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35206 NS USD 1902180.18 2.0738462089 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Techtronic Industries Co Ltd 549300HZW2SBE758OK89 Techtronic Industries Co Ltd 000000000 180240 NS 2323790.64 2.5335057424 Long EC CORP HK N 2 N N N Masterbrand Inc 549300E0Y4BR5Z9RDZ64 Masterbrand Inc 57638P104 32112 NS USD 295430.4 0.3220921033 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Trelleborg AB 213800XY16PAWG2PAD14 Trelleborg AB 000000000 79911 NS 1998648.55 2.1790205586 Long EC CORP SE N 2 N N N Merlin Properties Socimi SA 959800L8KD863DP30X04 Merlin Properties Socimi SA 000000000 96694 NS 945870.11 1.0312320370 Long EC CORP ES N 2 N N N SSP Group Plc 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24 SSP Group Plc 000000000 451970 NS 1445693.05 1.5761624911 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N John Wiley & Sons Inc 5493003XM719UN7E8P64 John Wiley & Sons Inc 968223206 31381 NS USD 1437249.8 1.5669572632 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Viscofan SA 95980020140005684765 Viscofan SA 000000000 12840 NS 827347.97 0.9020136310 Long EC CORP ES N 2 N N N Central Asia Metals PLC 213800EYQBJZIT64NH43 Central Asia Metals PLC 000000000 403356 NS 1405445.9 1.5322831571 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Aalberts NV 549300EMP9DT6Q35HZ31 Aalberts Industries NV 000000000 37992 NS 1797596.26 1.9598239053 Long EC CORP NL N 2 N N N Clean Harbors Inc 5493000SJVZVZJKHJF48 CLEAN HARBORS INC 184496107 18311 NS USD 2385923.3 2.6012456877 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Breedon Group PLC 213800ZQKCIVCPN9H229 Breedon Group PLC 000000000 979090 NS 826995.33 0.9016291663 Long EC CORP JE N 2 N N N Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc 529900EJUNNL15LZ8056 Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc 829073105 22419 NS USD 2401299.09 2.6180090964 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N WEX Inc T9M5IGROL1TL1G5OV478 WEX Inc 96208T104 12284 NS USD 2272171.48 2.4772281088 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Mapletree Industrial Trust 549300R7WZFHXNKDJF41 MAPLETREE INDUSTRIAL TRUS 000000000 885594 NS 1611561.95 1.7570005595 Long EC CORP SG N 2 N N N Technogym SpA 815600B9149F66E77F76 Technogym SpA 000000000 172616 NS 1530238.55 1.6683379677 Long EC CORP IT Y 2 N N N Nissan Chemical Corp 3538002E4L1CUGJFFU25 Nissan Chemical Corp 000000000 31831 NS 1506578.58 1.6425427567 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N Vistry Group PLC 2138001KOWN7CG9SLK53 Vistry Group PLC 000000000 94352 NS 868527.18 0.9469091406 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Silicon Laboratories Inc 4PRDF8Q9TDHRVZKZSZ47 Silicon Laboratories Inc 826919102 16849 NS USD 2643776.59 2.8823694601 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Brunswick Corp/DE YM4O38W15AX4YLLQKU27 Brunswick Corp/DE 117043109 31526 NS USD 2658587.58 2.8985170973 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Varun Beverages Ltd 33580058NWEMWBDNMD48 Varun Beverages Ltd 000000000 87841 NS 1232892.52 1.3441573545 Long EC CORP IN N 2 N N N SOITEC 969500ZR92SQCU9TST26 SOITEC 000000000 9431 NS 1430693.39 1.5598091570 Long EC CORP FR N 2 N N N Samsonite International SA 549300UULS5HYFJSEL12 SAMSONITE INTERNATIONAL SA 000000000 672051 NS 1992644.35 2.1724744977 Long EC CORP US Y 2 N N N MARR SpA 815600576D5536AC7B34 MARR SpA 000000000 33832 NS 445003.71 0.4851639538 Long EC CORP IT N 2 N N N Eagle Materials Inc 529900KRXRGXL61SG039 EAGLE MATERIALS INC 26969P108 14004 NS USD 2045704.32 2.2303229701 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N DCC PLC 213800UPS1QEE4TD3T45 DCC PLC 000000000 21602 NS 1230690.14 1.3417562164 Long EC CORP IE N 2 N N N Huhtamaki Oyj 5493007050SJVMXN6L29 Huhtamaki OYJ 000000000 37420 NS 1397865.06 1.5240181691 Long EC CORP FI N 2 N N N IMCD NV 724500NSJPNFJPDAUP02 IMCD NV 000000000 10296 NS 1632861.44 1.7802222643 Long EC CORP NL N 2 N N N Kirby Corp I7NO6FZO5GUCG585T325 KIRBY CORP 497266106 24043 NS USD 1701763.54 1.8553425711 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Ansell Ltd 549300NEGJ5G23VCJM45 Ansell Ltd 000000000 66488 NS 1329104.14 1.4490517833 Long EC CORP AU N 2 N N N Fortune Brands Innovations Inc 54930032LHW54PQUJD44 Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc 34964C106 32169 NS USD 2075222.19 2.2625047389 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Glanbia PLC 635400SRMCBHVMSKJS84 Glanbia PLC 000000000 100935 NS 1229152.33 1.3400796237 Long EC CORP IE N 2 N N N AptarGroup Inc VNPEQDQFAA7IY1T2PX43 AptarGroup Inc 038336103 18397 NS USD 2127429.08 2.3194231434 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Burckhardt Compression Holding 5067004N56DLX7GY3E95 Burckhardt Compression Holding AG 000000000 4364 NS 2701358.78 2.9451482692 Long EC CORP CH N 2 N N N Woodward Inc YPYKXXTR8TFDH54ZMB45 Woodward Inc 980745103 17726 NS USD 1812660.76 1.9762479310 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Retail Opportunity Investments N/A Retail Opportunity Investments Corp 76131N101 104796 NS USD 1658920.68 1.8086332721 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Nifco Inc/Japan 353800JMDOH68J9I5140 Nifco Inc/Japan 654101104 59490 NS 1545804.26 1.6853084361 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N Yaoko Co Ltd 353800Y2SZOLTECIV233 Yaoko Co Ltd 000000000 49238 NS 2570402.34 2.8023734052 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N RPM International Inc 549300TJCKW4BRXPJ474 RPM International Inc 749685103 21019 NS USD 1889818.29 2.0603686956 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Diversified Energy Co PLC 213800YR9TFRVHPGOS67 Diversified Gas & Oil PLC 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1.2141245668 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Molten Ventures PLC 213800IPCR3SAYJWSW10 Draper Esprit PLC 000000000 119859 NS 529195.95 0.5769542897 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Cooper Cos Inc/The QJKMVPIGLH7530PCUE20 Cooper Cos Inc/The 216648402 4155 NS USD 1449804.15 1.5806446055 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N PTC Inc 54930050SSMU8SKDJ030 PTC Inc 69370C100 8525 NS USD 1149852 1.2536226779 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Credicorp Ltd 529900UYAEYQCQ2BKB17 Credicorp Ltd 000000000 11654 NS USD 1565132.2 1.7063806644 Long EC CORP PE N 1 N N N West Pharmaceutical Services Inc 5493007NKRGM1RJQ1P16 West Pharmaceutical Services Inc 955306105 5212 NS USD 1384307.2 1.5092367531 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Wintrust Financial Corp Q774KI4AW80FHFW33O61 Wintrust Financial Corp 97650W108 25541 NS USD 2336235.27 2.5470734628 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Reinsurance Group of America I LORM1GNEU1DKEW527V90 Reinsurance Group of America Inc 759351604 14197 NS USD 2154678.69 2.3491319485 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N 2023-03-23 Federated Hermes Adviser Series Stephen Van Meter Federated Hermes Adviser Series Chief Compliance Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 poi_fhsdgengageequityfund.htm POI - FEDERATED HERMES SDG ENGAGEMENT EQUITY FUND EDGAR HTML
Federated Hermes SDG Engagement Equity Fund
Portfolio of Investments
January 31, 2023 (unaudited)
Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—98.2%
 
 
 
Australia—1.5%
 
66,488
 
Ansell Ltd.
$1,329,104
 
 
Finland—1.5%
 
37,420
 
Huhtamaki Oyj
1,397,865
 
 
France—1.6%
 
9,431
1
Silicon-On-Insulator Technologies (SOITEC)
1,430,693
 
 
Hong Kong—2.5%
 
180,240
 
Techtronic Industries Co.
2,323,791
 
 
India—1.3%
 
87,841
 
Varun Beverages Ltd.
1,232,893
 
 
Ireland—1.3%
 
100,935
 
Glanbia PLC
1,229,152
 
 
Italy—2.2%
 
33,832
 
Marr SpA
445,004
172,616
 
Technogym SpA
1,530,239
 
 
TOTAL
1,975,243
 
 
Japan—9.0%
 
29,658
 
Horiba Ltd.
1,367,350
59,490
 
NIFCO, Inc.
1,545,804
31,831
 
Nissan Chemical Industries
1,506,579
32,140
 
Open House Co. Ltd.
1,218,159
49,238
 
Yaoko Co. Ltd.
2,570,402
 
 
TOTAL
8,208,294
 
 
Netherlands—3.7%
 
37,992
 
Aalberts NV
1,797,596
10,296
 
IMCD Group NV
1,632,861
 
 
TOTAL
3,430,457
 
 
Peru—1.7%
 
11,654
 
Credicorp Ltd.
1,565,132
 
 
Singapore—1.8%
 
885,594
 
Mapletree Industrial Trust
1,611,562
 
 
Spain—1.9%
 
96,694
 
Merlin Properties SOCIMI SA
945,870
12,840
 
Viscofan Industria Navarra De Envolturas Celulosicas SA
827,348
 
 
TOTAL
1,773,218
 
 
Sweden—2.2%
 
79,911
 
Trelleborg AB, Class B
1,998,649
 
 
Switzerland—2.9%
 
4,364
 
Burckhardt Compression Holdings AG
2,701,359
 
 
United Kingdom—7.7%
 
94,352
 
Bovis Homes Group PLC
868,527
979,090
 
Breedon Group PLC
826,995
403,356
 
Central Asia Metals PLC
1,405,446
21,602
 
DCC PLC
1,230,690
119,859
1
Draper Esprit PLC
529,196
499,798
 
Harworth Group PLC
714,924
1

Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
United Kingdom—continued
 
451,970
1
SSP Group PLC
$1,445,693
 
 
TOTAL
7,021,471
 
 
United States—55.4%
 
35,206
 
Alliant Energy Corp.
1,902,180
20,444
1
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
1,959,353
18,397
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
2,127,429
8,399
 
Assurant, Inc.
1,113,624
31,526
 
Brunswick Corp.
2,658,588
18,311
1
Clean Harbors, Inc.
2,385,923
4,155
 
Cooper Cos., Inc.
1,449,804
942,632
2
Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
1,288,937
14,004
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
2,045,704
6,700
 
Equifax, Inc.
1,488,740
32,169
 
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
2,075,222
24,043
1
Kirby Corp.
1,701,764
46,240
 
LKQ Corp.
2,726,310
32,112
1
Masterbrand, Inc.
295,430
8,525
1
PTC, Inc.
1,149,852
14,197
 
Reinsurance Group of America
2,154,679
104,796
 
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
1,658,921
21,019
 
RPM International, Inc.
1,889,818
672,051
1
Samsonite International SA
1,992,644
16,849
1
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
2,643,777
22,419
 
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
2,401,299
11,626
 
STERIS PLC
2,400,885
5,212
 
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
1,384,307
12,284
1
WEX, Inc.
2,272,172
31,381
 
Wiley (John) & Sons, Inc., Class A
1,437,250
25,541
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
2,336,235
17,726
 
Woodward, Inc.
1,812,661
 
 
TOTAL
50,753,508
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES98.2%
(IDENTIFIED COST $72,718,335)
89,982,391
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET1.8%3
1,609,736
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS100%
$91,592,127
1
Non-income-producing security.
2
Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or availing of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At January 31, 2023, these restricted securities amounted to $1,288,937, which represented 1.4% of total net assets.
Additional information on restricted securities held at January 31, 2023 is as follows:
Security
Acquisition
Date
Acquisition
Cost
Value
Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
7/24/2020 12/16/2022
$1,355,111
$1,288,937
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Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at January 31, 2023.
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.
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Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (the “Adviser”).
Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs, or NAV per share practical expedient, as applicable.
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 ask quotations.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Adviser.
For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Adviser, 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 Adviser's valuation policies and procedures for the Fund, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the Adviser’s valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) is deemed not representative of 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
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act, the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”) has designated the Adviser as the Fund’s valuation designee to perform any fair value determinations for securities and other assets held by the Fund. The Adviser is subject to the Trustees’ oversight and certain reporting and other requirements intended to provide the Trustees the information needed to oversee the Adviser’s fair value determinations.
The Adviser, acting through its Valuation Committee, is responsible for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee is comprised of officers of the Adviser and certain of the Adviser’s affiliated companies and determines fair value and oversees the calculation of the NAV. The Valuation Committee is also authorized to use pricing services 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 Adviser. The Trustees periodically review the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee. The Trustees have also approved the Adviser’s fair valuation and significant events procedures as part of the Fund’s compliance program and will review 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 ask 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 Adviser.
The Adviser has also adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Valuation Committee 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 Adviser has 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 Valuation Committee will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Adviser. The Trustees periodically review fair valuations made in response to significant events.
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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 January 31, 2023, 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
$47,471,927
$3,281,581
$
$50,753,508
 International
1,565,132
37,663,751
39,228,883
TOTAL SECURITIES
$49,037,059
$40,945,332
$
$89,982,391
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