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, 2009, 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 8, 2009 

By: /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, 2009, 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 8, 2009 

By: /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.