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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-7193
Federated Hermes Institutional Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Peter J. Germain, Esquire
Federated Hermes, Inc.
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 412-288-1900
Date of fiscal year end: Various, see below.
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2020 through 6/30/2021
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.
Registrant Name: Federated Hermes Institutional Trust
Fund Name: Federated Hermes Government Ultrashort Fund
(Fiscal Year End 05/31)
Registrant Name: Federated Hermes Institutional Trust
Fund Name: Federated Hermes Short-Intermediate Total Return Bond Fund
(Fiscal Year End 08/31)
There were no matters related to a portfolio security consideration at any shareholder meeting held during the period covered by this report and with respect to which the above-named funds were entitled to vote.
Registrant Name: Federated Hermes Institutional Trust
Fund Name: Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund
(Fiscal Year End 10/31)
| Issuer Name | Country | Meeting Date | Meeting Type | Record Date | Ticker | Security ID | Symbol Type | Ballot Issue Number | Proposal Text | Proponent | Mgmt Reco | Vote Cast | Fund Name |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 1.1 | Elect Richard J. Bressler | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 1.2 | Elect Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 2 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 3 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 4 | Approval of the 2021 Long-Term Incentive Award Plan | Mgmt | For | Against | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 1 | Elect Douglas E. Brooks | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 2 | Elect Samantha Holroyd | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 3 | Elect John D. Jacobi | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 4 | Elect N. John Lancaster, Jr. | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 5 | Elect Robert J. McNally | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 6 | Elect Cynthia L Walker | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 7 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 8 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.1 | Elect Joel Alsfine | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.2 | Elect Steven J. Collins | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.3 | Elect James G. Conroy | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.4 | Elect William S. Creekmuir | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.5 | Elect Sarah Dodds-Brown | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.6 | Elect Jennifer Fleiss | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.7 | Elect John A. Frascotti | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.8 | Elect James M. Harrison | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.9 | Elect Norman S. Matthews | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.10 | Elect Michelle Millstone-Shroff | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 1.11 | Elect Bradley M. Weston | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 2 | Amendment to the 2012 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Party City Holdco Inc. | United States | 6/10/2021 | Annual | 4/12/2021 | PRTY | 702149105 | CUSIP | 3 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.1 | Elect Janet L. Carrig | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.2 | Elect Susan M. Cunningham | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.3 | Elect Paul J. Korus | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.4 | Elect Kevin S. McCarthy | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.5 | Elect Lynn A. Peterson | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.6 | Elect Daniel J. Rice IV | Mgmt | For | Withhold | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 1.7 | Elect Anne Taylor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 2 | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 3 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| (Registrant) | Federated Hermes Institutional Trust |
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| By (Signature and Title) | /s/ J. Christopher Donahue |
| | J. Christopher Donahue |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
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| Date: | August 19, 2021 |
