AMENDMENT DATED DECEMBER 1, 2021 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT for MassMutual Premier Funds
Exhibit (h)(9)
AMENDMENT
DATED DECEMBER 1, 2021 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, MassMutual Premier Funds (the “Trust”) on behalf of each of its series listed on Exhibit B thereto (each a “Fund”) and MML Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Manager”) have entered into an Amended and Restated Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement dated as of April 1, 2014 (the “Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Manager wish to amend the Agreement as follows, pursuant to Article V, Section C:
The following hereby replaces, in its entirety, Article VI, Section F:
F. Notices. Any notice or other instrument in writing authorized or required by this Agreement to be given to either party hereto will be sufficiently given if addressed to such party and mailed or delivered to it at its office at the address set forth below (or at such other place as a party shall notify to the other in accordance with this Clause F from time to time):
(a) In the case of notices sent to the Trust to:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer |
(b) In the case of notices sent to the Manager to:
MML Investment Advisers, LLC
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
In the case of notices sent to either party, a copy shall also be sent to:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
The following hereby replaces, in its entirety, Exhibit B:
EXHIBIT B
COMPENSATION
Class I | Class R5 | Service Class |
Administrative Class |
Class A | Class R4 | Class R3 | Class Y | Class L | Class C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Balanced Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Core Bond Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Disciplined Growth Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Disciplined Value Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Diversified Bond Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Global Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual High Yield Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.05 | % | N/A | None | |||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Inflation-Protected and Income Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual International Equity Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Main Street Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Short-Duration Bond Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.05 | % | 0.05 | % | |||||||||||||||
MassMutual Small Cap Opportunities Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | NA | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund | None | 0.10 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
MassMutual U.S. Government Money Market Fund | N/A | 0.10 | % | X/X | X/X | X/X | X/X | X/X | X/X | X/X | N/A |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS | ||
on behalf of its series identified on Exhibit B hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
CFO and Treasurer | ||
MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Vice President |