CERTIFICATION |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 |
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 |
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 |
I, Christopher H. Pinkerton, President and Principal Executive Officer of First Investors Equity |
Funds (the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to |
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge: |
1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of First Investors Equity Funds for the six |
months ended March 31, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as |
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the |
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. |
Dated: May 30, 2012 |
By: /S/ CHRISTOPHER H. PINKERTON |
Christopher H. Pinkerton |
President and Principal Executive Officer, |
First Investors Equity Funds |
CERTIFICATION |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 |
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 |
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 |
I, Joseph I. Benedek, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of First Investors Equity Funds |
(the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to Section |
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge: |
1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of First Investors Equity Funds for the six |
months ended March 31, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as |
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the |
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. |
Dated: May 30, 2012 |
By: /S/ JOSEPH I. BENEDEK |
Joseph I. Benedek |
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, |
First Investors Equity Funds |