secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FEDERATED HERMES, INC. (FHI)
CIK:        0001056288
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001056288-21-000019
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Federated Hermes to acquire remaining 29.5% stake in Hermes Fund Managers for £116.5M
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- Purchase price of £116.5M (~$161.5M) for BTPS's 29.5% interest; HFML valuation set at £394.9M.
- Closing expected Aug 31, 2021; funded via cash on hand and existing credit facility.
- BTPS remains a significant client with $12.0B AUM in Federated Hermes products post-closing.
- Employee benefit trust continues to hold approx 10% of HFML for management and key employees.
- HFML AUM grew to £43.9B since acquisition of majority interest in 2018.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056288/000105628821000019/0001056288-21-000019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056288/000105628821000019/fhi-20210818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001056288-21-000019

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