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Federated Hermes International Growth Fund
Portfolio of Investments
February 28, 2021 (unaudited)
Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—95.3%
 
 
 
Argentina—3.5%
 
575
1
Globant SA
$123,464
111
1
Mercadolibre, Inc.
181,830
 
 
TOTAL
305,294
 
 
Australia—1.8%
 
995
1
Afterpay Ltd.
91,175
7,998
 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.
62,005
 
 
TOTAL
153,180
 
 
Belgium—0.8%
 
1,234
 
Umicore SA
72,427
 
 
Brazil—1.7%
 
5,304
 
Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes S.A.
82,075
1,446
1
XP Inc.
63,826
 
 
TOTAL
145,901
 
 
Canada—2.6%
 
774
 
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
43,243
3,272
1
Aritzia, Inc.
77,108
349
1
Lululemon Athletica Inc.
108,776
 
 
TOTAL
229,127
 
 
China—10.0%
 
2,841
1
360 Finance Inc., ADR
66,565
6,935
1
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
207,424
401
1
Pinduoduo, Inc., ADR
68,635
9,400
 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd.
115,435
3,450
 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
294,205
9,924
1
WuXi PharmaTech, Inc.
122,595
 
 
TOTAL
874,859
 
 
Denmark—1.7%
 
103
1
Alk-Abello A/S
43,327
1,254
 
GN Store Nord AS
105,309
 
 
TOTAL
148,636
 
 
Egypt—0.6%
 
13,425
 
Commercial International Bank Egypt
53,324
 
 
Finland—1.2%
 
1,601
 
Neste Oyj
105,386
 
 
France—6.3%
 
442
 
Dassault Systemes SA
91,651
758
1
Eurofins Scientific SE
67,369
181
 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
114,613
174
 
Stedim
75,990
297
 
Teleperformance
105,011
1,051
1
Worldline SA
93,555
 
 
TOTAL
548,189
 
 
Germany—4.5%
 
1,192
1
Evotec SE
46,070
59
 
Rational AG
50,333
477
 
SAP SE, ADR
58,838
1

Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Germany—continued
 
208
1
Shop Apotheke Europe NV
$50,533
410
 
Stratec Biomedical Systems AG
58,322
780
1
TeamViewer AG
41,859
868
1
Zalando SE
88,997
 
 
TOTAL
394,952
 
 
Hong Kong—1.2%
 
8,583
 
AIA Group Ltd.
107,436
 
 
Hungary—1.0%
 
1,838
1
OTP Bank RT
83,615
 
 
India—2.1%
 
1,373
1
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR
108,659
75
 
Reliance Industries Limited
1,231
2,460
 
Reliance Industries Ltd.
69,502
 
 
TOTAL
179,392
 
 
Ireland—1.7%
 
338
1
ICON PLC
61,070
1,239
1
Kingspan Group PLC
90,189
 
 
TOTAL
151,259
 
 
Israel—2.4%
 
416
1
CyberArk Software Ltd.
61,081
687
1
Inmode Ltd.
47,376
348
1
Solaredge Technologies, Inc.
103,812
 
 
TOTAL
212,269
 
 
Italy—1.2%
 
8,884
 
Davide Campari-Milano NV
100,118
 
 
Japan—12.3%
 
2,045
 
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.
58,911
3,237
 
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.
92,000
824
 
Hoya Corp.
93,530
214
 
Keyence Corp.
102,352
545
 
Lasertec Corp.
66,667
1,229
 
M3, Inc.
97,537
1,415
 
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
121,187
1,210
 
Nidec Corp.
155,142
1,714
 
Nihon M&A Center, Inc.
93,410
2,509
 
Olympus Corp.
52,822
3,800
1
Renesas Electronics Corp.
41,936
162
 
SMC Corp.
96,308
 
 
TOTAL
1,071,802
 
 
Kenya—1.0%
 
240,780
 
Safaricom Ltd.
84,976
 
 
Netherlands—4.5%
 
1,163
1
Alfen Beheer B.V.
98,604
393
 
ASML Holding N.V., ADR
222,866
1,181
 
Corbion NV
66,990
 
 
TOTAL
388,460
 
 
Norway—1.2%
 
15,955
1
NEL ASA
46,539
1,399
 
Tomra Systems ASA
59,892
 
 
TOTAL
106,431
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Poland—1.0%
 
1,338
1
Dino Polska SA
$87,762
 
 
Russia—0.9%
 
1,164
1
Yandex NV
74,479
 
 
Singapore—4.6%
 
6,225
 
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
123,383
812
1
Sea Ltd., ADR
191,380
30,699
 
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
86,138
 
 
TOTAL
400,901
 
 
South Korea—5.7%
 
541
 
Kakao Corp.
234,742
442
 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.
264,898
 
 
TOTAL
499,640
 
 
Sweden—5.4%
 
4,775
1
Medicover AB
110,627
1,621
 
MIPS AB
126,511
251
1
Spotify Technology SA
77,152
840
 
Swedish Match AB
60,316
3,003
1
Vitrolife AB
97,298
 
 
TOTAL
471,904
 
 
Switzerland—3.2%
 
37
 
Barry Callebaut AG
79,932
828
 
Nestle S.A.
86,465
430
 
Sika AG
113,358
 
 
TOTAL
279,755
 
 
Taiwan—2.7%
 
4,480
 
MediaTek, Inc.
144,763
2,239
 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd
48,926
3,316
 
Win Semiconductors Corp.
45,471
 
 
TOTAL
239,160
 
 
United Arab Emirates—0.2%
 
1,765
1,2
NMC Health PLC
0
679
1
Yalla Group Ltd., ADR
14,741
 
 
TOTAL
14,741
 
 
United Kingdom—7.3%
 
2,198
 
Ashtead Group PLC
118,785
2,645
3
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR
127,965
10,055
1
Burford Capital Ltd.
86,071
2,319
1
Ceres Power Holdings PLC
40,294
861
1
Endava PLC, ADR
76,155
4,116
1
Entain Plc
81,003
3,225
 
Hilton Food Group PLC
49,378
2,911
1
Jet2 PLC
58,963
 
 
TOTAL
638,614
 
 
Vietnam—1.0%
 
18,810
1
Vinhomes Joint Stock Company
83,010
 
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(IDENTIFIED COST $4,825,705)
8,306,999
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANY—6.8%
 
125,249
 
Federated Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares, 0.01%4
125,249
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANY—continued
 
467,368
 
Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.05%4
$467,508
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $592,742)
592,757
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES102.1%
(IDENTIFIED COST $5,418,447)
8,899,756
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET(2.1)%5
(181,964)
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS100%
$8,717,792
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
$
$198,275
$198,275
Purchases at Cost
$138,045
$2,161,696
$2,299.741
Proceeds from Sales
$(12,796)
$(1,892,379)
$(1,905,175)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation
N/A
$(74)
$(74)
Net Realized Gain/(Loss)
N/A
$(10)
$(10)
Value as of 02/28/2021
$125,249
$467,508
$592,757
Shares Held as of 02/28/2021
125,249
467,368
592,617
Dividend Income
$
$172
$172
*
All or a portion of the balance/activity for the fund relates to cash collateral received on securities lending transactions.
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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 these securities are temporarily on loan to unaffiliated broker/dealers. As of February 28, 2021, securities subject to this type of arrangement and related collateral were as follows:
Market Value of
Securities Loaned
Collateral
Received
$121,434
$125,249
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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.
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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 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.
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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
 
 
 
 
 International
$1,967,984
$6,339,015
$0
$8,306,999
Investment Company
592,757
592,757
TOTAL SECURITIES
$2,560,741
$6,339,015
$0
$8,899,756
The following acronym(s) is used throughout this portfolio:
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
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