AMENDMENT TWO DATED JANUARY 1, 2016 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT for MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund

Exhibit (d)(36)

AMENDMENT TWO

DATED JANUARY 1, 2016 TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

for

MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund

WHEREAS, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) and MassMutual Premier Funds (the “Trust”) entered into an Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective as of November 21, 2011 with respect to the MassMutual Premier Small/Mid Cap Opportunities Fund (now known as the MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund) (the “Fund”);

WHEREAS, MassMutual assigned the Agreement to MML Investment Advisers, LLC (“MML Advisers”) on April 1, 2014; and

WHEREAS, MML Advisers and the Trust desire to amend the compensation of MML Advisers as described in the Agreement:

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 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The Trust agrees to pay the Manager and the Manager agrees to accept as full compensation for the performance of all functions and duties on its part to be performed pursuant to the provisions hereof, a fee at the annual rate of 0.58% on the first $300 million of the average daily net assets of the Fund, and 0.53% on assets in excess of $300 million, determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on each day that the Exchange is open for trading and paid on the last day of each month. The Trust hereby agrees with the Manager that any entity or person associated with the Manager which is a member of a national securities exchange is authorized to effect any transaction on such exchange for the account of the Trust and any Fund which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Trust hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv).

3. Except as expressly amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect and are unchanged in all other respects.

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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
		By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title: Vice President
		MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS on behalf of MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund
		By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
		Title: CFO and Treasurer