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Federated Hermes International Equity Fund
Portfolio of Investments
February 28, 2021 (unaudited)
Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—97.5%
 
 
 
Argentina—1.7%
 
53,047
1
Globant SA
$11,390,252
10,343
1
Mercadolibre, Inc.
16,942,972
 
 
TOTAL
28,333,224
 
 
Australia—0.9%
 
93,823
1
Afterpay Ltd.
8,597,345
750,369
 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.
5,817,253
 
 
TOTAL
14,414,598
 
 
Austria—0.6%
 
222,015
 
Andritz AG
10,638,376
 
 
Belgium—1.6%
 
70,400
 
S.A. D'Ieteren N.V.
5,938,750
116,812
 
Solvay S.A.
14,243,931
110,192
 
Umicore SA
6,467,455
 
 
TOTAL
26,650,136
 
 
Brazil—0.8%
 
496,936
 
Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA
7,689,642
133,908
1
XP Inc.
5,910,699
 
 
TOTAL
13,600,341
 
 
Canada—4.7%
 
70,257
 
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
3,925,258
305,100
1
Aritzia, Inc.
7,189,964
32,551
1
Lululemon Athletica Inc.
10,145,496
268,865
 
Magna International, Inc., Class A
22,646,267
463,415
 
Methanex Corp.
17,865,111
253,570
 
Toronto Dominion Bank
15,370,415
 
 
TOTAL
77,142,511
 
 
Chile—1.0%
 
651,600
 
Antofagasta PLC
16,176,679
 
 
China—6.0%
 
253,402
1
360 Finance Inc., ADR
5,937,209
658,946
1
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
19,708,914
37,022
1
Pinduoduo, Inc., ADR
6,336,685
853,316
 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd.
10,478,993
334,494
 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
28,524,552
5,513,000
 
Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H
16,247,832
924,533
1
WuXi PharmaTech, Inc.
11,421,171
 
 
TOTAL
98,655,356
 
 
Colombia—0.7%
 
729,100
 
Banco Industrial Colombiano
6,277,417
177,100
 
Bancolombia S.A., ADR
5,923,995
 
 
TOTAL
12,201,412
 
 
Denmark—0.8%
 
10,066
1
Alk-Abello A/S
4,234,262
112,864
 
GN Store Nord AS
9,478,196
 
 
TOTAL
13,712,458
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Egypt—0.3%
 
1,267,367
 
Commercial International Bank Egypt
$5,033,949
 
 
Finland—1.1%
 
144,075
 
Neste Oyj
9,483,723
235,464
 
Valmet Corp.
7,924,924
 
 
TOTAL
17,408,647
 
 
France—7.2%
 
41,015
 
Dassault Systemes SA
8,504,682
69,466
1
Eurofins Scientific SE
6,173,968
237,024
 
Imerys SA
12,183,389
209,400
 
Ipsos
8,095,364
16,331
 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
10,341,143
93,900
 
Michelin, Class B
13,562,812
348,471
 
Publicis Groupe
20,401,843
16,087
 
Stedim
7,025,552
27,663
 
Teleperformance
9,780,872
138,457
 
Vinci SA
14,367,994
96,850
1
Worldline SA
8,621,147
 
 
TOTAL
119,058,766
 
 
Germany—7.3%
 
171,000
 
BASF SE
14,001,478
721,593
 
Deutsche Telekom AG, Class REG
13,060,438
107,343
1
Evotec SE
4,148,732
213,100
 
Fresenius SE & Co KGaA
9,114,647
74,000
 
Hannover Rueckversicherung SE
12,517,465
139,400
 
HeidelbergCement AG
11,003,627
205,400
 
LANXESS AG
15,166,354
48,700
 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
14,219,568
5,630
 
Rational AG
4,802,955
43,429
 
SAP SE, ADR
5,356,967
37,863
 
Stratec Biomedical Systems AG
5,385,980
72,125
1
TeamViewer AG
3,870,624
80,333
1
Zalando SE
8,236,652
 
 
TOTAL
120,885,487
 
 
Greece—0.2%
 
242,400
 
Jumbo S.A.
3,970,995
 
 
Hong Kong—0.6%
 
804,254
 
AIA Group Ltd.
10,067,137
 
 
Hungary—0.5%
 
174,782
1
OTP Bank RT
7,951,227
 
 
India—1.8%
 
126,619
1
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR
10,020,628
767,320
 
Infosys Ltd., ADR
13,136,518
234,563
 
Reliance Industries Ltd.
6,627,056
11,309
 
Reliance Industries Limited
185,592
 
 
TOTAL
29,969,794
 
 
Ireland—1.5%
 
4,889,054
1
Greencore Group Plc.
10,343,601
32,259
1
ICON PLC
5,828,556
113,295
1
Kingspan Group PLC
8,246,920
 
 
TOTAL
24,419,077
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Israel—1.2%
 
38,647
1
CyberArk Software Ltd.
$5,674,539
62,672
1
Inmode Ltd.
4,321,861
32,155
1
Solaredge Technologies, Inc.
9,592,158
 
 
TOTAL
19,588,558
 
 
Italy—0.7%
 
817,980
 
Davide Campari-Milano NV
9,218,205
1,358,089
1
Trevi Finanziaria SpA
2,013,516
 
 
TOTAL
11,231,721
 
 
Japan—10.6%
 
307,300
 
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.
13,536,870
190,367
 
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.
5,483,966
204,100
 
Brother Industries Ltd.
4,048,254
1,064,700
 
Daicel Corp.
7,910,910
317,169
 
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.
9,014,372
426,000
 
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
11,715,476
74,017
 
Hoya Corp.
8,401,461
392,000
 
KDDI Corp.
12,097,996
20,603
 
Keyence Corp.
9,853,987
53,267
 
Lasertec Corp.
6,515,892
112,284
 
M3, Inc.
8,911,199
126,035
 
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
10,794,161
108,602
 
Nidec Corp.
13,924,591
155,219
 
Nihon M&A Center, Inc.
8,459,195
235,999
 
Olympus Corp.
4,968,512
347,000
1
Renesas Electronics Corp.
3,829,461
15,685
 
SMC Corp.
9,324,615
133,200
 
Sony Corp.
14,000,485
371,900
 
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
12,409,976
 
 
TOTAL
175,201,379
 
 
Kenya—0.5%
 
23,753,024
 
Safaricom Ltd.
8,382,926
 
 
Mexico—1.1%
 
962,300
1
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV
5,553,659
558,600
1
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SA, Class B
5,646,877
336,100
1
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV, Class B
6,266,230
 
 
TOTAL
17,466,766
 
 
Netherlands—2.4%
 
100,317
1
Alfen Beheer B.V.
8,505,329
35,786
 
ASML Holding N.V., ADR
20,293,883
108,822
 
Corbion NV
6,172,685
19,104
1
Shop Apotheke Europe NV
4,641,223
 
 
TOTAL
39,613,120
 
 
Norway—3.8%
 
908,444
 
DNB Bank ASA
17,694,477
1,400,018
1
NEL ASA
4,083,696
664,849
 
SpareBaken Vest
5,839,161
1,222,753
1
SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA
14,106,557
121,722
 
Tomra Systems ASA
5,210,958
326,100
 
Yara International ASA
15,693,209
 
 
TOTAL
62,628,058
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Poland—0.5%
 
120,493
1
Dino Polska SA
$7,903,339
 
 
Puerto Rico—1.2%
 
282,900
 
Popular, Inc.
18,903,378
 
 
Russia—0.4%
 
106,878
1
Yandex NV
6,838,589
 
 
Singapore—3.1%
 
601,763
 
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
11,927,284
75,107
1
Sea Ltd., ADR
17,701,969
2,890,915
 
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
8,111,564
686,538
 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
12,629,974
 
 
TOTAL
50,370,791
 
 
South Korea—9.5%
 
56,159
 
Hyundai Mobis
15,076,075
52,736
 
Kakao Corp.
22,882,355
294,600
 
Kia Motors Corp.
20,813,457
141,500
 
Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corp.
9,855,849
1,061,500
 
LG Uplus Corp.
11,131,863
337,644
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
24,761,585
41,711
 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.
24,998,065
253,340
 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.
7,422,122
162,600
 
SK Hynix, Inc.
20,448,463
 
 
TOTAL
157,389,834
 
 
Sweden—5.0%
 
448,600
1
Duni AB
5,449,947
325,826
 
Loomis AB
8,506,963
429,976
1
Medicover AB
9,961,620
146,488
 
MIPS AB
11,432,665
497,200
 
SKF Ab, Class B
13,544,015
23,405
1
Spotify Technology SA
7,194,229
1,188,744
1
Svenska Handelsbanken AB
12,529,728
77,324
 
Swedish Match AB
5,552,210
274,385
1
Vitrolife AB
8,890,185
 
 
TOTAL
83,061,562
 
 
Switzerland—2.3%
 
3,335
 
Barry Callebaut AG
7,204,694
74,507
 
Nestle S.A.
7,780,457
142,666
 
Novartis AG
12,261,007
39,395
 
Sika AG
10,385,479
 
 
TOTAL
37,631,637
 
 
Taiwan—2.1%
 
1,660,000
 
Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.
11,434,556
432,168
 
MediaTek, Inc.
13,964,758
211,082
 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd
4,612,460
312,547
 
Win Semiconductors Corp.
4,285,820
 
 
TOTAL
34,297,594
 
 
Thailand—0.3%
 
1,683,100
 
Siam Commercial Bank PLC
5,637,971
 
 
United Arab Emirates—0.1%
 
273,315
1,2
NMC Health PLC
0
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
United Arab Emirates—continued
 
60,856
1,3
Yalla Group Ltd., ADR
$1,321,184
 
 
TOTAL
1,321,184
 
 
United Kingdom—12.8%
 
963,500
 
Amcor PLC
10,540,690
202,516
 
Ashtead Group PLC
10,944,400
242,450
3
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR
11,729,731
2,254,787
1
Babcock International Group PLC
8,110,793
314,595
 
BELLWAY PLC
12,268,912
350,104
 
Bunzl PLC
10,908,866
969,416
1
Burford Capital Ltd.
8,298,201
213,972
1
Ceres Power Holdings PLC
3,717,874
8,374,841
1
Cineworld Group PLC
11,391,280
233,800
 
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC
11,912,110
79,463
1
Endava PLC, ADR
7,028,502
387,204
1
Entain Plc
7,620,185
297,646
 
Hilton Food Group PLC
4,557,261
1,257,530
1
Inchcape PLC
12,417,029
269,075
1
JET2 PLC
5,450,223
40,866
 
Linde PLC
9,982,338
547,878
 
Mondi PLC, SAF
13,223,172
256,865
 
Mondi PLC, UK
6,169,110
155,126
1
Next PLC
16,305,798
2,434,344
1
Signature Aviation PLC
13,546,194
7,057,087
1
Taylor Wimpey PLC
15,494,288
 
 
TOTAL
211,616,957
 
 
Vietnam—0.6%
 
2,094,140
1
Vinhomes Joint Stock Company
9,241,564
 
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,022,562,301)
1,608,617,098
 
 
WARRANTS—0.0%
 
 
 
Italy—0.0%
 
17,191
1
Trevi Finanziaria SPA, Warrants
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,427,897)
107,422
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—1.7%
 
12,676,741
 
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares, 0.01%4
12,676,741
15,078,183
 
Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.05%4
15,082,707
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $27,758,944)
27,759,448
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES99.2%
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,051,749,142)
1,636,483,968
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET0.8%5
13,080,538
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS100%
$1,649,564,506
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Affiliated fund holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions with affiliated fund holdings during the period ended February 28, 2021, were as follows:
 
Federated
Hermes Government
Obligations Fund,
Premier Shares*
Federated
Hermes Institutional
Prime Value
Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares
Total of
Affiliated
Transactions
Value as of 5/31/2020
$6,084,262
$19,964,068
$ 26,048,330
Purchases at Cost
208,521,018
201,772,385
410,293,403
Proceeds from Sales
(201,928,539)
(206,650,174)
(408,578,713)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation
N/A
$504
$504
Net Realized Gain/(Loss)
N/A
$(4,076)
$(4,076)
Value as of 2/28/2021
$12,676,741
$15,082,707
$27,759,448
Shares Held as of 2/28/2021
12,676,741
15,078,183
27,754,924
Dividend Income
$2,334
$11,410
$13,744
*
All or a portion of the balance/activity for the fund relates to cash collateral received on securities lending transactions.
1
Non-income-producing security.
2
Market quotations and price evaluations are not available. Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
3
All or a portion of this security is temporarily on loan to unaffiliated broker/dealers.
Market Value of
Securities on Loan
Collateral
Received
$12,229,867
$12,676,741
4
7-day net yield.
5
Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at February 28, 2021.
Investment Valuation
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), the Fund generally values investments as follows:
Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market.
Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs.
Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Fund's valuation policies and procedures, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share, and the actual value obtained could be materially different.
Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have appointed a Valuation Committee comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Global Investment Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) and certain of the Adviser's affiliated companies to assist in determining fair value and in overseeing the calculation of the NAV. The Trustees have also authorized the use of pricing services recommended by the Valuation Committee to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The
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Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services’ policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees periodically review and approve the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.
Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment’s value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:
With respect to securities traded principally in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures contracts;
Political or other developments affecting the economy or markets in which an issuer conducts its operations or its securities are traded;
Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.
The Trustees have adopted procedures whereby the Valuation Committee uses a pricing service to provide factors to update the fair value of equity securities traded principally in foreign markets from the time of the close of their respective foreign stock exchanges to the pricing time of the Fund. For other significant events, the Fund may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Fund will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Trustees. The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2021, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Equity Securities:
 
 
 
 
Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
 Domestic
$4,321,861
$4,321,861
 International
342,372,318
1,261,922,919
$ 0
1,604,295,237
Warrants
 
 
 
 
 International
107,422
107,422
Investment Companies
27,759,448
27,759,448
TOTAL SECURITIES
$374,453,627
$1,262,030,341
$0
$1,636,483,968
The following acronym(s) are used throughout this portfolio:
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
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