AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • January 8th, 2009 • Federated Equity Funds • Pennsylvania
Contract Type FiledJanuary 8th, 2009 Company JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, dated as of October 1, 2008, (the “Agreement”) is made between Prudent Bear Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Corporation”), with its principal place of business at 616 East Michigan Street, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with respect to its portfolio, Prudent Bear Fund (the “Reorganizing Fund”), and Federated Equity Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Federated Trust”), with its principal place of business located at 5800 Corporate Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-7000, on behalf of its newly-organized portfolio, Federated Prudent Bear Fund (the “Surviving Fund”).