Exhibit 1.3
STATE of DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE of TRUST
This Certificate of Trust of Federated MDT Equity Trust (“Trust”) is being duly executed and filed in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (Title 12 of the Delaware Code, Section 3801 et seq.) and sets forth the following:
First: The name of the Trust is: Federated MDT Equity Trust
Second: The name and address of the Registered Agent in the State of Delaware is:
Corporation Service Company
251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, DE 19808
Third: | The Trust is or will become, prior to or within 180 days following the first issuance of beneficial interests, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. (15 U.S.C. §§ 80-a-1 et seq.). |
Fourth: | Notice is hereby given that the Trust shall consist of one or more series. Pursuant to Section 3804 of the Act, the debts, liabilities, obligations , costs, charges, reserves and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series, whether such series is now authorized and existing pursuant to the governing instrument of the Trust or is hereafter authorized and existing pursuant to said governing instrument, shall be enforceable against the assets associated with such series only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or any other series thereof, and, except as otherwise provided in the governing instrument of the Trust, none of the debts, liabilities, obligations, costs, charges, reserves and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the Trust generally or any other series thereof shall be enforceable against the assets of such series. |
Fifth: | This Certificate shall be effective upon the filing with and acceptance by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees named below do hereby execute this Certificate of Trust as of the 12th day of July, 2017.
By:
/s/ John T. Collins John T. Collins | /s/ J. Christopher Donahue J. Christopher Donahue |
/s/ John B. Fisher John B. Fisher |
/s/ G. Thomas Hough G. Thomas Hough |
/s/ Maureen Lally-Green Maureen Lally-Green |
/s/ Peter E. Madden Peter E. Madden |
/s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. |
/s/ Thomas M. O’Neill Thomas M. O’Neill |
/s/ P. Jerome Richey P. Jerome Richey |
/s/ John S. Walsh John S. Walsh |