AMENDMENT NUMBER 15 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NUMBER 15
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
This Amendment Number 15 (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement, by and between Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (formerly known as Hartford Investment Financial Services, LLC), The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc., The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc., and Hartford Schroders Opportunistic Income Fund on behalf each Fund listed on Schedule A (each a “Fund”), and is effective as of September 24, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into a Principal Underwriting Agreement dated as of January 1, 2013, as amended and restated August 7, 2013 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate Schedule A to reflect adding a new Fund, Hartford Schroders Diversified Emerging Markets Fund, as described herein and as approved by the Board of Directors/Trustees (the “Board”).
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Amended and Restated Schedule A attached hereto. |
| 2. | The changes to the Agreement reflected in this Amendment shall become effective as of the respective Effective Date reflected in this Amendment. |
| 3. | Except as amended by this Amendment and any previous amendment, the terms of the Agreement remain unchanged and may be further modified only by mutual written agreement of the parties and the approval of the Board. |
| 4. | This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto on any number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date first written above.
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The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc.
By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Secretary and Vice President |
The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Secretary and Vice President | |
| Hartford Schroders Opportunistic Income Fund
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Secretary and Vice President |
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| Agreed to and Accepted: | ||
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Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Title: Chief Financial Officer |
AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULE A
This Amended and Restated Schedule A to that certain Principal Underwriting Agreement dated January 1, 2013, as amended and restated August 7, 2013, is effective as of September 24, 2021.
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
Hartford AARP Balanced Retirement Fund
The Hartford Balanced Income Fund
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund
The Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
Hartford Climate Opportunities Fund
The Hartford Conservative Allocation Fund
Hartford Core Equity Fund
The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund
Hartford Emerging Markets Equity Fund
The Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund
The Hartford Equity Income Fund
The Hartford Floating Rate Fund
The Hartford Floating Rate High Income Fund
Hartford Global Impact Fund
The Hartford Global Real Asset Fund
The Hartford Growth Allocation Fund
The Hartford Healthcare Fund
The Hartford High Yield Fund
The Hartford Inflation Plus Fund
Hartford International Equity Fund
The Hartford International Growth Fund
The Hartford International Opportunities Fund
The Hartford International Value Fund
The Hartford MidCap Fund
The Hartford MidCap Value Fund
Hartford Moderate Allocation Fund
Hartford Multi-Asset Income Fund
The Hartford Municipal Opportunities Fund
Hartford Municipal Short Duration Fund
The Hartford Short Duration Fund
The Hartford Small Cap Value Fund
The Hartford Small Company Fund
The Hartford Strategic Income Fund
Hartford Sustainable Municipal Bond Fund
The Hartford Total Return Bond Fund
The Hartford World Bond Fund
THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS II, INC.
The Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund
Hartford Quality Value Fund
Hartford Schroders China A Fund
Hartford Schroders Diversified Emerging Markets Fund
Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund1
Hartford Schroders International Multi-Cap Value Fund
Hartford Schroders International Stock Fund
Hartford Schroders Sustainable Core Bond Fund1
Hartford Schroders Securitized Income Fund
Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond Fund
Hartford Schroders US MidCap Opportunities Fund
Hartford Schroders US Small Cap Opportunities Fund
The Hartford Small Cap Growth Fund
HARTFORD SCHRODERS OPPORTUNISTIC INCOME FUND
1 The current target effective date of this Fund is November 12, 2021. This Fund is the acquiring fund in a fund adoption/reorganization transaction and its registration statement on Form N-1A and the related proxy statement/prospectus on Form N-14 currently are under review by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission
