Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust (Form: 485APOS, Received: 08/17/2020 10:18:38)

1933 Act File No.	33-3164
1940 Act File No.	811-4577

Form N-1A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

	Pre-Effective Amendment No.

	Post-Effective Amendment No.	222

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

	Amendment No.	215

FEDERATED HERMES INCOME SECURITIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Federated Hermes Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Peter J. Germain, Esquire

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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Prospectus

October 23, 2020

Share Class | Ticker

A1 | TBD

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund

(formerly, Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund)

A Portfolio of Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust
(formerly, Federated Income Securities Trust)

A mutual fund seeking to provide total return consistent with current income and low interest rate volatility by investing primarily in a strategic mix of floating-rate fixed-income investments: domestic investment-grade, domestic noninvestment-grade and foreign fixed-income.

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund or your financial intermediary electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank); other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400, Option 4.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. You can inform the Fund or your financial intermediary that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank); other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400, Option 4. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the Fund complex or your financial intermediary.

Not FDIC Insured ■ May Lose Value ■ No Bank Guarantee

CONTENTS

Fund Summary Information	1
What are the Fund’s Investment Strategies?	7
What are the Fund’s Principal Investments?	10
What are the Specific Risks of Investing in the Fund?	17
What Do Shares Cost?	24
How is the Fund Sold?	28
Payments to Financial Intermediaries	29
How to Purchase Shares	30
How to Redeem and Exchange Shares	32
Security and Privacy Protection	35
Account and Share Information	36
Who Manages the Fund?	38
Financial Information	40
Appendix A: Hypothetical Investment and Expense Information	42
Appendix B: Sales Charge Waivers and Exchange Features for Shareholders Purchasing Through Certain Financial Intermediaries	43

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Fund Summary Information

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund (the “Fund”)

RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return consistent with current income and low interest rate volatility.

RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold the Fund’s Class A1 Shares (A1). You may qualify for certain sales charge discounts if you or your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain classes of Federated Hermes funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “What Do Shares Cost?” section of the Prospectus on page 24 and in “Appendix B” to this Prospectus.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)	A1
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	2.00%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, as applicable)	None
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends (and other Distributions) (as a percentage of offering price)	None
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed, if applicable)	None
Exchange Fee	None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fee	0.60%
Distribution (12b-1) Fee¹	0.00%
Other Expenses²	0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses²	0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.17%
Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements³	(0.18)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements	0.99%

1	The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan for its Class A1 Shares pursuant to which the A1 class of the Fund may incur and pay a Distribution (12b-1) Fee of up to a maximum of 0.05%. No such fee is currently incurred and paid by the A1 class of the Fund. The A1 class of the Fund will not incur and pay such a Distribution (12b-1) Fee until such time as approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
2	Because the Fund’s A1 Shares are new, Other Expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
3	The Adviser and certain of its affiliates, on their own initiative, have agreed to waive certain amounts of their respective fees and/or reimburse expenses. Total annual fund operating expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, interest expense, extraordinary expenses and proxy-related expenses paid by the Fund, if any) paid by the Fund’s A1 class (after the voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements) will not exceed 0.93% (the “Fee Limit”) up to but not including the later of (the “Termination Date”): (a) November 1, 2021; or (b) the date of the Fund’s next effective Prospectus. While the Adviser and its affiliates currently do not anticipate terminating or increasing these arrangements prior to the Termination Date, these arrangements may only be terminated or the Fee Limit increased prior to the Termination Date with the agreement of the Trustees.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that operating expenses are as shown in the table above and remain the same. Although your actual costs and returns may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year	$317
3 Years	$564
5 Years	$831
10 Years	$1,592

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Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 21% of the average value of its portfolio.

RISK/RETURN SUMMARY: INVESTMENTS, RISKS and PERFORMANCE

What are the Fund’s Main Investment Strategies?

The Fund pursues its investment objective by allocating its portfolio of investments among the following three categories of the fixed-income market: domestic investment-grade; domestic noninvestment-grade (also known as “junk bonds”); and foreign (in both emerging and developed markets). The Fund’s investment adviser, Federated Investment Management Company (“Adviser”) will determine whether a security is investment-grade based upon the credit ratings given by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). If a security has not received a rating, the Fund must rely entirely upon the Adviser’s credit assessment that the security is comparable to investment-grade. While the Fund’s portfolio usually includes investments from all three categories, the Fund limits the amount that it may invest in a single category to 75% of its assets. From time to time, the Fund may receive equity securities in connection with the restructuring of defaulted corporate bonds, in general, and high-yield bonds, in particular.

Under normal market conditions the Fund will endeavor to maintain an average effective portfolio duration within a range of negative two (-2) to positive three (+3) years, in order to manage Share price volatility due to interest rate risk. The Fund does not limit the effective duration with respect to its investment in any individual holding. Duration measures the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to changes in interest rates. Duration may be based on maturity date, call date or interest rate reset date.

The Fund expects that it will primarily hold fixed-income investments that pay interest at rates that increase or decrease in response to changes in market interest rates (so-called “floating-rate investments”). The Fund may also invest in fixed-income investments that pay interest at a fixed rate (so-called “fixed-rate investments”) that the Adviser believes have low interest rate sensitivity.

The Fund will invest in adjustable-rate mortgages and floating-rate collateralized mortgage obligations in the domestic investment-grade category, loans made to noninvestment-grade borrowers (i.e., leveraged loans) in the noninvestment-grade category, and loan instruments (including trade finance) and debt securities in the foreign category. Within each category, the Fund may also invest in fixed- and floating-rate debt securities (including callable securities), as well as bank loans, that the Adviser believes will have relatively low sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

The selection of individual portfolio securities involves an approach that is specific to each category of fixed-income investment and that relates, in part, to the risks inherent in the underlying sectors represented in each category. The investment process is designed to capture the depth of experience and focus of the Adviser’s fixed-income sector teams–mortgage-backed, investment-grade corporate, high-yield corporate and international (both emerging and developed markets).

Certain of the government securities in which the Fund invests are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as those issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Bank System. These entities are, however, supported through federal subsidies, loans or other benefits. The Fund may also invest in government securities that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as those issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”). Finally, to a lesser extent, the Fund may invest in certain government securities that have no explicit financial support, but which are regarded as having implied support because the federal government sponsors their activities.

The Fund may also invest in derivative contracts or hybrid instruments (such as, for example, futures contracts, option contracts and swap contracts) to implement its investment strategies. For example, the Fund may use derivative contracts or hybrid instruments to increase or decrease the portfolio’s exposure to the investment(s) underlying the derivative or hybrid instrument in an attempt to benefit from changes in the value of the underlying investment(s). There can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of derivative contracts or hybrid instruments will work as intended. Derivative investments made by the Fund are included within the Fund’s 80% policy (as described below) and are calculated at market value.

The Fund may also invest its assets in securities of other investment companies, including the securities of affiliated money market funds, as an efficient means of implementing its investment strategies and/or managing its uninvested cash. At times, the Fund’s investment in an affiliated fund may be a substantial portion of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund may also invest in loan instruments, including trade finance loan instruments, and mortgage-backed, high-yield and emerging markets debt securities primarily by investing in other investment companies (which are not available for general

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investment by the public) that own those securities and are advised by an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund’s investment in trade finance loan instruments through another investment company may expose the Fund to risks of loss after redemption. The Fund may also invest in such securities directly. These other investment companies are managed independently of the Fund and incur additional fees and/or expenses which would, therefore, be borne indirectly by the Fund in connection with any such investment. However, the Adviser believes that the benefits and efficiencies of this approach should outweigh the potential additional fees and/or expenses.

The Fund will invest its assets so that at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) are invested in floating-rate fixed-income investments. The Fund will notify shareholders at least 60 days in advance of any change in its investment policy that would enable the Fund to invest, under normal circumstances, less than 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in floating-rate fixed-income investments. For purposes of this limitation, a floating-rate investment includes any fixed-income investment that requires periodic changes in its interest rate based upon changes in a recognized index interest rate or another method of determining prevailing interest rates, including loan instruments subject to a floor and money market funds. The Fund may count the value of certain derivatives with floating-rate fixed-income characteristics towards its policy to invest in floating-rate fixed-income investments.

What are the Main Risks of Investing in the Fund?

All mutual funds take investment risks. Therefore, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The primary factors that may reduce the Fund’s returns include:

■	Issuer Credit Risk. It is possible that interest or principal on securities will not be paid when due. Noninvestment-grade securities generally have a higher default risk than investment-grade securities. Such non-payment or default may reduce the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, its share price and its performance.
■	Counterparty Credit Risk. Counterparty credit risk includes the possibility that a party to a transaction involving the Fund will fail to meet its obligations. This could cause the Fund to lose money or to lose the benefit of the transaction or prevent the Fund from selling or buying other securities to implement its investment strategy.
■	Interest Rate Risk. Prices of fixed-income securities generally fall when interest rates rise. The longer the duration of a fixed-income security, the more susceptible it is to interest rate risk. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates.
■	Prepayment and Extension Risk. When homeowners prepay their mortgages in response to lower interest rates, the Fund will be required to reinvest the proceeds at the lower interest rates available. Also, when interest rates fall, the price of mortgage-backed securities may not rise to as great an extent as that of other fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, homeowners are less likely to prepay their mortgages. A decreased rate of prepayments lengthens the expected maturity of a mortgage-backed security, and the price of mortgage-backed securities may decrease more than the price of other fixed income securities when interest rates rise.
■	Call Risk. Call risk is the possibility that an issuer may redeem a fixed-income security before maturity (a call) at a price below its current market price. An increase in the likelihood of a call may reduce the security’s price. If a fixed-income security is called, the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in other fixed-income securities with lower interest rates, higher credit risks or other less favorable characteristics.
■	Liquidity Risk. The fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests may be less readily marketable and may be subject to greater fluctuation in price than other securities. Liquidity risk also refers to the possibility that the Fund may not be able to sell a security or close out a derivative contract when it wants to. If this happens, the Fund could incur losses.
■	Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Risk. The value of asset-backed securities (ABS) may be affected by certain factors such interest rate risk, credit risk, prepayment risk and the availability of information concerning the pool of underlying assets and its structure. Under certain market conditions, ABS may be less liquid and maybe difficult to value. Movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain types of ABS. ABS can also be subject to the risk of default on the underlying assets.
■	Loan Liquidity Risk. Loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. The liquidity of loans, including the volume and frequency of secondary market trading in such loans, varies significantly over time and among individual loans. For example, if the credit quality of a loan unexpectedly declines significantly, secondary market trading in that loan can also decline for a period of time. During periods of infrequent trading, valuing a loan can be more difficult and buying and selling a loan at an acceptable price can be more difficult and delayed. Difficulty in selling a loan can result in a loss. Loan instruments may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. In some cases, negotiations involved in disposing of loans may require weeks to complete. Thus, transactions in loan instruments may

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	take longer than seven days to settle. This could pose a liquidity risk to the Fund and, if the Fund’s exposure to such investments is substantial, could impair the Fund’s ability to meet shareholder redemptions in a timely manner. A majority of the Fund’s assets are likely to be invested in assets that are considerably less liquid than debt instruments traded on national exchanges. Market quotations for such assets may be volatile and/or subject to large spreads between bid and ask prices.
■	Agent Insolvency Risk. In a syndicated loan, the agent bank is the bank that undertakes the bulk of the administrative duties involved in the day-to-day administration of the loan. In the event of the insolvency of an agent bank, a loan could be subject to settlement risk as well as the risk of interruptions in the administrative duties performed in the day to day administration of the loan (such as processing LIBOR calculations, processing draws, etc.).
■	Risk of Investing in Loans. In addition to the risks generally associated with debt instruments, such as credit, market, interest rate, liquidity and derivatives risks, bank loans are also subject to the risk that the value of the collateral securing a loan may decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower or be difficult to liquidate. The Fund’s access to the collateral may be limited by bankruptcy, other insolvency laws or by the type of loan the Fund has purchased. For example, if the Fund purchases a participation instead of an assignment, it would not have direct access to collateral of the borrower. As a result, a floating rate loan may not be fully collateralized and can decline significantly in value. Additionally, collateral on loan instruments may consist of assets that may not be readily liquidated, and there is no assurance that the liquidation of such assets will satisfy a borrower’s obligations under the instrument. Loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Loans and other forms of indebtedness may be structured such that they are not securities under securities laws. As such, it is unclear whether loans and other forms of direct indebtedness offer securities law protections, such as those against fraud and misrepresentation. In the absence of definitive regulatory guidance, while there can be no assurance that fraud or misrepresentation will not occur with respect to the loans and other investments in which the Fund invests, the Fund relies on the Adviser’s research in an attempt to seek to avoid situations where fraud or misrepresentation could adversely affect the Fund.
■	Loan Prepayment Risk. During periods of declining interest rates or for other purposes, borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled which may force the Fund to reinvest in lower-yielding instruments.
■	Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk. Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) bear many of the same risks as other forms of asset-backed securities, including interest rate risk and issuer credit risk. As they are backed solely by pools of loans, CLOs also bear similar risks to investing in loans directly.
■	Risk Associated with Noninvestment-Grade Securities. Securities rated below investment-grade, also known as “junk bonds” or “leveraged loans,” may be subject to greater interest rate, credit and liquidity risks than investment-grade securities. These securities are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and repay principal.
■	Risk Related to the Economy. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may decline in tandem with a drop in the overall value of the markets in which the Fund invests and/or other markets. Economic, political and financial conditions, industry or economic trends and developments or public health risks, such as epidemics or pandemics, may, from time to time, and for varying periods of time, cause the Fund to experience volatility, illiquidity, shareholder redemptions, or other potentially adverse effects. Among other investments, lower-grade bonds and loans may be particularly sensitive to changes in the economy.
■	Currency Risk. Exchange rates for currencies fluctuate daily. Accordingly, the Fund may experience increased volatility with respect to the value of its Shares and its returns as a result of its exposure to foreign currencies through direct holding of such currencies or holding of non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.
■	European Union and Eurozone Related Risk. A number of countries in the European Union (EU), including certain countries within the EU that have adopted the euro (Eurozone), have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe economic and financial difficulties. Additional countries within the EU may also fall subject to such difficulties. These events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments in euro-denominated securities and derivatives contracts, securities of issuers located in the EU or with significant exposure to EU issuers or countries.
■	Risk of Foreign Investing. Because the Fund invests in securities issued by foreign companies, the Fund’s Share price may be more affected by foreign economic and political conditions, taxation policies and accounting and auditing standards than would otherwise be the case.
■	Risk of Investing in Emerging Market Countries. Securities issued or traded in emerging markets generally entail greater risks than securities issued or traded in developed markets. Emerging market economies may also experience more severe downturns (with corresponding currency devaluations) than developed economies.
■	Leverage Risk. Leverage risk is created when an investment exposes the Fund to a level of risk that exceeds the amount invested. Changes in the value of such an investment magnify the Fund’s risk of loss and potential for gain.

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■	Exchange-Traded Funds Risk. An investment in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate up or down, and the Fund could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down.
■	Risk of Loss After Redemption. The Fund may also invest in trade finance loan instruments primarily by investing in other investment companies (which are not available for general investment by the public) that own those instruments and that are advised by an affiliate of the Adviser and are structured as an extended payment fund (EPF). In the EPF, the Fund, as shareholder, will bear the risk of investment loss during the period between when shares of such EPF are presented to the transfer agent of the EPF for redemption and when the net asset value of the EPF is determined for payment of the redeemed EPF shares (the “Redemption Pricing Date”).
■	Credit Enhancement Risk. The securities in which the Fund invests may be subject to credit enhancement (for example, guarantees, letters of credit or bond insurance). If the credit quality of the credit enhancement provider (for example, a bank or bond insurer) is downgraded, the rating on a security credit enhanced by such credit enhancement provider also may be downgraded. Having multiple securities credit enhanced by the same enhancement provider will increase the adverse effects on the Fund that are likely to result from a downgrading of, or a default by, such an enhancement provider. Adverse developments in the banking or bond insurance industries also may negatively affect the Fund, as the Fund may invest in securities credit-enhanced by banks or by bond insurers without limit.
■	Risk of Investing in Derivative Contracts and Hybrid Instruments. Derivative contracts and hybrid instruments involve risks different from, or possibly greater than, risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Specific risk issues related to the use of such contracts and instruments include valuation and tax issues, increased potential for losses and/or costs to the Fund, and a potential reduction in gains to the Fund. Each of these issues is described in greater detail in this Prospectus. Derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may also involve other risks described in this Prospectus such as stock market, interest rate, credit, currency, liquidity and leverage risks.
■	Risk Associated with the Investment Activities of Other Accounts. Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other accounts managed by the Adviser and accounts managed by affiliates of the Adviser. Therefore, it is possible that investment-related actions taken by such other accounts could adversely impact the Fund with respect to, for example, the value of Fund portfolio holdings, and/or prices paid to or received by the Fund on its portfolio transactions, and/or the Fund’s ability to obtain or dispose of portfolio securities.
■	Technology Risk. The Adviser uses various technologies in managing the Fund, consistent with its investment objective(s) and strategy described in this Prospectus. For example, proprietary and third-party data and systems are utilized to support decision-making for the Fund. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems, which may negatively affect Fund performance.

The Shares offered by this Prospectus are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

Performance: Bar Chart and Table

Risk/Return Bar Chart

The bar chart and performance table below reflect historical performance data for the Fund. The Fund’s A1 class is expected to commence operations on or about October 26, 2020. The Fund currently offers four other classes of Shares: Class A Shares (A class), Class C Shares, Institutional Shares and Class R6 Shares. The A1 class performance information shown below is for the Fund’s A class and has not been adjusted since the A1 class is expected to have the same net expense ratio as the A class.

The bar chart and performance table below reflect historical performance data for the Fund and are intended to help you analyze the Fund’s investment risks in light of its historical returns. The bar chart shows the variability of the Fund’s A1 class total returns on a calendar year-by-year basis. The Average Annual Total Return Table shows returns for each class averaged over the stated periods, and includes comparative performance information. The Fund’s performance will fluctuate, and past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future results. Updated

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performance information for the Fund is available under the “Products” section at FederatedInvestors.com or by calling 1-800-341-7400.

The total returns shown in the bar chart do not reflect the payment of any sale charges or recurring shareholder account fees. If these charges or fees had been included, the returns shown would have been lower.

The Fund’s A1 class total return for the six-month period from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, was (5.15)%.

Within the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s A1 class highest quarterly return was 3.38% (quarter ended March 31, 2019). Its lowest quarterly return was (2.80)% (quarter ended December 31, 2018).

Average Annual Total Return Table

The Fund’s A1 class is expected to commence operations on or about October 26, 2020. The A1 class performance information shown below is for the Fund’s A class as described above.

In addition to Return Before Taxes, Return After Taxes is shown for the Fund’s A1 class to illustrate the effect of federal taxes on Fund returns. Actual after-tax returns depend on each investor’s personal tax situation, and are likely to differ from those shown. After-tax returns are calculated using a standard set of assumptions. The stated returns assume the highest historical federal income and capital gains tax rates. These after-tax returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable state and local taxes. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors holding shares through a 401(k) plan, an Individual Retirement Account or other tax-advantaged investment plan.

(For the Period Ended December 31, 2019)

Share Class	1 Year	5 Years	Start of Performance¹
A1:
Return Before Taxes	5.23%	3.27%	3.21%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	3.41%	1.69%	1.69%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	3.07%	1.79%	1.80%
ICE BofAML US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index² (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	2.28%	1.07%	0.64%
Blended Benchmark³ (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	5.71%	3.05%	2.81%

1	The returns of the ICE BoAML US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index and the Blended Benchmarks are from the A class start of performance date of February 23, 2011.

ICE BofAML US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of the month and held for a full month. At the end of the month that issue is sold and rolled into a newly selected issue. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding Treasury Bill that matures closest to, but not beyond, three months from the rebalancing date. To qualify for selection, an issue must have settled on or before the month-end rebalancing date.

The Blended Benchmark is a blend of indexes comprised of 55% Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index/30% ICE BofAML 1-Year US Treasury Note Index/15% ICE BofAML US Dollar 1-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index. The Credit Suisse Leverage Loan Index is designed to mirror the investable universe of the U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loan market. ICE BofAML 1-Year US Treasury Note Index is comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of the month and held for a full month. At the end of the month that issue is sold and rolled into a newly selected issue. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding two-year Treasury note that matures closest to, but not beyond, one year from the rebalancing date. To qualify for selection, an issue must have settled on or before the month-end rebalancing date. The ICE BofAML US Dollar 1-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index is a newly available, independent calculation of the ICE BofAML 1-Month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) previously used as a component of the Blended Benchmark. This component of the Blended Benchmark has been replaced in light of the anticipated phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate.

FUND MANAGEMENT

The Fund’s Investment Adviser is Federated Investment Management Company.

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Mark E. Durbiano, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s portfolio manager since its inception November of 2010 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since its inception August of 2010.

Steven J. Wagner, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s portfolio manager since its inception November of 2010 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since March of 2015.

B. Anthony Delserone, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s portfolio manager since May of 2015 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since its inception August of 2010.

purchase and sale of fund shares

You may purchase, redeem or exchange Shares of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Shares may be purchased through a financial intermediary firm that has entered into a Fund selling and/or servicing agreement with the Distributor or an affiliate (“Financial Intermediary”) or directly from the Fund, by wire or by check. Please note that certain purchase restrictions may apply. Redeem or exchange Shares through a financial intermediary or directly from the Fund by telephone at 1-800-341-7400 or by mail.

The minimum investment amount for the Fund’s A1 class is generally $1,500 for initial investments and $100 for subsequent investments. The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are generally $250 and $100, respectively. There is no minimum initial or subsequent investment amount for employer-sponsored retirement plans. Certain types of accounts are eligible for lower minimum investments. The minimum investment for Systematic Investment Programs is $50.

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions are taxable as ordinary income or capital gains except when your investment is through a 401(k) plan, an Individual Retirement Account or other tax-advantaged investment plan.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and/or its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

What are the Fund’s Investment Strategies?

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return consistent with current income and low interest rate volatility. While there is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, it endeavors to do so by following the strategies and policies described in this Prospectus. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) provides information about the Fund’s non-principal strategies. A description of the various types of securities in which the Fund invests, other investment techniques used by the Fund, and their risks, immediately follows this strategy section.

Historically, the performance of each of these three categories has had a low correlation to one another. The Adviser continuously analyzes a variety of economic and market indicators and attempts to strategically position the Fund to achieve its investment objective across changing business cycles. There is no assurance that this relatively low correlation of returns will continue in the future. In making adjustments to the portfolio’s allocation, the Adviser considers the expected performance and risks unique to each category and pursues relative value opportunities within each category.

Under normal market conditions the Fund will endeavor to maintain an average effective portfolio duration within a range of negative two (-2) to positive three (+3) years, in order to manage Share price volatility due to interest rate risk. Duration measures the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to changes in interest rates. There are no limits with respect to the Fund’s average effective portfolio maturity. Duration may be based on maturity date, call date or interest rate reset date.

The Fund expects that it will hold fixed-income investments that pay interest at rates that increase or decrease in response to changes in market interest rates (so-called “floating-rate investments”). The Fund will select investments based on the relative yield of available floating-rate investments with comparable risks and other characteristics. Significant characteristics of floating-rate investments include the frequency of interest rate adjustments and any

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limitations on the amount of adjustments. In addition to floating-rate investments, the Fund may also invest in fixed-income investments that pay interest at a fixed rate (so-called “fixed-rate investments”) that the Adviser believes have low interest rate sensitivity. The amount and type of fixed-rate investments held in the Fund’s portfolio will depend on, among other factors, the relative yields of fixed- and floating-rate investments and the Adviser’s interest rate outlook.

The selection of individual portfolio investments involves an approach that is specific to each category of fixed-income investment and that relates, in part, to the risks inherent in the underlying sectors represented in each category. The investment process is designed to capture the depth of experience and focus of the Adviser’s fixed-income sector teams–mortgage-backed, investment-grade corporate, high-yield corporate and international (both emerging and developed markets).

The Fund’s investment strategy exposes investors to several risks, including risks of investing in loans, loan liquidity risks, agency insolvency risks, credit risk, interest rate risk, currency risk and risks of foreign investing, as well as the other risks described herein. The Fund may invest in overnight repurchase agreements and/or shares of an affiliated money market fund in order to maintain sufficient cash to pay for daily net redemptions and portfolio transactions.

Domestic Investment-Grade Category

The domestic investment-grade category of the Fund’s portfolio will consist of fixed and floating rate securities including, but not limited to: mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) and collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), investment-grade corporate debt and bank loans, asset backed securities, and U.S. Government Securities. The Fund may invest in MBS and CMOs issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), as well as securities that are not issued or guaranteed by a GSE or U.S. government agency (i.e., privately issued MBS). Investment-grade securities are rated in one of the four highest categories (BBB or higher) by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser.

The Fund’s investment strategy with respect to investments in fixed and floating rate MBSs and CMOs will depend primarily on the types of MBSs and CMOs available in the market. Although the Fund will invest primarily in MBSs and CMOs issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and GSEs, it may also invest in privately issued MBSs, CMOs and fixed or floating rate-rate securities that offer attractive yields relative to their increased credit risks. The Adviser uses this fundamental analysis to compare the potential income and return from available investments with comparable durations, risks and other characteristics.

With respect to the Fund’s corporate-debt investments, the Adviser employs a fundamental analysis to determine the best investments within specific credit quality constraints. For investments in corporate issuers (or borrowers, in the case of bank loan), the Adviser analyzes the business, competitive position and general financial condition of the issuer/borrower to determine whether an investment’s credit risk is commensurate with its potential return.

There is no assurance that any investment will perform as expected or that any fundamental analysis used by the Fund will incorporate all relevant information.

Domestic Noninvestment-Grade Category

The domestic noninvestment-grade portion of the Fund’s portfolio will consist of investments in loans with respect to which a company rated below investment grade is the borrower (“leveraged loans”). The Fund may also invest in investments in fixed- and floating-rate corporate-debt of noninvestment-grade quality also known as “junk bonds”. Noninvestment-grade investments have a higher degree of credit risk than investment-grade quality investments.

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The Fund’s noninvestment-grade investments may involve companies whose financial condition is uncertain, where the borrower/issuer has defaulted in the payment of interest or principal or in the performance of its covenants or agreements or that may be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, reorganizations or financial restructurings. The leveraged loans and junk bonds in which the Fund invests will be U.S. dollar-denominated, although the borrowers and issuers may be domestic or foreign companies. Additionally, the floating-rate leveraged loans may be first lien, second lien or third lien in terms of priority, as well as unsecured or subordinated bank loans. The Fund may invest in loan index products, such as derivative contracts related to the Loan Credit Default Swap Index.

Although the selection of these noninvestment-grade investments involves the same factors as the selection of investment-grade, corporate-debt investments, the Adviser gives a greater emphasis to its analysis of the issuer’s creditworthiness. The Adviser attempts to minimize default risk through careful security selection and diversification.

Foreign Fixed-Income Category

The foreign fixed-income portion of the Fund’s portfolio (which may include investment-grade investments or be comprised solely of noninvestment-grade investments) will consist of investments in trade finance, structured trade, export finance and project finance or related assets of companies or other entities (including sovereign entities) (“trade finance related investments”), fixed- and floating-rate debt issued by corporations or governments located in both developed and emerging markets (“emerging market debt securities”), as well as leveraged loans. Investors in emerging market fixed-income investments may receive higher yields as compensation for assuming the higher credit risks of the issuers or other market risks of investing in emerging market countries.

The Adviser attempts to select trade finance related investments that have levels of risk commensurate with their potential return. In selecting these investments, the Adviser begins with an analysis of macro-level conditions in the various, relevant emerging markets from which available trade finance investments originate. The Adviser then analyzes the creditworthiness of each borrower to the trade finance instrument, focusing on the borrower’s financial statements, applicable financial solvency ratios and overall ability to meet its obligations under the relevant instrument.

In selecting emerging and developed market-debt securities and leveraged loans, the Adviser gives primary emphasis to the credit quality of issuers of the securities. The Adviser performs intensive credit analysis of both sovereign and corporate-debt issuers and borrowers, as applicable. Secondarily, the Adviser considers the extent to which the market interest rates may impact the potential investment return of emerging and developed market-debt securities and leveraged loans.

The Fund may buy or sell foreign currencies in lieu of or in addition to non-dollar denominated fixed-income securities in order to increase or decrease its exposure to foreign interest rate and/or currency markets. From time to time, the Adviser may, but is not required to, hedge the Fund’s investment returns from securities denominated in foreign currencies. A currency hedge is a transaction intended to remove the influence of currency fluctuations on investment returns.

Derivative Contracts

The Fund may use derivative contracts and/or hybrid instruments to implement elements of its investment strategy. For example, the Fund may use derivative contracts or hybrid instruments to increase or decrease the portfolio’s exposure to the investment(s) underlying the derivative or hybrid instrument in an attempt to benefit from changes in the value of the underlying investment(s). Additionally, by way of example, the Fund may use derivative contracts in an attempt to:

■	increase or decrease the effective duration of the Fund portfolio;
■	seek to benefit from anticipated changes in the volatility of designated assets or instruments, such as indices, currencies and interest rates. (Volatility is a measure of the frequency and level of changes in the value of an asset or instrument without regard to the direction of such changes.);
■	seek to benefit from increases or decreases, in the value of the derivative contract or the investment(s) underlying the contract;
■	obtain premiums from the sale of derivative contracts;
■	realize gains from trading a derivative contract; or
■	hedge against potential losses.

There can be no assurance that the Fund’s use of derivative contracts or hybrid instruments will work as intended. Derivative investments made by the Fund are included within the Fund’s 80% policy (as described below) and are calculated at market value.

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TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS

The Fund may temporarily depart from its principal investment strategies by investing its assets in shorter-term debt securities and similar obligations or holding cash. It may do this in response to unusual circumstances, such as: adverse market, economic, or other conditions (for example, to help avoid potential losses, or during periods when there is a shortage of appropriate securities); to maintain liquidity to meet shareholder redemptions; or to accommodate cash inflows. It is possible that such investments could affect the Fund’s investment returns and/or the ability to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives.

What are the Fund’s Principal Investments?

The following provides general information on the Fund’s principal investments. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) provides information about the Fund’s non-principal investments and may provide additional information about the Fund’s principal investments.

FIXED-INCOME Investments

Fixed-income investments pay interest, dividends or distributions at a specified rate or floating rate. The rate may be a fixed percentage of the principal or may be adjusted periodically. In addition, the issuer of a fixed-income security must repay the principal amount of the security, normally within a specified time. Fixed-income investments provide more regular income than equity securities. However, the returns on fixed-income investments are limited and normally do not increase with the issuer’s earnings. This limits the potential appreciation of fixed-income investments as compared to equity securities.

A security’s yield measures the annual income earned on a security as a percentage of its price. A security’s yield will increase or decrease depending upon whether it costs less (a “discount”) or more (a “premium”) than the principal amount. If the issuer may redeem the security before its scheduled maturity, the price and yield on a discount or premium security may change based upon the probability of an early redemption. Securities with higher risks generally have higher yields.

The credit risk of an issuer’s debt security may also vary based on its priority for repayment. For example, higher ranking (“senior”) debt investments have a higher priority than lower ranking (“subordinated”) investments. This means that the issuer might not make payments on subordinated investments while continuing to make payments on senior securities. In addition, in the event of bankruptcy, holders of senior investments may receive amounts otherwise payable to the holders of subordinated investments.

The following describes the types of fixed-income investments in which the Fund principally invests.

Corporate Debt Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Corporate debt securities are fixed-income investments issued by businesses. Notes, bonds, debentures and commercial paper are the most prevalent types of corporate debt securities. The credit risks of corporate debt securities vary widely among issuers.

In addition, the credit risk of an issuer’s debt security may vary based on its priority for repayment. For example, higher ranking (“senior”) debt securities have a higher priority than lower ranking (“subordinated”) securities. This means that the issuer might not make payments on subordinated securities while continuing to make payments on senior securities. In addition, in the event of bankruptcy, holders of senior securities may receive amounts otherwise payable to the holders of subordinated securities. Some subordinated securities, such as trust-preferred and capital-securities notes, also permit the issuer to defer payments under certain circumstances. For example, insurance companies issue securities known as surplus notes that permit the insurance company to defer any payment that would reduce its capital below regulatory requirements.

Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) (A Fixed-Income Investment)

An MBS is a type of pass-through security, which is a pooled debt obligation repackaged as interests that pass principal and interest through an intermediary to investors. In the case of MBS, the ownership interests are issued by a trust and represent participation interests in pools of adjustable and fixed-rate mortgage loans. MBS are most commonly issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government (or one of its agencies or instrumentalities) (“agency MBS”), but also may be issued or guaranteed by private entities (“non-agency MBS”). Unlike conventional debt obligations, MBS provide monthly payments derived from the monthly interest and principal payments (including any prepayments) made by the individual borrowers on the pooled mortgage loans. Most MBS make these payments monthly; however, certain MBS are backed by mortgage loans which do not generate monthly payments but rather generate payments less frequently.

The mortgage loan collateral for non-agency MBS consists of residential mortgage loans that do not conform to GSEs underwriting guidelines. Non-agency MBS generally offer a higher yield than agency MBS because there are no direct or indirect government guarantees of payment.

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The non-agency and agency MBS acquired by the Fund could be secured by fixed-rate mortgages, adjustable-rate mortgages or hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages. Adjustable-rate mortgages are mortgages whose interest rates are periodically reset when market rates change. A hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (“hybrid ARM”) is a type of mortgage in which the interest rate is fixed for a specified period and then resets periodically, or floats, for the remaining mortgage term. Hybrid ARMs are usually referred to by their fixed and floating periods. For example, a “5/1 ARM” refers to a mortgage with a five-year fixed interest rate period, followed by 25 annual interest rate adjustment periods.

Investments in MBS expose the Fund to interest rate, prepayment and credit risks.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) (A Type of Mortgage-Backed Security)

CMOs, including interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs), allocate payments and prepayments from an underlying pass-through certificate among holders of different classes of mortgage-backed securities. This creates different prepayment and interest rate risks for each CMO class. The degree of increased or decreased prepayment risks depends upon the structure of the CMOs. However, the actual returns on any type of mortgage-backed security depend upon the performance of the underlying pool of mortgages, which no one can predict with certainty and will vary among pools.

Non-Governmental Mortgage-Backed Securities (A Type of Mortgage-Backed Security)

Non-governmental mortgage-backed securities (including non-governmental CMOs) are issued by private entities, rather than by U.S. government agencies. These securities involve credit risk and liquidity risk. The degree of risks will depend significantly on the ability of borrowers to make payments on the underlying mortgages and the seniority of the security held by the Fund with respect to such payments.

Floaters and Inverse Floaters (A Type of CMO)

Another variant allocates interest payments between two classes of CMOs. One class (“Floaters”) receives a share of interest payments based upon a market index such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The other class (“Inverse Floaters”) receives any remaining interest payments from the underlying mortgages. Floater classes receive more interest (and Inverse Floater classes receive correspondingly less interest) as interest rates rise. This shifts prepayment and interest rate risks from the Floater to the Inverse Floater class, reducing the price volatility of the Floater class and increasing the price volatility of the Inverse Floater class.

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (A Type of Mortgage-Backed Security)

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) represent interests in mortgage loans on commercial real estate, such as loans for hotels, shopping centers, office buildings and apartment buildings. Generally, the interest and principal payments on these loans are passed on to investors in CMBS according to a schedule of payments. The Fund may invest in individual CMBS issues or, alternately, may gain exposure to the overall CMBS market by investing in a derivative contract, the performance of which is related to changes in the value of a domestic CMBS index. The risks associated with CMBS reflect the risks of investing in the commercial real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans and are therefore different from the risks of other types of MBS. Additionally, CMBS may expose the Fund to interest rate, liquidity and credit risks.

Government Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Government securities are issued or guaranteed by a federal agency or instrumentality acting under federal authority. Some government securities, including those issued by Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States and are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal.

Other government securities receive support through federal subsidies, loans or other benefits but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. For example, the U.S. Treasury is authorized to purchase specified amounts of securities issued by (or otherwise make funds available to) the Federal Home Loan Bank System, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) in support of such obligations.

Some government agency securities have no explicit financial support, and are supported only by the credit of the applicable agency, instrumentality or corporation. The U.S. government has provided financial support to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but there is no assurance that it will support these or other agencies in the future.

The Fund treats mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by a federal agency or instrumentality as government securities. Although such a guarantee helps protect against credit risk, it does not eliminate it entirely or reduce other risks.

Treasury Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Treasury securities are direct obligations of the federal government of the United States. Treasury securities are generally regarded as having minimal credit risks.

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Asset-Backed Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Asset-backed securities are payable from pools of obligations other than mortgages. Most asset-backed securities involve consumer or commercial debts with maturities of less than 10 years. However, almost any type of fixed-income assets (including other fixed-income securities) may be used to create an asset-backed security. Asset-backed securities may take the form of commercial paper, notes or pass-through certificates. Asset-backed securities have prepayment risks. Like CMOs, asset-backed securities may be structured like Floaters, Inverse Floaters, IOs and POs.

Callable Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Certain fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests are callable at the option of the issuer. Certain callable securities invested in by the Fund also may be callable by parties other than the issuer. Callable securities are subject to call risks.

Loan Instruments (A Fixed-Income Investment)

The Fund may invest in loan (and loan-related) instruments, which are interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental or other borrower to lenders or groups of lenders known as lending syndicates (loans and loan participations). Such instruments may include loans made in connection with trade financing transactions.

Investments in certain loans have additional risks that result from the use of agents and other interposed financial institutions. Such loans are structured and administered by a financial institution (e.g., a commercial bank) that acts as the agent of the lending syndicate. The agent bank, which may or may not also be a lender, typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the lenders in the lending syndicate. In addition, an institution, typically but not always the agent bank, holds the collateral, if any, on behalf of the lenders. A financial institution’s employment as an agent bank might be terminated for a number of reasons, for example, in the event that it fails to observe a requisite standard of care or becomes insolvent. A successor agent bank would generally be appointed to replace the terminated agent bank, and assets held by the agent bank under the loan agreement likely would remain available to holders of such indebtedness. However, if assets held by the agent bank for the benefit of the Fund were determined to be subject to the claims of the agent bank’s general creditors, the Fund might incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment on a loan or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. In situations involving other interposed financial institutions (e.g., an insurance company or government agency) similar risks may arise.

Loan instruments may be secured or unsecured. If secured, then the lenders have been granted rights to specific property (such as receivables, tangible goods, real property or commodities), which is commonly referred to as collateral. The purpose of securing a loan is to allow the lenders to exercise their rights over the collateral if the loan is not repaid as required by the terms of lending agreement. Unsecured loans expose the lenders to increased credit risk.

Trade finance is a long established form of commercial financing that involves providing producers, traders, distributors and end users with short- and medium-term loans or other forms of debt obligation. Trade finance is a major loan asset class for many of the world’s commercial banks and trade finance is an important source of funding in emerging markets. For emerging economies that are exporters of commodities, payments made in advance and prior to export sale (“pre-export finance”) provide a way for banks and other lenders to lend to local producers against future earnings. Trade finance also seeks to finance the industrialization of these economies in the form of project-finance and project-related finance lending. This lending activity is supported by commercial banks, export credit agencies as well as multilateral agencies. Imports that are financed will include productions inputs, inventory and plant and equipment. Many transactions of this type facilitate import substitution or provide future enhancement of export generation.

The loan instruments in which the Fund may invest may involve borrowers, agent banks, co-lenders and collateral located both in the United States and outside of the United States (in both developed and emerging markets).

The Fund treats loan instruments as a type of fixed-income security. Investments in loan instruments may expose the Fund to risks of investing in loans, loan liquidity risks, agent insolvency risks, loan prepayment risks, interest rate risk, risks of investing in foreign securities, credit risk, liquidity risk, risks of noninvestment-grade securities, risks of emerging markets and leverage risks. (For purposes of the descriptions in this Prospectus of these various risks, references to “issuer” include borrowers in loan instruments.) Many loan instruments incorporate risk mitigation and insurance products into their structures, in order to manage these risks. There is no guarantee that these risk management techniques will work as intended.

Collateralized Loan Obligations

A collateralized loan obligation (CLO) is an asset-backed security whose underlying collateral is a pool of loans. Such loans may include domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, some of which may be below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans. Investments in CLOs carry the same risks as investments in loans directly, such as interest rate risk, issuer credit and liquidity risks. These investments are also subject to the risks associated with a decrease of market value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches,

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market anticipation of defaults and investor aversion to these types of securities as a class. CLOs issue classes or “tranches” that vary in risk and yield. Losses caused by defaults on underlying assets are borne first by the holders of subordinate tranches. A CLO may experience substantial losses attributable to loan defaults. A Fund’s investment in a CLO may decrease in market value because of: (i) loan defaults or credit impairment; (ii) the disappearance of subordinate tranches; (iii) market anticipation of defaults; and (iv) investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. These risks may be magnified depending on the tranche of CLO securities in which a Fund invests. For example, investments in a junior tranche of CLO securities will likely be more sensitive to loan defaults or credit impairment than investments in more senior tranches.

Floating-Rate Loans (A Loan Instrument)

Floating-rate loans are loan instruments that have interest rates that reset periodically. Most floating-rate loans are secured by specific collateral of the borrower and are senior to most other securities of the borrower (e.g., common stock or debt instruments) in the event of bankruptcy. Floating-rate loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and refinancing. Floating-rate loans are typically structured and administered by a financial institution that acts as the agent of the lenders participating in the floating-rate loan. Floating-rate loans may be acquired directly through the agent, as an assignment from another lender who holds a direct interest in the floating-rate loan, or as a participation interest in another leader’s portion of the floating-rate loan.

Lower-Rated, Fixed-Income Securities

Lower-rated, fixed-income securities are securities rated below investment grade (i.e., BB or lower) by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO). There is no minimal acceptable rating for a security to be purchased or held by the Fund and the Fund may purchase or hold unrated securities and debt instruments whose issuers are in default.

Convertible Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Convertible securities are fixed-income securities that the Fund has the option to exchange for equity securities at a specified conversion price. The option allows the Fund to realize additional returns if the market price of the equity securities exceeds the conversion price. For example, the Fund may hold fixed-income securities that are convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $10 per share. If the market value of the shares of common stock reached $12, the Fund could realize an additional $2 per share by converting its fixed-income securities.

Convertible securities have lower yields than comparable fixed-income securities. In addition, at the time a convertible security is issued, the conversion price exceeds the market value of the underlying equity securities. Thus, convertible securities may provide lower returns than non-convertible, fixed-income securities or equity securities depending upon changes in the price of the underlying equity securities. However, convertible securities permit the Fund to realize some of the potential appreciation of the underlying equity securities with less risk of losing its initial investment.

The Fund treats convertible securities as both fixed-income and equity securities for purposes of its investment policies and limitations, because of their unique characteristics.

FOREIGN SECURITIES

Foreign securities are securities of issuers based outside the United States. To the extent a Fund invests in securities included in its applicable broad-based securities market index, the Fund may consider an issuer to be based outside the United States if the applicable index classifies the issuer as based outside the United States. Accordingly, the Fund may consider an issuer to be based outside the United States if the issuer satisfies at least one, but not necessarily all, of the following:

■	it is organized under the laws of, or has its principal office located in, another country;
■	the principal trading market for its securities is in another country; or
■	it (directly or through its consolidated subsidiaries) derived in its most current fiscal year at least 50% of its total assets, capitalization, gross revenue or profit from goods produced, services performed or sales made in another country; or-
■	it is classified by an applicable index as based outside the United States.

Foreign securities are often denominated in foreign currencies. Along with the risks normally associated with domestic securities of the same type, foreign securities are subject to currency risks and risks of foreign investing. Trading in certain foreign markets is also subject to liquidity risks.

Foreign Corporate Debt Securities

The Fund will also invest in high-yield debt securities of foreign corporations. Notes, bonds, debentures, loans and commercial paper are the most prevalent types of corporate debt securities. The credit risks of corporate debt securities vary widely among issuers.

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Foreign Exchange Contracts

In order to convert U.S. dollars into the currency needed to buy a foreign security, or to convert foreign currency received from the sale of a foreign security into U.S. dollars, the Fund may enter into spot currency trades. In a spot trade, the Fund agrees to exchange one currency for another at the current exchange rate. The Fund may also enter into derivative contracts in which a foreign currency is an underlying asset. The exchange rate for currency derivative contracts may be higher or lower than the spot exchange rate. Use of these derivative contracts may increase or decrease the Fund’s exposure to currency risks.

Foreign Government Securities

Foreign government securities generally consist of fixed-income securities supported by national, state or provincial governments or similar political subdivisions. Foreign government securities also include debt obligations of supranational entities, such as international organizations designed or supported by governmental entities to promote economic reconstruction or development, international banking institutions and related government agencies. Examples of these include, but are not limited to, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “World Bank”), the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Foreign government securities also include fixed-income securities of quasi-governmental agencies that are either issued by entities owned by a national, state or equivalent government or are obligations of a political unit that are not backed by the national government’s full faith and credit. Further, foreign government securities include mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by national, state or provincial governmental instrumentalities, including quasi-governmental agencies.

Derivative Contracts

Derivative contracts are financial instruments that require payments based upon changes in the values of designated securities, commodities, currencies, indices, or other assets or instruments including other derivative contracts, (each a “Reference Instrument” and collectively, “Reference Instruments”). Each party to a derivative contract may sometimes be referred to as a counterparty. Some derivative contracts require payments relating to an actual, future trade involving the Reference Instrument. These types of derivatives are frequently referred to as “physically settled” derivatives. Other derivative contracts require payments relating to the income or returns from, or changes in the market value of, a Reference Instrument. These types of derivatives are known as “cash-settled” derivatives, since they require cash payments in lieu of delivery of the Reference Instrument.

Many derivative contracts are traded on securities or commodities exchanges. In this case, the exchange sets all the terms of the contract except for the price. Investors make payments due under their contracts through the exchange. Most exchanges require investors to maintain margin accounts through their brokers to cover their potential obligations to the exchange. Parties to the contract make (or collect) daily payments to the margin accounts to reflect losses (or gains) in the value of their contracts. This protects investors against potential defaults by the other party to the contract. Trading contracts on an exchange also allows investors to close out their contracts by entering into offsetting contracts.

The Fund may also trade derivative contracts over-the-counter (OTC) in transactions negotiated directly between the Fund and a financial institution. OTC contracts do not necessarily have standard terms, so they may be less liquid and more difficult to close out than exchange-traded contracts. In addition, OTC contracts with more specialized terms may be more difficult to value than exchange-traded contracts, especially in times of financial stress.

The market for swaps and other OTC derivatives was largely unregulated prior to the enactment of federal legislation known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). Regulations enacted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC) under the Dodd-Frank Act require the Fund to clear certain swap contracts through a clearing house or central counterparty (a CCP).

To clear a swap through the CCP, the Fund will submit the contract to, and post margin with, a futures commission merchant (FCM) that is a clearing house member. The Fund may enter into the swap with a financial institution other than the FCM and arrange for the contract to be transferred to the FCM for clearing, or enter into the contract with the FCM itself. If the Fund must centrally clear a transaction, the CFTC’s regulations also generally require that the swap be executed on a registered exchange or through a market facility that is known as a swap execution facility or SEF. Central clearing is presently required only for certain swaps; the CFTC is expected to impose a mandatory central clearing requirement for additional derivative instruments over time.

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The CCP, SEF and FCM are all subject to regulatory oversight by the CFTC. In addition, most derivative market participants are now regulated as swap dealers or major swap participants and are subject to certain minimum capital and margin requirements and business conduct standards. Similar regulatory requirements are expected to apply to derivative contracts that are subject to the jurisdiction of the SEC, although the SEC has not yet finalized its regulations. In addition, uncleared OTC swaps will be subject to regulatory collateral requirements that could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to enter into swaps in the OTC market. These developments could cause the Fund to terminate new or existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such instruments at an inopportune time.

Until the mandated rulemaking and regulations are implemented completely, it will not be possible to determine the complete impact of the Dodd-Frank Act and related regulations on the Fund.

Depending on how the Fund uses derivative contracts and the relationships between the market value of a derivative contract and the Reference Instrument, derivative contracts may increase or decrease the Fund’s exposure to the risks of the Reference Instrument, and may also expose the Fund to liquidity and leverage risks. OTC contracts also expose the Fund to credit risks in the event that a counterparty defaults on the contract, although this risk may be mitigated by submitting the contract for clearing through a CCP.

Payment obligations arising in connection with derivative contracts are frequently required to be secured with margin (which is commonly called “collateral”).

The Fund may invest in a derivative contract if it is permitted to own, invest in, or otherwise have economic exposure to the Reference Instrument. The Fund is not required to own a Reference Instrument in order to buy or sell a derivative contract relating to that Reference Instrument. The Fund may trade in the following specific types and/or combinations of derivative contracts:

Futures Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a Reference Instrument at a specified price, date and time. Entering into a contract to buy a Reference Instrument is commonly referred to as buying a contract or holding a long position in the asset. Entering into a contract to sell a Reference Instrument is commonly referred to as selling a contract or holding a short position in the Reference Instrument. Futures contracts are considered to be commodity contracts. The Adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to the Fund and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation with respect to the Fund. Futures contracts traded OTC are frequently referred to as forward contracts. The Fund can buy or sell financial futures (such as interest rate futures, index futures and security futures), as well as, currency futures and currency forward contracts.

Option Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

Option contracts (also called “options”) are rights to buy or sell a Reference Instrument for a specified price (the “exercise price”) during, or at the end of, a specified period. The seller (or “writer”) of the option receives a payment, or premium, from the buyer, which the writer keeps regardless of whether the buyer uses (or exercises) the option. A call option gives the holder (buyer) the right to buy the Reference Instrument from the seller (writer) of the option. A put option gives the holder the right to sell the Reference Instrument to the writer of the option. Options may be bought or sold on a wide variety of Reference Instruments. Options that are written on futures contracts will be subject to margin requirements similar to those applied to futures contracts.

Swap Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

A swap contract (also known as a “swap”) is a type of derivative contract in which two parties agree to pay each other (swap) the returns derived from Reference Instruments. Swaps do not always involve the delivery of the Reference Instruments by either party, and the parties might not own the Reference Instruments underlying the swap. The payments are usually made on a net basis so that, on any given day, the Fund would receive (or pay) only the amount by which its payment under the contract is less than (or exceeds) the amount of the other party’s payment. Swap agreements are sophisticated instruments that can take many different forms and are known by a variety of names. Common types of swaps in which the Fund may invest include interest rate swaps, caps and floors, total return swaps, credit default swaps, currency swaps and volatility swaps.

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OTHER INVESTMENTS, TRANSACTIONS, TECHNIQUES

Repurchase Agreements

Repurchase agreements are transactions in which the Fund buys a security from a dealer or bank and agrees to sell the security back at a mutually agreed-upon time and price. The repurchase price exceeds the sale price, reflecting the Fund’s return on the transaction. This return is unrelated to the interest rate on the underlying security. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with banks and other recognized financial institutions, such as securities dealers, deemed creditworthy by the Adviser.

The Fund’s custodian or subcustodian will take possession of the securities subject to repurchase agreements. The Adviser or subcustodian will monitor the value of the underlying security each day to ensure that the value of the security always equals or exceeds the repurchase price.

Repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks.

Hybrid Instruments

Hybrid instruments combine elements of two different kinds of securities or financial instruments (such as a derivative contract). Frequently, the value of a hybrid instrument is determined by reference to changes in the value of a Reference Instrument (that is a designated security, commodity, currency, index or other asset or instrument including a derivative contract). The Fund may use hybrid instruments only in connection with permissible investment activities. Hybrid instruments can take on many forms including, but not limited to, the following forms. First, a common form of a hybrid instrument combines elements of a derivative contract with those of another security (typically a fixed-income security). In this case all or a portion of the interest or principal payable on a hybrid security is determined by reference to changes in the price of a Reference Instrument. Second, hybrid instruments may include convertible securities with conversion terms related to a Reference Instrument.

Depending on the type and terms of the hybrid instrument, its risks may reflect a combination of the risks of investing in the Reference Instrument with the risks of investing in other securities, currencies and derivative contracts. Thus, an investment in a hybrid instrument may entail significant risks in addition to those associated with traditional securities or the Reference Instrument. Hybrid instruments are also potentially more volatile than traditional securities or the Reference Instrument. Moreover, depending on the structure of the particular hybrid, it may expose the Fund to leverage risks or carry liquidity risks.

Securities Lending

The Fund may lend portfolio securities to borrowers that the Adviser deems creditworthy. In return, the Fund receives cash or liquid securities from the borrower as collateral. The borrower must furnish additional collateral if the market value of the loaned securities increases. Also, the borrower must pay the Fund the equivalent of any dividends or interest received on the loaned securities.

The Fund will reinvest cash collateral in securities that qualify as an acceptable investment for the Fund. However, the Fund must pay interest to the borrower for the use of cash collateral. An acceptable investment into which the Fund may reinvest cash collateral includes, among other acceptable investments, securities of affiliated money market funds (including affiliated institutional prime money market funds with a “floating” net asset value that can impose redemption fees and liquidity gates, impose certain operational impediments to investing cash collateral, and, if net asset value decreases, result in the Fund having to cover the decrease in the value of the cash collateral.)

Loans are subject to termination at the option of the Fund or the borrower. The Fund will not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan. However, the Fund will attempt to terminate a loan in an effort to reacquire the securities in time to vote on matters that are deemed to be material by the Adviser. There can be no assurance that the Fund will have sufficient notice of such matters to be able to terminate the loan in time to vote thereon. The Fund may pay administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan and may pay a negotiated portion of the interest earned on the cash collateral to a securities lending agent or broker. Securities lending activities are subject to interest rate risks and credit risks.

Asset Segregation

In order to cover its obligations in connection with derivative contracts or special transactions, the Fund will either own the underlying assets, enter into offsetting transactions or set aside cash or readily marketable securities in each case, as provided by the SEC or SEC staff guidance. This requirement may cause the Fund to miss favorable trading opportunities, due to a lack of sufficient cash or readily marketable securities. This requirement may also cause the Fund to realize losses on offsetting or terminated derivative contracts or special transactions.

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Investing In Securities of Other Investment Companies

The Fund may invest its assets in securities of other investment companies, including the securities of affiliated money market funds, as an efficient means of implementing its investment strategies and/or managing its uninvested cash. The Fund may also invest in loan instruments, including trade finance loan instruments, mortgage-backed, high-yield and emerging markets debt securities primarily by investing in other investment companies (which are not available for general investment by the public) that own those securities and is advised by an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund’s investment in trade finance loan instruments through another investment company may expose the Fund to risks of loss after redemption. The Fund may also invest in such securities directly. These other investment companies are managed independently of the Fund and incur additional fees and/or expenses which would, therefore, be borne indirectly by the Fund in connection with any such investment. However, the Adviser believes that the benefits and efficiencies of this approach should outweigh the potential additional fees and/or expenses.

Investing in Exchange-Traded Funds

The Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as an efficient means of carrying out its investment strategies. As with traditional mutual funds, ETFs charge asset-based fees, although these fees tend to be relatively low. ETFs are traded on stock exchanges or on the over-the-counter market. ETFs do not charge initial sales charges or redemption fees and investors pay only customary brokerage fees to buy and sell ETF shares.

Credit Enhancement

Credit enhancement consists of an arrangement in which a company agrees to pay amounts due on a fixed-income security if the issuer defaults. In some cases the company providing credit enhancement makes all payments directly to the security holders and receives reimbursement from the issuer. Normally, the credit enhancer has greater financial resources and liquidity than the issuer. For this reason, the Adviser may evaluate the credit risk of a fixed-income security based solely upon its credit enhancement.

Investment Ratings for Investment-Grade Securities

The Adviser will determine whether a security is investment grade based upon the credit ratings given by one or more NRSROs. For example, Standard & Poor’s, an NRSRO, assigns ratings to investment-grade securities (AAA, AA, A and BBB including modifiers, sub-categories and gradations) based on their assessment of the likelihood of the issuer’s inability to pay interest or principal (default) when due on each security. Lower credit ratings correspond to higher credit risk. If a security has not received a rating, the Fund must rely entirely upon the Adviser’s credit assessment that the security is comparable to investment grade. The presence of a ratings modifier, sub-category, or gradation (for example, a (+) or (-)) is intended to show relative standing within the major rating categories and does not affect the security credit rating for purposes of the Fund’s investment parameters.

If a security is downgraded below the minimum quality grade discussed above, the Adviser will reevaluate the security, but will not be required to sell it.

Investment Ratings for Noninvestment-Grade Securities

Noninvestment-grade securities are rated below BBB- by an NRSRO. These bonds have greater economic, credit and liquidity risks than investment-grade securities.

Additional Information Regarding the Security Selection Process

As part of analysis inherent in its security selection process, among other factors, the Adviser also evaluates whether environmental, social and governance factors could have positive or negative impact on the risk profiles of many issuers or guarantors in the universe of securities in which the Fund may invest. The Adviser may also consider information derived from active engagements conducted by its in-house stewardship team with certain issuers or guarantors. This qualitative analysis does not automatically result in including or excluding specific securities but is used by Federated Hermes as an additional input to improve portfolio risk/return characteristics.

What are the Specific Risks of Investing in the Fund?

The following provides general information on the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments. Any additional risks associated with the Fund’s non-principal investments are described in the Fund’s SAI. The Fund’s SAI also may provide additional information about the risks associated with the Fund’s principal investments.

Issuer Credit Risk

It is possible that interest or principal on securities will not be paid when due. Noninvestment-grade securities generally have a higher default risk than investment-grade securities. Such non-payment or default may reduce the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, its share price and its performance.

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The leveraged loans in which the Fund invests have a higher default risk than investment-grade securities. Many fixed-income securities receive credit ratings from NRSROs such as Fitch Rating Service, Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., and Standard & Poor’s that assign ratings to securities by assessing the likelihood of an issuer and/or guarantor default. Higher credit ratings correspond to lower perceived credit risk and lower credit ratings correspond to higher perceived credit risk. Credit ratings may be upgraded or downgraded from time to time as an NRSRO’s assessment of the financial condition of a party obligated to make payments with respect to such securities and credit risk changes. The impact of any credit rating downgrade can be uncertain. Credit rating downgrades may lead to increased interest rates and volatility in financial markets, which in turn could negatively affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, its share price and its investment performance. Credit ratings are not a guarantee of quality. Credit ratings may lag behind the current financial conditions of the issuer and/or guarantor and do not provide assurance against default or other loss of money. Credit ratings do not protect against a decline in the value of a security. If a security has not received a rating, the Fund must rely entirely upon the Adviser’s credit assessment.

The senior secured corporate loans and corporate debt securities in which the Fund invests generally are subject to less credit risk than unsecured high-yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”). Leveraged loans often have features that junk bonds generally do not have. They usually are senior obligations of the borrower or issuer, usually are secured by collateral and generally are subject to certain restrictive covenants in favor of the lenders or security holders that invest in them. Leveraged loans often are issued in connection with highly leveraged transactions. Such transactions include leveraged buyout loans, leveraged recapitalization loans and other types of acquisition financing. These obligations are subject to greater credit risks than other investments including a greater possibility that the borrower may default or enter bankruptcy. Some of these loans may be “covenant lite” loans which do not include terms which allow the lender to control and track the performance of the borrower and declare a default if certain criteria are breached.

Fixed-income securities generally compensate for greater credit risk by paying interest at a higher rate. The difference between the yield of a security and the yield of a U.S. Treasury security or other appropriate benchmark with a comparable maturity (the “spread”) measures the additional interest paid for risk. Spreads may increase generally in response to adverse economic or market conditions. A security’s spread may also increase if the security’s rating is lowered, or the security is perceived to have an increased credit risk. An increase in the spread will cause the price of the security to decline if interest rates remain unchanged.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK

Counterparty credit risk includes the possibility that a party to a transaction involving the Fund will fail to meet its obligations. This could cause the Fund to lose money or to lose the benefit of the transaction or prevent the Fund from selling or buying other securities to implement its investment strategy.

INTEREST RATE RISK

Prices of fixed-income securities rise and fall in response to changes in interest rates. Generally, when interest rates rise, prices of fixed-income securities fall. However, market factors, such as the demand for particular fixed-income securities, may cause the price of certain fixed-income securities to fall while the prices of other securities rise or remain unchanged.

Interest rate changes have a greater effect on the price of fixed-income securities with longer durations. The longer the duration or maturity of a fixed-income security, the more susceptible it is to interest rate risk. The duration of a fixed-income security may be equal to or shorter than the stated maturity of a fixed-income security. Recent and potential future changes in monetary policy made by central banks and/or their governments are likely to affect the level of interest rates. Duration measures the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to changes in interest rates.

For example, if a fixed-income security has an effective duration of three years, a 1% increase in general interest rates would be expected to cause the security’s value to decline about 3% while a 1% decrease in general interest rates would be expected to cause the security’s value to increase about 3%.

The following illustrative example is intended to demonstrate the effect that “duration” may have on a mutual fund portfolio. Assume that a mutual fund’s dollar-weighted average duration is one year at a particular point in time, and that a relevant interest rate on that same date was 1.00%, then: (a) if interest rates rise to 1.50% over a 12-month period, the mutual fund’s net asset value (NAV) theoretically would decline by 0.50%; and (b) if interest rates decline to 0.50% over a 12-month period, the mutual fund’s NAV theoretically would increase by 0.50%. The foregoing example is based on the understanding that duration generally represents the potential change in value given a 100 basis point (1.00%) change in a relevant interest rate, and assumes that all relevant factors (e.g., dollar-weighted average duration, portfolio securities and structure and other factors that could affect the value of a mutual fund), other than interest rates, remain the same. In the event that the Fund has a negative average portfolio duration, the value of the Fund may decline in a declining interest rate environment.

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Floating-rate fixed-income investments generally are less sensitive to interest rate changes but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much or as quickly as interest rates in general. Conversely, such investments generally will not increase in value as much as fixed-rate fixed-income investments if interest rates decline. Because the Fund holds floating-rate fixed-income instruments a decrease in market interest rates will reduce the interest income to be received from such securities.

Prepayment and extension Risk

Unlike traditional fixed-income securities, which pay a fixed rate of interest until maturity (when the entire principal amount is due), payments on mortgage-backed securities include both interest and a partial payment of principal. Partial payment of principal may be comprised of scheduled principal payments as well as unscheduled payments from the voluntary prepayment, refinancing or foreclosure of the underlying loans. These unscheduled prepayments of principal create risks that can adversely affect a fund holding mortgage-backed securities.

For example, when interest rates decline, the values of mortgage-backed securities generally rise. However, when interest rates decline, unscheduled prepayments can be expected to accelerate, and the Fund would be required to reinvest the proceeds of the prepayments at the lower interest rates then available. Unscheduled prepayments would also limit the potential for capital appreciation on mortgage-backed securities.

Conversely, when interest rates rise, the values of mortgage-backed securities generally fall. Since rising interest rates typically result in decreased prepayments, this could lengthen the average lives of mortgage-backed securities, and cause their value to decline more than traditional fixed-income securities.

Generally, mortgage-backed securities compensate for the increased risk associated with prepayments by paying a higher yield. The additional interest paid for risk is measured by the difference between the yield of a mortgage-backed security and the yield of a U.S. Treasury security or other appropriate benchmark with a comparable maturity (the “spread”). An increase in the spread will cause the price of the mortgage-backed security to decline. Spreads generally increase in response to adverse economic or market conditions. Spreads may also increase if the security is perceived to have an increased prepayment risk or is perceived to have less market demand.

Call Risk

Call risk is the possibility that an issuer may redeem a fixed-income security before maturity (a “call”) at a price below its current market price. An increase in the likelihood of a call may reduce the security’s price.

If a fixed-income security is called, the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in other fixed-income securities with lower interest rates, higher credit risks or other less favorable characteristics.

LIQUIDITY RISK

Trading opportunities are more limited for fixed-income securities that have not received any credit ratings, have received any credit ratings below investment grade or are not widely held. Trading opportunities are also more limited for CMOs that have complex terms or that are not widely held. These features may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time. Consequently, the Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on the Fund’s performance. Infrequent trading of securities may also lead to an increase in their price volatility. Noninvestment-grade securities generally have less liquidity than investment-grade securities.

Liquidity risk also refers to the possibility that the Fund may not be able to sell a security or close out a derivative contract when it wants to. If this happens, the Fund will be required to continue to hold the security or keep the position open, and the Fund could incur losses.

OTC derivative contracts generally carry greater liquidity risk than exchange-traded contracts. This risk may be increased in times of financial stress, if the trading market for OTC derivative contracts becomes restricted.

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (ABS) Risk

The value of asset-backed securities (ABS) may be affected by certain factors such as interest rate risk, the availability of information concerning the pool of underlying assets and its structure, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool or the originator of the underlying assets and the ability of the servicing agent to service the underlying collateral. Under certain market conditions, ABS may be less liquid and may be difficult to value. Movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain types of ABS. Unscheduled prepayments of ABS may result in a loss of income if the proceeds are invested in lower-yielding securities. Conversely, in a rising interest rate environment, a declining prepayment rate will extend the average life of many ABS, which increases the risk of depreciation due to future increases in market interest rates. ABS can also be subject to the risk of default on the underlying assets.

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LOAN LIQUIDITY RISK

Loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. The liquidity of loans, including the volume and frequency of secondary market trading in such loans, varies significantly over time and among individual loans. For example, if the credit quality of a loan unexpectedly declines significantly, secondary market trading in that loan can also decline for a period of time. During periods of infrequent trading, valuing a loan can be more difficult and buying and selling a loan at an acceptable price can be more difficult and delayed. Difficulty in selling a loan can result in a loss.

Loan instruments may not be readily marketable and may be subject to restrictions on resale. In some cases, negotiations involved in disposing of loans may require weeks to complete. Thus, transactions in loan instruments may take longer than seven days to settle. This could pose a liquidity risk to the Fund and, if the Fund’s exposure to such investments is substantial, could impair the Fund’s ability to meet shareholder redemptions in a timely manner.

A majority of the Fund’s assets are likely to be invested in assets that are considerably less liquid than debt instruments traded on national exchanges. Market quotations for such assets may be volatile and/or subject to large spreads between bid and ask prices.

AGENT INSOLVENCY RISK

In a syndicated loan, the agent bank is the bank that undertakes the bulk of the administrative duties involved in the day-to-day administration of the loan. In the event of the insolvency of an agent bank, a loan could be subject to settlement risk as well as the risk of interruptions in the administrative duties performed in the day-to-day administration of the loan (such as processing LIBOR calculations, processing draws, etc.).

RISK of investing in loans

In addition to the risks generally associated with debt instruments, such as credit, market, interest rate, liquidity and derivatives risks, bank loans are also subject to the risk that the value of the collateral securing a loan may decline, be insufficient to meet the obligations of the borrower or be difficult to liquidate. The Fund’s access to the collateral may be limited by bankruptcy, other insolvency laws or by the type of loan the Fund has purchased. For example, if the Fund purchases a participation instead of an assignment, it would not have direct access to collateral of the borrower. As a result, a floating rate loan may not be fully collateralized and can decline significantly in value. Additionally, collateral on loan instruments may consist of assets that may not be readily liquidated, and there is no assurance that the liquidation of such assets will satisfy a borrower’s obligations under the instrument. Loans generally are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

Loans and other forms of indebtedness may be structured such that they are not securities under securities laws. As such, it is unclear whether loans and other forms of direct indebtedness offer securities law protections, such as those against fraud and misrepresentation. In the absence of definitive regulatory guidance, while there can be no assurance that fraud or misrepresentation will not occur with respect to the loans and other investments in which the Fund invests, the Fund relies on the Adviser’s research in an attempt to seek to avoid situations where fraud or misrepresentation could adversely affect the Fund.

LOAN PREPAYMENT RISK

During periods of declining interest rates or for other purposes, borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled which may force the Fund to reinvest in lower-yielding debt investments.

Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk

Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) bear many of the same risks as other forms of asset-backed securities, including interest rate risk and issuer credit risk. As they are backed solely by pools of loans, CLOs also bear similar risks to investing in loans directly. CLOs issue classes or “tranches” that vary in risk and yield. The risks of an investment in a CLO depend largely on the type of collateral securities and the class of the CLO in which the Fund invests. CLOs may experience substantial losses attributable to loan defaults. Losses caused by defaults on underlying assets are borne first by the holders of subordinate tranches. The Fund’s investment in CLOs may decrease in market value if the CLO experiences loan defaults or credit impairment, the disappearance of a subordinate tranche, or due to market anticipation of defaults and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class.

RISK ASSOCIATED WITH NONINVESTMENT-GRADE SECURITIES

Securities rated below investment grade, also known as junk bonds or leveraged loans, generally entail greater economic, credit and liquidity risks than investment-grade securities. For example, their prices are more volatile, economic downturns and financial setbacks may affect their prices more negatively, and their trading market may be more limited. These securities are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and repay principal.

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RISK RELATED TO THE ECONOMY

The value of the Fund’s portfolio may decline in tandem with a drop in the overall value of the markets in which the Fund invests and/or other markets based on negative developments in the U.S. and global economies. Economic, political and financial conditions, or industry or economic trends and developments, may, from time to time, and for varying periods of time, cause volatility, illiquidity or other potentially adverse effects in the financial markets, including the fixed-income market. The commencement, continuation or ending of government policies and economic stimulus programs, changes in monetary policy, increases or decreases in interest rates, or other factors or events that affect the financial markets, including the fixed-income markets, may contribute to the development of or increase in volatility, illiquidity, shareholder redemptions and other adverse effects which could negatively impact the Fund’s performance. For example, the value of certain portfolio securities may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, which could result from a change in government policies, and has the potential to cause investors to move out of certain portfolio securities, including fixed-income securities, on a large scale. This may increase redemptions from funds that hold large amounts of certain securities and may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. Market factors, such as the demand for particular portfolio securities, may cause the price of certain portfolio securities to fall while the prices of other securities rise or remain unchanged. Among other investments, lower-grade bonds and loans may be particularly sensitive to changes in the economy.

Epidemic and Pandemic Risk

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread globally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, and disruptions to supply chains, workflow operations and consumer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this coronavirus may be short-term or may last for an extended period of time and result in a substantial economic downturn. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks. The impact of this outbreak, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could negatively affect the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, individual companies (including fund service providers) and the market in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Currency Risk

Exchange rates for currencies fluctuate daily. The combination of currency risk and market risks tends to make securities traded in foreign markets more volatile than securities traded exclusively in the United States. The Adviser attempts to manage currency risk by limiting the amount the Fund invests in securities denominated in a particular currency. However, diversification will not protect the Fund against a general increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies.

Investing in currencies or securities denominated in a foreign currency, entails risk of being exposed to a currency that may not fully reflect the strengths and weaknesses of the economy of the country or region utilizing the currency. Currency risk includes both the risk that currencies in which the Fund’s investments are traded, or currencies in which the Fund has taken an active investment position, will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. In addition, it is possible that a currency (such as, for example, the euro) could be abandoned in the future by countries that have already adopted its use, and the effects of such an abandonment on the applicable country and the rest of the countries utilizing the currency are uncertain but could negatively affect the Fund’s investments denominated in the currency. If a currency used by a country or countries is replaced by another currency, the Fund’s Adviser would evaluate whether to continue to hold any investments denominated in such currency, or whether to purchase investments denominated in the currency that replaces such currency, at the time. Such investments may continue to be held, or purchased, to the extent consistent with the Fund’s investment objective(s) and permitted under applicable law.

Many countries rely heavily upon export-dependent businesses and any strength in the exchange rate between a currency and the U.S. dollar or other currencies can have either a positive or a negative effect upon corporate profits and the performance of investments in the country or region utilizing the currency. Adverse economic events within such country or region may increase the volatility of exchange rates against other currencies, subjecting the Fund’s investments denominated in such country’s or region’s currency to additional risks. In addition, certain countries, particularly emerging market countries, may impose foreign currency exchange controls or other restrictions on the transferability, repatriation or convertibility of currency.

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European Union and eurozone Related risk

A number of countries in the European Union (EU), including certain countries within the EU that have adopted the euro (Eurozone), have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe economic and financial difficulties. Additional countries within the EU may also fall subject to such difficulties. These events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments in euro-denominated securities and derivatives contracts, securities of issuers located in the EU or with significant exposure to EU issuers or countries. If the euro is dissolved entirely, the legal and contractual consequences for holders of euro-denominated obligations and derivative contracts would be determined by laws in effect at such time. Such investments may continue to be held, or purchased, to the extent consistent with the Fund’s investment objective(s) and permitted under applicable law. These potential developments, or market perceptions concerning these and related issues, could adversely affect the value of the Shares.

Certain countries in the EU have had to accept assistance from supra-governmental agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, the European Stability Mechanism (the ESM) or other supra-governmental agencies. The European Central Bank has also been intervening to purchase Eurozone debt in an attempt to stabilize markets and reduce borrowing costs. There can be no assurance that these agencies will continue to intervene or provide further assistance and markets may react adversely to any expected reduction in the financial support provided by these agencies. Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences.

In addition, one or more countries may withdraw from the EU, and one or more countries within the Eurozone may abandon the euro. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, could be significant and far-reaching. On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) left the EU, commonly referred to as “Brexit,” and there commenced a transition period during which the EU and UK will negotiate and agree on the nature of their future relationship. There is significant market uncertainty regarding Brexit’s ramifications, and the range and potential implications of possible political, regulatory, economic, and market outcomes are difficult to predict. This long-term uncertainty may affect other countries in the EU and elsewhere and may cause volatility within the EU, triggering prolonged economic downturns in certain countries within the EU. In addition, Brexit may create additional and substantial economic stresses for the UK, including a contraction of the UK economy and price volatility in UK stocks, decreased trade, capital outflows, devaluation of the British pound, wider corporate bond spreads due to uncertainty and declines in business and consumer spending as well as foreign direct investment. Brexit may also adversely affect UK-based financial firms, including certain subadvisers to the Federated Hermes Funds, that have counterparties in the EU or participate in market infrastructure (trading venues, clearing houses, settlement facilities) based in the EU. These events and the resulting market volatility may have an adverse effect on the performance of the Fund.

Risk of Foreign Investing

Foreign securities pose additional risks because foreign economic or political conditions may be less favorable than those of the United States. Securities in foreign markets may also be subject to taxation policies that reduce returns for U.S. investors.

Foreign companies may not provide information (including financial statements) as frequently or to as great an extent as companies in the United States. Foreign companies may also receive less coverage than U.S. companies by market analysts and the financial press. In addition, foreign countries may lack uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or regulatory requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. These factors may prevent the Fund and its Adviser from obtaining information concerning foreign companies that is as frequent, extensive and reliable as the information available concerning companies in the United States.

Foreign countries may have restrictions on foreign ownership of securities or may impose exchange controls, capital flow restrictions or repatriation restrictions which could adversely affect the liquidity of the Fund’s investments.

Since many loan instruments involve parties (for example, lenders, borrowers and agent banks) located in multiple jurisdictions outside of the United States, there is a risk that a security interest in any related collateral may be unenforceable and obligations under the related loan agreements may not be binding.

Risk of Investing in Emerging Market Countries

Securities issued or traded in emerging markets generally entail greater risks than securities issued or traded in developed countries. For example, their prices may be significantly more volatile than prices in developed countries. Emerging market economies may also experience more severe down-turns (with corresponding currency devaluations) than developed economies.

Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments and may present the risk of nationalization of businesses, expropriation, confiscatory taxation or, in certain instances, reversion to closed market, centrally planned economies.

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Leverage Risk

Leverage risk is created when an investment, which includes, for example, an investment in a derivative contract, exposes the Fund to a level of risk that exceeds the amount invested. Changes in the value of such an investment magnify the Fund’s risk of loss and potential for gain. Investments can have these same results if their returns are based on a multiple of a specified index, security or other benchmark.

Exchange-Traded Funds Risk

An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a conventional fund (i.e., one that is not exchange-traded) that has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate up or down, and the Fund could lose money investing in an ETF if the prices of the securities owned by the ETF go down. In addition, ETFs may be subject to the following risks that do not apply to conventional funds: (i) the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade above or below their net asset value; (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained; or (iii) trading of an ETF’s shares may be halted if the listing exchange’s officials deem such action appropriate, the shares are delisted from the exchange or the activation of market-wide “circuit breakers” (which are tied to large decreases in stock prices) halts stock trading generally.

RISK OF LOSS AFTER REDEMPTION

The Fund may also invest in trade finance loan instruments primarily by investing in other investment companies (which are not available for general investment by the public) that owns those instruments, and that are advised by an affiliate of the Adviser and is structured as an extended payment fund (EPF). In the EPF, the Fund, as shareholder, will bear the risk of investment loss during the period between when shares of such EPF are presented to the transfer agent of the EPF for redemption and when the net asset value of the EPF is determined for payment of the redeemed EPF shares (the “Redemption Pricing Date”). The time between when EPF shares are presented for redemption and the Redemption Pricing Date will be at least twenty-four (24) calendar days. EPF shares tendered for redemption will participate proportionately in the EPF’s gains and losses during between when EPF shares are presented for redemption and the Redemption Pricing Date. During this time the value of the EPF shares will likely fluctuate and EPF shares presented for redemption could be worth less on the Redemption Pricing Date than on the day the EPF shares were presented to the transfer agent of the EPF for redemption. The EPF has adopted a fundamental policy that may only be changed by shareholder vote, that the Redemption Pricing Date will fall no more than twenty-four (24) days after the date the Fund, as shareholder, presents EPF shares for redemption in good order. If such date is a weekend or holiday, the Redemption Pricing Date will be on the preceding business day.

The private investment fund also imposes significant limitations on the size and timing of redemptions by the Fund such that the Fund may experience delays in excess of nine months from the time that it requests a redemption to the time that such redemption is processed. Additionally, the redemption will be subject to a redemption fee based upon a percentage of the value of the ownership interests in the private fund redeemed by the Fund. The Fund may also be required to remain invested in the private fund for a substantially longer period of time, if the size of its redemption request exceeds certain ownership levels determined at the discretion of the private fund’s management. The Fund will bear the risk of investment loss during the period between when shares of the private fund are presented to the private fund for redemption and the Redemption Pricing Date. During this time the value of the private fund shares will likely fluctuate and private fund shares presented for redemption could be worth less on the day that they are priced for redemption than on the day the private fund shares were presented to the private fund for redemption.

Credit Enhancement Risk

The securities in which the Fund invests may be subject to credit enhancement (for example, guarantees, letters of credit or bond insurance). Credit enhancement is designed to help assure timely payment of the security; it does not protect the Fund against losses caused by declines in a security’s value due to changes in market conditions. Securities subject to credit enhancement generally would be assigned a lower credit rating if the rating were based primarily on the credit quality of the issuer without regard to the credit enhancement. If the credit quality of the credit enhancement provider (for example, a bank or bond insurer) is downgraded, the rating on a security credit enhanced by such credit enhancement provider also may be downgraded.

A single enhancement provider may provide credit enhancement to more than one of the Fund’s investments. Having multiple securities credit enhanced by the same enhancement provider will increase the adverse effects on the Fund that are likely to result from a downgrading of, or a default by, such an enhancement provider. Adverse developments in the banking or bond insurance industries also may negatively affect the Fund, as the Fund may invest in securities credit enhanced by banks or by bond insurers without limit. Bond insurers that provide credit enhancement for large segments of the fixed-income markets, including the municipal bond market, may be more susceptible to being downgraded or defaulting during recessions or similar periods of economic stress.

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Risk of Investing in Derivative Contracts and Hybrid Instruments

The Fund’s exposure to derivative contracts and hybrid instruments (either directly or through its investment in another investment company) involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. First, changes in the value of the derivative contracts and hybrid instruments in which the Fund invests may not be correlated with changes in the value of the underlying Reference Instruments or, if they are correlated, may move in the opposite direction than originally anticipated. Second, while some strategies involving derivatives may reduce the risk of loss, they may also reduce potential gains or, in some cases, result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in portfolio holdings. Third, there is a risk that derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may be erroneously priced or improperly valued and, as a result, the Fund may need to make increased cash payments to the counterparty. Fourth, exposure to derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may have tax consequences to the Fund and its shareholders. For example, derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may cause the Fund to realize increased ordinary income or short-term capital gains (which are treated as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes) and, as a result, may increase taxable distributions to shareholders. In addition, under certain circumstances certain derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may cause the Fund to: (a) incur an excise tax on a portion of the income related to those contracts and instruments; and/or (b) reclassify, as a return of capital, some or all of the distributions previously made to shareholders during the fiscal year as dividend income. Fifth, a common provision in OTC derivative contracts permits the counterparty to terminate any such contract between it and the Fund, if the value of the Fund’s total net assets declines below a specified level over a given time period. Factors that may contribute to such a decline (which usually must be substantial) include significant shareholder redemptions and/or a marked decrease in the market value of the Fund’s investments. Any such termination of the Fund’s OTC derivative contracts may adversely affect the Fund (for example, by increasing losses and/or costs, and/or preventing the Fund from fully implementing its investment strategies). Sixth, the Fund may use a derivative contract to benefit from a decline in the value of a Reference Instrument. If the value of the Reference Instrument declines during the term of the contract, the Fund makes a profit on the difference (less any payments the Fund is required to pay under the terms of the contract). Any such strategy involves risk. There is no assurance that the Reference Instrument will decline in value during the term of the contract and make a profit for the Fund. The Reference Instrument may instead appreciate in value creating a loss for the Fund. Seventh, a default or failure by a CCP or an FCM (also sometimes called a “futures broker”), or the failure of a contract to be transferred from an Executing Dealer to the FCM for clearing, may expose the Fund to losses, increase its costs, or prevent the Fund from entering or exiting derivative positions, accessing margin, or fully implementing its investment strategies. The central clearing of a derivative and trading of a contract over a SEF could reduce the liquidity in, or increase costs of entering into or holding, any contracts. Finally, derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may also involve other risks described in this Prospectus, such as stock market, interest rate, credit and currency risks.

Risks Associated with the Investment Activities of Other Accounts

Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other accounts managed by the Adviser and accounts managed by affiliates of the Adviser. Therefore, it is possible that investment-related actions taken by such other accounts could adversely impact the Fund with respect to, for example, the value of Fund portfolio holdings, and/or prices paid to or received by the Fund on its portfolio transactions, and/or the Fund’s ability to obtain or dispose of portfolio securities. Related considerations are discussed in the SAI under “Brokerage Transactions and Investment Allocation.”

technology Risk

The Adviser uses various technologies in managing the Fund, consistent with its investment objective(s) and strategy described in this Prospectus. For example, proprietary and third-party data and systems are utilized to support decision-making for the Fund. Data imprecision, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems, which may negatively affect Fund performance.

What Do Shares Cost?

CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

When the Fund receives your transaction request in proper form (as described in this Prospectus under the sections entitled “How to Purchase Shares” and “How to Redeem and Exchange Shares”), it is processed at the next calculated net asset value of a Share (NAV) plus any applicable front-end sales charge (“public offering price”). A Share’s NAV is determined as of the end of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), each day the NYSE is open. The Fund calculates the NAV of each class by valuing the assets allocated to the Share’s class, subtracting the liabilities allocated to each class and dividing the balance by the number of Shares of the class

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outstanding. The NAV for each class of Shares may differ due to the level of expenses allocated to each class as well as a result of the variance between the amount of accrued investment income and capital gains or losses allocated to each class and the amount actually distributed to shareholders of each class. The Fund’s current NAV and/or public offering price may be found at FederatedInvestors.com, via online news sources and in certain newspapers.

You can purchase, redeem or exchange Shares any day the NYSE is open.

When the Fund holds securities that trade principally in foreign markets on days the NYSE is closed, the value of the Fund’s assets may change on days you cannot purchase or redeem Shares. This may also occur when the U.S. markets for fixed-income securities are open on a day the NYSE is closed.

In calculating its NAV, the Fund generally values investments as follows:

■	Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees (“Board”).
■	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 Board.

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, 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 generally 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.

Shares of other mutual funds are valued based upon their reported NAVs. The prospectuses for these mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures

The Board has ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Board has appointed a Valuation Committee comprised of officers of the Fund, 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 Board has 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. 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 Board. The Board periodically reviews and approves the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures. The Fund’s SAI discusses the methods used by pricing services and the Valuation Committee to assist the Board in valuing investments.

Using fair value to price investments may result in a value that is different from an investment’s most recent closing price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs. The application of the fair value procedures to an investment represent a good faith determination of such investment’s fair value. 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.

The Board also has 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; and
■	Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations or litigation developments or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.

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The Board 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 using another method approved by the Board. The Board has ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.

The fair valuation of securities following a significant event can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities for short-term traders to profit at the expense of long-term investors in the Fund. For example, such arbitrage opportunities may exist when the market on which portfolio securities are traded closes before the Fund calculates its NAV, which is typically the case with Asian and European markets. However, there is no assurance that these significant event procedures will prevent dilution of the NAV by short-term traders. See “Account and Share Information–Frequent Trading Policies” for other procedures the Fund employs to deter such short-term trading.

SALES CHARGE INFORMATION

The following table summarizes the minimum investment amount and the maximum sales charge, if any, that you will pay on an investment in the Fund. Keep in mind that financial intermediaries may charge you fees for their services in connection with your Share transactions.

	Minimum Initial/Subsequent Investment Amounts¹	Maximum Sales Charges
Shares Offered	Minimum Initial/Subsequent Investment Amounts¹	Front-End Sales Charge²	Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
A1	$1,500/$100	2.00%	None

The minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are generally $250 and $100, respectively. There is no minimum initial or subsequent investment amount required for employer-sponsored retirement plans; however, such accounts remain subject to the Fund’s policy on “Accounts with Low Balances” as discussed later in this Prospectus. Please see “By Systematic Investment Program” for applicable minimum investment. Financial intermediaries may impose higher or lower minimum investment requirements on their customers than those imposed by the Fund.

2	Front-End Sales Charge is expressed as a percentage of public offering price. See “Sales Charge When You Purchase.”

SALES CHARGE WHEN YOU PURCHASE

The following table lists the sales charges which will be applied to your Share purchase, subject to the breakpoint discounts indicated in the table and described below.

Purchase Amount	Sales Charge as a Percentage of Public Offering Price	Sales Charge as a Percentage of NAV
Less than $100,000	2.00%	2.04%
$100,000 but less than $250,000	1.50%	1.52%
$250,000 but less than $500,000	1.00%	1.01%
$500,000 and Over	0.00%	0.00%

REDUCING THE SALES CHARGE WITH BREAKPOINT DISCOUNTS

Your investment may qualify for a reduction or elimination of the sales charge, also known as a breakpoint discount. The breakpoint discounts offered by the Fund are indicated in the table above.

You or your financial intermediary must notify the Fund’s Transfer Agent of eligibility for any applicable breakpoint discount at the time of purchase.

In order to receive the applicable breakpoint discount, it may be necessary at the time of purchase for you to inform your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent of the existence of other accounts in which there are holdings eligible to be aggregated to meet a sales charge breakpoint (“Qualifying Accounts”). Qualifying Accounts mean those share accounts in the Federated Hermes funds held directly or through a financial intermediary or through a single-participant retirement account by you, your spouse, your parents (if you are under age 21) and/or your children under age 21, which can be linked using tax identification numbers (TINs), social security numbers (SSNs) or broker identification numbers (BINs). Accounts held through 401(k) plans and similar multi-participant retirement plans, or through “Section 529” college savings plans or those accounts which cannot be linked using TINs, SSNs or BINs, are not Qualifying Accounts.

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In order to verify your eligibility for a breakpoint discount, you will be required to provide to your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent certain information on your New Account Form and may be required to provide account statements regarding Qualifying Accounts. If you purchase through a financial intermediary, you may be asked to provide additional information and records as required by the financial intermediary. Failure to provide proper notification or verification of eligibility for a breakpoint discount may result in your not receiving a breakpoint discount to which you are otherwise entitled. Breakpoint discounts apply only to your current purchase and do not apply retroactively to previous purchases. The sales charges applicable to the Shares offered in this Prospectus, and the breakpoint discounts offered with respect to such Shares, are described in full in this Prospectus. Because the Prospectus is available on Federated Hermes’ website free of charge, Federated Hermes does not disclose this information separately on the website.

Contingent upon notification to the Transfer Agent, the sales charge at purchase of the A class only, may be reduced or eliminated by:

Larger Purchases

■	Purchasing the A1 class in greater quantities to reduce the applicable sales charge;

Concurrent and Accumulated Purchases

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Excluding any Federated Hermes fund A class without a sales charge (“no-load A class”), combining concurrent purchases of and/or current investments in the A1 class, A class, B class, C class, F class and R class shares of any Federated Hermes fund made or held by Qualifying Accounts; the purchase amount used in determining the sales charge on your additional Share purchase will be calculated by multiplying the respective maximum public offering price times the number of the A1 class, A class, B class, C class, F class and R class shares of any Federated Hermes fund currently held in Qualifying Accounts and adding the dollar amount of your current purchase; or

Letter of Intent

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Signing a letter of intent to purchase a qualifying amount of the A1 class within 13 months. (Call your financial intermediary or the Fund for more information.) The Fund’s custodian will hold Shares in escrow equal to the maximum applicable sales charge. If you complete the Letter of Intent, the Custodian will release the Shares in escrow to your account. If you do not fulfill the Letter of Intent, the Custodian will redeem the appropriate amount from the Shares held in escrow to pay the sales charges that were not applied to your purchases.

ELIMINATING The SALES CHARGE

Your investment may qualify for a sales charge waiver. Sales charge waivers offered by the Fund are listed below. In order to receive a sales charge waiver, you must inform your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent at the time of each purchase that your investment is eligible for a waiver. It is possible that your financial intermediary may not, in accordance with its policies, procedures and system limitations, be able to ensure your receipt of one or more of these waiver categories. In this situation, you would need to invest directly through the Fund’s Transfer Agent. If you do not let your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent know that your investment is eligible for a sales charge waiver at the time of purchase, you may not receive the waiver to which you may otherwise be entitled.

Contingent upon notification to the Transfer Agent, the sales charge will be eliminated when you purchase or acquire Shares:

■	within 120 days of redeeming Shares of an equal or greater amount (see “120 Day Reinstatement Program” below);
■	through an eligible program offered by a Financial Intermediary that provides for the purchase of Shares without imposition of a sales charge (for example, a wrap account, self-directed brokerage account, retirement, or other fee-based program offered by the Financial Intermediary);
■	with reinvested dividends or capital gains;
■	issued in connection with the merger, consolidation, or acquisition of the assets of another fund. Further, the sales charge will be eliminated on purchases of Shares made by a shareholder that originally became a shareholder of a Federated Hermes Fund pursuant to the terms of an agreement and plan of reorganization which permits shareholders to acquire Shares at NAV, provided that such purchased Shares are held directly with the Fund’s transfer agent. If the Shares are held through a financial intermediary the sales charge waiver will not apply (A class only);
■	as a Federated Life Member (Federated shareholders who originally were issued shares through the “Liberty Account,” which was an account for the Liberty Family of Funds on February 28, 1987, or who invested through an affinity group prior to August 1, 1987, into the Liberty Account) (A class only);
■	as a Trustee, employee or former employee of the Fund, the Adviser, the Distributor and their affiliates, an employee of any financial intermediary that sells Shares according to a sales agreement with the Distributor, an immediate family member of these individuals or a trust, pension or profit-sharing plan for these individuals; or
■	pursuant to the exchange privilege.

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The sales charge will not be eliminated if you purchase Shares of the Fund through an exchange of shares of any no-load A class unless your no-load A class shares were acquired through an exchange of shares on which the sales charge had previously been paid.

120 DAY REINSTATEMENT PROGRAM

Within 120 days of redeeming Class A1 Shares of the Fund, upon proper notification to the Fund’s Transfer Agent, you may reinvest all or a portion of the redemption proceeds in Class A1 Shares of the Fund at net asset value, without the imposition of a sales charge or CDSC. Please note:

■	The ownership of the account receiving the purchase is not required to be identical to that of the account in which the redemption was placed; however, the registration of the account receiving the purchase must include at least one registered shareholder of the account from which the redemption occurred.
■	You will not be reimbursed for any fees originally incurred on the redemption (e.g., CDSC or redemption fees) by subsequently participating in the 120 Day Reinstatement Program.
■	The 120 Day Reinstatement Program does not supersede or override any restrictions placed on an account due to frequent trading and/or client contractual issues.

Additional operational restrictions may apply, please contact a Client Service Representative at 1-800-341-7400 for more information.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS

The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary. Certain financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of front-end sales load waivers or CDSC waivers which are discussed in Appendix B to this Prospectus. The information contained in Appendix B is based on information provided by these financial intermediaries. Please contact your financial intermediary to ensure that you have the most current information regarding the sales charge waivers and discounts available to you and that you understand the steps you must take to qualify for available waivers and discounts. In all instances, it is the shareholder’s responsibility to notify the Fund or the shareholder’s Financial Intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the investor for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular financial intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares directly from the Fund or through another financial intermediary to receive these waivers or discounts.

How is the Fund Sold?

The Fund has established the following Share classes: Class A Shares (A), Class A1 Shares (A1), Class C Shares (C), Institutional Shares (IS), and Class R6 Shares (R6), each representing interests in a single portfolio of securities. This Prospectus relates only to the A1 class. All Share classes have different sales charges and/or other expenses which affect their performance. Please note that certain purchase restrictions may apply. Contact your financial intermediary or call 1-800-341-7400 for more information concerning the other classes.

Under the Distributor’s Contract with the Fund, the Distributor, Federated Securities Corp., offers Shares on a continuous, best-efforts basis. The Distributor is a subsidiary of Federated Hermes Inc., (“Federated Hermes,” formerly Federated Investors, Inc.).

The Fund’s Distributor markets the A1 class to institutions or to individuals, directly or through financial intermediaries.

Intra-Fund Share Conversion Program

A shareholder in the Fund’s Shares may convert their Shares at net asset value to any other share class of the Fund if the shareholder meets the investment minimum and eligibility requirements for the share class into which the conversion is sought, as applicable. The share conversion program is not applicable to the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class C Shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. For Class C Shares purchased through a financial intermediary after June 30, 2017, such shares may only be converted to another share class of the same Fund if: (i) the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC or the financial intermediary agrees to reimburse the Fund’s distributor the CDSC otherwise payable upon the sale of such shares; (ii) the shareholder meets the investment minimum and eligibility requirements for the share class into which the conversion is sought, as applicable; and (iii) (a) the conversion is made to facilitate the shareholder’s participation in a self-directed brokerage (non-advice) account or a fee-based advisory program offered by the intermediary; or (b) the conversion is part of a multiple-client transaction through a particular financial intermediary as pre-approved by the Fund’s Administrator. Such conversion of classes should not result in a realization event for tax purposes. Contact your financial intermediary or call 1-800-341-7400 to convert your Shares.

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Automatic Conversion Feature

The Fund offers other classes of shares as described above. As noted in Appendix B to this Prospectus, after Class C Shares have been held for ten years from the date of purchase, they will automatically convert into Class A Shares, unless an intermediary chooses to convert to a different class, on the next monthly conversion processing date, provided that the Fund or financial intermediary has records confirming that the Class C Shares have been held for at least ten years and that the Class A Shares, or other class, are available for purchase (the “Conversion Feature”). Shareholders do not pay a sales charge, including any applicable CDSC, upon the conversion of their Class C Shares to Class A Shares, or other class chosen by an intermediary, pursuant to the Conversion Feature. The automatic conversion of the Fund’s Class C Shares into Class A Shares, or other class chosen by an intermediary, after the ten year holding period is not expected to be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. For Class C Shares acquired in an exchange from another Federated Hermes fund, the date of purchase will be based on the initial purchase of the Class C Shares of the prior Federated Hermes fund. Certain financial intermediaries, record keepers and platforms do not track shareholder level share lot aging for certain types of accounts. These Class C Shares would not satisfy the conditions for the conversion. The Fund’s other share classes, including Class A Shares and Class C Shares, are available in a separate prospectus. Contact your financial intermediary or call 1-800-341-7400 for more information.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

The Fund and its affiliated service providers may pay fees as described below to financial intermediaries (such as broker-dealers, banks, investment advisers or third-party administrators) whose customers are shareholders of the Fund.

FRONT-END SALES CHARGE REALLOWANCES

The Distributor receives a front-end sales charge on certain Share sales. The Distributor pays a portion of this charge to financial intermediaries that are eligible to receive it (the “Dealer Reallowance”) and retains any remaining portion of the front-end sales charge.

When a financial intermediary’s customer purchases Shares, the financial intermediary may receive a Dealer Reallowance as follows:

A1 Class:
Purchase Amount	Dealer Reallowance as a Percentage of Public Offering Price
Less than $100,000	2.00%
$100,000 but less than $250,000	1.50%
$250,000 but less than $500,000	1.00%
$500,000 and Over	0.00%

rule 12b-1 fees

The Board has adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan, which allows payment of marketing fees of up to 0.05% to the Distributor for the sale, distribution, administration and customer servicing of the Fund’s A1 class. When the Distributor receives Rule 12b-1 fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase Shares. The A1 class of the Fund has no present intention of paying, accruing or incurring any Rule 12b-1 Fees until such time as approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Federated and its subsidiaries may benefit or sustain losses from such arrangements. Because these Shares pay marketing fees on an ongoing basis, your investment cost may be higher over time than other shares with different sales charges and marketing fees.

service fees

The Fund may pay Service Fees of up to 0.25% of average net assets to financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC), a subsidiary of Federated Hermes, for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. Intermediaries that receive Service Fees may include a company affiliated with management of Federated Hermes. If a financial intermediary receives Service Fees on an account, it is not eligible to also receive Account Administration Fees on that same account.

ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION FEES

The Fund may pay Account Administration Fees of up to 0.25% of average net assets to banks that are not registered as broker-dealers or investment advisers for providing administrative services to the Fund and its shareholders. If a financial intermediary receives Account Administration Fees on an account, it is not eligible to also receive Service Fees or Recordkeeping Fees on that same account.

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RECORDKEEPING FEES

The Fund may pay Recordkeeping Fees on an average-net-assets basis or on a per-account-per-year basis to financial intermediaries for providing recordkeeping services to the Fund and its shareholders. If a financial intermediary receives Recordkeeping Fees on an account, it is not eligible to also receive Account Administration Fees or Networking Fees on that same account.

networking fees

The Fund may reimburse Networking Fees on a per-account-per-year basis to financial intermediaries for providing administrative services to the Fund and its shareholders on certain non-omnibus accounts. If a financial intermediary receives Networking Fees on an account, it is not eligible to also receive Recordkeeping Fees on that same account.

ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

The Distributor may pay out of its own resources amounts to certain financial intermediaries, including broker-dealers, banks, registered investment advisers, independent financial planners and retirement plan administrators, that support the sale of Shares or provide services to Fund shareholders. The amounts of these payments could be significant, and may create an incentive for the financial intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend or sell Shares of the Fund to you. Not all financial intermediaries receive such payments, and the amount of compensation may vary by intermediary. In some cases, such payments may be made by or funded from the resources of companies affiliated with the Distributor (including the Adviser). These payments are not reflected in the fees and expenses listed in the fee table section of the Fund’s Prospectus and described above because they are not paid by the Fund.

These payments are negotiated and may be based on such factors as: the number or value of Shares that the financial intermediary sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; the level and types of services or support furnished by the financial intermediary; or the Fund’s and/or other Federated Hermes funds’ relationship with the financial intermediary. These payments may be in addition to payments, as described above, made by the Fund to the financial intermediary. In connection with these payments, the financial intermediary may elevate the prominence or profile of the Fund and/or other Federated Hermes funds, within the financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or granting the Distributor preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the funds in various ways within the financial intermediary’s organization. You can ask your financial intermediary for information about any payments it receives from the Distributor or the Fund and any services provided, as well as about fees and/or commissions it charges.

How to Purchase Shares

You may purchase Shares of the Fund any day the NYSE is open. Shares will be purchased at the NAV next calculated after your investment is received by the Fund, or its agent, in proper form. The Fund reserves the right to reject any request to purchase or exchange Shares. New investors must submit a completed New Account Form. All accounts, including those for which there is no minimum initial investment amount required, are subject to the Fund’s policy on “Accounts with Low Balances” as discussed later in this Prospectus.

Where the Fund offers more than one Share class and you do not specify the class choice on your New Account Form or form of payment (e.g., Federal Reserve wire or check), you automatically will receive the A class.

For important account information, see the section “Security and Privacy Protection.”

You may purchase Shares through a financial intermediary, directly from the Fund or through an exchange from another Federated Hermes fund.

THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY

■	Establish an account with the financial intermediary; and
■	Submit your purchase order to the financial intermediary before the end of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time).

The Fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept Share purchase orders on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the Fund, and Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after such an order is received by the authorized intermediary. If your financial intermediary is not an authorized intermediary, the Fund or its agent must receive the purchase order in proper form from your financial intermediary by the end of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) in order for your transaction to be priced at that day’s NAV. In addition, your financial intermediary must forward your payment by the prescribed trade settlement date (typically within one to three business days) to the Fund’s transfer agent, State Street

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Bank and Trust Company (“Transfer Agent”). You will become the owner of Shares and receive dividends when your payment is received in accordance with these time frames (provided that, if payment is received in the form of a check, the check clears). If your payment is not received in accordance with these time frames, or a check does not clear, your purchase will be canceled and you could be liable for any losses, fees or expenses incurred by the Fund or the Fund’s Transfer Agent.

Financial intermediaries should send payments according to the instructions in the sections “By Wire” or “By Check.”

Financial intermediaries may impose higher or lower minimum investment requirements on their customers than those imposed by the Fund. Keep in mind that financial intermediaries may charge you fees for their services in connection with your Share transactions.

Shareholders are encouraged to ask their financial intermediary if they are an authorized agent for the Fund and about any fees that may be charged by the financial intermediary.

DIRECTLY FROM THE FUND

■	Establish your account with the Fund by submitting a completed New Account Form; and
■	Send your payment to the Fund by Federal Reserve wire or check.

You will become the owner of Shares and your Shares will be priced at the next calculated NAV after the Fund receives your wire or your check. If your check does not clear, your purchase will be canceled and you could be liable for any losses or fees incurred by the Fund or the Fund’s Transfer Agent.

By Wire

To facilitate processing your order, please call the Fund before sending the wire. Send your wire to:

State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA
Dollar Amount of Wire
ABA Number 011000028
BNF: 23026552
Attention: Federated Hermes EDGEWIRE
Wire Order Number, Dealer Number or Group Number
Nominee/Institution Name
Fund Name and Number and Account Number

You cannot purchase Shares by wire on holidays when wire transfers are restricted.

By Check

Make your check payable to The Federated Hermes Funds, note your account number on the check, and send it to:

The Federated Hermes Funds
P.O. Box 219318
Kansas City, MO 64121-9318

If you send your check by a private courier or overnight delivery service that requires a street address, send it to:

The Federated Hermes Funds
430 W 7^th Street
Suite 219318
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

Payment should be made in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request. For example, to protect against check fraud the Fund may reject any purchase request involving a check that is not made payable to The Federated Hermes Funds (including, but not limited to, requests to purchase Shares using third-party checks) or involving temporary checks or credit card checks.

By Direct Deposit

You may establish Payroll Deduction/Direct Deposit arrangements for investments into the Fund by either calling a Client Service Representative at 1-800-341-7400; or by completing the Payroll Deduction/Direct Deposit Form, which is available on FederatedInvestors.com under “Resources” and then “Literature and Forms,” then “Forms.” You will receive a confirmation when this service is available.

THROUGH AN EXCHANGE

You may purchase Fund Shares through an exchange from another Federated Hermes fund. To do this you must:

■	meet any applicable shareholder eligibility requirements;
■	ensure that the account registrations are identical;

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■	meet any applicable minimum initial investment requirements; and
■	receive a prospectus for the fund into which you wish to exchange.

An exchange is treated as a redemption and a subsequent purchase, and is a taxable transaction. The Fund reserves the right to reject any request to purchase or exchange Shares. The Fund may modify or terminate the exchange privilege at any time.

You may purchase Shares through an exchange from the same share class of another Federated Hermes fund.

By Online Account Services

You may access your accounts online to purchase shares through FederatedInvestors.com’s Shareholder Account Access system once you have registered for access. Online transactions may be subject to certain limitations including limitations as to the amount of the transaction. For more information about the services available through Shareholder Account Access, please visit FederatedInvestors.com and select “Sign In” and “Access and Manage Investments,” or call (800) 245-4770 to speak with a Client Service Representative.

BY SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM (SIP)

Once you have opened an account, you may automatically purchase additional Shares on a regular basis by completing the SIP section of the New Account Form or by contacting the Fund or your financial intermediary. The minimum investment amount for SIPs is $50.

BY AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH)

Once you have opened an account, you may purchase additional Shares through a depository institution that is an ACH member. This purchase option can be established by completing the appropriate sections of the New Account Form.

RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS

You may purchase Shares as retirement investments (such as qualified plans and IRAs or transfer or rollover of assets). Call your financial intermediary or the Fund for information on retirement investments. We suggest that you discuss retirement investments with your tax adviser. You may be subject to an account fee charged by your financial intermediary.

How to Redeem and Exchange Shares

You should redeem or exchange Shares:

■	through a financial intermediary if you purchased Shares through a financial intermediary; or
■	directly from the Fund if you purchased Shares directly from the Fund.

Shares of the Fund may be redeemed for cash, or exchanged for shares of other Federated Hermes funds as described herein, on days on which the Fund computes its NAV. Redemption requests may be made by telephone or in writing.

Redemption proceeds normally are wired or mailed within one business day for each method of payment after receiving a timely request in proper form. Depending upon the method of payment, when shareholders receive redemption proceeds can differ. Payment may be delayed for up to seven days under certain circumstances (see “Limitations on Redemption Proceeds”).

For important account information, see the section “Security and Privacy Protection.”

THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY

Submit your redemption or exchange request to your financial intermediary by the end of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The redemption amount you will receive is based upon the next calculated NAV after the Fund receives the order from your financial intermediary.

DIRECTLY FROM THE FUND

By Telephone

You may redeem or exchange Shares by simply calling the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.

If you call before the end of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), you will receive a redemption amount based on that day’s NAV.

By Mail

You may redeem or exchange Shares by sending a written request to the Fund.

You will receive a redemption amount based on the next calculated NAV after the Fund receives your written request in proper form.

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Send requests by mail to:

The Federated Hermes Funds
P.O. Box 219318
Kansas City, MO 64121-9318

Send requests by private courier or overnight delivery service to:

The Federated Hermes Funds
430 W 7^th Street
Suite 219318
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

All requests must include:

■	Fund name and Share class, account number and account registration;
■	amount to be redeemed or exchanged;
■	signatures of all shareholders exactly as registered; and
■	if exchanging, the Fund name and Share class, account number and account registration into which you are exchanging.

Call your financial intermediary or the Fund if you need special instructions.

Signature Guarantees

Signatures must be guaranteed by a financial institution which is a participant in a Medallion signature guarantee program if:

■	your redemption will be sent to an address other than the address of record;
■	your redemption will be sent to an address of record that was changed within the last 30 days;
■	a redemption is payable to someone other than the shareholder(s) of record; or
■	transferring into another fund with a different shareholder registration.

A Medallion signature guarantee is designed to protect your account from fraud. Obtain a Medallion signature guarantee from a bank or trust company, savings association, credit union or broker, dealer or securities exchange member. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.

By Online Account Services

You may access your accounts online to redeem or exchange shares through FederatedInvestors.com’s Shareholder Account Access system once you have registered for access. Online transactions may be subject to certain limitations including limitations as to the amount of the transaction. For more information about the services available through Shareholder Account Access, please visit FederatedInvestors.com and select “Sign In” and “Access and Manage Investments,” or call (800) 245-4770 to speak with a Client Service Representative.

PAYMENT METHODS FOR REDEMPTIONS

Your redemption proceeds will be mailed by check to your address of record. The following payment options are available if you complete the appropriate section of the New Account Form or an Account Service Options Form. These payment options require a signature guarantee if they were not established when the account was opened:

■	An electronic transfer to your account at a financial institution that is an ACH member; or
■	Wire payment to your account at a domestic commercial bank that is a Federal Reserve System member.

Methods the Fund May Use to Meet Redemption Requests

The Fund intends to pay Share redemptions in cash. To ensure that the Fund has cash to meet Share redemptions on any day, the Fund typically expects to hold a cash or cash equivalent reserve or sell portfolio securities.

In unusual or stressed circumstances, the Fund may generate cash in the following ways:

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Inter-fund Borrowing and Lending. The SEC has granted an exemption that permits the Fund and all other funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Hermes (“Federated Hermes funds”) to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other Federated Hermes funds. Inter-fund borrowing and lending is permitted only: (a) to meet shareholder redemption requests; (b) to meet commitments arising from “failed” trades; and (c) for other temporary purposes. All inter-fund loans must be repaid in seven days or less.

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Committed Line of Credit. The Fund participates with certain other Federated Hermes funds, on a joint basis, in an up to $500,000,000 unsecured, 364-day, committed, revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement. The LOC was made available to finance temporarily the repurchase or redemption of shares of the funds, failed trades, payment of dividends, settlement of trades and for other short-term, temporary or emergency general business purposes. The Fund cannot borrow under the LOC if an inter-fund loan is outstanding.

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Redemption in Kind. Although the Fund intends to pay Share redemptions in cash, it reserves the right to pay the redemption price in whole or in part by an “in-kind” distribution of the Fund’s portfolio securities. Because the Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund is obligated to pay Share redemptions to any one shareholder in cash only up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets represented by such Share class during any 90-day period. Redemptions in kind are made consistent with the procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board, which generally include distributions of a pro rata share of the Fund’s portfolio assets. Redemption in kind is not as liquid as a cash redemption. If redemption is made in kind, securities received may be subject to market risk and the shareholder could incur taxable gains and brokerage or other charges in converting the securities to cash.

LIMITATIONS ON REDEMPTION PROCEEDS

Redemption proceeds normally are wired or mailed within one business day after receiving a request in proper form. Payment may be delayed for up to seven days:

■	to allow your purchase to clear (as discussed below);
■	during periods of market volatility;
■	when a shareholder’s trade activity or amount adversely impacts the Fund’s ability to manage its assets; or
■	during any period when the Federal Reserve wire or applicable Federal Reserve banks are closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings.

If you request a redemption of Shares recently purchased by check (including a cashier’s check or certified check), money order, bank draft or ACH, your redemption proceeds may not be made available for up to seven calendar days to allow the Fund to collect payment on the instrument used to purchase such Shares. If the purchase instrument does not clear, your purchase order will be canceled and you will be responsible for any losses incurred by the Fund as a result of your canceled order.

In addition, the right of redemption may be suspended, or the payment of proceeds may be delayed (including beyond seven days), during any period:

■	when the NYSE is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings;
■	when trading on the NYSE is restricted, as determined by the SEC;
■	in which an emergency exists, as determined by the SEC, so that disposal of the Fund’s investments or determination of its NAV is not reasonably practicable; or
■	as the SEC may by order permit for the protection of Fund shareholders.

You will not accrue interest or dividends on uncashed redemption checks from the Fund when checks are undeliverable and returned to the Fund.

redemptions from retirement accounts

In the absence of your specific instructions, 10% of the value of your redemption from a retirement account in the Fund may be withheld for taxes. This withholding only applies to certain types of retirement accounts.

EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE

You may exchange Shares of the Fund. To do this, you must:

■	meet any applicable shareholder eligibility requirements;
■	ensure that the account registrations are identical;
■	meet any applicable minimum initial investment requirements; and
■	receive a prospectus for the fund into which you wish to exchange.

In addition, the Fund may terminate your exchange privilege if your exchange activity is found to be excessive under the Fund’s frequent trading policies. See “Account and Share Information–Frequent Trading Policies.”

Financial intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the availability of intra-fund exchanges (“automatic exchanges”). These exchanges which are directed by the financial intermediary and not the Fund are discussed in Appendix B to this Prospectus.

You may exchange Shares into shares of the same class of another Federated Hermes fund.

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Systematic Withdrawal/Exchange Program

You may automatically redeem or exchange Shares. The minimum amount for all new or revised systematic redemptions or exchanges of Shares is $50 per transaction per fund. Complete the appropriate section of the New Account Form or an Account Service Options Form or contact your financial intermediary or the Fund. Your account value must meet the minimum initial investment amount at the time the program is established. This program may reduce, and eventually deplete, your account. Payments should not be considered yield or income.

Generally, it is not advisable to continue to purchase Shares subject to a sales charge while redeeming Shares using this program.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

Telephone Transactions

The Fund will record your telephone instructions. If the Fund does not follow reasonable procedures, it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.

Share Certificates

The Fund does not issue share certificates.

Security and Privacy Protection

ONLINE ACCOUNT and TELEPHONE ACCESS SECURITY

Federated Hermes will not be responsible for losses that result from unauthorized transactions, unless Federated Hermes does not follow procedures designed to verify your identity. When initiating a transaction by telephone or online, shareholders should be aware that any person with access to your account and other personal information including PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) may be able to submit instructions by telephone or online. Shareholders are responsible for protecting their identity by using strong usernames and complex passwords which utilize combinations of mixed case letters, numbers and symbols, and change passwords and PINs frequently.

Using FederatedInvestors.com’s Account Access website means you are consenting to sending and receiving personal financial information over the Internet, so you should be sure you are comfortable with the risks. You will be required to accept the terms of an online agreement and to establish and utilize a password in order to access online account services. The Transfer Agent has adopted security procedures to confirm that internet instructions are genuine. The Transfer Agent will also send you written confirmation of share transactions. The Transfer Agent, the Fund and any of its affiliates will not be liable for losses or expenses that occur from fraudulent Internet instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

The Transfer Agent or the Fund will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone transaction requests are genuine, which may include recording calls, asking the caller to provide certain personal identification information, sending you written confirmation, or requiring other confirmation security procedures. The Transfer Agent, the Fund and any of its affiliates will not be liable for relying on instructions submitted by telephone that the Fund reasonably believes to be genuine.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each new customer who opens a Fund account and to determine whether such person’s name appears on governmental lists of known or suspected terrorists or terrorist organizations. Pursuant to the requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act, the information obtained will be used for compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act or other applicable laws, regulations and rules in connection with money laundering, terrorism or other illicit activities.

Information required includes your name, residential or business address, date of birth (for an individual), and other information that identifies you, including your social security number, tax identification number or other identifying number. The Fund cannot waive these requirements. The Fund is required by law to reject your Account Application if the required information is not provided. If, after reasonable effort, the Fund is unable to verify your identity or that of any other person(s) authorized to act on your behalf, or believes it has identified potentially suspicious, fraudulent or criminal activity, the Fund reserves the right to close your account and redeem your shares at the next calculated NAV without your permission. Any applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) will be assessed upon redemption of your shares.

The Fund has a strict policy designed to protect the privacy of your personal information. A copy of Federated Hermes’ privacy policy notice was given to you at the time you opened your account. The Fund sends a copy of the privacy notice to you annually. You may also obtain the privacy notice by calling the Fund, or through FederatedInvestors.com.

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Account and Share Information

CONFIRMATIONS AND ACCOUNT STATEMENTS

You will receive confirmation of purchases, redemptions and exchanges (except for systematic transactions). In addition, you will receive periodic statements reporting all account activity, including systematic transactions, dividends and capital gains paid.

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS

The Fund declares any dividends daily and pays them monthly to shareholders. If you purchase Shares by wire, you begin earning dividends on the day your wire is received. If you purchase Shares by check, you begin earning dividends on the business day after the Fund receives your check. In either case, you earn dividends through the day your redemption request is received.

In addition, the Fund pays any capital gains at least annually, and may make such special distributions of dividends and capital gains as may be necessary to meet applicable regulatory requirements. Your dividends and capital gains distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional Shares without a sales charge, unless you elect cash payments. Dividends may also be reinvested without sales charges in shares of any class of any other Federated Hermes fund of which you are already a shareholder.

If you purchase Shares just before the record date for a capital gain distribution, you will pay the full price for the Shares and then receive a portion of the price back in the form of a taxable distribution, whether or not you reinvest the distribution in Shares. Therefore, you should consider the tax implications of purchasing Shares shortly before the record date for a capital gain. Contact your financial intermediary or the Fund for information concerning when dividends and capital gains will be paid.

Under the federal securities laws, the Fund is required to provide a notice to shareholders regarding the source of distributions made by the Fund if such distributions are from sources other than ordinary investment income. In addition, important information regarding the Fund’s distributions, if applicable, is available via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation.

Small Distributions and Uncashed Checks

Generally, dividend and/or capital gain distributions payable by check in an amount of less than $25 will be automatically reinvested in additional shares. This policy does not apply if you have elected to receive cash distributions that are directly deposited into your bank account via wire or ACH.

Additionally, if one or more dividend or capital gain distribution checks are returned as “undeliverable,” or remain uncashed for 180 days, all subsequent dividend and capital gain distributions will be reinvested in additional shares. No interest will accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution checks. For questions on whether reinvestment applies to your distributions, please contact a Client Service Representative at 1-800-341-7400.

Certain states, including the state of Texas, have laws that allow shareholders to designate a representative to receive abandoned or unclaimed property (“escheatment”) notifications by completing and submitting a designation form that generally can be found on the official state website. If a shareholder resides in an applicable state, and elects to designate a representative to receive escheatment notifications, escheatment notices generally will be delivered as required by such state laws, including, as applicable, to both the shareholder and the designated representative. A completed designation form may be mailed to the Fund (if Shares are held directly with the Fund) or to the shareholder’s financial intermediary (if Shares are not held directly with the Fund). Shareholders should refer to relevant state law for the shareholder’s specific rights and responsibilities under his or her state’s escheatment law(s), which can generally be found on a state’s official website.

ACCOUNTS WITH LOW BALANCES

Federated Hermes reserves the right to close accounts if redemptions or exchanges cause the account balance to fall below:

■	$1,500 for the A1 class (or in the case of IRAs, $250).

Before an account is closed, you will be notified and allowed at least 30 days to purchase additional Shares to meet the minimum.

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TAX INFORMATION

The Fund sends an IRS Form 1099 and an annual statement of your account activity to assist you in completing your federal, state and local tax returns. Fund distributions of dividends and capital gains are taxable to you whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund. Dividends are taxable at different rates depending on the source of dividend income. Distributions of net short-term capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions of net long-term capital gains are taxable to you as long-term capital gains regardless of how long you have owned your Shares.

Fund distributions are expected to be primarily dividends. Redemptions and exchanges are taxable sales. Please consult your tax adviser regarding your federal, state and local tax liability.

FREQUENT TRADING POLICIES

Frequent or short-term trading into and out of the Fund can have adverse consequences for the Fund and shareholders who use the Fund as a long-term investment vehicle. Such trading in significant amounts can disrupt the Fund’s investment strategies (e.g., by requiring it to sell investments at inopportune times or maintain excessive short-term or cash positions to support redemptions), increase brokerage and administrative costs and affect the timing and amount of taxable gains distributed by the Fund. Investors engaged in such trading may also seek to profit by anticipating changes in the Fund’s NAV in advance of the time as of which NAV is calculated.

The Fund’s Board has approved policies and procedures intended to discourage excessive frequent or short-term trading of the Fund’s Shares. The Fund’s fair valuation procedures are intended in part to discourage short-term trading strategies by reducing the potential for these strategies to succeed. See “What Do Shares Cost?” The Fund also monitors trading in Fund Shares in an effort to identify disruptive trading activity. The Fund monitors trades into and out of the Fund within a period of 30 days or less. The Fund may also monitor trades into and out of the Fund for potentially disruptive trading activity over periods longer than 30 days. The size of Share transactions subject to monitoring varies. Where it is determined that a shareholder has exceeded the detection amounts twice within a period of 12 months, the Fund will temporarily prohibit the shareholder from making further purchases or exchanges of Fund Shares. If the shareholder continues to exceed the detection amounts for specified periods, the Fund will impose lengthier trading restrictions on the shareholder, up to and including permanently prohibiting the shareholder from making any further purchases or exchanges of Fund Shares. Whether or not the specific monitoring limits are exceeded, the Fund’s management or the Adviser may determine from the amount, frequency or pattern of purchases and redemptions or exchanges that a shareholder is engaged in excessive trading that is or could be detrimental to the Fund and other shareholders and may prohibit the shareholder from making further purchases or exchanges of Fund Shares. No matter how the Fund defines its limits on frequent trading of Fund Shares, other purchases and sales of Fund Shares may have adverse effects on the management of the Fund’s portfolio and its performance.

The Fund’s frequent trading restrictions do not apply to purchases and sales of Fund Shares by other Federated Hermes funds. These funds impose the same frequent trading restrictions as the Fund at their shareholder level. In addition, allocation changes of the investing Federated Hermes fund are monitored, and the managers of the recipient fund must determine that there is no disruption to their management activity. The intent of this exception is to allow investing fund managers to accommodate cash flows and other activity that result from non-abusive trading in the investing fund, without being stopped from such trading because the aggregate of such trades exceeds the monitoring limits. Nonetheless, as with any trading in Fund Shares, purchases and redemptions of Fund Shares by other Federated Hermes funds could adversely affect the management of the Fund’s portfolio and its performance.

The Fund will not restrict transactions made on a non-discretionary basis by certain asset allocation programs, wrap programs, fund of funds, collective funds or other similar accounts that have been pre-approved by Federated Hermes (“Approved Accounts”). The Fund will continue to monitor transactions by the Approved Accounts and will seek to limit or restrict even non-discretionary transactions by Approved Accounts that are determined to be disruptive or harmful to the Fund.

The Fund’s objective is that its restrictions on short-term trading should apply to all shareholders that are subject to the restrictions, regardless of the number or type of accounts in which Shares are held. However, the Fund anticipates that limitations on its ability to identify trading activity to specific shareholders, including where Shares are held through intermediaries in multiple or omnibus accounts, will mean that these restrictions may not be able to be applied uniformly in all cases.

Other funds in the Federated Hermes family of funds may impose different monitoring policies or in some cases, may not monitor for frequent or short-term trading. Under normal market conditions such monitoring policies are designed to protect the funds being monitored and their shareholders and the operation of such policies and shareholder investments under such monitoring are not expected to have materially adverse impact on the Federated Hermes funds or their shareholders. If you plan to exchange your fund shares for shares of another Federated Hermes fund, please read the prospectus of that other Federated Hermes fund for more information.

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The Fund may invest in affiliated investment companies whose boards have determined not to adopt frequent trading policies. The Fund therefore may be exposed to any adverse consequences of any frequent or short-term trading in such funds, to the extent of the Fund’s investment therein.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

Information concerning the Fund’s portfolio holdings is available via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation. A complete listing of the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the end of each calendar quarter is posted on the website 30 days (or the next business day) after the end of the quarter and remains posted for six months thereafter. Summary portfolio composition information as of the close of each month is posted on the website 15 days (or the next business day) after month-end and remains posted until replaced by the information for the succeeding month. The summary portfolio composition information may include identification of the Fund’s top 10 holdings and percentage breakdowns of the portfolio by sector and credit quality.

You may also access portfolio information as of the end of the Fund’s fiscal quarters via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com. The Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Shareholder Reports contain complete listings of the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the end of the Fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. Fiscal quarter information is made available on the website within 70 days after the end of the fiscal quarter. This information is also available in reports filed with the SEC at the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

Each fiscal quarter, the Fund will file with the SEC a complete schedule of its monthly portfolio holdings on “Form N-PORT.” The Fund’s holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter, as reported on Form N-PORT, will be publicly available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter upon filing. You may also access this information via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com.

In addition, from time to time (for example, during periods of unusual market conditions), additional information regarding the Fund’s portfolio holdings and/or composition may be posted to FederatedInvestors.com. If and when such information is posted, its availability will be noted on, and the information will be accessible from, the home page of the website.

Who Manages the Fund?

The Board governs the Fund. The Board selects and oversees the Adviser, Federated Investment Management Company. The Adviser manages the Fund’s assets, including buying and selling portfolio securities. Federated Advisory Services Company (FASC), an affiliate of the Adviser, provides certain support services to the Adviser. The fee for these services is paid by the Adviser and not by the Fund. The address of the Adviser and FASC is 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779.

The Adviser and other subsidiaries of Federated Hermes advise approximately 135 equity, fixed-income and money market mutual funds as well as a variety of other pooled investment vehicles, private investment companies and customized separately managed accounts (including non-U.S./offshore funds) which totaled approximately $575.9 billion in assets as of December 31, 2019. Federated Hermes was established in 1955 as Federated Investors, Inc. and is one of the largest investment managers in the United States with nearly 1,900 employees. Federated Hermes provides investment products to approximately 11,500 investment professionals and institutions.

The Adviser advises approximately 75 fixed-income and money market mutual funds (including sub-advised funds) and private investment companies, which totaled approximately $344.3 billion in assets as of December 31, 2019.

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

Mark Durbiano

Mark Durbiano, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s portfolio manager since its inception November of 2010 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since its inception August of 2010.

Mr. Durbiano is a Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of the Domestic High Yield group and Chairman of the Bond Sector Committee. He is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection. He has been with the Adviser or an affiliate since 1982; has worked in investment management since 1982; has managed investment portfolios since 1984. Education: B.A., Dickinson College; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh.

Steven J. Wagner

Steven J. Wagner, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s Portfolio Manager since its inception November of 2010 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since March of 2015.

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Mr. Wagner, a Senior Portfolio Manager, is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection. He has been with the Adviser or an affiliate since 1997; has worked in investment management since 1997; has managed investment portfolios since 2011. Education: B.S., Boston College; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh.

B. Anthony Delserone, Jr.

B. Anthony Delserone, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s portfolio manager since May of 2015 and the Bank Loan Affiliated Fund portfolio manager since its inception August of 2010.

Mr. Delserone is a Senior Portfolio Manager and is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection. He has been with the Adviser or an affiliate since 1998; has worked in investment management since 1984; has managed investment portfolios since 1999. Education: B.B.A., The College of William and Mary in Virginia; M.B.A., Sellinger School of Business, Loyola College of Maryland.

As noted in the section describing the Fund’s Principal Investments, the Fund has the ability to invest in affiliated investment companies, which are not available for general public investment, to gain additional exposure to mortgage-backed, trade finance debt securities and loan instruments. The following individuals are portfolio managers of the affiliated investment companies:

Mortgage-Backed Affiliated Fund

Todd A. Abraham

Todd A. Abraham, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been the Fund’s Portfolio Manager since its inception February of 1999.

Mr. Abraham is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of the Government/Mortgage-backed Fixed Income Group. He is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection. He has been with the Adviser or an affiliate since 1993; has worked in investment management since 1993; has managed investment portfolios since 1995. Education: B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., Loyola College.

Project and Trade Finance Affiliated Fund

Christopher McGinley

Christopher P. McGinley has been the Fund’s Portfolio Manager since December of 2009.

Mr. McGinley is Head of the Trade Finance Team and is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection. He has been with the Adviser or an affiliate since 2004; has worked in investment management since 2005; has managed investment portfolios since 2009. Education: B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.P.I.A., University of Pittsburgh.

The Fund’s SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers’ compensation, management of other accounts and ownership of securities in the Fund.

ADVISORY FEES

The Fund’s investment advisory contract provides for payment to the Adviser of an annual investment advisory fee of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser may voluntarily waive a portion of its fee or reimburse the Fund for certain operating expenses. The Adviser and its affiliates have also agreed to certain “Fee Limits” as described in the footnote to the “Risk/Return Summary Fees and Expenses” table found in the “Fund Summary” section of the Prospectus.

A discussion of the Board’s review of the Fund’s investment advisory contract is available in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports for the periods ended March 31 and September 30, respectively.

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Financial Information

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Financial Highlights will help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for its past five fiscal years, or since inception, if the life of the Fund’s share class is shorter. Some of the information is presented on a per Share basis. Total returns represent the rate an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains.

As the A1 class has not commenced operations, audited fiscal year end information is not available as of the date of this Prospectus.

The Financial Highlights information presented in this Prospectus is for the Fund’s A class and is for illustrative purposes only. Please note that the A1 class is expected to have the same net expense ratio as the A class.

This information has been audited by (to be filed by amendment) an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s audited financial statements, is included in the Annual Report.

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Financial Highlights–Class A Shares

(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)

Year Ended March 31	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period	$9.78	$9.94	$9.99	$9.65	$9.94
Income From Investment Operations:
Net investment income	0.40¹	0.42	0.35	0.33	0.32
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)	(1.18)	(0.17)	(0.05)	0.34	(0.29)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS	(0.78)	0.25	0.30	0.67	0.03
Less Distributions:
Distributions from net investment income	(0.40)	(0.41)	(0.35)	(0.33)	(0.32)
Net Asset Value, End of Period	$8.60	$9.78	$9.94	$9.99	$9.65
Total Return²	(8.34)%	2.58%	3.01%	7.07%	0.34%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
Net expenses	1.01%	1.04%	1.03%	1.04%	1.04%
Net investment income	4.14%	4.20%	3.46%	3.35%	3.26%
Expense waiver/reimbursement³	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%
Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)	$275,265	$376,745	$385,448	$352,980	$275,135
Portfolio turnover	21%	39%	15%	16%	25%

1	Per share number has been calculated using the average shares method.
2	Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge, redemption fee or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable.
3	This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.

Further information about the Fund’s performance is contained in the Fund’s Annual Report, dated March 31, 2020, which can be obtained free of charge.

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Appendix A: Hypothetical Investment and Expense Information

The following chart provides additional hypothetical information about the effect of the Fund’s expenses, including investment advisory fees and other Fund costs, on the Fund’s assumed returns over a 10-year period. The chart shows the estimated expenses that would be incurred in respect of a hypothetical investment of $10,000, assuming a 5% return each year, and no redemption of Shares. The chart also assumes that the Fund’s annual expense ratio stays the same throughout the 10-year period and that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. The annual expense ratio used in the chart is the same as stated in the “Fees and Expenses” table of this Prospectus (and thus may not reflect any fee waiver or expense reimbursement currently in effect). The maximum amount of any sales charge that might be imposed on the purchase of Shares (and deducted from the hypothetical initial investment of $10,000; the “Front-End Sales Charge”) is reflected in the “Hypothetical Expenses” column. The hypothetical investment information does not reflect the effect of charges (if any) normally applicable to redemptions of Shares (e.g., deferred sales charges, redemption fees). Mutual fund returns, as well as fees and expenses, may fluctuate over time, and your actual investment returns and total expenses may be higher or lower than those shown below.

FEDERATED HERMES FLOATING RATE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND - A1 CLASS
ANNUAL EXPENSE RATIO: 1.17%
MAXIMUM FRONT-END SALES CHARGE: 2.00%
Year	Hypothetical Beginning Investment	Hypothetical Performance Earnings	Investment After Returns	Hypothetical Expenses	Hypothetical Ending Investment
1	$10,000.00	$490.00	$10,290.00	$316.86	$10,175.34
2	$10,175.34	$508.77	$10,684.11	$121.33	$10,565.06
3	$10,565.06	$528.25	$11,093.31	$125.98	$10,969.70
4	$10,969.70	$548.49	$11,518.19	$130.80	$11,389.84
5	$11,389.84	$569.49	$11,959.33	$135.81	$11,826.07
6	$11,826.07	$591.30	$12,417.37	$141.01	$12,279.01
7	$12,279.01	$613.95	$12,892.96	$146.42	$12,749.30
8	$12,749.30	$637.47	$13,386.77	$152.02	$13,237.60
9	$13,237.60	$661.88	$13,899.48	$157.85	$13,744.60
10	$13,744.60	$687.23	$14,431.83	$163.89	$14,271.02
Cumulative		$5,836.83		$1,591.97

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Appendix B: Sales Charge Waivers and Exchange Features for Shareholders Purchasing Through Certain Financial Intermediaries

The term “fund family,” used herein, shall refer to the Federated Hermes mutual funds.

Ameriprise Financial

CLASS A SHARES FRONT-END SALES CHARGE WAIVERS AVAILABLE AT AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL:

The following information applies to Class A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial:

Effective April 30, 2018, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account will be eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus:

■	Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
■	Shares purchased through an Ameriprise Financial investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
■	Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial’s platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available).
■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family).
■	Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges.
■	Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
■	Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., Rights of Reinstatement).

EXCHANGE Feature of CLASS C SHARES AVAILABLE AT AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL:

Automatic Exchange of Class C shares. Class C shares will automatically exchange to Class A shares in the month of the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.

Effective June 15, 2020, shareholders purchasing fund shares through a Baird platform or account will only be eligible for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and CDSC waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus or the SAI.

Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Investors A-shares Available at Baird

■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing share of the same fund;
■	Share purchase by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliate and their family members as designated by Baird;
■	Shares purchase from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same accounts; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as rights of reinstatement);

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■	Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a CDSC and are exchanged to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the same fund pursuant to Baird’s intra-fund share class policies and procedures;
■	Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.

CDSC Waivers on Investor A and C shares Available at Baird

■	Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder;
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus;
■	Shares bought due to returns of excess contributions from an IRA Account;
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code;
■	Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird;
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-End Sales Charge Discounts Available at Baird: Breakpoints and/or Rights of Accumulations

■	Breakpoints as described in this prospectus;
■	Rights of accumulations which entitles shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible fund family assets not held at Baird may be included in the rights of accumulations calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets;
■	Letters of Intent (LOI) allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family through Baird, over a 13-month period of time.

EDWARD JONES

Effective on or after May 1, 2020, shareholders purchasing Fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or back-end sales charge, waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI. In all instances, it is the shareholder’s responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of fund family or other facts qualifying the purchaser for waivers or discounts. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance.

Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A and F Shares Available at Edward Jones

Sales charges are waived for the following shareholders and in the following situations:

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Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and their family members who are in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate’s life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones’ policies and procedures.

■	Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program.
■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment.
■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: (1) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase; and (2) the sale and purchase are made in the same share class and the same account or the purchase is made in an individual retirement account with proceeds from liquidations in a non-retirement account.
■	Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share Class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the prospectus.
■	Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones will be responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable.

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CDSC Waivers on A, B, C and F Shares Available at Edward Jones

If the shareholder purchases shares that are subject to a CDSC and those shares are redeemed before the CDSC is expired, the shareholder will be responsible to pay the CDSC except in the following conditions:

■	Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan (limited to up to 10% per year of the account value).
■	Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations.
■	Shares sold to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones.
■	Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable.
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-End Load Discounts Available at Edward Jones:

Rights of Accumulation (ROA)

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The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except any money market funds and retirement plan share classes) of the fund family held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with other accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). This includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the rights of accumulation calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying his or her financial advisor of such assets at the time of calculation.

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ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value (current shares x NAV).

Letter of Intent (LOI)

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Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying his or her financial advisor of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not covered under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met.

Other Important Information

Minimum Purchase Amounts

1. $250 initial purchase minimum

2. $50 subsequent purchase minimum

Minimum Balances

3. Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy:

1. A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform

2. A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform

3. An account with an active systematic investment plan or letter of intent (LOI)

Changing Share Classes

4. At any time it deems necessary, Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder’s holdings in a fund to Class A shares.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Effective May 1, 2020, if you purchase or redeem Fund shares through a Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (“Janney”) brokerage account, you will be eligible for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), or back-end sales charge, waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.

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Front-end sales charge waivers on Class A Shares available at Janney

■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
■	Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney.
■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement).
■	Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans.
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
■	Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are exchanged to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the same fund pursuant to Janney’s intra-fund share class policies and procedures.

CDSC Waivers on Class A and C Shares available at Janney

■	Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder.
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s Prospectus.
■	Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account.
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations.
■	Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney.
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.
■	Shares exchanged into the same share class of a different Federated Hermes fund, if the shares were held for the applicable CDSC holding period (the holding period on the shares purchased in the exchange will include the holding period of the shares sold in the exchange).

Front-end sales charge discounts available at Janney: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation, and/or Letters of Intent

■	Breakpoints as described in the fund’s Prospectus.
■	Rights of accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
■	Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

Merrill Lynch

Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch platform or account will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares available at Merrill Lynch

■	Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan;
■	Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents;
■	Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program or exchanged due to the holdings moving from the program;
■	Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers;
■	Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform;
■	Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform (if applicable);

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■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family);
■	Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e., level-load) shares of the same fund pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers;
■	Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members;
■	Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in the prospectus;
■	Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e., systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement.

CDSC Waivers on A, B and C Shares available at Merrill Lynch

■	Death or disability of the shareholder;
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s prospectus;
■	Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account;
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code;
■	Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch;
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement;
■	Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms (applicable to A and C shares only);
■	Class A Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers.

Front-end load Discounts Available at Merrill Lynch:
Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

■	Breakpoints as described in this prospectus;
■	Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the Fund’s prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets;
■	Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable).

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Class A1 Shares Front-End Sales Charge Waivers Available at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney:

Effective October 26, 2020, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account will be eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A1 shares, which may differ from and may be more limited than those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.

Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on Class A1 Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

■	Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans;
■	Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules;
■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund;
■	Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account;

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■	Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are exchanged to Class A1 shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s intra-fund share class exchange program;

■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge.

OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.

Effective May 1, 2020, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (OPCO) platform or account are eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI.

Front-end Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares available at OPCO

■	Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan
■	Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan
■	Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program
■	Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family)
■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
■	A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares automatically exchanged at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the automatic exchange is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO
■	Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members
■	Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus

CDSC Waivers on A, B and C Shares available at OPCO

■	Death or disability of the shareholder
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s prospectus
■	Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code
■	Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement

Front-end load Discounts Available at OPCO: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent

■	Breakpoints as described in this prospectus.
■	Rights of Accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at OPCO. Eligible fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets

Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and each entity’s affiliates (“Raymond James”)

Effective March 1, 2019, shareholders purchasing and redeeming Fund shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund’s prospectus or SAI.

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Front-End Sales Load Waivers on Class A Shares Available at Raymond James

■	Shares purchased in an investment advisory program.
■	Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions.
■	Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James.
■	Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided: (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption; (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account; and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement).
■	A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares automatically exchanged at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the automatic exchange is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James.

CDSC Waivers on A, B and C Shares Available at Raymond James

■	Death or disability of the shareholder.
■	Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the fund’s prospectus.
■	Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account.
■	Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the fund’s prospectus.
■	Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James.
■	Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement.

Front-End Load Discounts Available at Raymond James: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation, and/or Letters of Intent

■	Breakpoints as described in this prospectus;
■	Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.
■	Letters of Intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Effective July 1, 2020, shareholders purchasing Fund shares through a Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) platform or account or who own shares for which Stifel or an affiliate is the broker-dealer of record are eligible for the following additional sales charge waiver.

Front-End Sales Load Waiver on Class A Shares

■	Class C shares that have been held for more than seven (7) years will be converted to Class A shares of the same Fund pursuant to Stifel’s policies and procedures

All other sales charge waivers and reductions described elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI still apply.

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An SAI dated October 23, 2020, is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Additional information about the Fund and its investments is contained in the Fund’s SAI and Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders as they become available. The Annual Report’s Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance discusses market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year. The SAI contains a description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of its portfolio securities. To obtain the SAI, Annual Report, Semi-Annual Report and other information without charge, and to make inquiries, call your financial intermediary or the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.

These documents, as well as additional information about the Fund (including portfolio holdings, performance and distributions), are also available on FederatedInvestors.com.

You can obtain information about the Fund (including the SAI) by accessing Fund information from the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. You can purchase copies of this information by contacting the SEC by email at publicinfo@sec.gov.

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund
Federated Hermes Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

Federated Securities Corp., Distributor

Investment Company Act File No. 811-4577

CUSIP TBD

Q455123 (10/20)

Statement of Additional Information

October 23, 2020

Share Class | Ticker

A1 | TBD

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund

(formerly, Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund)

A Portfolio of Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust

(formerly, Federated Income Securities Trust)

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a Prospectus. Read this SAI in conjunction with the Prospectus for Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund (the “Fund”), dated October 23, 2020.

This SAI incorporates by reference the Fund’s Annual Report. Obtain the Prospectus or the Annual Report without charge by calling 1-800-341-7400.

	Contents
1	How is the Fund Organized?
1	Securities in Which the Fund Invests
13	Investment Risks
16	Investment Objective (and Policies) and Investment Limitations
18	What Do Shares Cost?
20	How is the Fund Sold?
24	Purchases In-Kind
24	Redemption In-Kind
24	Massachusetts Partnership Law
24	Account and Share Information
25	Tax Information
26	Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?
43	Financial Information
43	Investment Ratings
48	Addresses
49	Appendix

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund
Federated Hermes Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

Federated Securities Corp., Distributor

Q455124 (10/20)

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How is the Fund Organized?

The Fund is a diversified portfolio of Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is an open-end, management investment company that was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 24, 1986. The Trust may offer separate series of shares representing interests in separate portfolios of securities.

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has established the following classes of shares of the Fund, known as Class A Shares, Class A1 Shares, Class C Shares, Institutional Shares and Class R6 Shares (“Shares”). This SAI relates to the Class A1 Shares. The Fund’s investment adviser is Federated Investment Management Company (the “Adviser”). Effective June 26, 2020, the Trust changed its name from Federated Income Securities Trust to Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust and the Fund changed its name from Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund to Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund.

Securities in Which the Fund Invests

The principal securities or other investments in which the Fund invests are described in the Fund’s Prospectus. The Fund also may invest in securities or other investments as non-principal investments for any purpose that is consistent with its investment objective. The following information is either additional information in respect of a principal security or other investment referenced in the Prospectus or information in respect of a non-principal security or other investment (in which case there is no related disclosure in the Prospectus).

SECURITIES DESCRIPTIONS AND TECHNIQUES

FIXED-INCOME INVESTMENTS

Fixed-income investments pay interest, dividends or distributions at a specified rate. The rate may be a fixed percentage of the principal or may be adjusted periodically. In addition, the issuer of a fixed-income security must repay the principal amount of the security, normally within a specified time. Fixed-income investments provide more regular income than equity securities. However, the returns on fixed-income investments are limited and normally do not increase with the issuer’s earnings. This limits the potential appreciation of fixed-income investments as compared to equity securities.

A security’s yield measures the annual income earned on a security as a percentage of its price. A security’s yield will increase or decrease depending upon whether it costs less (a “discount”) or more (a “premium”) than the principal amount. If the issuer may redeem the security before its scheduled maturity, the price and yield on a discount or premium security may change based upon the probability of an early redemption. Investments with higher risks generally have higher yields.

The following further describes the types of fixed-income investments in which the Fund invests. This information is either additional information in respect of a principal security referenced in the Prospectus or information in respect of a non-principal security (in which case there is no related disclosure in the Prospectus).

Commercial Paper (A Type of Corporate Debt Security)

Commercial paper is an issuer’s obligation with a maturity of less than nine months. Companies typically issue commercial paper to pay for current expenditures. Most issuers constantly reissue their commercial paper and use the proceeds (or bank loans) to repay maturing paper. If the issuer cannot continue to obtain liquidity in this fashion, its commercial paper may default. The short maturity of commercial paper reduces both the interest rate and credit risks as compared to other debt securities of the same issuer.

Demand Instruments (A Type of Corporate Debt Security)

Demand instruments are corporate debt securities that require the issuer or a third party, such as a dealer or bank (the “Demand Provider”), to repurchase the security for its face value upon demand. Some demand instruments are “conditional,” so that the occurrence of certain conditions relieves the Demand Provider of its obligation to repurchase the security. Other demand instruments are “unconditional,” so that there are no conditions under which the Demand Provider’s obligation to repurchase the security can terminate. The Fund treats demand instruments as short-term securities, even though their stated maturity may extend beyond one year.

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ARMs (A Type of Mortgage-Backed Security)

ARMs are pass-through certificates representing interests in an underlying pool of mortgages with adjustable interest rates. The frequency and amount of the interest rate adjustments depends on the terms of the underlying mortgages. ARMs typically provide for an initial fixed rate, followed by an initial adjustment to a rate based on a recognized index of mortgage rates. Thereafter, the interest rate is adjusted on a periodic basis to track changes in the index. Most ARMs limit the amount of any individual interest rate adjustment and may also limit the cumulative amount of the adjustments. For example, an ARM may provide for an initial rate of interest fixed for one, three or five years, followed by an initial adjustment that cannot exceed a limit that may range from two to five percent, with subsequent semi-annual or annual adjustments that cannot exceed two percent. The ARM may further limit the cumulative amount of all adjustments to not more than five percent over the initial fixed rate.

Adjustments in the interest rate paid on ARMs tend to reduce their price volatility, particularly as compared to fixed-rate, mortgage-backed securities. However, for some ARMs, the initial fixed interest rate may continue for a number of years. Generally, the longer the initial rate period the more sensitive the ARM’s price will be to changes in interest rates. Less frequent adjustments, and tighter limitations on the amount of adjustments, will also increase the price volatility of an ARM.

Sequential CMOs (A Type of CMO)

In a sequential pay CMO, one class of CMOs receives all principal payments and prepayments. The next class of CMOs receives all principal payments after the first class is paid off. This process repeats for each sequential class of CMO. As a result, each class of sequential pay CMOs reduces the prepayment risks of subsequent classes.

PACs, TACs and Companion Classes (A Type of CMO)

More sophisticated CMOs include planned amortization classes (PACs) and targeted amortization classes (TACs). PACs and TACs are issued with companion classes. PACs and TACs receive principal payments and prepayments at a specified rate. The companion classes receive principal payments and prepayments in excess of the specified rate. In addition, PACs will receive the companion classes’ share of principal payments, if necessary, to cover a shortfall in the prepayment rate. This helps PACs and TACs to control prepayment risks by increasing the risks to their companion classes.

IOs and POs (A Type of CMO)

CMOs may allocate interest payments to one class (“Interest Only” or IOs) and principal payments to another class (“Principal Only” or POs). POs increase in value when prepayment rates increase. In contrast, IOs decrease in value when prepayments increase, because the underlying mortgages generate less interest payments. However, IOs tend to increase in value when interest rates rise (and prepayments decrease), making IOs a useful hedge against interest rate risks.

Z Classes and Residual Classes (A Type of CMO)

CMOs must allocate all payments received from the underlying mortgages to some class. To capture any unallocated payments, CMOs generally have an accrual (Z) class. Z classes do not receive any payments from the underlying mortgages until all other CMO classes have been paid off. Once this happens, holders of Z class CMOs receive all payments and prepayments. Similarly, REMICs have residual interests that receive any mortgage payments not allocated to another REMIC class.

Government Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Government securities are issued or guaranteed by a federal agency or instrumentality acting under federal authority. Some government securities, including those issued by Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States and are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal.

Other government securities receive support through federal subsidies, loans or other benefits, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. For example, the U.S. Treasury is authorized to purchase specified amounts of securities issued by (or otherwise make funds available to) the Federal Home Loan Bank System, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), and Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) in support of such obligations.

Investors regard government securities as having minimal credit risk, but not as low as Treasury securities.

The Fund treats mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by a federal agency or instrumentality as government securities. Although such a guarantee helps protect against credit risks, it does not eliminate it entirely or reduce other risks.

Additional Information Related to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The extreme and unprecedented volatility and disruption that impacted the capital and credit markets beginning in 2008 led to market concerns regarding the ability of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to withstand future credit losses associated with securities held in their investment portfolios, and on which they provide guarantees, without the direct support of the federal government. On September 7, 2008, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

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were placed under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Under the plan of conservatorship, the FHFA assumed control of, and generally has the power to direct, the operations of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and is empowered to exercise all powers collectively held by their respective shareholders, directors and officers, including the power to: (1) take over the assets of and operate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae with all the powers of the shareholders, the directors and the officers of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and conduct all business of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; (2) collect all obligations and money due to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; (3) perform all functions of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae which are consistent with the conservator’s appointment; (4) preserve and conserve the assets and property of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; and (5) contract for assistance in fulfilling any function, activity, action or duty of the conservator.

In connection with the actions taken by the FHFA, the Treasury has entered into certain preferred stock purchase agreements (SPAs) with each of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae which establish the Treasury as the holder of a new class of senior preferred stock in each of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The senior preferred stock was issued in connection with financial contributions from the Treasury to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Although the SPAs are subject to amendment from time to time, currently the Treasury is obligated to provide such financial contributions up to an aggregate maximum amount determined by a formula set forth in the SPAs, and until such aggregate maximum amount is reached, there is not a specific end date to the Treasury’s obligations.

The future status and role of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could be impacted by (among other things) the actions taken and restrictions placed on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by the FHFA in its role as conservator, the restrictions placed on Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s operations and activities under the SPAs, market responses to developments at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, downgrades or upgrades in the credit ratings assigned to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) or ratings services, and future legislative and regulatory action that alters the operations, ownership, structure and/or mission of these institutions, each of which may, in turn, impact the value of, and cash flows on, any securities guaranteed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

In addition, the future of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and other U.S. government-sponsored enterprises that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (GSEs), remains in question as the U.S. government continues to consider options ranging from structural reform, nationalization, privatization or consolidation, to outright elimination. The issues that have led to significant U.S. government support for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have sparked serious debate regarding the continued role of the U.S. government in providing mortgage loan liquidity.

Inflation-Protected Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Inflation-protected securities are fixed-income securities whose principal value or interest rate is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation falls (deflation), the principal value or interest rate of the securities will be adjusted downward and consequently the interest payable on these securities will be reduced. U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, also known as TIPs, are adjusted as to principal; repayment of the original principal upon maturity of the security is guaranteed if the security is purchased when originally issued. With respect to other types of inflation-protected securities that are adjusted to the principal amount, the adjusted principal value of the security repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. Most other types of inflation-protected securities, however, are adjusted with respect to the interest rate, which has a minimum coupon of 0%, and the principal value does not change.

With respect to the Fund’s investment in inflation-protected bonds, the Adviser’s investment process is primarily concerned with selection among TIPs and other types of inflation-indexed bonds that may have different credit risks or other risk premiums, liquidity or expected real yield. Based on its view of economic and market conditions, the Adviser evaluates the relative value of different TIPs issues and types of inflation-indexed bonds. The Adviser seeks to allocate relatively more of the Fund’s portfolio to those types of inflation-indexed bonds that the Adviser expects to offer the best balance between total return and risk.

Zero-Coupon Securities (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Zero-coupon securities do not pay interest or principal until final maturity unlike debt securities that provide periodic payments of interest (referred to as a coupon payment). Investors buy zero-coupon securities at a price below the amount payable at maturity. The difference between the purchase price and the amount paid at maturity represents interest on the zero-coupon security. Investors must wait until maturity to receive interest and principal, which increases the interest rate and credit risks of a zero-coupon security.

Bank Instruments (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Bank instruments are unsecured interest bearing deposits with banks. Bank instruments include, but are not limited to, bank accounts, time deposits, certificates of deposit and banker’s acceptances. Yankee instruments are denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by U.S. branches of foreign banks. Eurodollar instruments are denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by non-U.S. branches of U.S. or foreign banks.

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Insurance Contracts (A Fixed-Income Investment)

Insurance contracts include guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements and annuities. The Fund treats these contracts as fixed-income investments.

Loan Instruments (A Fixed-Income Investment)

The Fund may invest in loans and loan-related instruments, which are generally interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental or other borrower to lenders or groups of lenders known as lending syndicates (loans and loan participations). Such instruments include, but are not limited to, interests in trade finance loan transactions, pre-export/import finance transactions, factoring, syndicated loan transactions and forfaiting transactions.

Trade finance refers generally to loans made to producers, sellers, importers and/or exporters in relation to commodities, goods or services. Such loans typically have short- to medium-term maturities and will generally be self-liquidating (i.e., as the goods or commodities are sold, proceeds from payments for such goods or commodities are used to pay the principal on the loan prior to being distributed to the borrower). These trade finance structures are subject to significant individual variation but typical structures may include but not be limited to the following:

Buyer’s credit. An extension of credit typically made by a bank to a buyer of goods (i.e., importer) to finance the purchase of goods under a commercial contract of sale.

Contract frustration and trade credit indemnity. An insurance policy issued by an insurer in favor of an insured (typically a supplier or a bank) that provides conditional coverage to the insured against loss incurred as a result of non-payment/non delivery by an obligor involved in a trade transaction.

Cross border leases. Cross border leases, often structured with insignificant residual value.

Export credit agency financing. A loan where an export credit agency act as lender, co-lender or guarantor.

Import finance. An extension of credit made to an importer that finances his imports.

Inventory finance. An extension of credit made to a borrowing entity (be it an importer or exporter) secured against the physical inventory held and owned by that borrower. The inventory may be held in a warehouse.

Letter of Credit (L/C). A written undertaking, or obligation, of a bank made at the request of its customer (usually an importer) to honor or pay an exporter against presentation of trade documents that comply with terms specified in the letter of credit.

Multilateral agency financing. A loan where a multilateral agency acts as either a lender or a co-lender. Such a loan may benefit from preferred creditor status in the event of shortages of foreign exchange that may be experienced by sovereign governments.

Pre-export finance. An extension of credit to an exporter before export of the goods has taken place. This can be secured against the subject goods or sales proceeds, or unsecured.

Prepayment agreement. An extension of credit to an exporter where the source of payback is through the future export of goods. The difference between Pre-export finance and a Prepayment agreement is that the latter arrangement may involve the buyer of the goods as a contractual party and is in effect a payment for goods in advance of delivery.

Promissory notes, bills of exchange and other forms of negotiable instrument. A written promise to pay issued by (or drawn on) an obligor in favor of a beneficiary.

Receivables. Receivables or flows of receivables created in consideration for the transfer of goods and services.

Supplier Credit. An extension of credit made by a supplier (or exporter) to an importer to finance a purchase of goods. Banks or other lenders may purchase or participate in the credit instrument if the instrument permits transfer.

Trade finance related loans and other loan assignments and participations. The Fund expects primarily to purchase trade finance loans and other loans by assignment, transfer or novation from a participant in the original syndicate of lenders or from subsequent holders of such interests. The Fund may also purchase participations on a primary basis from a mandated lead arranger during the formation of the original syndicate making such loans. See the headings “Loan Assignments” and “Loan Participations” below for a complete description of such loan assignments and loan participations.

Typically, administration of the instrument, including the collection and allocation of principal and interest payments due from the borrower, is the responsibility of a single bank that is a member of the lending syndicate and referred to as the agent bank or mandated lead arranger. A financial institution’s employment as agent bank might be terminated in the event that it fails to observe a requisite standard of care or becomes insolvent. A successor agent bank would generally be appointed to replace the terminated agent bank, and assets held by the agent bank under the loan agreement should remain available to holders of such indebtedness. However, if assets held by the agent bank for the benefit of a Fund were determined to be subject to the claims of the agent bank’s general creditors, the Fund might incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment on a loan assignment or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. In situations involving other interposed financial institutions (e.g., an insurance company or governmental agency) similar risks may arise.

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Loan instruments may be secured or unsecured. If secured, then the lenders have been granted rights to specific property, which is commonly referred to as collateral. The purpose of securing loans is to allow the lenders to exercise rights over the collateral if a loan is not repaid as required by the terms of the loan agreement. Collateral may include security interests in receivables, goods, commodities or real property. With regard to trade finance loan transactions the collateral itself may be the source of proceeds to repay the loan (i.e., the borrower’s ability to repay the loan will be dependent on the borrower’s ability to sell, and the purchaser’s ability to buy, the goods or commodities that are collateral for the loan). Interests in loan instruments may also be tranched or tiered with respect to collateral rights. Unsecured loans expose the lenders to increased credit risk.

The Fund treats loan instruments as a type of fixed-income investment. Investments in loan instruments may expose the Fund to interest rate risk, risks of investing in foreign securities, credit risk, liquidity risk, risks of noninvestment-grade securities, risks of emerging markets and leverage risk. (For purposes of the descriptions in this SAI of these various risks, references to “issuer,” include borrowers under loan instruments.) Many loan instruments incorporate risk mitigation, credit enhancement (e.g., standby letters of credit) and insurance products into their structures, in order to manage these risks. There is no guarantee that these risk management techniques will work as intended and may expose the Fund to credit enhancement risk.

Loans and loan-related instruments are generally considered to be illiquid due to the length of time required to transfer an interest in a loan or a related instrument. Additionally, in the case of some loans, such as those related to trade finance, there is a limited secondary market. The liquidity of a particular loan will be determined by the Adviser under guidelines adopted by the Fund’s Board.

Loan Assignments (A Type of Loan Instrument)

The Fund may purchase a loan assignment from the agent bank or other member of the lending syndicate. Investments in loans through an assignment may involve additional risks to the Funds. For example, if a loan is foreclosed, a Fund could become part owner of any collateral, and would bear the costs and liabilities associated with owning and disposing of the collateral. In addition, it is conceivable that under emerging legal theories of lender liability, a Fund could be held liable as co-lender. It is unclear whether loans and other forms of direct indebtedness offer securities law protections against fraud and misrepresentation. In the absence of definitive regulatory guidance, the Funds rely on the Adviser’s research in an attempt to avoid situations where fraud or misrepresentation could adversely affect the Funds.

Loan Participations (A Type of Loan Instrument)

The Fund may purchase a funded participation interest in a loan, by which the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and fees from an intermediary (typically a bank, financial institution or lending syndicate) that has a direct contractual relationship with a borrower. In loan participations, the Fund does not have a direct contractual relationship with the borrower.

The Fund may also purchase a type of a participation interest, known as risk participation interest. In this case, the Fund will receive a fee in exchange for the promise to make a payment to a lender if a borrower fails to make a payment of principal, interest or fees, as required by the loan agreement.

When purchasing loan participations, the Fund will be exposed to credit risk of the borrower and, in some cases, the intermediary offering the participation. A participation agreement also may limit the rights of the Fund to vote on changes that may be made to the underlying loan agreement, such as waiving a breach of a covenant. The participation interests in which a Fund intends to invest may not be rated by any nationally recognized rating service or, if rated, may be below investment grade and expose the Fund to the risks of noninvestment-grade securities.

Credit Enhancement

Credit enhancement consists of an arrangement in which a company agrees to pay amounts due on a fixed-income security if the issuer defaults. In some cases the company providing credit enhancement makes all payments directly to the security holders and receives reimbursement from the issuer. Normally, the credit enhancer may have greater financial resources and liquidity than the issuer. For this reason, the Adviser may evaluate the credit risk of a fixed-income security based solely upon its credit enhancement.

Common types of credit enhancement include guarantees, letters of credit, bond insurance and surety bonds. Credit enhancement also includes arrangements where securities or other liquid assets secure payment of a fixed-income security. If a default occurs, these assets may be sold and the proceeds paid to security’s holders. Either form of credit enhancement reduces credit risks by providing another source of payment for a fixed-income security.

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Derivative Contracts

For example, the Fund could close out an open contract to buy an asset at a future date by entering into an offsetting contract to sell the same asset on the same date. If the offsetting sale price is more than the original purchase price, the Fund realizes a gain; if it is less, the Fund realizes a loss. Exchanges may limit the amount of open contracts permitted at any one time. Such limits may prevent the Fund from closing out a position. If this happens, the Fund will be required to keep the contract open (even if it is losing money on the contract), and to make any payments required under the contract (even if it has to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices to do so). Inability to close out a contract could also harm the Fund by preventing it from disposing of or trading any assets it has been using to secure its obligations under the contract.

The Fund may also trade derivative contracts over-the-counter (OTC) in transactions negotiated directly between the Fund and a financial institution. OTC contracts do not necessarily have standard terms, so they may be less liquid and more difficult to close-out than exchange-traded contracts. In addition, OTC contracts with more specialized terms may be more difficult to value than exchange-traded contracts, especially in times of financial stress.

To clear a swap through the CCP, the Fund will submit the contract to, and post margin with, a futures commission merchant (FCM) that is a clearing house member. The Fund may enter into the swap with a financial institution other than the FCM and arrange for the contract to be transferred to the FCM for clearing, or enter into the contract with the FCM itself. If the Fund must centrally clear a transaction, the CFTC’s regulations also generally require that the swap be executed on a registered exchange or through a market facility that is known as a swap execution facility or SEF. Central clearing is presently required only for certain swaps, and the CFTC is expected to impose a mandatory central clearing requirement for additional derivative instruments over time.

Until the mandated rulemaking and regulations are implemented completely, it will not be possible to determine the complete impact of the Dodd-Frank Act and related regulations on the Fund.

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Futures Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a Reference Instrument at a specified price, date and time. Entering into a contract to buy a Reference Instrument is commonly referred to as buying a contract or holding a long position in the asset. Entering into a contract to sell a Reference Instrument is commonly referred to as selling a contract or holding a short position in the Reference Instrument. Futures contracts are considered to be commodity contracts. The Adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to the Fund and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator under that Act with respect to the Fund. Futures contracts traded OTC are frequently referred to as forward contracts. The Fund can buy or sell financial futures (such as interest rate futures, index futures and security futures), as well as, currency futures and currency forward contracts.

Interest Rate Futures

An interest rate futures contract is an exchange-traded contract for which the Reference Instrument is an interest-bearing, fixed-income security or an inter-bank deposit. Two examples of common interest rate futures contracts are U.S. Treasury futures contracts and Eurodollar futures contracts. The Reference Instrument for a U.S. Treasury futures contract is a U.S. Treasury security. The Reference Instrument for a Eurodollar futures contract is the London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly referred to as LIBOR); Eurodollar futures contracts enable the purchaser to obtain a fixed rate for the lending of funds over a stated period of time and the seller to obtain a fixed rate for a borrowing of funds over that same period.

Index Futures

An index futures contract is an exchange-traded contract to make or receive a payment based upon changes in the value of an index. An index is a statistical composite that measures changes in the value of designated Reference Instruments within the index.

Security Futures

A security futures contract is an exchange-traded contract to purchase or sell in the future a specific quantity of a security (other than a Treasury security) or a narrow-based securities index at a certain price. Presently, the only available security futures contracts use shares of a single equity security as the Reference Instrument. However, it is possible that in the future security futures contracts will be developed that use a single fixed-income security as the Reference Instrument.

Currency Futures and Currency Forward Contracts (Types of Futures Contracts)

A currency futures contract is an exchange-traded contract to buy or sell a particular currency at a specific price at some time in the future (commonly three months or more). A currency forward contract is not an exchange-traded contract and represents an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, at a price set at the time of the contract and for a period agreed upon by the parties which may be either a window of time or a fixed number of days from the date of the contract. Currency futures and forward contracts are highly volatile, with a relatively small price movement potentially resulting in substantial gains or losses to the Fund. Additionally, the Fund may lose money on currency futures and forward contracts if changes in currency rates do not occur as anticipated or if the Fund’s counterparty to the contract were to default.

Option Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

Option contracts (also called “options”) are rights to buy or sell a Reference Instrument for a specified price (the “exercise price”) during, or at the end of, a specified period. The seller (or “writer”) of the option receives a payment, or premium, from the buyer, which the writer keeps regardless of whether the buyer uses (or exercises) the option. Options may be bought or sold on a wide variety of Reference Instruments. Options that are written on futures contracts will be subject to margin requirements similar to those applied to futures contracts.

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The Fund may buy and/or sell the following types of options:

Call Options

A call option gives the holder (buyer) the right to buy the Reference Instrument from the seller (writer) of the option. The Fund may use call options in the following ways:

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Buy call options on a Reference Instrument in anticipation of an increase in the value of the Reference Instrument; and

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Write call options on a Reference Instrument to generate income from premiums, and in anticipation of a decrease or only limited increase in the value of the Reference Instrument. If the Fund writes a call option on a Reference Instrument that it owns and that call option is exercised, the Fund foregoes any possible profit from an increase in the market price of the Reference Instrument over the exercise price plus the premium received.

Put Options

A put option gives the holder the right to sell the Reference Instrument to the writer of the option. The Fund may use put options in the following ways:

■	Buy put options on a Reference Instrument in anticipation of a decrease in the value of the Reference Instrument; and
■	Write put options on a Reference Instrument to generate income from premiums, and in anticipation of an increase or only limited decrease in the value of the Reference Instrument. In writing puts, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to take delivery of the Reference Instrument when its current market price is lower than the exercise price.

The Fund may also buy or write options, as needed, to close out existing option positions.

Finally, the Fund may enter into combinations of options contracts in an attempt to benefit from changes in the prices of those options contracts (without regard to changes in the value of the Reference Instrument).

Swap Contracts (A Type of Derivative)

A swap contract (also known as a “swap”) is a type of derivative contract in which two parties agree to pay each other (swap) the returns derived from Reference Instruments. Most swaps do not involve the delivery of the underlying assets by either party, and the parties might not own the Reference Instruments. The payments are usually made on a net basis so that, on any given day, the Fund would receive (or pay) only the amount by which its payment under the contract is less than (or exceeds) the amount of the other party’s payment. Swap agreements are sophisticated instruments that can take many different forms and are known by a variety of names. Common swap agreements that the Fund may use include:

Interest Rate Swaps

Interest rate swaps are contracts in which one party agrees to make regular payments equal to a fixed or floating interest rate times a stated principal amount (commonly referred to as a “notional principal amount”) in return for payments equal to a different fixed or floating rate times the same principal amount, for a specific period. For example, a $10 million London Interbank Offered Rate (commonly referred to as LIBOR) swap would require one party to pay the equivalent of the London Interbank Offered Rate of interest (which fluctuates) on $10 million principal amount in exchange for the right to receive the equivalent of a stated fixed rate of interest on $10 million principal amount.

Caps and Floors (A Type of Swap Contract)

Caps and Floors are contracts in which one party agrees to make payments only if an interest rate or index goes above (Cap) or below (Floor) a certain level in return for a fee from the other party.

Total Return Swaps

A total return swap is an agreement between two parties whereby one party agrees to make payments of the total return from a Reference Instrument (or a basket of such instruments) during the specified period, in return for payments equal to a fixed or floating rate of interest or the total return from another Reference Instrument. Alternately, a total return swap can be structured so that one party will make payments to the other party if the value of a Reference Instrument increases, but receive payments from the other party if the value of that instrument decreases.

Credit Default Swaps

A credit default swap (CDS) is an agreement between two parties whereby one party (the “Protection Buyer”) agrees to make payments over the term of the CDS to the other party (the “Protection Seller”), provided that no designated event of default, restructuring or other credit related event (each a “Credit Event”) occurs with respect to Reference Instrument that is usually a particular bond, loan or the unsecured credit of an issuer, in general (the “Reference Obligation”). Many CDS are physically settled, which means that if a Credit Event occurs, the Protection Seller must pay the Protection Buyer the full notional value, or “par value,” of the Reference Obligation in exchange for delivery by the Protection Buyer of the Reference Obligation or another similar obligation issued by the issuer of the Reference Obligation (the “Deliverable Obligation”). The Counterparties agree to

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the characteristics of the Deliverable Obligation at the time that they enter into the CDS. Alternately, a CDS can be “cash-settled,” which means that upon the occurrence of a Credit Event, the Protection Buyer will receive a payment from the Protection Seller equal to the difference between the par amount of the Reference Obligation and its market value at the time of the Credit Event. The Fund may be either the Protection Buyer or the Protection Seller in a CDS. If the Fund is a Protection Buyer and no Credit Event occurs, the Fund will lose its entire investment in the CDS (i.e., an amount equal to the payments made to the Protection Seller over the term of the CDS). However, if a Credit Event occurs, the Fund (as Protection Buyer) will deliver the Deliverable Obligation and receive a payment equal to the full notional value of the Reference Obligation, even though the Reference Obligation may have little or no value. If the Fund is the Protection Seller and no Credit Event occurs, the Fund will receive a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the CDS. However, if a Credit Event occurs, the Fund (as Protection Seller) will pay the Protection Buyer the full notional value of the Reference Obligation and receive the Deliverable Obligation from the Protection Buyer. A CDS may involve greater risks than if the Fund invested directly in the Reference Obligation. For example, a CDS may increase credit risk since the Fund has exposure to both the issuer of the Reference Obligation and the Counterparty to the CDS.

Currency Swaps

Currency swaps are contracts which provide for interest payments in different currencies. The parties might agree to exchange the notional principal amounts of the currencies as well (commonly called a “foreign exchange swap”).

Volatility Swaps

A volatility swap is an agreement between two parties to make payments based on changes in the volatility of a Reference Instrument over a stated period of time. Specifically, one party will be required to make a payment to the other party if the volatility of a Reference Instrument increases over an agreed-upon period of time, but will be entitled to receive a payment from the other party if the volatility decreases over that time period. A volatility swap that requires a single payment on a stated future date will be treated as a forward contract. Payments on a volatility swap will be greater if they are based upon the mathematical square of volatility (i.e., the measured volatility multiplied by itself, which is referred to as “variance”). This type of a volatility swap is frequently referred to as a variance swap.

EQUITY SECURITIES

Equity securities represent a share of an issuer’s earnings and assets, after the issuer pays its liabilities. The Fund cannot predict the income it will receive from equity securities because issuers generally have discretion as to the payment of any dividends or distributions. However, equity securities offer greater potential for appreciation than many other types of securities, because their value increases directly with the value of the issuer’s business.

The following further describes the types of equity securities in which the Fund invests. This information is either additional information in respect of a principal security referenced in the Prospectus or information in respect of a non-principal security (in which case there is no related disclosure in the Prospectus).

Common Stocks

Common stocks are the most prevalent type of equity security. Common stocks receive the issuer’s earnings after the issuer pays its creditors and any preferred stockholders. As a result, changes in an issuer’s earnings directly influence the value of its common stock.

Preferred Stocks

Preferred stocks have the right to receive specified dividends or distributions before the issuer makes payments on its common stock. Some preferred stocks also participate in dividends and distributions paid on common stock. Preferred stocks may also permit the issuer to redeem the stock. The Fund will treat such redeemable preferred stock as a fixed-income investment.

Interests in Other Limited Liability Companies

Entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts and companies organized outside the United States may issue securities comparable to common or preferred stock.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

REITs are real estate investment trusts that lease, operate and finance commercial real estate. REITs are exempt from federal corporate income tax if they limit their operations and distribute most of their income. Such tax requirements limit a REIT’s ability to respond to changes in the commercial real estate market.

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Warrants

Warrants give the Fund the option to buy the issuer’s equity securities at a specified price (the “exercise price”) at a specified future date (the “expiration date”). The Fund may buy the designated securities by paying the exercise price before the expiration date. Warrants may become worthless if the price of the stock does not rise above the exercise price by the expiration date. This increases the market risks of warrants as compared to the underlying security. Rights are the same as warrants, except companies typically issue rights to existing stockholders.

OTHER INVESTMENTS, TRANSACTIONS AND TECHNIQUES

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Reverse repurchase agreements (which are considered a type of special transaction for asset segregation or asset coverage purposes) are repurchase agreements in which the Fund is the seller (rather than the buyer) of the securities, and agrees to repurchase them at an agreed-upon time and price. A reverse repurchase agreement may be viewed as a type of borrowing by the Fund. Reverse repurchase agreements are subject to credit risks. In addition, reverse repurchase agreements create leverage risks because the Fund must repurchase the underlying security at a higher price, regardless of the market value of the security at the time of repurchase.

Delayed Delivery Transactions

Delayed delivery transactions, including when issued transactions, are arrangements in which the Fund buys securities for a set price, with payment and delivery of the securities scheduled for a future time. During the period between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no interest accrues to the Fund. The Fund records the transaction when it agrees to buy the securities and reflects their value in determining the price of its shares. Settlement dates may be a month or more after entering into these transactions so that the market values of the securities bought may vary from the purchase prices. Therefore, delayed delivery transactions create interest rate risks for the Fund. Delayed delivery transactions also involve credit risks in the event of a counterparty default. These transactions create leverage risks.

To Be Announced Securities (TBAS) (A Type of Delayed Delivery Transaction)

As with other delayed delivery transactions, a seller agrees to deliver a TBA security at a future date. However, the seller does not specify the particular securities to be delivered. Instead, the Fund agrees to accept any security that meets specified terms. For example, in a TBA mortgage-backed transaction, the Fund and the seller would agree upon the issuer, interest rate and terms of the underlying mortgages. The seller would not identify the specific underlying mortgages until it issues the security. TBA mortgage-backed securities increase interest rate risks because the underlying mortgages may be less favorable than anticipated by the Fund.

Dollar Rolls (A Type of Delayed Delivery Transaction)

Dollar rolls are transactions where the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities with a commitment to buy similar, but not identical, mortgage-backed securities on a future date at a lower price. Normally, one or both securities involved are TBA mortgage-backed securities. Dollar rolls are subject to interest rate risks and credit risks.

Hybrid Instruments

Hybrid instruments combine elements of two different kinds of securities or financial instruments (such as a derivative contract). Frequently, the value of a hybrid instrument is determined by reference to changes in the value of a Reference Instrument (that is a designated security, commodity, currency, index or other asset or instrument including a derivative contract). Hybrid instruments can take on many forms including, but not limited to, the following forms. First, a common form of a hybrid instrument combines elements of a derivative contract with those of another security (typically a fixed-income security). In this case all or a portion of the interest or principal payable on a hybrid security is determined by reference to changes in the price of a Reference Instrument. Second, a hybrid instrument may also combine elements of a fixed-income security and an equity security. Third, hybrid instruments may include convertible securities with conversion terms related to a Reference Instrument.

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Credit Linked Note (A Type of Hybrid Instrument)

A credit linked note (CLN) is a type of hybrid instrument in which a special purpose entity issues a structured note (the “Note Issuer”) with respect to which the Reference Instrument is a single bond, a portfolio of bonds or the unsecured credit of an issuer, in general (each a “Reference Credit”). The purchaser of the CLN (the “Note Purchaser”) invests a par amount and receives a payment during the term of the CLN that equals a fixed or floating rate of interest equivalent to a high-rated funded asset (such as a bank certificate of deposit) plus an additional premium that relates to taking on the credit risk of the Reference Credit. Upon maturity of the CLN, the Note Purchaser will receive a payment equal to: (i) the original par amount paid to the Note Issuer, if there is no occurrence of a designated event of default, restructuring or other credit event (each a “Credit Event”) with respect to the issuer of the Reference Credit; or (ii) the market value of the Reference Credit, if a Credit Event has occurred. Depending upon the terms of the CLN, it is also possible that the Note Purchaser may be required to take physical delivery of the Reference Credit in the event of a Credit Event. Most credit linked notes use a corporate bond (or a portfolio of corporate bonds) as the Reference Credit. However, almost any type of fixed-income security (including foreign government securities), index or derivative contract (such as a credit default swap) can be used as the Reference Credit. CLNs are also subject to the credit risk of the special purpose entity which issued the credit linked note.

Equity Linked Note (A Type of Hybrid Instrument)

An equity linked note (ELN) is a type of hybrid instrument that provides the noteholder with exposure to a single equity security, a basket of equity securities or an equity index (the “Reference Equity Instrument”). Typically, an ELN pays interest at agreed rates over a specified time period and, at maturity, either converts into shares of a Reference Equity Instrument or returns a payment to the noteholder based on the change in value of a Reference Equity Instrument.

Asset Segregation

In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and SEC staff positions regarding the interpretation of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), with respect to derivatives that create a future payment obligation of the Fund, the Fund must “set aside” (referred to sometimes as “asset segregation”) liquid assets, or engage in other SEC- or staff-approved measures, while the derivative contracts are open. For example, with respect to forwards and futures contracts that are not contractually required to “cash-settle,” the Fund must cover its open positions by setting aside cash or readily marketable securities equal to the contracts’ full, notional value. With respect to forwards and futures that are contractually required to “cash-settle,” however, the Fund is permitted to set aside cash or readily marketable securities in an amount equal to the Fund’s daily marked-to-market (net) obligations, if any (i.e., the Fund’s daily net liability, if any), rather than the notional value.

The Fund will employ another approach to segregating assets to cover options that it sells. If the Fund sells a call option, the Fund will set aside either the Reference Instrument subject to the option, cash or readily marketable securities with a value that equals or exceeds the current market value of the Reference Instrument. In no event, will the value of the cash or readily marketable securities set aside by the Fund be less than the exercise price of the call option. If the Fund sells a put option, the Fund will set aside cash or readily marketable securities with a value that equals or exceeds the exercise price of the put option.

The Fund’s asset segregation approach for swap agreements varies among different types of swaps. For example, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the Protection Buyer, then it will set aside cash or readily marketable securities necessary to meet any accrued payment obligations under the swap. By comparison, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the Protection Seller, then the Fund will set aside cash or readily marketable securities equal to the full notional amount of the swap that must be paid upon the occurrence of a Credit Event. For some other types of swaps, such as interest rate swaps, the Fund will calculate the obligations of the counterparties to the swap on a net basis. Consequently, the Fund’s current obligation (or rights) under this type of swap will equal only the net amount to be paid or received based on the relative values of the positions held by each counterparty to the swap (the “net amount”). The net amount currently owed by or to the Fund will be accrued daily and the Fund will set aside cash or readily marketable securities equal to any accrued but unpaid net amount owed by the Fund under the swap.

The Fund may reduce the liquid assets segregated to cover obligations under a derivative contract by entering into an offsetting derivative contract. For example, if the Fund sells a put option for the same Reference Instrument as a call option the Fund has sold, and the exercise price of the call option is the same as or higher than the exercise price of the put option, then the Fund may net its obligations under the options and set aside cash or readily marketable securities (including any margin deposited for the options) with a value equal to the greater of: (a) the current market value of the Reference Instrument deliverable under the call option; or (b) the exercise price of the put option.

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assets set aside in connection with derivative contracts or special transactions without entering into an offsetting derivative contract or terminating a special transaction. This may cause the Fund to miss favorable trading opportunities or to realize losses on derivative contracts or special transactions. The Fund reserves the right to modify its asset segregation policies in the future to comply with any changes in the positions articulated from time to time by the SEC and its staff.

Generally, special transactions do not cash-settle on a net basis. Consequently, with respect to special transactions, the Fund will set aside cash or readily marketable securities with a value that equals or exceeds the Fund’s obligations.

Hedging

Hedging transactions are intended to reduce specific risks. For example, to protect the Fund against circumstances that would normally cause the Fund’s portfolio securities to decline in value, the Fund may buy or sell a derivative contract that would normally increase in value under the same circumstances. The Fund may also attempt to hedge by using combinations of different derivative contracts, or derivative contracts and securities. The Fund’s ability to hedge may be limited by the costs of the derivative contracts. The Fund may attempt to lower the cost of hedging by entering into transactions that provide only limited protection, including transactions that: (1) hedge only a portion of its portfolio; (2) use derivative contracts that cover a narrow range of circumstances; or (3) involve the sale of derivative contracts with different terms. Consequently, hedging transactions will not eliminate risk even if they work as intended. In addition, hedging strategies are not always successful, and could result in increased expenses and losses to the Fund.

Investment Ratings for Non-Governmental Mortgage-Backed Securities

The Adviser will determine whether a non-governmental mortgage-backed security is eligible for investment by the Fund based upon the credit ratings given by one or more NRSROs. For example, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a rating service, assigns ratings to securities based on its assessment of the likelihood of the issuer’s inability to pay interest or principal (default) when due on each security. Lower credit ratings correspond to higher credit risk.

If a security is downgraded below the minimum quality grade discussed above, the Adviser will reevaluate the security, but will not be required to sell it.

INTER-FUND BORROWING AND THIRD-PARTY LENDING ARRANGEMENTS

Inter-Fund Borrowing

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted an exemption that permits the Fund and all other funds (“Federated Hermes funds”) advised by subsidiaries of Federated Hermes, Inc. (“Federated Hermes,” formerly, Federated Investors, Inc.) to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other Federated Hermes funds. Participation in this inter-fund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending Federated Hermes funds, and an inter-fund loan is only made if it benefits each participating Federated Hermes fund. Federated Hermes administers the program according to procedures approved by the Fund’s Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. Any inter-fund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemption, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating Federated Hermes funds.

For example, inter-fund lending is permitted only: (a) to meet shareholder redemption requests; (b) to meet commitments arising from “failed” trades; and (c) for other temporary purposes. All inter-fund loans must be repaid in seven days or less. The Fund’s participation in this program must be consistent with its investment policies and limitations, and must meet certain percentage tests. Inter-fund loans may be made only when the rate of interest to be charged is more attractive to the lending Federated Hermes fund than market-competitive rates on overnight repurchase agreements (“Repo Rate”) and more attractive to the borrowing Federated Hermes fund than the rate of interest that would be charged by an unaffiliated bank for short-term borrowings (“Bank Loan Rate”), as determined by the Board. The interest rate imposed on inter-fund loans is the average of the Repo Rate and the Bank Loan Rate.

Third-Party Line of Credit

The Fund participates with certain other Federated Hermes funds, on a several basis, in an up to $500,000,000 unsecured, 364-day, committed, revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement. The LOC was made available to temporarily finance the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund, failed trades, payment of dividends, settlement of trades and for other short-term, temporary or emergency general business purposes. The Fund cannot borrow under the LOC if an inter-fund loan is outstanding. The Fund’s ability to borrow under the LOC also is subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act and various conditions precedent that must be satisfied before the Fund can borrow. Loans under the LOC are charged interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest, on any day, of: (a) (i) the federal funds effective rate; (ii) the one month London Interbank Offered Rate

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(LIBOR), or a replacement rate as appropriate; and (iii) 0.0%; plus (b) a margin. Any fund eligible to borrow under the LOC pays its pro rata share of an upfront fee, and its pro rata share of a commitment fee based on the amount of the lenders’ commitment that has not been utilized, quarterly in arrears and at maturity. As of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, there were no outstanding loans. During the most recently ended fiscal year, the Fund did not utilize the LOC.

LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The Fund has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (LRMP) and related procedures to assess and manage the liquidity risk of the Fund in accordance with Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22e-4 thereunder. The Board has designated the Adviser, together with Federated Hermes, Inc.’s (“Federated Hermes,” formerly, Federated Investors, Inc.) other affiliated registered investment advisory subsidiaries that serve as investment advisers to other Federated Hermes funds, to collectively serve as the administrator of the LRMP and the related procedures (the “Administrator”). Rule 22e-4 defines “liquidity risk” as the risk that the Fund will be unable to meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of the remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. As a part of the LRMP, the Administrator is responsible for classifying the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio investments in accordance with Rule 22e-4. As part of the LRMP, the Administrator is also responsible for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing the Fund’s liquidity risk, for making periodic reports to the Board and the SEC regarding the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, and for notifying the Board and the SEC of certain liquidity events specified in Rule 22e-4. The liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio investments is determined based on relevant market, trading and investment-specific considerations under the LRMP.

Investment Risks

There are many risk factors which may affect an investment in the Fund. The Fund’s principal risks are described in its Prospectus. The following information is either additional information in respect of a principal risk factor referenced in the Prospectus or information in respect of a non-principal risk factor applicable to the Fund (in which case there is no related disclosure in the Prospectus).

Sector Risk

A substantial part of the Fund’s portfolio may be comprised of securities issued or credit enhanced by companies in similar businesses, or with other similar characteristics. As a result, the Fund will be more susceptible to any economic, business, political or other developments which generally affect these issuers.

Risk Associated with Complex CMOs

CMOs with complex or highly variable prepayment terms, such as companion classes, IOs, POs, Inverse Floaters and residuals, generally entail greater market, prepayment and liquidity risks than other mortgage-backed securities. For example, their prices are more volatile and their trading market may be more limited.

Risk of Investing in Derivative Contracts and Hybrid Instruments

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strategies). Sixth, the Fund may use a derivative contract to benefit from a decline in the value of a Reference Instrument. If the value of the Reference Instrument declines during the term of the contract, the Fund makes a profit on the difference (less any payments the Fund is required to pay under the terms of the contract). Any such strategy involves risk. There is no assurance that the Reference Instrument will decline in value during the term of the contract and make a profit for the Fund. The Reference Instrument may instead appreciate in value creating a loss for the Fund. Seventh, a default or failure by a CCP or an FCM (also sometimes called a “futures broker”), or the failure of a contract to be transferred from an Executing Dealer to the FCM for clearing, may expose the Fund to losses, increase its costs, or prevent the Fund from entering or exiting derivative positions, accessing margin or fully implementing its investment strategies. The central clearing of a derivative and trading of a contract over a SEF could reduce the liquidity in, or increase costs of entering into or holding, any contracts. Finally, derivative contracts and hybrid instruments may also involve other risks described herein or in the Fund’s prospectus, such as interest rate, credit, currency, liquidity and leverage risks.

RISK OF INFLATION-INDEXED BONDS

The value of inflation-indexed bonds is subject to the effects of changes in market interest rates caused by factors other than inflation (“real interest rates”). If interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation, the Fund’s investment in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the security’s inflation measure. Generally, when real interest rates rise, the value of inflation-indexed bonds will fall and the Fund’s value may decline as a result of this exposure to these securities. The greatest risk occurs when interest rates rise and inflation declines.

Stock Market Risk

The value of equity securities in the Fund’s portfolio will rise and fall over time. These fluctuations could be a sustained trend or a drastic movement. Historically, the equity market has moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s securities may fluctuate from day to day. The Fund’s portfolio will reflect changes in prices of individual portfolio stocks or general changes in stock valuations. Consequently, the Fund’s Share price may decline. The Adviser attempts to manage market risk by limiting the amount the Fund invests in each company’s equity securities. However, diversification will not protect the Fund against widespread or prolonged declines in the stock market.

Information publicly available about a company, whether from the company’s financial statements or other disclosures or from third parties, or information available to some but not all market participants, can affect the price of a company’s shares in the market. The price of a company’s shares depends significantly on the information publicly available about the company. The reporting of poor results by a company, the restatement of a company’s financial statements or corrections to other information regarding a company or its business may adversely affect the price of its shares, as would allegations of fraud or other misconduct by the company’s management. The Fund may also be disadvantaged if some market participants have access to material information not readily available to other market participants, including the Fund.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT) RISK

Real estate investment trusts (REITs), including foreign REITs and REIT-like entities, are subject to risks associated with the ownership of real estate. Some REITs experience market risk due to investment in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area, or in a single property type, which increases the risk that such REIT could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. These companies are also sensitive to factors such as changes in real estate values and property taxes, interest rates, cash flow of underlying real estate assets, supply and demand and the management skill and creditworthiness of the issuer. Borrowers could default on or sell investments that a REIT holds, which could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to investors. In addition, REITs may also be affected by tax and regulatory requirements impacting the REITs’ ability to qualify for preferential tax treatments or exemptions. REITs require specialized management and pay management expenses. REITs also are subject to physical risks to real property, including weather, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war, or other events that destroy real property. Foreign REITs and REIT-like entities can also be subject to currency risk, emerging market risk, limited public information, illiquid trading and the impact of local laws.

REITs include equity REITs and mortgage REITs. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the trusts, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Further, equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills and generally may not be diversified. Equity and mortgage REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidations. In addition, equity and mortgage REITs could possibly fail to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under applicable tax laws or to maintain their exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The above factors may also adversely affect a borrower’s

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or a lessee’s ability to meet its obligations to the REIT. In the event of a default by a borrower or lessee, the REIT may experience delays in enforcing its rights as a mortgagee or lessor and may incur substantial costs associated with protecting its investments. In addition, even many of the larger REITs in the industry tend to be small to medium-sized companies in relation to the equity markets as a whole.

Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally allows individuals and certain non-corporate entities, such as partnerships, a deduction for 20% of qualified REIT dividends. Recently issued proposed regulations allow a regulated investment company to pass the character of its qualified REIT dividends through to its shareholders provided certain holding period requirements are met.

LIBOR Risk

Certain derivatives or debt securities, or other financial instruments in which the Fund may invest, as well as the Fund’s committed, revolving line of credit agreement, utilize or may utilize in the future the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as the reference or benchmark rate for interest rate calculations. LIBOR is a measure of the average interest rate at which major global banks can borrow from one another. It is quoted in multiple currencies and tenors using data reported by a panel of private-sector banks. Following allegations of rate manipulation in 2012 and concerns regarding its thin liquidity, the use of LIBOR came under increasing pressure, and in July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it will stop encouraging banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. This may cause LIBOR to cease to be published. LIBOR panel banks have agreed to submit quotations to LIBOR through the end of 2021. Before then, it is expected that market participants will transition to the use of different reference or benchmark rates. However, there is currently no definitive information regarding the future utilization of LIBOR or of any particular replacement rate. Regulators have suggested alternative reference rates, but global consensus is lacking and the process for amending existing contracts or instruments to transition away from LIBOR remains unclear.

While it is expected that market participants will amend financial instruments referencing LIBOR to include fallback provisions and other measures that contemplate the discontinuation of LIBOR or other similar market disruption events, neither the effect of the transition process nor the viability of such measures is known. While market participants have begun transitioning away from LIBOR, there are obstacles to converting certain longer term securities and transactions to a new benchmark or benchmarks. The effectiveness of multiple alternative reference rates as opposed to one primary reference rate has not been determined. The effectiveness of alternative reference rates used in new or existing financial instruments and products has also not yet been determined. As market participants transition away from LIBOR, LIBOR’s usefulness may deteriorate, which could occur prior to the end of 2021. The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates. LIBOR’s deterioration may adversely affect the liquidity and/or market value of securities that use LIBOR as a benchmark interest rate, including securities and other financial instruments held by the Fund. Further, the utilization of an alternative reference rate, or the transition process to an alternative reference rate, may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

CYBERSECURITY RISK

Like other funds and business enterprises, Federated Hermes’ business relies on the security and reliability of information and communications technology, systems and networks. Federated Hermes uses digital technology, including, for example, networked systems, email and the Internet, to conduct business operations and engage clients, customers, employees, products, accounts, shareholders, and relevant service providers, among others. Federated Hermes, as well as its funds and certain service providers, also generate, compile and process information for purposes of preparing and making filings or reports to governmental agencies, and a cybersecurity attack or incident that impacts that information, or the generation and filing processes, may prevent required regulatory filings and reports from being made. The use of the Internet and other electronic media and technology exposes the Fund, the Fund’s shareholders, and the Fund’s service providers, and their respective operations, to potential risks from cybersecurity attacks or incidents (collectively, “cyber-events”).

Cyber-events can result from intentional (or deliberate) attacks or unintentional events by insiders or third parties, including cybercriminals, competitors, nation-states and “hacktivists,” among others. Cyber-events may include, for example, phishing, use of stolen access credentials, unauthorized access to systems, networks or devices (such as, for example, through “hacking” activity), structured query language attacks, infection from or spread of malware, ransomware, computer viruses or other malicious software code, corruption of data, and attacks (including, but not limited to, denial of service attacks on websites) which shut down, disable, slow, impair or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes, technology, connectivity or website or internet access, functionality or performance. Like other funds and business enterprises, the Fund and its service providers have experienced, and will continue to experience, cyber-events on a daily basis. In addition to intentional cyber-events, unintentional cyber-events can occur, such as, for example, the inadvertent release of confidential information. To date, cyber-events have not had a material adverse effect on the Fund’s business operations or performance.

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Cyber-events can affect, potentially in a material way, Federated Hermes’ relationships with its customers, employees, products, accounts, shareholders and relevant service providers. Any cyber-event could adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders and cause the Fund to incur financial loss and expense, as well as face exposure to regulatory penalties, reputational damage and additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures. A cyber-event may cause the Fund, or its service providers, to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption, lose operational capacity (such as, for example, the loss of the ability to process transactions, calculate the Fund’s NAV, or allow shareholders to transact business or other disruptions to operations), and/or fail to comply with applicable privacy and other laws. Among other potentially harmful effects, cyber-events also may result in theft, unauthorized monitoring and failures in the physical infrastructure or operating systems that support the Fund and its service providers. In addition, cyber-events affecting issuers in which the Fund invests could cause the Fund’s investments to lose value.

The Fund’s Adviser and its relevant affiliates have established risk management systems reasonably designed to seek to reduce the risks associated with cyber-events. The Fund’s Adviser employs various measures aimed at mitigating cybersecurity risk, including, among others, use of firewalls, system segmentation, system monitoring, virus scanning, periodic penetration testing, employee phishing training and an employee cybersecurity awareness campaign. Among other vendor management efforts, Federated Hermes also conducts due diligence on key service providers (or vendors) relating to cybersecurity. Federated Hermes has established a committee to oversee Federated Hermes’ information security and data governance efforts, and updates on cyber-events and risks are reviewed with relevant committees, as well as Federated Hermes’ and the Fund’s Boards of Directors or Trustees (or a committee thereof), on a periodic (generally quarterly) basis (and more frequently when circumstances warrant) as part of risk management oversight responsibilities. However, there is no guarantee that the efforts of Federated Hermes, the Fund’s Adviser or its affiliates, or other service providers, will succeed, either entirely or partially as there are limits on Federated Hermes’ and the Fund’s ability to prevent, detect or mitigate cyber-events. Among other reasons, the cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, the nature of malicious cyber-events is becoming increasingly sophisticated and the Fund’s Adviser, and its relevant affiliates, cannot control the cyber systems and cybersecurity systems of issuers or third-party service providers.

Investment Objective (and Policies) and Investment Limitations

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return consistent with current income and low interest rate volatility.

The investment objective may not be changed by the Fund’s Trustees without shareholder approval.

Diversification

With respect to securities comprising 75% of the value of its total assets, the Fund will not purchase securities of any one issuer (other than cash; cash items; securities issued or guaranteed by the government of the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities and repurchase agreements collateralized by such U.S. government securities; and securities of other investment companies) if, as a result, more than 5% of the value of its total assets would be invested in the securities of that issuer, or the Fund would own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer.

Concentration

The Fund will not make investments that will result in the concentration of its investments in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in the same industry. For purposes of this restriction, the term concentration has the meaning set forth in the 1940 Act, any rule or order thereunder, or any SEC-staff interpretation thereof. Government securities will not be deemed to constitute an industry.

Underwriting

The Fund may not underwrite the securities of other issuers, except that the Fund may engage in transactions involving the acquisition, disposition or resale of its portfolio securities, under circumstances where it may be considered to be an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933.

Investing in Commodities

The Fund may not purchase or sell physical commodities, provided that the Fund may purchase securities of companies that deal in commodities. For purposes of this restriction, investments in transactions involving futures contracts and options, forward currency contracts, swap transactions and other financial contracts that settle by payment of cash are not deemed to be investments in commodities.

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Investing in Real Estate

The Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, provided that this restriction does not prevent the Fund from investing in issuers which invest, deal or otherwise engage in transactions in real estate or interests therein, or investing in securities that are secured by real estate or interests therein. The Fund may exercise its rights under agreements relating to such securities, including the right to enforce security interests and to hold real estate acquired by reason of such enforcement until that real estate can be liquidated in an orderly manner.

Borrowing Money and Issuing Senior Securities

The Fund may borrow money, directly or indirectly, and issue senior securities to the maximum extent permitted under the 1940 Act, any rule or order thereunder, or any SEC staff interpretation thereof.

Lending

The Fund may not make loans, provided that this restriction does not prevent the Fund from purchasing debt obligations, entering into repurchase agreements, lending its assets to broker/dealers or institutional investors and investing in loans, including assignments and participation interests.

The above limitations cannot be changed unless authorized by the Board and by the “vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities,” as defined by the 1940 Act. The following limitations, however, may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified before any material change in these limitations becomes effective.

Illiquid Securities

The Fund will not purchase securities for which there is no readily available market, or enter into repurchase agreements or purchase time deposits that the Fund cannot dispose of within seven days, if immediately after and as a result, the value of such securities would exceed, in the aggregate, 15% of the Fund’s net assets.

Investing in Other Investment Companies

The Fund may invest its assets in securities of other investment companies as an efficient means of carrying out its investment policies. It should be noted that investment companies incur certain expenses, such as management fees, and, therefore, any investment by the Fund in shares of other investment companies may be subject to such additional expenses. At the present time, the Fund expects that its investments in other investment companies may include shares of money market funds, including funds affiliated with the Fund’s investment adviser.

The Fund may invest in the securities of affiliated money market funds as an efficient means of managing the Fund’s uninvested cash.

Purchases on Margin

The Fund will not purchase securities on margin, provided that the Fund may obtain short-term credits necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of securities, and further provided that the Fund may make margin deposits in connection with its use of financial options and futures, forward and spot currency contracts, swap transactions and other financial contracts or derivative instruments.

Pledging Assets

The Fund will not mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any of its assets, provided that this shall not apply to the transfer of securities in connection with any permissible borrowing or to collateral arrangements in connection with permissible activities.

Additional Information

In applying the concentration restriction: (a) utility companies will be divided according to their services, for example, gas, gas transmission, electric and telephone will each be considered a separate industry; (b) financial service companies will be classified according to the end users of their services, for example, automobile finance, bank finance and diversified finance will each be considered a separate industry; and (c) asset-backed securities will be classified according to the underlying assets securing such securities.

For purposes of the above limitations, the Fund considers certificates of deposit and demand and time deposits issued by a U.S. branch of a domestic bank or savings association having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $100,000,000 at the time of investment to be “cash items.”

Except with respect to borrowing money, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such limitation.

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As a matter of non-fundamental policy, for purposes of the illiquid securities policy, illiquid securities are securities that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment.

Non-Fundamental Names Rule Policy

What Do Shares Cost?

Determining Market Value of Securities

A Share’s net asset value (NAV) is determined as of the end of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) each day the NYSE is open. The Fund calculates the NAV of each class by valuing the assets allocated to the Share’s class, subtracting the liabilities allocated to each class and dividing the balance by the number of Shares of the class outstanding. The NAV for each class of Shares may differ due to the level of expenses allocated to each class as well as a result of the variance between the amount of accrued investment income and capital gains or losses allocated to each class and the amount actually distributed to shareholders of each class. The NAV is calculated to the nearest whole cent per Share.

In calculating its NAV, the Fund generally values investments as follows:

■	Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange or traded through the U.S. national market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market. If a price is not readily available, such equity securities are valued based upon the mean of closing bid and asked quotations from one or more dealers.
■	Other equity securities traded primarily in the United States are valued based upon the mean of closing bid and asked quotations from one or more dealers.
■	Equity securities traded primarily through securities exchanges and regulated market systems outside the United States are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market. These prices may be adjusted for significant events occurring after the closing of such exchanges or market systems as described below. If a price is not readily available, such equity securities are valued based upon the mean of closing bid and asked quotations from one or more dealers.
■	Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Board. The methods used by pricing services to determine such price evaluations are described below. If a price evaluation from a pricing service is not readily available, such fixed-income securities are fair valued based upon price evaluations from one or more dealers.
■	Futures contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement price. Option contracts listed on exchanges are valued based upon the mean of closing bid and asked quotations reported by the exchange or from one or more futures commission merchants.
■	OTC derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Board. The methods used by pricing services to determine such price evaluations are described below. If a price evaluation from a pricing service is not readily available, such derivative contracts may be fair valued based upon price evaluations from one or more dealers or using a recognized pricing model for the contract.
■	Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs. The prospectuses for these mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

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, is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the Fund will use the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could purchase or sell an investment at the price used to calculate the Fund’s NAV. The Fund will not use a pricing service or dealer who is an affiliated person of the Adviser to value investments.

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Noninvestment assets and liabilities are valued in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The NAV calculation includes expenses, dividend income, interest income, other income and realized and unrealized investment gains and losses through the date of the calculation. Changes in holdings of investments and in the number of outstanding Shares are included in the calculation not later than the first business day following such change. Any assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars using an exchange rate obtained from one or more currency dealers.

The Fund follows procedures that are common in the mutual fund industry regarding errors made in the calculation of its NAV. This means that, generally, the Fund will not correct errors of less than one cent per Share or errors that did not result in net dilution to the Fund.

Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures

Pricing Service Valuations. Based on the recommendations of the Valuation Committee, the Board has authorized the Fund, subject to Board oversight, to use pricing services that provide daily fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments, primarily fixed-income securities and OTC derivatives contracts. Different pricing services may provide different price evaluations for the same security because of differences in their methods of evaluating market values. 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. A pricing service may find it more difficult to apply these and other factors to relatively illiquid or volatile investments, which may result in less frequent or more significant changes in the price evaluations of these investments. If a pricing service determines that it does not have sufficient information to use its standard methodology, it may evaluate an investment based on the present value of what investors can reasonably expect to receive from the issuer’s operations or liquidation.

Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to the Fund’s “odd-lot” positions, if any, as the Fund may receive lower prices when it sells such positions than it would receive for sales of institutional round lot positions. Typically, these securities are valued assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot sizes, but the Fund may hold or, from time to time, transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes.

The Valuation Committee engages in oversight activities with respect to the Fund’s pricing services, which includes, among other things, monitoring significant or unusual price fluctuations above predetermined tolerance levels from the prior day, back-testing of pricing services’ prices against actual sale transactions, conducting periodic due diligence meetings and reviews, and periodically reviewing the inputs, assumptions and methodologies used by these pricing services. If information furnished by a pricing service is not readily available or, in the opinion of the Valuation Committee, is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the security will be fair valued by the Valuation Committee in accordance with procedures established by the Trustees as discussed below in “Fair Valuation Procedures.”

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.

Fair Valuation Procedures. The Board has established procedures for determining the fair value of investments for which price evaluations from pricing services or dealers and market quotations are not readily available. The procedures define an investment’s “fair value” as the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive upon its current sale. The procedures assume that any sale would be made to a willing buyer in the ordinary course of trading. The procedures require consideration of factors that vary based on the type of investment and the information available. Factors that may be considered in determining an investment’s fair value include: (1) the last reported price at which the investment was traded; (2) information provided by dealers or investment analysts regarding the investment or the issuer; (3) changes in financial conditions and business prospects disclosed in the issuer’s financial statements and other reports; (4) publicly announced transactions (such as tender offers and mergers) involving the issuer; (5) comparisons to other investments or to financial indices that are correlated to the investment; (6) with respect to fixed-income investments, changes in market yields and spreads; (7) with respect to investments that have been suspended from trading, the circumstances leading to the suspension; and (8) other factors that might affect the investment’s value.

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The Valuation Committee is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of these procedures subject to Board oversight. The Valuation Committee may also authorize the use of a financial valuation model to determine the fair value of a specific type of investment. The Board periodically reviews and approves the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.

Using fair value to price investments may result in a value that is different from an investment’s most recent closing price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs. The application of the fair value procedures to an investment represent a good faith determination of an investment’s fair value. 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.

Significant Events. The Board has 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 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; and
■	Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations or litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.

The Board 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. The pricing service uses models that correlate changes between the closing and opening price of equity securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets to changes in prices in U.S.-traded securities and derivative contracts. The pricing service seeks to employ the model that provides the most significant correlation based on a periodic review of the results. The model uses the correlation to adjust the reported closing price of a foreign equity security based on information available up to the close of the NYSE.

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 fair value of the investment is determined using the methods discussed above in “Fair Valuation Procedures.” The Board has ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.

How is the Fund Sold?

Under the Distributor’s Contract with the Fund, the Distributor (“Federated Securities Corp.”) offers Shares on a continuous, best-efforts basis.

Rule 12b-1 Plan

As a compensation-type plan, the Rule 12b-1 Plan is designed to pay the Distributor for activities principally intended to result in the sale of Shares such as advertising and marketing of Shares (including printing and distributing prospectuses and sales literature to prospective shareholders and financial intermediaries) and providing incentives to financial intermediaries to sell Shares. The Plan is also designed to cover the cost of administrative services performed in conjunction with the sale of Shares, including, but not limited to, shareholder services, recordkeeping services and educational services, as well as the costs of implementing and operating the Plan. The Rule 12b-1 Plan allows the Distributor to contract with financial intermediaries to perform activities covered by the Plan. The Rule 12b-1 Plan is expected to benefit the Fund in a number of ways. For example, it is anticipated that the Plan will help the Fund attract and retain assets, thus providing cash for orderly portfolio management and Share redemptions and possibly helping to stabilize or reduce other operating expenses.

In addition, the Plan is integral to the multiple class structure of the Fund, which promotes the sale of Shares by providing a range of options to investors. The Fund’s service providers that receive asset-based fees also benefit from stable or increasing Fund assets.

The Fund may compensate the Distributor more or less than its actual marketing expenses. In no event will the Fund pay for any expenses of the Distributor that exceed the maximum Rule 12b-1 Plan fee.

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For some classes of shares, the maximum Rule 12b-1 Plan fee that can be paid in any one year may not be sufficient to cover the marketing-related expenses the Distributor has incurred. Therefore, it may take the Distributor a number of years to recoup these expenses.

Regarding the Fund’s Class A1 Shares, the Class A1 Shares of the Fund currently do not accrue, pay or incur any Rule 12b-1 Plan fee, although the Board of Trustees has adopted a Plan that permits the Class A1 Shares of the Fund to accrue, pay and incur a Rule 12b-1 Plan fee of up to a maximum amount of 0.05% of average net assets, or some lesser amount as the Board of Trustees shall approve from time to time. The Class A1 Shares of the Fund will not accrue, pay or incur such Rule 12b-1 Plan fees until such time as approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Additional Payments To Financial Intermediaries

The Distributor may pay out of its own resources amounts to certain financial intermediaries, including broker-dealers, banks, registered investment advisers, independent financial planners and retirement plan administrators. In some cases, such payments may be made by, or funded from the resources of, companies affiliated with the Distributor (including the Adviser). While Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) regulations limit the sales charges that you may bear, there are no limits with regard to the amounts that the Distributor may pay out of its own resources. In addition to the payments which are generally described herein and in the Prospectus, the financial intermediary also may receive payments under the Rule 12b-1 Plan and/or Service Fees. In connection with these payments, the financial intermediary may elevate the prominence or profile of the Fund and/or other Federated Hermes funds within the financial intermediary’s organization by, for example, placement on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or granting the Distributor preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the funds in various ways within the financial intermediary’s organization. The same financial intermediaries may receive payments under more than one or all categories. These payments assist in the Distributor’s efforts to support the sale of Shares. These payments are negotiated and may be based on such factors as: the number or value of Shares that the financial intermediary sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; the level and types of services or support furnished by the financial intermediary; or the Fund’s and/or other Federated Hermes funds’ relationship with the financial intermediary. Not all financial intermediaries receive such payments and the amount of compensation may vary by intermediary. You should ask your financial intermediary for information about any payments it receives from the Distributor or the Federated Hermes funds and any services it provides, as well as the fees and/or commissions it charges.

The categories of additional payments are described below.

Supplemental Payments

The Distributor may make supplemental payments to certain financial intermediaries that are holders or dealers of record for accounts in one or more of the Federated Hermes funds. These payments may be based on such factors as: the number or value of Shares the financial intermediary sells or may sell; the value of client assets invested; or the type and nature of services or support furnished by the financial intermediary.

Processing Support Payments

The Distributor may make payments to certain financial intermediaries that sell Federated Hermes fund shares to help offset their costs associated with client account maintenance support, statement processing and transaction processing. The types of payments that the Distributor may make under this category include: payment of ticket charges on a per-transaction basis; payment of networking fees; and payment for ancillary services such as setting up funds on the financial intermediary’s mutual fund trading system.

Retirement Plan Program Servicing Payments

The Distributor may make payments to certain financial intermediaries who sell Federated Hermes fund shares through retirement plan programs. A financial intermediary may perform retirement plan program services itself or may arrange with a third party to perform retirement plan program services. In addition to participant recordkeeping, reporting or transaction processing, retirement plan program services may include: services rendered to a plan in connection with fund/investment selection and monitoring; employee enrollment and education; plan balance rollover or separation; or other similar services.

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Marketing Support Payments

From time to time, the Distributor, at its expense, may provide additional compensation to financial intermediaries that sell or arrange for the sale of Shares. Such compensation, provided by the Distributor, may include financial assistance to financial intermediaries that enable the Distributor to participate in or present at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs for invited registered representatives and other employees, client entertainment, client and investor events and other financial intermediary-sponsored events. The Distributor may also provide additional compensation to financial intermediaries for services rendered in connection with technology and programming set-up, platform development and maintenance or similar services and for the provision of sales-related data to the Adviser and/or its affiliates.

The Distributor also may hold or sponsor, at its expense, sales events, conferences and programs for employees or associated persons of financial intermediaries and may pay the travel and lodging expenses of attendees. The Distributor also may provide, at its expense, meals and entertainment in conjunction with meetings with financial intermediaries. Other compensation may be offered to the extent not prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulations, or the rules of any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA. These payments may vary depending on the nature of the event or the relationship.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the following is a list of FINRA member firms that received additional payments from the Distributor or an affiliate. Additional payments may also be made to certain other financial intermediaries that are not FINRA member firms that sell Federated Hermes fund shares or provide services to the Federated Hermes funds and shareholders. These firms are not included in this list. Any additions, modifications or deletions to the member firms identified in this list that have occurred since December 31, 2019, are not reflected. You should ask your financial intermediary for information about any additional payments it receives from the Distributor.

Access Point, LLC
ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc.
American Enterprise Investment Services Inc.
American Portfolios Advisors Inc.
Ascensus Broker Dealer Services LLC
Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
Banc of America Investment Services, Inc.
BB&T Securities, LLC
BBVA Securities Inc.
BMO Harris Financial Advisors, Inc.
Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC
Brown Brothers Harriman & Company
Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.
Caitlin John, LLC
Calton & Associates, Inc.
Cambridge Financial Group, Inc.
Castle Rock Wealth Management, LLC
CBIZ Financial Solutions, Inc.
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC
Cetera Advisors LLC
Cetera Financial Specialists LLC
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
Cetera Investment Services LLC
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Citizens Securities, Inc.
Comerica Securities, Inc.
Commonwealth Financial Network
Concord Wealth Partners
CVAGS, Inc.
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Davenport & Company LLC
David Lerner Associates, Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
E*Trade Securities LLC

Edward D. Jones & Co., LP
Emerald Advisors, LLC
Envestnet Asset Management, Inc.
Epic Advisors Inc.
ESL Investment Services, LLC
FBL Marketing Services, LLC
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC)
Fiducia Group, LLC
Fieldpoint Private Securities, LLC
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
FIS Brokerage & Securities Services LLC
Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Incorporated
Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc.
FSC Securities Corporation
Gitterman Wealth Management LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
GWFS Equities, Inc.
Hancock Whitney Investment Services, Inc.
Hefren-Tillotson Inc.
Henderson Global Investors Limited
HighTower Securities, LLC
Hilltop Securities Inc.
The Huntington Investment Company
Independent Financial Group, LLC
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Financial Services LLC
Infinex Investments, Inc.
Institutional Cash Distributors, LLC
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.
J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Kestra Investment Services, LLC

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Key Investment Services, LLC
KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
KMS Financial Services, Inc.
Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC
Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation
Lincoln Investment Planning, LLC
LPL Financial LLC
M Holdings Securities, Inc.
M&T Securities Inc.
Materetsky Financial Group
Mercer Global Advisors Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated
Mid Atlantic Capital Corp.
MML Investors Services, LLC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
National Financial Services LLC
Nationwide Investment Services Corporation
NBC Securities, Inc.
Newport Group, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
NYLIFE Distributors LLC
NYLIFE Securities LLC
Oneamerica Securities, Inc.
Open Range Financial Group, LLC
Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.
Paychex Securities Corp
Pensionmark Financial Group, LLC
People’s Securities, Inc.
Pershing LLC
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Pitcairn Trust Company
Planmember Securities Corporation
PNC Capital Markets, LLC
PNC Investments LLC
Principal Securities, Inc.
Private Client Services, LLC
Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC
Proequities, Inc.
Prudential Investment Management Services, LLC
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Regal Investment Advisors LLC
Resources Investment Advisors, Inc.
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

Royal Alliance Associates Inc.
SA Stone Wealth Management Inc.
SagePoint Financial, Inc.
Sageview Advisory Group, LLC
Securian Financial Services, Inc.
Securities America, Inc.
Securities Service Network, Inc.
Security Distributors LLC
Sentry Advisors, LLC
Sigma Financial Corporation
Spire Securities LLC
State Street Global Markets, LLC
Stephens Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Strategic Benefits Consultants, Inc.
Summit Financial Group, Inc.
Suntrust Investment Services, Inc.
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
TD Ameritrade, Inc.
Thrivent Investment Management, Inc.
TIAA CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC
Towerpoint Wealth, LLC
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
Triad Advisors, LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
UBS Financial Services Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
United Planners Financial Services of America
Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
Valor Financial Securities LLC
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Vanguard Marketing Corporation
Vining-Sparks IBG, Limited Partnership
Vision Financial Markets, LLC
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.
Voya Financial Partners, LLC
Voya Retirement Advisors, LLC
The Wealth Enhancement Group, Inc.
Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Wintrust Investments, LLC
Woloshin Investment Management LLC
Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
World Equity Group, Inc.
XML Financial, LLC

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UNDERWRITING COMMISSIONS

The following chart reflects the total front-end sales charges and/or contingent deferred sales charges paid in connection with the sale of Class A Shares and Class C Shares and the amount retained by the Distributor for the last three fiscal years ended March 31:

	2020		2019		2018
	Total Sales Charges	Amount Retained	Total Sales Charges	Amount Retained	Total Sales Charges	Amount Retained
Class A Shares	$64,310	$465	$119,576	$90	$116,992	$454
Class C Shares	$13,825	$13,825	$14,495	$14,495	$16,152	$16,152

Purchases In-Kind

You may contact the Distributor to request a purchase of Shares using securities you own. The Fund reserves the right to determine whether to accept your securities and the minimum market value to accept. The Fund will value your securities in the same manner as it values its assets. An in-kind purchase may be treated as a sale of your securities for federal tax purposes; please consult your tax adviser regarding potential tax liability.

Redemption In-Kind

Although the Fund generally intends to pay Share redemptions in cash, it reserves the right, on its own initiative or in response to a shareholder request, to pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a distribution of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

Because the Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund is obligated to pay Share redemptions to any one shareholder in cash only up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets represented by such Share class during any 90-day period.

Any Share redemption payment greater than this amount will also be in cash unless the Fund elects to pay all or a portion of the remainder of the redemption in portfolio securities, valued in the same way as the Fund determines its NAV.

Redemption in-kind is not as liquid as a cash redemption. Shareholders receiving the portfolio securities could have difficulty selling them, may incur related transaction costs and would be subject to risks of fluctuations in the securities’ values prior to sale.

Massachusetts Partnership Law

Under certain circumstances, shareholders may be held personally liable as partners under Massachusetts law for obligations of the Trust. To protect its shareholders, the Trust has filed legal documents with Massachusetts that expressly disclaim the liability of its shareholders for acts or obligations of the Trust.

In the unlikely event a shareholder is held personally liable for the Trust’s obligations, the Trust is required by the Declaration of Trust to use its property to protect or compensate the shareholder. On request, the Trust will defend any claim made and pay any judgment against a shareholder for any act or obligation of the Trust. Therefore, financial loss resulting from liability as a shareholder will occur only if the Trust itself cannot meet its obligations to indemnify shareholders and pay judgments against them.

Account and Share Information

Voting Rights

Each Share of the Fund gives the shareholder one vote in Trustee elections and other matters submitted to shareholders for vote.

All Shares of the Trust have equal voting rights, except that in matters affecting only a particular Fund or class, only shares of that Fund or class are entitled to vote.

Trustees may be removed by the Board or by shareholders at a special meeting. A special meeting of shareholders will be called by the Board upon the written request of shareholders who own at least 10% of the Trust’s outstanding Shares of all series entitled to vote.

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TO BE UPDATED BY AMENDMENT

As of October XX, 2020, the following shareholders owned of record, beneficially or both, 5% or more of outstanding Class A Shares: Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, St. Louis, MO, owned approximately 1,952,699 Shares (6.32%); Raymond James, St. Petersburg, FL, owned approximately 2,156,949 Shares (6.98%); UBS WM USA, Weehawken, NJ, owned approximately 3,431,192 Shares (11.11%); National Financial Services LLC, New York, NY, owned approximately 3,819,045 Shares (12.36%); Pershing LLC, Jersey City, NJ, owned approximately 4,227,418 Shares (13.69%); Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC., Jersey City, NJ, owned approximately 6,663,094 Shares (21.58%).

As of October XX, 2020, the following shareholders owned of record, beneficially or both, 5% or more of outstanding Class C Shares: LPL Financial, San Diego, CA, owned approximately 213,557 Shares (6.49%); National Financial Services LLC, New York, NY owned approximately 245,393 Shares (7.45%); Peoples Bank, Munster, IN, owned approximately 276,303 Shares (8.39%); Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., owned approximately 277,639 Shares (8.44%); American Enterprise Inv., Minneapolis, MN, owned approximately 292,629 Shares (8.89%); Pershing, Jersey City, NJ, owned approximately 380,107 Shares (11.55%); Raymond James, St. Petersburg, FL, owned approximately 466,422 Shares (14.17%);Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, St. Louis, MO, owned approximately 495,471 Shares (15.06%).

As of October XX, 2020, the following shareholders owned of record, beneficially or both, 5% or more of outstanding Institutional Shares: Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, St. Louis, MO, owned approximately 1,880,087 Shares (5.07%); Peoples Bank, Munster, IN, owned approximately 1,955,712 Shares (5.27%); Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Jersey City, NJ, owned approximately 2,809,160 Shares (7.58%); UBS WM USA, Weehawken, NJ, owned approximately 3,666,605 Shares (9.89%); American Enterprise Inv., Minneapolis, MN, owned approximately 4,186,029 Shares (11.29%); Raymond James, St. Petersburg, FL, owned approximately 4,227,572 Shares (11.40%); TD Ameritrade, Omaha, NE, owned approximately 4,853,660 Shares (13.09%); National Financial Services LLC, Jersey City, NJ, owned approximately 5,348,798 Shares (14.4%).

As of October XX, 2020, the following shareholders owned of record, beneficially or both, 5% or more of outstanding Class R6 Shares: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Brooklyn, NY, owned approximately 389,461 Shares (36.60%); Edward D. Jones & Co., St. Louis, MO, owned approximately 674,559 Shares (63.39%).

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is organized in the State of Delaware.

Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. is organized in the State of Missouri.

Tax Information

Federal Income Tax

The Fund intends to meet requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) applicable to regulated investment companies. If these requirements are not met, it will not receive special tax treatment and will be subject to federal corporate income tax.

The Fund will be treated as a single, separate entity for federal income tax purposes so that income earned and capital gains and losses realized by the Trust’s other portfolios will be separate from those realized by the Fund.

The Fund is entitled to a loss carryforward, which may reduce the taxable income or gain that the Fund would realize, and to which the shareholder would be subject, in the future.

Tax Basis Information

The Fund’s Transfer Agent is required to provide you with the cost basis information on the sale of any of your Shares in the Fund, subject to certain exceptions.

Foreign Investments

If the Fund purchases foreign securities, its investment income may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes that could reduce the return on these securities. Tax treaties between the United States and foreign countries, however, may reduce or eliminate the amount of foreign taxes to which the Fund would be subject. The effective rate of foreign tax cannot be predicted since the amount of Fund assets to be invested within various countries is uncertain. However, the Fund intends to operate so as to qualify for treaty-reduced tax rates when applicable.

Distributions from the Fund may be based on estimates of book income for the year. Book income generally consists solely of the income generated by the securities in the portfolio, whereas tax-basis income includes, in addition, gains or losses attributable to currency fluctuation. Due to differences in the book and tax treatment of fixed-income securities denominated in foreign currencies, it is difficult to project currency effects on an interim basis. Therefore, to the extent that currency fluctuations cannot be anticipated, a portion of distributions to shareholders could later be designated as a return of capital, rather than income, for income tax purposes, which may be of particular concern to certain trusts.

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Certain foreign corporations may qualify as Passive Foreign Investment Companies (PFIC). There are special rules prescribing the tax treatment of such an investment by the Fund, which could subject the Fund to federal income tax.

If more than 50% of the value of the Fund’s assets at the end of the tax year is represented by stock or securities of foreign corporations, the Fund will qualify for certain Code provisions that allow its shareholders to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction on their U.S. income tax returns. The Code may limit a shareholder’s ability to claim a foreign tax credit. Shareholders who elect to deduct their portion of the Fund’s foreign taxes rather than take the foreign tax credit must itemize deductions on their income tax returns.

Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the Trust’s business affairs and for exercising all the Trust’s powers except those reserved for the shareholders. The following tables give information about each Trustee and the senior officers of the Fund. Where required, the tables separately list Trustees who are “interested persons” of the Fund (i.e., “Interested” Trustees) and those who are not (i.e., “Independent” Trustees). Unless otherwise noted, the address of each person listed is 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779. The address of all Independent Trustees listed is 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7561; Attention: Mutual Fund Board. As of December 31, 2019, the Trust comprised seven portfolios, and the Federated Hermes Complex consisted of 41 investment companies (comprising 135 portfolios). Unless otherwise noted, each Officer is elected annually. Unless otherwise noted, each Trustee oversees all portfolios in the Federated Hermes Complex and serves for an indefinite term.

TO BE UPDATED BY AMENDMENT

As of October XX, 2020, the Fund’s Board and Officers as a group owned less than 1% of each class of the Fund’s outstanding Shares.

qualifications of Independent Trustees

Individual Trustee qualifications are noted in the “Independent Trustees Background and Compensation” chart. In addition, the following characteristics are among those that were considered for each existing Trustee and will be considered for any Nominee Trustee.

■	Outstanding skills in disciplines deemed by the Independent Trustees to be particularly relevant to the role of Independent Trustee and to the Federated Hermes funds, including legal, accounting, business management, the financial industry generally and the investment industry particularly.
■	Desire and availability to serve for a substantial period of time, taking into account the Board’s current mandatory retirement age of 75 years.
■	No conflicts which would interfere with qualifying as independent.
■	Appropriate interpersonal skills to work effectively with other Independent Trustees.
■	Understanding and appreciation of the important role occupied by Independent Trustees in the regulatory structure governing regulated investment companies.
■	Diversity of background.

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Interested Trustees Background and Compensation

Name Birth Date Positions Held with Trust Date Service Began	Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s)	Aggregate Compensation From Fund (past fiscal year)	Total Compensation From Fund and Federated Hermes Complex (past calendar year)
J. Christopher Donahue* Birth Date: April 11, 1949 President and Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: January 2000	Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Complex; Director or Trustee of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Complex; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Federated Hermes, Inc.; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company; Trustee, Federated Investment Counseling; Chairman and Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp.; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania; Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company; Director, Federated Services Company. Previous Positions: President, Federated Investment Counseling; President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Investment Management Company, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd.; Chairman, Passport Research, Ltd.	$0	$0
John B. Fisher* Birth Date: May 16, 1956 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: May 2016	Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Complex; Director or Trustee of certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Complex; Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.; President, Director/Trustee and CEO, Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Investment Management Company; President of some of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Complex and Director, Federated Investors Trust Company. Previous Positions: President and Director of the Institutional Sales Division of Federated Securities Corp.; President and Director of Federated Investment Counseling; President and CEO of Passport Research, Ltd.; Director, Edgewood Securities Corp.; Director, Federated Services Company; Director, Federated Hermes, Inc.; Chairman and Director, Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc. and President, Technology, Federated Services Company.	$0	$0

*	Reasons for “interested” status: J. Christopher Donahue and John B. Fisher are interested due to their beneficial ownership of shares of Federated Hermes, Inc. and due to positions they hold with Federated Hermes, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Independent Trustees Background, Qualifications and Compensation

Name Birth Date Positions Held with Trust Date Service Began	Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships Held for Past Five Years, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications	Aggregate Compensation From Fund (past fiscal year)	Total Compensation From Fund and Federated Hermes Complex (past calendar year)
John T. Collins Birth Date: January 24, 1947 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: October 2013	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes Complex; formerly, Chairman and CEO, The Collins Group, Inc. (a private equity firm) (Retired). Other Directorships Held: Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (oilfield services); former Director of KLX Corp (aerospace). Qualifications: Mr. Collins has served in several business and financial management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Collins previously served as Chairman and CEO of The Collins Group, Inc. (a private equity firm) and as a Director of KLX Corp. Mr. Collins serves as Chairman Emeriti, Bentley University. Mr. Collins previously served as Director and Audit Committee Member, Bank of America Corp.; Director, FleetBoston Financial Corp.; and Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard University Affiliate Hospital).	$1,007.72	$286,000

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Name Birth Date Positions Held with Trust Date Service Began	Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships Held for Past Five Years, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications	Aggregate Compensation From Fund (past fiscal year)	Total Compensation From Fund and Federated Hermes Complex (past calendar year)
G. Thomas Hough Birth Date: February 28, 1955 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: August 2015	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, Chair of the Audit Committee of the Federated Hermes Complex; formerly, Vice Chair, Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm) (Retired). Other Directorships Held: Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, Equifax, Inc.; Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.; formerly, Director, Member of Governance and Compensation Committees, Publix Super Markets, Inc. Qualifications: Mr. Hough has served in accounting, business management and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Hough most recently held the position of Americas Vice Chair of Assurance with Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm). Mr. Hough serves on the President’s Cabinet and Business School Board of Visitors for the University of Alabama. Mr. Hough previously served on the Business School Board of Visitors for Wake Forest University, and he previously served as an Executive Committee member of the United States Golf Association.	$1,034.58	$286,000
Maureen Lally-Green Birth Date: July 5, 1949 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: August 2009	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes Complex; Adjunct Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law; formerly, Dean of the Duquesne University School of Law and Professor of Law and Interim Dean of the Duquesne University School of Law; formerly, Associate General Secretary and Director, Office of Church Relations, Diocese of Pittsburgh. Other Directorships Held: Director, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Qualifications: Judge Lally-Green has served in various legal and business roles and directorship positions throughout her career. Judge Lally-Green previously held the position of Dean of the School of Law of Duquesne University (as well as Interim Dean). Judge Lally-Green previously served as a member of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and as a Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law. Judge Lally-Green was appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to serve on the Supreme Court’s Board of Continuing Judicial Education and the Supreme Court’s Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee. Judge Lally-Green also currently holds the positions on not for profit or for profit boards of directors as follows: Director and Chair, UPMC Mercy Hospital; Director and Vice Chair, Our Campaign for the Church Alive!, Inc.; Regent, Saint Vincent Seminary; Member, Pennsylvania State Board of Education (public); Director, Catholic Charities, Pittsburgh; and Director CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Judge Lally-Green has held the positions of: Director, Auberle; Director, Epilepsy Foundation of Western and Central Pennsylvania; Director, Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh; Director, Saint Thomas More Society; Director and Chair, Catholic High Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc.; Director, Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Director, Saint Vincent College; and Director and Chair, North Catholic High School, Inc.	$1,007.72	$286,000
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. Birth Date: April 10, 1945 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: November 1999	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes Complex; Management Consultant and Author. Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Mansfield has served as a Marine Corps officer and in several banking, business management, educational roles and directorship positions throughout his long career. He remains active as a Management Consultant and Author.	$916.11	$260,000

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Name Birth Date Positions Held with Trust Date Service Began	Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships Held for Past Five Years, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications	Aggregate Compensation From Fund (past fiscal year)	Total Compensation From Fund and Federated Hermes Complex (past calendar year)
Thomas M. O’Neill Birth Date: June 14, 1951 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: October 2006	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, of the Federated Hermes Complex; Sole Proprietor, Navigator Management Company (investment and strategic consulting). Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. O’Neill has served in several business, mutual fund and financial management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. O’Neill serves as Director, Medicines for Humanity and Director, The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, Florida. Mr. O’Neill previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fleet Investment Advisors; President and Chief Executive Officer, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc.; General Partner, Hellman, Jordan Management Co., Boston, MA; Chief Investment Officer, The Putnam Companies, Boston, MA; Credit Analyst and Lending Officer, Fleet Bank; Director and Consultant, EZE Castle Software (investment order management software); and Director, Midway Pacific (lumber).	$1,104.17	$321,000
P. Jerome Richey Birth Date: February 23, 1949 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: October 2013	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes Complex; Management Consultant; Retired; formerly, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh and Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Richey has served in several business and legal management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Richey most recently held the positions of Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously served as Chairman of the Board, Epilepsy Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Chairman of the Board, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.) and Board Member, Ethics Counsel and Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (a law firm).	$916.11	$260,000
John S. Walsh Birth Date: November 28, 1957 Trustee Indefinite Term Began serving: November 1999	Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee and Chair of the Board of Directors or Trustees, of the Federated Hermes Complex; President and Director, Heat Wagon, Inc. (manufacturer of construction temporary heaters); President and Director, Manufacturers Products, Inc. (distributor of portable construction heaters); President, Portable Heater Parts, a division of Manufacturers Products, Inc. Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Walsh has served in several business management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Walsh previously served as Vice President, Walsh & Kelly, Inc. (paving contractors).	$1,215.60	$345,000

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OFFICERS*

Name Birth Date Positions Held with Trust Date Service Began	Principal Occupation(s) and Previous Position(s)
Lori A. Hensler Birth Date: January 6, 1967 Treasurer Officer since: April 2013	Principal Occupations: Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Federated Hermes Complex; Senior Vice President, Federated Administrative Services; Financial and Operations Principal for Federated Securities Corp. and Edgewood Services, Inc.; and Assistant Treasurer, Federated Investors Trust Company. Ms. Hensler has received the Certified Public Accountant designation. Previous Positions: Controller of Federated Hermes, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Federated Investors Management Company; Treasurer, Federated Investors Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer, Federated Administrative Services, Federated Administrative Services, Inc., Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc., Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Investment Management Company, Passport Research, Ltd. and Federated MDTA, LLC; Financial and Operations Principal for Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc. and Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc.
Peter J. Germain Birth Date: September 3, 1959 CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, SECRETARY and EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Officer since: January 2005	Principal Occupations: Mr. Germain is Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive Vice President of the Federated Hermes Complex. He is General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.; Trustee and Senior Vice President, Federated Investors Management Company; Trustee and President, Federated Administrative Services; Director and President, Federated Administrative Services, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Federated Securities Corp.; Director and Secretary, Federated Private Asset Management, Inc.; Secretary, Federated Shareholder Services Company; and Secretary, Retirement Plan Service Company of America. Mr. Germain joined Federated Hermes in 1984 and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Previous Positions: Deputy General Counsel, Special Counsel, Managing Director of Mutual Fund Services, Federated Hermes, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Federated Services Company; and Senior Corporate Counsel, Federated Hermes, Inc.
Stephen Van Meter Birth Date: June 5, 1975 CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Officer since: July 2015	Principal Occupations: Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Federated Hermes Complex; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Federated Hermes, Inc. and Chief Compliance Officer of certain of its subsidiaries. Mr. Van Meter joined Federated Hermes, Inc. in October 2011. He holds FINRA licenses under Series 3, 7, 24 and 66. Previous Positions: Mr. Van Meter previously held the position of Compliance Operating Officer, Federated Hermes, Inc. Prior to joining Federated Hermes, Inc., Mr. Van Meter served at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the positions of Senior Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Investment Management and Senior Counsel, Division of Enforcement.
Robert J. Ostrowski Birth Date: April 26, 1963 Chief Investment Officer Officer since: May 2004	Principal Occupations: Robert J. Ostrowski joined Federated Hermes in 1987 as an Investment Analyst and became a Portfolio Manager in 1990. He was named Chief Investment Officer of Federated Hermes’ taxable fixed-income products in 2004 and also serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Ostrowski became an Executive Vice President of the Fund’s Adviser in 2009 and served as a Senior Vice President of the Fund’s Adviser from 1997 to 2009. Mr. Ostrowski has received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He received his M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

*	Officers do not receive any compensation from the Fund.

In addition, the Fund has appointed an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer.

DIRECTOR/TRUSTEE EMERITUS PROGRAM

The Board has created a position of Director/Trustee Emeritus, whereby an incumbent Director/Trustee who has attained the age of 75 and completed a minimum of five years of service as a director/trustee, may, in the sole discretion of the Committee of Independent Directors/Trustees (“Committee”), be recommended to the full Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund to serve as Director/Trustee Emeritus.

A Director/Trustee Emeritus that has been approved as such receives an annual fee in an amount equal to a percent of the annual base compensation paid to a Director/Trustee. In the case of a Director/Trustee Emeritus who had previously served at least five years but less than 10 years as a Director/Trustee, the percent will be 10%. In the case of a Director/Trustee Emeritus who had previously served at least 10 years as a Director/Trustee, the percent will be 20%. The Director/Trustee Emeritus will be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in connection with their service, including expenses of travel and lodging incurred in attendance at Board meetings. Director/Trustee Emeritus will continue to receive relevant materials concerning the Funds, will be expected to attend at least one regularly scheduled quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors/Trustees each year and will be available to consult with the Committees or its representatives at reasonable times as requested by the Chairman; however, a Director/Trustee Emeritus does not have any voting rights at Board meetings and is not subject to election by shareholders of the Funds.

The Director/Trustee Emeritus will be permitted to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Committee, but the annual fee will cease to be paid at the end of the calendar year during which he or she has attained the age of 80 years, thereafter the position will be honorary.

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The following table shows the fees paid to each Director/Trustee Emeritus for the Fund’s most recently ended fiscal year and the portion of that fee paid by the Fund or Trust.¹

EMERITUS Trustees and Compensation

Director/Trustee Emeritus	Compensation From Trust (past fiscal year)	Total Compensation Paid to Director/Trustee Emeritus¹
Peter E. Madden	$177.20	$52,000.00

1	The fees paid to a Director/Trustee are allocated among the funds that were in existence at the time the Director/Trustee elected Emeritus status, based on each fund’s net assets at that time.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

As required under the terms of certain regulatory settlements, the Chairman of the Board is not an interested person of the Fund and neither the Chairman, nor any firm with which the Chairman is affiliated, has a prior relationship with Federated Hermes or its affiliates or (other than his position as a Trustee) with the Fund.

Committees of the Board

Board Committee	Committee Members	Committee Functions	Meetings Held During Last Fiscal Year
Executive	J. Christopher Donahue John T. Collins John S. Walsh	In between meetings of the full Board, the Executive Committee generally may exercise all the powers of the full Board in the management and direction of the business and conduct of the affairs of the Trust in such manner as the Executive Committee shall deem to be in the best interests of the Trust. However, the Executive Committee cannot elect or remove Board members, increase or decrease the number of Trustees, elect or remove any Officer, declare dividends, issue shares or recommend to shareholders any action requiring shareholder approval.	One
Audit	John T. Collins G. Thomas Hough Maureen Lally-Green Thomas M. O’Neill	The purposes of the Audit Committee are to oversee the accounting and financial reporting process of the Fund, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and the quality, integrity and independent audit of the Fund’s financial statements. The Committee also oversees or assists the Board with the oversight of compliance with legal requirements relating to those matters, approves the engagement and reviews the qualifications, independence and performance of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, acts as a liaison between the independent registered public accounting firm and the Board and reviews the Fund’s internal audit function.	Seven
Nominating	John T. Collins G. Thomas Hough Maureen Lally-Green Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. Thomas M. O’Neill P. Jerome Richey John S. Walsh	The Nominating Committee, whose members consist of all Independent Trustees, selects and nominates persons for election to the Fund’s Board when vacancies occur. The Committee will consider candidates recommended by shareholders, Independent Trustees, officers or employees of any of the Fund’s agents or service providers and counsel to the Fund. Any shareholder who desires to have an individual considered for nomination by the Committee must submit a recommendation in writing to the Secretary of the Fund, at the Fund’s address appearing on the back cover of this SAI. The recommendation should include the name and address of both the shareholder and the candidate and detailed information concerning the candidate’s qualifications and experience. In identifying and evaluating candidates for consideration, the Committee shall consider such factors as it deems appropriate. Those factors will ordinarily include: integrity, intelligence, collegiality, judgment, diversity, skill, business and other experience, qualification as an “Independent Trustee,” the existence of material relationships which may create the appearance of a lack of independence, financial or accounting knowledge and experience and dedication and willingness to devote the time and attention necessary to fulfill Board responsibilities.	One

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BOARD’S ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

The Board’s role in overseeing the Fund’s general risks includes receiving performance reports for the Fund and risk management reports from Federated Hermes’ Chief Risk Officer at each regular Board meeting. The Chief Risk Officer is responsible for enterprise risk management at Federated Hermes, which includes risk management committees for investment management and for investor services. The Board also receives regular reports from the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer regarding significant compliance risks.

On behalf of the Board, the Audit Committee plays a key role overseeing the Fund’s financial reporting and valuation risks. The Audit Committee meets regularly with the Fund’s Principal Financial Officer and outside auditors, as well as with Federated Hermes’ Chief Audit Executive to discuss financial reporting and audit issues, including risks relating to financial controls.

Board Ownership Of Shares In The Fund And In The Federated Hermes Family Of Investment Companies As Of December 31, 2019

Interested Board Member Name	Dollar Range of Shares Owned in Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund	Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares Owned in Federated Hermes Family of Investment Companies
J. Christopher Donahue	Over $100,000	Over $100,000
John B. Fisher	None	Over $100,000
Independent Board Member Name
John T. Collins	None	Over $100,000
G. Thomas Hough	None	Over $100,000
Maureen Lally-Green	None	Over $100,000
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.	None	$50,001-$100,000
Thomas M. O’Neill	None	Over $100,000
P. Jerome Richey	None	Over $100,000
John S. Walsh	None	Over $100,000

Investment Adviser

The Adviser conducts investment research and makes investment decisions for the Fund.

The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of Federated Hermes.

The Adviser shall not be liable to the Trust or any Fund shareholder for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security or for anything done or omitted by it, except acts or omissions involving willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties imposed upon it by its contract with the Trust.

In December 2017, Federated Investors, Inc., now Federated Hermes, became a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is an investor initiative in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact. Commitments made as a signatory to the PRI are not legally binding, but are voluntary and aspirational. They include efforts, where consistent with our fiduciary responsibilities, to incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into investment analysis and investment decision making, to be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices, to seek appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities in which we invest, to promote acceptance and implementation of the PRI within the investment industry, to enhance our effectiveness in implementing the PRI, and to report on our activities and progress towards implementing the PRI. Being a signatory to the PRI does not obligate Federated Hermes to take, or not take, any particular action as it relates to investment decisions or other activities.

In July 2018, Federated Investors, Inc., now Federated Hermes, acquired a 60% interest in Hermes Fund Managers Limited (Hermes), which operates as Hermes Investment Management, a pioneer of integrated ESG investing. Hermes’ experience with ESG issues contributes to Federated Hermes’ understanding of material risks and opportunities these issues may present.

Portfolio Manager Information

As a general matter, certain conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of a fund’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of other funds/pooled investment vehicles or accounts (collectively, including the Fund, as applicable, “accounts”) for which the portfolio manager is responsible, on the other. For example, it is possible that the various accounts managed could have different investment strategies that, at times, might conflict with one another to the

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possible detriment of the Fund. Alternatively, to the extent that the same investment opportunities might be desirable for more than one account, possible conflicts could arise in determining how to allocate them. Other potential conflicts can include, for example, conflicts created by specific portfolio manager compensation arrangements (including, for example, the allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which the portfolio manager is responsible in calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation), and conflicts relating to selection of brokers or dealers to execute Fund portfolio trades and/or specific uses of commissions from Fund portfolio trades (for example, research or “soft dollars”). The Adviser has adopted policies and procedures and has structured the portfolio managers’ compensation in a manner reasonably designed to safeguard the Fund from being negatively affected as a result of any such potential conflicts.

The following information about the Fund’s Portfolio Managers is provided as of the end of the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year unless otherwise indicated.

Mark Durbiano, Portfolio Manager

Types of Accounts Managed by Mark Durbiano	Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed/Total Assets*	Additional Accounts/Assets Managed that are Subject to Advisory Fee Based on Account Performance
Registered Investment Companies	20/$11.1 billion	0/$0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	4/$257.2 million	0/$0
Other Accounts	5/$210.1 million	1/$80.6 million

*	None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.

Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: $500,001-$1,000,000.

Mark Durbiano is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Hermes, Inc. (“Federated Hermes”). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.

As noted above, Mr. Durbiano is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which Mr. Durbiano is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary.

In addition, Mr. Durbiano has oversight responsibility for other portfolios that he does not personally manage and serves on one or more Investment Teams that establish guidelines on various performance drivers (e.g., currency, duration, sector, volatility and/or yield curve) for taxable, fixed-income accounts. A portion of the IPP score is based on Federated Hermes’ senior management’s assessment of team contributions.

For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one IPP group (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed or activity engaged in by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP group. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is lesser than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts or activities used to determine IPP. A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management’s assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant. Pursuant to the terms of a business agreement, Mr. Durbiano’s annual incentives may include certain guaranteed amounts.

Any individual allocations from the discretionary pool may be determined, by executive management on a discretionary basis using various factors, such as, for example, on a product, strategy or asset class basis, and considering overall contributions and any other factors deemed relevant (and may be adjusted periodically).

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Steven J. Wagner, Portfolio Manager

Types of Accounts Managed by Steven J. Wagner	Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed/Total Assets*
Registered Investment Companies	10/$8.9 billion
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	1/$43.4 million
Other Accounts	3/$98.7 million

*	None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.

Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: $100,001-$500,000.

Steven J. Wagner is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Hermes, Inc. (“Federated Hermes”). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.

IPP is measured on a rolling one, three and five calendar year pre-tax gross total return basis versus the Fund’s benchmark (i.e., 55% Credit Suisse Bank Loan Index/15% ICE BofAML US Dollar 1-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index/30% ICE BofAML 1-Year US Treasury Note Index). Performance periods are adjusted if a portfolio manager has been managing an account for less than five years; accounts with less than one year of performance history under a portfolio manager may be excluded. As noted above, Mr. Wagner is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which Mr. Wagner is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary.

In addition, Mr. Wagner serves on one or more Investment Teams that establish guidelines on various performance drivers (e.g., currency, duration, sector, volatility and/or yield curve) for taxable, fixed-income accounts. A portion of the IPP score is based on Federated Hermes’ senior management’s assessment of team contributions.

For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of two IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed or activity engaged in by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is greater than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts or activities used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). Additionally, a portion of Mr. Wagner’s IPP score is based on the performance of the accounts for which he provides research and analytic support. A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management’s assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.

B. Anthony Delserone, Jr., Portfolio Manager

Types of Accounts Managed by B. Anthony Delserone. Jr.	Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed/Total Assets*
Registered Investment Companies	1/$914.6 million
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	0/$0
Other Accounts	0/$0

*	None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.

Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: $100,001-$500,000.

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B. Anthony Delserone, Jr. is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Hermes, Inc. (“Federated Hermes”). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.

As noted above, Mr. Delserone is also the portfolio manager for other accounts. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts for which Mr. Delserone is responsible in when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary. For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of two IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is greater than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management’s assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.

Todd Abraham, Portfolio Manager

Mortgage-Backed Affiliated Fund

Types of Accounts Managed by Todd Abraham	Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed/Total Assets*
Registered Investment Companies	17/$4.9 billion
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	0/$0
Other Accounts	0/$0

*	None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.

Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: None.

Todd A. Abraham is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Hermes, Inc. (“Federated Hermes”). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.

As noted above, Mr. Abraham is also the portfolio manager for other accounts. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which Mr. Abraham is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary. In addition, Mr. Abraham has oversight responsibility for other portfolios that he does not personally manage and serves on one or more Investment Teams that establish guidelines on various performance drivers (e.g., currency, duration, sector, volatility and/or yield curve) for taxable, fixed-income accounts. A portion of the IPP score is based on Federated Hermes’ senior management’s assessment of team contributions.

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For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of two IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed or activity engaged in by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is lesser than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts or activities used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management’s assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.

Christopher McGinley, Portfolio Manager

Project and Trade Finance Affiliated Fund

Types of Accounts Managed by Christopher McGinley	Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed/Total Assets*
Registered Investment Companies	6/$665.9 million
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles	1/$65.8 million
Other Accounts	0/$0

*	None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.

Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: None.

Christopher McGinley is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance, and is paid entirely in cash. The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.

The Fund will gain exposure to international trade finance-related securities by investing in another fund (the “Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund”). Mr. McGinley manages the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund according to its specific investment program. Thus, although Mr. McGinley is not responsible for making investment decisions directly on behalf of the Fund, the trade finance portion of the Fund’s portfolio may be subject to his management of the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund.

IPP is measured on a rolling one, three and five calendar year pre-tax gross total return basis versus the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund’s benchmark (i.e., ICE LIBOR). Performance periods are adjusted if a portfolio manager has been managing an account for less than five years; accounts with less than one year of performance history under a portfolio manager may be excluded.

As noted above, Mr. McGinley is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund or other accounts for which Mr. McGinley is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary.

For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of three IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Federated Project & Trade Finance Core Fund is greater than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management’s assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.

Services Agreement

Federated Advisory Services Company, an affiliate of the Adviser, provides certain support services to the Adviser. The fee for these services is paid by the Adviser and not by the Fund.

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Other Related Services

Affiliates of the Adviser may, from time to time, provide certain electronic equipment and software to institutional customers in order to facilitate the purchase of Fund Shares offered by the Distributor.

Code Of Ethics Restrictions On Personal Trading

As required by Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act (as applicable), the Fund, its Adviser and its Distributor have adopted codes of ethics. These codes govern securities trading activities of investment personnel, Fund Trustees and certain other employees. Although they do permit these people to trade in securities, including those that the Fund could buy, as well as Shares of the Fund, they also contain significant safeguards designed to protect the Fund and its shareholders from abuses in this area, such as requirements to obtain prior approval for, and to report, particular transactions.

Voting Proxies On Fund Portfolio Securities

The Board has delegated to the Adviser authority to vote proxies on the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio. The Board has also approved the Adviser’s policies and procedures for voting the proxies, which are described below.

Proxy Voting Policies

As an investment adviser with a fiduciary duty to the Fund and its shareholders, the Adviser’s general policy is to cast proxy votes in favor of management proposals and shareholder proposals that the Adviser anticipates will enhance the long-term value of the securities being voted in a manner that is consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund. Generally, this will mean voting for proposals that the Adviser believes will improve the management of a company, increase the rights or preferences of the voted securities, or increase the chance that a premium offer would be made for the company or for the voted securities. This approach to voting proxy proposals will be referred to hereafter as the “General Policy.”

The Adviser generally votes consistently on the same matter when securities of an issuer are held by multiple client portfolios. However, the Adviser may vote differently if a particular client’s investment objectives differ from those of other clients or if a client explicitly instructs the Adviser to vote differently.

The following examples illustrate how the General Policy may apply to the most common management proposals and shareholder proposals. However, whether the Adviser supports or opposes a proposal will always depend on a thorough understanding of the Fund’s investment objectives and the specific circumstances described in the proxy statement and other available information.

On matters related to the board of directors, generally the Adviser will vote to elect nominees to the board in uncontested elections except in certain circumstances, such as where the director: (1) had not attended at least 75% of the board meetings during the previous year; (2) serves as the company’s chief financial officer; (3) has become overboarded (more than five boards for retired executives and more than two boards for CEOs); (4) is the chair of the nominating or governance committee when the roles of chairman of the board and CEO are combined and there is no lead independent director; (5) served on the compensation committee during a period in which compensation appears excessive relative to performance and peers; or (6) served on a board that did not implement a shareholder proposal that the Adviser supported and received more than 50% shareholder support the previous year. In addition, the Adviser will generally vote in favor of; (7) a full slate of directors, where the directors are elected as a group and not individually, unless more than half of the nominees are not independent; (8) shareholder proposals to declassify the board of directors; (9) shareholder proposals to require a majority voting standard in the election of directors; (10) shareholder proposals to separate the roles of chairman of the board and CEO; and (11) a proposal to require a company’s audit committee to be comprised entirely of independent directors.

On other matters of corporate governance, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of: (1) proposals to grant shareholders the right to call a special meeting if owners of at least 25% of the outstanding stock agree; (2) a proposal to require independent tabulation of proxies and/or confidential voting of shareholders; (3) a proposal to ratify the board’s selection of auditors, unless: (a) compensation for non-audit services exceeded 50% of the total compensation received from the company; or (b) the previous auditor was dismissed because of a disagreement with the company; (4) a proposal to repeal a shareholder rights plan (also known as a “poison pill”) and against the adoption of such a plan, unless the plan is designed to facilitate, rather than prevent, unsolicited offers for the company; (5) shareholder proposals to eliminate supermajority requirements in company bylaws; and (6) shareholder proposals calling for “Proxy Access,” that is, a bylaw change allowing shareholders owning at least 3% of the outstanding common stock for at least three years to nominate candidates for election to the board of directors. The Adviser will generally withhold support from shareholder proposals to grant shareholders the right to act by written consent.

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On environmental and social matters, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of shareholder proposals calling for: (1) enhanced disclosure of the company’s approach to mitigating climate change and other environmental risks; (2) managing risks related to manufacturing or selling of guns and opioids; (3) monitoring gender pay equity; and (4) achieving and maintaining diversity on the board of directors. Generally, the Adviser will not support shareholder proposals calling for limitations on political activity by the company, including political contributions, lobbying and memberships in trade associations.

On matters of capital structure, generally the Adviser will vote against a proposal to authorize or issue shares that are senior in priority or voting rights to the voted securities, and in favor of a proposal to: (1) reduce the amount of shares authorized for issuance (subject to adequate provisions for outstanding convertible securities, options, warrants, rights and other existing obligations to issue shares); and (2) grant authorities to issue shares with and without pre-emptive rights unless the size of the authorities would threaten to unreasonably dilute existing shareholders. The Adviser will decide how to vote on proposals to authorize a stock repurchase or special dividend program on a case-by-case basis.

On matters relating to management compensation, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of stock incentive plans (including plans for directors) that align the recipients of stock incentives with the interests of shareholders, without creating undue dilution, and against: (1) the advisory vote on executive compensation plans (“Say On Pay”) when the plan has failed to align executive compensation with corporate performance; (2) the advisory vote on the frequency of the Say On Pay vote when the frequency is other than annual; (3) proposals that would permit the amendment or replacement of outstanding stock incentives having more favorable terms (e.g., lower purchase prices or easier vesting requirements); and (4) executive compensation plans that do not disclose the maximum amounts of compensation that may be awarded or the criteria for determining awards.

On matters relating to corporate transactions, the Adviser will generally vote in favor of mergers, acquisitions and sales of assets if the Adviser’s analysis of the proposed business strategy and the transaction price would have a positive impact on the total return for shareholders.

If a shareholders meeting is contested, that is, shareholders are presented with a set of director candidates nominated by company management and a set of director candidates nominated by a dissident shareholder, the Adviser will study the proposed business strategies of both groups and vote in a way that maximizes expected total return for the Fund.

In addition, the Adviser will not vote any proxy if it determines that the consequences or costs of voting outweigh the potential benefit of voting. For example, if a foreign market requires shareholders voting proxies to retain the voted shares until the meeting date (thereby rendering the shares “illiquid” for some period of time), the Adviser will not vote proxies for such shares. In addition, the Adviser is not obligated to incur any expense to send a representative to a shareholder meeting or to translate proxy materials into English.

To the extent that the Adviser is permitted to loan securities, the Adviser does not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan. However, the Adviser will take all reasonable steps to recall shares prior to the record date when the meeting raises issues that the Adviser believes materially affect shareholder value, including, but not limited to, excessive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, contested elections and weak oversight by the audit committee. However, there can be no assurance that the Adviser will have sufficient notice of such matters to be able to terminate the loan in time to vote thereon.

If proxies are not delivered in a timely or otherwise appropriate basis, the Adviser may not be able to vote a particular proxy.

For an Adviser that employs a quantitative investment strategy for certain funds or accounts that does not make use of qualitative research (“Non-Qualitative Accounts”), the Adviser may not have the kind of research to make decisions about how to vote proxies for them. Therefore, the Adviser will vote the proxies of these Non-Qualitative Accounts as follows: (a) in accordance with the Standard Voting Instructions (defined below); (b) if the Adviser is casting votes for the same proxy on behalf of a regular qualitative account and a Non-Qualitative Account, the Non-Qualitative Account would vote in the same manner as the regular qualitative account; (c) if neither of the first two conditions apply, as the proxy voting service is recommending; and (d) if none of the previous conditions apply, as recommended by the Proxy Voting Committee.

Proxy Voting Procedures

The Adviser has established a Proxy Voting Committee (“Proxy Committee”), to exercise all voting discretion granted to the Adviser by the Board in accordance with the proxy voting policies. To assist it in carrying out the day-to-day operations related to proxy voting, the Proxy Committee has created the Proxy Voting Management Group (PVMG). The day-to-day operations related to proxy voting are carried out by the Proxy Voting Operations Team (PVOT) and overseen by the PVMG. Besides voting the proxies, this work includes engaging with investee companies on corporate governance matters, managing the proxy voting service, soliciting voting recommendations from the Adviser’s investment professionals, bringing voting recommendations to the Proxy Committee for approval, filing with regulatory agencies any required proxy voting reports, providing proxy voting reports to clients and investment companies as they are requested from time to time, and keeping the Proxy Committee informed of any issues related to corporate governance and proxy voting.

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The Adviser has compiled a list of specific voting instructions based on the General Policy (the “Standard Voting Instructions”). The Standard Voting Instructions and any modifications to them are approved by the Proxy Committee. The Standard Voting Instructions sometimes call for an investment professional to review the ballot question and provide a voting recommendation to the Proxy Committee (a “case-by-case vote”). The foregoing notwithstanding, the Proxy Committee always has the authority to determine a final voting decision.

The Adviser has hired a proxy voting service to perform various proxy voting related administrative services such as ballot reconciliation, vote processing, and recordkeeping functions. The Proxy Committee has supplied the proxy voting services with the Standard Voting Instructions. The Proxy Committee retains the right to modify the Standard Voting Instructions at any time or to vote contrary to them at any time in order to cast proxy votes in a manner that the Proxy Committee believes is in accordance with the General Policy. The proxy voting service may vote any proxy as directed in the Standard Voting Instructions without further direction from the Proxy Committee. However, if the Standard Voting Instructions require case-by-case handling for a proposal, the PVOT will work with the investment professionals and the proxy voting service to develop a voting recommendation for the Proxy Committee and to communicate the Proxy Committee’s final voting decision to the proxy voting service. Further, if the Standard Voting Instructions require the PVOT to analyze a ballot question and make the final voting decision, the PVOT will report such votes to the Proxy Committee on a quarterly basis for review.

Conflicts of Interest

The Adviser has adopted procedures to address situations where a matter on which a proxy is sought may present a potential conflict between the interests of the Fund (and its shareholders) and those of the Adviser or Distributor. This may occur where a significant business relationship exists between the Adviser (or its affiliates) and a company involved with a proxy vote.

A company that is a proponent, opponent, or the subject of a proxy vote, and which to the knowledge of the Proxy Committee has this type of significant business relationship, is referred to below as an “Interested Company.”

The Adviser has implemented the following procedures in order to avoid concerns that the conflicting interests of the Adviser or its affiliates have influenced proxy votes. Any employee of the Adviser or its affiliates who is contacted by an Interested Company regarding proxies to be voted by the Adviser must refer the Interested Company to a member of the Proxy Committee, and must inform the Interested Company that the Proxy Committee has exclusive authority to determine how the proxy will be voted. Any Proxy Committee member contacted by an Interested Company must report it to the full Proxy Committee and provide a written summary of the communication. This requirement includes engagement meetings with investee companies and does not include communications with proxy solicitation firms. Under no circumstances will the Proxy Committee or any member of the Proxy Committee make a commitment to an Interested Company regarding the voting of proxies or disclose to an Interested Company how the Proxy Committee has directed such proxies to be voted. If the Standard Voting Instructions already provide specific direction on the proposal in question, the Proxy Committee shall not alter or amend such directions. If the Standard Voting Instructions require the Proxy Committee to provide further direction, the Proxy Committee shall do so in accordance with the proxy voting policies, without regard for the interests of the Adviser with respect to the Interested Company. If the Proxy Committee provides any direction as to the voting of proxies relating to a proposal affecting an Interested Company, it must disclose annually to the Fund’s Board information regarding: the significant business relationship; any material communication with the Interested Company; the matter(s) voted on; and how, and why, the Adviser voted as it did. In certain circumstances it may be appropriate for the Adviser to vote in the same proportion as all other shareholders, so as to not affect the outcome beyond helping to establish a quorum at the shareholders’ meeting. This is referred to as “proportional voting.” If the Fund owns shares of another Federated Hermes mutual fund, generally the Adviser will proportionally vote the client’s proxies for that fund or seek direction from the Board or the client on how the proposal should be voted. If the Fund owns shares of an unaffiliated mutual fund, the Adviser may proportionally vote the Fund’s proxies for that fund depending on the size of the position. If the Fund owns shares of an unaffiliated exchange-traded fund, the Adviser will proportionally vote the Fund’s proxies for that fund.

Downstream Affiliates

If the Proxy Committee gives further direction, or seeks to vote contrary to the Standard Voting Instructions, for a proxy relating to a portfolio company in which the Fund owns more than 10% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities at the time of the vote (“Downstream Affiliate”), the Proxy Committee must first receive guidance from counsel to the Proxy Committee as to whether any relationship between the Adviser and the portfolio company, other than such ownership of the portfolio company’s securities, gives rise to an actual conflict of interest. If counsel determines that an actual conflict exists, the Proxy Committee must address any such conflict with the executive committee of the board of directors or trustees of any investment company client prior to taking any action on the proxy at issue.

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Proxy Advisers’ Conflicts of Interest

Proxy advisory firms may have significant business relationships with the subjects of their research and voting recommendations. For example, a proxy voting service client may be a public company with an upcoming shareholders’ meeting and the proxy voting service has published a research report with voting recommendations. In another example, a proxy voting service board member also sits on the board of a public company for which the proxy voting service will write a research report. These and similar situations give rise to an actual or apparent conflict of interest.

In order to avoid concerns that the conflicting interests of the engaged proxy voting service have influenced proxy voting recommendations, the Adviser will take the following steps:

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A due diligence team made up of employees of the Adviser and/or its affiliates will meet with the proxy voting service on an annual basis and determine through a review of their policies and procedures and through inquiry that the proxy voting service has established a system of internal controls that provide reasonable assurance that their voting recommendations are not influenced by the business relationships they have with the subjects of their research.

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Whenever the standard voting guidelines call for voting a proposal in accordance with the proxy voting service recommendation and the proxy voting service has disclosed that they have a conflict of interest with respect to that issuer, the PVOT will take the following steps: (a) the PVOT will obtain a copy of the research report and recommendations published by another proxy voting service for that issuer; (b) the Director of Proxy Voting, or his designee, will review both the engaged proxy voting service research report and the research report of the other proxy voting service and determine what vote will be cast. The PVOT will report all proxies voted in this manner to the Proxy Committee on a quarterly basis. Alternatively, the PVOT may seek direction from the Committee on how the proposal shall be voted.

Proxy Voting Report

A report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available via the Proxy Voting Record (Form N-PX) link associated with the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation. Form N-PX filings are also available at the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

Portfolio Holdings Information

Information concerning the Fund’s portfolio holdings is available via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation. A complete listing of the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the end of each calendar quarter is posted on the website 30 days (or the next business day) after the end of the quarter and remains posted for six months thereafter. Summary portfolio composition information as of the close of each month is posted on the website 15 days (or the next business day) after month-end and remains posted until replaced by the information for the succeeding month. The summary portfolio composition information may include: identification of the Fund’s top 10 holdings and percentage breakdowns of the portfolio by sector and credit quality.

You may also access portfolio information as of the end of the Fund’s fiscal quarters via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com. The Fund’s Annual Shareholder Report and Semi-Annual Shareholder Report contain complete listings of the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the end of the Fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. Fiscal quarter information is made available on the website within 70 days after the end of the fiscal quarter. This information is also available in reports filed with the SEC at the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

The disclosure policy of the Fund and the Adviser prohibits the disclosure of portfolio holdings information to any investor or intermediary before the same information is made available to other investors. Employees of the Adviser or its affiliates who have access to nonpublic information concerning the Fund’s portfolio holdings are prohibited from trading securities on the basis of this information. Such persons must report all personal securities trades and obtain pre-clearance for all personal securities trades other than mutual fund shares.

Firms that provide administrative, custody, financial, accounting, legal or other services to the Fund may receive nonpublic information about Fund portfolio holdings for purposes relating to their services. The Fund may also provide portfolio holdings information to publications that rate, rank or otherwise categorize investment companies. Traders or portfolio managers may provide “interest” lists to facilitate portfolio trading if the list reflects only that subset of the portfolio for which the trader or portfolio manager is seeking market interest. A list of service providers, publications and other third parties who may receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information appears in the Appendix to this SAI.

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The furnishing of nonpublic portfolio holdings information to any third party (other than authorized governmental or regulatory personnel) requires the prior approval of the President of the Adviser and of the Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund. The President of the Adviser and the Chief Compliance Officer will approve the furnishing of nonpublic portfolio holdings information to a third party only if they consider the furnishing of such information to be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In that regard, and to address possible conflicts between the interests of Fund shareholders and those of the Adviser and its affiliates, the following procedures apply. No consideration may be received by the Fund, the Adviser, any affiliate of the Adviser or any of their employees in connection with the disclosure of portfolio holdings information. Before information is furnished, the third party must sign a written agreement that it will safeguard the confidentiality of the information, will use it only for the purposes for which it is furnished and will not use it in connection with the trading of any security. Persons approved to receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information will receive it as often as necessary for the purpose for which it is provided. Such information may be furnished as frequently as daily and often with no time lag between the date of the information and the date it is furnished. The Board receives and reviews annually a list of the persons who receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information and the purposes for which it is furnished.

Brokerage Transactions And Investment Allocation

Equity securities may be traded in the over-the-counter market through broker/dealers acting as principal or agent, or in transactions directly with other investors. Transactions may also be executed on a securities exchange or through an electronic communications network. The Adviser seeks to obtain best execution of trades in equity securities by balancing the costs inherent in trading, including opportunity costs, market impact costs and commissions. As a general matter, the Adviser seeks to add value to its investment management by using market information to capitalize on market opportunities, actively seek liquidity and discover price. The Adviser continually monitors its trading results in an effort to improve execution. Fixed-income securities are generally traded in an over-the-counter market on a net basis (i.e., without commission) through dealers acting as principal or in transactions directly with the issuer. Dealers derive an undisclosed amount of compensation by offering securities at a higher price than they bid for them. Some fixed-income securities may have only one primary market maker. The Adviser seeks to use dealers it believes to be actively and effectively trading the security being purchased or sold, but may not always obtain the lowest purchase price or highest sale price with respect to a fixed-income security. The Adviser’s receipt of research services (as described below) may also be a factor in the Adviser’s selection of brokers and dealers. The Adviser may also direct certain portfolio trades to a broker that, in turn, pays a portion of the Fund’s operating expenses. The Adviser makes decisions on portfolio transactions and selects brokers and dealers subject to review by the Fund’s Board.

Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other accounts managed by the Adviser and accounts managed by affiliates of the Adviser. Except as noted below, when the Fund and one or more of those accounts invests in, or disposes of, the same security, available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated among the Fund and the account(s) in a manner believed by the Adviser to be equitable. While the coordination and ability to participate in volume transactions may benefit the Fund, it is possible that this procedure could adversely impact the price paid or received and/or the position obtained or disposed of by the Fund. Investments for Federated Hermes Kaufmann Fund and other accounts managed by that fund’s portfolio managers in initial public offerings (IPO) are made independently from any other accounts, and much of their non-IPO trading may also be conducted independently from other accounts. Trading and allocation of investments, including IPOs, for accounts managed by Federated MDTA LLC are also made independently from the Fund. Investment decisions and trading for certain separately managed or wrap-fee accounts, and other accounts, of the Adviser and/or certain investment adviser affiliates of the Adviser also are generally made and conducted independently from the Fund. It is possible that such independent trading activity could adversely impact the prices paid or received and/or positions obtained or disposed of by the Fund.

Brokerage and Research Services

Brokerage services include execution of trades and products and services that relate to the execution of trades, including communications services related to trade execution, clearing and settlement, trading software used to route orders to market centers, software that provides algorithmic trading strategies and software used to transmit orders to direct market access (DMA) systems. Research services may include: advice as to the advisability of investing in securities; security analysis and reports; economic studies; industry studies; receipt of quotations for portfolio evaluations; and similar services. Research services assist the Adviser and its affiliates in terms of their overall investment responsibilities to funds and investment accounts for which they have investment discretion. However, particular brokerage and research services received by the Adviser and its affiliates may not be used to service every fund or account, and may not benefit the particular funds and accounts that generated the brokerage commissions. In addition, brokerage and research services paid for with commissions generated by the Fund may be used in managing other funds and accounts. To the extent that receipt of these services may replace services for which the Adviser or its

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affiliates might otherwise have paid, it would tend to reduce their expenses. The Adviser and its affiliates exercise reasonable business judgment in selecting brokers to execute securities transactions where receipt of research services is a factor. They determine in good faith that commissions charged by such persons are reasonable in relationship to the value of the brokerage and research services provided.

Administrator

Federated Administrative Services (FAS), a subsidiary of Federated Hermes, provides administrative personnel and services, including certain legal, compliance, recordkeeping and financial reporting services (“Administrative Services”), necessary for the operation of the Fund. FAS provides Administrative Services for a fee based upon the rates set forth below paid on the average daily net assets of the Fund. For purposes of determining the appropriate rate breakpoint, “Investment Complex” is defined as all of the Federated Hermes funds subject to a fee under the Administrative Services Agreement with FAS. FAS is also entitled to reimbursement for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing Administrative Services to the Fund.

Administrative Services Fee Rate	Average Daily Net Assets of the Investment Complex
0.100 of 1%	on assets up to $50 billion
0.075 of 1%	on assets over $50 billion

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts, is custodian for the securities and cash of the Fund. Foreign instruments purchased by the Fund are held by foreign banks participating in a network coordinated by State Street Bank and Trust Company.

Transfer Agent And Dividend Disbursing Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s registered transfer agent, maintains all necessary shareholder records.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund, TO BE UPDATED BY AMENDMENT, conducts its audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), which require it to plan and perform its audits to provide reasonable assurance about whether the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.

Fees Paid by the Fund for Services

For the Period Ended March 31	2020	2019	2018
Advisory Fee Earned	$5,821,149	$6,500,107	$5,669,134
Advisory Fee Waived	$499,321	$570,344	$644,689
Advisory Fee Reimbursed	$7,528	$8,187	$10,962
Net Administrative Fee	$769,132	$870,164	$752,132
Net 12b-1 Fee:
Class A Shares	$260,714	$407,886	$367,635
Class C Shares	$298,053	$361,972	$326,022
Net Shareholder Services Fee:
Class A Shares	$939,348	$1,019,713	$919,087
Class C Shares	$94,689	$116,000	$105,681

Fees are allocated among classes based on their pro rata share of Fund assets, except for marketing (Rule 12b-1) fees and shareholder services fees, which are borne only by the applicable class of Shares.

Securities Lending Activities

The services provided to the Fund by Citibank, N.A. as securities lending agent may include the following: selecting securities previously identified by the Fund as available for loan to be loaned; locating borrowers identified in the securities lending agency agreement; negotiating loan terms; monitoring daily the value of the loaned securities and collateral; requiring additional collateral as necessary; marking to market non-cash collateral; instructing the Fund’s custodian with respect to the transfer of loaned securities; indemnifying the Fund in the event of a borrower default; and arranging for return of loaned securities to the Fund at loan termination.

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The Fund did not participate in any securities lending activities during the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year.

Gross income from securities lending activities	$00.00
Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services
Fees paid to securities lending agent from a revenue split	$00.00
Fees paid for any cash collateral management service (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in the revenue split	—
Administrative fees not included in revenue split	—
Indemnification fee not included in revenue split	—
Rebate (paid to borrower)	$00.00
Other fees not included in revenue split (specify)	—
Aggregate fees/compensation for securities lending activities	$00.00
Net income from securities lending activities	$00.00

Financial Information

The Financial Statements for the Fund for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, are incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report to Shareholders of Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund dated March 31, 2020.

Investment Ratings

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (S&P) LONG-TERM Issue RATINGS

Issue credit ratings are based, in varying degrees, on S&P’s analysis of the following considerations: the likelihood of payment-capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation; the nature of and provisions of the obligation; and the protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors’ rights.

AAA—An obligation rated “AAA” has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA—An obligation rated “AA” differs from the highest rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

A—An obligation rated “A” is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

BBB—An obligation rated “BBB” exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

Obligations rated “BB,” “B,” “CCC,” “CC” and “C” are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. “BB” indicates the least degree of speculation and “C” the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

BB—An obligation rated “BB” is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B—An obligation rated “B” is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated “BB,” but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CCC—An obligation rated “CCC” is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC—An obligation rated “CC” is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

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C—A “C” rating is assigned to obligations that are currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, obligations that have payment arrearages allowed by the terms of the documents, or obligations of an issuer that is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or similar action which have not experienced a payment default. Among others, the “C” rating may be assigned to subordinated debt, preferred stock or other obligations on which cash payments have been suspended in accordance with the instrument’s terms or when preferred stock is the subject of a distressed exchange offer, whereby some or all of the issue is either repurchased for an amount of cash or replaced by other instruments having a total value that is less than par.

D—An obligation rated “D” is in payment default. The “D” rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within five business days, irrespective of any grace period. The “D” rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized. An obligation’s rating is lowered to “D” upon completion of a distressed exchange offer, whereby some or all of the issue is either repurchased for an amount of cash or replaced by other instruments having a total value that is less than par.

The ratings from “AA” to “CCC” may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

S&P Rating Outlook

An S& P rating outlook assesses the potential direction of a long-term credit rating over the intermediate term (typically six months to two years). In determining a rating outlook, consideration is given to any changes in the economic and/or fundamental business conditions.

Positive—Positive means that a rating may be raised.

Negative—Negative means that a rating may be lowered.

Stable—Stable means that a rating is not likely to change.

Developing—Developing means a rating may be raised or lowered.

N.M.—N.M. means not meaningful.

S&P Short-Term Issue RATINGS

Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the United States, for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days–including commercial paper.

A-1—A short-term obligation rated “A-1” is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A-2—A short-term obligation rated “A-2” is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

A-3—A short-term obligation rated “A-3” exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B—A short-term obligation rated “B” is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments.

C—A short-term obligation rated “C” is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

D—A short-term obligation rated “D” is in payment default. The “D” rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made within any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five business days will be treated as five business days. The “D” rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

MOODY’S Investor Services, Inc. (MOODY’s) LONG-TERM RATINGS

Moody’s long-term ratings are assigned to issuers or obligations with an original maturity of one year or more and reflect both on the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments and the expected financial loss suffered in the event of default.

Aaa—Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk.

Aa—Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.

A—Obligations rated A are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.

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Baa—Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.

Ba—Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk.

B—Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.

Caa—Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.

Ca—Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.

C—Obligations rated C are the lowest rated and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.

Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aaa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

MOODY’S Short-Term RATINGS

Moody’s short-term ratings are assigned to obligations with an original maturity of 13 months or less and reflect the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments.

P-1—Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated P-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.

P-2—Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated P-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.

P-3—Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated P-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.

NP—Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.

FITCH, INC. (Fitch) LONG-TERM Debt RATINGs

Fitch long-term ratings report Fitch’s opinion on an entity’s relative vulnerability to default on financial obligations. The “threshold” default risk addressed by the rating is generally that of the financial obligations whose non-payment would best reflect the uncured failure of that entity. As such, Fitch long-term ratings also address relative vulnerability to bankruptcy, administrative receivership or similar concepts, although the agency recognizes that issuers may also make pre-emptive and therefore voluntary use of such mechanisms.

AAA: Highest Credit Quality—“AAA” ratings denote the lowest expectation of default risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit Quality—“AA” ratings denote expectations of very low default risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

A: High Credit Quality—“A” ratings denote expectations of low default risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB: Good Credit Quality—“BBB” ratings indicate that expectations of default risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.

BB: Speculative—“BB” ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to default risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial flexibility exists which supports the servicing of financial commitments.

B: Highly Speculative—“B” ratings indicate that material default risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is vulnerable to deterioration in the business and economic environment.

CCC: Substantial Credit Risk—Default is a real possibility.

CC: Very High Levels of Credit Risk—Default of some kind appears probable.

C: Exceptionally High Levels of Credit Risk—Default is imminent or inevitable, or the issuer is in standstill. Conditions that are indicative of a “C” category rating for an issuer include: (a) the issuer has entered into a grace or cure period following non-payment of a material financial obligation; (b) the issuer has entered into a temporary negotiated waiver or standstill agreement following a payment default on a material financial obligation; or (c) Fitch otherwise believes a condition of “RD” or “D” to be imminent or inevitable, including through the formal announcement of a distressed debt exchange.

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RD: Restricted Default—“RD” ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has experienced an uncured payment default on a bond, loan or other material financial obligation but which has not entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, and which has not otherwise ceased operating. This would include: (a) the selective payment default on a specific class or currency of debt; (b) the uncured expiry of any applicable grace period, cure period or default forbearance period following a payment default on a bank loan, capital markets security or other material financial obligation; (c) the extension of multiple waivers or forbearance periods upon a payment default on one or more material financial obligations, either in series or in parallel; or (d) execution of a distressed debt exchange on one or more material financial obligations.

D: Default—“D” ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, or which has otherwise ceased business.

Default ratings are not assigned prospectively to entities or their obligations; within this context, non-payment on an instrument that contains a deferral feature or grace period will generally not be considered a default until after the expiration of the deferral or grace period, unless a default is otherwise driven by bankruptcy or other similar circumstance, or by a distressed debt exchange.

“Imminent” default typically refers to the occasion where a payment default has been intimated by the issuer, and is all but inevitable. This may, for example, be where an issuer has missed a scheduled payment, but (as is typical) has a grace period during which it may cure the payment default. Another alternative would be where an issuer has formally announced a distressed debt exchange, but the date of the exchange still lies several days or weeks in the immediate future.

In all cases, the assignment of a default rating reflects the agency’s opinion as to the most appropriate rating category consistent with the rest of its universe of ratings, and may differ from the definition of default under the terms of an issuer’s financial obligations or local commercial practice.

FITCH SHORT-TERM DEBT RATINGs

A Fitch short-term issuer or obligation rating is based in all cases on the short-term vulnerability to default of the rated entity or security stream and relates to the capacity to meet financial obligations in accordance with the documentation governing the relevant obligation. Short-Term Ratings are assigned to obligations whose initial maturity is viewed as “short-term” based on market convention. Typically, this means up to 13 months for corporate, sovereign and structured obligations, and up to 36 months for obligations in U.S. public finance markets.

F1: Highest Short-Term Credit Quality—Indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2: Good Short-Term Credit Quality—Good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.

F3: Fair Short-Term Credit Quality—The intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate.

B: Speculative Short-Term Credit Quality—Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C: High Short-Term Default Risk—Default is a real possibility.

RD: Restricted Default—Indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Applicable to entity ratings only.

D: Default—Indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation.

A.M. BEST Company, Inc. (a.m. best) LONG-TERM DEBT and Preferred Stock RATINGS

A Best’s long-term debt rating is Best’s independent opinion of an issuer/entity’s ability to meet its ongoing financial obligations to security holders when due.

aaa: Exceptional—Assigned to issues where the issuer has an exceptional ability to meet the terms of the obligation.

aa: Very Strong—Assigned to issues where the issuer has a very strong ability to meet the terms of the obligation.

a: Strong—Assigned to issues where the issuer has a strong ability to meet the terms of the obligation.

bbb: Adequate—Assigned to issues where the issuer has an adequate ability to meet the terms of the obligation; however, the issue is more susceptible to changes in economic or other conditions.

bb: Speculative—Assigned to issues where the issuer has speculative credit characteristics, generally due to a modest margin or principal and interest payment protection and vulnerability to economic changes.

b: Very Speculative—Assigned to issues where the issuer has very speculative credit characteristics, generally due to a modest margin of principal and interest payment protection and extreme vulnerability to economic changes.

ccc, cc, c: Extremely Speculative—Assigned to issues where the issuer has extremely speculative credit characteristics, generally due to a minimal margin of principal and interest payment protection and/or limited ability to withstand adverse changes in economic or other conditions.

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d: In Default—Assigned to issues in default on payment of principal, interest or other terms and conditions, or when a bankruptcy petition or similar action has been filed.

Ratings from “aa” to “ccc” may be enhanced with a “+” (plus) or “-” (minus) to indicate whether credit quality is near the top or bottom of a category.

A.M. BEST SHORT-TERM DEBT RATINGS

A Best’s short-term debt rating is Best’s opinion of an issuer/entity’s ability to meet its financial obligations having original maturities of generally less than one year, such as commercial paper.

AMB-1+ Strongest—Assigned to issues where the issuer has the strongest ability to repay short-term debt obligations.

AMB-1 Outstanding—Assigned to issues where the issuer has an outstanding ability to repay short-term debt obligations.

AMB-2 Satisfactory—Assigned to issues where the issuer has a satisfactory ability to repay short-term debt obligations.

AMB-3 Adequate—Assigned to issues where the issuer has an adequate ability to repay short-term debt obligations; however, adverse economic conditions likely will reduce the issuer’s capacity to meet its financial commitments.

AMB-4 Speculative—Assigned to issues where the issuer has speculative credit characteristics and is vulnerable to adverse economic or other external changes, which could have a marked impact on the company’s ability to meet its financial commitments.

d: In Default—Assigned to issues in default on payment of principal, interest or other terms and conditions, or when a bankruptcy petition or similar action has been filed.

A.M. Best Rating Modifiers

Both long- and short-term credit ratings can be assigned a modifier.

u—Indicates the rating may change in the near term, typically within six months. Generally is event-driven, with positive, negative or developing implications.

pd—Indicates ratings assigned to a company that chose not to participate in A.M. Best’s interactive rating process. (Discontinued in 2010).

i—Indicates rating assigned is indicative.

A.M. BEST RATING OUTLOOK

A.M. Best Credit Ratings are assigned a Rating Outlook that indicates the potential direction of a credit rating over an intermediate term, generally defined as the next 12 to 36 months.

Positive—Indicates possible ratings upgrade due to favorable financial/market trends relative to the current trading level.

Negative—Indicates possible ratings downgrade due to unfavorable financial/market trends relative to the current trading level.

Stable—Indicates low likelihood of rating change due to stable financial/market trends.

Not Rated

Certain nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) may designate certain issues as NR, meaning that the issue or obligation is not rated.

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Addresses

Federated Hermes Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund

Class A1 Shares

Federated Hermes Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

Distributor

Federated Securities Corp.
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Investment Adviser

Federated Investment Management Company
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02110

Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company
P.O. Box 219318
Kansas City, MO 64121-9318

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

TO BE UPDATED BY AMENDMENT

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Appendix

The following is a list of persons, other than the Adviser and its affiliates, that have been approved to receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information concerning the Federated Hermes Complex; however, certain persons below might not receive such information concerning the Fund:

CUSTODIAN(S)

State Street Bank and Trust Company

SECURITIES LENDING AGENT

Citibank, N.A.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Ernst & Young LLP

LEGAL COUNSEL

Goodwin Procter LLP
K&L Gates LLP

Financial Printer(S)

Donnelley Financial Solutions

Proxy Voting Administrator

Glass Lewis & Co., LLC

SECURITY PRICING SERVICES

Bloomberg L.P.
IHS Markit (Markit North America)
ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data, LLC
JPMorgan PricingDirect
Refinitiv US Holdings Inc.

RATINGS AGENCIES

Fitch, Inc.
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC

Other SERVICE PROVIDERS

Other types of service providers that have been approved to receive nonpublic portfolio holdings information include service providers offering, for example, trade order management systems, portfolio analytics, or performance and accounting systems, such as:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bloomberg L.P.
Citibank, N.A.
Eagle Investment Systems LLC
Electra Information Systems
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
FISGlobal
Institutional Shareholder Services
Investortools, Inc.
MSCI ESG Research LLC
Sustainalytics U.S. Inc.
The Yield Book, Inc.
Wolters Kluwer N.V.

Item 28. Exhibits

(a)

Declaration of Trust

Conformed Copy of Restated and Amended Declaration of Trust of the Registrant dated May 19, 2000, including Amendment Nos. 8-34.

(b)

By-Laws

Conformed Copy of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant dated December 31, 1991, including Amendment Nos. 4 through 14 as filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 220 on June 25, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(c)

Instruments Defining Rights of Security Holders

Copy of Specimen Certificate for Institutional Shares and Institutional Service Shares of Beneficial Interest for Federated Income Securities Trust, as filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 on June 24, 1994 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

As of September 1, 1997, Federated Securities Corp. stopped issuing share certificates.

(d)	Investment Advisory Contracts
	Federated Investment Management Company
1	Conformed copy of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant dated December 31, 1991 including Exhibits A through H, Limited Power of Attorney dated March 31, 1999, Amendment dated June 1, 2001, Assignment dated January 1, 2004 and Limited Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
	Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania
2	Conformed copy of the Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant dated December 1, 2002 including Exhibit A, Assignment dated January 1, 2004 and Limited Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
3	Conformed copy of the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Contract of the Registrant January 1, 2004 including Exhibits A through D and Limited Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
	Sub-Advisory Agreements
4	Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement between Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania and Federated Investment Management Company dated January 1, 2004 including Exhibit A and Limited Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017 (Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund), as filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
5	Conformed copy of Sub-Advisory Agreement between Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania and Federated Investment Management Company dated January 1, 2004 including Exhibit A and Limited Power of Attorney dated June 1, 2017 (Federated Capital Income Fund), as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(e)

Underwriting Contracts

Conformed copy of the Distributor’s Contract of the Registrant dated December 31, 1991, including Exhibits A through II and Amendments dated June 1, 2001 and October 1, 2003, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

Conformed copy of the Distributor’s Contract for Class B Shares of the Registrant dated October 24, 1997, including Amendments dated October 1, 2003 and June 1, 2001, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(f)

Bonus or Profit Sharing Contracts

Not applicable

(g)	Custodian Agreements
1	Conformed copy of Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement dated March 1, 2017 by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Registrant, including Appendix A, updated as of March 1, 2020, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
2	Conformed copy of the Custody Agreement dated June 7, 2005 by and between The Bank of New York and the Registrant, including Appendices 1 through 32.	+

(h)	Other Material Contracts

1	Services Agreement
(a)	Conformed copy of Services Agreement between Federated Advisory Services Company and Federated Investment Management Company dated January 1, 2004, including Schedule 1 (revised March 1, 2020), as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
(b)	Conformed copy of Services Agreement between Federated Advisory Services Company and Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania dated January 1, 2004, including Schedule 1 (revised March 1, 2020), as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
(c)	Conformed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Services Agreement, amended and restated as of December 1, 2001, between Federated Shareholder Services Company and the Registrant, including Schedule 1 (revised March 1, 2020), as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
(d)	Conformed copy of the Principal Shareholder Servicer’s Agreement for Class B Shares of the Registrant dated October 24, 1997, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).
(e)	Conformed copy of the Shareholder Services Agreement for Class B Shares of the Registrant dated October 24, 1997, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

2	Transfer Agency Agreement
	Conformed copy of the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Federated Funds and State Street Bank and Trust dated January 31, 2017, including Exhibit A (revised June 1, 2020) and Schedules.	+

3	Administrative Services Agreement
	Conformed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services between the Federated Funds and Federated Administrative Services dated September 1, 2017, including Exhibit A (revised March 1, 2020) and Exhibit B, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

4	Financial Administration and Accounting Agreement
(a)	Conformed copy of the Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement between the Federated Funds and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated March 1, 2011, as amended.	+
(b)	Conformed copy of the Fund Accounting Agreement between the Federated Funds and The Bank of New York Mellon dated March 1, 2011, as amended.	+

(i)	Legal Opinion
	Conformed copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to legality of shares being registered, as filed in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 on June 19, 1986 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(j)

Other Opinions

Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young

Conformed copy of Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm KPMG LLP

N/A

(k)

Omitted Financial Statements

Not Applicable

(l)

Initial Capital Agreements

Conformed copy of Initial Capital Agreement of the Registrant, as filed in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 on June 19, 1986 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(m)

Rule 12b-1 Plan

Conformed copy of the Distribution Plan between certain classes of the Registrant and Federated Securities Corp., dated February 12, 2004, including Exhibits A through Q, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

Conformed copy of the Distribution Plan for Class B Shares of the Registrant dated October 24, 1997, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(n)

Rule 18f-3 Plan

Conformed copy of the Multiple Class Plan and all share class Exhibits as adopted by certain Federated investment companies offering separate classes of shares, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

(o)	Powers of Attorney
1	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of the Registrant including J. Christopher Donahue, Executive Vice President and Trustee of the Registrant and Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. and John S. Walsh, Trustees of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 33 filed June 28, 2000 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
2	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of the Registrant including J. Christopher Donahue, President and Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 34 filed June 26, 2001 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
3	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Thomas M. O’Neill, Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 64 filed October 18, 2006 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
4	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Maureen Lally-Green, Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 84 filed October 30, 2009 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
5	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of Lori A. Hensler, Treasurer of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 124 filed May 29, 2013 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
6	Conformed copy of Powers of Attorney of John T. Collins, Trustee of the Registrant; and P. Jerome Richey, Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 133 filed November 18, 2013 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
7	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of G. Thomas Hough, Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 153 filed October 21, 2015 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)
8	Conformed copy of Power of Attorney of John B. Fisher, Trustee of the Registrant, as filed via EDGAR in PEA No. 161 filed May 25, 2016 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577)

(p)

Codes of Ethics

Conformed copy of the Federated Hermes, Inc. Code of Ethics for Access Persons, effective January 31, 2020, as filed via EDGAR in Post-Effective Amendment No. 218 on May 27, 2020 on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-3164 and 811-4577).

Exhibit is being filed electronically with registration statement

Item 29 Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund:

None

Item 30 Indemnification

Indemnification is provided to Officers and Trustees of the Registrant pursuant to the Registrant's By-Laws, as amended. This includes indemnification against: (a) any liabilities or expenses incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or proceeding in which an Officer or Trustee may be or may have been involved; and (b) any liabilities and expenses incurred by an Officer or Trustee as a result of having provided personally identifiable information to a regulator or counterparty by or with whom the Registrant (or its series, as applicable) is regulated or engages in business to satisfy a legal or procedural requirement of such regulator or counterparty.

The Investment Advisory Contract, and Sub-advisory Agreement as applicable, (collectively, “Advisory Contracts”) between the Registrant and the investment adviser, and sub-adviser as applicable, (collectively, “Advisers”) of its series, provide that, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the obligations or duties under the Advisory Contracts on the part of the Advisers, Advisers shall not be liable to the Registrant or to any shareholder for any act or omission in the course of or connected in any way with rendering services or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding, or sale of any security.

The Registrant’s distribution contract contains provisions limiting the liability, and providing for indemnification, of the Officers and Trustees under certain circumstances.

Registrant's Trustees and Officers are covered by an Investment Trust Errors and Omissions Policy.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to Trustees, Officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the By-Laws, as amended, or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by Trustees), Officers, or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such Trustees, Officers, or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities may be permitted pursuant to Section 17 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for Trustees, Officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the By-Laws, as amended, or otherwise, the Registrant is aware of the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission as set forth in Investment Company Act Release No. IC-11330. Therefore, the Registrant undertakes that in addition to complying with the applicable provisions of the By-Laws, as amended, or otherwise, in the absence of a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before which the proceeding was brought, that an indemnification payment will not be made unless in the absence of such a decision, a reasonable determination based upon factual review has been made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum of non-party Trustees who are not interested persons of the Registrant or (ii) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that the indemnitee was not liable for an act of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of duties. The Registrant further undertakes that advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of a proceeding (upon undertaking for repayment unless it is ultimately determined that indemnification is appropriate) against an Officer, Trustee or controlling person of the Registrant will not be made absent the fulfillment of at least one of the following conditions: (i) the indemnitee provides security for his undertaking; (ii) the Registrant is insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances; or (iii) a majority of a quorum of disinterested non-party Trustees or independent legal counsel in a written opinion makes a factual determination that there is reason to believe the indemnitee will be entitled to indemnification.

Item 31 Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser: Federated Investment Management Company
For a description of the other business of the Investment Adviser, see the section entitled “Who Manages the Fund?” in Part A. The affiliations with the Registrant of two of the Trustees and 2 of the Officers of the Investment Adviser are included in Part B of this Registration Statement under "Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?" The remaining Trustees of the Investment Adviser and, in parentheses, their principal occupations are: Thomas R. Donahue, (Chief Financial Officer, Federated Hermes, Inc.), 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779, John B. Fisher, (Vice Chairman, Federated Hermes, Inc.) 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779 and James J. Gallagher, II, Partner, Morris James LLP, 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801-1494. The business address of each of the Officers of the Investment Adviser is 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779. These individuals are also officers of a majority of the Investment Advisers to the investment companies in the Federated Hermes Fund Complex described in Part B of this Registration Statement.
The Officers of the Investment Adviser are:
Chairman:	J. Christopher Donahue
President/ Chief Executive Officer:	John B. Fisher
Executive Vice Presidents:	Deborah A. Cunningham Robert J. Ostrowski
Senior Vice Presidents:	Todd Abraham J. Scott Albrecht Randall S. Bauer Jonathan C. Conley Mark E. Durbiano Donald T. Ellenberger Eamonn G. Folan Richard J. Gallo John T. Gentry Susan R. Hill William R. Jamison Jeffrey A. Kozemchak Anne H. Kruczek Marian R. Marinack Mary Jo Ochson Jeffrey A. Petro Ihab Salib Michael W. Sirianni, Jr. Steven J. Wagner Paige Wilhelm
Vice Presidents:	Christopher S. Bodamer G. Andrew Bonnewell Hanan Callas David B. Catalane, Jr. Leslie Ciferno Jerome Conner Lee R. Cunningham, II Gregory Czamara, V B. Anthony Delserone, Jr. Joseph A. Delvecchio Jason DeVito Bryan Dingle William Ehling Ann Ferentino Kevin M. Fitzpatrick Timothy P. Gannon Kathryn P. Glass James L. Grant Patricia L. Heagy Nathan H. Kehm John C. Kerber J. Andrew Kirschler Allen J. Knizner Tracey Lusk Karen Manna Daniel James Mastalski Robert J. Matthews Christopher McGinley Keith E. Michaud Karl Mocharko Joseph M. Natoli Gene Neavin Bob Nolte Liam O’Connell Mary Kay Pavuk John Polinski Rae Ann Rice Brian Ruffner Thomas C. Scherr John Sidawi Kyle Stewart Patrick J. Strollo, III Mary Ellen Tesla James Damen Thompson Timothy G. Trebilcock Nicholas S. Tripodes Anthony A. Venturino Mark Weiss George B. Wright Christopher Wu
Assistant Vice Presidents:	John Badeer Ian Paul Bangor Patrick Benacci Nicholas Cecchini James Chelmu Joseph Engel Brandon Ray Hochstetler Jeff J. Ignelzi Nick Navari Bradley Payne Braden Rotberg John W. Scullion Steven J. Slanika Peter Snook Randal Stuckwish Michael S. Wilson
Secretary:	G. Andrew Bonnewell
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Thomas R. Donahue
Assistant Treasurers:	Jeremy D. Boughton Richard A. Novak
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

Item 31 Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser: Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania
For a description of the other business of the Investment Adviser, see the section entitled “Who Manages the Fund?” in Part A. The affiliations with the Registrant of one of the Trustees and 2 of the Officers of the Investment Adviser are included in Part B of this Registration Statement under "Who Manages and Provides Services to the Fund?" The remaining Trustees of the Investment Adviser and, in parentheses, their principal occupations are: Thomas R. Donahue, (Chief Financial Officer, Federated Hermes, Inc.), 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779, John B. Fisher, (Vice Chairman, Federated Hermes, Inc.) 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222-3779 and James J. Gallagher, II, Partner, Morris James LLP, 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500, Wilmington, DE 19801-1494. The business address of each of the Officers of the Investment Adviser is 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779. These individuals are also officers of a majority of the Investment Advisers to the investment companies in the Federated Hermes Fund Complex described in Part B of this Registration Statement.
The Officers of the Investment Adviser are:
Chairman	J. Christopher Donahue
President/ Chief Executive Officer:	John B. Fisher
Executive Vice President	Stephen F. Auth
Senior Vice Presidents:	Linda A. Duessel Anne H. Kruczek Dana L. Meissner Daniel Peris
Vice Presidents:	Deborah D. Bickerstaff Linda Bakhshian P. Ryan Bend G. Andrew Bonnewell Jared Hoff Chad Hudson Damian McIntyre Ian Miller Michael Tucker
Assistant Vice Presidents:	Michael D. Jura Keith Michaud
Secretary:	G. Andrew Bonnewell
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Thomas R. Donahue
Assistant Treasurers:	Jeremy Boughton Richard A. Novak
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

Item 32 Principal Underwriters:
(a)	Federated Securities Corp., the Distributor for shares of the Registrant, acts as principal underwriter for the following investment companies, including the Registrant:
	Federated Hermes Adjustable Rate Securities Trust
	Federated Hermes Adviser Series
	Federated Hermes Core Trust
	Federated Hermes Core Trust III
	Federated Hermes Equity Funds
	Federated Hermes Equity Income Fund, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Fixed Income Securities, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund
	Federated Hermes Government Income Securities, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Government Income Trust
	Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
	Federated Hermes High Yield Trust
	Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust
	Federated Hermes Index Trust
	Federated Hermes Institutional Trust
	Federated Hermes Insurance Series
	Federated Hermes Intermediate Municipal Trust
	Federated Hermes International Series, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Investment Series Funds, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Managed Pool Series
	Federated Hermes MDT Series
	Federated Hermes Money Market Obligations Trust
	Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
	Federated Hermes Municipal Securities Income Trust
	Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund
	Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund
	Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Duration Municipal Trust
	Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Government Trust
	Federated Hermes Short-Term Government Trust
	Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund
	Federated Hermes Total Return Series, Inc.
	Federated Hermes World Investment Series, Inc.

(b)
(1) Positions and Offices with Distributor	(2) Name	(3) Positions and Offices With Registrant
Executive Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Director:	Thomas R. Donahue
President and Director:	Paul Uhlman
Vice President and Director:	Peter J. Germain
Director:	Frank C. Senchak

(1) Positions and Offices with Distributor	(2) Name	(3) Positions and Offices With Registrant
Executive Vice Presidents:	Michael Bappert Peter W. Eisenbrandt Solon A. Person, IV
Senior Vice Presidents:	Irving Anderson Daniel G. Berry Jack Bohnet Edwin J. Brooks, III Bryan Burke Scott J. Charlton Steven R. Cohen James S. Conley Stephen R. Cronin Charles L. Davis, Jr. Michael T. Dieschborg Michael T. DiMarsico Jack C. Ebenreiter James Getz, Jr. Scott A. Gunderson Dayna C. Haferkamp Vincent L. Harper, Jr. Bruce E. Hastings Donald Jacobson Jeffrey S. Jones Scott D. Kavanagh Harry J. Kennedy Michael Koenig Edwin C. Koontz Anne H. Kruczek Jane E. Lambesis Jerry Landrum Hans W. Lange, Jr. Michael Liss Diane Marzula Amy Michaliszyn Richard C. Mihm Vincent T. Morrow Alec H. Neilly Keith Nixon James E. Ostrowski Stephen Otto Richard P. Paulson Richard A. Recker Diane M. Robinson Brian S. Ronayne Timothy A. Rosewicz Eduardo G. Sanchez Tom Schinabeck Edward L. Smith John Staley William C. Tustin Michael N. Vahl G. Walter Whalen Lewis C. Williams Michael Wolff Daniel R. Wroble Erik Zettlemayer Paul Zuber
Vice Presidents:	Frank Amato Catherine M. Applegate Kenneth C. Baber Raisa E. Barkaloff Robert W. Bauman Marc Benacci Christopher D. Berg Bill Boarts Matthew A. Boyle Edward R. Bozek Thomas R. Brown Mark Carroll Dan Casey Stephen J. Costlow Mary Ellen Coyne Kevin J. Crenny David G. Dankmyer Christopher T. Davis Donald Edwards Mark A. Flisek Stephen Francis Heather W. Froelich David D. Gregoire Raymond J. Hanley George M. Hnaras Scott A. Holick Ryan W. Jones Todd Jones Patrick Kelly Nicholas R. Kemerer Robert H. Kern Shawn E. Knutson Crystal C. Kwok David M. Larrick John P. Liekar Jonathan Lipinski Paul J. Magan Margaret M. Magrish Alexi A. Maravel Meghan McAndrew Martin J. McCaffrey Samuel McGowan Daniel McGrath Brian McInis John C. Mosko Mark J. Murphy Catherine M. Nied Ted Noethling John A. O’Neill Mark Patsy Marcus Persichetti Max E. Recker Emory Redd Matt Ryan
	John Shrewsbury Peter Siconolfi Neal Siena Justin Slomkowski Bradley Smith John R. Stanley Mark Strubel Jonathan Sullivan David Wasik Theodore Williams Brian R. Willer Littell L. Wilson James J. Wojciak
Assistant Vice Presidents:	Debbie Adams-Marshall Zachary J. Bono Edward R. Costello Madison Dischinger Chris Jackson Kristen C. Kiesling Anthony W. Lennon Stephen R. Massey Carol McEvoy McCool John K. Murray Melissa R. Ryan Carol Anne Sheppard Scott A. Vallina Laura Vickerman
Secretary:	Kary A. Moore
Assistant Secretaries:	Edward C. Bartley
	Thomas R. Donahue
	George F. Magera
Treasurer:	Richard A. Novak
Assistant Treasurer:	Jeremy D. Boughton
Chief Compliance Officer:	Stephen Van Meter

(c)

Not Applicable

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records:

All accounts and records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 through 31a-3 promulgated thereunder are maintained at one of the following locations:

Registrant

Federated Hermes Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service at the address listed on the facing page of this filing.)

Federated Administrative Services

(Administrator)

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Securities Corp.

(Distributor)

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania

(Adviser to Federated Capital Income Fund and Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund (“Adviser”)

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Investment Management Company

(Adviser to Federated Floating Rate Strategic Income Fund, Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities, Federated Intermediate Corporate Bond Fund, Federated Real Return Bond Fund and Federated Short-Term Income Fund.)

(“Adviser”)

(Sub-Adviser to Federated Capital Income Fund and Federated Muni and Stock Advantage Fund (“Sub-Adviser”)

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

Federated Advisory Services Company

(Adviser)

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779

State Street Bank and Trust Company

(Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent)

P.O. Box 219318

Kansas City, MO 64121-9318

State Street Bank and Trust Company

(Custodian)

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02110

Bank of New York Mellon
(Custodian)

The Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street

New York, NY 10286

Item 34 Management Services: Not applicable.

Item 35 Undertakings:

Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the provisions of Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act with respect to the removal of Trustees and the calling of special shareholder meetings by shareholders.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Federated Hermes Income Securities Trust and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 17^th day of August, 2020.

FEDERATED HERMES INCOME SECURITIES TRUST

BY: /s/ George F. Magera

George F. Magera, Assistant Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:

NAME	TITLE	DATE
BY:/s/ George F. Magera George F. Magera, Assistant Secretary	Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below	August 17, 2020
J. Christopher Donahue*	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)
John B. Fisher*	Trustee
Lori A. Hensler*	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer/Principal Accounting Officer)
John T. Collins*	Trustee
G. Thomas Hough*	Trustee
Maureen Lally-Green*	Trustee
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.*	Trustee
Thomas O’Neill*	Trustee
P. Jerome Richey*	Trustee
John S. Walsh*	Trustee
*By Power of Attorney

/s/ John F. Donahue	/s/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.
John F. Donahue	Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.

/s/ Thomas G. Bigley	/s/ Peter E. Madden
Thomas G. Bigley	Peter E. Madden

/s/ John T. Conroy, Jr.	/s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.
John T. Conroy, Jr.	Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.

/s/ Nicholas P. Constantakis	/s/ John E. Murray, Jr.
Nicholas P. Constantakis	John E. Murray, Jr.

/s/ John F. Cunningham	/s/ Marjorie P. Smuts
John F. Cunningham	Marjorie P. Smuts

/s/ J. Christopher Donahue	/s/ John S. Walsh
J. Christopher Donahue	John S. Walsh

/s/ John B. Fisher	/s/ Peter E. Madden
John B. Fisher	Peter E. Madden

/s/ John T. Collins	/s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.
John T. Collins	Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.

/s/ J. Christopher Donahue	/s/ Thomas M. O’Neill
J. Christopher Donahue	Thomas M. O’Neill

/s/ G. Thomas Hough	/s/ P. Jerome Richey
G. Thomas Hough	P. Jerome Richey

/s/ Maureen Lally-Green	/s/ John S. Walsh
Maureen Lally-Green	John S. Walsh

/s/ John T. Collins	/s/Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.
John T. Collins	Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.

/s/ J. Christopher Donahue	/s/ Thomas M. O’Neill
J. Christopher Donahue	Thomas M. O’Neill

/s/ John B. Fisher	/s/ P. Jerome Richey
John B. Fisher	P. Jerome Richey

/s/ G. Thomas Hough	/s/ John S. Walsh
G. Thomas Hough	John S. Walsh

/s/ Maureen Lally-Green
Maureen Lally-Green

Australia	National Australia Bank Ltd
Austria	Bank Austria Creditanstalt A.G.
Belgium	ING Belgium SA/NV
Brazil	Citibank N.A.
Canada	Royal Bank of Canada
Czech Republic	ING Bank N.V. Prague
Denmark	Danske Bank
Egypt	Citibank, N.A.
Finland	Nordea Bank Finland plc
France	BNP Paribas Securities Services/ CACEIS Bank
Germany	BHF-BANK AG
Hong Kong	HSBC
Hungary	ING Bank (Hungary) Rt.
India	Deutsche Bank AG Mumbai/ HSBC
Indonesia	HSBC
Israel	Bank Hapoalim B.M.
Italy	Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Japan	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd/ Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Malaysia	HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
Mexico	Banco Nacional de Mexico
Netherlands	ING Bank
New Zealand	National Australia Bank
Norway	DnB NOR Bank ASA
Poland	ING Bank Slaski
Portugal	Banco Comercial Portugues
Singapore	United Overseas Bank Limited/ DBS Bank Ltd.
South Africa	Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
South Korea	HSBC
Spain	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A./ Santander Investment, S.A.
Sweden	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Switzerland	Credit Suisse, Zurich
Taiwan	HSBC
Turkey	Garanti Bank
United Kingdom	The Bank of New York/ Deutsche Bank AG London (Depository and Clearing Centre)

	Global
	Safekeeping Fee		Transaction Fee
Countries	*(in basis points)1		(U.S. Dollars)2
Argentina	17.00		55
Australia	1.50		25
Austria	3.00		40
Bahrain	50.00		140
Bangladesh	50.00		145
Belgium	2.50		35
Bermuda	17.00		70
Botswana	50.00		140
Brazil	12.00		30
Bulgaria	30.00		85
Canada	1.00		10
Chile	20.00		80
China “A” Shares	15.00		80
China “B” Shares	15.00		60
Colombia	50.00		95
Costa Rica	14.00		65
Croatia	25.00		70
Cyprus	15.00		35
Czech Republic	18.00		50
Denmark	2.00		35
Ecuador	30.00		55
Egypt	30.00		85
Estonia	10.00		60
Euromarket/Euroclear3	1.00		10
Euromarket/Clearstream	1.00		10
Finland	3.50		35
France	2.00		30
Germany	1.50		25
Ghana		50.00	140
Greece		9.00	40
Hong Kong		3.00	45
Hungary		20.00	55
Iceland		11.00	35
India		13.00	105
Indonesia		11.00	80
Ireland (Equities)		3.00	33
Ireland (Gov’t Bonds)		1.00	13
Israel		20.00	40
Italy		1.50	35
Ivory Coast		50.00	140
Jamaica		50.00	60
Japan		1.75	20
Jordan		50.00	140
Kazakhstan		53.00	140
Kenya		48.00	140
Latvia		50.00	45
Lebanon		50.00	140
Lithuania		20.00	43
Luxembourg		10.00	80
Malaysia		4.50	45
Malta		20.00	63
Mauritius		25.00	100
Mexico		6.50	30
Morocco		50.00	95
Namibia		50.00	60
Netherlands		2.00	25
New Zealand		2.00	35
Nigeria		50.00	60
Norway		2.50	35
Oman		50.00	140
Pakistan		50.00	140
Peru		50.00	83
Philippines		6.00	60
Poland		15.00	63
Portugal		5.00	50
Qatar		50.00	140
Romania		30.00	80
Russia Equities		40.00	95
Singapore		3.50	45
Slovak Republic		23.00	95
Slovenia		50.00	60
South Africa		2.50	30
South Korea		6.50	45
Spain		2.50	40
Sri Lanka		13.00	70
Swaziland		50.00	60
Sweden		2.00	30
Switzerland		2.00	35
Taiwan		10.00	60
Thailand		5.00	50
Trinidad & Tobago		50.00	53
Tunisia		50.00	53
Turkey		12.50	60
Ukraine		75.00	250
United Kingdom		0.50	10
Uruguay		75.00	83
Venezuela		50.00	140
Zambia		50.00	140
Zimbabwe		50.00	140

Third Party Foreign Exchange Settlements
$70 per non-USD currency movement

Minimum charges imposed by Agent Banks/Local Administrators
Brazil - 15 basis points for annual administrative charges

Colombia - USD $600 per month minimum administration charge
Ecuador - USD $800 monthly minimum per relationship
Egypt - USD $400 monthly minimum per relationship

Additional Charges
Local taxes, stamp duties or other assessments, including stock exchange fees, postage and
insurance for shipping, facsimile reporting, extraordinary telecommunications fees or other unusual
expenses, which are unique to a country in which the Funds are investing

Custodian: THE BANK OF NEW YORK	On behalf of each of the funds indicated on Schedule II of the Custody Agreement, as amended from time to time.


By: /s/ Joseph F. Keenan	By: /s/ Richard A. Novak
Title: Managing Director	Title: Treasurer

Country/Market	Subcustodian(s)
Argentina	Citibank N.A.
Australia	National Australia Bank Limited
Austria	UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Bahrain	HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Bangladesh	Standard Chartered Bank
Belgium	ING Belgium, SA/NV
Benin	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Bermuda	Bank of Bermuda Limited
Botswana	Barclays Bank of Botswana Ltd.
Brazil	Citibank N.A.
Bulgaria	ING Bank N.V.
Burkina Faso	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Canada	CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Cayman Islands	The Bank of New York Mellon
Channel Islands	The Bank of New York Mellon
Chile	Banco de Chile
China	HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
Colombia	Cititrust Colombia S.A.
Costa Rica	Banco BCT
Croatia	Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.
Cyprus	EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
Czech Republic	ING Bank N.V.
Denmark	Danske Bank
Ecuador	Banco de la Produccion S.A.
Egypt	HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E.
Estonia	SEB Pank AS
Euromarket	Clearstream Banking Luxembourg S.A.
Euromarket	Euroclear Bank
Finland	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
France	BNP Paribas Securities Services
France	CACEIS Bank
Germany	BHF Asset Servicing GmbH
Ghana	Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd.
Greece	EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
Guinea Bissau	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Hong Kong	HSBC Ltd.
Hungary	ING Bank N.V.
Iceland	New Landsbanki Islands
India	Deutsche Bank AG
Indonesia	HSBC Ltd.
Ireland	The Bank of New York Mellon
Israel	Bank Hapoalim B.M.
Italy	Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A
Ivory Coast	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Japan	Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. (MHCB)
Japan	The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
Jordan	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Kazakhstan	HSBC Kazakhstan
Kenya	Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd.
Kuwait	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Latvia	AS SEB banka
Lebanon	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Lithuania	SEB Bankas
Luxembourg	Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat (BCEEL)
Malaysia	HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad
Mali	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Malta	HSBC Bank Malta plc
Mauritius	HSBC Ltd.
Mexico	Banco Nacional de Mexico (BANAMEX)
Morocco	Citibank Maghreb
Namibia	Standard Bank Namibia Ltd
Netherlands	BNY Mellon Asset Servicing BV
New Zealand	National Australia Bank
Niger	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Nigeria	Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
Norway	DnB NOR Bank ASA
Oman	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Pakistan	Deutsche Bank AG
Palestinian Autonomous Area	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Peru	Citibank del Peru, S.A.
Philippines	HSBC Ltd.
Poland	ING Bank Slaski
Portugal	Banco Comercial Portugues
Qatar	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
Romania	ING Bank N.V.
Russia	ING Bank (Eurasia)
Saudi Arabia	SABB Securities Limited
Senegal	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Serbia	UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Singapore	DBS Bank Ltd.
Singapore	United Overseas Bank Ltd.
Slovak Republic	ING Bank N.V.
Slovenia	UniCredit Banka Slovenia d.d.
South Africa	Standard Bank of South Africa
South Korea	HSBC Ltd.
Spain	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA)
Spain	Santander Investment S.A.
Sri Lanka	HSBC Ltd.
Swaziland	Standard Bank Swaziland Ltd
Sweden	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
Switzerland	Credit Suisse
Taiwan	Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. / HSBC
Thailand	Bangkok Bank Public Company Ltd.
Thailand	HSBC Ltd
Togo	Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire
Trinidad & Tobago	Republic Bank Ltd.
Tunisia	Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie
Turkey	Deutsche Bank AS
Ukraine	ING Bank Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd.
United Kingdom	Deutsche Bank AG
United Kingdom	The Bank of New York Mellon
United States	The Bank of New York Mellon
Uruguay	Banco Itaú Uruguay S.A.
Venezuela	Citibank N.A.
Vietnam	HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd
Zambia	Barclays Bank of Zambia Ltd
Zimbabwe	Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd

	Global
	Safekeeping Fee	Transaction Fee5
Countries	*(in basis points)6	(U.S. Dollars)
Argentina	17.00	55
Australia	1.50	25
Austria	3.00	40
Bahrain	50.00	140
Bangladesh	50.00	145
Belgium	2.50	35
Bermuda	17.00	70
Botswana	50.00	140
Brazil	12.00	30
Bulgaria	30.00	85
Canada	1.00	10
Chile	20.00	80
China “A” Shares	15.00	80
China “B” Shares	15.00	60
Colombia	50.00	95
Costa Rica	14.00	65
Croatia	25.00	70
Cyprus	15.00	35
Czech Republic	18.00	50
Denmark	2.00	35
Ecuador	30.00	55
Egypt	30.00	85
Estonia	10.00	60
Euromarket/Euroclear7	1.00	10
Euromarket/Clearstream	1.00	10
Finland	3.50	35
France	2.00	30
Germany	1.50	25

*Third Party Foreign Exchange Settlements*
$70 per non-USD currency movement

*Minimum charges imposed by Agent Banks/Local Administrators*
Brazil - 15 basis points for annual administrative charges

Colombia - USD $600 per month minimum administration charge
Ecuador - USD $800 monthly minimum per relationship
Egypt - USD $400 monthly minimum per relationship

*Additional Charges*
Local taxes, stamp duties or other assessments, including stock exchange fees, postage and
insurance for shipping, facsimile reporting, extraordinary telecommunications fees or other unusual
expenses, which are unique to a country in which the Funds are investing.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	Each of the registered investment companies or series thereof listed on Schedule II to the Custody Agreement

By: /s/ Mary Jean Milner	By: /s/ Richard A. Novak
Name: Mary Jean Milner	Name: Richard A. Novak
Title: Vice President	Title: Treasurer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	EACH OF THE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES OR SERIES THEREOF LISTED ON SCHEDULE II TO THE AGREEMENT


By: /s/ Armando Fernandez	By: /s/ Lori A. Hensler
Name: Armando Fernandez	Name: Lori A. Hensler
Title: Vice President/Managing Director	Title: Treasurer for the Funds

Accepted and Agreed:
Federated Investment Management Company		The Bank of New York Mellon


By: /s/ John B. Fisher		By: /s/ Edward G. McGann
Name: John B. Fisher		Name: Edward G. McGann
Title: President		Title: Managing Director
Date: April 26, 2018		Date: April 24, 2018

FX Program Selection Form - For Asset Owner to complete
We understand that The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”) offers two standard pricing options for custody related Foreign Exchange (FX): (1) the Session Range Program; and (2) the Defined Spread Program. There is an additional alternative pricing option called FX Benchmark Pricing which applies to developed market currencies only as defined in its latest Program Description. We understand that if we do not specifically select the Defined Spread Program or the FX Benchmark Pricing option, or fail to execute an FX Program Election Form, any custody related foreign exchange instructions we send will be priced either in accordance with another arrangement to which we and BNY Mellon have agreed or if no such agreement has occured, such instructions will be priced in accordance with BNY Mellon's then-applicable default program for handling such instructions. Currently, Session Range is the default program for handling such instructions. If we have any questions concerning BNY Mellon’s FX pricing options, we shall contact our Relationship Manager. We are instructing BNY Mellon to price FX transactions involving the currency pairs as specified below (please select one of the following): For FX transactions involving two Developed Market currencies:
Developed Market currencies mean each of the following (ISO Codes): AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, MXN, NOK, NZD, PLN, RON, SEK, SGD, TRY, USD , ZAR.
Please select the service offering to apply to custody related FX	FX Benchmark Pricing
https://workbench.bnymellon.com/reference/wb_reference.jsp#mfep	Fixing Time 4:00 PM EST (20L – London Close)
We, the undersigned Customer, have received the latest version of the FX Benchmark Pricing Program Description available at the above web link. We are directly dealing with you, BNY Mellon, on our own behalf and/or have appointed one or more investment advisers or investment managers (a “Manager”) as our agents to deal with you, as we have notified you in writing from time to time. We on our own behalf agree that each Customer identified as part of this set up form will engage in FX Transactions with you under the FX Benchmark Pricing Program (as described in the Program Description), for those trade requests identified in the Program Description. We understand that in addition to this form, we (if applicable) may have to sign other administrative forms to participate in the service.
For FX transactions involving one or more Emerging Market currencies:
Emerging Market currencies mean any other currency that is not a Developed Market currency.
Please select the service offering to apply to custody related FX	Session Range (Default)
We, the undersigned Customer, have received the latest version of the Session Range Program Description available at the above web link. We are directly dealing with you, BNY Mellon, on our own behalf and/or have appointed one or more investment advisers or investment managers (a “Manager”) as our agents to deal with you, as we have notified you in writing from time to time. We on our own behalf agree that each Customer identified as part of this set up form will engage in FX Transactions with you under the Session Range Pricing Program (as described in the Program Description), for those trade requests identified in the Program Description. We understand that in addition to this form, we (if applicable) may have to sign other administrative forms to participate in the service.
Federated Investment Management Company By: /s/ John B. Fisher
Please complete the Account List tab.	Title: Date:

Account Name	Account Number	Legal Entity Name
157877	FARF	FEDERATED ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND
557219	FEMDF	FEDERATED EMERGING MARKET DEBT FUND
385540	FGSVF	FEDERATED GLOBAL STRATEGIC VALUE DIVIDEND FUND
557217	FGTRB	FEDERATED GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND
557218	FIBSP	FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL BOND STRATEGY PORTFOLIO
557242	FIDSP	FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND STRATEGY PORTFOLIO
557220	FILF	FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND




By:/s/ John B. Fisher
Name: John B. Fisher
Title: President
Date: April 26, 2018

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY		BY EACH OF THE FEDERATED FUNDS SET FORTH ON EXHIBIT A (OTHER THAN COLLECTIVE TRUSTS), SEVERALLY AND NOT JOINTLY

By: /s/ Andrew Erickson		By: /s/Peter J. Germain

Name: Andrew Erickson		Name: Peter J. Germain

Title: Executive Vice President		Title: Chief Legal Officer

	T Shares codes will be added when they all become offered. Exhibit A FUNDS June 1, 2020
DATE: added to the contract.	REGISTRANT NAME	SERIES NAME (If applicable)	Transfer Agent Fund Number	Class
7/1/2004	Federated Adjustable Rate Securities
		FEDERATED ADJUSTABLE RATE SECS	96	SS
		FEDERATED ADJUSTABLE RATE SECS	325	IS
8/31/2017	Federated Adviser Series
		FEDERATED EMERGING MARKKETS EQUITY FUND	813	IS
		FEDERATED HERMES GLOBAL EQUITY FUND	934	IS
		FEDERATED HERMES GLOBAL SMALL CAP FUND	939	IS
		FEDERATED HERMES INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND	443	IS
		FEDERATED HERMES SDG ENGAGEMENT EQUITY FUND	431	A
		FEDERATED HERMES SDG ENGAGEMENT EQUITY	441	IS
		FEDERATED HERMES SDG ENGAGEMENT HY CREDIT FUND	669	IS
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND	713	A
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND	714	C
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND	717	IS
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND	718	R6
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND	728	IS
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	426	IS
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	428	SS
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	429	R6
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	419	A
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	420	B
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	422	C
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP VALUE FUND	425	R


	Federated Core Trust:
3/21/2016		EMERGING MARKETS CORE FUND	812
8/16/2010		FEDERATED BANK LOAN CORE FUND	850
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MORTGAGE CORE PORT	938
7/1/2004		HIGH-YIELD BOND PORTFOLIO	871
	Federated Core Trust III:
3/1/2008		FEDERATED PROJECT AND TRADE FINANCE CORE FUND	148

	Federated Equity Funds:
12/1/2008		FEDERATED CLOVER SMALL VALUE FUND	639	A
		FEDERATED CLOVER SMALL VALUE FUND	658	C
		FEDERATED CLOVER SMALL VALUE FUND	659	IS
		FEDERATED CLOVER SMALL VALUE FUND	670	R
		FEDERATED CLOVER SMALL VALUE FUND	539	R6
12/1/2008		FEDERATED GLOBAL STRATEGIC VALUE DIV	436	C
		FEDERATED GLOBAL STRATEGIC VALUE DIV	437	IS
		FEDERATED GLOBAL STRATEGIC VALUE DIV	438	R6
		FEDERATED GLOBAL STRATEGIC VALUE DIV	435	A
3/1/2008		FEDERATED INTL STRATEGIC VAL DIV FUND	432	A
		FEDERATED INTL STRATEGIC VAL DIV FUND	433	C
		FEDERATED INTL STRATEGIC VAL DIV FUND	434	IS
		FEDERATED INTL STRATEGIC VAL DIV FUND	466	R6
7/1/2004		FEDERATED KAUFMANN FUND	66	A
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN FUND	67	B
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN FUND	70	C
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN FUND	74	R
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN FUND	123	IS
9/17/2007		FEDERATED KAUFMANN LARGE CAP FUND	352	A
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN LARGE CAP FUND	353	C
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN LARGE CAP FUND	355	IS
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN LARGE CAP FUND	354	R
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN LARGE CAP FUND	401	R6
7/1/2004		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	163	IS
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	146	R6
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	757	A
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	758	B
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	759	C
		FEDERATED KAUFMANN SMALL CAP FUND	154	R
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MDT MID CAP GROWTH FUND	677	A
		FEDERATED MDT MID CAP GROWTH FUND	650	C
		FEDERATED MDT MID CAP GROWTH FUND	656	IS
		FEDERATED MDT MID CAP GROWTH FUND	679	R6
9/1/2008		FEDERATED PRUDENT BEAR FUND	409	A
		FEDERATED PRUDENT BEAR FUND	415	C
		FEDERATED PRUDENT BEAR FUND	418	IS
12/1/2004		FEDERATED STRATEGIC VALUE DIVIDEND	661	A
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC VALUE DIVIDEND	663	C
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC VALUE DIVIDEND	662	IS
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC VALUE DIVIDEND	251	R6
7/1/2004	Federated Equity Income Fund Inc.
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	34	R
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	629	B
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	241	C
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	326	A
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	849	IS
		FEDERATED EQUITY INCOME FUND	304	F
	Federated Fixed Income Securities, Inc.:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MUNI ULTRASHORT FUND	253	IS
		FEDERATED MUNI ULTRASHORT FUND	254	A
		FEDERATED MUNI ULTRASHORT FUND	230	R6
7/1/2004		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	652	B
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	382	C
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	383	F
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	381	A
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	414	R6
		FEDERATED STRATEGIC INCOME FUND	653	IS
6/1/2008	Federated Global Allocation Fund
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	373	B
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	608	C
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	894	R
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	232	R6
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	11	A
		FEDERATED GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND	879	IS
7/1/2004	Federated Government Income Securities, Inc.
		FEDERATED GOV INCOME SECURITIES	166	A
		FEDERATED GOV INCOME SECURITIES	171	C
		FEDERATED GOV INCOME SECURITIES	21	F
		FEDERATED GOV INCOME SECURITIES	615	IS
7/1/2004	Federated Government Income Trust
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST	36	IS
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST	102	SS

7/1/2004	Federated High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
		FEDERATED HIGH INCOME BOND FUND	630	B
		FEDERATED HIGH INCOME BOND FUND	492	R6
		FEDERATED HIGH INCOME BOND FUND	242	C
		FEDERATED HIGH INCOME BOND FUND	317	A
		FEDERATED HIGH INCOME BOND FUND	491	IS
7/1/2004	Federated High Yield Trust:
		FEDERATED HIGH YIELD TRUST	77	IS
		FEDERATED HIGH YIELD TRUST	113	A
		FEDERATED HIGH YIELD TRUST	120	C
		FEDERATED HIGH YIELD TRUST	430	R6
		FEDERATED HIGH YIELD TRUST	38	SS
12/1/2015		FEDERATED EQUITY ADVANTAGE FUND	121	A
		FEDERATED EQUITY ADVANTAGE FUND	122	IS
	Federated Income Securities Trust:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	312	A
		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	631	B
		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	244	C
		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	374	F
		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	300	R
		FEDERATED CAPITAL INCOME FUND	830	IS
9/1/2004		FEDERATED FLTG RATE STR INCOME FUND	701	R6
		FEDERATED FLTG RATE STR INCOME FUND	693	IS
		FEDERATED FLTG RATE STR INCOME FUND	112	C
		FEDERATED FLTG RATE STR INCOME FUND	687	A
7/1/2004		FEDERATED FUND U.S. GOV SECURITIES	601	B
		FEDERATED FUND U.S. GOV SECURITIES	238	C
		FEDERATED FUND U.S. GOV SECURITIES	309	A
		FEDERATED FUND U.S. GOV SECURITIES	614	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INTERM CORP BOND FUND	303	IS
		FEDERATED INTERM CORP BOND FUND	348	SS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MUNI & STOCK ADVT FUND	888	B
		FEDERATED MUNI & STOCK ADVT FUND	887	A
		FEDERATED MUNI & STOCK ADVT FUND	889	C
		FEDERATED MUNI & STOCK ADVT FUND	901	F
		FEDERATED MUNI & STOCK ADVT FUND	876	IS
12/1/2005		FEDERATED REAL RETURN BOND FUND	183	A
		FEDERATED REAL RETURN BOND FUND	184	C
		FEDERATED REAL RETURN BOND FUND	185	IS
7/18/2004		FEDERATED SHORT-TERM INCOME FUND	292	R6
		FEDERATED SHORT-TERM INCOME FUND	65	IS
		FEDERATED SHORT-TERM INCOME FUND	638	Y
		FEDERATED SHORT-TERM INCOME FUND	607	A
	Federated Index Trust:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MAX-CAP INDEX FUND	39	IS
		FEDERATED MAX-CAP INDEX FUND	895	R
		FEDERATED MAX-CAP INDEX FUND	281	SS
		FEDERATED MAX-CAP INDEX FUND	867	C
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MID-CAP INDEX FUND	156	R6
		FEDERATED MID-CAP INDEX FUND	153	IS
		FEDERATED MID-CAP INDEX FUND	151	SS
	Federated Institutional Trust
7/1/2004		FEDERATED GOV ULTRASHORT DUR FUND	969	SS
		FEDERATED GOV ULTRASHORT DUR FUND	891	A
		FEDERATED GOV ULTRASHORT DUR FUND	840	R6
		FEDERATED GOV ULTRASHORT DUR FUND	626	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INSTL HIGH YIELD BOND FUND	900	IS
		FEDERATED INSTL HIGH YIELD BOND FUND	221	R6
6/1/2005		FEDERATED SH-INT TOTAL RETURN BOND	114	A
		FEDERATED SH-INT TOTAL RETURN BOND	63	IS
		FEDERATED SH-INT TOTAL RETURN BOND	107	SS
		FEDERATED SH-INT TOTAL RETURN BOND	127	R6
	Federated Hermes Insurance Series
7/1/2004		FEDERATED HERMES MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND II	333	A
		FEDERATED HERMES MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND II	403	C
		FEDERATED HERMES FUND U.S. GOV SECURITIES II	334	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED HERMES HIGH INCOME BOND II	250	S
		FEDERATED HERMES HIGH INCOME BOND II	336	P
7/1/2004		FEDERATED HERMES KAUFMANN FUND II	953	P
		FEDERATED HERMES KAUFMANN FUND II	957	S
7/1/2004		FEDERATED HERMES GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND II	330	S
		FEDERATED HERMES GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND II	402	P
7/1/2004		FEDERATED HERMES QUALITY BOND II	921	P
		FEDERATED HERMES QUALITY BOND II	929	S
	Federated International Series, Inc.:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN BOND FD	152	IS
		FEDERATED GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN BOND FD	240	C
		FEDERATED GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN BOND FD	316	A
	Federated Investment Series Funds, Inc.:
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	641	A
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	642	B
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	643	C
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	655	IS
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	671	R6
		FEDERATED BOND FUND	198	F
	Federated Managed Pool Series:
12/1/2005		FEDERATED CORPORATE BOND STRATEGY PORTFOLIO	157
12/1/2005		FEDERATED HIGH-YIELD STRATEGY PORTFOLIO	744
12/1/2005		FEDERATED INTL BOND STRATEGY PORT	742
12/1/2014		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL DIV STRATEGY	569
12/1/2005		FEDERATED MORTGAGE STRATEGY PORT	743
	Federated MDT Series:
7/31/2006		FEDERATED MDT ALL CAP CORE FUND	210	A
		FEDERATED MDT ALL CAP CORE FUND	224	C
		FEDERATED MDT ALL CAP CORE FUND	226	IS
		FEDERATED MDT ALL CAP CORE FUND	233	R6
7/31/2006		FEDERATED MDT BALANCED FUND	285	A
		FEDERATED MDT BALANCED FUND	296	C
		FEDERATED MDT BALANCED FUND	297	IS
		FEDERATED MDT BALANCED FUND	314	R6
7/31/2006		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND	265	A
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND	271	B
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND	267	C
		FEDERATED MDT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND	269	IS
7/31/2006		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP CORE FUND	237	A
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP CORE FUND	245	C
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP CORE FUND	255	IS
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP CORE FUND	223	R6
7/31/2006		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND	282	A
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND	283	C
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND	284	IS
		FEDERATED MDT SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND	231	R6
	Federated Municipal Bond Fund, Inc:
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC.	141	IS
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC.	375	F
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC.	602	B
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC.	243	C
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND INC.	384	A
	Federated Municipal Securities Income Trust:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MICHIGAN INTERM MUNICIPAL TRUST	145	A
		FEDERATED MICHIGAN INTERM MUNICIPAL TRUST	622	IS
6/1/2006		FEDERATED MUNI HIGH YIELD ADVT FUND	310	F
		FEDERATED MUNI HIGH YIELD ADVT FUND	214	C
		FEDERATED MUNI HIGH YIELD ADVT FUND	167	A
		FEDERATED MUNI HIGH YIELD ADVT FUND	170	B
		FEDERATED MUNI HIGH YIELD ADVT FUND	380	IS
		FEDERATED OHIO MUNI INCOME	164	A
		FEDERATED OHIO MUNI INCOME	313	F
		FEDERATED OHIO MUNI INCOME	623	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNI INCOME	311	A
		FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNI INCOME	673	IS
7/1/2004	Federated Short-Intermediate Duration Municipal Trust
		FEDERATED SH-INT DUR MUNI TRUST	291	A
		FEDERATED SH-INT DUR MUNI TRUST	24	IS
		FEDERATED SH-INT DUR MUNI TRUST	289	SS
7/1/2004	Federated Total Return Government Bond Fund
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVT BOND FUND	234	R6
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVT BOND FUND	648	SS
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVT BOND FUND	647	IS

	Federated Total Return Series, Inc.:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED SELECT TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	835	IS
		FEDERATED SELECT TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	837	SS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	328	IS
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	288	SS
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	893	R
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	225	R6
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	404	A
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	405	B
		FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND	406	C
7/1/2004		FEDERATED ULTRASHORT BOND FUND	218	A
		FEDERATED ULTRASHORT BOND FUND	838	SS
		FEDERATED ULTRASHORT BOND FUND	108	IS
		FEDERATED ULTRASHORT BOND FUND	344	R6
7/1/2004	Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 1-3 Years:
		FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 1-3	100	SS
		FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 1-3	79	Y
		FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 1-3	9	IS
7/1/2004	Federated U.S. Government Securities Fund: 2-5 Years:	FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 2-5	192	SS
		FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 2-5	896	R
		FEDERATED U.S. GOV SECS 2-5	47	IS
	Federated World Investment Series, Inc.:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED EMERGING MARKET DEBT FUND	831	IS
		FEDERATED EMERGING MARKET DEBT FUND	609	A
		FEDERATED EMERGING MARKET DEBT FUND	611	C
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	103	A
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	104	B
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	105	C
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	119	IS
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	106	R
		FEDERATED INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FUND	110	R6
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INTL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND	695	A
		FEDERATED INTL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND	697	C
		FEDERATED INTL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND	682	IS
7/1/2004	Intermediate Municipal Trust
		FEDERATED INTERM MUNI TRUST	78	SS
		FEDERATED INTERM MUNI TRUST	739	IS
	Money Market Obligations Trust:
7/1/2004		FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNI CASH TRUST	80	SS
		FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNI CASH TRUST	800	WS
		FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNI CASH TRUST	280	CII
		FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNI CASH TRUST	809	CAP
		FEDERATED CALIFORNIA MUNI CASH TRUST	810	CS
12/1/2004		FEDERATED CAPITAL RESERVES FUND	806
7/1/2004		FEDERATED GEORGIA MUNICIPAL CASH TRUST	651
7/1/2004		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	386	CS
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	385	CII
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	805	CAP
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	158	ADM
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	117	PRM
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	5	IS
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	703	TR
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	395	SS
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	7	R
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS FUND	484	AVR
7/1/2004		FEDERATED GOVT OBLIGATIONS TAX-MGD FD	613	AS
		FEDERATED GOVT OBLIGATIONS TAX-MGD FD	636	IS
		FEDERATED GOVT OBLIGATIONS TAX-MGD FD	637	SS
12/1/2004		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT RESERVES FUND	970	A
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT RESERVES FUND	971	B
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT RESERVES FUND	972	C
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT RESERVES FUND	807	P
		FEDERATED GOVERNMENT RESERVES FUND	973	F
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MASSACHUSETTS MUNI CASH TR	823	CS
		FEDERATED MASSACHUSETTS MUNI CASH TR	51	WS
		FEDERATED MASSACHUSETTS MUNI CASH TR	87	SS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL MMKT MGMT	136	CAP
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL MMKT MGMT	349	EAG
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL MMKT MGMT	58	IS
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL MMKT MGMT	219	SS
		FEDERATED INSITUTIONAL PRIME OBLIGATIONS FUND	10	IS
		FEDERATED INSITUTIONAL PRIME OBLIGATIONS FUND	143	CAP
		FEDERATED INSITUTIONAL PRIME OBLIGATIONS FUND	396	SS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	858	CAP
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	821	CS
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	820	CII
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	852	WS
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	839	IV
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	855	SS
		FEDERATED MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS FUND	833	AS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED NEW YORK MUNI CASH TRUST	878	CS
		FEDERATED NEW YORK MUNI CASH TRUST	12	SS
		FEDERATED NEW YORK MUNI CASH TRUST	825	WS
		FEDERATED NEW YORK MUNI CASH TRUST	111	CII
7/1/2004		FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNI CASH TR	8	SS
		FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNI CASH TR	150	CS
		FEDERATED PENNSYLVANIA MUNI CASH TR	644	WS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	857	CAP
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	911	CII
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	851	WS
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	854	SS
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	909	AS
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	914	R
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	913	CS
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	915	TR
		FEDERATED PRIME CASH OBLIGATIONS FD	485	AVR
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL PRIME VAL OBL	859	CAP
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL PRIME VAL OBL	853	IS
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL PRIME VAL OBL	856	SS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED TAX-FREE OBLIGATIONS FUND	15	WS
		FEDERATED TAX-FREE OBLIGATIONS FUND	397	SS
		FEDERATED TAX-FREE OBLIGATIONS FUND	486	AVR
7/1/2004		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TX-FREE CSH TR	42	IS
		FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TX-FREE CSH TR	73	PRM
7/1/2004		FEDERATED TREASURY OBLIGATIONS FUND	115	AS
		FEDERATED TREASURY OBLIGATIONS FUND	862	CAP
		FEDERATED TREASURY OBLIGATIONS FUND	68	IS
		FEDERATED TREASURY OBLIGATIONS FUND	398	SS
		FEDERATED TREASURY OBLIGATIONS FUND	702	TR
7/1/2004		FEDERATED TR FOR U.S. TRSY OBLIGATIONS	54	CS
		FEDERATED TR FOR U.S. TRSY OBLIGATIONS	52	CII
		FEDERATED TR FOR U.S. TRSY OBLIGATIONS	59	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED U.S. TREASURY CASH RSV	632	SS
		FEDERATED U.S. TREASURY CASH RSV	125	IS
7/1/2004		FEDERATED VIRGINIA MUNI CASH TRUST	287	SS
		FEDERATED VIRGINIA MUNI CASH TRUST	898	CS
		COLLECTIVE TRUSTS
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	4	ISP
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	25	RP
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	26	SP
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	27	YP
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	35	R6P
		CAPITAL PRESERVATION FUND	40	IP
		INSTITUTIONAL FIXED INCOME FUND	45

State Street Bank and Trust Company		By each of the Federated Funds Set forth on Exhibit A.


By: /s/ Andrew Erickson		By: /s/ Peter J. Germain
Name: Andrew Erickson		Name: Peter J. Germain
Title: Executive Vice President		Title: Secretary

EACH OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANIES LISTED ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO	STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: Lori A. Hensler	By: /s/ Andrew Erickson
Name: Lori A. Hensler	Name: Andrew Erickson
Title: Treasurer	Title: Executive Vice President

EACH OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANIES LISTED ON EXHIBIT A TO THE AGREEMENT		STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By: /s/ Lori A. Hensler		By: /s/ Andrew Erickson
Name: Lori A. Hensler		Name: Andrew Erickson
Title: Treasurer		Title: Executive Vice President

Address: 4000 Ericsson Drive		Address: One Lincoln Street
Warrendale, PA 15086-1561		Boston, MA 02111

Date: March 6, 2018		Date: June 26, 2018

Federated Entity	State Street Entity	Agreement	Agreement Date
Each Fund listed on Appendix A	State Street Bank and Trust Company	Financial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement (Federated Funds)	March 1, 2011
Each management investment company identified on Appendix A	State Street Bank and Trust Company	Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement (Federated Funds)	March 1, 2017
Each Fund listed on Exhibit 1	State Street Bank and Trust Company	SSGX Master Agreement	August 20, 2018

Security Pricing Fee Rate Card
(per day per security)
Vendor	Asset Type	Asset Group	Daily Fee
StatPro (FRI)	Fixed	FOREIGN BOND	0.80
JP Morgan (Bear Stearns PricingDirect)	Derivatives	CR.DEFAULT SWAPS	4.00
		INT.RATE. SWAPS	0.50
		SWAPTION	1.00
	Fixed	CMO	2.00
		FHLMC	0.80
		FNMA	0.80
		FOREIGN BOND	0.80
		INTEREST ONLY BOND	0.80
		MORTGAGE RELATED	0.80
		CORPORATE BOND	0.40
		INFLATION INDEX	0.40
		PRINCIPAL ONLY BOND	0.40
		GNMA1	0.25
		GNMA2	0.25
		GOVERNMENT BOND	0.25
		TREASURY BILL	0.25
		TREASURY BOND	0.25
		TREASURY NOTE	0.25
IDC	Derivatives	FUTURE	0.15
		OPTION	0.15
		SWAPTIONS	0.10
	Equity	FOREIGN STOCK	0.50
		EQUITY(COMMON STOCK)	0.15
		MUTUAL FUND	0.15
		PREFERRED STOCK	0.15
		RIGHT	0.15
		WARRANTS	0.15
	Fixed	FOREIGN BOND	1.11
		MORTGAGE RELATED	0.89
		CONVERTIBLE BOND	0.56
		CORPORATE BOND	0.56
		DEMAND NOTE	0.56
		FHLMC	0.56
		FNMA	0.56
		GNMA1	0.56
		GNMA2	0.56
		GOVERNMENT BOND	0.56
		INFLATION INDEX	0.56
		INTEREST ONLY BOND	0.56
		PRINCIPAL ONLY BOND	0.56
		STEPPED BOND	0.56
		TREASURY BILL	0.56
		TREASURY BOND	0.56
		TREASURY NOTE	0.56
	Money Market	CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT	0.56
		COMMERCIAL PAPER	0.56
		MONEY MARKET	0.56
JJ Kenny	Money Market	MONEY MARKET	0.28
JJ Kenny	Muni	MUNICIPAL BOND	0.60
Markit Partners	Derivatives	Cr. Df. Swap In.Tranche	4.55
		Swaption on CDS	3.48
		Swaption on CDX	3.48
		CMBX Index Swap	2.27
		CDSwap Single Name ABS	2.27
		ABX Index Swap	2.27
		Volatility Swap	2.17
		Interest Rate Swaption	1.52
		Cr.Df.Swap Single Name	1.52
		Cr. Default Swap Index	1.52
		Swaption on IRS	1.45
		Option	1.27
		Index Option	1.27
		Equity Option	1.27
		Debt Option	1.27
		Total Return Swap	1.14
		FX / Currency Option	0.99
		Zero Coupon IR Swap	0.99
		Currency Swap	0.61
		Interest Rate Swap	0.61
Muller (IDC)	Fixed	CORPORATE BOND	0.56
		DEMAND NOTE	0.56
		FHLMC	0.56
		FNMA	0.56
		FOREIGN BOND	1.11
		GOVERNMENT BOND	0.56
		MORTGAGE RELATED	0.89
		TREASURY BILL	0.56
		TREASURY BOND	0.56
		TREASURY NOTE	0.56
	Money Market	CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT	0.56
		COMMERCIAL PAPER	0.56
		MONEY MARKET	0.56
		TIME DEPOSITS	0.56
	Muni	MUNICIPAL BOND	0.61
Reuters	Derivatives	FUTURE/OPTIONS	0.10
	Derivatives	FUTURE/OPTIONS	0.10
	Equity	EQUITY(COMMON STOCK)	0.08
		FOREIGN STOCK	0.10
		PREFERRED STOCK	0.08
		WARRANTS	0.08
	Fixed	CONVERTIBLE BOND	0.50
		CORPORATE BOND	0.30
		FHLMC	0.15
		FNMA	0.15
		FOREIGN BOND	0.40
		GNMA1	0.30
		GNMA2	0.30
		GOVERNMENT BOND	0.15
		INFLATION INDEX	0.10
		MORTGAGE RELATED	0.50
		TREASURY BILL	0.15
		TREASURY BOND	0.15
		TREASURY NOTE	0.15
	Money Market	MONEY MARKET	0.08

Portfolio Name	ID, Cusip or Ticker Symbol
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U771
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U763
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U755
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U615
Federated Hermes Intermediate Municipal Fund	458810108
Federated Hermes Intermediate Municipal Fund	458810603
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N865
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N857
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N840
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N832
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G408
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G507
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G606
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G879
Federated Hermes International Bond Strategy Portfolio	31421P308
Federated Hermes International Dividend Strategy Portfolio	31421P605
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U847
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U839
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U821
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U623
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U599
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U581
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U748
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U730
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U722
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U631
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172388
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172370
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172362
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N824
Federated Hermes Michigan Intermediate Municipal Fund	313923302
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C837
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C829
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C811
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C720
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C654
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923864
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923856
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923849
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923831
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923815
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913105
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913204
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913303
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913402
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913600
Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund	31417P866
Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund	31417P858
Federated Hermes Ohio Municipal Income Fund	313923823
Federated Hermes Ohio Municipal Income Fund	313923609
Federated Hermes Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund	313923708
Federated Hermes Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund	313923807
Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund	31423P108
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Fund	313907305
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Fund	313907107
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Fund	313907206

Portfolio Name	ID, Cusip or Ticker Symbol and Fund
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U771
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U763
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U755
Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Fund	31428U615
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Tax-Managed Fund	60934N856
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Tax-Managed Fund	60934N849
Federated Hermes Government Obligations Tax-Managed Fund	608919494
Federated Hermes Government Reserves Fund	608919205
Federated Hermes Government Reserves Fund	608919544
Federated Hermes Government Reserves Fund	608919536
Federated Hermes Government Reserves Fund	608919528
Federated Hermes Government Reserves Fund	908919510
Federated Hermes Intermediate Municipal Fund	458810108
Federated Hermes Intermediate Municipal Fund	458810603
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N865
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N857
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N840
Federated Hermes Global Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N832
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G408
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G507
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G606
Federated Hermes Global Total Return Bond Fund	31420G879
Federated Hermes International Bond Strategy Portfolio	31421P308
Federated Hermes International Dividend Strategy Portfolio	31421P605
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U847
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U839
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U821
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U623
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U599
Federated Hermes International Leaders Fund	31428U581
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U748
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U730
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U722
Federated Hermes International Small-Mid Company Fund	31428U631
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172388
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172370
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	314172362
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Dividend Fund	31421N824
Federated Hermes Michigan Intermediate Municipal Fund	313923302
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C837
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C829
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C811
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C720
Federated Hermes Muni and Stock Advantage Fund	31420C654
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923864
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923856
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923849
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923831
Federated Hermes Municipal High Yield Advantage Fund	313923815
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913105
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913204
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913303
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913402
Federated Hermes Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.	313913600
Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund	31417P866
Federated Hermes Municipal Ultrashort Fund	31417P858
Federated Hermes Ohio Municipal Income Fund	313923823
Federated Hermes Ohio Municipal Income Fund	313923609
Federated Hermes Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund	313923708
Federated Hermes Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund	313923807
Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund	31423P108
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Trust	313907305
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Fund	313907107
Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Municipal Fund	313907206
Federated Hermes U.S. Treasury Cash Reserves	60934N682
Federated Hermes U.S. Treasury Cash Reserves	60934N674