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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: 811-2782
Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
(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: March 31
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2020 through 6/30/2021
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record.
Registrant Name: Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
Fund Name: Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc.
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 1.2 | Elect Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. | United States | 4/21/2021 | Annual | 3/1/2021 | IHRT | 45174J509 | CUSIP | 2 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 2 | Elect Samantha Holroyd | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| Oasis Petroleum Inc. | United States | 4/28/2021 | Annual | 3/5/2021 | OAS | 674215108 | CUSIP | 7 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| 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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| Whiting Petroleum Corporation | United States | 5/11/2021 | Annual | 3/16/2021 | WLL | 966387409 | CUSIP | 3 | Ratification of Auditor | Mgmt | For | For | Federated Hermes High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
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 High Income Bond Fund, Inc. |
| By (Signature and Title) | /s/ J. Christopher Donahue |
| J. Christopher Donahue | |
| Principal Executive Officer | |
| Date: |
August 19, 2021
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