FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
N-14, EX-99.17, 2000-06-19
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                                IAI REGIONAL FUND
                  (a series of IAI Investment Funds IV, Inc.)

                  PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                September 8, 2000

      This proxy is being  solicited  on behalf of the Board of Directors of IAI
Investment  Funds IV, Inc.  ("Company") and relates to the proposal with respect
to the  Company,  on  behalf  of IAI  Regional  Fund,  a series  of the  Company
("Fund").  The undersigned  appoints as proxies Keith Wirtz,  Steven Lentz, Jill
Stevenson and Kelly McNulty,  and each of them (with power of substitution),  to
vote  all the  undersigned's  shares  in the  Fund  at the  Special  Meeting  of
Shareholders  to be held at 1:00 p.m.,  Central Time at 601 Second Avenue South,
Suite  3600,   Minneapolis,   Minnesota  55402,  and  any  adjournment   thereof
("Meeting"),  with  all the  power  the  undersigned  would  have if  personally
present.

      The shares  represented by this proxy will be voted as instructed.  Unless
indicated to the contrary, this proxy shall be deemed to grant authority to vote
"FOR" the proposal specified below. This proxy also grants  discretionary  power
to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

Your vote is  important no matter how many shares you own. If you are not voting
by phone or  Internet,  please  sign and date this  proxy  below  and  return it
promptly in the enclosed envelope.

To vote by touch-tone phone, please call  [1-800-xxx-xxx]  toll free. To vote by
Internet, visit our website at WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM.

      TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

                        [X]   KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS


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                       DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
              THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

                                IAI REGIONAL FUND
                  (a series of IAI Investment Funds IV, Inc.)

Vote On Proposal                                       FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

    To approve a proposed  Agreement and Plan          / /     / /       / /
    of    Reorganization    and   Termination
    ("Plan") between IAI Investment Funds IV,
    Inc. ("IAI IV), on behalf of IAI Regional
    Fund ("IAI  Fund") and  Federated  Equity
    Funds,  on  behalf of  Federated  Capital
    Appreciation  Fund, a mutual fund managed
    by a subsidiary  of Federated  Investors,
    Inc.  ("Federated  Fund"),   whereby  the
    Federated  Fund would  acquire all of the
    assets of the IAI Fund in exchange solely
    for the Federated  Fund's  shares,  to be
    distributed  pro  rata by the IAI Fund to
    the  holders of its  shares,  in complete
    liquidation of the IAI Fund.

YOUR VOTE IS  IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING
BY PHONE OR  INTERNET,  PLEASE  SIGN AND DATE THIS  PROXY  BELOW  AND  RETURN IT
PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

TO VOTE BY TOUCH-TONE PHONE,  PLEASE CALL  1-[800-XXX-XXX]  TOLL FREE. TO VOTE
BY INTERNET, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM.

Please sign  exactly as name appears  hereon.  If shares are held in the name of
joint  owners,  at least  one owner  must  sign.  Attorneys-in-fact,  executors,
administrators,  etc.  should so indicate.  If  shareholder  is a corporation or
partnership,  please sign in full  corporate or  partnership  name by authorized
person.

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Signature (owner, trustee, custodian, etc.)       Date




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