EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit (h)(45) 

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

This EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is between MML Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and MML Series Investment Fund II, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), effective as of the 18^th day of November, 2020, as it relates to the MML Equity Momentum Fund and MML Special Situations Fund, and the 23^rd day of November, 2020, as it relates to the MML Equity Rotation Fund.

WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

WHEREAS, MML Equity Momentum Fund, MML Equity Rotation Fund, and MML Special Situations Fund (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) are each a series of the Trust;

WHEREAS, the Manager is an investment adviser registered with the SEC as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; and

WHEREAS, the Trust has appointed the Manager as its investment manager for the Funds and the Manager has agreed to act in such capacity upon the terms set forth in the relevant Investment Management Agreements;

NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and the Manager hereby agree as follows and this agreement can only be terminated by mutual consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust on behalf of a Fund and the Manager:

1. Expense Limitation

The Manager agrees to

(i) waive .25% of the management fee of the MML Equity Momentum Fund through April 30, 2022 and cap the fees and expenses of the MML Equity Momentum Fund (other than extraordinary litigation and legal expenses, interest expense, short sale dividend and loan expense, or other non-recurring or unusual expenses such as organizational expenses and shareholder meeting expenses, as applicable) through April 30, 2022, to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement would otherwise exceed .77% and 1.02% for Class II and Service Class I shares, respectively;

(ii) waive .05% of the management fee of the MML Equity Rotation Fund through April 30, 2022; and

(iii) waive .05% of the management fee of the MML Special Situations Fund through April 30, 2022.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and the Manager have caused this Agreement to be executed on the 17^th day of November, 2020.

	MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
	By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President
	MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND II on behalf of each Fund
	By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, CFO and Treasurer