EX-99.B(A)(77) 2 a17-13877_1ex99dba77.htm EX-99.B(A)(77)

Exhibit (a)(77)

 

VOYA EQUITY TRUST

 

Amended Certificate of Establishment and Designation of

Series and Classes of Shares of Beneficial

Interest, Par Value $0.01 Per Share

 

Effective: March 3, 2017

 

The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of Voya Equity Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), acting pursuant to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated February 25, 2003, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”), including Article V, Section 5.13 and Article VIII, Section 8.3 of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, hereby amend the Certificate of Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes to establish Class T shares for Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Voya Growth Opportunities Fund, formerly, ING Growth Opportunities Fund, formerly, ING LargeCap Growth Fund) and Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund (formerly, ING SmallCap Opportunities Fund), as follows:

 

A.            Paragraph 2 of the Certificate of Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes with respect to Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund, dated July 10, 2002, as amended January 26, 2009, September 30, 2009, December 7, 2009, July 1, 2011, May 1, 2014, April 24, 2015, and October 23, 2015, is hereby further amended as follows:

 

1.                                      The Classes of the Fund shall be designated as follows:

 

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class A;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class B;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class C;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class I;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class R;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class R6;

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class T; and

Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund Class W

 

B.            Paragraph 2 of the Certificate of Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes with respect to Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund, dated July 10, 2002, as amended November 19, 2007, December 7, 2009, July 1, 2011, May 22, 2013, May 1, 2014, and March 1, 2017, is hereby further amended as follows:

 

1.                                      The Classes of the Fund shall be designated as follows:

 

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund:

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class A;

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class B;

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class C;

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class I;

 



 

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class R;

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class R6;

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class T; and

Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class W

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Amended Certificate of Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes this 12th day of January, 2017.

 

 

/s/ Colleen D. Baldwin

 

/s/ Patrick W. Kenny

Colleen D. Baldwin, as Trustee

 

Patrick W. Kenny, as Trustee

 

 

 

/s/ John V. Boyer

 

/s/ Shaun P. Mathews

John V. Boyer, as Trustee

 

Shaun P. Mathews, as Trustee

 

 

 

/s/ Patricia W. Chadwick

 

/s/ Joseph E. Obermeyer

Patricia W. Chadwick, as Trustee

 

Joseph E. Obermeyer, as Trustee

 

 

 

/s/ Peter S. Drotch

 

/s/ Sheryl K. Pressler

Peter S. Drotch, as Trustee

 

Sheryl K. Pressler, as Trustee

 

 

 

/s/ Martin J. Gavin

 

/s/ Christopher P. Sullivan

Martin J. Gavin, as Trustee

 

Christopher P. Sullivan, as Trustee

 

 

 

/s/ Russell H. Jones

 

/s/ Roger B. Vincent

Russell H. Jones, as Trustee

 

Roger B. Vincent, as Trustee