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Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund (SVAAX) 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)
TickersSVAAX (Class A Shares), SVACX (Class C Shares), SVAIX (Institutional Shares), SVALX (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, 10 of its 42 shareholder proposals would sit under a different issue, or under none. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 97.3% of the time across 37 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Corporate governance | 19 | 11 | 57.9% |
| Other social issues | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Ballots it voted
Verizon Communications Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Verizon Communications 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 Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 6,525,946 shares
“Board oversight of material issues related to climate change”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
Mondelez International, Inc. · 20 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should Mondelez International report on the single-use plastic it puts into the world?
Shareholders asked for a report on how much single-use plastic packaging the company uses, the risks that creates as regulation tightens, and what it plans to do to reduce it.
AGAINST Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 2,237,450 shares
“Shareholder proposal requesting a report on objective evaluation of plastics packaging policies”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
Chevron Corporation · 27 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Chevron 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 Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 1,857,525 shares
“Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Processes”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
PepsiCo, Inc. · 6 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should PepsiCo 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 Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 1,419,275 shares
“Shareholder Proposal - Report on Human Rights Oversight.”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
The Coca-Cola Company · 29 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Coca-Cola publish what its inclusion policies actually do for its workforce?
Shareholders asked for a report on the company’s LGBTQIA+ equity and inclusion efforts within its human capital management strategy — what the policies are, how they are measured, and what they have changed for employees.
AGAINST Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 1,167,925 shares
“Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the extent of the Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
Bank of Montreal · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Regarding Executive Compensation Policy
AGAINST Federated Hermes Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 1,069,625 shares
“Shareholder Proposal Regarding Executive Compensation Policy”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
Pfizer Inc. · 23 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Pfizer 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 Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 10,011,020 shares
“Adopt an Independent Chair Policy”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · open the filing
Verizon Communications Inc. · 21 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Verizon Communications 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 Strategic Value Dividend Fund voted with 6,525,946 shares
“Independent board chair”
SourceFederated Hermes Equity Funds, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-27 · accession 0001623632-26-001305 · series S000009734 · 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.