AMENDMENT NUMBER 7

TO THE

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NUMBER 7 (the “Amendment”) amends that certain SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated October 19, 2016, by and between Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (the “Adviser”), and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) (the “Agreement”), and is effective as of December 1, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Adviser has appointed, and the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Hartford Mutual Funds II, Inc. (the “Company”) has approved the Sub-Adviser to serve as the sub-adviser of the series of the Company listed on Schedule A (each a “Fund”) to the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser desire to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to lower the fees paid to the Sub-Adviser in connection with the Hartford Schroders Securitized Income Fund, as described herein and as approved by the Board at its meeting held on November 4, 2021;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to the Agreement hereby agree as follows:

 

  1.

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Agreement, Schedule A is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Amended and Restated Schedule A to the Agreement.

 

  2.

The changes to the Agreement reflected in this Amendment shall become effective as of the Effective Date reflected in this Amendment.

 

  3.

Except as amended by this Amendment and any previous amendment, the terms of the Agreement remain unchanged and may be further modified only by mutual written agreement of the parties and the approval of the Board.

 

  4.

This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto on any number of counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the Effective Date.

 

HARTFORD FUNDS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:  

      /s/ Vernon J. Meyer

  Name: Vernon J. Meyer
  Title: Chief Investment Officer
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

          /s/ William Sauer

  Name:       William Sauer
  Title:         Authorized Signatory
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NORTH AMERICA INC.
By:  

          /s/ Catherine A. Mazza

  Name:       Catherine A. Mazza
  Title:         Director, Relationship Management and Authorized Signatory


AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULE A

Fees Paid to the Sub-Adviser

This Amended and Restated Schedule A to that certain Sub-Advisory Agreement by and between Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc., dated October 19, 2016, is effective as of December 1, 2021.

[REDACTED]

 

Fund

 

  

Per Annum Rate

 

Hartford Schroders China A Fund

   [REDACTED]

Hartford Schroders Diversified Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Equity Fund

 

 

Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond Fund

 

Hartford Schroders International Multi-Cap Value Fund

Hartford Schroders International Stock Fund

Hartford Schroders Securitized Income Fund

 

Hartford Schroders Sustainable Core Bond Fund

 

Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond Fund

Hartford Schroders US MidCap Opportunities Fund

Hartford Schroders US Small Cap Opportunities Fund

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