Sec Form 4 Filing - DONAHUE J CHRISTOPHER @ FEDERATED HERMES, INC. - 2020-09-25

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person DONAHUE J CHRISTOPHER 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FEDERATED HERMES, INC. [ FHI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman, President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) FEDERATED HERMES, INC., 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 09/25/2020 (Street) PITTSBURGH, PA15222-3779 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class B Common Stock 09/25/2020 J 156 ( 1 ) D $ 0 1,436,840 ( 2 ) D ( 3 ) Class B Common Stock 09/25/2020 J 1,010 ( 4 ) D $ 0 476,502 ( 4 ) ( 5 ) I Held indirectly by The John F. Donahue and Rhodora J. Donahue Joint Revocable Trust Class B Common Stock 154,296 ( 6 ) I Held indirectly by Comax Partners, L.P. (d/b/a The Beechwood Company, L.P.) Class B Common Stock 5,819 I Held indirectly by Rhodora J. Donahue Revocable Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other DONAHUE J CHRISTOPHER FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA15222-3779 X Chairman, President & CEO Signatures /s/ John D. Martini (Attorney-in-Fact) 09/28/2020 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )On or around September 25, 2020, the reporting person contributed 156 shares of Federated Hermes, Inc. Class B Common Stock ("FHI") to an entity in which the reporting person has a limited partnership interest (the "Contribution"). The reporting person did not receive any consideration for the Contribution and the Contribution did not involve any public sale of shares. ( 2 )On or around September 25, 2020, Comax Partners L.P. (d/b/a The Beechwood Company, L.P.) ("Comax") made two separate distributions of shares of FHI to all of its limited partners on a pro-rata basis (the "Distributions"). The Distributions did not involve any public sale of shares. As a result of the Distributions, the number of shares of FHI directly owned by the reporting person increased by a total of 2,298 shares (156 and 2,142 respectively). ( 3 )The reporting person is not a controlling shareholder of AWOL, Inc. and does not have or share investment control over its portfolio securities. As such, the reporting person will no longer report an indirect interest in the shares of FHI held by AWOL, Inc. ( 4 )As a result of the Distributions described in Footnote 2, the number of shares of FHI owned by The John F. and Rhodora J. Donahue Joint Revocable Trust (the "JF/RJD Joint Trust"), in which the reporting person has an indirect interest, increased by a total of 14,813 shares (1,010 and 13,803 respectively). On or around September 25, 2020, the JF/RJD Joint Trust contributed 1,010 shares of FHI to an entity in which the JF/RJD Joint Trust has a limited partnership interest. The JF/RJD Joint Trust did not receive any consideration for the contribution and the contribution did not involve any public sale of shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of FHI held by the JF/RJD Joint Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. ( 5 )The 5,819 shares of FHI previously owned by the John F. Donahue Revocable Trust, in which the reporting person had an indirect interest, have been transferred to the JF/RJD Joint Trust, in which the reporting person also has an indirect interest. The transfer did not involve any public sale of shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of FHI held by the JF/RJD Joint Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. ( 6 )As a result of the Distributions described in Footnote 2, the number of shares of FHI in which the reporting person has an indirect interest due to his interest in Comax decreased by 123,805 shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of FHI held by Comax except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks: The Power of Attorney dated April 24, 2014 is incorporated herein by reference.

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