0001145549-23-036230.txt : 20230606 0001145549-23-036230.hdr.sgml : 20230606 20230606153925 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-23-036230 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230606 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Project & Trade Finance Tender Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001677615 IRS NUMBER: 812971155 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23174 FILM NUMBER: 23995974 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 1-800-341-7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Project & Trade Finance Tender Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20160620 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001677615 XXXXXXXX true false false N-2 Federated Hermes Project & Trade Finance Tender Fund 811-23174 0001677615 254900KZZTQ7NIF5KQ63 Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 US-PA US 8003417400 Federated Hermes Project & Trade Finance Tender Fund 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. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund (the Fund), as of and for the year ended March 31, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's 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 Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Management of the Fund 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 generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). 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 GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the 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 a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's 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 Fund's 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 March 31, 2023.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and the Board of Trustees of Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund 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/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
May 24, 2023