Exhibit (a)(4) DWS EQUITY TRUST  Amended and Restated Establishment and Designation of Series and Classes of Shares of Beneficial Interest, With $0.01 Par Value  WHEREAS, the Trustees of DWS Equity Trust (the Trust), acting pursuant to the Trusts Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the Declaration), dated September 4, 2008, as amended, had previously established and designated one or more series of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust (each, a Series composed of Shares) pursuant to one or more designations of series (the Prior Series Designations) and had previously established and designated one or more classes of Shares (each, a Class) for some or all of the Series pursuant to one or more designations of classes (the Prior Class Designations, such Prior Series Designations and Prior Class Designations referred to herein collectively as the Prior Designations); NOW THEREFORE, the Trustees of the Trust, effective upon filing, hereby amend and restate the Trusts Prior Designations, the terms of which to supersede any terms set forth in the Prior Designations: 1.        The following Series of Shares and Classes thereof are established and designated, the Shares, with $0.01 par value, of such Series and Classes to be subject to the terms of, and entitled to all the rights and preferences accorded to Shares of a Series, and, if applicable, a Class under, the Declaration and this restated designation:  DWS Alternative Asset Allocation Plus Fund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class  DWS Core Plus Allocation Fund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class  DWS Disciplined Long/Short GrowthFund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class
    
  DWS Disciplined Long/Short ValueFund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class
  DWS Disciplined Market Neutral Fund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class
  DWS Select Alternative Allocation Fund Class A Class C Class S Institutional Class
  2.        For Shares of a Class of a Series, the relative rights and preferences of such Class shall be as determined by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time in accordance with the Declaration and set forth in the Trusts Multi-Distribution System Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as such Plan may be amended from time to time, or as otherwise required by applicable law.  The Shares of a Class of a Series shall have such other terms, features and qualifications as may be determined by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time in accordance with the Declaration and set forth in the current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Series relating to such Class, contained in the Trusts registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such
prospectus or statement of additional information may be further supplemented from time to time. 3.        The designation of the Series and Classes hereby shall not impair the power of the Trustees from time to time to designate additional Series and Classes of Shares of the Trust.  [REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, have executed this instrument as of this 22nd day of January 2009.  /s/John W. Ballantine
        
        /s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.John W. Ballantine, Trustee
        
        Henry P. Becton, Jr., Trustee/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
        
        /s/Keith R. FoxDawn-Marie Driscoll, Trustee
        
        Keith R. Fox, Trustee/s/Paul K. Freeman
        
        /s/Kenneth C. FroewissPaul K. Freeman, Trustee
        
        Kenneth C. Froewiss, Trustee/s/Richard J. Herring
        
        /s/William McClaytonRichard J. Herring, Trustee
        
        William McClayton, Trustee/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
        
        /s/Axel SchwarzerRebecca W. Rimel, Trustee
        
        Axel Schwarzer, Trustee/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
        
        /s/Jean Gleason StrombergWilliam N. Searcy, Jr., Trustee
        
        Jean Gleason Stromberg, Trustee/s/Robert H. WadsworthRobert H. Wadsworth, Trustee