0001056288-04-000028 Sample Contracts

Exhibit (a) under Form N-1A Exhibit 3(i) under Item 601/Reg. S-K AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Federated Core Trust Ii • January 27th, 2004 • Delaware

• Company
  Federated Core Trust Ii
• Filed
  January 27th, 2004
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

ASSIGNMENT OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT Emerging Markets Fixed Income Core Fund

Federated Core Trust Ii • January 27th, 2004

• Company
  Federated Core Trust Ii
• Filed
  January 27th, 2004

THIS ASSIGNMENT is entered into as of January 1, 2004 by and between FEDERATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation ("FGIMCO"), and FEDERATED INVESTMENT COUNSELING, a Delaware statutory trust ("FIC").