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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 861469

Federated Hermes Index Trust

fund voting report, part of Federated Hermes

Vote records reported
10,431year to 30 June 2026
Against management
6.3%657 of 10,410 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.4%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
44.0%for, of for + against + abstain
92.7% for5.6% against1.7% other6.3% against management10,431 votes

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

Federated Hermes Index Trust reported 10,431 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 6.3% of its votes as cast against management (657 of 10,410), close to the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.6%. 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 93.4% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 44.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (36.2% of 177), CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (36.0% of 236) and OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (25.0% of 56).

It reported 295,283 shares out on loan at record dates, 0.43% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

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 share6.3%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate93.4%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate44.0%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.43%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 ELECTIONS7,6057,2192595.0%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES927824586.5%
AUDIT-RELATED87687500.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1821324936.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS454322.2%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE10910549.3%
COMPENSATION2852374714.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2382112736.0%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE564527.1%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE311303.2%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION212195.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES56134225.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202410,7205.9%93.5%32.3%
year to 30 June 202510,6455.3%94.0%30.8%
year to 30 June 202610,4316.3%93.4%44.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Federated Hermes Index Trust voted against management on 54 of the 864 it marked either way (6.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 380 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Federated Hermes Index Trust voted for 165 (43.4%). 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
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Independent Board Chair
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Adopt an Independent Chair
Bank of America Corporation4 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting independent board 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
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
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
Wells Fargo & Company28 Apr 2026Require Independent Board Chair
Amgen Inc.19 May 2026Stockholder proposal to require an independent board chairman.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company5 May 2026Require Independent Board Chair
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Morgan Stanley14 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting an independent Board Chairman
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29 May 2026Shareholder Proposal requesting an independent board chairman.
Intel Corporation13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting an enduring policy separating the Chair and CEO roles.
Comcast Corporation10 Jun 2026Adopt policy to have an independent chair
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,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting supermajority shareholder voting requirements be replaced with majority...
Starbucks Corporation25 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal requesting adoption of an independent board chair policy
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal Requiring Independent Board Chairman
Micron Technology, Inc.15 Jan 2026Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting

Shares on loan

Federated Hermes Index Trust reported 295,283 shares on loan at record dates against 68.2 million shares voted: 0.43% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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

2 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 Max-Cap Index Fund6,3266.2%94.4%41.8%
Federated Hermes Mid-Cap Index Fund4,1056.5%92.9%59.2%

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 Index Trust vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Federated Hermes Index Trust reported 882 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 824 were for (93.4%), 58 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 54 of the 864 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Federated Hermes Index Trust vote against management?

6.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 657 of the 10,410 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 Index Trust support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 56 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 4 of them (7.1%). Across every category it voted for 44.0% 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 Index Trust (filer no. 861469), 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.