SERVICES AGREEMENTServices Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust • Pennsylvania
THIS AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of January 1, 2004 (this “Agreement”) between FEDERATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Adviser”), and FEDERATED ADVISORY SERVICES COMPANY, a Delaware statutory trust (“FASC”),
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENTFinancial Administration and Accounting Services Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT dated as of March 1, 2011 is made, severally and not jointly (except that the parties agree that the calculation required by Section XIII hereunder shall be joint and not several) by each of the investment companies listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”).
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENTAdministrative Services Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust • Pennsylvania
This Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services (the “Agreement”) is made, severally and not jointly, as of September 1, 2022, by each of the registered investment companies listed on Exhibit A hereto, each having its principal office and place of business at 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086 (collectively, the “Investment Company”), and FEDERATED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, a Delaware statutory trust, having its principal office and place of business at Federated Hermes Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779 (“FAS”). The Agreement amends and restates in its entirety that Third Amended and Restated Agreement for Administrative Services by and between the Investment Company and FAS dated September 1, 2021, as amended, (the “Superseded Agreement”).
CUSTODY AGREEMENTCustody Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2005 between the registered investment companies, on behalf of each Series of such registered investment companies, if any, listed on Schedule I to this Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time (each standalone registered investment company and each Series a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) and The Bank of New York, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business having its principal office and place of business at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286 (“Custodian” or “Bank”).
FEDERATED CORE TRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACTInvestment Advisory Contract • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
This Contract is made this 13th day of August, 2010, between Federated Investment Management Company, a Delaware business trust having its principal place of business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the "Adviser"), and Federated Core Trust, a Massachusetts business trust having its principal place of business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the “Trust”).
Services AgreementServices Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust • Massachusetts
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTSubadvisory Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust • Pennsylvania
This Subadvisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 3, 2016, among Federated Investment Management Company, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Adviser”), Federated Core Trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series portfolio, the Emerging Markets Core Fund (the “Fund”), and Federated Investors (UK) LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (“Subadviser”).
ContractMerger Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 19, 2022, between Federated Hermes Insurance Series, a statutory business trust organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, on behalf of its series Federated Hermes Managed Volatility Fund II (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Federated Hermes Core Trust, a statutory business trust organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, on behalf of its series identified on Schedule A, severally and not jointly (each, an “Acquired Fund” and together with the Acquiring Fund, the “Funds”).
ContractInvestment Company Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 19, 2022, between Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund, a statutory business trust organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts (the “Acquiring Fund”), and Federated Hermes Core Trust, a statutory business trust organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, on behalf of its series identified on Schedule A, severally and not jointly (each, an “Acquired Fund” and together with the Acquiring Fund, the “Funds”).
High-Yield Bond Portfolio (a portfolio of Federated Core Trust) Federated Investors Funds Pittsburgh, PA 15237-7000Exclusive Placement Agent Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the undersigned, High-Yield Bond Portfolio, a portfolio of Federated Core Trust (the “Trust”), an open-end diversified management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has agreed that Federated Securities Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (“FSC”), shall be the exclusive placement agent (the “Exclusive Placement Agent”) of beneficial interests (“Trust Interests”) of High-Yield Bond Portfolio.
Federated Core Trust, on behalf of its portfolio, Federated Emerging Markets Core Fund Federated Investors Funds Warrendale, PA 15086-7561 February 10, 2016Exclusive Placement Agent Agreement • February 28th, 2024 • Federated Hermes Core Trust
This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the undersigned Federated Emerging Markets Core Fund, a portfolio of Federated Core Trust (the “Trust”), an open-end diversified management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has agreed that Federated Securities Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (“FSC”), shall be the exclusive placement agent (the “Exclusive Placement Agent”) of beneficial interests (“Trust Interests”) of Federated Emerging Markets Core Fund.
