1933 Act File No. 2-91090
1940 Act File No. 811-4017

 

Form N-1A

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  
       
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.    
       
  Post-Effective Amendment No.   129
 
and/or
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  
       
  Amendment No.   123
         

 

 

 

FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Federated Investors Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

John W. McGonigle, Esquire

Federated Investors Tower

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
   
X immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (b)
  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  on   pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
   
  This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 11th day of January, 2013.

FEDERATED EQUITY FUNDS

BY: /s/ Todd P. Zerega

Todd P. Zerega, Assistant Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:

 

NAME TITLE DATE
BY:  /s/ Todd P. Zerega
Todd P. Zerega
Assistant Secretary
Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below January 11 , 2013
John F. Donahue * Trustee  
J. Christopher Donahue * President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)  
Richard A. Novak* Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)  
John F. Cunningham* Trustee  
Maureen Lally-Green* Trustee  
Peter E. Madden* Trustee  
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.* Trustee  
Thomas O’Neill* Trustee  
John S. Walsh* Trustee  
*By Power of Attorney    

 

 

 
 

 

Federated Capital Appreciation Fund

Federated Kaufmann Fund

Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund

Federated Kaufmann Small Cap Fund

Federated Prudent Absolute Return Fund

Federated Strategic Value Dividend Fund

Portfolios of Federated Equity Funds

Post-Effective Amendment No. 129

This Post-Effective Amendment is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL Interactive Data File exhibits for the Risk/Return Summaries of the above-named Funds filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 128 on December 28, 2012. The exhibits filed herewith do not constitute the complete publicly filed disclosure for the Funds, and should be used in conjunction with the complete prospectuses for the Funds.

 

Exhibit List for Interactive Data File Submissions.

 

 

EX-101.INS INSTANCE
EX-101.SCH SCHEMA
EX-101.CAL CALCULATION LINKBASE
EX-101.DEF DEFINITION LINKBASE
EX-101.LAB LABEL LINKBASE
EX-101.PRE PRESENTATION LINKBASE