CERTIFICATION | |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 | |
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 | |
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 | |
I, Kathryn S. Head, 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, 2008, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) 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: June 3, 2008 | |
/S/ KATHRYN S. HEAD | |
Kathryn S. Head | |
President and Principal Executive Officer, | |
First Investors Equity Funds | |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to First | |
Investors Equity Funds and will be retained by First Investors Equity Funds and furnished to the | |
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. |
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, 2008, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) 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: June 3, 2008 | ||
/S/ JOSEPH I. BENEDEK | ||
Joseph I. Benedek | ||
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, | ||
First Investors Equity Funds | ||
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to First | ||
Investors Equity Funds and will be retained by First Investors Equity Funds and furnished to the | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. |