EX-99.(H)(9) 8 tm2127268d4_exh9.htm AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT

Exhibit (h)(9)

 

AMENDMENT

DATED DECEMBER 1, 2021 TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT

for MassMutual Premier Funds

 

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:

 

MassMutual Premier Funds

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111

Attention: Andrew M. Goldberg
  Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer

 

(b) In the case of notices sent to the Manager to:

 

MML Investment Advisers, LLC

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111

Attention: Douglas Steele

 

In the case of notices sent to either party, a copy shall also be sent to:

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

 

 

 

 

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 %      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A      N/A    N/A      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/ Renee Hitchcock
    Renee Hitchcock
    CFO and Treasurer
   
  MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Douglas Steele
    Douglas Steele
    Vice President