Exhibit a (iv) under Form N-1A
Exhibit 3 (i) under Item 601/Reg. S-K
FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
AMENDMENT NO. 10
TO THE
AMENDED & RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
Dated August 15, 1995
THIS Declaration of Trust is amended as follows:
A. Strike subsection (p) from Section 1 (Powers) of Article V (Powers of the
Trustees) and replace it with the following:
"(p) To borrow money. The Trust may also enter into reverse
repurchase agreements in amounts not in excess of one-third of
its total assets in order to meet redemption requests without
immediately selling any portfolio instruments."
The undersigned hereby certify that the above-stated Amendment is a true
and correct Amendment to the Declaration of Trust, as adopted by the Board of
Trustees by Unanimous Consent on September 1, 1999, and approved by Shareholder
at a meeting on the 5th day of November, 1999.
WITNESS the due execution hereof this 29th day of August, 2000.
/S/ JOHN F. DONAHUE /S/ LAWRENCE D. ELLIS, M.D.
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John F. Donahue Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.
/S/ THOMAS G. BIGLEY /S/ PETER E. MADDEN
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Thomas G. Bigley Peter E. Madden
/S/ JOHN T. CONROY, JR. /S/ CHARLES F. MANSFIELD, JR.
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John T. Conroy, Jr. Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.
/S/ NICHOLAS P. CONSTANTAKIS /S/ JOHN E. MURRAY, JR.
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Nicholas P. Constantakis John E. Murray, Jr.
/S/ JOHN F. CUNNINGHAM /S/ MARJORIE P. SMUTS
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John F. Cunningham Marjorie P. Smuts
/S/ J. CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE /S/ JOHN S. WALSH
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J. Christopher Donahue John S. Walsh
