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Filed by: Federated Equity Funds
Filed Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6 of the Securities Act of 1934
Subject Company: Prudent Bear Fund
Commission File No. 811-4017
Proxy Voting Instructions
Investors holding shares of the Prudent Bear or Prudent Global Income Fund on or prior to September 17, 2008 should have received a proxy statement outlining proposed reorganizations of those funds into new Federated mutual funds. If you feel you should have received a proxy but did not, please call your financial advisor or contact the proxy service at (866) 450-8469.
If you have your proxy, voting instructions and important identification information are included on the proxy card.
If you have your proxy card, voting may be done by phone by calling (866) 690-6903, or online by visiting www.proxyvote.com
The Funds’ Advisor, along with the Funds’ Board, believe these reorganizations are in our fund shareholders’ best interest, and ask that they review the proxy statement or view it online via this link.
Your vote is very important to us, no matter how many shares you own, so please cast your vote today!
