EX-99.(H)(34) 21 tm2127268d1_ex99h34.htm EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT FOR MASSMUTUAL INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

Exhibit (h)(34)

 

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

 

This EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is between MML Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and MassMutual Premier Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), effective as of the 1st day of July, 2021.

 

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, MassMutual International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is 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;

 

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

 

WHEREAS, upon mutual consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust on behalf of the Fund and the Manager, this Agreement supersedes and replaces, with respect to this Fund only, the Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 1, 2021;

 

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 the Fund and the Manager:

 

1. Expense Limitation

 

  The Manager agrees to waive 0.05% of the management fees of the MassMutual International Equity Fund through January 31, 2023.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and the Manager have caused this Agreement to be executed on the 30th day of June, 2021.

 

  MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
     
  By:

   /s/ Douglas Steele

    Douglas Steele, Vice President
     
  MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS on behalf of the Fund
     
  By:    /s/ Renee Hitchcock
    Renee Hitchcock, CFO and Treasurer