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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1849998

Federated Hermes ETF Trust

fund voting report, part of Federated Hermes

Vote records reported
10,620year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.6%694 of 10,549 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
39.8%for, of for + against + abstain
91.3% for6.0% against2.7% other6.6% against management10,620 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

Federated Hermes ETF Trust reported 10,620 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.6% of its votes as cast against management (694 of 10,549), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.3%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 93.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 39.8% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (36.2% of 304), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (28.6% of 206) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (21.8% of 78).

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share6.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate93.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate39.8%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS7,3986,9792135.1%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES983862585.9%
AUDIT-RELATED94794100.1%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES2121614728.6%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS292813.4%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1301201012.4%
COMPENSATION3873166714.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE3092674236.2%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE650650.0%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE571561.8%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION252238.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES78195921.8%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20248805.3%96.4%20.2%
year to 30 June 20257,7676.0%93.2%22.6%
year to 30 June 202610,6206.6%93.7%39.8%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Federated Hermes ETF Trust voted against management on 36 of the 577 it marked either way (6.2%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 215 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Federated Hermes ETF Trust voted for 83 (38.6%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Amazon.com, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting a mandatory independent board chair policy
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Require Independent Board Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.19 May 2026Independent board chairman
Johnson & Johnson23 Apr 2026Independent Board Chair
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
AbbVie Inc.8 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - to Adopt a Policy to Require an Independent Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated1 Jun 2026If properly presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the shareholder proposal requesting the...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote to Adopt Policy for an Independent Chair.
Verizon Communications Inc.21 May 2026Independent board chair
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Gilead Sciences, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chair policy
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.9 Dec 2025To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding...
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
Mondelez International, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chairman policy
Booking Holdings Inc.2 Jun 2026Non-binding stockholder vote on a proposal to avoid brand damage due to corporate political spending.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION27 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY13 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding independent board chairman
PayPal Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal to Require Independent Board Chair
The Travelers Companies, Inc.20 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair

Shares on loan

Federated Hermes ETF Trust reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Fund series in this filing

7 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core ETF2,5906.7%93.6%63.6%
Federated Hermes MDT Market Neutral ETF2,1318.1%91.5%48.4%
Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Core ETF1,8266.6%95.1%39.8%
Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Value ETF1,5825.6%95.9%42.7%
Federated Hermes MDT Large Cap Growth ETF1,1538.4%94.4%36.6%
Federated Hermes U.S. Strategic Dividend ETF7023.8%98.0%36.4%
Federated Hermes Enhanced Income ETF6363.2%97.2%25.6%

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did Federated Hermes ETF Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Federated Hermes ETF Trust reported 920 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 862 were for (93.7%), 58 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 36 of the 577 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Federated Hermes ETF Trust vote against management?

6.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 694 of the 10,549 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did Federated Hermes ETF Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 65 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 0 of them (0.0%). Across every category it voted for 39.8% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of this filer on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by Federated Hermes ETF Trust (filer no. 1849998), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.