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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-076059
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220930
FILED AS OF DATE: 20221214
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20221214
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20221214
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000879569
IRS NUMBER: 251668690
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD
FISCAL YEAR END: 1130
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06447
FILM NUMBER: 221461613
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE
CITY: WARRENDALE
STATE: PA
ZIP: 15086-7561
BUSINESS PHONE: 8003417400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE
CITY: WARRENDALE
STATE: PA
ZIP: 15086-7561
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED FIXED INCOME SECURITIES INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200616
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED HERMES FIXED INCOME SECURITIES INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200615
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED FIXED INCOME SECURITIES INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000810
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1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh
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1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh
15222-3779
4122881900
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The Bank of New York Mellon
One Wall Street
New York
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DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
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Pittsburgh
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
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INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT - FEDERATED HERMES FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors of Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc. and the Shareholders of
Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund (“the Fund”), a series of the Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc., as of and for the year ended September 30, 2022, 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 operations, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of September 30, 2022.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and the Board of Directors of Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort 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
November 22, 2022