has
received actual notice of such revocation or termination in writing from the
Trust.
This Limited Power of Attorney constitutes the entire agreement between the
Trust and the Adviser, may be changed only by a writing signed by both of them,
and shall bind and benefit their respective successors and assigns; provided,
however, the Adviser shall have no power or authority hereunder to appoint a
successor or substitute attorney in fact for the Trust.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without reference
to principles of conflicts of laws. If any provision hereof, or any power or
authority conferred upon the Adviser herein, would be invalid or unexercisable
under applicable law, then such provision, power or authority shall be deemed
modified to the extent necessary to render it valid or exercisable while most
nearly preserving its original intent, and no provision hereof, or power or
authority conferred upon the Adviser herein, shall be affected by the invalidity
or the non-exercisability of another provision hereof, or of another power or
authority conferred herein.
This Limited Power of Attorney may be executed in as many identical
counterparts as may be convenient and by the different parties hereto on
separate counterparts. This Limited Power of Attorney shall become binding on
the Trust when the Trust shall have executed at least one counterpart and the
Adviser shall have accepted its appointment by executing this Limited Power of
Attorney. Immediately after the execution of a counterpart original of this
Limited Power of Attorney and solely for the convenience of the parties hereto,
the Trust and the Adviser will execute sufficient counterparts so that the
Adviser shall have a counterpart executed by it and the Trust, and the Trust
shall have a counterpart executed by the Trust and the Adviser. Each counterpart
shall be deemed an original and all such taken together shall constitute but one
and the same instrument, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this
Limited Power of Attorney to produce or account for more than one such
counterpart.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to
be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Federated Stock Trust
By: /s/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
Accepted and agreed to this
January 1, 2004
Federated Equity Management Company
of Pennsylvania
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
