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Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund (QASGX) 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 MDT Series 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 MDT Series on 2026-08-27 · open the filing · vote table (proxytable.xml, 8.4 MB)
TickersQASGX (Class A Shares), QCSGX (Class C Shares), QISGX (Institutional Shares), QLSGX (Class R6 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, 1 of its 19 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 88.7% of the time across 203 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Ballots it voted
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 7 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Wolverine World Wide publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 165,596 shares
“Shareholder proposal regarding new climate change polices or practices.”
SourceFederated Hermes MDT Series, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001326 · series S000012973 · open the filing
Grindr Inc. · 30 July 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should an independent assessment check whether Grindr respects the right to organise?
Shareholders asked for an independent assessment of whether the company, in practice, respects the internationally recognised rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining — the ILO core standards the company already says it supports — across all of its operations.
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 211,785 shares
“Stockholder proposal regarding adoption of a human rights policy covering freedom of association and collective bargaining.”
SourceFederated Hermes MDT Series, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001326 · series S000012973 · open the filing
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · 22 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics
AGAINST Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 327,679 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Employee Retention Demographics”
SourceFederated Hermes MDT Series, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001326 · series S000012973 · open the filing
Lumen Technologies, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.
FOR Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 494,525 shares
“Approval of a shareholder proposal regarding a shareholder right to vote for or against a poison pill.”
SourceFederated Hermes MDT Series, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001326 · series S000012973 · open the filing
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. · 1 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs AMN Healthcare Services also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
FOR Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund voted with 88,456 shares
“A shareholder proposal entitled: ""Independent Board Chairman.""”
SourceFederated Hermes MDT Series, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001326 · series S000012973 · open the filing
Other funds Federated Hermes MDT Series 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.