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Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund (FGSAX) proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Federated Hermes Equity Funds files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by Federated Hermes Equity Funds on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 6.5 MB)
TickersFGSAX (Class A Shares), FGSCX (Class C Shares), FGSKX (Class R6 Shares), FGSIX (Institutional Shares) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. Counted by this fund’s own filing alone, 2 of its 26 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 95.2% of the time across 105 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Corporate governance | 18 | 15 | 83.3% |
| Other social issues | 3 | 0 | 0% |
On 10 of the 1,280 ballot items in its filing, 1 of them shareholder proposals, part of this fund’s shares was cast a different way from the rest: 10,776,900 shares in all, 1.75% of the shares it voted. Every figure here counts the way most of its shares were cast.
Its filing lists 10 ballot items, 1 of them shareholder proposals, more than once, with different share counts (20 rows in all): parts of this fund’s shares were voted separately. Each such item is counted once here, with all of its shares, the way most of them were cast.
Ballots it voted
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Regarding Food Waste Reporting.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 396,894 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Food Waste Reporting.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
DocuSign, Inc. · 1 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
To report on the risks of non-fiduciary executive compensation metrics
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 1,268,100 shares
“A stockholder proposal to report on the risks of non-fiduciary executive compensation metrics, if properly presented at the meeting”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Albertsons assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 396,894 shares
“Stockholder Proposal for a Report on Human Rights Policy and Human Rights Due Diligence.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Fastenal Company · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Fastenal publish the workforce breakdown it already files with the government?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its EEO-1 report — the table of employees by job category, race and sex that it is already required to submit to federal regulators — instead of keeping it confidential.
FOR Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 461,882 shares
“Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual meeting.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Lululemon Athletica Inc. · 25 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should every Lululemon Athletica director face election every year?
Shareholders asked the company to end its staggered board, so that all directors stand for election annually rather than once every three years.
FOR Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 1,079,198 shares; the filing records 1,077,690 more cast another way on this item
“Advisory vote to approve a stockholder proposal regarding declassification of the Board of Directors so that all directors are elected annually for one-year terms.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
American Airlines Group Inc. · 10 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should American Airlines Group’s shareholders be able to act without waiting for a meeting?
Shareholders asked for the right to act by written consent — to approve a measure once holders of enough shares agree in writing, instead of waiting for the company to schedule a meeting.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 1,813,001 shares
“Advisory vote on stockholder proposal for stockholder right to act by written consent, if properly presented”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Albertsons Companies, Inc. · 7 August 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
For a Report on Risks of State Policies on Reproductive Health Care.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 396,894 shares
“Stockholder Proposal for a Report on Risks of State Policies on Reproductive Health Care.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation · 23 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Social
Should Booz Allen Hamilton Holding disclose the politics its money pays for?
Shareholders asked the company to publish its political spending — direct contributions and money routed through trade associations and other third parties — and whether that spending matches the values the company states publicly.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Mid Cap Growth Fund voted with 202,460 shares
“Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on political spending.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009733 · open the filing
Other funds Federated Hermes Equity Funds votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.