FORM OF

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

THIS EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT, entered into as of September 15, 2025 (the “Agreement”), is between Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of each of its series (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (the “Adviser”).

WHEREAS, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has appointed the Adviser as the investment manager of each of the Funds; and

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser desire to enter into the arrangements described herein relating to certain expenses of the Funds;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Trust and the Adviser hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

The Adviser hereby agrees to reimburse Fund expenses to the extent necessary to limit the total net annual operating expenses, exclusive of “Excluded Expenses,” as that term is defined under Section 2 below, to not exceed the specified amount during the period listed for each Fund on Schedule A hereto.

 

2.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Excluded Expenses” shall mean: taxes; interest expenses; brokerage commissions; acquired fund fees and expenses; and extraordinary expenses.

 

3.

Any reimbursements to a Fund by the Adviser, as required under the terms of this Agreement, are not subject to recoupment by the Adviser.

 

4.

The Adviser understands and intends that the Funds will rely on this Agreement: (a) in preparing and filing amendments to the Trust’s registration statements on Form N-1A with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (b) in accruing each Fund’s expenses for purposes of calculating its net asset value per share; and (c) reflecting a Fund’s net operating expenses in the Fund’s financial statements and other documents.

 

5.

This Agreement may be amended or modified by mutual written consent of the Adviser and the Board.

 

6.

This Agreement 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 Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

HARTFORD FUNDS EXCHANGE-TRADED TRUST

 

By: __________________________

Name: Thomas R. Phillips

Title: Secretary and Vice President

HARTFORD FUNDS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

 

By: __________________________

Name: Amy N. Furlong

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Document Revision History:

Initially Approved on:

   

September 11, 2025

 

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SCHEDULE A
     
Fund    Covered Period1   

Total Net Annual

Operating Expense Limit

(as a percent of average

daily net assets during

current fiscal period)

     

Hartford Dynamic Bond ETF

   

Commencement Date:

September 15, 2025

   

Ending Date:

November 30, 2026

    0.60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For each Fund, the covered period is inclusive of the respective commencement date and the ending date as reflected in the table above.

 

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