AMENDMENT ONE DATED OCTOBER 1, 2020 TO INVESTMENT SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT for MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund
Exhibit D(160)
AMENDMENT ONE
DATED OCTOBER 1, 2020 TO
INVESTMENT SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
for MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund
WHEREAS, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) and Wellington Management Company, LLP (predecessor to Wellington Management Company LLP) (the “Subadviser”) entered into an Investment Subadvisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective as of December 6, 2011, relating to the MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund (the “Fund”); and
WHEREAS, MassMutual assigned the Agreement to its wholly-owned affiliate, MML Investment Advisers, LLC (“MML Advisers”), effective April 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, MML Advisers and the Subadviser desire to amend the compensation of the Subadviser as described in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 15 of the Agreement permits the Agreement to be amended by a written instrument approved in writing by both parties;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED THAT:
1. | Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Agreement. |
2. | Section 4 – Compensation of the Subadviser is replaced in its entirety with the following: |
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3. | Except as expressly amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect and are unchanged in all other respects. |
4. | This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers or other representatives as of the day and year first above written.
MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC | WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLP | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Vice President | Title: Managing Director |
Acknowledged and Agreed:
on behalf of MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: CFO and Treasurer |