SEC Form 4 · accession 0001318148-17-000021

FEDERATED HERMES, INC. · FHI

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Thomas R Donahue

Officer — VP, CFO & Treasurer · Director

Period of report

Jun 30, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Jul 5, 2017 · 8:03 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001056288

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class B Common Stock^F2,F3	Jun 30, 2017	J	1,573	$0.00	D	297,972	I	Held indirectly by The Beechwood Company, L.P.
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	645,544	D
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	655,550	I	Held indirectly by MaxFund Partners, L.P.
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	72	I	Held indirectly by 401(k) Plan
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	4,409	I	Held indirectly by spouse
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	82	I	Held indirectly by AWOL, Inc.
Class B Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	37,117	I	Held indirectly by J. Christopher Donahue as Custodian for minor children
Class B Common Stock^F4	holding	—	—		—	37,956	I	Held indirectly by immediate family member

Table II — derivative securities

No Table II lines on this filing.

Explanation of responses

F1The described transaction did not involve any public sale of shares and was done for family governance purposes. On June 30, 2017, The Beechwood Company, L.P. ("Beechwood") transferred shares of Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock to Richmond Farm, L.P. as part of a support agreement. Beechmax, Inc. ("Beechmax") is the sole general partner of Beechwood and the reporting person is a shareholder of Beechmax. The reporting person has a limited partnership interest in Beechwood.
F2As a result of the transaction, the number of shares of Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock in which the reporting person has an indirect interest due to his limited partnership interest in Beechwood will decrease by the amount indicated in Box 4.
F3The shares of Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock reported represent the reporting person's proportional beneficial interest (through his voting interest in the general partner) as shareholder of the general partner in shares of issuer securities held by Beechwood. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock held by Beechwood except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F4The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 152,178 shares of Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock owned by his son and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports. The reporting person continues to have a reportable beneficial interest in 37,956 shares of Federated Investors, Inc. Class B Common Stock owned by his daughter.

Remarks

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