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Insurance  Value  Holder  ID CUSIP/IDENTIFIER                                                                                                    Federated Hermes, Inc. Total  Transaction 1234567890/1234567890 1234567890/1234567890 1234567890/1234567890 1234567890/1234567890 1234567890/1234567890 1234567890/1234567890 Certificate  Numbers                                                                                                                                                                                               transferable on the books of Federated Hermes, Inc. in person or by duly authorized                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. The shares represented hereby are issued and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   shall be held subject to the provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation and Restated By-Laws of the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Corporation and all amendments thereto, to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   shall not be valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In Witness Whereof,                                                                        the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed in its name by its proper officers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and to be sealed with its Seal.                                                                                      12345678  123456789012345                                                                         Num/No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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. FEDERATED HERMES, INC. WILL FURNISH TO ANY SHAREHOLDER UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE, A FULL OR SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS, TERMS, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK WHICH FEDERATED HERMES, INC. IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE AND, IF FEDERATED HERMES, INC. IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ANY CLASS IN SERIES, THE VARIATIONS IN THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES BETWEEN THE SHARES OF EACH SUCH SERIES SO FAR AS THE SAME HAVE BEEN FIXED AND DETERMINED AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTORS TO FIX AND DETERMINE THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF SUBSEQUENT SERIES. SUCH REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO FEDERATED HERMES, INC. AT ITS OFFICES AT 1001 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15222-3779. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE RESTATED BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION.     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full     according to applicable laws or regulations:       TEN COM    - as tenants in common                           UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -............................................Custodian ................................................                                                                                                      (Cust)                              (Minor)       TEN ENT    - as tenants by the entireties                                         under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act ........................................................                                                                                                                                          (State)       JT TEN     - as joint tenants with right of survivorship    UNIF TRF MIN ACT      -............................................Custodian (until age ................................)                                                                                                      (Cust)                                                                                         .............................under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act ...................                                                                                                (Minor)                                              (State)       Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.                                                                                               PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, ____________________________hereby sell, assign and transfer unto   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                               Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.  Dated: __________________________________________20__________________                                Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp                                                                                          THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks,                                                                                          Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED                                                                                          SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. Signature: ____________________________________________________________  Signature: ____________________________________________________________            Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name                    as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular,                    without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.