[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 38445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13715]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 34621; 812-15334]


Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund and 
Federated Investment Management Company

June 22, 2022.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 
18(a)(2), 18(c) and 18(i) of the Act and for an order pursuant to 
section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.

Summary of Application:  Applicants request an order to permit certain 
registered closed-end management investment companies to issue multiple 
classes of shares of beneficial interest with varying sales loads and 
to impose asset-based distribution and/or service fees.

Applicants:  Federated Hermes Project and Trade Finance Tender Fund 
(the ``Trust''), and Federated Investment Management Company (the 
``Advisor'').

Filing Date:  The application was filed on May 13, 2022.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the Commission's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the 
relevant Applicant with a copy of the request by email, if an email 
address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by 
mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below.
    Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. 
on July 18, 2022, and should be accompanied by proof of service on 
Applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate 
of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should 
state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: Peter 
J. Germain Esq., 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-
3779, Pablo J. Man, K&L Gates LLP, 1 Lincoln Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Asaf Barouk, Attorney-Advisor, or 
Terri G. Jordan, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of 
Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and condition, please refer to Applicants' application, dated 
May 13, 2022, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by 
searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an 
Applicant using the Company name search field, on the SEC's EDGAR 
system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at, at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You may also 
call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.
    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under 
delegated authority.

J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-13715 Filed 6-27-22; 8:45 am]
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