Post Effective Amendment to Registration Statement by Investment Company Form 485BPOS

Securities Act File No. 333-280915

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-14

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

690 Lee Road

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)

1-610-386-4068
(Registrant's Area Code and Telephone Number)

Thomas R. Phillips, Esquire
Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC
690 Lee Road

Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copies to:
John V. O'Hanlon, Esquire
Dechert LLP
One International Place, 40th Floor
100 Oliver Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2605

It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

No filing fee is required because an indefinite number of shares have previously been registered pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely for the purpose of filing the final tax opinion as Exhibit 12 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-280915). Parts A and B are incorporated herein by reference to the definitive Combined Information Statement/Prospectus, including the Letter to Shareholders and the Questions and Answers about the Information Statement/Prospectus, and the definitive Statement of Additional Information filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on August 19, 2024 (Accession No. 0001193125-24-202621).

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 15. Indemnification

Article V, paragraph (f) of the Registrant's Articles of Restatement provides that the Registrant shall indemnify (i) its directors and officers to the full extent required or permitted by law and (ii) other employees and agents to such extent authorized by the Registrant's board of directors or bylaws and as permitted by law; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall protect any director or officer of the Registrant against any liability to the Registrant or its shareholders to which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such office. The rights of indemnification contained in Article V are not exclusive to any other rights to which any officer, director or employee seeking indemnification may be entitled.

Subsection (b) of Section 2-418 of the General Corporation Law of Maryland permits a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding unless it is proved that: (i) the act or omission of the person was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the person actually received an improper personal benefit of money, property or services; or (iii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe such act or omission was unlawful.

Indemnification under subsection (b) of Section 2-418 may not be made by a corporation unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification is permissible in the circumstances because the party to be indemnified has met the standard of conduct set forth in subsection (b). This determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding, or, if such quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of a committee of the Board consisting solely of one or more directors not, at the time, parties to such proceeding and who were duly designated to act in the matter by a majority vote of the full Board in which the designated directors who are parties may participate; (ii) by special legal counsel selected by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board by vote as set forth in subparagraph (i) , or, if the requisite quorum of the full Board cannot be obtained therefor and the committee cannot be established, by a majority vote of the full Board in which any director who is a party may participate; or (iii) by the stockholders (except that shares held by directors who are parties to the specific proceeding may not be voted). A court of appropriate jurisdiction may also order indemnification if the court determines that a person seeking indemnification is entitled to reimbursement under subsection (b).

Section 2-418 further provides that indemnification provided for by Section 2-418 shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person's status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 2-418.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered), the Registrant undertakes that it will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the questions whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The Registrant's various agreements with its service providers provide for indemnification.

Item 16. Exhibits

Item 17. Undertakings.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Wayne, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 30th day of October 2024.

THE HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
By:	/s/ James E. Davey*
	James E. Davey President

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ James E. Davey* James E. Davey	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	October 30, 2024
/s/ Ankit Puri* Ankit Puri	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	October 30, 2024
/s/ Christine R. Detrick* Christine R. Detrick	Chair of the Board and Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ Hilary E. Ackermann* Hilary E. Ackermann	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ Robin C. Beery* Robin C. Beery	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ Derrick D. Cephas* Derrick D. Cephas	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ John J. Gauthier* John J. Gauthier	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ Andrew A. Johnson, Jr.* Andrew A. Johnson, Jr.	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ Paul L. Rosenberg* Paul L. Rosenberg	Director	October 30, 2024
/s/ David Sung* David Sung	Director	October 30, 2024
*By: /s/ Thomas R. Phillips Thomas R. Phillips, Attorney-in-fact * Pursuant to Power of Attorney (previously filed)		October 30, 2024

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
12.	Opinion and Consent of Dechert LLP as to tax matters