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Previous: AMERIANA BANCORP, 10-Q/A, 2000-05-30 |
Next: MONEY MARKET OBLIGATIONS TRUST /NEW/, 497J, 2000-05-30 |
PROSPECTUS
A Portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust
A money market mutual fund seeking stability of principal and current income consistent with stability of principal by investing primarily in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury and government agency securities maturing in 397 days or less. This Fund is available only to federally insured depository institutions including:
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Risk/Return Summary 1
What are the Fund's Fees and Expenses? 3
What are the Fund's Investment Strategies? 4
What are the Principal Securities in Which the
Fund Invests? 4
What are the Specific Risks of Investing in the Fund? 6
What Do Shares Cost? 6
How is the Fund Sold? 7
How to Purchase Shares 7
How to Redeem Shares 8
Account and Share Information 10
Who Manages the Fund? 11
Financial Information 11
Independent Auditors' Report 21
The Fund is a money market fund that seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. The Fund's investment objective is stability of principal and current income consistent with stability of principal. While there is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, it endeavors to do so by following the strategies and policies described in this prospectus.
The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury and government agency securities maturing in 397 days or less. These investments include repurchase agreements collateralized fully by U.S. Treasury and government agency securities. The Fund also makes loans of federal funds to federally insured depository institutions. By operating policy, the Fund limits depository institutions receiving the loans to those the Adviser deems to be adequately capitalized with a short term rating of Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Services. Ordinarily, the Fund has a dollar weighted average maturity between one and seven days.
The Fund limits its investments to those that would enable it to qualify as a permissible investment for national banks, federal savings associations and federal credit unions. In addition, the Fund seeks to qualify as a liquid investment under the rules of the Office of Thrift Supervision.
All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, even though the Fund is a money market fund that seeks to maintain a stable net asset value, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
The Shares offered by this prospectus are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency.
Historically, the Fund has maintained a constant $1.00 net asset value per share. The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund's total returns on a calendar year-end basis.
The Fund's shares are sold without a sales charge (load). The total returns displayed above are based upon net asset value.
The Fund's total return for the three-month period from January 1, 2000 to March 31, 2000 was 1.39%.
Within the period shown in the chart, the Fund's highest quarterly return was 2.05% (quarters ended June 30, 1990 and September 30, 1990). Its lowest quarterly return was 0.74% (quarter ended June 30, 1993).
The following table represents the Fund's Shares Average Annual Total Returns for the calendar periods ended December 31, 1999.
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Calendar Period |
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Fund |
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1 Year |
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5.02% |
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5 Years |
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5.46% |
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10 Years |
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5.24% |
The Fund's 7-Day Net Yield as of December 31, 1999 was 4.61%.
You may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400 for the current 7-Day Net Yield.
Past performance does not necessarily predict future performance. This information provides you with historical performance information so that you can analyze whether the Fund's investment risks are balanced by its potential returns.
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Shares of the Fund.
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Shareholder Fees |
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Fees Paid Directly From Your Investment |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) |
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None |
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or
redemption proceeds, |
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None |
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other
Distributions) |
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None |
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Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable) |
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None |
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Exchange Fee |
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None |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Before Waivers)1 |
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Expenses That are Deducted From Fund Assets (as percentage of average net assets) |
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Management Fee2 |
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0.40% |
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Distribution (12b-1) Fee |
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None |
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Shareholder Services Fee3 |
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0.25% |
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Other Expenses |
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0.15% |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
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0.80% |
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1 As a result of contractual obligations and voluntary waivers, the adviser and shareholder services provider waived certain amounts. These are shown below along with the net expenses the Fund actually paid for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. |
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Total Waiver of Fund Expenses (contractual and voluntary) |
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0.64% |
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Total Actual Annual Fund Operating Expenses (after waivers) |
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0.16% |
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2 Under the investment adviser contract, the adviser will waive to the extent of its management fee, the amount, if any, by which the Fund's aggregate annual operating expenses, including the management fee but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, expenses of registering and qualifying the Fund and its shares under federal and state laws and regulations, and extraordinary expenses, exceed 0.45% of its average daily net assets. Pursuant to the investment adviser contract, the adviser waived 0.09% of its management fee for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. In addition, the Adviser voluntarily waived 0.30% of its management fee. The adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. The management fee paid by the Fund (after the contractual and voluntary waivers) was 0.01% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. |
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3 Although not contractually obligated to do so, the Fund voluntarily elected not to accrue or charge its shareholder services fee during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. The Fund has no present intention of paying or accruing the shareholder services fee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2001. |
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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund's Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund's Shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses are based upon the contractually imposed expense limitation of 0.45% shown above. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year |
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$ 46 |
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3 Years |
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$144 |
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5 Years |
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$252 |
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10 Years |
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$567 |
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The Fund invests in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury and government agency securities maturing in 397 days or less. These investments include repurchase agreements collateralized fully by U.S. Treasury and government agency securities. The Fund also makes loans of federal funds to federally insured depository institutions. By operating policy, the Fund limits depository institutions receiving the loans to those the Adviser deems to be adequately capitalized with a short-term rating of Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Services. The Fund has a dollar weighted average maturity of 90 days or less; ordinarily, the Fund will have a dollar weighted average maturity between one and seven days.
The Fund limits its investments to those that would enable it to qualify as a permissible investment for national banks, federal savings associations and federal credit unions. In addition, the Fund seeks to qualify as a liquid investment under the rules of the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Fixed income securities pay interest, dividends or distributions at a specified rate. The rate may be a fixed percentage of the principal or adjusted periodically. In addition, the issuer of a fixed income security must repay the principal amount of the security, normally within a specified time.
The following describes the types of fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest.
Treasury securities are direct obligations of the federal government of the United States.
Agency securities are issued or guaranteed by a federal agency or other government sponsored entity acting under federal authority (a GSE). The United States supports some GSEs with its full faith and credit. Other GSEs receive support through federal subsidies, loans or other benefits. A few GSEs have no explicit financial support, but are regarded as having implied support because the federal government sponsors their activities.
Repurchase agreements are transactions in which the Fund buys a security from a dealer or bank and agrees to sell the security back at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase price exceeds the sale price, reflecting the Fund's return on the transaction. This return is unrelated to the interest rate on the underlying security. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with banks and other recognized financial institutions, such as securities dealers, deemed creditworthy by the Adviser.
Repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks.
Loans of federal funds are unsecured loans of money held in the Federal Reserve System to federally insured depository institutions. Typically, the term of these loans is one day. Loans of federal funds are subject to credit risk.
Prime-1--Depository institutions (or related supporting institutions) receiving Prime-1 commercial paper ratings by Moody's Investors Services have a superior capacity for repayment of short-term promissory obligations. Prime-1 repayment capacity will normally be evidenced by the following characteristics:
Prices of fixed income securities rise and fall in response to changes in the interest rate paid by similar securities. Generally, when interest rates rise, prices of fixed income securities fall. However, market factors, such as the demand for particular fixed income securities, may cause the price of certain fixed income securities to fall while the prices of other securities rise or remain unchanged.
Interest rate changes have a greater effect on the price of fixed income securities with longer maturities. Money market funds try to minimize this risk by purchasing short-term securities.
Credit risk is the possibility that an issuer will default on a security by failing to pay interest or principal when due. If an issuer defaults, the Fund will lose money. Money market funds try to minimize this risk by purchasing higher quality securities.
Credit risk includes the possibility that a party to a transaction involving the Fund will fail to meet its obligations. This could cause the Fund to lose the benefit of the transaction or prevent the Fund from selling or buying other securities to implement its investment strategy.
You can purchase or redeem Shares any day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open. The Fund attempts to stabilize the net asset value (NAV) of its Shares at $1.00 by valuing the portfolio securities using the amortized cost method. The Fund cannot guarantee that its NAV will always remain at $1.00 per Share. The Fund does not charge a front-end sales charge.
NAV is determined at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) and as of the end of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) each day the NYSE is open.
The required minimum initial investment for Fund Shares is $25,000. There is no required minimum subsequent investment amount.
An account may be opened with a smaller amount as long as the $25,000 minimum is reached within 90 days. An institutional investor's minimum investment is calculated by combining all accounts it maintains with the Fund. Accounts established through investment professionals may be subject to a smaller minimum investment amount. Keep in mind that investment professionals may charge you fees for their services in connection with your Share transactions.
The Fund's Distributor, Federated Securities Corp., markets the Shares described in this prospectus to federally insured depository institutions, including banks, savings associations and credit unions, directly or through investment professionals.
The Distributor and its affiliates may pay out of their assets other amounts (including items of material value) to investment professionals for marketing and servicing Shares. The Distributor is a subsidiary of Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated).
You may purchase Shares through an investment professional or directly from the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to reject any request to purchase Shares.
Investment professionals should send payments according to the instructions in the sections "By Wire" or "By Check."
You will become the owner of Shares after the Fund receives your wire or your check. If your check does not clear, your purchase will be canceled and you could be liable for any losses or fees incurred by the Fund or Federated Shareholder Services Company, the Fund's transfer agent.
An institution may establish an account and place an order by calling the Fund and will become a shareholder after the Fund receives the order.
Send your wire to:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA
Dollar Amount of Wire
ABA Number 011000028
Attention: EDGEWIRE
Wire Order Number, Dealer Number or Group Number
Nominee/Institution Name
Fund Name and Number and Account Number
You cannot purchase Shares by wire on holidays when wire transfers are restricted.
Make your check payable to The Federated Funds, note your account number on the check, and mail it to:
Federated Shareholder Services Company
P.O. Box 8600
Boston, MA 02266-8600
If you send your check by a private courier or overnight delivery service that requires a street address, mail it to:
Federated Shareholder Services Company
1099 Hingham Street
Rockland, MA 02370-3317
Payment should be made in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. The Fund will not accept third-party checks (checks originally payable to someone other than you or The Federated Funds). Orders by mail are considered received when payment by check is converted into federal funds (normally the business day after the check is received) and Shares begin earning dividends the next day.
Once you have opened an account, you may purchase additional Shares through a depository institution that is an ACH member. This purchase option can be established by completing the appropriate sections of the New Account Form.
You should redeem Shares:
Shareholders of the Fund will not be permitted to make third party payments from their accounts with the Trust.
Submit your redemption request to your investment professional by the end of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). Investment professionals are responsible for promptly submitting redemption requests and providing proper written redemption instructions as outlined below.
You may redeem Shares by calling the Fund at 1-800-341-7400 once you have completed the appropriate authorization form for telephone transactions.
If you call before 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time), your redemption will be wired to you the same day. You will not receive that day's dividend.
If you call after 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time), your redemption will be wired to you the following business day. You will receive that day's dividend.
You may redeem Shares by mailing a written request to the Fund.
Your redemption request will be processed on the day the Fund receives your written request in proper form. Dividends are paid up to and including the day that a redemption request is processed.
Send requests by mail to:
Federated Shareholder Services Company
P.O. Box 8600
Boston, MA 02266-8600
Send requests by private courier or overnight delivery service to:
Federated Shareholder Services Company
1099 Hingham Street
Rockland, MA 02370-3317
All requests must include:
Call your investment professional or the Fund if you need special instructions.
Signatures must be guaranteed if:
A signature guarantee is designed to protect your account from fraud. Obtain a signature guarantee from a bank or trust company, savings association, credit union or broker, dealer, or securities exchange member. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.
Your redemption proceeds will be mailed by check to your address of record. The following payment options are available if you complete the appropriate section of the New Account Form or an Account Service Options Form. These payment options require a signature guarantee if they were not established when the account was opened:
Although the Fund intends to pay Share redemptions in cash, it reserves the right to pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a distribution of the Fund's portfolio securities.
Redemption proceeds normally are wired or mailed within one business day after receiving a request in proper form. Payment may be delayed up to seven days:
You will not accrue interest or dividends on uncashed checks from the Fund if those checks are undeliverable and returned to the Fund.
The Fund will record your telephone instructions. If the Fund does not follow reasonable procedures, it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.
The Fund no longer issues share certificates. If you are redeeming Shares represented by certificates previously issued by the Fund, you must return the certificates with your written redemption request. For your protection, send your certificates by registered or certified mail, but do not endorse them.
You will receive periodic statements reporting all account activity, including dividends and capital gains paid.
The Fund declares any dividends daily and pays them monthly to shareholders. If you purchase Shares by wire, you begin earning dividends on the day your wire is received. If you purchase Shares by check, you begin earning dividends on the business day after the Fund receives your check. In either case, you earn dividends through the day your redemption request is received.
The Fund does not expect to realize any capital gains or losses. If capital gains or losses were to occur, they could result in an increase or decrease in dividends. The Fund pays any capital gains at least annually. Your dividends and capital gains distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional Shares without a sales charge, unless you elect cash payments.
Due to the high cost of maintaining accounts with low balances, non-retirement accounts may be closed if redemptions cause the account balance to fall below the minimum initial investment amount. Before an account is closed, you will be notified and allowed 30 days to purchase additional Shares to meet the minimum.
The Fund sends an annual statement of your account activity to assist you in completing your federal, state and local tax returns. Fund distributions of dividends and capital gains are taxable to you whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund. Dividends are taxable as ordinary income; capital gains are taxable at different rates depending upon the length of time the Fund holds its assets.
Fund distributions are expected to be primarily dividends. Redemptions are taxable sales. Please consult your tax adviser regarding your federal, state and local tax liability.
The Board of Trustees governs the Fund. The Board selects and oversees the Adviser, Federated Investment Management Company. The Adviser manages the Fund's assets, including buying and selling portfolio securities. The Adviser's address is Federated Investors Tower, 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779.
The Adviser and other subsidiaries of Federated advise approximately 176 mutual funds and separate accounts, which totaled approximately $125 billion in assets as of December 31, 1999. Federated was established in 1955 and is one of the largest mutual fund investment managers in the United States with approximately 1,900 employees. More than 4,000 investment professionals make Federated Funds available to their customers.
The Adviser receives an annual investment advisory fee of 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets. Under the investment advisory contract, which is subject to annual renewal by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Adviser will waive the amount, limited to the amount of the advisory fee, by which the Fund's aggregate annual operating expenses, including the investment advisory fee but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, expenses of registering or qualifying the Fund and its Shares under federal and state laws and regulations, expenses of withholding taxes, and extraordinary expenses exceed 0.45% of its average daily net assets.
The following Financial Highlights will help you understand the Fund's financial performance for its past five fiscal years. Some of the information is presented on a per share basis. Total returns represent the rate an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains.
This information has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, whose report, along with the Fund's audited financial statements, is included in this prospectus.
(FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD)
Reference is made to the Independent Auditors' Report on page 21.
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Year Ended March 31 |
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2000 |
|
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1999 |
|
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1998 |
|
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1997 |
|
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1996 |
|
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period |
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$ 1.00 |
|
|
$ 1.00 |
|
|
$ 1.00 |
|
|
$ 1.00 |
|
|
$ 1.00 |
|
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Income From Investment Operations: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net investment income |
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0.05 |
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
0.06 |
|
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Less Distributions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions from net investment income |
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(0.05 |
) |
|
(0.05 |
) |
|
(0.06 |
) |
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(0.05 |
) |
|
(0.06 |
) |
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Net Asset Value, End of Period |
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$ 1.00 |
|
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$ 1.00 |
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|
$ 1.00 |
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$ 1.00 |
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|
$ 1.00 |
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Total Return1 |
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5.25 |
% |
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5.25 |
% |
|
5.59 |
% |
|
5.35 |
% |
|
5.84 |
% |
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|
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Ratios to Average Net Assets: |
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|
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|
|
|
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Expenses |
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0.16 |
% |
|
0.15 |
% |
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0.15 |
% |
|
0.15 |
% |
|
0.16 |
% |
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|
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Net investment income |
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5.11 |
% |
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5.19 |
% |
|
5.48 |
% |
|
5.27 |
% |
|
5.72 |
% |
|
|
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Expense waiver/reimbursement2 |
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0.30 |
% |
|
0.30 |
% |
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0.30 |
% |
|
0.30 |
% |
|
0.30 |
% |
|
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Supplemental Data: |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) |
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$225,250 |
|
|
$441,168 |
|
|
$508,795 |
|
|
$489,363 |
|
|
$595,471 |
|
|
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1 Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable.
2 This voluntary expense decrease is reflected in both the expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
MARCH 31, 2000
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Principal |
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Value |
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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--100.0%1 |
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$ |
8,000,000 |
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ABN AMRO, Inc., 6.070%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
$ |
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Bank of America, 6.190%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
50,325,000 |
|
Barclays Capital, Inc., 6.050%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
50,325,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Bear, Stearns and Co., 6.200%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp., 6.050%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Countrywide Securities Corp., 6.230%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc., 6.090%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corp., 6.080%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
First Union Capital Markets, 6.190%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Goldman Sachs Group, LP, 6.200%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Merrill Lynch Government Securities, 6.200%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
PaineWebber Group, Inc., 6.180%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Paribas Corp., 6.200%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Salomon Brothers, Inc., 6.100%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Societe Generale Securities Corp., 6.080%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
Toronto Dominion Securities (USA), Inc., 6.080%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
47,000,000 |
|
Warburg Dillon Reed LLC, 6.190%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
47,000,000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
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Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, 6.080%, dated 3/31/2000, due 4/3/2000 |
|
|
8,000,000 |
|
|
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|
|
TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS |
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|
225,325,000 |
|
|
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|
|
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (AT AMORTIZED COST)2 |
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$ |
225,325,000 |
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1 The repurchase agreements are fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury and government agency obligations based on market prices at the date of the portfolio. The investments in the repurchase agreements are through participation in joint accounts with other Federated funds.
2 Also represents cost for federal tax purposes.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets ($225,249,650) at March 31, 2000.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
MARCH 31, 2000
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Assets: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost and value |
|
|
|
|
$ |
225,325,000 |
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
1,181 |
|
Income receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
38,337 |
|
Receivable for shares sold |
|
|
|
|
|
136,580 |
|
|
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TOTAL ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
225,501,098 |
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|
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Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payable for shares redeemed |
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
|
|
Income distribution payable |
|
|
234,249 |
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
17,098 |
|
|
|
|
|
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
251,448 |
|
|
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|
Net assets for 225,249,650 shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
$ |
225,249,650 |
|
|
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Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$225,249,650 ÷ 225,249,650 shares outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
$1.00 |
|
|
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See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2000
|
Investment Income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17,876,154 |
|
|
|||||||
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment adviser fee |
|
$ |
1,358,972 |
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative personnel and services fee |
|
|
256,085 |
|
|
|
|
|
Custodian fees |
|
|
32,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses |
|
|
43,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
Directors'/Trustees' fees |
|
|
16,995 |
|
|
|
|
|
Auditing fees |
|
|
14,103 |
|
|
|
|
|
Legal fees |
|
|
13,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
Portfolio accounting fees |
|
|
75,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
Share registration costs |
|
|
18,694 |
|
|
|
|
|
Printing and postage |
|
|
14,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance premiums |
|
|
1,765 |
|
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous |
|
|
10,345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
TOTAL EXPENSES |
|
|
1,856,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Waivers: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waiver of investment adviser fee |
|
|
(1,328,187 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Net expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
528,307 |
|
|
|||||||
|
Net investment income |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17,347,847 |
|
|
|||||||
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
|
Year Ended March 31 |
|
|
2000 |
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income |
|
$ |
17,347,847 |
|
|
$ |
28,145,191 |
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Distributions to Shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions from net investment income |
|
|
(17,347,847 |
) |
|
|
(28,145,191 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
|
Share Transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of shares |
|
|
3,322,046,817 |
|
|
|
4,874,304,605 |
|
|
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
|
|
12,900,127 |
|
|
|
20,055,640 |
|
|
Cost of shares redeemed |
|
|
(3,550,865,314 |
) |
|
|
(4,961,987,297 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
|
|
(215,918,370 |
) |
|
|
(67,627,052 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
|
Change in net assets |
|
|
(215,918,370 |
) |
|
|
(67,627,052 |
) |
|
|
||||||||
|
Net Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
|
|
441,168,020 |
|
|
|
508,795,072 |
|
|
|
||||||||
|
End of period |
|
$ |
225,249,650 |
|
|
$ |
441,168,020 |
|
|
|
||||||||
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
MARCH 31, 2000
Money Market Obligations Trust (the "Trust") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust consists of 40 portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Liquid Cash Trust (the "Fund"). The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. The investment objective of the Fund is stability of principal and current income consistent with stability of principal.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
The Fund's use of the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities is in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
It is the policy of the Fund to require the custodian bank to take possession, to have legally segregated in the Federal Reserve Book Entry System, or to have segregated within the custodian bank's vault, all securities held as collateral under repurchase agreement transactions. Additionally, procedures have been established by the Fund to monitor, on a daily basis, the market value of each repurchase agreement's collateral to ensure that the value of collateral at least equals the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement.
The Fund will only enter into repurchase agreements with banks and other recognized financial institutions, such as broker/dealers, which are deemed by the Fund's adviser to be creditworthy pursuant to the guidelines and/or standards reviewed or established by the Board of Trustees (the "Trustees"). Risks may arise from the potential inability of counterparties to honor the terms of the repurchase agreement. Accordingly, the Fund could receive less than the repurchase price on the sale of collateral securities. The Fund, along with other affiliated investment companies, may utilize a joint trading account for the purpose of entering into one or more repurchase agreements.
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Bond premium and discount, if applicable, are amortized as required by the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the "Code"). Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value.
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the provisions of the Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal tax is necessary.
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.
The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). At March 31, 2000, capital paid-in aggregated $225,249,650. Transactions in shares were as follows:
|
Year Ended March 31 |
|
2000 |
|
|
1999 |
|
|
Shares sold |
|
3,322,046,817 |
|
|
4,874,304,605 |
|
|
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
|
12,900,127 |
|
|
20,055,640 |
|
|
Shares redeemed |
|
(3,550,865,314 |
) |
|
(4,961,987,297 |
) |
|
|
||||||
|
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
|
(215,918,370 |
) |
|
(67,627,052 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Federated Investment Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), receives for its services an annual investment adviser fee equal to 0.40% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The Adviser will waive to the extent of its adviser fee, the amount, if any, by which the Fund's aggregate annual operating expenses, including the adviser fee, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, expenses of registering and qualifying the Fund and its shares under federal and state laws and regulations, and extraordinary expenses, exceed 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. In addition, the Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion.
Federated Services Company ("FServ"), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Funds with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FServ is based on a scale that ranges from 0.15% to 0.075% of the average aggregate daily net assets of all funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Investors, Inc., subject to a $125,000 minimum per portfolio and $30,000 per each additional class.
Under the terms of a Shareholder Services Agreement with Federated Shareholder Services Company ("FSSC"), the Fund will pay FSSC up to 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Fund for the period. The fee paid to FSSC is used to finance certain services for shareholders and to maintain shareholder accounts. For the year ended March 31, 2000, the Fund did not incur a shareholder services fee.
FServ, through its subsidiary FSSC, serves as transfer and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund. The fee paid to FSSC is based on the size, type and number of accounts and transactions made by shareholders.
FServ maintains the Fund's accounting records for which it receives a fee. The fee is based on the level of the Fund's average daily net assets for the period, plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Certain of the Officers and Trustees of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MONEY MARKET OBLIGATIONS TRUST AND SHAREHOLDERS OF LIQUID CASH TRUST:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of Liquid Cash Trust (the "Fund") as of March 31, 2000, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the financial highlights for the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to provide reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of the securities owned at March 31, 2000, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Liquid Cash Trust as of March 31, 2000, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and its financial highlights for the respective stated periods in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 19, 2000
Federated
World-Class Investment Manager
PROSPECTUS
A Portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust
MAY 31, 2000
A Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated May 31, 2000, is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Additional information about the Fund and its investments is contained in the Fund's SAI and Semi-Annual Report to shareholders as they become available. To obtain the SAI, Semi-Annual Report and other information without charge, and make inquiries, call your investment professional or the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
You can obtain information about the Fund (including the SAI) by writing to or visiting the Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. You may also access fund information from the EDGAR Database on the SEC's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. You can purchase copies of this information by contacting the SEC by email at publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-0102. Call 1-202-942-8090 for information on the Public Reference Room's operations and copying fees.
Federated
Liquid Cash Trust
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate
Drive
Pittsburgh, PA
15237-7000
1-800-341-7400
www.federatedinvestors.com
Federated
Securities Corp., Distributor
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5950
Cusip 60934N757
8050206A (5/00)
Federated is a registered mark of Federated Investors, Inc. 2000 ©Federated Investors, Inc.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A Portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus. Read this SAI in conjunction with the prospectus for Liquid Cash Trust (Fund), dated May 31, 2000. Obtain the prospectus without charge by calling 1-800-341-7400.
MAY 31, 2000
Federated
World-Class Investment Manager
Liquid Cash Trust
Federated
Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, PA
15237-7000
1-800-341-7400
www.federatedinvestors.com
Federated
Securities Corp., Distributor
8050206B (5/00)
How is the Fund Organized? 1
Securities in Which the Fund Invests 1
How is the Fund Sold? 3
Subaccounting Services 4
Redemption in Kind 4
Massachusetts Partnership Law 4
Account and Share Information 4
Tax Information 4
Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund? 5
How Does the Fund Measure Performance? 8
Who is Federated Investors, Inc.? 9
Addresses 11
The Fund is a diversified portfolio of Money Market Obligations Trust (Trust). The Trust is an open-end, management investment company that was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on October 3, 1988. The Trust may offer separate series of shares representing interests in separate portfolios of securities. The Fund, which was established on April 11, 1980, was reorganized as a portfolio of the Trust on April 30, 1999.
In pursuing its investment strategy, the Fund may invest in the following securities for any purpose that is consistent with its investment objective.
Fixed income securities pay interest, dividends or distributions at a specified rate. The rate may be a fixed percentage of the principal or adjusted periodically. In addition, the issuer of a fixed income security must repay the principal amount of the security, normally within a specified time. Fixed income securities provide more regular income than equity securities. However, the returns on fixed income securities are limited and normally do not increase with the issuer's earnings. This limits the potential appreciation of fixed income securities as compared to equity securities.
A security's yield measures the annual income earned on a security as a percentage of its price. A security's yield will increase or decrease depending upon whether it costs less (a discount) or more (a premium) than the principal amount. If the issuer may redeem the security before its scheduled maturity, the price and yield on a discount or premium security may change based upon the probability of an early redemption. Securities with higher risks generally have higher yields.
The Fund will invest only in certain securities which qualify as short-term liquid assets under Section 566.1 (12 CFR 566.1) of the Regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision. The following describes the types of fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest.
Treasury securities are direct obligations of the federal government of the United States. Treasury securities are generally regarded as having the lowest credit risks.
Agency securities are issued or guaranteed by a federal agency or other government sponsored entity acting under federal authority (a GSE). The United States supports some GSEs with its full faith and credit. Other GSEs receive support through federal subsidies, loans or other benefits. A few GSEs have no explicit financial support, but are regarded as having implied support because the federal government sponsors their activities. Agency securities are generally regarded as having low credit risks, but not as low as treasury securities.
Mortgage backed securities represent interests in pools of mortgages. The mortgages that comprise a pool normally have similar interest rates, maturities and other terms. Mortgages may have fixed or adjustable interest rates. Interests in pools of adjustable rate mortgages are known as ARMs.
Mortgage backed securities come in a variety of forms. Many have extremely complicated terms. The simplest form of mortgage backed securities are pass-through certificates. An issuer of pass-through certificates gathers monthly payments from an underlying pool of mortgages. Then, the issuer deducts its fees and expenses and passes the balance of the payments onto the certificate holders once a month. Holders of pass-through certificates receive a pro rata share of all payments and pre-payments from the underlying mortgages. As a result, the holders assume all the prepayment risks of the underlying mortgages.
Bank instruments are unsecured interest bearing deposits with banks. Bank instruments include bank accounts, time deposits, certificates of deposit and banker's acceptances. Yankee instruments are denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks. Eurodollar instruments are denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by non-U.S. branches of U.S. or foreign banks.
Zero coupon securities do not pay interest or principal until final maturity unlike debt securities that provide periodic payments of interest (referred to as a coupon payment). Investors buy zero coupon securities at a price below the amount payable at maturity. The difference between the purchase price and the amount paid at maturity represents interest on the zero coupon security. Investors must wait until maturity to receive interest and principal, which increases the interest rate and credit risks of a zero coupon security.
The Fund may invest its assets in securities of other investment companies as an efficient means of carrying out its investment policies. It should be noted that investment companies incur certain expenses, such as management fees, and, therefore, any investment by the Fund in shares of other investment companies may be subject to such duplicate expenses. At the present time, the Fund expects that its investments in other investment companies will be limited to shares of money market funds, including funds affiliated with the Fund's investment adviser.
Repurchase agreements are transactions in which the Fund buys a security from a dealer or bank and agrees to sell the security back at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase price exceeds the sale price, reflecting the Fund's return on the transaction. This return is unrelated to the interest rate on the underlying security. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with banks and other recognized financial institutions, such as securities dealers, deemed creditworthy by the Adviser.
The Fund's custodian or subcustodian will take possession of the securities subject to repurchase agreements. The Adviser or subcustodian will monitor the value of the underlying security each day to ensure that the value of the security always equals or exceeds the repurchase price.
Repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks.
Reverse repurchase agreements are repurchase agreements in which the Fund is the seller (rather than the buyer) of the securities, and agrees to repurchase them at an agreed upon time and price. A reverse repurchase agreement may be viewed as a type of borrowing by the Fund. Reverse repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks. In addition, reverse repurchase agreements create leverage risks because the Fund must repurchase the underlying security at a higher price, regardless of the market value of the security at the time of repurchase.
Delayed delivery transactions, including when issued transactions, are arrangements in which the Fund buys securities for a set price, with payment and delivery of the securities scheduled for a future time. During the period between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no interest accrues to the Fund. The Fund records the transaction when it agrees to buy the securities and reflects their value in determining the price of its shares. Settlement dates may be a month or more after entering into these transactions so that the market values of the securities bought may vary from the purchase prices. Therefore, delayed delivery transactions create interest rate risks for the Fund. Delayed delivery transactions also involve credit risks in the event of a counterparty default.
In order to secure its obligations in connection with special transactions, the Fund will either own the underlying assets, or set aside readily marketable securities with a value that equals or exceeds the Fund's obligations. Unless the Fund has other readily marketable assets to set aside, it cannot trade assets used to secure such obligations without terminating a special transaction. This may cause the Fund to miss favorable trading opportunities or to realize losses on derivative contracts or special transactions.
There are many factors which may affect an investment in the Fund. The Fund's principal risks are described in its prospectus. Additional risk factors are outlined below.
The investment objective of the Fund is stability of principal and current income consistent with stability of principal. The investment objective may not be changed by the Fund's Trustees without shareholder approval.
The Fund may attempt to increase yield by trading portfolio instruments to take advantage of short-term market variations.
The Fund will not purchase any portfolio instrument on margin or sell any portfolio instrument short but it may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for clearance of purchases and sales of money market instruments.
The Fund will not borrow money, except as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes and then only in amounts not in excess of 5% of the value of its total assets. In addition, the Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements and otherwise borrow up to one-third of the value of its total assets, including the amount borrowed, in order to meet redemption requests when the liquidation of portfolio investments would be inconvenient or disadvantageous. Interest paid on borrowed funds will not be available for investment. The Trust will liquidate any such borrowings as soon as possible. However, during the period any reverse repurchase agreements are outstanding, but only to the extent necessary to assure completion of the reverse repurchase agreements, the Trust will restrict the purchase of portfolio investments to money market instruments maturing on or before the expiration date of the reverse repurchase agreements.
The Fund will not mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any assets except in connection with any borrowing described above and in amounts not in excess of the lesser of the dollar amounts borrowed or 10% of the value of the Fund's total assets at the time of such borrowing.
The Fund will not engage in underwriting of portfolio instruments issued by others.
The Fund will not lend any of its assets, except that it may participate in the federal funds market purchase or hold portfolio instruments, to include repurchase agreements, permitted by its investment objective and policies.
The Fund will not issue senior securities, except as permitted by the investment objective and policies and investment limitations of the Fund.
The Trust will not invest in commodities, commodity contracts or real estate, except that it may purchase portfolio instruments issued by companies which invest in or sponsor interests therein.
Except with respect to borrowing money, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such restriction. The Fund did not borrow money, pledge securities or invest in reverse repurchase agreements in excess of 5% of the value of its net assets during the last fiscal year and has no present intent to do so in the coming fiscal year.
The above limitations cannot be changed unless authorized by the Board and by the "vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities," as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act). The following limitations, however, may be changed by the Board of Trustees (Board) without shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified before any material change in these limitations becomes effective.
The Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one industry. However, investing in U.S. government securities and domestic bank instruments shall not be considered investments in any one industry.
The Fund will not invest in securities of a company for the purpose of exercising control or management.
The Fund may invest in restricted securities. Restricted securities are any securities which are subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities law. The Fund may invest without limitation in restricted securities which are determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. To the extent that restricted securities are not determined to be liquid, the Fund will limit their purchase, together with other illiquid securities, to not more than 10% of its net assets.
The Fund may follow non-fundamental operational policies that are more restrictive than its fundamental investment limitations, as set forth in the prospectus and this SAI, in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including the provisions of and regulations under the 1940 Act. In particular, the Fund will comply with the various requirements of Rule 2a-7 (the Rule), which regulates money market mutual funds. The Fund will determine the effective maturity of its investments according to the Rule. The Fund may change these operational policies to reflect changes in the laws and regulations without the approval of its shareholders.
The Board has decided that the best method for determining the value of portfolio instruments is amortized cost. Under this method, portfolio instruments are valued at the acquisition cost as adjusted for amortization of premium or accumulation of discount rather than at current market value. Accordingly, neither the amount of daily income nor the net asset value is affected by any unrealized appreciation or depreciation of the portfolio. In periods of declining interest rates, the indicated daily yield on shares of the Fund computed by dividing the annualized daily income on the Fund's portfolio by the net asset value computed as above may tend to be higher than a similar computation made by using a method of valuation based upon market prices and estimates. In periods of rising interest rates, the opposite may be true.
The Fund's use of the amortized cost method of valuing portfolio instruments depends on its compliance with certain conditions in the Rule. Under the Rule, the Board must establish procedures reasonably designed to stabilize the net asset value per share, as computed for purposes of distribution and redemption, at $1.00 per share, taking into account current market conditions and the Fund's investment objective. The procedures include monitoring the relationship between the amortized cost value per share and the net asset value per share based upon available indications of market value. The Board will decide what, if any, steps should be taken if there is a difference of more than 0.5 of 1% between the two values. The Board will take any steps it considers appropriate (such as redemption in kind or shortening the average portfolio maturity) to minimize any material dilution or other unfair results arising from differences between the two methods of determining net asset value.
Under the Distributor's Contract with the Fund, the Distributor (Federated Securities Corp.) offers Shares on a continuous, best-efforts basis.
The Fund may pay Federated Shareholder Services Company, a subsidiary of Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), for providing shareholder services and maintaining shareholder accounts. Federated Shareholder Services Company may select others to perform these services for their customers and may pay them fees.
Investment professionals (such as broker/dealers or banks) may be paid fees, in significant amounts, out of the assets of the Distributor and/or Federated Shareholder Services Company (these fees do not come out of Fund assets). The Distributor and/or Federated Shareholder Services Company may be reimbursed by the Adviser or its affiliates.
Investment professionals receive such fees for providing distribution-related and/or shareholder services, such as advertising, providing incentives to their sales personnel, sponsoring other activities intended to promote sales and maintaining shareholder accounts. These payments may be based upon such factors as the number or value of Shares the investment professional sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; and/or the type and nature of sales or marketing support furnished by the investment professional.
Certain investment professionals may wish to use the transfer agent's subaccounting system to minimize their internal recordkeeping requirements. The transfer agent may charge a fee based on the level of subaccounting services rendered. Investment professionals holding Shares in a fiduciary, agency, custodial or similar capacity may charge or pass through subaccounting fees as part of or in addition to normal trust or agency account fees. They may also charge fees for other services that may be related to the ownership of Shares. This information should, therefore, be read together with any agreement between the customer and the investment professional about the services provided, the fees charged for those services and any restrictions and limitations imposed.
Although the Fund intends to pay Share redemptions in cash, it reserves the right, as described below, to pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a distribution of the Fund's portfolio securities.
Because the Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund is obligated to pay Share redemptions to any one shareholder in cash only up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets represented by such Share class during any 90-day period.
Any Share redemption payment greater than this amount will also be in cash unless the Fund's Board determines that payment should be in kind. In such a case, the Fund will pay all or a portion of the remainder of the redemption in portfolio securities, valued in the same way as the Fund determines its NAV. The portfolio securities will be selected in a manner that the Fund's Board deems fair and equitable and, to the extent available, such securities will be readily marketable.
Redemption in kind is not as liquid as a cash redemption. If redemption is made in kind, shareholders receiving the portfolio securities and selling them before their maturity could receive less than the redemption value of the securities and could incur certain transaction costs.
Under certain circumstances, shareholders may be held personally liable as partners under Massachusetts law for obligations of the Fund. To protect its shareholders, the Fund has filed legal documents with Massachusetts that expressly disclaim the liability of its shareholders for acts or obligations of the Fund.
In the unlikely event a shareholder is held personally liable for the Fund's obligations, the Fund is required by the Declaration of Trust to use its property to protect or compensate the shareholder. On request, the Fund will defend any claim made and pay any judgment against a shareholder for any act or obligation of the Fund. Therefore, financial loss resulting from liability as a shareholder will occur only if the Fund itself cannot meet its obligations to indemnify shareholders and pay judgments against them.
Each share of the Fund gives the shareholder one vote in Trustee elections and other matters submitted to shareholders for vote.
All Shares of the Trust have equal voting rights, except that in matters affecting only a particular Fund or class, only Shares of that Fund or class are entitled to vote.
Trustees may be removed by the Board or by shareholders at a special meeting. A special meeting of shareholders will be called by the Board upon the written request of shareholders who own at least 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares of all series entitled to vote.
The Fund intends to meet requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. If these requirements are not met, it will not receive special tax treatment and will pay federal income tax.
The Fund will be treated as a single, separate entity for federal income tax purposes so that income earned and capital gains and losses realized by the Trust's other portfolios will be separate from those realized by the Fund.
The Board is responsible for managing the Trust's business affairs and for exercising all the Trust's powers except those reserved for the shareholders. Information about each Board member is provided below and includes each person's: name, address, birth date, present position(s) held with the Trust, principal occupations for the past five years and positions held prior to the past five years, total compensation received as a Trustee from the Trust for its most recent fiscal year, and the total compensation received from the Federated Fund Complex for the most recent calendar year. The Trust is comprised of 40 funds and the Federated Fund Complex is comprised of 43 investment companies, whose investment advisers are affiliated with the Fund's Adviser.
As of May 5, 2000, the Fund's Board and Officers as a group owned less than 1% of the Fund's outstanding Shares.
|
Name |
|
Principal Occupations |
|
Aggregate |
|
Total |
|
John F. Donahue*†# |
|
Chief Executive Officer and Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Chairman and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman, Federated Investment Management Company, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd.; formerly: Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company and Chairman and Director, Federated Investment Counseling. |
|
$0 |
|
$0 for the Trust |
|
Thomas G. Bigley |
|
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Director, Member of Executive Committee, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Director, Robroy Industries, Inc. (coated steel conduits/computer storage equipment); formerly: Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP; Director, MED 3000 Group, Inc. (physician practice management); Director, Member of Executive Committee, University of Pittsburgh. |
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$565.01 |
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$116,760.63 for the Trust |
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John T. Conroy, Jr. |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; President, Investment Properties Corporation; Senior Vice President, John R. Wood and Associates, Inc., Realtors; Partner or Trustee in private real estate ventures in Southwest Florida; formerly: President, Naples Property Management, Inc. and Northgate Village Development Corporation. |
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$614.08 |
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$128,455.37 for the Trust |
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Nicholas P. Constantakis |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Director, Michael Baker Corporation (engineering, construction, operations and technical services); formerly: Partner, Andersen Worldwide SC. |
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$468.41 |
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$73,191.21 for the Trust |
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John F. Cunningham |
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Director or Trustee of some of the Federated Fund Complex; Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Cunningham & Co., Inc. (strategic business consulting);
Trustee Associate, Boston College; Director, Iperia Corp. (communications/software);
formerly: Director, Redgate Communications and EMC Corporation (computer storage
systems). |
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$558.17 |
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$93,190.48 for the Trust |
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Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.* |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; Medical Director, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center--Downtown; Hematologist, Oncologist and Internist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Member, National Board of Trustees, Leukemia Society of America. |
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$558.17 |
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$116,760.63 for the Trust |
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Peter E. Madden |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; formerly: Representative,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Court; President, State Street Bank and Trust
Company and State Street Corporation. |
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$395.12 |
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$109,153.60 for the Trust |
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Name |
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Principal Occupations |
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Aggregate |
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Total |
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Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. |
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Director or Trustee of some of the Federated Fund Complex; Executive Vice President,
Legal and External Affairs, Dugan Valva Contess, Inc. (marketing, communications,
technology and consulting); formerly: Management Consultant. |
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$581.89 |
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$102,573.91 for the Trust |
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John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D.# |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; President, Law Professor, Duquesne
University; Consulting Partner, Mollica & Murray; Director, Michael Baker Corp.
(engineering, construction, operations and technical services). |
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$607.25 |
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$128,455.37 for the Trust |
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Marjorie P. Smuts |
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Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Public
Relations/Marketing/Conference Planning. |
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$558.17 |
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$116,760.63 for the Trust |
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John S. Walsh |
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Director or Trustee of some of the Federated Fund Complex; President and Director, Heat Wagon, Inc. (manufacturer of construction temporary heaters); President and Director, Manufacturers Products, Inc. (distributor of portable construction heaters); President, Portable Heater Parts, a division of Manufacturers Products, Inc.; Director, Walsh & Kelly, Inc. (heavy highway contractor); formerly: Vice President, Walsh & Kelly, Inc. |
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$558.17 |
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$94,536.85 for the Trust |
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J. Christopher Donahue†* |
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President or Executive Vice President of the Federated Fund Complex; Director or Trustee of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company; Trustee, Federated Investment Counseling; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp.; President and Chief Executive Officer, Passport Research, Ltd.; Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company; Director, Federated Services Company; formerly: President, Federated Investment Counseling. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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Edward C. Gonzales |
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President, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; Vice Chairman, Federated Investors, Inc.; Trustee, Federated Administrative Services; formerly: Trustee or Director of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; CEO and Chairman, Federated Administrative Services; Vice President, Federated Investment Management Company, Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd.; Director and Executive Vice President, Federated Securities Corp.; Director, Federated Services Company; Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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John W. McGonigle |
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Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Federated Fund Complex; Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; formerly: Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company and Federated Investment Counseling; Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Services Company and Federated Securities Corp. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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Richard J. Thomas |
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Treasurer of the Federated Fund Complex; Senior Vice President, Federated Administrative Services; formerly: Vice President, Federated Administrative Services; held various management positions within Funds Financial Services Division of Federated Investors, Inc. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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Name |
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Principal Occupations |
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Aggregate |
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Total |
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Richard B. Fisher |
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President or Vice President of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; Vice Chairman, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman, Federated Securities Corp.; formerly: Director or Trustee of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex,; Executive Vice President, Federated Investors, Inc. and Director and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Securities Corp. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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William D. Dawson, III |
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Chief Investment Officer of this Fund and various other Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; Executive Vice President, Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Investment Management Company and Passport Research, Ltd.; Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Federated Investment Management Company; Registered Representative, Federated Securities Corp.; Portfolio Manager, Federated Administrative Services; Vice President, Federated Investors, Inc.; formerly: Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President, Federated Investment Counseling Institutional Portfolio Management Services Division; Senior Vice President, Federated Investment Management Company and Passport Research, Ltd. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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Deborah A. Cunningham |
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Deborah A. Cunningham is Vice President of the Trust. Ms. Cunningham joined Federated in 1981 and has been a Senior Portfolio Manager and a Senior Vice President of the Fund's Adviser since 1997. Ms. Cunningham served as a Portfolio Manager and a Vice President of the Adviser from 1993 through 1996. Ms. Cunningham is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received her M.B.A. in Finance from Robert Morris College. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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Mary Jo Ochson |
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Mary Jo Ochson is Vice President of the Trust. Ms. Ochson joined Federated in 1982 and has been a Senior Portfolio Manager and a Senior Vice President of the Fund's Adviser since 1996. From 1988 through 1995, Ms. Ochson served as a Portfolio Manager and a Vice President of the Fund's Adviser. Ms. Ochson is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received her M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh. |
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$0 |
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$0 for the Trust |
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* An asterisk denotes a Trustee who is deemed to be an interested person as defined in the 1940 Act.
# A pound sign denotes a Member of the Board's Executive Committee, which handles the Board's responsibilities between its meetings.
† Mr. Donahue is the father of J. Christopher Donahue, President and Trustee of the Trust.
The Adviser conducts investment research and makes investment decisions for the Fund.
The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of Federated.
The Adviser shall not be liable to the Fund or any Fund shareholder for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding, or sale of any security or for anything done or omitted by it, except acts or omissions involving willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties imposed upon it by its contract with the Fund.
The Adviser must waive the portion of its advisory fee that increases the Fund's aggregate annual operating expenses above 0.45% of its average daily net assets. The Fund's operating expenses include the advisory fee but exclude interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, expenses of registering the Fund and its shares under federal and state laws, expenses of withholding taxes, and extraordinary expenses.
Affiliates of the Adviser may, from time to time, provide certain electronic equipment and software to institutional customers in order to facilitate the purchase of Fund Shares offered by the Distributor.
As required by SEC rules, the Fund, its Adviser and its Distributor have adopted codes of ethics. These codes govern securities trading activities of investment personnel, Fund Trustees and certain other employees. Although they do permit these people to trade in securities, including those that the Fund could buy, they also contain significant safeguards designed to protect the Fund and its shareholders from abuses in this area, such as requirements to obtain prior approval for, and to report, particular transactions.
When selecting brokers and dealers to handle the purchase and sale of portfolio instruments, the Adviser looks for prompt execution of the order at a favorable price. The Adviser will generally use those who are recognized dealers in specific portfolio instruments, except when a better price and execution of the order can be obtained elsewhere. In selecting among firms believed to meet these criteria, the Adviser may give consideration to those firms which have sold or are selling Shares of the Fund and other funds distributed by the Distributor and its affiliates. The Adviser makes decisions on portfolio transactions and selects brokers and dealers subject to review by the Fund's Board.
Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other accounts managed by the Adviser. When the Fund and one or more of those accounts invests in, or disposes of, the same security, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated among the Fund and the account(s) in a manner believed by the Adviser to be equitable. While the coordination and ability to participate in volume transactions may benefit the Fund, it is possible that this procedure could adversely impact the price paid or received and/or the position obtained or disposed of by the Fund.
Federated Services Company, a subsidiary of Federated, provides administrative personnel and services (including certain legal and financial reporting services) necessary to operate the Fund. Federated Services Company provides these at the following annual rate of the average aggregate daily net assets of all Federated Funds as specified below:
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Maximum |
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Average Aggregate Daily |
|
0.150 of 1% |
|
on the first $250 million |
|
0.125 of 1% |
|
on the next $250 million |
|
0.100 of 1% |
|
on the next $250 million |
|
0.075 of 1% |
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on assets in excess of $750 million |
The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $125,000 per portfolio. Federated Services Company may voluntarily waive a portion of its fee and may reimburse the Fund for expenses.
Federated Services Company also provides certain accounting and recordkeeping services with respect to the Fund's portfolio investments for a fee based on Fund assets plus out-of-pocket expenses.
State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts, is custodian for the securities and cash of the Fund.
Federated Services Company, through its registered transfer agent subsidiary, Federated Shareholder Services Company, maintains all necessary shareholder records. The Fund pays the transfer agent a fee based on the size, type and number of accounts and transactions made by shareholders.
The independent auditor for the Fund, Deloitte & Touche LLP, plans and performs its audit so that it may provide an opinion as to whether the Fund's financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.
|
For the Year Ended March 31 |
|
2000 |
|
1999 |
|
1998 |
|
Advisory Fee Earned |
|
$1,358,972 |
|
$2,170,162 |
|
$1,762,293 |
|
|
||||||
|
Advisory Fee Reduction |
|
1,328,187 |
|
1,994,391 |
|
1,896,759 |
|
|
||||||
|
Administrative Fee |
|
256,085 |
|
409,076 |
|
371,211 |
|
|
||||||
|
Shareholder Services Fee |
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-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
|
||||||
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, fees paid by the Fund for services are prior to the Fund's reorganization as a portfolio of the Trust on April 30, 1999.
If the Fund's expenses are capped at a particular level, the cap does not include reimbursement to the Fund of any expenses incurred by shareholders who use the transfer agent's subaccounting facilities.
The Fund may advertise Share performance by using the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) standard method for calculating performance applicable to all mutual funds. The SEC also permits this standard performance information to be accompanied by non-standard performance information.
The performance of Shares depends upon such variables as: portfolio quality; average portfolio maturity; type and value of portfolio securities; changes in interest rates; changes or differences in the Fund's or any class of Shares' expenses; and various other factors.
Share performance fluctuates on a daily basis largely because net earnings fluctuate daily. Both net earnings and offering price per Share are factors in the computation of yield and total return.
Total returns are given for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended March 31, 2000.
Yield and Effective Yield are given for the 7-day period ended March 31, 2000.
|
|
|
7-Day Period |
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1 Year |
|
5 Years |
|
10 Years |
|
Total Return |
|
-- |
|
5.25% |
|
5.46% |
|
5.17% |
|
Yield |
|
5.91% |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
Effective Yield |
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6.08% |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
-- |
Performance of the Fund shown is prior to its reorganization as a portfolio of the Trust on April 30, 1999.
Total return represents the change (expressed as a percentage) in the value of Shares over a specific period of time, and includes the investment of income and capital gains distributions.
The average annual total return for Shares is the average compounded rate of return for a given period that would equate a $1,000 initial investment to the ending redeemable value of that investment. The ending redeemable value is computed by multiplying the number of Shares owned at the end of the period by the NAV per Share at the end of the period. The number of Shares owned at the end of the period is based on the number of Shares purchased at the beginning of the period with $1,000, less any applicable sales charge, adjusted over the period by any additional Shares, assuming the annual reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.
The yield of Shares is based upon the seven days ending on the day of the calculation, called the "base period." This yield is calculated by: determining the net change in the value of a hypothetical account with a balance of one Share at the beginning of the base period, with the net change excluding capital changes but including the value of any additional Shares purchased with dividends earned from the original one Share and all dividends declared on the original and any purchased Shares; dividing the net change in the account's value by the value of the account at the beginning of the base period to determine the base period return; and multiplying the base period return by 365/7. The effective yield is calculated by compounding the unannualized base-period return by: adding one to the base-period return, raising the sum to the 365/7th power; and subtracting one from the result.
To the extent investment professionals and broker/dealers charge fees in connection with services provided in conjunction with an investment in Shares, the Share performance is lower for shareholders paying those fees.
Advertising and sales literature may include:
The Fund may compare its performance, or performance for the types of securities in which it invests, to a variety of other investments, including federally insured bank products such as bank savings accounts, certificates of deposit and Treasury bills.
The Fund may quote information from reliable sources regarding individual countries and regions, world stock exchanges, and economic and demographic statistics.
You may use financial publications and/or indices to obtain a more complete view of Share performance. When comparing performance, you should consider all relevant factors such as the composition of the index used, prevailing market conditions, portfolio compositions of other funds, and methods used to value portfolio securities and compute offering price. The financial publications and/or indices which the Fund uses in advertising may include:
Ranks funds in various fund categories based on total return, which assumes the reinvestment of all income dividends and capital gains distributions, if any.
Publishes annualized yields of money market funds weekly. Donoghue's money market insight publication reports monthly and 12-month-to-date investment results for the same money funds.
A monthly magazine that regularly ranks money market funds in various categories based on the latest available seven-day effective yield.
Federated is dedicated to meeting investor needs by making structured, straightforward and consistent investment decisions. Federated investment products have a history of competitive performance and have gained the confidence of thousands of financial institutions and individual investors.
Federated's disciplined investment selection process is rooted in sound methodologies backed by fundamental and technical research. At Federated, success in investment management does not depend solely on the skill of a single portfolio manager. It is a fusion of individual talents and state-of-the-art industry tools and resources. Federated's investment process involves teams of portfolio managers and analysts, and investment decisions are executed by traders who are dedicated to specific market sectors and who handle trillions of dollars in annual trading volume.
In the municipal sector, as of December 31, 1999, Federated managed 12 bond funds with approximately $2.0 billion in assets and 24 money market funds with approximately $13.1 billion in total assets. In 1976, Federated introduced one of the first municipal bond mutual funds in the industry and is now one of the largest institutional buyers of municipal securities. The Funds may quote statistics from organizations including The Tax Foundation and the National Taxpayers Union regarding the tax obligations of Americans.
In the equity sector, Federated has more than 29 years' experience. As of December 31, 1999, Federated managed 53 equity funds totaling approximately $18.3 billion in assets across growth, value, equity income, international, index and sector (i.e. utility) styles. Federated's value-oriented management style combines quantitative and qualitative analysis and features a structured, computer-assisted composite modeling system that was developed in the 1970s.
In the corporate bond sector, as of December 31, 1999, Federated managed 13 money market funds and 29 bond funds with assets approximating $35.7 billion and $7.7 billion, respectively. Federated's corporate bond decision making--based on intensive, diligent credit analysis--is backed by over 27 years of experience in the corporate bond sector. In 1972, Federated introduced one of the first high-yield bond funds in the industry. In 1983, Federated was one of the first fund managers to participate in the asset backed securities market, a market totaling more than $209 billion.
In the government sector, as of December 31, 1999, Federated managed 9 mortgage backed, 11 government/agency and 16 government money market mutual funds, with assets approximating $4.7 billion, $1.6 billion and $34.1 billion, respectively. Federated trades approximately $450 million in U.S. government and mortgage backed securities daily and places approximately $25 billion in repurchase agreements each day. Federated introduced the first U.S. government fund to invest in U.S. government bond securities in 1969. Federated has been a major force in the short- and intermediate-term government markets since 1982 and currently manages approximately $43.8 billion in government funds within these maturity ranges.
In the money market sector, Federated gained prominence in the mutual fund industry in 1974 with the creation of the first institutional money market fund. Simultaneously, the company pioneered the use of the amortized cost method of accounting for valuing shares of money market funds, a principal means used by money managers today to value money market fund shares. Other innovations include the first institutional tax-free money market fund. As of December 31, 1999, Federated managed more than $83.0 billion in assets across 54 money market funds, including 16 government, 13 prime, 24 municipal and 1 euro-denominated with assets approximating $34.1 billion, $35.7 billion, $13.1 billion and $115 million, respectively.
The Chief Investment Officers responsible for oversight of the various investment sectors within Federated are: U.S. equity and high yield--J. Thomas Madden; U.S. fixed income--William D. Dawson, III; and global equities and fixed income--Henry A. Frantzen. The Chief Investment Officers are Executive Vice Presidents of the Federated advisory companies.
Thirty-seven percent of American households are pursuing their financial goals through mutual funds. These investors, as well as businesses and institutions, have entrusted over $5 trillion to the more than 7,300 funds available, according to the Investment Company Institute.
Federated distributes mutual funds through its subsidiaries for a variety of investment purposes. Specific markets include:
Federated meets the needs of approximately 1,160 institutional clients nationwide by managing and servicing separate accounts and mutual funds for a variety of purposes, including defined benefit and defined contribution programs, cash management, and asset/liability management. Institutional clients include corporations, pension funds, tax exempt entities, foundations/endowments, insurance companies, and investment and financial advisers. The marketing effort to these institutional clients is headed by John B. Fisher, President, Institutional Sales Division, Federated Securities Corp.
Other institutional clients include more than 1,600 banks and trust organizations. Virtually all of the trust divisions of the top 100 bank holding companies use Federated Funds in their clients' portfolios. The marketing effort to trust clients is headed by Timothy C. Pillion, Senior Vice President, Bank Marketing & Sales.
Federated Funds are available to consumers through major brokerage firms nationwide--we have over 2,200 broker/dealer and bank broker/dealer relationships across the country--supported by more wholesalers than any other mutual fund distributor. Federated's service to financial professionals and institutions has earned it high ratings in several surveys performed by DALBAR, Inc. DALBAR is recognized as the industry benchmark for service quality measurement. The marketing effort to these firms is headed by James F. Getz, President, Broker/Dealer Sales Division, Federated Securities Corp.
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15237-7000
Federated Securities Corp.
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
Federated Investment Management Company
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
State Street Bank and Trust Company
P.O. Box 8600
Boston, MA 02266-8600
Federated Shareholder Services Company
P.O. Box 8600
Boston, MA 02266-8600
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
Liquid Cash Trust Appendix
The graphic presentation displayed here consists of a bar chart representing the
annual total returns of Liquid Cash Trust, A portfolio of Money Market
Obligations Trust as of the calendar year-end for each of ten years. The `y'
axis reflects the "%Total Return" beginning with "0%" and increasing in
increments of 3 % up to 9%. The `x' axis represents calculation periods from the
calendar year ended 1990 through the calendar year ended December 31,1999. The
chart features ten distinct vertical bars, each shaded in charcoal, and each
visually representing by height the total return percentages for the calendar
year stated directly at its base. The calculated total return percentage for the
Fund for each calendar year is stated directly at the top of each respective
bar, for the calendar years 1990 through 1999. The percentages notes are 8.36%,
5.90%, 3.61%, 3.06%, 4.21%, 5.94%, 5.38%, 5.52%, 5.46%, and 5.02%, respectively.
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