ANNEX A FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION [Hancock Horizon Core Bond Fund] [Hancock Horizon Growth Fund] [Hancock Horizon Value Fund]Agreement and Plan of Reorganization • November 18th, 2016 • Federated Equity Funds • Pennsylvania
Contract Type FiledNovember 18th, 2016 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of this ____ day of _____________, by and among (i)[Federated Total Return Series, Inc., a Maryland corporation] [Federated Equity Funds, a Massachusetts business trust] [Federated MDT Stock Trust, a Massachusetts business trust], with its principal place of business at 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7561 (the “Surviving Fund Registrant”), on behalf of its series, [Federated Total Return Bond Fund (the “Surviving Fund”)] [Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund (the “Surviving Fund”)] [Federated MDT Stock Trust (the “Surviving Fund”)], (ii)The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, a Massachusetts business trust, with its principal place of business at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 (the “Reorganizing Fund Registrant”), on behalf of [Hancock Horizon Core Bond Fund (“Reorganizing Fund”] [Hancock Horizon Growth Fund (“Reorganizing Fund”)] [Hancock Horizon Value Fund (“Reorganizing Fund”)] and, collec