AMENDMENT DATED DECEMBER 1, 2021 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICES AGREEMENT for MassMutual Premier Funds

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

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	Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer

 

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

 

MML Investment Advisers, LLC

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

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

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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

 

 

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
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		CFO and Treasurer
	MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
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		Vice President