EX-99.B(A)(40) 2 a09-14518_1ex99dba40.htm EX-99.B(A)(40)

Exhibit 99.B(a)(40)

 

ING EQUITY TRUST

 

Amended Establishment and Designation of

Series and Classes of Shares of Beneficial

Interest, Par Value $0.01 Per Share

 

Effective: June 1, 2009

 

The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of ING Equity Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), acting pursuant to Article V, Sections 5.11 and 5.13 and Article VIII, Section 8.3 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated February 25, 2003, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”), hereby amend the Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes to establish Class W shares for ING Equity Dividend Fund and ING MidCap Opportunities Fund, as follows:

 

A.           Paragraph 1 of the Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes, dated  November 19, 2007, is hereby amended as follows:

1.                                      The Fund shall be designated ING Equity Dividend Fund.  The Classes thereof shall be designated as follows:

 

ING Equity Dividend Fund Class A

ING Equity Dividend Fund Class B

ING Equity Dividend Fund Class C

ING Equity Dividend Fund Class I

ING Equity Dividend Fund Class W

 

B.            Paragraph 1 of the Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes, dated July 29, 1998, as amended November 1, 1999, November 16, 1999, February 20, 2002 and May 30, 2008, is hereby further amended as follows:

 

1.                                      The Fund shall be designated ING MidCap Opportunities Fund.  The Classes thereof shall be designated as follows:  ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class A, ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class B, ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class C, ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class I, ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class O, ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class Q and ING MidCap Opportunities Fund Class W.

 


 

                                                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have this day signed this Amended Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes.

 

 

/s/ Colleen D. Baldwin

 

/s/ J. Michael Earley

Colleen D. Baldwin, as Trustee

 

J. Michael Earley, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John V. Boyer

 

/s/ Patrick W. Kenny

John V. Boyer, as Trustee

 

Patrick W. Kenny, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick

 

/s/ Shaun P. Mathews

Patricia W. Chadwick, as Trustee

 

Shaun P. Mathews, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert W. Crispin

 

/s/ Sheryl K. Pressler

Robert W. Crispin, as Trustee

 

Sheryl K. Pressler, as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Peter S. Drotch

 

/s/ Roger B. Vincent

Peter S. Drotch, as Trustee

 

Roger B. Vincent, as Trustee