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Federated Hermes International Equity Fund
Portfolio of Investments
February 28, 2023 (unaudited)
Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—48.5%
 
 
 
Belgium—0.9%
 
63,500
 
D'leteren Group
$12,299,523
 
 
Canada—5.6%
 
2,127,400
 
Lundin Mining Corp.
13,236,809
232,952
 
Magna International, Inc.
12,983,510
393,315
 
Methanex Corp.
19,840,140
392,800
 
Open Text Corp.
13,521,303
232,227
 
Toronto Dominion Bank
15,461,944
 
 
TOTAL
75,043,706
 
 
Chile—0.5%
 
325,200
 
Antofagasta PLC
6,135,034
 
 
China—1.1%
 
10,378,000
 
Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H
15,389,870
 
 
Colombia—0.0%
 
42,373
 
Bancolombia S.A.
313,039
 
 
France—4.2%
 
145,400
 
Ipsos
8,932,070
426,600
 
Michelin (CDGE)
13,403,020
219,178
 
Publicis Groupe
17,402,460
149,357
 
Vinci SA
17,017,981
 
 
TOTAL
56,755,531
 
 
Germany—3.6%
 
720,593
 
Deutsche Telekom AG, Class REG
16,182,109
431,700
1
flatexDEGIRO AG
3,692,762
64,200
 
Hannover Rueckversicherung SE
12,487,843
46,400
 
Munich Reinsurance Company
16,003,677
 
 
TOTAL
48,366,391
 
 
Greece—0.4%
 
242,400
 
Jumbo S.A.
4,832,289
 
 
Ireland—2.6%
 
4,889,054
1
Greencore Group plc
4,795,288
98,100
1
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
13,773,240
423,188
 
Smurfit Kappa Group plc
15,795,402
 
 
TOTAL
34,363,930
 
 
Italy—0.1%
 
2,474,314
1
Trevi Finanziaria S.p.A.
1,008,499
 
 
Japan—5.8%
 
1,064,700
 
Daicel Corp.
7,382,221
117,200
 
Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.
11,035,914
521,400
 
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
13,514,734
461,300
 
KDDI Corp.
13,504,175
1,337,600
 
Marubeni Corp.
17,092,306
186,800
 
Sony Group Corp.
15,578,713
 
 
TOTAL
78,108,063
 
 
Netherlands—1.1%
 
443,800
 
Koninklijke Ahold NV
14,082,165
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
Norway—3.3%
 
763,944
 
DNB Bank ASA
$15,271,299
424,949
 
Sparebanken Vest
4,122,203
835,453
 
SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA
10,454,432
307,200
 
Yara International ASA
14,599,171
 
 
TOTAL
44,447,105
 
 
Puerto Rico—1.0%
 
194,000
 
Popular, Inc.
13,851,600
 
 
Russia—0.0%
 
8,422,100
2
Alrosa AO
0
 
 
Singapore—1.1%
 
672,899
 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
14,923,516
 
 
South Korea—6.1%
 
60,059
 
Hyundai Mobis
9,629,555
236,500
 
Kia Corp.
13,430,566
103,600
 
LG Electronics, Inc.
8,681,511
1,406,000
 
LG Uplus Corp.
11,749,705
312,712
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
14,279,532
423,640
 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.
12,421,566
183,900
 
SK Hynix, Inc.
12,368,234
 
 
TOTAL
82,560,669
 
 
Sweden—2.5%
 
448,600
1
Duni AB
4,032,687
352,326
 
Loomis AB
11,380,871
918,600
 
SKF Ab, Class B
17,450,977
 
 
TOTAL
32,864,535
 
 
Switzerland—1.0%
 
162,166
 
Novartis AG
13,642,490
 
 
Thailand—0.3%
 
1,564,700
 
Tisco Financial Group PCL
4,559,479
 
 
United Kingdom—7.3%
 
1,075,900
 
Amcor PLC
11,985,526
396,462
 
BELLWAY PLC
10,558,079
1,125,863
 
Inchcape PLC
12,301,646
47,066
 
Linde PLC
16,396,382
148,549
 
Mondi PLC, UK
2,488,316
695,587
 
Mondi PLC, SAF
11,851,794
205,426
 
Next PLC
16,870,777
186,800
1
Nomad Foods Ltd.
3,347,456
8,002,401
 
Taylor Wimpey PLC
11,843,901
 
 
TOTAL
97,643,877
 
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(IDENTIFIED COST $550,777,384)
651,191,311
 
 
WARRANTS—0.0%
 
 
 
Italy—0.0%
 
17,191
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Trevi Finanziaria S.p.A., Warrants
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,427,897)
32,729
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—51.1%
 
20,285,138
 
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares, 4.44%3
20,285,138
15,625,090
 
Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 4.61%3
15,625,090
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—continued
 
50,263,802
 
Federated Hermes International Growth Fund, Institutional Shares
$651,418,872
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $621,557,208)
687,329,100
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES99.6%
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,173,762,489)
1,338,553,140
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET0.4%4
5,460,078
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS100%
$1,344,013,218
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, 2023, were as follows:
 
Federated Hermes
Government
Obligations Fund,
Premier Shares
Federated Hermes
Institutional
Prime Value
Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares
Federated Hermes
International
Growth Fund,
Institutional Shares*
Total of
Affiliated
Transactions
Value as of 5/31/2022
$65,389,264
$19,065,274
$729,334,879
$813,789,417
Purchases at Cost
$147,190,571
$79,013,980
$22,901,926
$249,106,477
Proceeds from Sales
$(192,294,697)
$(82,458,637)
$(37,000,000)
$(311,753,334)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation
$133
$(53,094,291)
$(53,094,158)
Net Realized Gain/(Loss)
$4,340
$(10,723,642)
$(10,719,302)
Value as of 2/28/2023
$20,285,138
$15,625,090
$651,418,872
$687,329,100
Shares Held as of 2/28/2023
20,285,138
15,625,090
50,263,802
86,174,030
Dividend Income
$157,547
$108,422
$7,571,600
$7,837,569
*
At February 28, 2023, the Fund owns a majority of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of Federated Hermes International Growth Fund.
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 Adviser acting through its Valuation Committee.
3
7-day net yield.
4
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, 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.
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 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.
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Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act, the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”) have 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.
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, 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
 
 
 
 
 International
$134,710,949
$516,480,362
$0
$651,191,311
Warrants
 
 
 
 
 International
32,729
32,729
Investment Companies
687,329,100
687,329,100
TOTAL SECURITIES
$822,072,778
$516,480,362
$0
$1,338,553,140
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