AMENDMENT DATED JUNE 1, 2008 TO INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT for MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund
Exhibit (d)(25)
AMENDMENT
DATED JUNE 1, 2008 TO
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
for MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund
WHEREAS, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) and Babson Capital Management LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) entered into an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective as of October 29, 2004 relating to the MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund (the “Fund”); and
WHEREAS, Section 20 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. | The Sub-Adviser will not consult with any other sub-adviser to a fund for which MassMutual serves as investment adviser concerning transactions for the Fund in securities or other assets. |
| 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.
| MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
| Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Title: Corporate Vice President |
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Vice Chairman and Managing Director | |||||||
Accepted and Agreed to by:
on behalf of MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Title: CFO and Treasurer |
