EXHIBIT D UNDER FORM N-1A
EXHIBIT 10 UNDER ITEM 601/REG.S-K
FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
This Contract is made this 1st day of March, 2007, between FEDERATED GLOBAL
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP., a = "corporation" " " "" Delaware business
corporation having its principal place of business in New York, New York (the
"Adviser"), and FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS, a= "corporation" "" "" Massachusetts
business trust having its principal place of business in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (the "Trust").
WHEREAS the TRUST is an open-end Investment Management company as that
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is
registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
WHEREAS Adviser is engaged in the business of rendering investment
advisory and management services.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. The Trust hereby appoints Adviser as Investment Adviser for each of
the portfolios ("Funds") of the Trust which executes an exhibit to this
Contract, and Adviser accepts the appointments. Subject to the direction of the
Trustees, Adviser shall provide investment research and supervision of the
investments of the Funds and conduct a continuous program of investment
evaluation and of appropriate sale or other disposition and reinvestment of each
Fund's assets.
2. Adviser, in its supervision of the investments of each of the Funds
will be guided by each of the Fund's investment objective and policies and the
provisions and restrictions contained in the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of
the Trust and as set forth in the Registration Statements and exhibits as may be
on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3. Each Fund shall pay or cause to be paid all of its own expenses and
its allocable share of Trust expenses, including, without limitation, the
expenses of organizing the Trust and continuing its existence; fees and expenses
of Trustees and officers of the Trust; fees for investment advisory services and
administrative personnel and services; expenses incurred in the distribution of
its shares ("Shares"), including expenses of administrative support services;
fees and expenses of preparing and printing its Registration Statements under
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and any amendments thereto; expenses of registering and qualifying the TRUST,
the Funds, and Shares of the Funds under federal and state laws and regulations;
expenses of preparing, printing, and distributing prospectuses (and any
amendments thereto) to shareholders; interest expense, taxes, fees, and
commissions of every kind; expenses of issue (including cost of Share
certificates), purchase, repurchase, and redemption of Shares, including
expenses attributable to a program of periodic issue; charges and expenses of
custodians, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, shareholder servicing
agents, and registrars; printing and mailing costs, auditing, accounting, and
legal expenses; reports to shareholders and governmental officers and
commissions; expenses of meetings of TRUSTEES and shareholders and proxy
solicitations therefor; insurance expenses; association membership dues and such
nonrecurring items as may arise, including all losses and liabilities incurred
in administering the TRUST and the Funds. Each Fund will also pay its allocable
share of such extraordinary expenses as may arise including expenses incurred in
connection with litigation, proceedings, and claims and the legal obligations of
the Trust to indemnify its officers and Trustees and agents with respect
thereto.
4. Each of the Funds shall pay to Adviser, for all services rendered
to each Fund by Adviser hereunder, the fees set forth in the exhibits attached
hereto.
5. The net asset value of each Fund's Shares as used herein will be
calculated to the nearest 1/10th of one cent.
6. The Adviser may from time to time and for such periods as it deems
appropriate reduce its compensation (and, if appropriate, assume expenses of one
or more of the Funds) to the extent that any Fund's expenses exceed such lower
expense limitation as the Adviser may, by notice to the Fund, voluntarily
declare to be effective.
7. This Contract shall begin for each Fund as of the date of execution
of the applicable exhibit and shall continue in effect with respect to each Fund
presently set forth on an exhibit (and any subsequent Funds added pursuant to an
exhibit during the initial term of this Contract) for two years from the date of
this Contract set forth above and thereafter for successive periods of one year,
subject to the provisions for termination and all of the other terms and
conditions hereof if: (a) such continuation shall be specifically approved at
least annually by the vote of a majority of the TRUSTEES of the Trust, including
a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to this Contract or interested
persons of any such party cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose;
and (b) Adviser shall not have notified a Fund in writing at least sixty (60)
days prior to the anniversary date of this Contract in any year thereafter that
it does not desire such continuation with respect to that Fund. If a Fund is
added after the first approval by the Trustees as described above, this Contract
will be effective as to that Fund upon execution of the applicable exhibit and
will continue in effect until the next annual approval of this Contract by the
Trustees and thereafter for successive periods of one year, subject to approval
as described above.
8. Notwithstanding any provision in this Contract, it may be
terminated at any time with respect to any Fund, without the payment of any
penalty, by the Trustees of the TrusT or by a vote of the shareholders of that
Fund on sixty (60) days' written notice to Adviser.
9. This Contract may not be assigned by Adviser and shall
automatically terminate in the event of any assignment. Adviser may employ or
contract with such other person, persons, corporation, or corporations at its
own cost and expense as it shall determine in order to assist it in carrying out
this Contract.
10. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence,
or reckless disregard of the obligations or duties under this Contract on the
part of Adviser, Adviser shall not be liable to the TRUST or to any of the Funds
or to any shareholder for any act or omission in the course of or connected in
any way with rendering services or for any losses that may be sustained in the
purchase, holding, or sale of any security.
11. This Contract may be amended at any time by agreement of the
parties provided that the amendment shall be approved both by the vote of a
majority of the Trustees of the Trust including a majority of the Trustees who
are not parties to this Contract or interested persons of any such party to this
Contract (other than as Trustees of the Trust) cast in person at a meeting
called for that purpose, and, where required by Section 15(a)(2) of the Act, on
behalf of a Fund by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund
as defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the Act.
12. The Adviser acknowledges that all sales literature for investment
companies (such as the Trust) are subject to strict regulatory oversight. The
Adviser agrees to submit any proposed sales literature for the Trust (or any
Fund) or for itself or its affiliates which mentions the Trust (or any Fund) to
the Trust's distributor for review and filing with the appropriate regulatory
authorities prior to the public release of any such sales literature, provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be construed so as to create any obligation
or duty on the part of the Adviser to produce sales literature for the Trust (or
any Fund). The Trust agrees to cause its distributor to promptly review all such
sales literature to ensure compliance with relevant requirements, to promptly
advise Adviser of any deficiencies contained in such sales literature, to
promptly file complying sales literature with the relevant authorities, and to
cause such sales literature to be distributed to prospective investors in the
Trust.
13. Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of
liability as set forth in Article XI of the Declaration of Trust and agrees that
the obligations pursuant to this Contract of a particular Fund and of the Trust
with respect to that particular Fund be limited solely to the assets of that
particular Fund, and Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation
from any other Fund, the shareholders of any Fund, the Trustees, officers,
employees or agents of the Trust, or any of them.
14. The Trust and the Funds are hereby expressly put on notice of the
limitation of liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust of the Adviser
and agree that the obligations assumed by the Adviser pursuant to this Contract
shall be limited in any case to the Adviser and its assets and, except to the
extent expressly permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
the Trust and the Funds shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from
the shareholders of the Adviser, the Trustees, officers, employees, or agents of
the Adviser, or any of them.
15. Adviser agrees to maintain the security and confidentiality of
nonpublic personal information (NPI") of Fund customers and consumers, as those
terms are defined in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇ Part 248. Adviser agrees to use and
redisclose such NPI for the limited purposes of processing and servicing
transactions; for specific law enforcement and miscellaneous purposes; and to
service providers or in connection with joint marketing arrangements directed by
the Fund(s), in each instance in furtherance of fulfilling Adviser's obligations
under this Contract and consistent with the exceptions provided in 17 CFR
Sections 248.14, 248.15 and 248.13, respectively.
16. The parties hereto acknowledge that Federated Investors, Inc., has
reserved the right to grant the non-exclusive use of the name "Federated Equity
Funds" or any derivative thereof to any other investment company, investment
company portfolio, investment adviser, distributor or other business enterprise,
and to withdraw from the Trust and one or more of the Funds the use of the name
"Federated Equity Funds". The name "Federated Equity Funds" will continue to be
used by the Trust and each Fund so long as such use is mutually agreeable to
Federated Investors, Inc. and the Trust.
17. This Contract shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
18. This Contract will become binding on the parties hereto upon their
execution of the attached exhibits to this Contract.
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Federated Atlas Fund changed its name to Federated Intercontinental Fund prior
to effectiveness.
EXHIBIT A
to the
Investment Advisory Contract
FEDERATED ATLAS FUND
For all services rendered by Adviser hereunder, the above-named Fund of
the FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS shall pay to Adviser and Adviser agrees to accept as
full compensation for all services rendered hereunder, an annual investment
advisory fee equal to 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
The portion of the fee based upon the average daily net assets of the
Fund shall be accrued daily at the rate of 1/365th of 1.00 of 1% applied to the
daily net assets of the Fund.
The advisory fee so accrued shall be paid to Adviser daily.
Witness the due execution hereof this 1st day of March, 2007.
FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
By: /s/ J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
FEDERATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President & CEO
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, dated as of March 1, 2007, that
FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS, a business trust duly organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "TRUST"), does hereby nominate, constitute
and appoint FEDERATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP., a business corporation
duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Adviser"), to act
hereunder as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the Trust, acting
on behalf of each of the series portfolios for which the Adviser acts as
investment adviser shown on Schedule 1 attached hereto and incorporated by
reference herein (each such series portfolio being hereinafter referred to as a
"Fund" and collectively as the "Funds"), for the specific purpose of executing
and delivering all such agreements, instruments, contracts, assignments, bond
powers, stock powers, transfer instructions, receipts, waivers, consents and
other documents, and performing all such acts, as the Adviser may deem necessary
or reasonably desirable, related to the acquisition, disposition and/or
reinvestment of the funds and assets of a Fund of the Trust in accordance with
Adviser's supervision of the investment, sale and reinvestment of the funds and
assets of each Fund pursuant to the authority granted to the Adviser as
investment adviser of each Fund under that certain investment advisory contract
dated March 1, 2007 by and between the Adviser and the Trust (such investment
advisory contract, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time is hereinafter referred to as the "Investment Advisory Contract").
The Adviser shall exercise or omit to exercise the powers and
authorities granted herein in each case as the Adviser in its sole and absolute
discretion deems desirable or appropriate under existing circumstances. The
Trust hereby ratifies and confirms as good and effectual, at law or in equity,
all that the Adviser, and its officers and employees, may do by virtue hereof.
However, despite the above provisions, nothing herein shall be construed as
imposing a duty on the Adviser to act or assume responsibility for any matters
referred to above or other matters even though the Adviser may have power or
authority hereunder to do so. Nothing in this Limited Power of Attorney shall
be construed (i) to be an amendment or modifications of, or supplement to, the
Investment Advisory Contract, (ii) to amend, modify, limit or denigrate any
duties, obligations or liabilities of the Adviser under the terms of the
Investment Advisory Contract or (iii) exonerate, relieve or release the Adviser
any losses, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments and suits and other
costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Adviser (x) under the terms of
the Investment Advisory Contract or (y) at law, or in equity, for the
performance of its duties as the investment adviser of any of the Funds.
The Trust hereby agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Adviser
and its Trustees, officers and employees (each of the foregoing an "Indemnified
Party" and collectively the "Indemnified Parties") against and from any and all
losses, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments and suits and other costs,
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against an Indemnified Party, other than as a
consequence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an
Indemnified Party, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Power of
Attorney or any other agreement, instrument or document executed in connection
with the exercise of the authority granted to the Adviser herein to act on
behalf of the Trust, including without limitation the reasonable costs, expenses
and disbursements in connection with defending such Indemnified Party against
any claim or liability related to the exercise or performance of any of the
Adviser's powers or duties under this Limited Power of Attorney or any of the
other agreements, instruments or documents executed in connection with the
exercise of the authority granted to the Adviser herein to act on behalf of the
Trust, or the taking of any action under or in connection with any of the
foregoing. The obligations of the Trust under this paragraph shall survive the
termination of this Limited Power of Attorney with respect to actions taken by
the Adviser on behalf of the Trust during the term of this Limited Power of
Attorney. No Fund shall have any joint or several obligations with any other
Fund to reimburse or indemnify an Indemnified Party for any action, event,
matter or occurrence performed or omitted by or on behalf of the Adviser in its
capacity as agent or attorney-in-fact of Trust acting on behalf of any other
Fund hereunder.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity dealing
with the Adviser in its capacity as attorney-in-fact hereunder for the Trust is
hereby expressly put on notice that the Adviser is acting solely in the capacity
as an agent of the Trust and that any such person, partnership, corporation or
other legal entity must look solely to the Trust in question for enforcement of
any claim against the Trust, as the Adviser assumes no personal liability
whatsoever for obligations of the Trust entered into by the Adviser in its
capacity as attorney-in-fact for the Trust.
Each person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity which
deals with a Fund of the Trust through the Adviser in its capacity as agent and
attorney-in-fact of the Trust, is hereby expressly put on notice (i) that all
persons or entities dealing with the Trust must look solely to the assets of the
Fund of the Trust on whose behalf the Adviser is acting pursuant to its powers
hereunder for enforcement of any claim against the Trust, as the Trustees,
officers and/or agents of such Trust, the shareholders of the various classes of
shares of the Trust and the other Funds of the Trust assume no personal
liability whatsoever for obligations entered into on behalf of such Fund of the
Trust, and (ii) that the rights, liabilities and obligations of any one Fund are
separate and distinct from those of any other Fund of the Trust.
The execution of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Trust acting
on behalf of the several Funds shall not be deemed to evidence the existence of
any express or implied joint undertaking or appointment by and among any or all
of the Funds. Liability for or recourse under or upon any undertaking of the
Adviser pursuant to the power or authority granted to the Adviser under this
Limited Power of Attorney under any rule of law, statute or constitution or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or by legal or equitable
proceedings or otherwise shall be limited only to the assets of the Fund of the
Trust on whose behalf the Adviser was acting pursuant to the authority granted
hereunder.
The Trust hereby agrees that no person, partnership, corporation or
other legal entity dealing with the Adviser shall be bound to inquire into the
Adviser's power and authority hereunder and any such person, partnership,
corporation or other legal entity shall be fully protected in relying on such
power or authority unless such person, partnership, corporation or other legal
entity has received prior written notice from the Trust that this Limited Power
of Attorney has been revoked. This Limited Power of Attorney shall be revoked
and terminated automatically upon the cancellation or termination of the
Investment Advisory Contract between the Trust and the Adviser. Except as
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the powers and authorities
herein granted may be revoked or terminated by the Trust at any time provided
that no such revocation or termination shall be effective until the Adviser has
received actual notice of such revocation or termination in writing from the
Trust.
This Limited Power of Attorney constitutes the entire agreement
between the Trust and the Adviser, may be changed only by a writing signed by
both of them, and shall bind and benefit their respective successors and
assigns; provided, however, the Adviser shall have no power or authority
hereunder to appoint a successor or substitute attorney in fact for the Trust.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without reference
to principles of conflicts of laws. If any provision hereof, or any power or
authority conferred upon the Adviser herein, would be invalid or unexercisable
under applicable law, then such provision, power or authority shall be deemed
modified to the extent necessary to render it valid or exercisable while most
nearly preserving its original intent, and no provision hereof, or power or
authority conferred upon the Adviser herein, shall be affected by the invalidity
or the non-exercisability of another provision hereof, or of another power or
authority conferred herein.
This Limited Power of Attorney may be executed in as many identical
counterparts as may be convenient and by the different parties hereto on
separate counterparts. This Limited Power of Attorney shall become binding on
the Trust when the Trust shall have executed at least one counterpart and the
Adviser shall have accepted its appointment by executing this Limited Power of
Attorney. Immediately after the execution of a counterpart original of this
Limited Power of Attorney and solely for the convenience of the parties hereto,
the Trust and the Adviser will execute sufficient counterparts so that the
Adviser shall have a counterpart executed by it and the Trust, and the Trust
shall have a counterpart executed by the Trust and the Adviser. Each
counterpart shall be deemed an original and all such taken together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument, and it shall not be necessary in
making proof of this Limited Power of Attorney to produce or account for more
than one such counterpart.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first
written above.
FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
By: /s/ J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: J. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
Accepted and agreed to this
1st day of March, 2007
FEDERATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President and CEO
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Schedule 1
to Limited Power of Attorney
dated as of MARCH 1, 2007
by FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS
(the Trust"), acting on
behalf of each of the series portfolios
listed below, and appointing
FEDERATED GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP.
the attorney-in-fact of the
TRUST
List of Series Portfolios
Federated Intercontinental Fund
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