0001145549-21-060069.txt : 20211013 0001145549-21-060069.hdr.sgml : 20211013 20211013101404 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-21-060069 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211013 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211013 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20211013 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes MDT Series CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001363526 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21904 FILM NUMBER: 211320356 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FEDERATED INVESTORS FUNDS STREET 2: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 412-288-1900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FEDERATED INVESTORS FUNDS STREET 2: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated MDT Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060519 0001363526 S000012967 Federated Hermes MDT All Cap Core Fund C000035043 Class A Shares QAACX C000035044 Class C Shares QCACX C000035045 Institutional Shares QIACX C000043497 Class R6 Shares QKACX 0001363526 S000012969 Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Growth Fund C000035049 Class A Shares QALGX C000035050 Class C Shares QCLGX C000035051 Institutional Shares QILGX C000049171 Class B Shares QBLGX 0001363526 S000012971 Federated Hermes MDT Balanced Fund C000035055 Class A Shares QABGX C000035056 Class C Shares QCBGX C000035057 Institutional Shares QIBGX C000043498 Class R6 Shares QKBGX 0001363526 S000012972 Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund C000035058 Class A Shares QASCX C000035059 Class C Shares QCSCX C000035060 Institutional Shares QISCX C000170839 Class R6 Shares QLSCX 0001363526 S000012973 Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund C000035061 Class A Shares QASGX C000035062 Class C Shares QCSGX C000035063 Institutional Shares QISGX C000170840 Class R6 Shares QLSGX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001363526 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A true Federated Hermes MDT Series 811-21904 0001363526 254900ZW3CXBDK3XPE89 Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 US-PA US 8003417400 Federated Hermes MDT Series Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 8003417400 Registrant - All records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated Administrative Services 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Administrator - Records include but are not limited to those related to calculation of NAV, income and expense accruals, securities pricing, preparation of regulatory documents, financial books and records, performance calculations and tax related documents. Federated Securities Corp. 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Distributor - Records include but are not limited to trade blotters, asset and liability ledgers, income and expense ledgers, capital account ledgers, customer account ledgers, securities records, order tickets and trade confirmations. Federated Advisory Services Company 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated MDTA LLC 125 High Street Oliver Street Tower, 21st Floor Boston 02110-2704 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Iron Street Boston 02110 6177863000 Custodian - Fund securities and cash records State Street Bank and Trust Company P.O. Box 219318 Kansas City 64121-9318 8168714100 Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent - Fund shareholder records Federated Investment Management Company 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Sub Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. N N N-1A 5 Y J. Christopher Donahue 000814703 Y John T. Collins N/A N G. Thomas Hough N/A N Maureen Lally-Green N/A N Charles F. Mansfield Jr. N/A N Thomas M. O'Neill N/A N P. Jerome Richey N/A N John S. Walsh N/A N Madelyn A. Reilly N/A N John B. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

  

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of 

Federated Hermes MDT Series: 

  

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Federated Hermes MDT All Cap Core Fund, Federated Hermes MDT Balanced Fund, Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Growth Fund, Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund and Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) (five of the portfolios constituting Federated Hermes MDT Series) as of and for the year ended July 31, 2021, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.   

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.  

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

  

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing 

their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.  

  

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of July 31, 2021. 

  

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. 

  

                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP 

  

Boston, Massachusetts 

September 23, 2021