EX-99.H(13) 15 tm2133063d1_ex-h13.htm AMENDMENT 5 TO SUB-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN MML ADVISERS AND STATE STREET

Exhibit H(13)

AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 TO SUB-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

This Amendment to the Sub-Administration Agreement (the “Amendment”) is made as of December 1, 2021 by and between MML Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Administrator”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Sub-Administrator”). Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Administrator and the Sub-Administrator entered into a Sub-Administration Agreement dated as of April 1, 2014 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Administrator and the Sub-Administrator desire to amend the Agreement as more particularly set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendment

MassMutual Advantage Funds, and each of its series as listed on Appendix A, are hereby added to the Agreement. In accordance with the appointment provision of Section 1 of the Agreement, effective December 1, 2021, Appendix A to the Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety and replaced with a new Appendix A annexed hereto.

2. Section 8(a) of the Agreement is updated as follows:

To the Administrator:

MML Investment Advisers, LLC

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111

Attention: Douglas Steele

To any Trust:

[Name of Trust]

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111

Attention: President of the Trust

With a copy to: Secretary of the Trust

To the Bank:

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

Attention: Client Manager, MassMutual

With a copy to:

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Attention: Fund Administration Legal Department

3. Miscellaneous

(a)

Except as expressly amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(b)

This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.

[Signature Page follows.]

SIGNATURE PAGE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first written above.

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By:	/s/ Kevin Murphy
Name:	Kevin Murphy
Title:	Managing Director

MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

By:	/s/ Douglas Steele
Name:	Douglas Steele
Title:	Vice President


ACKNOWLEDGED AND Accepted BY MASSMUTUAL SELECT FUNDS

By:	/s/ Renee Hitchcock
Name:	Renee Hitchcock
Title:	CFO and Treasurer


ACKNOWLEDGED AND Accepted BY MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS

By:	/s/ Renee Hitchcock
Name:	Renee Hitchcock
Title:	CFO and Treasurer

ACKNOWLEDGED AND Accepted BY MASSMUTUAL ADVANTAGE FUNDS

By:	/s/ Renee Hitchcock
Name:	Renee Hitchcock
Title:	CFO and Treasurer


ACKNOWLEDGED AND Accepted BY MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

By:	/s/ Renee Hitchcock
Name:	Renee Hitchcock
Title:	CFO and Treasurer


ACKNOWLEDGED AND Accepted BY MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND II

By:	/s/ Renee Hitchcock
Name:	Renee Hitchcock
Title:	CFO and Treasurer

Appendix A

MassMutual Select Funds

Portfolios

MassMutual Blue Chip Growth Fund

MassMutual Diversified Value Fund

MassMutual Equity Opportunities Fund

MassMutual Fundamental Growth Fund

MassMutual Fundamental Value Fund

MassMutual Growth Opportunities Fund

MassMutual Mid Cap Growth Fund

MassMutual Mid Cap Value Fund

MassMutual Overseas Fund

MassMutual Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

MassMutual Small Cap Value Equity Fund

MassMutual Small Company Value Fund

MassMutual Strategic Bond Fund

MassMutual Total Return Bond Fund

MassMutual Select BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

MM MSCI EAFE^® International Index Fund

MM Russell 2000^® Small Cap Index Fund

MM S&P 500^® Index Fund

MM S&P^® Mid Cap Index Fund

MassMutual 20/80 Allocation Fund

MassMutual 40/60 Allocation Fund

MassMutual 60/40 Allocation Fund

MassMutual 80/20 Allocation Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2020 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2025 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2030 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2035 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2040 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2045 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2050 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2055 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan 2060 Fund

MassMutual RetireSMART^SM by JP Morgan In Retirement Fund

MM Equity Asset Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2005 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Retirement Balanced Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Bond Asset Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price International Equity Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Large Cap Blend Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Limited Duration Inflation Focused Bond Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Real Assets Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price Small and Mid Cap Blend Fund

MassMutual Select T. Rowe Price U.S. Treasury Long-Term Index Fund

MassMutual Premier Funds

Portfolios

MassMutual Balanced Fund

MassMutual Core Bond Fund

MassMutual Disciplined Growth Fund

MassMutual Disciplined Value Fund

MassMutual Diversified Bond Fund

MassMutual Global Fund

MassMutual High Yield Fund

MassMutual Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

MassMutual International Equity Fund

MassMutual Main Street Fund

MassMutual Short-Duration Bond Fund

MassMutual Small Cap Opportunities Fund

MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund

MassMutual U.S. Government Money Market Fund

MassMutual Advantage Funds

Portfolios

MassMutual Emerging Markets Debt Blended Total Return Fund

MassMutual Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

MassMutual Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund

MassMutual Global Floating Rate Fund

MML Series Investment Fund

Portfolios

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund

MML American Funds Growth Fund

MML American Funds International Fund

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

MML Conservative Allocation Fund

MML Equity Income Fund

MML Equity Index Fund

MML Focused Equity Fund

MML Foreign Fund

MML Fundamental Equity Fund

MML Fundamental Value Fund

MML Global Fund

MML Growth Allocation Fund

MML Growth & Income Fund

MML Income & Growth Fund

MML International Equity Fund

MML Large Cap Growth Fund

MML Managed Volatility Fund

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund

MML Mid Cap Value Fund

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

MML Small Company Value Fund

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

MML Total Return Bond Fund

MML Series Investment Fund II

Portfolios

MML Blend Fund

MML Dynamic Bond Fund

MML Equity Fund

MML Equity Momentum Fund

MML Equity Rotation Fund

MML High Yield Fund

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

MML iShares^® 60/40 Allocation Fund

MML iShares^® 80/20 Allocation Fund

MML Managed Bond Fund

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund

MML Small Cap Equity Fund

MML Special Situations Fund

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund

MML U.S. Government Money Market Fund