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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-39334)

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 60

 

and

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

 

Amendment No. 45

 


 

MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)

 


 

1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111

(413) 788-8411

 

Name and Address of Agent for Service

Andrew M. Goldberg, Esq.

Assistant Secretary

MML Series Investment Fund

1295 State Street

Springfield, Massachusetts 01111

 


 

Copy to:

Timothy W. Diggins, Esq.

Ropes & Gray

One International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 


 

It is proposed that this filing become effective August 15, 2007, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION:

 

Registrant submits this Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 to its Registration Statement No. 2-39334 under the Securities Act of 1933 and this Amendment No. 45 to its Registration Statement No. 811-02224 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Post-Effective Amendment relates only to the MML Conservative Allocation Fund, MML Balanced Allocation Fund, MML Moderate Allocation Fund, MML Growth Allocation Fund and MML Aggressive Allocation Fund. No other information relating to any other series of Registrant is amended or superceded hereby.

 



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MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

 

This Prospectus describes the following Funds, each of which seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual using an asset allocation strategy.

 

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MML Conservative Allocation Fund

 

  ·  

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

 

  ·  

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

 

  ·  

MML Growth Allocation Fund

 

  ·  

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any statement to the contrary is a crime.

 

PROSPECTUS

August [15], 2007


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Summary Information

   3

About the Funds

  

MML Conservative Allocation Fund

   4

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

   4

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

   4

MML Growth Allocation Fund

   4

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

   5

Summary of Principal Risks

   9

About the Investment Adviser

  

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

   12

Investing in the Funds

   13

Buying and Redeeming Shares

   13

Determining Net Asset Value

   14

Taxation and Distributions

   15

Investment Performance

   16

Additional Investment Policies and Risk Considerations

   17

 

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Summary Information

 

MML Series Investment Fund (the “Funds” or the “Trust”) provides a broad range of investment choices across the risk/return spectrum. The summary pages that follow describe each Fund’s:

 

· Investment objectives.

 

· Principal Investment Strategies and Risks. A “Summary of Principal Risks” of investing in the Funds begins on page [    ].

 

· Fees and Expenses.

 

A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of each Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

 

Past Performance is not an indication of future performance.  There is no assurance that a Fund’s investment objective will be achieved, and you can lose money by investing in the Funds.

 

Important Note about Fees and Expenses.

 

As an investor, you pay certain fees and expenses in connection with your investment. These fees and expenses will vary depending on the Fund in which you invest. The fee tables shown on the following pages under “Expense Information” are meant to assist you in understanding these fees and expenses. Each fee table shows a category of expenses called Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Annual Fund Operating Expenses refer to the costs of operating the Funds. These costs are deducted from a Fund’s assets, which means you pay them indirectly.

 

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MML Allocation Funds

 

MML Conservative Allocation Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.

 

Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy.

 

·  

Assets are allocated among Underlying Funds according to an asset allocation strategy of approximately 40% in equity funds and 60% in fixed-income funds, including money market funds.

 

The Principal Risks of investing in the Fund are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Management Risk, Prepayment Risk, Liquidity Risk, Derivative Risk, Foreign Investment Risk, Emerging Markets Risk, Currency Risk, Smaller Company Risk, Growth Company Risk, Value Company Risk, Leveraging Risk and Convertible Securities Risk.

 

These Risks are described beginning on page [    ].

 

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.

 

Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy.

 

·  

Assets are allocated among Underlying Funds according to an asset allocation strategy of approximately 50% in equity funds and 50% in fixed-income funds, including money market funds.

 

The Principal Risks of investing in the Fund are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Management Risk, Prepayment Risk, Liquidity Risk, Derivative Risk, Foreign Investment Risk, Emerging Markets Risk, Currency Risk, Smaller Company Risk, Growth Company Risk, Value Company Risk, Leveraging Risk and Convertible Securities Risk.

 

These Risks are described beginning on page [    ].


(1)   Underlying Funds can include series of the MML Series Investment Fund and MML Series Investment Fund II, Oppenheimer Funds, which are advised by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”) and non-affiliated funds. OFI is a majority owned, indirect subsidiary of MassMutual. The Underlying Funds are offered in separate prospectuses.

 

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.

 

Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy.

 

·  

Assets are allocated among Underlying Funds according to an asset allocation strategy of approximately 60% in equity funds and 40% in fixed-income funds, including money market funds.

 

The Principal Risks of investing in the Fund are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Management Risk, Prepayment Risk, Liquidity Risk, Derivative Risk, Foreign Investment Risk, Emerging Markets Risk, Currency Risk, Smaller Company Risk, Growth Company Risk, Value Company Risk, Leveraging Risk and Convertible Securities Risk.

 

These Risks are described beginning on page [    ].

 

MML Growth Allocation Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.

 

Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy.

 

·  

Assets are allocated among Underlying Funds according to an asset allocation strategy of approximately 75% in equity funds and 25% in fixed-income funds, including money market funds.

 

The Principal Risks of investing in the Fund are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Management Risk, Prepayment Risk, Liquidity Risk, Derivative Risk, Foreign Investment Risk, Emerging Markets Risk, Currency Risk, Smaller Company Risk, Growth Company Risk, Value Company Risk, Leveraging Risk and Convertible Securities Risk.

 

These Risks are described beginning on page [    ].

 

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MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

 

Investment Objective

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve as high a total rate of return on an annual basis as is considered consistent with prudent investment risk and the preservation of capital.

 

Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy.

 

·  

Assets are allocated among Underlying Funds according to an asset allocation strategy of approximately 90% in equity funds and 10% in fixed-income funds, including money market funds.

 

The Principal Risks of investing in the Fund are Market Risk, Credit Risk, Management Risk, Prepayment Risk, Liquidity Risk, Derivative Risk, Foreign Investment Risk, Emerging Markets Risk, Currency Risk, Smaller Company Risk, Growth Company Risk, Value Company Risk, Leveraging Risk and Convertible Securities Risk.

 

These Risks are described beginning on page [    ].

 

More Principal Investment Strategies and Risks

 

MassMutual invests each MML Allocation Fund’s assets in a combination of domestic and international Underlying Funds. The MML Allocation Funds differ primarily due to their asset allocations among these fund types. Each fund’s name refers to how aggressive the fund’s asset allocation strategy is. For example, MML Aggressive Allocation Fund has an aggressive asset allocation (relative to the other MML Allocation Funds), with a substantial portion of its assets invested in equity funds and a modest portion of its assets invested in fixed-income funds. By contrast, MML Conservative Allocation Fund has a more conservative asset allocation, with less than half of its assets invested in equity funds and the majority of its assets invested in fixed-income and money market funds.


(1)   Underlying Funds can include series of the MML Series Investment Fund and MML Series Investment Fund II, Oppenheimer Funds, which are advised by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”) and non-affiliated funds. OFI is a majority owned, indirect subsidiary of MassMutual. The Underlying Funds are offered in separate prospectuses.

 

The objectives and policies stated above are non-fundamental and therefore may be changed by the Board of Trustees of the Trust without the consent of shareholders.

 

MassMutual intends to manage each MML Allocation Fund according to its target asset allocation strategy, and does not intend to trade actively among Underlying Funds or intend to attempt to capture short-term market opportunities. However, MassMutual may modify the target asset allocation strategy for any MML Allocation Fund and modify the selection of Underlying Funds for any MML Allocation Fund from time to time.

 

Regulatory restrictions limit the amount that each MML Allocation Fund can invest in any one Underlying Fund. Each MML Allocation Fund will bear a pro rata share of its Underlying Funds’ expenses. Each MML Allocation Fund also bears all of the risks associated with the investment strategies used by its Underlying Funds.

 

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The following table lists each MML Allocation Fund’s approximate asset allocation among equity and fixed income & short term/money market funds as of August [    ], 2007. The table also lists the approximate asset allocation, as of August [    ], 2007, to certain Underlying Funds in which an MML Allocation Fund currently invests 5% or more. Other Underlying Funds in which the MML Allocation Funds currently invest are listed below the table. MassMutual may change these percentages at any time and may invest in any other Underlying Funds, including any Underlying Funds that may be created in the future.

 

Investment Option Categories   

MML
Conservative
Allocation

Fund

  

MML

Balanced
Allocation

Fund

  

MML

Moderate
Allocation

Fund

  

MML

Growth
Allocation

Fund

  

MML

Aggressive
Allocation

Fund

Equity    40.0%    50.0%    60.0%    75.0%    90.0%
Domestic Equity               

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %
International Equity               

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %
Fixed Income & Short Term/Money Market    60.0%    50.0%    40.0%    25.0%    10.0%

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %

MML [    ] Fund ([    ])

   %    %    %    %    %

 

[Note: The allocation percentages have been rounded to one decimal place. The allocation among equity and fixed income & short term/money market funds may therefore not equal 100%.]

 

Other Underlying Funds in which the MML Allocation Funds currently invest include: MML [            ] Fund ([            ]), MML [            ] Fund ([            ]) and MML [            ] Fund ([            ]).

 

 

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Annual Performance

 

 

Each MML Allocation Fund began operations August [            ], 2007, and therefore has no performance history. There will be risks of investing in the Funds because the returns can be expected to vary from year to year.

 

Average Annual Total Returns

 

 

Because each Fund is new, there are no tables which show how each Fund’s returns have deviated from the broad market.

 

Expense Information

 

 

     MML Allocation
Funds
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)   

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on purchases (as a % of offering price)

   None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as a % of the lower of the original offering price or redemption proceeds)

   None

 

MML Conservative Allocation Fund

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (% of average net assets)   

Management Fees

   [    ]%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

   None

Other Expenses(1)

   [    ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)    [    ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    [    ]%

Expense Reimbursement

   [    ]%

Net Fund Expenses(3)(4)

   [    ]%

 

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (% of average net assets)   

Management Fees

   [    ]%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

   None

Other Expenses(1)

   [    ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)    [    ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    [    ]%

Expense Reimbursement

   [    ]%

Net Fund Expenses(3)(4)

   [    ]%

 

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (% of average net assets)   

Management Fees

   [    ]%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

   None

Other Expenses(1)

   [    ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)    [    ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    [    ]%

Expense Reimbursement

   [    ]%

Net Fund Expenses(3)(4)

   [    ]%

 

MML Growth Allocation Fund

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (% of average net assets)   

Management Fees

   [    ]%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

   None

Other Expenses(1)

   [    ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)    [    ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    [    ]%

Expense Reimbursement

   [    ]%

Net Fund Expenses(3)(4)

   [    ]%

 

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (% of average net assets)   

Management Fees

   [    ]%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

   None

Other Expenses(1)

   [    ]%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)    [    ]%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    [    ]%

Expense Reimbursement

   [    ]%

Net Fund Expenses(3)(4)

   [    ]%

 

Examples

 

These examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the MML Allocation Funds with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The examples assume that you invest $10,000 in each Fund for the time periods indicated, that your investment earns a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s [net] operating expenses, which include the weighted average of the [net] operating expenses of each of the Underlying Funds, remain the same. If separate account or contract expenses were included, overall expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

       1 Year      3 Years  

MML Conservative Allocation Fund

     $ [     ]    $ [     ]

 

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The Fund does not impose any Shareholder Fees. Therefore, the figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them.

 

       1 Year      3 Years  

MML Balanced Allocation Fund

     $ [     ]    $ [     ]

 

The Fund does not impose any Shareholder Fees. Therefore, the figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them.

 

       1 Year      3 Years  

MML Moderate Allocation Fund

     $ [     ]    $ [     ]

 

The Fund does not impose any Shareholder Fees. Therefore, the figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them.

 

       1 Year      3 Years  

MML Growth Allocation Fund

     $ [     ]    $ [     ]

 

The Fund does not impose any Shareholder Fees. Therefore, the figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them.

 

       1 Year      3 Years  

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

     $ [     ]    $ [     ]

 

The Fund does not impose any Shareholder Fees. Therefore, the figures shown would be the same whether you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept them.

 

(1)   Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the first fiscal year of the Fund.

 

(2)   Acquired Fund fees and expenses represent approximate expenses to be borne indirectly by the Fund in its first fiscal year through investments in other pooled investment vehicles. The amount of Acquired Fund fees and expenses may differ due to a number of factors including, among others, a change in allocation of the Fund’s investments among other pooled investment vehicles.

 

(3)   MassMutual has contractually agreed to bear expenses (other than extraordinary litigation and legal expenses, or other nonrecurring or unusual expenses), excluding Acquired Fund fees and expenses, at this amount through April 30, 2009. The agreement cannot be terminated unilaterally by MassMutual.

 

(4)   The expenses in the above table do not reflect deductions at the separate account level or contract level for any charges that may be incurred under a variable life insurance or variable annuity contract.

 

 

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Summary of Principal Risks

 

The value of your investment in a Fund changes with the values of the investments in a Fund’s portfolio. Many things can affect those values, but those factors that may have an important or significant effect on a particular Fund’s portfolio are called “Principal Risks.” These Principal Risks are summarized in this section. All Funds could be subject to additional Principal Risks because the types of investments made by each Fund can change over time. Although the Funds strive to reach their stated goals, they cannot offer guaranteed results. You could make money in these Funds, but you also have the potential to lose money.

 

· Market Risk.  All the Funds are subject to market risk, which is the general risk of unfavorable market-induced changes in the value of a security. The Funds are subject to market risk because they invest some of their assets in debt securities such as bonds, notes and asset-backed securities. Debt securities are obligations of the issuer to make payments of principal and/or interest on future dates. As interest rates rise, debt securities are likely to be worth less.

 

This kind of market risk, also called interest rate risk, is generally greater for debt securities with longer maturities and portfolios with longer durations. Market risk is generally greater for lower-rated securities or comparable unrated securities.

 

In the case of stocks and other equity securities (including convertible securities), market risk is the result of a number of factors, including general economic and market conditions, real or perceived changes in the prospects of the securities’ issuer, changing interest rates and real or perceived economic and competitive industry conditions.

 

The Funds maintain substantial exposure to equities and do not attempt to time the market. Because of this exposure, the possibility that stock market prices in general will decline over short or even extended periods subjects the Funds to unpredictable declines in the value of their shares, as well as periods of poor performance. Market risk also includes more specific risks affecting the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage, industry problems and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

 

· Credit Risk.  All the Funds are subject to credit risk. This is the risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract or securities loan, will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. There are varying degrees of credit risk, which are often reflected in credit ratings.

 

· Management Risk.  All the Funds are subject to management risk because the Funds, and the Underlying Funds, are actively managed investment portfolios. Management risk is the chance that poor security selection will cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

 

· Prepayment Risk.  Prepayment risk is the risk that principal will be repaid at a different rate than anticipated, causing the return on mortgage-backed securities to be less than expected when purchased. The Funds may be subject to prepayment risk if the Underlying Funds invest in mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities that may be prepaid. These securities have variable maturities that tend to lengthen when interest rates are rising, which typically is the least desirable time for maturities to lengthen. The Funds may also be subject to reinvestment risk, which is the chance that cash flows from securities (including securities that are prepaid) will be reinvested at lower rates in a falling interest rate environment.

 

· Liquidity Risk.  Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing an Underlying Fund

 

Terms appearing in bold type are discussed in greater detail under “Additional Investment Policies and Risk Considerations.” Those sections also include more information about the Funds, their investments and the related risks.

 

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from selling these illiquid securities at an advantageous price. Investments in derivatives, foreign securities, private placements and securities with small market capitalization and substantial market and/or credit risk tend to have greater liquidity risk.

 

· Derivative Risk.  The Underlying Funds may use derivatives, which are financial contracts whose values depend upon, or are derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may relate to stocks, bonds, interest rates, currencies, credit exposures, currency exchange rates, commodities, related indexes or other assets. The use of derivative instruments may involve risks different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of potential risks. Derivative products are highly specialized instruments that may require investment techniques and risk analyses different from those associated with stocks and bonds. The use of a derivative requires an understanding not only of the underlying instrument or index but also of the derivative itself, without the benefit of observing the performance of the derivative under all possible market conditions. (For example, successful use of a credit default swap may require, among other things, an understanding of both the credit of the company to which it relates and of the way the swap is likely to respond to changes in various market conditions and to factors specifically affecting the company.) The use of derivatives involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of another party to the contract (typically referred to as a “counterparty”) to make required payments or otherwise to comply with the contract’s terms. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile. When an Underlying Fund uses a derivative instrument, it could lose more than the principal amount invested. Since the values of derivatives are calculated and derived from the values of other assets, reference rates, or indexes, there is greater risk that derivatives will be improperly valued. Derivatives also involve the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the relevant assets, rates or indexes they are designed to hedge or to track closely, and the risk that a derivative transaction may not have the effect the Underlying Fund’s investment adviser anticipated. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances, and there can be no assurance that an Underlying Fund will engage in these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Underlying Fund’s derivative positions at any time. If a derivative transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid (as is the case with many privately negotiated derivatives), it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous price. Use of derivatives may increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders. Although the use of derivatives is intended to enhance an Underlying Fund’s performance, it may instead reduce returns and increase volatility.

 

· Foreign Investment Risk.  Underlying Funds investing in foreign securities may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value than Underlying Funds with investments solely in securities of U.S. companies. This is because the securities markets of many foreign countries are relatively small, with a limited number of companies representing a small number of industries. In addition, foreign securities issuers are not usually subject to the same degree of regulation as U.S. issuers. Reporting, accounting and auditing standards of foreign countries differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Also, nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, currency blockage, political changes or diplomatic developments could adversely affect an Underlying Fund’s investments in a foreign country. In the event of nationalization, expropriation or other confiscation, an Underlying Fund could lose its entire investment. Adverse developments in certain regions, such as Southeast Asia, can also adversely affect securities of other countries whose economies appear to be unrelated.

 

Underlying Funds may also invest in foreign securities known as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”). ADRs, GDRs and EDRs represent securities or a pool of securities of an underlying foreign or, in the case of GDRs and EDRs, U.S. or non-U.S. issuer. They are subject to many of the same risks as foreign securities. ADRs,

 

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GDRs and EDRs are more completely described in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

· Emerging Markets Risk.  When an Underlying Fund’s adviser deems these investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, an Underlying Fund may invest in issuers located in emerging markets, subject to the applicable restrictions on foreign investments. Emerging markets are generally considered to be the countries having “emerging market economies” based on factors such as the country’s foreign currency debt rating, its political and economic stability, the development of its financial and capital markets and the level of its economy. Investing in securities from emerging markets involves special risks, including less liquidity and more price volatility than securities of comparable domestic issuers or securities in established foreign markets. Emerging markets also may be concentrated towards particular industries. There may also be different clearing and settlement procedures, or an inability to handle large volumes of transactions. These factors could result in settlement delays and temporary periods when a portion of an Underlying Fund’s assets is not invested, and could cause a loss in value due to illiquidity.

 

· Currency Risk.  The Funds are subject to currency risk to the extent that the Underlying Funds invest in securities of foreign companies that are traded in, and receive revenues in, foreign currencies. Currency risk is caused by uncertainty in foreign currency exchange rates. Fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies may enhance or diminish returns a U.S. investor would receive on foreign investments. The Underlying Funds may, but will not necessarily, engage in foreign currency transactions in order to protect the value of portfolio holdings denominated in or exposed to particular currencies against fluctuations in value. There is a risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged. An Underlying Fund’s investment in foreign currencies may increase the amount of ordinary income recognized by the Underlying Fund.

 

· Smaller Company Risk.  Market risk and liquidity risk are particularly pronounced for stocks of companies with relatively small market capitalizations. These companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or they may depend on a few key employees.

 

· Growth Company Risk. Market risk is also   particularly pronounced for “growth” companies. The prices of growth company securities may fall to a greater extent than the overall equity markets (e.g., as represented by the S&P 500 Index) because of changing economic, political or market factors. Growth company securities tend to be more volatile in terms of price swings and trading volume. Also, since investors buy these stocks because of their expected superior earnings growth, earnings disappointments often result in price declines.

 

· Value Company Risk.  The value investment approach carries the risk that the market will not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for a long time, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced.

 

· Leveraging Risk.  When a fund borrows money or otherwise leverages its portfolio, the value of an investment in that fund will be more volatile and all other risks will tend to be compounded. The Funds and Underlying Funds may take on leveraging risk by investing collateral from securities loans, by using derivatives and by borrowing money to repurchase shares or to meet redemption requests. Leveraging may increase the assets on which the investment adviser’s fee is based.

 

· Convertible Securities Risk.  Because convertible securities can be converted into equity securities, their value normally will vary in some proportion with those of the underlying equity securities. Due to the conversion feature, convertible securities generally yield less than non-convertible fixed income securities of similar credit quality and maturity. An Underlying Fund’s investment in convertible securities may at times include securities that have a mandatory conversion feature, pursuant to which the securities convert automatically into common stock at a specified date and conversion ratio, or that are convertible at the option of the issuer. When conversion is not at the option of the holder, the Underlying Fund may be required to convert the security into the underlying common stock even at times when the value of the underlying common stock has declined substantially or it would otherwise be disadvantageous to do so.

 

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About the Investment Adviser

 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”), located at 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111, is the Funds’ investment adviser and is responsible for providing all necessary investment management and administrative services. Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a mutual life insurance company that provides a broad portfolio of insurance, money management, retirement and asset accumulation products and services for individuals and businesses. As of December 31, 2006, MassMutual, together with its subsidiaries, had assets under management in excess of $455 billion.

 

The current investment management fee paid by each Fund to MassMutual is identified under “Expense Information” for each Fund.

 

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees approving any investment advisory contracts of the Funds will be available in the Funds’ annual report to shareholders dated December 31, 2007.

 

MassMutual, as each MML Allocation Fund’s investment adviser, administers the asset allocation program for each MML Allocation Fund. This function is performed by MassMutual’s Retirement Income Asset Allocation Committee, led by Stephen J. Brunette, CFA. Mr. Brunette has been a Director of Fund Strategy for MassMutual’s Retirement Income Group, Annuities Division since 2006. Previously, he was an investment consultant for MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division from 2003 to 2006. The other regular member of MassMutual’s Retirement Income Asset Allocation Committee is Richard J. Byrne, ASA. Mr. Byrne is an Assistant Vice President for MassMutual’s Retirement Income Group and has been with MassMutual since 2003. Mr. Byrne is the head of the product management team, which is responsible for research and development efforts around fixed, variable and payout annuities, fund strategy and retention efforts. In addition, Mr. Byrne is in charge of the Annuity Marketing Group.

 

In addition, the MassMutual Retirement Income Asset Allocation Committee may engage an independent investment consultant to assist with asset allocation and manager selection decisions.

 

MassMutual has received exemptive relief from the SEC to permit MassMutual to change sub-advisers or hire new sub-advisers for one or more Funds from time to time without obtaining shareholder approval. Normally, shareholders are required to approve investment sub-advisory agreements. Several other mutual fund companies have received similar relief. MassMutual believes having this authority is important, because it would allow MassMutual to remove and replace a sub-adviser in a quick, efficient and cost effective fashion when, for example, its performance is inadequate or the sub-adviser no longer is able to meet a fund’s investment objective and strategies. The shareholders of each Fund have previously approved this arrangement. Pursuant to the exemptive relief, MassMutual will provide to a Fund’s shareholders, within 90 days of the hiring of a new sub-adviser, an information statement describing the new sub-adviser.

 

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Investing In The Funds

 

Buying and Redeeming Shares

 

The Trust provides an investment vehicle for the separate investment accounts of variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts offered by companies such as MassMutual. Shares of the Funds are not offered to the general public.

 

The shares of each Fund are sold at their net asset value (“NAV”) as next computed after receipt of the purchase order, without the deduction of any selling commission or “sales load.” The Funds generally determine their NAV at the market close (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Your purchase order will be priced at the next net asset value calculated after your order is received and accepted by the Funds or MassMutual. The Funds will suspend selling their shares during any period when the determination of NAV is suspended. The Funds can reject any purchase order and can suspend purchases if it is in their best interest.

 

Certain foreign markets may be open on days when the Funds do not accept orders or price their shares. As a result, the NAV of a Fund’s shares may change on days when you will not be able to buy or sell shares.

 

The Funds redeem their shares at their next NAV computed after your redemption request is received and accepted by the Funds or MassMutual. You will usually receive payment for your shares within seven days after your written redemption request is received and accepted. The Funds can also suspend or postpone payment, when permitted by applicable law and regulations.

 

The redemption price may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in kind if the Funds determine that such payment is advisable in the interest of the remaining shareholders. In making such payment wholly or partly in kind, a Fund will, as far as may be practicable, deliver securities or property which approximate the diversification of its entire assets at the time. No fee is charged on redemption.

 

Limits on Frequent Trading and Market-Timing Activity

 

The Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading or market timing trading activity. The Funds consider these activities to be abusive trading practices that can disrupt the management of a Fund in the following ways:

 

· by requiring the Fund to keep more of its assets liquid rather than investing them for long-term growth, resulting in lost investment opportunity; and

 

· by causing unplanned portfolio turnover.

 

These disruptions, in turn, can result in increased expenses and can have an adverse effect on Fund performance that could impact all of a Fund’s shareholders, including long-term shareholders who do not engage in these activities. Any Funds investing in foreign securities, small capitalization securities and below investment grade securities (also known as “junk bonds”), may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading and market timing activities and their resulting disruptions due to the difficulty of pricing such securities.

 

The Funds’ shareholders are separate investment accounts of variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts sponsored by MassMutual and certain of its affiliates. In the case of each Fund, the separate accounts aggregate the purchase and sale information of individual contract holders and provide the information to each Fund on a net basis. Accordingly, it is difficult or impossible for the Funds to determine if a particular contract holder is engaging in frequent trading or market timing activities, and the Funds do not impose specific restrictions on trading of Fund shares in order to deter such activities.

 

Instead, as a result of these limitations, the Funds rely on the capabilities, policies and procedures of MassMutual to discourage frequent trading and market timing trading activity, and not to accommodate frequent purchases and sales of shares within a Fund or transfers of shares between Funds. MassMutual has adopted policies and procedures to help identify those individuals or entities that may be engaging in frequent trading and/or market timing trading activities. MassMutual monitors trading activity to uniformly enforce those procedures. However, those who engage in such activities may employ a variety of techniques to avoid detection. Therefore, despite MassMutual’s efforts to prevent frequent trading and the market timing of Funds among the subaccounts of the separate accounts,

 

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there can be no assurance that MassMutual will be able to identify all those who trade frequently or employ a market timing strategy, and curtail their trading in every instance.

 

If MassMutual determines that a contract owner’s transfer patterns reflect frequent trading or employment of a market timing strategy, MassMutual will not allow the contract owner to submit transfer requests by overnight mail, facsimile transmissions, telephone, internet, or any other type of electronic medium. Additionally, MassMutual may reject any single trade that MassMutual determines to be abusive or harmful to a Fund. It is possible that activity that MassMutual determines is not frequent trading or market timing may nonetheless adversely affect long-term shareholders of the Funds.

 

MassMutual, in the future, may take various restrictive actions designed to prevent the employment of a frequent trading or market timing strategy, including not accepting transfer instructions from a contract owner or other person authorized to conduct a transfer; limiting the number of transfer requests that can be made during a contract year; and requiring the value transferred into a Fund to remain in that Fund for a particular period of time before it can be transferred out of the Fund. MassMutual will apply any restrictive action it takes uniformly to all contract owners it believes are employing a frequent trading or market timing strategy. As noted above, however, these restrictive actions may not be effective in deterring frequent trading or market timing activity. For more information on restrictions specific to your variable annuity and/or variable life insurance contracts, please see the prospectus of the separate account of the specific insurance product that accompanies this prospectus.

 

Determining Net Asset Value

 

The Funds generally value portfolio securities based on market value. For example, equity securities and long-term bonds are valued on the basis of valuations provided by one or more pricing services approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Short-term securities with more than 60 days to maturity from the date of purchase are valued at fair market value. Money market securities with a maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at their amortized cost. The assets of each MML Allocation Fund consist primarily of shares of the Underlying Funds, which are valued at their respective net asset values (“NAVs”).

 

Valuation methods approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees which are intended to reflect fair value may be used when pricing service information is not readily available or when a security’s value is believed to have been materially affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets, that has occurred after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market). In such a case, a Fund’s value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted market price or pricing service information. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible that the value determined for a particular asset may be materially different from the value realized upon such asset’s sale.

 

The Funds’ valuation methods are more fully described in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

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Taxation and Distributions

 

The declaration and distribution policies specific to each Fund are outlined below.

 

Distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually. Distributions may be taken either in cash or in additional shares of the respective Fund at the Fund’s net asset value on the first business day after the record date for the distribution, at the option of the shareholder.

 

Each Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, none of the Funds will be subject to federal income tax on any net income or any capital gains to the extent they are distributed or are deemed to have been distributed to shareholders.

 

Generally, owners of variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts are not taxed currently on income or gains realized with respect to such contracts. However, some distributions from such contracts may be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. In addition, distributions made to an owner who is younger than 59 1/2 years may be subject to a 10% penalty tax. Investors should ask their own tax advisers for more information on their own tax situation, including possible foreign, state or local taxes.

 

In order for investors to receive the favorable tax treatment available to holders of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts, the separate accounts underlying such contracts, as well as the Funds in which these accounts invest, must meet certain diversification requirements. Each Fund intends to comply with these requirements. If a Fund does not meet these requirements, income from the contracts would be taxable currently to the holders of such contracts.

 

A Fund’s investment in foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes. In that case, the Fund’s yield on those securities would be decreased.

 

Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for more information regarding the tax treatment of the Funds. Please refer to the prospectuses of the separate accounts with interests in the Funds for a discussion of the tax consequences of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts.

 

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Investment Performance

 

From time to time, each of the Funds may advertise investment performance figures. These figures are based on historical earnings and should not be used to predict the future performance of a Fund.

 

Yields and total returns shown for the Funds are net of the Funds’ operating expenses, but do not take into account charges and expenses attributable to the variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts through which you invest. These expenses reduce the returns and yields you ultimately receive, so you should bear those expenses in mind when evaluating the performance of the Funds and when comparing the yields and returns of the Funds with those of other mutual funds.

 

The yield for each Fund refers to the net investment income earned by the Fund over a 30-day period (which period will be stated in the advertisement). This income is then assumed to be earned for a full year and to be reinvested each month for six months. The resulting semi-annual yield is doubled.

 

Each of the Funds may advertise its total return and its holding period return for various periods of time. Total return is calculated by determining the average annual compounded rate of return that an investment in the Fund earned over a specified period, assuming reinvestment of all distributions. Holding period return refers to the percentage change in the value of an investment in a Fund over a period of time assuming reinvestment of all distributions. Total return and holding period return differ from yield. The return figures include capital changes in an investment while yield measures the rate of net income generated by a Fund. The difference between total return and holding period return is that total return is an average annual figure while holding period return is an aggregate figure for the entire period.

 

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ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT POLICIES

 

AND RISK CONSIDERATIONS

 

The Funds, primarily through their investment in the Underlying Funds, may invest in a wide range of investments and engage in various investment-related transactions and practices. These practices may be changed by the Board of Trustees of the Trust without the consent of shareholders. Some of the more significant practices and some associated risks are discussed below.

 

Derivatives Transactions

 

Each Fund is authorized to engage in transactions involving derivatives, as more fully described in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

The Funds may use derivatives to attempt to:

 

· protect against possible declines in the market value of a Fund’s portfolio resulting from downward trends in relevant markets (for example, in the debt securities markets generally due to increasing interest rates);

 

· facilitate selling securities for investment reasons;

 

· protect a Fund’s unrealized gains or limit unrealized losses in the value of its securities;

 

· establish a position in the relevant securities markets as a temporary substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities;

 

· manage the effective maturity or duration of fixed-income securities in a Fund’s portfolio; or

 

· manage its exposure to changing security prices.

 

The Funds typically will not use derivatives for speculative purposes.

 

The Funds may buy or sell stock index futures and other similar instruments, as more fully discussed in the Statement of Additional Information. The Funds may purchase stock index futures in anticipation of taking a market position when, in the opinion of the Fund’s Adviser, or Underlying Fund’s Sub-Adviser, available cash balances do not permit an economically efficient trade in the cash market. The Fund also may sell stock index futures to terminate existing positions it may have as a result of its purchases of stock index futures.

 

Although the Funds will not be commodity pools, the use of certain derivatives subject these Funds to the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which limit the extent to which the Funds can invest in such derivatives. The Funds may invest in stock index futures contracts for hedging purposes without limit. However, the Funds may not invest in such contracts for other purposes if the sum of the amount of initial margin deposits, other than for bona fide hedging purposes, exceeds 5% of the liquidation value of the Fund’s assets, after taking into account unrealized gains and unrealized losses on such contracts.

 

Forward Contracts or “When Issued” Securities

 

Each Fund may purchase or sell securities on a “when issued” or delayed delivery or on a forward commitment basis (“forward contracts”). When such transactions are negotiated, the price is fixed at the time of commitment, but delivery and payment for the securities can take place a month or more after the commitment date. The securities purchased or sold are subject to market fluctuations, and no interest accrues to the purchaser during this period. At the time of delivery, the securities may be worth more or less than the purchase or sale price.

 

There can be no assurance that the use of forward contracts or other derivatives by any of the Funds will assist them in achieving their investment objectives. Risks inherent in the use of derivatives include:

 

· the risk that interest rates and securities prices will not move in the direction anticipated;

 

· imperfect correlation between the prices of forward contracts and the prices of the securities being hedged;

 

· the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different from those needed to select portfolio securities; and

 

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· the fact that forward contracts involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date. This is in addition to the risk of decline of the Fund’s other assets.

 

A Fund will not enter into a forward contract if, as a result, more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets would be in one or more segregated accounts covering forward contracts.

 

Options and Futures Contracts

 

The Funds may engage in options transactions, such as writing covered put and call options on securities and purchasing put and call options on securities. These strategies are designed to increase a Fund’s portfolio return, or to protect the value of the portfolio, by offsetting a decline in portfolio value through the options purchased. Writing options, however, can only constitute a partial hedge, up to the amount of the premium, and due to transaction costs.

 

The Funds may also write covered call and put options and purchase call and put options on stock indexes in order to increase portfolio income or to protect the Fund against declines in the value of portfolio securities. In addition, the Funds may also purchase and write options on foreign currencies to protect against declines in the dollar value of portfolio securities and against increases in the dollar cost of securities to be acquired.

 

The Funds may also enter into stock index futures contracts, foreign currency futures contracts and fixed income futures contracts. These transactions are hedging strategies. They are designed to protect a Fund’s current or intended investments from the effects of changes in exchange rates or market declines. A Fund will incur brokerage fees when it purchases and sells futures contracts. Futures contracts entail risk of loss in portfolio value if the Fund’s Adviser, or Underlying Fund’s Sub-Adviser, is incorrect in anticipating the direction of exchange rates or the securities markets.

 

The Funds may also purchase and write options on these futures contracts. This strategy also is intended to protect against declines in the values of portfolio securities or against increases in the costs of securities to be acquired. Like other options, options on futures contracts constitute only a partial hedge up to the amount of the premium, and due to transaction costs.

 

While these strategies will generally be used by a Fund for hedging purposes, there are risks. For example, the Fund’s Adviser, or Underlying Fund’s Sub-Adviser, may incorrectly forecast the direction of exchange rates or of the underlying securities index or markets. When these hedging transactions are unsuccessful, the Fund may experience losses. When a Fund enters into these transactions to increase portfolio value (i.e., other than for hedging purposes), there is a liquidity risk that no market will arise for resale and the Fund could also experience losses. Options and Futures Contracts strategies and risks are described more fully in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

Portfolio Management

 

Each Fund’s Adviser may use trading as a means of managing the portfolio of a Fund in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The Sub-Advisers, on behalf of the Underlying Funds, will engage in trading when they believe that the trade, net of transaction costs, will improve interest income or capital appreciation potential, or will lessen capital loss potential.

 

Whether the goals discussed above will be achieved through trading depends on the Sub-Advisers’ ability to evaluate particular securities and anticipate relevant market factors, including interest rate trends and variations from these trends. Such trading places an added burden on the Sub-Advisers’ ability to obtain relevant information, evaluate it properly and take advantage of their evaluations by completing transactions on a favorable basis. If the Sub-Advisers’ evaluations and expectations prove to be incorrect, an Underlying Fund’s income or capital appreciation may be reduced and its capital losses may be increased. Portfolio trading involves transaction costs, but, as explained above, will be engaged in when the Sub-Advisers believe the result of trading, net of transaction costs, will benefit the Underlying Funds. Portfolio turnover considerations will not limit the Sub-Advisers in managing the Underlying Funds, and portfolio turnover can generate higher costs, which can adversely affect the Funds’ performance.

 

 

Restricted And Illiquid Securities

 

Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid and restricted securities. These policies do not limit the purchase of securities eligible for resale to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule

 

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144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided such securities are determined to be liquid by MassMutual pursuant to Board-approved guidelines. If there is a lack of trading interest in particular Rule 144A securities, a Fund’s holdings of those securities may be illiquid, resulting in the possibility of undesirable delays in selling these securities at prices representing fair value.

 

Securities Lending

 

Each Fund may seek additional income by making loans of portfolio securities of not more than 33% of their respective total assets taken at current value. Lending portfolio securities may involve the risk of delay in recovery of the securities loaned or possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. Loans will be made only to borrowers deemed by MassMutual and the Fund’s custodian to be of good standing.

 

Cash Positions/Temporary Defensive Positions

 

Each Fund may hold cash or cash equivalents to provide for expenses and anticipated redemption

payments and so that an orderly investment program may be carried out in accordance with the Fund’s investment policies. In certain market conditions, a Fund’s Adviser or Underlying Fund’s Sub-Adviser, may for temporary defensive purposes, invest in investment grade debt securities, government obligations, or money market instruments or cash equivalents. These temporary defensive positions may cause a Fund not to achieve its investment objective. These investments may also give the Fund liquidity and allow it to achieve an investment return during such periods, although the Fund still has the possibility of losing money.

 

Dollar Roll Transactions

 

To take advantage of attractive financing opportunities in the mortgage market and to enhance current income, each of the Funds may engage in dollar roll transactions. A dollar roll transaction involves a sale by a Fund of a Government National Mortgage Association certificate or other mortgage-backed securities to a financial institution, such as a bank or a broker-dealer, concurrent with an agreement by a Fund to repurchase a similar security from the institution at a later date at an agreed-upon price. The securities that are repurchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those sold. Dollar roll transactions involve potential risks of loss which are different from those related to the securities underlying the transaction. For a more detailed description of dollar roll transactions, see the Statement of Additional Information.

 

Money Market Instruments

 

Each Fund may invest in money market instruments when they have cash reserves. These investments consist of U.S. government securities, time deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, high-grade commercial paper, and repurchase agreements. The Statement of Additional Information describes these instruments more fully.

 

Foreign Securities

 

Investments in foreign securities offer potential benefits not available from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. These include the opportunity to invest in foreign issuers that appear to offer growth potential, or to invest in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles different from those of the United States or foreign stock markets that do not move in a manner parallel to U.S. markets, thereby diversifying risks of fluctuations in portfolio value.

 

Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks, such as the possibility of one or more of the following: imposition of dividend or interest withholding or confiscatory taxes; currency blockages or transfer restrictions; expropriation, nationalization, military coups or other adverse political or economic developments; less government supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies; and the difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery. A Fund’s ability and decisions to purchase and sell portfolio securities may be affected by laws or regulations relating to the convertibility of currencies and repatriation of assets. Further, it may be more difficult for a Fund’s agents to keep currently informed about corporate actions which may affect the prices of portfolio securities. Communications between the United States and foreign countries may be less reliable than within the United States, thus increasing the risk of delayed settlements of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities.

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities and CMOs

 

The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”).

 

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These securities represent participation interests in pools of residential mortgage loans made by lenders such as banks and savings and loan associations. The pools are assembled for sale to investors (such as the Funds) by government agencies and private issuers, which issue or guarantee the securities relating to the pool. Such securities differ from conventional debt securities which generally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed or determinable amounts (usually semi-annually) with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. Some mortgage-backed securities in which a Fund may invest may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury (e.g., direct pass-through certificates of the Government National Mortgage Association); some are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government (e.g., obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation); and some are backed by only the credit of the issuer itself (e.g., private issuer securities). Those guarantees do not extend to the value or yield of the mortgage-backed securities themselves or to the NAV of a Fund’s shares. These issuers may also issue derivative mortgage backed securities such as CMOs.

 

The expected yield on mortgage-backed securities is based on the average expected life of the underlying pool of mortgage loans. The actual life of any particular pool will be shortened by any unscheduled or early payments of principal. Principal prepayments generally result from the sale of the underlying property or the refinancing or foreclosure of underlying mortgages. The occurrence of prepayments is affected by a wide range of economic, demographic and social factors and, accordingly, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular pool. Yield on such pools is usually computed by using the historical record of prepayments for that pool, or, in the case of newly-issued mortgages, the prepayment history of similar pools. The actual prepayment experience of a pool of mortgage loans may cause the yield realized by a Fund to differ from the yield calculated on the basis of the expected average life of the pool.

 

Prepayments tend to increase during periods of falling interest rates, while during periods of rising interest rates prepayments will most likely decline. When prevailing interest rates rise, the value of a pass-through security may decrease as do the values of other debt securities. When prevailing interest rates decline, the value of a pass-through security is not likely to rise to the extent that the values of other debt securities rise, because of the prepayment feature of pass-through securities. A Fund’s reinvestment of scheduled principal payments and unscheduled prepayments it receives may occur at times when available investments offer higher or lower rates than the original investment, thus affecting the yield of the Fund. Monthly interest payments received by the Fund have a compounding effect which may increase the yield to the Fund more than debt obligations that pay interest semi-annually. Because of those factors, mortgage-backed securities may be less effective than bonds of similar maturity at maintaining yields during periods of declining interest rates. A Fund may purchase mortgage- backed securities at a premium or at a discount. Accelerated prepayments adversely affect yields for pass-through securities purchased at a premium (i.e., at a price in excess of their principal amount) and may involve additional risk of loss of principal because the premium may not have been fully amortized when the obligation is repaid. The opposite is true for pass-through securities purchased at a discount.

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

These securities, issued by trusts and special purpose entities, are backed by pools of assets, such as automobile and credit-card receivables and home equity loans, that pass through the payments on the underlying obligations to the security holders (less servicing fees paid to the originator or fees for any credit enhancement). The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the market’s perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. Payments of principal and interest passed through to holders of asset-backed securities are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or having a priority to certain of the borrower’s other assets. The degree of credit enhancement varies, and generally applies to only a fraction of the asset-backed security’s par value until exhausted. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Fund has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Fund may experience losses or delays in receiving payment.

 

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The risks of investing in asset-backed securities are ultimately dependent upon payment of consumer loans by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to prepayments, which shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as described above for prepayments of a pool of mortgage loans underlying mortgage-backed securities. However, asset-backed securities do not have the benefit of the same security interest in the underlying collateral as do mortgage-backed securities.

 

Industry Concentration

 

As a general rule, a Fund will not acquire securities of issuers in any one industry (as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) if as a result more than 25% of the value of the total assets of the Fund would be invested in such industry, with the following exception:

 

· There is no limitation for securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities.

 

An MML Allocation Fund could, however, indirectly concentrate its assets in a particular industry through its investments in its Underlying Funds. The MML Allocation Funds do not control the investments of the Underlying Funds and any indirect concentration is a result of the Underlying Funds pursuing their own investment objectives.

 

 

Net Assets

 

For purposes of clarifying the term as used in this Prospectus, “Net Assets” includes any borrowings for investment purposes.

 

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MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

1295 State Street

Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001

 

 

Learning More About the Funds

 

You can learn more about the Funds by reading the Funds’ Annual and Semiannual Reports when they become available and the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You may obtain free copies of this information from the Funds or from the SEC using one or more of the methods set forth below. In the Annual and Semiannual Reports, you will find a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected each Fund’s performance during the period covered by the report and a listing of each Fund’s portfolio securities as of the end of such period. The SAI provides additional information about the Funds and will provide you with more detail regarding the organization and operation of the Funds, including their investment strategies. The SAI is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and is therefore legally considered a part of this Prospectus.

 

How to Obtain Information

 

From MML Series Investment Fund:  You may request information about the Funds (including the Annual/Semiannual Reports and the SAI) or make shareholder inquiries by calling 1-888-309-3539 or by writing MML Series Investment Fund, c/o Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0111, Attention: Retirement Services Marketing. You may also obtain copies of the Annual/Semiannual Reports and the SAI free of charge at http://www.massmutual.com.

 

From the SEC:  You may review and copy information about the Funds (including the Annual/Semiannual Reports and the SAI) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-202-942-8090 for information regarding the operation of the SEC’s public reference room). You can get copies of this information, upon payment of a copying fee, by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102 or by electronic request at Publicinfo@sec.gov. Alternatively, if you have access to the Internet, you may obtain information about the Funds from the SEC’s EDGAR database on its Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.

 

When obtaining information about the Funds from the SEC, you may find it useful to reference the Funds’ SEC file number: 811-2224.

 

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MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

 

1295 STATE STREET

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01111

 

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (“SAI”) IS NOT A PROSPECTUS. IT SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROSPECTUS OF MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND (“MML TRUST”) DATED AUGUST [15], 2007, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “PROSPECTUS”). TO OBTAIN A PROSPECTUS, CALL TOLL-FREE 1-888-309-3539, OR WRITE MML TRUST AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

 

THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATES TO THE FOLLOWING FUNDS:

 

   

MML CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND

 

   

MML BALANCED ALLOCATION FUND

 

   

MML MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND

 

   

MML GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND

 

   

MML AGGRESSIVE ALLOCATION FUND

 

DATED AUGUST [15], 2007

 

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General Information

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Investment Practices of the Funds and Related Risks

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Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

   B-21

Investment Restrictions

   B-23

Management of MML Trust

   B-24

Investment Management and Other Services

   B-31

Codes of Ethics

   B-32

Brokerage Allocation and Portfolio Transactions

   B-32

Capital Shares

   B-34

Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Securities being Offered

   B-35

Tax Status

   B-37

Certain Tax and Accounting Information

   B-40

Experts

   B-40

Appendix A—Securities Ratings

   B-41

Appendix B—Proxy Voting Policies

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I. GENERAL INFORMATION

 

MML Series Investment Fund (“MML Trust”) is an open-end management investment company having separate investment portfolios. This Statement of Additional Information provides information regarding the following five diversified investment portfolios: MML Conservative Allocation Fund (“MML Conservative Allocation”), MML Balanced Allocation Fund (“MML Balanced Allocation”), MML Moderate Allocation Fund (“MML Moderate Allocation”), MML Growth Allocation Fund (“MML Growth Allocation”) and MML Aggressive Allocation Fund (“MML Aggressive Allocation”) (collectively, the “Funds” of MML Trust). Each Fund has its own investment objective and policies and is designed to meet different investment needs.

 

MML Trust was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 19, 1984, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration of Trust”). MML Trust was established by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual” or the “Adviser”) for the purpose of providing a vehicle for the investment of assets of various separate investment accounts established by MassMutual and its life insurance company subsidiaries, including MML Bay State Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. Shares of the Funds are offered solely to separate investment accounts established by MassMutual and its life insurance company subsidiaries.

 

MassMutual is responsible for providing all investment advisory, management, and administrative services needed by the Funds pursuant to investment management agreements. MassMutual is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as an investment adviser.

 

II. INVESTMENT PRACTICES OF THE FUNDS AND RELATED RISKS

 

Each Fund has a distinct investment objective that it pursues through its investment policies. The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the discussion of the Funds’ investment objectives, techniques and policies described in the Prospectus. The fundamental investment objectives and investment restrictions of each Fund (as described in the Prospectus and below) may not be changed without a vote of a majority of such Fund’s outstanding shares. A “majority of the outstanding shares” of any Fund means the lesser of (1) 67% of such Fund’s outstanding shares present at a meeting of the shareholders if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy or (2) more than 50% of such Fund’s outstanding shares. All other investment policies and techniques of each Fund may be changed by the Board of Trustees of MML Trust without a vote of shareholders. For example, such other policies and techniques include investment in new types of debt instruments which may be devised in the future, or which are presently in disuse but may become more prominent in the future, and minor changes in investment policies which may be made in response to changes in regulatory requirements which are reflected in the present policies of such Fund. There is no assurance that the investment objectives of the Funds will be realized. The success of these objectives depends to a great extent upon the Adviser’s ability to assess changes in business and economic conditions.

 

Each Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market funds advised primarily by MassMutual or a control affiliate of MassMutual, as well as in non-affiliated funds (“Underlying Funds”)1 using an asset allocation strategy. In managing their portfolios of investments, the Underlying Funds may purchase various securities, investment related instruments and make use of various investment techniques, including, but not limited to, those described below. Investment policies and restrictions described below are non-fundamental and may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder approval, unless otherwise noted. Except as otherwise stated, references on the following pages to “the Funds,” “each Fund” or “a Fund” may relate to the Funds, one or more Underlying Funds, or both. For a description of ratings of corporate debt securities and money market instruments in which the Funds may invest, reference should be made to the Appendix.


(1)   Underlying Funds can include series of the MML Series Investment Fund and MML Series Investment Fund II, Oppenheimer Funds, which are advised by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”) and non-affiliated funds. OFI is a majority owned, indirect subsidiary of MassMutual.

 

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A. Derivatives

 

Although each Fund is authorized to engage in Derivatives Transactions as indicated in the Prospectus, the Funds have no current expectation of entering into such transactions in a material way other than the use of forward contracts or as otherwise discussed below. The following is a discussion of the Funds’ authority to enter into Derivative Transactions and a description of such transactions and instruments. Examples of Derivative Transactions include entering into financial futures transactions, writing covered call options on securities and futures or covered puts on securities and futures and entering into forward contracts, swap agreements, and other similar instruments (collectively referred to as “Derivatives”).

 

The Funds may use Derivatives to try to: (a) protect against possible declines in the market value of a Fund’s portfolio resulting from downward trends in the relevant securities markets (for example, in the debt securities markets generally due to increasing interest rates); (b) protect a Fund’s unrealized gains or limit unrealized losses in the value of its securities; (c) facilitate selling securities for investment reasons; (d) establish a position in the relevant securities markets as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities; (e) manage its exposure to changing security prices; or (f) manage the effective maturity or duration of fixed income securities in a Fund’s portfolio (collectively “Derivatives Transactions”). Derivatives may provide a cheaper, quicker or more specially focused way for a Fund to invest than “traditional” securities would.

 

1. Forward Contracts—Each Fund may purchase or sell securities on a “when issued,” delayed delivery or on a forward commitment basis (“forward contracts”). When such transactions are negotiated, the price is fixed at the time of commitment, but delivery and payment for the securities can take place a month or more after the commitment date. The securities purchased or sold are subject to market fluctuations, and no interest accrues to the purchaser during this period. At the time of delivery, the securities may be worth more or less than the purchase or sale price. The Funds use forward contracts to manage interest rate exposure, as a temporary substitute for purchasing or selling particular debt securities, or to take delivery of the underlying security rather than closing out the forward contract.

 

While the Funds may also enter into forward contracts with the initial intention of acquiring securities for their portfolio, the Funds may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement if the Fund’s investment sub-adviser deems it appropriate to do so. The Funds may realize short-term gains or losses upon the sale of forward contracts. If a Fund enters into a forward contract, it will establish a segregated account with its custodian consisting of cash or liquid securities, having a current market value equal to or greater than the aggregate amount of the Fund’s commitment under forward contracts (that is, the purchase price of the underlying security on the delivery date). As an alternative to maintaining all or part of the segregated account, the Funds could buy call or put options to “cover” the forward contracts. The Funds will not enter into a forward contract if as a result more than 25% of that Fund’s total assets would be held in a segregated account covering such contracts.

 

2. Currency Transactions and Swaps—The Funds may engage in currency transactions with counterparties either to hedge foreign currency risks or to convert foreign denominated securities or obligations to U.S. dollar-denominated investments. Currency transactions include forward currency contracts, exchange-listed currency futures, exchange listed and over-the-counter options on currencies and currency swaps. A forward currency contract involves a privately negotiated obligation to purchase or sell (with delivery generally required) a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. A currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows based on the notional difference among two or more currencies and operates similarly to an interest rate swap. The Funds may enter into currency transactions with counterparties which have received (or the guarantors of the obligations of which have received) a credit rating of A-1 or P-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively, or that have an equivalent rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) or (except for OTC currency options) are determined to be of equivalent credit quality by the Adviser or the Fund’s investment sub-adviser.

 

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Transaction hedging is entering into a currency transaction with respect to specific assets or liabilities of a Fund, which will generally arise in connection with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities or the receipt of income therefrom. Position hedging is entering into a currency transaction with respect to portfolio security positions denominated or generally quoted in or exposed to that currency. For example, if a Fund believes that a foreign currency may suffer a substantial decline against the U.S. dollar, that Fund may enter into a forward sale contract to sell an amount of that foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the Fund’s portfolio securities denominated in or exposed to such foreign currency. The Funds may also cross-hedge currencies by entering into transactions to purchase or sell one or more currencies that are expected to decline in value relative to other currencies to which the Funds have or in which the Funds expect to have portfolio exposure.

 

None of the Funds will enter into a transaction to hedge currency exposure to an extent greater, after netting all transactions intended wholly or partially to offset other transactions, than the aggregate market value (at the time of entering into the transaction) of the securities held in its portfolio that are denominated or generally quoted in or exposed to or currently convertible into such currency, other than with respect to proxy hedging as described below.

 

To reduce the effect of currency fluctuations on the value of existing or anticipated holdings of portfolio securities, the Funds may also engage in proxy hedging. Proxy hedging is often used when the currency to which a Fund’s portfolio is exposed is difficult to hedge or to hedge against the dollar. Proxy hedging entails entering into a forward contract to sell a currency whose changes in value are generally considered to be linked to a currency or currencies in which some or all of the Fund’s portfolio securities are or are expected to be denominated, and to buy U.S. dollars. The amount of the contract would not exceed the value of the Fund’s securities denominated in or exposed to linked currencies. Currency hedging involves some of the same risks and considerations as other transactions with similar instruments. Currency transactions can result in losses to the Funds if the currency being hedged fluctuates in value to a degree or in a direction that is not anticipated. Further, there is the risk that the perceived linkage between various currencies may not be present during the particular time that the Funds are engaging in proxy hedging.

 

Currency transactions are subject to risks different from those of other portfolio transactions. Because currency control is of great importance to the issuing governments and influences economic planning and policy, purchases and sales of currency and related instruments can be negatively affected by government exchange controls, blockages, and manipulations or exchange restrictions imposed by governments. These can result in losses to a Fund if it is unable to deliver or receive currency or funds in settlement of obligations and could also cause hedges it has entered into to be rendered useless, resulting in full currency exposure as well as incurring transaction costs. Buyers and sellers of currency futures are subject to the same risks that apply to the use of futures generally. Further, settlement of a currency futures contract for the purchase of most currencies must occur at a bank based in the issuing nation. Trading options on currency futures is relatively new, and the ability to establish and close out positions on such options is subject to the maintenance of a liquid market that may not always be available. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate based on factors extrinsic to that country’s economy.

 

3. Interest Rate Swap Agreements—Swap Agreements—An interest rate swap agreement involves the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, such as an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to a notional amount of principal. Interest rate and yield curve swaps may be used by an investment sub-adviser on behalf of a Fund as a hedging technique to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio or to protect against any increase in the price of securities a Fund anticipates purchasing in the future. The Funds intend to use these transactions as hedges and not as speculative investments. A Fund usually will enter into such agreements on a net basis whereby the two payments of interest are netted with only one party paying the net amount, if any, to the other.

 

The Funds may also engage in other types of swap transactions, including, but not limited to currency, credit default, indices, basket, specific security and commodity swaps, interest rate caps, floors and collars and options on swaps.

 

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4. Futures—The Funds may enter into exchange-traded futures contracts for the purchase or sale of debt obligations in order to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates. The purpose of hedging in debt obligations is to establish the effective rate of return on portfolio securities with more certainty than would otherwise be possible. A futures contract on debt obligations is a binding contractual commitment which, if held to maturity, will result in an obligation to make or accept delivery, during a particular month, of obligations having a standardized face value and rate of return. By entering into a futures contract for the purchase of a debt obligation, a Fund will legally obligate itself to accept delivery of the underlying security and pay the agreed price; by entering into a futures contract for the sale of a debt obligation it will legally obligate itself to make delivery of the security against payment of the agreed price. Positions taken in the futures markets are not normally held to maturity, but are instead liquidated through offsetting transactions which may result in a profit or a loss as explained below.

 

While futures contracts based on debt securities provide for the delivery and acceptance of securities, such deliveries and acceptances usually are not made. Generally, the futures contract is terminated by entering into an offsetting transaction. The closing out of a futures contract sale is effected by a Fund’s entering into a futures contract purchase for the same aggregate amount of the specific type of financial instrument and the same delivery date. If the price in the sale exceeds the price in the offsetting purchase, the Fund immediately is paid the difference and thus realizes the gain. If the offsetting purchase price exceeds the sale price, a Fund pays the difference and realizes the loss. Similarly, the closing out of a futures contract purchase is effected by a Fund’s entering into a futures contract sale for the same aggregate amount of the specific type of financial instrument and the same delivery date. If the offsetting sale price exceeds the purchase price, the Fund realizes a gain, and if the purchase price exceeds the offsetting sale price, the Fund realizes a loss. Instead of entering into an offsetting position, however, a Fund might make or take delivery of the underlying securities whenever it appears economically advantageous for it to do so.

 

Unlike the purchase or sale of a security, no price is paid or received by a Fund upon the purchase or sale of a futures contract. The Fund will incur brokerage fees in connection with its futures transactions, however, and will be required to deposit and maintain funds with a registered futures commission merchant or its custodian bank in a segregated account as margin to guarantee performance of its futures obligations. A Fund initially will be required to deposit with its custodian bank or a registered futures commission merchant an amount of “initial margin” consisting of cash or U.S. Treasury bills currently equal to approximately 1.5% of the contract amount. The nature of initial margin in futures transactions is different from that of margin in security transactions in that a futures contract initial margin does not involve the borrowing of funds by a Fund to finance the transactions. Rather, the initial margin is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the contract which is returned to the Fund upon termination of the futures contract, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Subsequent payments to and from the broker will be made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying debt security fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “mark to the market.”

 

To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price of debt securities being hedged and movements in the price of futures contracts, a Fund may buy or sell futures contracts in a greater dollar amount than the dollar amount of the securities being hedged if the historical volatility of the prices of such securities has been greater than the historical volatility of the futures contracts. Conversely, a Fund may buy or sell fewer futures contracts if the historical volatility of the price of the securities being hedged is less than the historical volatility of the futures contracts.

 

Options on Futures Contracts—Unlike a futures contract, which requires the parties to buy and sell a security or make a cash settlement payment based on changes in a financial instrument or securities index on an agreed date, an option on a futures contract entitles its holder to decide on or before a future date whether to enter into such a contract. If the holder decides not to exercise its option, the holder may close out the option position by entering into an offsetting transaction or may decide to let the option expire and forfeit the premium thereon. The purchaser of an option on a futures contract pays a premium for the option but makes no initial margin

 

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payments or daily payments of cash in the nature of “variation” margin payments to reflect the change in the value of the underlying contract as does a purchaser or seller of a futures contract.

 

The seller of an option on a futures contract receives the premium paid by the purchaser and may be required to pay initial margin. Amounts equal to the initial margin and any additional collateral required on any options on futures contracts sold by a Fund are paid by a Fund into a segregated account, in the name of the Futures Commission Merchant, as required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and the SEC’s interpretations thereunder.

 

Combined Positions—The Funds are permitted to purchase and write options in combination with each other, or in combination with futures or forward contracts, to adjust the risk and return characteristics of the overall position. For example, a Fund may purchase a put option and write a call option on the same underlying instrument, in order to construct a combined position whose risk and return characteristics are similar to selling a futures contract. Another possible combined position would involve writing a call option at one strike price and buying a call option at a lower price, in order to reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a substantial price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out.

 

5. Call and Put Options

 

Call Options give the holder the right to buy a security at a stated price, or strike price, within a stated period. A call option can be exercised during the exercise period if the spot price rises above the strike price; if not, the option expires. A call option backed by the securities underlying the option is a covered call option. The owner of the security will normally sell covered call options to collect premium income or to reduce price fluctuations of the security. A covered call option limits the capital appreciation of the underlying security. As a writer of a call option, a Fund receives a premium, that may be an additional source of income for the Fund, for agreeing to sell the underlying security at a fixed price during the option period if the option is exercised. So long as the Fund remains obligated as a writer of a call, it forgoes the opportunity to profit from increases in the market price of the underlying security above the exercise price of the option, except insofar as the premium represents such profit.

 

Each Fund may write call options which are traded on a national securities exchange with respect to securities in its portfolio, provided that at all times it will have in its portfolio the securities which it may be obligated to deliver if the option is exercised. Each Fund may write call options on securities in its portfolio in an attempt to realize a greater current return than would be realized on the securities alone or to provide greater flexibility in disposing of such securities. A Fund may also enter into “closing purchase transactions” in order to terminate its obligation as a writer of a call option prior to the expiration of the option. The writing of call options could result in increases in the Funds’ portfolio turnover rate, especially during periods when market prices of the underlying securities appreciate.

 

Put Options give the holder the right to sell the underlying securities to a Fund during the term of the option at a fixed exercise price up to a stated expiration date or, in the case of certain options, on such date. Put options are “covered” by a Fund, for example, when it has established a segregated account with its custodian bank consisting of cash, U.S. Government issued securities and other liquid, high quality debt securities. Each Fund may also write straddles (combinations of calls and puts on the same underlying security). The writing of straddles generates additional premium income but may present greater risk.

 

6. Options on Indexes—The Funds may also purchase options on indexes. Options on securities indexes are similar to options on securities, except that the exercise of securities index options is settled by cash payment and does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities. In addition, these options are designed to reflect price fluctuations in a group of securities or segment of the securities market rather than price fluctuations in a single security. A Fund, in purchasing or selling index options, is subject to the risk that the value of its portfolio

 

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securities may not change as much as an index because a Fund’s investments generally will not match the composition of an index.

 

For a number of reasons, a liquid market may not exist and thus a Fund may not be able to close out an option position that it has previously entered into. When a Fund purchases an over-the-counter option, it will be relying on its counterparty to perform its obligations, and a Fund may incur additional losses if the counterparty is unable to perform.

 

7. Exchange Traded and Over-the-Counter Options—All options purchased or sold by a Fund will be traded on a securities exchange or will be purchased or sold by securities dealers (over-the-counter options) that meet creditworthiness standards approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. While exchange traded options are obligations of the Options Clearing Corporation, in the case of over-the-counter options, a Fund relies on the dealer from which it purchased the option to perform if the option is exercised. Thus, when a Fund purchases an over-the-counter option, it relies on the dealer from which it purchased the option to make or take delivery of the underlying securities. Failure by the dealer to do so would result in the loss of the premium paid by a Fund as well as loss of the expected benefit of the transaction.

 

Provided that a Fund has arrangements with certain qualified dealers who agree that the Fund may repurchase any option it writes for a maximum price to be calculated by a predetermined formula, a Fund may treat the underlying securities used to cover written over-the-counter options as liquid. In these cases, the over-the-counter option itself would only be considered illiquid to the extent that the maximum repurchase price under the formula exceeds the intrinsic value of the option.

 

8. Interest Rate Caps—The purchase of an interest rate cap entitles the purchaser, to the extent a specific index exceeds a predetermined interest rate, to receive payments on a contractually-based notional amount from the party selling the interest rate cap. The purchase of an interest rate floor entitles the purchaser, to the extent that a specific index falls below a predetermined interest rate, to receive payments of interest on a contractually-based notional principal amount from the party selling the interest rate floor. In instances determined by the Funds’ Board of Trustees, a Fund selling caps and floors would maintain, in a segregated account, cash or high-grade liquid assets having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the full amount, accrued on a daily basis, of the Fund’s obligations with respect to any caps or floors.

 

9. Other Derivatives—The Funds may use other derivatives that are or become appropriate in the context of each Fund’s investment objectives and in a manner and to an extent permitted by law and authorized by the Board of Trustees pursuant to guidelines proposed by MassMutual.

 

Derivatives Limitations—The policies limiting the use of Derivatives are non-fundamental policies established by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. The policies may be changed by the Board without obtaining shareholder approval. MML Trust’s current non-fundamental policies are:

 

1. a Fund would not enter into a futures contract if, immediately after entering into the futures contract, more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets would be committed to initial margin deposits on such contracts;

 

2. a Fund will not purchase a put or call option on securities or investment related instruments if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets would be attributable to premiums paid for such options;

 

3. a Fund would not write a covered call or put option if as a result more than 20% of the Fund’s total assets would be in one or more segregated accounts covering call and put options;

 

4. a Fund would not enter into a forward contract if as a result more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets would be in one or more segregated accounts covering forward contracts; and

 

5. a Fund is required at all times to maintain its assets at a level at least three times the amount of all of its borrowings (the “300% asset coverage test”). Borrowings for this purpose include obligations under any futures contract on a debt obligation.

 

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Segregated Accounts—If a Fund enters into forward contracts, it must cover such contracts by, for example, establishing a segregated account with its custodian bank consisting of cash, U.S. Government securities and other liquid, high quality debt securities. The assets of the account must have a value equal to or greater than the aggregate amount of that Fund’s commitment under forward contracts (that is, greater than the aggregate of the purchase price of the underlying security on the delivery date). If the value of the securities in the segregated account declines, additional cash or high quality liquid assets will be placed in the account so that the value of the account will equal the amount of the Fund’s commitments. At the time of entering into a forward contract, the segregated account covering such forward contracts shall not exceed 25% of the Fund’s assets. As an alternative to maintaining all or part of the segregated account, a Fund could buy call or put options to “cover” the forward contracts. Forward contracts involve a risk of a loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, which risk is in addition to the risk of decline of the Fund’s other assets. A Fund may realize short-term gains or losses upon the sale of forward contracts.

 

Risks in Using Derivatives—There can be no assurance that the use of Derivatives by any of the Funds will assist it in achieving its investment objectives. Derivatives can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of risk, depending upon the characteristic of the particular Derivative and the portfolio as a whole. Derivatives permit the Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the character of the risk, to which its portfolio is exposed. Derivatives may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small investment in Derivatives could have a large potential impact on the Fund’s performance. Risks inherent in the use of futures, options, forward contracts, and swaps include:

 

   

the risk that interest rates and securities prices will not move in the direction anticipated;

 

   

imperfect correlation between the price of futures, options, forward contracts and the prices of the securities being hedged;

 

   

the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different from those needed to select portfolio securities;

 

   

the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at any time;

 

   

futures contracts and options can be highly volatile;

 

   

the writing of call options could result in increases in the Funds’ portfolio turnover rate, especially during periods when market prices of the underlying securities appreciate;

 

   

the possible need to defer closing out certain hedged positions to avoid adverse tax consequences;

 

   

the risk that a Fund will not be able to effect closing purchase transactions as to call options it has written at any particular time or at any acceptable price; and

 

   

forward contracts involve a risk of a loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, which is in addition to the risk of decline of the Funds’ other assets.

 

B. Other Investment Practices

 

1. Repurchase Agreements—The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements. Each such Fund may invest not more than 10% of its respective total assets in such agreements. Under a repurchase agreement, a Fund acquires a security from, and simultaneously resells it to, an approved vendor (a U.S. commercial bank or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank, or a broker-dealer which has been designated a primary dealer in U.S. Government securities and which meet the credit requirements set by MML Trust’s Board of Trustees from time to time) for delivery on an agreed-upon future date. The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period during which the repurchase agreement is in effect. The majority of these agreements run from day to day, and delivery pursuant to the resale agreement typically will occur within one to five days of the purchase. A repurchase agreement is considered to be a loan by a Fund for purposes of its investment restrictions, collateralized by the underlying security. Investments in

 

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repurchase agreements will be limited to transactions with financial institutions which are believed by MassMutual to present minimal credit risks.

 

While the repurchase agreements will provide that the underlying security at all times shall have a value at least equal to the resale price stated in the agreement, if the seller defaults, a Fund could realize a loss on the sale of the underlying security. In addition, if the seller should be involved in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, a Fund may incur delay and costs in selling the underlying security or may suffer a loss of principal and interest if the Fund is treated as an unsecured creditor and required to return the underlying securities to the seller’s estate.

 

2. Reverse Repurchase Agreements—The Funds may engage in reverse repurchase agreements, which are agreements in which the Fund agrees to sell a security and simultaneously agrees to repurchase it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. Each such Fund will maintain a segregated account with its custodian which will contain cash or high-grade debt obligations having a current market value at all times in an amount sufficient to repurchase securities pursuant to outstanding reverse repurchase agreements. Reverse repurchase agreements are borrowings subject to the 300% asset coverage test described previously.

 

3. Restricted and Illiquid Securities—Each Fund may invest no more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. However, this policy does not limit the purchases of securities eligible for resale to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), provided that such securities are determined to be liquid by the Funds’ Board of Trustees or the Fund’s investment sub-adviser if such determination is pursuant to Board-approved guidelines.

 

Although the Board of Trustees is responsible for determining the liquidity of restricted securities, it is not required to specifically approve and review each restricted security recommended by the investment sub-advisers for the Funds’ portfolios. With respect to Rule 144A securities, for example, the Board of Trustees is responsible for establishing guidelines for determining the liquidity and value of securities and monitoring the investment sub-adviser’s implementation of the guidelines. Such guidelines have been adopted and take into account trading activity and the availability of reliable pricing information, among other factors. If there is a lack of trading interest in particular Rule 144A securities, the Fund’s holdings of those securities may be illiquid, resulting in undesirable delays in selling these securities at prices representing their fair value. Securities not registered for sale to the general public but can be resold to institutional investors may not be considered illiquid, provided that a dealer or institutional trading market exists. The institutional trading market is relatively new and liquidity of the Funds’ investments could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

Restricted securities frequently can be purchased at a discount from the price of unrestricted securities of the same class, and the valuation of such securities in the Funds’ portfolios (which will be their fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of MML Trust or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Trustees subject to its review) will generally reflect such discount in whole or in part until the restriction is eliminated. With the exception of Rule 144A securities and commercial paper, the Funds generally do not expect to purchase restricted securities unless the issuer has agreed to pay the expenses of registering such securities under the Securities Act. However, under some circumstances the Funds may dispose of such securities privately at a discount or pay the cost of registration. A considerable period may elapse between the time a Fund decides to sell restricted securities and the time a suitable purchaser is found or registration is effected. Any such lapse of time would reduce the Fund’s flexibility and also delay its ability to dispose of such securities, thereby subjecting the Fund to the risk of a market decline in the interim or, in a thin market, a decline caused by the proposed sale itself. In disposing of restricted securities, the Funds may be underwriters as that term is defined in the Securities Act.

 

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“non-U.S.,” “European,” “Latin American,” “Asian,” and “emerging markets” in the manner that affords to the Funds the greatest flexibility in seeking to achieve the investment objective(s) of the relevant Fund. Specifically, in circumstances where the investment objective and/or strategy is to invest (a) exclusively in “foreign securities,” “non-U.S. securities” “European securities,” “Latin American securities,” “Asian securities,” or “emerging markets” (or similar directions) or (b) at least some percentage of the Fund’s assets in “foreign securities,” etc., the Fund will take the view that a security meets this description so long as the issuer of a security is tied economically to the particular country or geographic region indicated by words of the relevant investment objective and/or strategy (the “Relevant Language”). For these purposes, the issuer of a security is deemed to have that tie if:

 

(i) the issuer is organized under the laws of the country or a country within the geographic region suggested by the Relevant Language or maintains its principal place of business in that country or region; or

 

(ii) the securities are traded principally in the country or region suggested by the Relevant Language; or

 

(iii) the issuer, during its most recent fiscal year, derived at least 50% of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in the country or region suggested by the Relevant Language or has at least 50% of its assets in that country or region.

 

In addition, the Funds intend to treat derivative securities (e.g., call options) by reference to the underlying security. Conversely, if the investment objective and/or strategy of a Fund limits the percentage of assets that may be invested in “foreign securities,” etc. or prohibits such investments altogether, a Fund intends to categorize securities as “foreign,” etc. only if the security possesses all of the attributes described above in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).

 

If the Funds’ securities are held abroad, the countries in which such securities may be held and the subcustodian holding them must be approved by the Board of Trustees or its delegate under applicable rules adopted by the SEC. In buying foreign securities, the Funds may convert U.S. dollars into foreign currency.

 

ADRs are issued by a U.S. depository institution, but they represent a specified quantity of shares of a non-U.S. stock company. ADRs trade on U.S. securities exchanges but are treated as “foreign securities” for purposes of the limitations on a Fund’s investments in foreign securities because they are subject to many of the same risks as foreign securities as described below.

 

The Funds also may invest in sponsored or unsponsored Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and European Depositary Receipts (“EDRs”) to the extent they become available. GDRs and EDRs are typically issued by foreign depositaries and are evidence of ownership interests in a security or pool of securities issued by either a foreign or a U.S. corporation. Holders of unsponsored GDRs and EDRs generally bear all the costs associated with establishing them. The depositary of an unsponsored GDR or EDR is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the underlying issuer or to pass through to the GDR or EDR holders any voting rights with respect to the securities or pools of securities represented by the GDR or EDR. GDRs and EDRs also may not be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities. Registered GDRs and EDRs are generally designed for use in U.S. securities markets, while bearer form GDRs and EDRs are generally designed for non-U.S. securities markets. The Funds will treat the underlying securities of a GDR or EDR as the investment for purposes of its investment policies and restrictions.

 

In making foreign investments, each Fund will be subject to a number of factors and risks not generally associated with investments in domestic securities. For example, foreign securities usually are denominated in foreign currencies which means that their values will be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies as well as to other factors that affect securities prices. Moreover, foreign issuers are not subject to uniform legal, accounting, auditing, and financial standards and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. issuers. Other risks include:

 

   

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higher brokerage costs;

 

   

thinner trading markets, currency blockages or transfer restrictions;

 

   

military coups or other adverse political or economic developments;

 

   

applicability of less stringent regulation of foreign securities markets;

 

   

the availability of less information about the issuer of the security in question;

 

   

possible seizure, expropriation or nationalization of foreign assets;

 

   

less government supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies;

 

   

the difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries; and

 

   

greater expenses because of the increased transaction costs on non-U.S. securities markets and the increased costs of maintaining the custody of foreign securities.

 

Foreign securities markets also have different clearance and settlement procedures. Delays in settlement could result in temporary periods when assets of the Funds are uninvested. The inability of a Fund to make intended security purchases due to settlement problems could cause it to miss certain investment opportunities.

 

Purchases of foreign securities are usually made in foreign currencies and, as a result, Funds investing in foreign securities may incur currency conversion costs and may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in the value of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar. Further, it may be more difficult for the Funds’ agents to keep currently informed about corporate actions that may affect the prices of portfolio securities. Communications between the United States and foreign countries may be less reliable than within the United States, thus increasing the risk of delayed settlements of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery. The Funds’ ability and decisions to purchase and sell portfolio securities may be affected by laws or regulations relating to the convertibility of currencies and repatriation of assets.

 

A number of current significant, political, demographic and economic developments may affect investments in foreign securities and in securities of companies with operations overseas. The course of any one or more of these events and the effect on trade barriers, competition, and markets for consumer goods and services are uncertain. Similar considerations are of concern with respect to developing countries. For example, the possibility of revolution and the dependence on foreign economic assistance may be greater in these countries than in developed countries. With regard to the actively-managed Funds, management seeks to mitigate the risks associated with these considerations through diversification and active professional judgment.

 

In addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities, investments in emerging markets involve special risks. Securities of many issuers in emerging markets may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable domestic issuers. Emerging markets may have different clearance and settlement procedures, and in certain markets there have been times when settlements have been unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions, making it difficult to conduct such transactions. Delays in settlement could result in temporary periods when a portion of the assets of a Fund is uninvested and no return is earned thereon. The inability of a Fund to make intended security purchases due to settlement problems could cause a Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities. Inability to dispose of portfolio securities due to settlement problems could result in losses to a Fund due to subsequent declines in values of the portfolio securities, decrease in the level of liquidity in a Fund’s portfolio, or, if a Fund has entered into a contract to sell the security, possible liability to the purchaser. Certain markets may require payment for securities before delivery, and in such markets a Fund bears the risk that the securities will not be delivered and that the Fund’s payments will not be returned. Securities prices in emerging markets can be significantly more volatile than in the more developed nations of the world, reflecting the greater uncertainties of investing in less established markets and economies. In particular, countries with emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, present the risk of nationalization of

 

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businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership, or prohibitions of repatriation of assets, and may have less protection of property rights than more developed countries. The economies of countries with emerging markets may be predominantly based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates. Local securities markets may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of substantial holdings difficult or impossible at times. Securities of issuers located in countries with emerging markets may have limited marketability and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements.

 

Certain emerging markets may require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if a deterioration occurs in an emerging market’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country could impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances. A Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any required governmental approval for repatriation of capital, as well as by the application to that Fund of any restrictions on investments.

 

Investment in certain foreign emerging market debt obligations may be restricted or controlled to varying degrees. These restrictions or controls may at times preclude investment in certain foreign emerging market debt obligations and increase the expenses of a Fund.

 

5. Securities Lending—Each Fund may seek additional income by making loans of portfolio securities of not more than 33% of its total assets taken at current market value, although this amount may change if applicable regulatory requirements change. The risks in lending portfolio securities, as with other extensions of credit, consist of possible delay in recovery of the securities or possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. Under applicable regulatory requirements and securities lending agreements (which are subject to change), the loan collateral must, on each business day, be at least equal to the value of the loaned securities and must consist of cash (which may be invested by the Fund in any investment not otherwise prohibited by the Prospectus or this SAI), bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S. Government (or its agencies or instrumentalities), or other cash equivalents in which the Funds are permitted to invest. The borrower pays to the lending Fund an amount equal to any dividends or interest received on the securities lent. The Funds may invest the cash collateral received or may receive a fee from the borrower. All investments of cash collateral by a Fund are for the account and risk of that Fund. Although voting rights or rights to consent with respect to the loaned securities pass to the borrower, each Fund retains the right to call the loans at any time on reasonable notice. The Funds may also call such loans in order to sell the securities involved. The Funds pays various fees in connection with such loans, including shipping fees and reasonable custodian, securities lending agent and placement fees. The terms of a Fund’s loans must also meet certain tests under the Code and must permit the Fund to reacquire loaned securities on five business days’ notice or in time to vote on any important matter.

 

6. Short Sales Against-the-Box—Selling short “against-the-box” refers to the sale of securities actually owned by the seller but held in safekeeping. In such short sales, while the short position is open, a Fund must own an equal amount of such securities, or by virtue of ownership of securities have the right, without payment of further consideration, to obtain an equal amount of securities sold short. Short sales against-the-box generally produce current recognition of gain for federal income tax purposes on the constructive sale of securities “in the box” prior to the time the short position is closed out. None of the Funds currently intends to engage in short sales against-the-box.

 

7. U.S. Government Securities—The Funds may invest in U.S. Government securities. These include obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Payment of principal and interest on U.S. Government obligations (i) may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States (as with U.S. Treasury obligations and GNMA certificates) or (ii) may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself (as with FNMA notes). In the latter case, the investor must look principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment. Such

 

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agency or instrumentality may be privately owned. There can be no assurance that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities where it is not obligated to do so. U.S. Government securities are subject to interest rate risk, and, in some cases, may be subject to credit risk. As a general matter, the value of debt instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, declines when market interest rates increase and rises when market interest rates decrease. Certain types of U.S. Government obligations are subject to fluctuations in yield or value due to their structure or contract terms.

 

8. Cash and Short-Term Debt Securities—Money Market Instruments Generally—The Funds may invest in money market securities. Money market securities are high-quality, short-term debt instruments that may be issued by the U.S. Government, corporations, banks or other entities. They may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. Some money market securities in which the Funds may invest are described below.

 

Bank Obligations—The Funds may invest in bank obligations, including certificates of deposit, time deposits, banker’s acceptances and other short-term obligations of domestic banks, foreign subsidiaries of domestic banks, foreign branches of domestic banks, and domestic and foreign branches of foreign banks, domestic savings and loan associations and other banking institutions.

 

Certificates of deposit (“CD’s”) are negotiable certificates evidencing the obligations of a bank to repay funds deposited with it for a specified period of time. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in a banking institution for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time deposits which may be held by the Funds will not benefit from insurance from the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Bankers’ acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligation both of the bank and the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity. The other short-term obligations may include uninsured, direct obligations, bearing fixed, floating- or variable-interest rates.

 

The Funds may invest in certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of U.S. banks and savings and loan associations, London branches of U.S. banks and U.S. branches of foreign banks. Obligations of foreign banks and of foreign branches of U.S. banks may be affected by foreign governmental action, including imposition of currency controls, interest limitations, withholding taxes, seizure of assets or the declaration of a moratorium or restriction on payments of principal or interest. Foreign banks and foreign branches of U.S. banks may provide less public information than, and may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial recordkeeping standards as, domestic banks.

 

Cash, Short-Term Instruments and Temporary Investments—The Funds may hold cash or cash equivalents or invest in high quality money market instruments on an ongoing basis, among other reasons, to provide for expenses, to provide liquidity when there is an unexpected level of shareholder purchases or redemptions and so that an orderly investment program may be carried out in accordance with a Fund’s investment policies. In addition, in adverse market conditions, the Funds may invest in these short term instruments for temporary, defensive purposes. The instruments in which the Funds may invest include, without limitation: (i) short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises); (ii) CDs, bankers’ acceptances, fixed time deposits and other obligations of domestic banks (including foreign branches); (iii) non-convertible corporate debt securities (e.g., bonds and debentures) with remaining maturities at the date of purchase of not more than one year; (iv) repurchase agreements; and (v) short-term obligations of foreign banks (including U.S. branches).

 

Commercial Paper and Short-Term Corporate Debt Instruments—The Funds may invest in commercial paper (including variable amount master demand notes) consisting of short-term, unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is usually sold on a discount basis and has a maturity at the time of issuance not exceeding nine months. Variable amount master demand notes are demand obligations that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying market rates of interest pursuant

 

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to arrangements between the issuer and a commercial bank acting as agent for the payee of such notes whereby both parties have the right to vary the amount of the outstanding indebtedness on the notes. The sub-advisers monitor on an ongoing basis the ability of an issuer of a demand instrument to pay principal and interest on demand. The Funds also may invest in non-convertible corporate debt securities (e.g., bonds and debentures) with not more than one year remaining to maturity at the date of settlement.

 

Letters of Credit—Certain of the debt obligations (including municipal securities, certificates of participation, commercial paper and other short-term obligations) which the Funds may purchase may be backed by an unconditional and irrevocable letter of credit of a bank, savings and loan association or insurance company which assumes the obligation for payment of principal and interest in the event of default by the issuer.

 

9. Zero-Coupon, Step Coupon and Pay-In-Kind Securities—Other debt securities in which the Funds may invest include zero coupon, step coupon and pay-in-kind instruments. Zero coupon bonds are issued and traded at a discount from their face value. They do not entitle the holder to any periodic payment of interest prior to maturity. Step coupon bonds trade at a discount from their face value and pay coupon interest. The coupon rate is low for an initial period and then increases to a higher coupon rate thereafter. The discount from the face amount or par value depends on the time remaining until cash payments begin, prevailing interest rates, liquidity of the security and the perceived credit quality of the issue. Pay-in-kind bonds normally give the issuer an option to pay cash at a coupon payment date or give the holder of the security a similar bond with the same coupon rate and a face value equal to the amount of the coupon payment that would have been made.

 

Current federal income tax law requires holders of zero coupon and step coupon securities to report the portion of the original issue discount on such securities that accrues during a given year as interest income, even though holders receive no cash payments of interest during the year. In order to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations thereunder (the “Code”), a Fund must distribute its investment company taxable income, including the original issue discount accrued on zero coupon or step coupon bonds. Because a Fund will not receive cash payments on a current basis in respect of accrued original issue discount on zero coupon or step coupon bonds during the period before interest payments begin, in some years that Fund may have to distribute cash obtained from other sources in order to satisfy the distribution requirements under the Code. A Fund might obtain such cash from selling other portfolio holdings which might cause a Fund to incur capital gains or losses on the sale. Additionally, these actions are likely to reduce the assets to which Fund expenses could be allocated and to reduce the rate of return for a Fund. In some circumstances, such sales might be necessary in order to satisfy cash distribution requirements even though investment considerations might otherwise make it undesirable for a Fund to sell the securities at the time.

 

Generally, the market prices of zero coupon, step coupon and pay-in-kind securities are more volatile than the prices of securities that pay interest periodically and in cash and are likely to respond to changes in interest rates to a greater degree than other types of debt securities.

 

10. Mortgage-Backed Securities and CMOs—The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). These securities represent participation interests in pools of residential mortgage loans made by lenders such as banks and savings and loan associations. The pools are assembled for sale to investors (such as the Funds) by government agencies and private issuers, which issue or guarantee the securities relating to the pool. Such securities differ from conventional debt securities which generally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed or determinable amounts (usually semi-annually) with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. Some mortgage-backed securities in which a Fund may invest may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury (e.g., direct pass-through certificates of the Government National Mortgage Association); some are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Government (e.g., obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation); and some are backed by only the credit of the issuer itself (e.g., private issuer securities). Those guarantees do not extend to the value or yield of the mortgage-backed securities themselves or to the NAV of a Fund’s shares. These issuers may also issue derivative mortgage backed securities such as CMOs.

 

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The expected yield on mortgage-backed securities is based on the average expected life of the underlying pool of mortgage loans. The actual life of any particular pool will be shortened by any unscheduled or early payments of principal. Principal prepayments generally result from the sale of the underlying property or the refinancing or foreclosure of underlying mortgages. The occurrence of prepayments is affected by a wide range of economic, demographic and social factors and, accordingly, it is not possible to predict accurately the average life of a particular pool. Yield on such pools is usually computed by using the historical record of prepayments for that pool, or, in the case of newly-issued mortgages, the prepayment history of similar pools. The actual prepayment experience of a pool of mortgage loans may cause the yield realized by a Fund to differ from the yield calculated on the basis of the expected average life of the pool.

 

Prepayments tend to increase during periods of falling interest rates and decrease during periods of rising interest rates. When prevailing interest rates rise, the value of a pass-through security may decrease as do the values of other debt securities, but, when prevailing interest rates decline, the value of a pass-through security is not likely to rise to the extent of the value of other debt securities, because of the prepayment feature of pass-through securities. A Fund’s reinvestment of scheduled principal payments and unscheduled prepayments it receives may occur at times when available investments offer higher or lower rates than the original investment, thus affecting the yield of the Fund. Monthly interest payments received by the Fund have a compounding effect which may increase the yield to the Fund more than debt obligations that pay interest semi-annually. Because of those factors, mortgage-backed securities may be less effective than bonds of similar maturity at maintaining yields during periods of declining interest rates. A Fund may purchase mortgage-backed securities at a premium or at a discount. Accelerated prepayments adversely affect yields for pass-through securities purchased at a premium (i.e., at a price in excess of their principal amount) and may involve additional risk of loss of principal because the premium may not have been fully amortized at the time the obligation is repaid. The opposite is true for pass-through securities purchased at a discount.

 

11. Asset-Backed Securities—These securities are issued by trusts and special purpose entities. They are backed by pools of assets, such as automobile and credit-card receivables and home equity loans. Payments on the underlying obligations are passed through to the security holders (less servicing fees paid to the originator or fees for any credit enhancement). The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the market’s perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. Payments of principal and interest passed through to holders of asset- backed securities are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by having a priority to certain of the borrower’s other securities. The degree of credit enhancement varies, and generally applies to only a fraction of the asset-backed security’s par value until exhausted. If the credit enhancement of an asset-backed security held by a Fund has been exhausted, and if any required payments of principal and interest are not made with respect to the underlying loans, the Fund may experience losses or delays in receiving payment.

 

The risks of investing in asset-backed securities are ultimately dependent upon payment of consumer loans by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the Funds would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to prepayments that shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed securities and may lower their return, similar to prepayments of a pool of mortgage loans underlying mortgage-backed securities described above. However, asset-backed securities do not have the benefit of the same security interest in the underlying collateral as do mortgage-backed securities.

 

12. Fixed Income Securities—Certain of the debt securities in which the Funds may invest may not offer as high a yield as may be achieved from lower quality instruments having less safety. If a Fund disposes of an obligation prior to maturity, it may realize a loss or a gain. An increase in interest rates will generally reduce the value of portfolio investments, and a decline in interest rates will generally increase the value of portfolio investments. In addition, investments are subject to the ability of the issuer to make payment at maturity.

 

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Although the Funds may invest in investment grade securities, they may also invest in debt securities that are rated below investment grade or, if unrated, are considered by the Adviser or the Fund’s sub-adviser to be of comparable quality. Lower-grade debt securities, which also are known as “junk bonds”, may be subject to greater market fluctuations and greater risks of loss of income and principal than investment-grade securities. Securities that are (or have fallen) below investment grade are exposed to a greater risk that the issuers of those securities might not meet their debt obligations. These risks can reduce a Fund’s share prices and the income it earns.

 

As discussed, a decline in prevailing levels of interest rates generally increases the value of debt securities in a Fund’s portfolio, while an increase in rates usually reduces the value of those securities. As a result, to the extent that a Fund invests in debt securities, interest rate fluctuations will affect its net asset value, but not the income it receives from its debt securities. In addition, if the debt securities contain call, prepayment or redemption provisions, during a period of declining interest rates, those securities are likely to be redeemed, and a Fund would probably be unable to replace them with securities having as great a yield.

 

Investment in medium- or lower-grade debt securities involves greater investment risk, including the possibility of issuer default or bankruptcy. An economic downturn could severely disrupt this market and adversely affect the value of outstanding bonds and the ability of the issuers to repay principal and interest. In addition, lower-quality bonds are less sensitive to interest rate changes than higher-quality instruments and generally are more sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual corporate developments. During a period of adverse economic changes, including a period of rising interest rates, issuers of such bonds may experience difficulty in servicing their principal and interest payment obligations. Furthermore, medium- and lower-grade debt securities tend to be less marketable than higher-quality debt securities because the market for them is less broad. The market for unrated debt securities is even narrower. During periods of thin trading in these markets, the spread between bid and asked prices is likely to increase significantly, and a Fund may have greater difficulty selling its portfolio securities. The market value of these securities and their liquidity may be affected by adverse publicity and investor perceptions.

 

13. Common and Preferred Stocks—Stocks represent shares of ownership in a company. Generally, preferred stock has a specified dividend and ranks after bonds and before common stocks in its claim on income for dividend payments and on assets should the company be liquidated. After other claims are satisfied, common stockholders participate in company profits on a pro-rata basis. Profits may be paid out in dividends or reinvested in the company to help it grow. Increases and decreases in earnings are usually reflected in a company’s stock price, so common stocks generally have the greatest appreciation and depreciation potential of all corporate securities. While most preferred stocks pay a dividend, preferred stocks may be purchased where the issuer has omitted, or is in the danger of omitting, payment of its dividend. Such investments would be made primarily for their capital appreciation.

 

14. Warrants and Rights—A warrant typically gives the holder the right to purchase underlying stock at a specified price for a designated period of time. Warrants may be relatively volatile investments. The holder of a warrant takes the risk that the market price of the underlying stock may never equal or exceed the exercise price of the warrant. A warrant will expire without value if it is not exercised or sold during its exercise period. Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Warrants and rights have no voting rights, receive no dividends, and have no rights to the assets of the issuer.

 

15. Real Estate Investment Trusts—Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that may be purchased by a Fund include equity REITs, which own real estate directly, mortgage REITs, which make construction, development or long-term mortgage loans, and hybrid REITs, which share characteristics of equity REITs and mortgage REITs. Equity REITs will be affected by, among other things, changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs will be affected by, among other things, the value of the properties to which they have extended credit.

 

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Factors affecting the performance of real estate may include excess supply of real property in certain markets, changes in zoning laws, completion of construction, changes in real estate value and property taxes, sufficient level of occupancy, adequate rent to cover operating expenses, and local and regional markets for competing assets. The performance of real estate may also be affected by changes in interest rates, prudent management of insurance risks and social and economic trends. In addition, REITs are dependent upon the skill of each REIT’s management.

 

A Fund could, under certain circumstances, own real estate directly as a result of a default on debt securities it owns or from an in-kind distribution of real estate from a REIT. Risks associated with such ownership could include potential liabilities under environmental laws and the costs of other regulatory compliance. If a Fund has rental income or income from the direct disposition of real property, the receipt of such income may adversely affect its ability to retain its tax status as a regulated investment company and thus its ability to avoid taxation on its income and gains distributed to its shareholders. REITs are also subject to substantial cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, self-liquidation and the risk of failing to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code, and/or to maintain exempt status under the 1940 Act. If a Fund invests in REITs, investors would bear not only a proportionate share of the expenses of that Fund, but also, indirectly, expenses of the REITs.

 

16. Convertible Securities—The Funds may invest in debt or preferred equity securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, equity securities. Traditionally, convertible securities have paid dividends or interest at rates higher than common stocks but lower than nonconvertible securities. They generally participate in the appreciation or depreciation of the underlying stock into which they are convertible, but to a lesser degree. In recent years, convertibles have been developed which combine higher or lower current income with options and other features.

 

17. Other Investment Companies—Certain markets are closed in whole or in part to equity investments by foreigners. An Underlying Fund may be able to invest in such markets solely or primarily through governmentally authorized investment vehicles or companies. Investment in another investment company may involve the payment of a premium above the value of such issuers’ portfolio securities, and is subject to market availability. The Underlying Funds do not intend to invest in such vehicles or funds unless, in the judgment of the Adviser or a Fund’s sub-adviser, and subject to a Fund’s investment restrictions set forth in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, the potential benefits of the investment justify the payment of any applicable premium or sales charge. As a shareholder in an investment company, Underlying Fund shareholders would indirectly pay a portion of that investment company’s expenses, including its advisory, administration, brokerage, shareholder servicing and other expenses. At the same time an Underlying Fund would continue to pay its own management fees and other expenses.

 

The MML Allocation Funds invest in both affiliated and non-affiliated Underlying Funds. The MML Allocation Funds may invest in affiliated Underlying Funds without limitation, so long as the affiliated Underlying Fund has a policy that prohibits it from acquiring any securities of SEC registered open-end investment companies or SEC registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(G) or Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act. Each MML Allocation Fund may invest in non-affiliated Underlying Funds, so long as after a purchase (i) the MML Allocation Fund and any company or companies controlled by it (as defined in the 1940 Act) together own no more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of a non-affiliated Underlying Fund, (ii) securities issued by the non-affiliated Underlying Fund have an aggregate value of 5% or less of the value of the total assets of the MML Allocation Fund, and (iii) securities issued by the non-affiliated Underlying Fund and all other non-affiliated Underlying Funds have an aggregate value of 10% or less of the value of the total assets of the MML Allocation Fund.

 

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18. Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)—These are a type of investment company bought and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF represents a fixed portfolio of securities designed to track a particular market index. A Fund could purchase an ETF to temporarily gain exposure to a portion of the U.S. or a foreign market while awaiting purchase of underlying securities or to equitize cash. The risks of owning an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they are designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in it being more volatile. In addition, ETFs have management fees which increase their costs. As a shareholder in an ETF, Fund shareholders would indirectly pay a portion of that ETF’s expenses, including its advisory, administration, brokerage, shareholder servicing and other expenses. At the same time a Fund would continue to pay its own management fees and other expenses.

 

19. Index-Related Securities (Equity Equivalents)—The Funds may invest in certain types of securities that enable investors to purchase or sell shares in a portfolio of securities that seeks to track the performance of an underlying index or a portion of an index. Such Equity Equivalents include, among others, DIAMONDS (interests in a portfolio of securities that seeks to track the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average), SPDRs or Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts (interests in a portfolio of securities that seeks to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index), WEBS or World Equity Benchmark Shares (interests in a portfolio of securities that seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index of a particular foreign country’s stocks), and the Nasdaq-100 Trust (interests in a portfolio of securities of the largest and most actively traded non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market). Such securities are similar to index mutual funds, but they are traded on various stock exchanges or secondary markets. The value of these securities is dependent upon the performance of the underlying index on which they are based. Thus, these securities are subject to the same risks as their underlying indexes as well as the securities that make up those indices. For example, if the securities comprising an index that an index-related security seeks to track perform poorly, the index-related security will lose value.

 

Equity Equivalents may be used for several purposes, including to simulate full investment in the underlying index while retaining a cash balance for fund management purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs or to seek higher investment returns where an Equity Equivalent is priced more attractively than securities in the underlying index. Because the expense associated with an investment in Equity Equivalents may be substantially lower than the expense of small investments directly in the securities comprising the indices they seek to track, investments in Equity Equivalents may provide a cost-effective means of diversifying the fund’s assets across a broad range of equity securities.

 

The prices of Equity Equivalents are derived and based upon the securities held by the particular investment company. Accordingly, the level of risk involved in the purchase or sale of an Equity Equivalent is similar to the risk involved in the purchase or sale of traditional common stock, with the exception that the pricing mechanism for such instruments is based on a basket of stocks. The market prices of Equity Equivalents are expected to fluctuate in accordance with both changes in the net asset values of their underlying indices and the supply and demand for the instruments on the exchanges on which they are traded. Substantial market or other disruptions affecting an Equity Equivalent could adversely affect the liquidity and value of the shares of the fund investing in such instruments.

 

20. Investment Basket—The Board of Trustees of MML Trust, notwithstanding any of the investment restrictions set forth in this SAI or those set forth in the Prospectus, except those imposed as a matter of law, may authorize one or more Funds to invest in any security or investment related instrument, or to engage in investment related transactions or practices, such as newly developed debt instruments or hedging programs. The Board must determine that to do so is consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies and has adopted reasonable guidelines for use by the Fund’s investment sub-adviser. Moreover, at the time of making such an investment or entering into such transaction, such investments or instruments cannot account for more than 10% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

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21. Other Income-Producing Securities

 

Other types of income-producing securities that the Funds may purchase include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

Variable and floating rate obligations—These types of securities have variable or floating rates of interest and, under certain limited circumstances, may have varying principal amounts. These securities pay interest at rates that are adjusted periodically according to a specified formula, usually with reference to some interest rate index or market interest rate. The floating rate tends to decrease the security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. These types of securities are relatively long-term instruments that often carry demand features permitting the holder to demand payment of principal at any time or at specified intervals prior to maturity.

 

In order to most effectively use these investments, a Fund’s sub-adviser must correctly assess probable movements in interest rates. This involves different skills than those used to select most portfolio securities. If the sub-adviser incorrectly forecasts such movements, a Fund could be adversely affected by the use of variable or floating rate obligations.

 

   

Standby commitments—These instruments, which are similar to a put, give a Fund the option to obligate a broker, dealer or bank to repurchase a security held by the Fund at a specified price.

 

   

Tender option bonds—Tender option bonds are relatively long-term bonds that are coupled with the agreement of a third party, such as a broker, dealer or bank, to grant the holders of such securities the option to tender the securities to the institution at periodic intervals.

 

   

Inverse floaters—These are debt instruments whose interest bears an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security. It is expected that no Fund will invest more than 5% of its assets in inverse floaters. Similar to variable and floating rate obligations, effective use of inverse floaters requires skills different from those needed to select most portfolio securities. If movements in interest rates are incorrectly anticipated, a Fund could lose money or the net asset value of its shares could decline by the use of inverse floaters.

 

   

Strip bonds—Strip bonds are debt securities that are stripped of their interest, usually by a financial intermediary, after the securities are issued. The market value of these securities generally fluctuates more in response to changes in interest rates than interest-paying securities of comparable maturities.

 

Standby commitments, tender option bonds and instruments with demand features are primarily used by the Funds for the purpose of increasing the liquidity of a Fund’s portfolio.

 

22. Stock Index Futures—A stock index future obligates a Fund to pay or receive an amount of cash equal to a fixed dollar amount specified in the futures contract multiplied by the difference between the settlement price of the contract on the contract’s last trading day and the value of the index based on the stock prices of the securities that comprise it at the opening of trading in such securities on the next business day. MML Small Cap Index purchases and sells futures contracts on the relevant stock index for which it can obtain the best price with consideration also given to liquidity.

 

Using futures in anticipation of market transactions involves certain risks. Although each of the Funds intends to purchase or sell futures contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract at any particular time. In addition, the price of stock index futures may not correlate perfectly with the movement in the stock index due to certain market distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions which would distort the normal relationship between the index and futures markets. Secondly, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in

 

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the futures market also may cause temporary price distortions. Because of the possibility of price distortions in the futures market and the imperfect correlation between movements in the stock index and movements in the price of stock index futures, the use of stock index futures may not result in a successful hedging transaction.

 

In connection with their futures transactions, the Funds may be required to establish and maintain at the custodian bank or a registered futures commission merchant a segregated account consisting of cash or high quality money market instruments in an amount equal to the market value of the underlying commodity less any amount deposited as margin.

 

23. Trading Activity—The investment Sub-Advisers intend to use trading as a means of managing the portfolio of each Underlying Fund in seeking to achieve their investment objectives. Portfolio trading involves transaction costs, but will be engaged in when a Fund’s investment sub-adviser believes the result of the trading, net of transaction costs, will benefit the Funds.

 

24. Dollar Roll Transactions—To take advantage of attractive financing opportunities in the mortgage market and to enhance current income, the Funds may engage in dollar roll transactions. A dollar roll transaction involves a sale by the Fund of a GNMA certificate or other mortgage-backed securities to a financial institution, such as a bank or a broker-dealer, concurrent with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase a similar security from the institution at a later date at an agreed-upon price. The securities that are repurchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those sold. Dollar roll transactions involve potential risks of loss which are different from those related to the securities underlying the transaction. During the period between the sale and repurchase, the Fund will not be entitled to receive the interest and principal payments on the securities sold. Proceeds of the sale will be invested in additional instruments for the Fund. The Fund is compensated for agreeing to repurchase the security by the difference between the current sales price and the price for the future purchase (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Dollar rolls may be renewed over a period of several months with a different repurchaser and repurchase price and a cash settlement made at each renewal without physical delivery of securities. Moreover, the Fund may enter into a dollar roll transaction involving a security not then in the Fund’s portfolio so long as the transaction is preceded by a firm commitment agreement pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to buy the securities on a future date.

 

Each Fund will not use such transactions for leveraging purposes and, accordingly, will segregate cash or other liquid securities in an amount sufficient to meet its obligations under the roll transactions. Dollar roll transactions involve potential risks of loss which are different from those related to the securities underlying the transaction. For example, if the counterparty were to become insolvent, the Fund’s right to purchase from the counterparty may be restricted. Additionally, the market value of the securities sold by the Fund may decline below the repurchase price of those securities to be purchased.

 

25. Concentration Policy—For purposes of each Underlying Fund’s concentration limitation as disclosed in the applicable Prospectus, the Underlying Funds apply such policy to direct investments in the securities of issuers in a particular industry, as determined by each Underlying Fund’s adviser or sub-adviser. Each Underlying Fund’s adviser or sub-adviser may analyze the characteristics of a particular issuer and security and assign an industry or sector classification consistent with those characteristics in the event that the third party classification provider used by the adviser or sub-adviser does not assign a classification or the adviser or sub-adviser, in consultation with the Underlying Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, determines that another industry or sector classification is more appropriate.

 

III. DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

The Trustees of the Funds, including a majority of directors who are not “interested persons” of the Funds (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), have adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio holdings. These policies and procedures

 

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generally provide that no disclosure of portfolio holdings information may be made unless publicly disclosed as described below or made to the Funds’ adviser, sub-advisers, or any of their affiliates who provide services to the Funds. Certain limited exceptions pursuant to the Funds’ policies and procedures are described below. The Funds’ portfolio holdings information may not be disseminated for compensation. Any exceptions to the Funds’ policies and procedures may be made only if approved in writing by the Funds’ Principal Executive Officer and the Chief Compliance Officer as being in the best interests of the relevant Fund, and then only if the recipients are subject to a confidentiality agreement as described below. Any such exceptions must be reported to the Funds’ Board of Trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

MassMutual and the Funds’ sub-advisers are primarily responsible for compliance with these policies and procedures, which includes maintaining such internal informational barriers (e.g., “Chinese walls”) as each believes are reasonably necessary for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of portfolio holdings information. Pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trustees will periodically (at least annually) receive reports from the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer regarding the operation of these policies and procedures, including a confirmation by the Chief Compliance Officer that MassMutual’s and the sub-advisers’ policies, procedures and processes are reasonably designed to comply with the Funds’ policies and procedures in this regard.

 

Public Disclosures

 

The Funds’ portfolio holdings are currently disclosed to the public through required filings with the SEC and as described below. The Funds file their portfolio holdings with the SEC for each fiscal quarter on Form N-CSR (with respect to each annual period and semi-annual period) and Form N-Q (with respect to the first and third quarters of the Funds’ fiscal year) no later than 60 days after the end of the applicable quarter. Shareholders may obtain the Funds’ Form N-CSR and N-Q filings on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the Funds’ Form N-CSR and N-Q filings may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s Web site or the operation of the public reference room.

 

The Funds’ most recent portfolio holdings as of the end of February, May, August and November are available on http://www.massmutual.com no earlier than 30 days after the end of each of these respective months. In addition, each Fund’s top ten holdings are made available in quarterly reports and on http://www.massmutual.com as soon as possible after each calendar quarter-end.

 

Other Disclosures

 

To the extent permitted under applicable law, MassMutual and the Funds’ sub-advisers may distribute (or authorize the Funds’ custodian to distribute) information regarding the Funds’ portfolio holdings more frequently than as provided above on a confidential basis to various service providers and others who require such information in order to fulfill their contractual duties with respect to the Funds. These service providers include the Funds’ custodian and sub-administrator (Investors Bank & Trust Company), the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm (Deloitte & Touche LLP), legal counsel (Ropes & Gray LLP), financial printer (R.R. Donnelley), any proxy voting service employed by the Funds, MassMutual, or any of the Funds’ sub-advisers, and any pricing services employed by the Funds. The Funds may also periodically provide non-public information about their portfolio holdings to rating and ranking organizations, such as Lipper Inc. and Morningstar Inc., in connection with those firms’ research on and classification of the Funds and in order to gather information about how the Funds’ attributes (such as volatility, turnover, and expenses) compared with those of peer funds.

 

Such disclosures may be made only if (i) the recipients of such information are subject to a written confidentiality agreement specifying that the Funds’ portfolio holdings information is the confidential property of the Funds and may not be used for any purpose except in connection with the provision of services to the Funds and, in particular, that such information may not be traded upon; and (ii) if the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer

 

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(or designee) determines that, under the circumstances, disclosure is in the best interests of the relevant Fund’s shareholders. The information distributed is limited to the information that MassMutual or the relevant sub-adviser believes is reasonably necessary in connection with the services provided by the service provider receiving the information.

 

IV. INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

 

The following is a description of certain fundamental restrictions on investments of the Funds (in addition to those described in the Prospectus) which may not be changed without a vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the applicable Fund. Investment restrictions that appear below or elsewhere in this Statement of Additional Information and in the Prospectus which involve a maximum percentage of securities or assets shall not be considered violated unless an excess over the percentage occurs immediately after, and is caused by, an acquisition or encumbrance of securities or assets of, or borrowings by or on behalf of, a Fund. Each Fund may not:

 

1. Purchase securities (other than securities issued, guaranteed or sponsored by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities or securities issued by investment companies) of any one issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer or the Fund would own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, except that up to 25% of the Fund’s total assets may be invested without regard to these limitations;

 

2. Purchase commodities or commodity contracts, except to the extent that a Fund may enter into financial futures contracts, options, options on futures, and other financial transactions not involving physical commodities (see the Prospectus and “Investment Practices of the Funds and Related Risks—Derivatives” in this Statement of Additional Information);

 

3. Purchase or sell real estate except that it may dispose of real estate acquired as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments. (This restriction does not prohibit a Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or in securities of companies engaged in the real estate business.);

 

4. Participate in the underwriting of securities, except to the extent that a Fund may be deemed an underwriter under federal securities laws by reason of acquisitions or distributions of portfolio securities (e.g., investments in restricted securities and instruments subject to such limits as imposed by the Board and/or law);

 

5. Make loans, except to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding or interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act or the rules or regulations thereunder published by appropriate regulatory authorities;

 

6. Borrow money or issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding or interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act or the rules or regulations thereunder published by appropriate regulatory authorities;

 

7. Concentrate its investments in any one industry, as determined by the Board of Trustees, and in this connection a Fund will not acquire securities of companies in any one industry if, immediately after giving effect to any such acquisition, more than 25% of the value of the total assets of the Fund would be invested in such industry.

 

In addition to the investment restrictions adopted as fundamental policies set forth above, the Funds operate with certain non-fundamental policies that may be changed by a vote of a majority of the Board members at any time.

 

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The Funds may not sell securities short, but reserve the right to sell securities short against the box. Notwithstanding any fundamental investment restriction set forth above or in the Prospectus, the Funds may each (1) engage in hedging transactions, techniques and practices using forward contracts and similar instruments, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law; and (2) invest in any security or investment-related instrument, or engage in any investment-related transaction or practice, provided that the Board of Trustees has determined that to do so is consistent with the investment objective and policies of the Fund and has adopted reasonable guidelines for use by that Fund’s investment adviser, and provided that at the time of entering into such investment or transaction, such investments or instruments account for no more than 10% of that Fund’s total assets.

 

In addition, each Fund may not:

 

1. Invest for the purpose of exercising control over, or management of, any company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing investment limitations, the Underlying Funds in which the MML Allocation Funds may invest have adopted certain investment limitations that may be more or less restrictive than those listed above, thereby permitting an MML Allocation Fund to engage indirectly in investment strategies that are prohibited under the investment limitations listed above.

 

In accordance with each MML Allocation Fund’s investment program as set forth in the prospectus, an MML Allocation Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets in any one Underlying Fund. While each MML Allocation Fund does not intend to concentrate its investments in a particular industry, an MML Allocation Fund may indirectly concentrate in a particular industry or group of industries through its investments in one or more Underlying Funds.

 

V. MANAGEMENT OF MML TRUST

 

MML Trust has a Board of Trustees, a majority of which must not be “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of MML Trust. The Board of Trustees of MML Trust is generally responsible for management of the business and affairs of MML Trust. The Trustees formulate the general policies of MML Trust and the Funds, approve contracts and authorize MML Trust officers to carry out the decisions of the Board. To assist them in this role, the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of MML Trust (“Disinterested Trustees”) have retained independent legal counsel. As Adviser to the Funds, MassMutual may be considered part of the management of MMLTrust. The Trustees and principal officers of MML Trust are listed below together with information on their positions with MML Trust, address, age, principal occupations during the past five years and other principal business affiliations.

 

Disinterested Trustees

 

Richard H. Ayers    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 64     
Trustee since 1999     
Trustee of 54 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Retired; former adviser to Chairman (1997), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1989-1996) and Director (1985-1996), The Stanley Works (manufacturer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products); Director, Applera Corporation; Trustee (since 1996), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).

 

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Allan W. Blair    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 58     
Trustee since 2003     
Trustee of 54 portfolios in fund complex     

 

President and Chief Executive Officer (since 1996), Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts; President and Chief Executive Officer (1993-2006), Westmass Area Development Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer (since 1984), Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation; Director (since 2001), Future Works, Inc.; Trustee (since 2003), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).

 

Mary E. Boland    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 68     
Trustee since 1973     
Trustee of 54 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Attorney-at-Law (since 2004); Attorney-at-Law (1965-2004), Egan, Flanagan and Cohen, P.C. (law firm), Springfield, MA; Director (since 1999), BankNorth Massachusetts; Trustee (since 1994), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).

 

Richard W. Greene    Chairman and Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 71     
Trustee since 1999     
Trustee of 54 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Retired; Vice President for Investments and Treasurer (1998-2000), Executive Vice President and Treasurer (1986-1998), University of Rochester (private university); Chairman (since 2005), Trustee (since 1996), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).

 

R. Alan Hunter, Jr.1    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 60     
Trustee since 2003     
Trustee of 54 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Retired; President and Chief Operating Officer (1993-1997), The Stanley Works (manufacturer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products); Trustee (since 2003), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).


(1)   Mr. Hunter is an “Interested Person,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of MML Small Cap Value through his ownership of common stock of Goldman Sachs. GSAM, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, serves as the sub-adviser to MML Small Cap Value.

 

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F. William Marshall, Jr.    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 65     
Trustee since 1996     
Trustee of 91 portfolios in fund complex2     

 

Consultant (since 1999); Chairman (1999), Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank); Executive Vice President (1999), Peoples Heritage Financial Group; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (1993-1999), SIS Bancorp, Inc. and SIS Bank (formerly, Springfield Institution for Savings); Trustee (since 2000), Board II Oppenheimer Funds; Trustee (since 1996), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company).

 

Interested Trustees

 

Frederick C. Castellani3    Trustee of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 60     
Trustee since 2001     
Trustee of 85 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Executive Vice President (since 2001), Senior Vice President (1996-2001), MassMutual; Senior Vice President (1993-1996), CIGNA (Investment and Retirement Services); Trustee and President (since 2001), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Trustee, Vice Chairman and President (since 2006), Vice President (2004-2006), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Trustee, Vice Chairman and Vice President (since 2006), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Robert E. Joyal4    Vice Chairman and Trustee of MML Trust

1295 State Street

    

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 62

    

Trustee since 2003

    

Trustee of 56 portfolios in fund complex5

    

 

Retired; President (2001-2003), Managing Director (2000-2001) and Executive Director (1999-2000), David L. Babson & Company Inc.; Trustee (since 2003), President (1999-2003), MassMutual Corporate Investors (closed-end investment company); Director (since 2003), Pemco Aviation Group, Inc.; Trustee (since 2003), President (1999-2003), MassMutual Participation Investors (closed-end investment company); Vice

 


(2)   Board II Oppenheimer Funds is deemed to be part of the Fund Complex because it is managed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of the Adviser.
(3)   Mr. Castellani is an “Interested Person,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, through his employment with MassMutual.
(4)   Mr. Joyal is an Interested Person through his position as a director of Jefferies Group, Inc., a broker-dealer that may execute portfolio transactions and/or engage in principal transactions with the Funds, other investment companies advised by MassMutual or holding themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment or investor services, or any other advisory accounts over which MassMutual has brokerage placement discretion.
(5)   MassMutual Participation Investors and MassMutual Corporate Investors are deemed to be a part of the Fund Complex because they are managed by Babson Capital Management LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Adviser.

 

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Chairman (since 2005), Trustee (since 2003), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Director (since 2005), York Enhanced Strategies Fund (closed-end investment company); Director (since 2006), Jefferies Group, Inc. (investment bank).

 

Principal Officers

 

Richard J. Byrne

   President of MML Trust

1295 State Street

    

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 45

    

Officer since 2007

    

Officer of 32 portfolios in fund complex

    

 

Assistant Vice President (since 2003), MassMutual; President (since 2007), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Philip S. Wellman

   Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of MML Trust

1295 State Street

  

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 42

    

Officer since 2007

    

Officer of 85 portfolios in fund complex

    

 

Vice President, Compliance (since 2007), Assistant Vice President and Associate General Counsel (2006-2007), MassMutual; Director, Office of General Counsel (2005-2006), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel (2000-2006), Advest, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2007), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2007), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2007), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Nicholas H. Palmerino

   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of MML Trust

1295 State Street

    

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 42

    

Officer since 2006

    

Officer of 85 portfolios in fund complex

    

 

Assistant Vice President (since 2006), MassMutual; Vice President (2006), Consultant (2005-2006), JPMorgan Chase Worldwide Securities Services; Senior Vice President (2003-2004), CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc. and CDC IXIS Asset Management Advisers, L.P.; Vice President (1996-2003), Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P.; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (since 2006), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (since 2006), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (since 2006), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

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John E. Deitelbaum

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111

Age: 38

Officer since 2006

Officer of 85 portfolios in fund complex

   Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of MML Trust
    
    
    
    

 

Vice President and Associate General Counsel (since 2006), Second Vice President and Associate General Counsel (2000-2006), MassMutual; Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2006), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer (since 2006), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President, Clerk and Chief Legal Officer (since 2006), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Stephen J. Brunette

   Vice President of MML Trust

1295 State Street

    

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 37

    

Officer since 2007

    

Officer of 32 portfolios in fund complex

    

 

Director (since 2006), Investment Consultant (2003-2006), MassMutual; Vice President (since 2007), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Kristin L. Bushard    Vice President of MML Trust
1295 State Street     
Springfield, MA 01111     
Age: 40     
Officer since 2005     
Officer of 85 portfolios in fund complex     

 

Assistant Vice President (since 2005), Managing Director (2003-2005), MassMutual; Assistant Vice President (2000-2003), Allmerica Asset Management; Vice President (since 2005), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President (since 2005), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President (since 2005), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Eric H. Wietsma

   Vice President of MML Trust

1295 State Street

    

Springfield, MA 01111

    

Age: 40

    

Officer since 2006

    

Officer of 85 portfolios in fund complex

    

 

Vice President (since 2005), MassMutual; Vice President (1999-2005), Hartford Life Insurance Company; Vice President (since 2006), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President (since 2006), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Vice President (since 2006), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company).

 

Each Trustee of MML Trust serves until the next meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing Trustees and until the election and qualification of his successor or until he dies, resigns or is removed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Trustees determine that it is desirable and in the best interest of MML Trust than an exception to the retirement policy of MML Trust be made, a Trustee shall retire and cease to serve as a Trustee upon the conclusion of the calendar year in which such Trustee attains the age of seventy-two years.

 

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However, any Trustee who attains the age of seventy-two years during 2007 shall retire and cease to serve as a Trustee on or before December 31, 2009.

 

The Board of Trustees had four regularly scheduled meetings in 2006 and one special meeting.

 

MML Trust has an Audit Committee, consisting of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of MML Trust. The Audit Committee, whose members are Messrs. Ayers and Hunter and Ms. Boland, makes recommendations to the Trustees as to the engagement or discharge of MML Trust’s independent auditors, supervises investigations into matters relating to audit functions, reviews with MML Trust’s independent auditors the results of the audit engagement, and considers the audit fees. In 2006, the Audit Committee met three times.

 

MML Trust has a Nominating Committee, consisting of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of MML Trust. There are no regular meetings of the Nominating Committee but rather meetings are held as appropriate. The Nominating Committee met once during 2006. The Nominating Committee evaluates the qualifications of Trustee candidates and nominates candidates to the full Board of Trustees. The Nominating Committee also considers candidates from among the Trustees to serve as chairperson of the Board of Trustees and periodically reviews the compensation of MML Trust’s independent trustees.

 

The Nominating Committee will consider and evaluate nominee candidates properly submitted by shareholders of MML Trust in the same manner as it considers and evaluates candidates recommended by other sources. A recommendation of a shareholder of MML Trust must be submitted as described below to be considered properly submitted for purposes of the Nominating Committee’s consideration. The shareholders of MML Trust must submit any such recommendation (a “Shareholder Recommendation”) in writing to MML Trust’s Nominating Committee, to the attention of the Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of MML Trust, which is 1295 State Street, Springfield, MA 01111. The Shareholder Recommendation must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of MML Trust at least 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting at which the Nominating Committee is to select a nominee for Independent Trustee. The Shareholder Recommendation must include: (i) a statement in writing setting forth: (A) the name, age, date of birth, phone number, business address, residence address and nationality of the person recommended by the shareholder (the “Shareholder Candidate”); (B) the class or series and number of all shares of MML Trust owned of record or beneficially by the Shareholder Candidate, as reported to such shareholder by the Shareholder Candidate; (C) any other information regarding the Shareholder Candidate called for with respect to director nominees by paragraphs (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K or paragraph (b) of Item 22 of Rule 14a-101 (Schedule 14A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), adopted by the SEC (or the corresponding provisions of any regulation or rule subsequently adopted by the SEC or any successor agency applicable to MML Trust); (D) any other information regarding the Shareholder Candidate that would be required to be disclosed if the Shareholder Candidate were a nominee in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of trustees or directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (E) whether the recommending shareholder believes that the Shareholder Candidate is or will be an “interested person” of MML Trust (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) and, if not an “interested person,” information regarding the Shareholder Candidate that will be sufficient for MML Trust to make such determination; (ii) the written and signed consent of the Shareholder Candidate to be named as a nominee, consenting to (1) the disclosure, as may be necessary or appropriate, of such Shareholder Candidate’s information submitted in accordance with (i) above and (2) service as a Trustee if elected; (iii) the recommending shareholder’s name as it appears on MML Trust’s books, the number of all shares of each series of MML Trust owned beneficially and of record by the recommending shareholder; (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the recommending shareholder and the Shareholder Candidate and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the Shareholder Recommendation is being made by the recommending shareholder; and (v) such other information as the Nominating Committee may require the Shareholder Candidate to furnish as it may reasonably require or deem necessary to determine the eligibility of such Shareholder Candidate to serve as a Trustee or to satisfy applicable law.

 

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MML Trust has a Contract Committee, consisting of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of MML Trust. The Contract Committee met twice during 2006. The Contract Committee performs the specific tasks assigned to independent trustees by the 1940 Act, including the periodic consideration of MML Trust’s investment management agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

 

MML Trust has a Governance Committee, whose members are Messrs. Blair, Castellani, Joyal and Marshall and Ms. Boland. The Governance Committee met twice during 2006. The Governance Committee oversees board governance issues including, but not limited to, the following: (i) to evaluate the board and committee structure and the performance of Trustees, (ii) to consider and address any conflicts and (iii) to consider the retirement policies of the Board.

 

MML Trust has an Investment Pricing Committee, consisting of the Chairman, President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, Vice Presidents (except for the CCO), Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of MML Trust. The Investment Pricing Committee determines whether market quotations are readily available for securities held by each series of MML Trust, determines the fair value of securities held by each series of MML Trust for which market quotations are not readily available, and determines the fair value of assets of each series of MML Trust which are not held in the form of securities. There are no regular meetings of the Investment Pricing Committee but rather meetings are held as appropriate.

 

The table below sets forth information regarding the Trustees’ beneficial ownership of Fund shares, based on the value of such shares as of December 31, 2006.

 

Name of Trustee


   The Dollar Range of Equity
Securities Beneficially
Owned in MML Trust


   Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in All Registered
Investment Companies
Overseen by Trustee in Family
of Investment Companies


Disinterested Trustees

         

Richard H. Ayers

   None    None

Allan W. Blair

   None    $50,001-$100,000

Mary E. Boland

   None    None

Richard W. Greene

   None    None

R. Alan Hunter, Jr.

   None    None

F. William Marshall, Jr.

   None    None

Interested Trustees

         

Frederick C. Castellani

   None    None

Robert E. Joyal

   None    None

 

As of December 31, 2006, the Trustees and officers of MML Trust, individually and as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of any of the Funds.

 

Except as noted below, to the knowledge of MML Trust, as of December 31, 2006, the Disinterested Trustees and their immediate family members did not own beneficially or of record securities of an investment adviser or sponsoring insurance company of the Funds or a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser or sponsoring insurance company of the Funds.

 

As of December 31, 2006, R. Alan Hunter, Jr. owned 1,000 shares of common stock of Goldman Sachs, with a value of approximately $199,350. GSAM, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, serves as sub-adviser to MML Small Cap Value.

 

MML Trust, on behalf of each Fund, pays each of its Trustees who is not an officer or employee of MassMutual a fee of $2,700 per quarter plus $1,400 per meeting attended in-person or $600 per meeting attended by telephone. Such Trustees who serve on the Audit Committee or the Contract Committee of MML Trust are

 

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paid an additional fee of $600 per meeting attended. Such Trustees who serve on the Nominating Committee or the Governance Committee are paid an additional fee of $300 per meeting attended. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees is paid an additional fee of $1,325 per quarter. The Chairperson of the Audit Committee is paid an additional fee of $600 annually. The Chairpersons of each of the Contract Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Governance Committee are paid an additional fee of $300 annually. In addition, MML Trust reimburses out-of-pocket business travel expenses to such Trustees. Trustees who are officers or employees of MassMutual receive no fees from MML Trust.

 

The following table discloses actual compensation paid to Trustees of MML Trust during the 2006 fiscal year. MML Trust has no pension or retirement plan, but does have a deferred compensation plan. The plan provides for amounts deferred to be credited a rate of interest set by the Board of Trustees from time to time, currently eight percent (8%). Each of the Trustees also serves as Trustee of one other registered investment company managed by MassMutual, MassMutual Select Funds.

 

Name/Position*


   Aggregate Compensation
from MML Trust


   Deferred Compensation and
Interest accrued as part of
Fund Expenses


   Total Compensation
from MML Trust
and Fund Complex


Richard H. Ayers

        $ 24,143    $ 72,249

Trustee

                    

Allan W. Blair

   $ 18,800         $ 61,500

Trustee

                    

Mary E. Boland

        $ 34,694    $ 97,646

Trustee

                    

Richard W. Greene

   $ 23,675         $ 76,750

Chairman and Trustee

                    

R. Alan Hunter, Jr.

        $ 25,226    $ 77,027

Trustee

                    

Robert E. Joyal

        $ 24,233    $ 72,613

Vice Chairman and Trustee

                    

F. William Marshall, Jr.

   $ 19,100         $ 205,500

Trustee

                    

*   Mr. Castellani, as an employee of MassMutual, received no compensation for his role as Trustee to MML Trust.

 

VI. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES

 

MassMutual serves as investment adviser to each Fund pursuant to a separate investment management agreement between MassMutual and MML Trust on behalf of each Fund (the “Management Agreements”). Under the Management Agreements, MassMutual is obligated to provide for the management of each Fund’s portfolio of securities to engage in portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds, subject to such general or specific instructions as may be given by the Board of Trustees of MML Trust, and in accordance with each Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions as set forth herein and in the Prospectus, and has the right to select sub-advisers to the Funds pursuant to investment subadvisory agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”).

 

Pursuant to the Management Agreements, MassMutual is paid a quarterly fee at the annual rate based upon the average daily net assets of each Fund as follows: [        ]% for MML Conservative Allocation, [        ]% for MML Balanced Allocation, [        ]% for MML Moderate Allocation, [        ]% for MML Growth Allocation and [        ]% for MML Aggressive Allocation.

 

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MassMutual has agreed to cap the fees and expenses of each Fund (other than extraordinary litigation and legal expenses, or other non-recurring or unusual expenses), excluding Acquired Fund1 fees and expenses, at the following amounts through April 30, 2009: [        ]% for MML Conservative Allocation, [        ]% for MML Balanced Allocation, [        ]% for MML Moderate Allocation, [        ]% for MML Growth Allocation and [        ]% for MML Aggressive Allocation. These agreements cannot be terminated unilaterally by MassMutual.

 

The Management Agreements also provide that MassMutual will perform all administrative functions relating to each Fund.

 

The Management Agreement with each Fund may be terminated by the Board of Trustees of MML Trust, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund, or by MassMutual. Such termination requires 60 days’ written notice to be given and may be effected without the payment of any penalty. In addition, each such Management Agreement automatically terminates: (1) unless its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees of MML Trust, which affirmative vote shall include a majority of the members of the Board who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of MassMutual or of MML Trust, or (2) upon its assignment. Under the terms of each Management Agreement, each Fund recognizes MassMutual’s control of the initials “MML” and each Fund agrees that its right to use these initials is non-exclusive and can be terminated by MassMutual at any time. Each Management Agreement provides that its continuance will be submitted to the shareholders of the Fund in the event the use of the initial “MML” is withdrawn from the Fund by MassMutual.

 

Other service providers of the Funds are as follows:

 

   

Deloitte & Touche LLP, located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, the independent registered public accounting firm for each of the Funds, provides audit services and assistance and consultation in connection with tax returns and the reviewing of various SEC filings.

 

   

Investors Bank & Trust Company (“IBT”), 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, acts as custodian and sub-administrator for each of the Fund’s investments. As custodian, IBT has custody of each Fund’s securities and maintains certain financial and accounting books and records. As custodian, IBT does not assist in, and is not responsible for, the investment decisions and policies of these Funds.

 

VII. CODES OF ETHICS

 

MML Trust and MassMutual have each adopted a code of ethics (the “Codes of Ethics”) pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Codes of Ethics permit Fund personnel to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by a Fund, for their own accounts, but require compliance with various pre-clearance requirements (with certain exceptions). The Codes of Ethics are on public file with, and are available from, the SEC.

 

VIII. BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

 

For the MML Allocation Funds, all orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities (normally, the Underlying Funds) are placed on behalf of each MML Allocation Fund by MassMutual, pursuant to authority contained in each MML Allocation Fund’s management contract. An MML Allocation Fund will not incur any commissions or sales charges when it invests in Underlying Funds, but it may incur such costs if it invests directly in other types of securities.


(1)   Acquired Fund fees and expenses represent estimated expenses to be borne indirectly by each Fund through investments in other pooled investment vehicles. The amount of Acquired Fund fees and expenses may differ in the coming year due to a number of factors including, among others, a change in allocation of a Fund’s investments among other pooled investment vehicles.

 

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Purchases and sales of securities on a securities exchange are effected by brokers, and each Fund which purchases or sells securities on a securities exchange pays a brokerage commission for this service. In transactions on stock exchanges in the United States, these commissions are negotiated, whereas on many foreign stock exchanges these commissions are fixed. In the over-the-counter markets, securities are generally traded on a “net” basis with dealers acting as principal for their own accounts without a stated commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to the dealer. In underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally referred to as the underwriter’s concession or discount. On occasion, certain money market instruments may be purchased directly from an issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid.

 

The primary consideration in placing portfolio security transactions with broker-dealers for execution is to obtain and maintain the availability of best execution at reasonably competitive commission rates. Each Fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser attempts to achieve this result by selecting broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions on the basis of their professional capability, the value and quality of their brokerage services, including anonymity and trade confidentiality, and the level of their brokerage commissions.

 

Under each Management Agreement and as permitted by Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, an Underlying Fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser may cause the Fund to pay a broker-dealer which provides brokerage and research services to the Fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction for a Fund in excess of the amount other broker-dealers would have charged for the transaction. The investment adviser or sub-adviser must first determine in good faith that the greater commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by the executing broker-dealer viewed in terms of either a particular transaction or the investment adviser’s or sub-adviser’s overall responsibilities to the Fund and to its other clients. The term “brokerage and research services” includes: advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, and the availability of securities or of purchasers or sellers of securities; furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy and the performance of accounts; and effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto such as clearance and settlement.

 

Although commissions paid on every transaction will, in the judgment of the Adviser, be reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage services provided, commissions exceeding those which another broker might charge may be paid to broker-dealers who were selected to execute transactions on behalf of the Funds and the investment adviser’s or sub-adviser’s other clients in part for providing advice as to the availability of securities or of purchasers or sellers of securities and services in effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto such as clearance and settlement.

 

Broker-dealers may be willing to furnish statistical, research and other factual information or services (“Research”) to a Fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser for no consideration other than brokerage or underwriting commissions. Research provided by brokers is used for the benefit of all of an investment adviser’s or sub-adviser’s clients and not solely or necessarily for the benefit of the Fund. The investment adviser or sub-adviser attempts to evaluate the quality of Research provided by brokers. Results of this effort are sometimes used by the investment adviser or sub-adviser as a consideration in the selection of brokers to execute portfolio transactions. The investment advisory fee that MML Trust pays on behalf of each Fund to MassMutual will not be reduced as a consequence of an investment adviser’s or sub-adviser’s receipt of brokerage and research services. To the extent an Underlying Fund’s portfolio transactions are used to obtain such services, the brokerage commissions paid by the Fund will exceed those that might otherwise be paid, by an amount which cannot now be determined, provided that the adviser or sub-adviser determines in good faith that such excess amounts are reasonable in relation to the services provided. Such services would be useful and of value to an investment adviser or sub-adviser in serving both the Fund and other clients and, conversely, such services obtained by the placement of brokerage business of other clients would be useful to an investment adviser or sub-adviser in carrying out its obligations to the Fund.

 

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Subject to the overriding objective of obtaining the best execution of orders, the Funds may use broker-dealer affiliates of their respective investment advisers or sub-advisers to effect portfolio brokerage transactions. The commission rates and other remuneration paid to the affiliated broker-dealer must be fair and reasonable in comparison to those of other broker-dealers for comparable transactions involving similar securities being purchased or sold during a comparable time period. This standard would allow the affiliated broker or dealer to receive no more than the remuneration which would be expected to be received by an unaffiliated broker.

 

The Funds may allocate brokerage transactions to broker-dealers (including affiliates of their respective investment advisers or sub-advisers) who have entered into arrangements with the Funds under which the broker-dealer allocates a portion of the commissions paid back to the Fund. The transaction quality must, however, be comparable to that of other qualified broker-dealers.

 

 

IX. CAPITAL SHARES

 

MML Trust is a “series” company. To date, shares of twenty-four (24) series (i.e., investment portfolios) have been authorized: MML Asset Allocation Fund, MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, MML Concentrated Growth Fund, MML Emerging Growth Fund, MML Equity Income Fund, MML Growth & Income Fund, MML Income & Growth Fund, MML Large Cap Growth Fund, MML Large Cap Value Fund, MML Equity Index Fund, MML Foreign Fund, MML Global Fund, MML Growth Equity Fund, MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, MML Mid Cap Value Fund, MML OTC 100 Fund, MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, MML Small Cap Index Fund, MML Small Cap Value Fund, MML Conservative Allocation, MML Balanced Allocation, MML Moderate Allocation, MML Growth Allocation and MML Aggressive Allocation. Under MML Trust’s Declaration of Trust, however, the Board of Trustees is authorized to create new series in addition to the Funds without the necessity of a vote of shareholders of MML Trust. Each share of a particular series represents an equal proportionate interest in that series with each other share of the same series, none having priority or preference over another. Each series shall be preferred over all other series in respect of the assets allocated to that series. Each share of a particular series is entitled to a pro rata share of any distributions declared by that series and, in the event of liquidation, a pro rata share of the net assets of that series remaining after satisfaction of outstanding liabilities. When issued, shares are fully paid and nonassessable and have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights.

 

The Trustees and shareholders of MML Concentrated Growth, MML Global and MML Equity Index have approved an amendment to MML Trust’s Declaration of Trust to permit the Trustees to create one or more classes of shares of MML Concentrated Growth, MML Global and MML Equity Index.

 

MML Trust is not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders. Special meetings may be called for purposes such as electing Trustees, voting on management agreements, and with respect to such additional matters relating to MML Trust as may be required by MML Trust’s Declaration of Trust and the 1940 Act. Shareholders holding 10% of the shares of MML Trust may call a meeting to be held to consider removal of Trustees. On any matter submitted to shareholders, shares of each series entitle their holder to one vote per share (with proportionate voting for fractional shares), irrespective of the relative net asset values of the series’ shares. On any matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, all shares of MML Trust then entitled to vote shall be voted by individual series, except that (i) when required by the 1940 Act, shares shall be voted in the aggregate and not by individual series, and (ii) when Trustees have determined that any matter affects only the interests of one or more series, or with respect to MML Concentrated Growth, MML Global and MML Equity Index, one or more classes of shares, then only shareholders of such series, or class in the case of MML Concentrated Growth, MML Global and MML Equity Index shall be entitled to vote thereon. Shareholder inquiries should be made by contacting the Secretary, MML Series Investment Fund, 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111.

 

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the same underlying Funds it is possible that material conflicts could arise between owners of the variable life insurance contracts and owners of the variable annuity contracts. Possible conflicts could arise if (i) state insurance regulators should disapprove or require changes in investment policies, investment advisers or principal underwriters or if the depositor should be permitted to act contrary to actions approved by holders of the variable life insurance or variable annuity contracts under rules of the SEC, (ii) adverse tax treatment of the variable life insurance or variable annuity contracts would result from utilizing the same underlying Funds, (iii) different investment strategies would be more suitable for the variable annuity contracts than the variable life insurance contracts, or (iv) state insurance laws or regulations or other applicable laws would prohibit the funding of both variable life insurance and variable annuity separate accounts by the same Funds.

 

The Board of Trustees follows monitoring procedures which have been developed to determine whether material conflicts have arisen and what action, if any, should be taken in the event of such conflicts. If a material irreconcilable conflict should arise between owners of the variable life insurance contracts and owners of the variable annuity contracts, one or the other group of owners may have to terminate its participation in the Funds. More information regarding possible conflicts between variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts is contained in the prospectuses for those contracts.

 

Under Massachusetts law, shareholders could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable for obligations of MML Trust. However, MML Trust’s Declaration of Trust disclaims liability of the shareholders, Trustees, or officers of MML Trust for acts or obligations of MML Trust, which are binding only on the assets and property of MML Trust, and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by MML Trust or the Trustees. The Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of MML Trust property for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of MML Trust. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is considered remote since it is limited to circumstances in which the disclaimer is inoperative and MML Trust itself would be unable to meet its obligations.

 

X. PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SECURITIES BEING OFFERED

 

Shares of each Fund are sold at their NAV as next computed after receipt of the purchase order, without the addition of any selling commission or “sales load.” Each Fund redeems its shares at their NAV as next computed after receipt of the request for redemption. The redemption price may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in kind if MML Trust’s Board of Trustees determine that such payment is advisable in the interest of the remaining shareholders. In making such payment wholly or partly in kind, the Fund will, as far as may be practicable, deliver securities or property which approximate the diversification of its entire assets at the time. No fee is charged on redemption. The redemption price may be more or less than the shareholder’s cost. Redemption payments will be paid within seven days after receipt of the written request therefor by the Fund, except that the right of redemption may be suspended or payments postponed when permitted by applicable law and regulations.

 

The NAV of each Fund’s shares is determined once daily as of the close (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE,” or the “Exchange”) on each day on which the Exchange is open for trading. The Exchange is not open for trading on New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and on occasion is closed early or entirely due to weather or other conditions. The NAV of each Fund share is the total net asset value of the applicable Fund divided by the number of its shares outstanding. The total NAV of each Fund is determined by computing the value of the total assets of the Fund and deducting total liabilities, including accrued liabilities.

 

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official closing price on the NASDAQ National Market System. If securities are unlisted or there is no reported sale price, the bid price of the prior trade date will be used. Long-term bonds are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, authorized by the Board of Trustees, which determines valuations taking into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations with less than one year but more than sixty days to maturity are valued on the basis of their market value, and debt obligations having a maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost when the Board of Trustees of MML Trust believes that amortized cost approximates market value. If acquired, preferred stocks will be valued on the basis of their market value if market quotations are readily available. In all other cases, assets (including restricted securities) are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of MML Trust, although the actual calculations may be made by persons acting pursuant to the direction of the Board. Securities are typically valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a primary pricing service or, if no such valuation is available, from a secondary pricing service. However, valuation methods approved by the Board of Trustees which are intended to reflect fair value may be used when pricing service information is not readily available or when a security’s value is believed to have been materially affected by a significant event, such as a natural disaster, an economic event like a bankruptcy filing, or a substantial fluctuation in domestic or foreign markets, that has occurred after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market). In such a case, the Fund’s value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted market price or pricing service information. In addition, for each of the MML Trust’s foreign funds, a fair value pricing service is used to assist in the pricing of foreign securities. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible that the value determined for a particular asset may be materially different from the value realized upon such asset’s sale.

 

Portfolio securities traded on more than one U.S. national securities exchange or foreign securities exchange are valued at the last price on the business day as of which such value is being determined at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities. All assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies will be converted into U.S. dollars at the mean between the buying and selling rates of such currencies against U.S. dollars last quoted by any major bank. If such quotations are not available, the rate of exchange will be determined in accordance with policies established by the Board of Trustees.

 

Because of time zone differences, foreign exchanges and securities markets will usually be closed before the closing of the NYSE. Therefore, MML Trust will determine the value of foreign securities as of the closing of those exchanges and securities markets. Events affecting the values of foreign securities, however, may occasionally occur between the closings of such exchanges and securities markets and the time a Fund determines its net asset value. If an event occurs that a Fund determines materially affects the value of foreign securities during this period, then MML Trust will value such securities at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. In addition, the Funds may hold portfolio securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Funds do not accept orders or price their shares. As a result, the value of any such securities held by a Fund may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or redeem that Fund’s shares.

 

The prices of foreign securities are quoted in foreign currencies. MML Trust converts the values of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing at the time it determines net asset value. Changes in the exchange rate, therefore, if applicable, will affect the net asset value of shares of a Fund even when there has been no change in the values of the foreign securities measured in terms of the currency in which they are denominated.

 

Futures contracts are valued based on the market price for the futures contract, unless such price does not reflect the fair value of the contract, in which case it will be valued by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees of MML Trust. When a Fund enters into a forward commitment to purchase a security it will record the security as an asset which will be marked-to-market daily to reflect the value of the security determined in the manner set forth above. The obligation to pay the purchase price of the security will be a liability which remains fixed in amount.

 

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XI. TAX STATUS

 

Shares of the Funds are offered only to the separate accounts of the participating insurance companies that fund the variable life and variable annuity contracts. See the applicable contract prospectus for a discussion of the special taxation of those companies with respect to the accounts and their contract holders.

 

Each Fund intends to elect to be treated and to qualify each taxable year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code. In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded regulated investment companies and to be relieved of federal income taxes on income and gain it distributes to the separate investment accounts that invest in the Funds, each Fund must, among other things:

 

1. derive at least 90% of its gross income for each taxable year from (i) dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies; and (ii) net income derived from interests in “qualified publicly traded partnerships” (as defined below);

 

2. diversify its holdings so that, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the value of its total assets consists of cash, cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities limited generally with respect to any one issuer to a value not greater than 5% of the total assets of the Fund and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its assets is invested in (a) the securities of any one issuer or two or more issuers which the Fund controls and that are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses (other than U.S. Government securities), or (b) in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships (as defined below); and

 

3. distribute in or with respect to each taxable year at least 90% of the sum of its taxable net investment income, its net tax-exempt income, and the excess, if any, of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses for such year.

 

If a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company, it will be treated as an ordinary corporation for Federal income tax purposes.

 

In general, for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement described in (1) above, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized by the regulated investment company. However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (defined as a partnership (x) interests in which are traded on an established securities market or readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof; (y) that derives at least 90% of its income from passive income sources defined in Code Section 7704(d); and (z) that derives less than 90% of its income from the qualifying income described in (1)(i) above) will be treated as qualifying income. In addition, although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to regulated investment companies, such rules do apply to a regulated investment company with respect to items attributable to an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.

 

In addition, for purposes of meeting the diversification requirement described in (2) above, in the case of a Fund’s investment in loan participations, each Fund shall treat both the financial intermediary and the issuer of the underlying loan participation as an issuer. Finally, for purposes of (2) above, the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership.

 

If a Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax treatment, that Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income paid to its shareholders in the form of dividends (including capital gain dividends). As a series of a Massachusetts business trust, a Fund under present law will not be subject to any excise or income taxes imposed by Massachusetts.

 

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If a Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company accorded special tax treatment in any taxable year, (1) that Fund would be subject to tax on its taxable income at corporate rates and would not be able to deduct the distributions it makes to shareholders and (2) each insurance company separate account invested in the Fund would fail to satisfy the diversification requirements described above, with the result that contracts supported by that account would no longer be eligible for tax deferral. All distributions from earnings and profits, including any distributions of net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gains, would be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Some portions of such distributions may be eligible for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders. In addition, that Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial distributions before requalifying as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax treatment.

 

Treasury regulations permit a regulated investment company, in determining its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, to elect to treat all or part of any net capital loss, any net long-term capital loss or any net foreign currency loss incurred after October 31 as if it had been incurred in the succeeding year.

 

Each Fund intends to declare capital gain and ordinary income dividends by the end of each calendar year and to distribute such dividends no later than January 31 of the following year to the extent necessary to avoid the 4% excise tax on undistributed regulated investment company income enacted by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The 4% excise tax applies to the excess of the required distribution for the calendar year over the amount treated as distributed for that year. The required distribution equals 98% of a Fund’s ordinary income for the calendar year plus 98% of its capital gain net income for the one-year period ending October 31 of such year (or December 31, if the Fund so elects) and any shortfall of income or gains from the prior year not previously distributed. The 4% excise tax generally does not apply to any regulated investment company whose sole shareholders are either tax-exempt pension funds or separate accounts of life insurance companies funding variable contracts.

 

Each Fund also intends to comply with the diversification requirements for variable annuity and life insurance contracts of Code Section 817(h) and the Regulations thereunder. A variable contract based upon a separate account will not receive favorable tax treatment as an annuity or life insurance contract unless the separate account and underlying regulated investment company investments are adequately diversified. In determining whether a separate account is adequately diversified, in certain circumstances the separate account can look through to the assets of the regulated investment company in which it has invested.

 

The Regulations require each of the Fund’s assets to be diversified so that, as of the end of each calendar quarter or within 30 days thereafter, no single investment represents more than 55% of the value of the Fund’s total assets, no two investments represent more than 70% of the Fund’s total assets, no three investments represent more than 80% of the Fund’s total assets and no four investments represent more than 90% of the Fund’s total assets. A “safe harbor” is available to a separate account if it meets the diversification tests applicable to registered investment companies and not more than 55% of its assets constitute cash, cash items, government securities and securities of other registered investment companies.

 

The applicable Regulations treat all securities of the same issuer as a single investment. In the case of “government securities,” each government agency or instrumentality shall be treated as a separate issuer for the purpose of the diversification test (although not for the purpose of the “safe harbor” test described above).

 

If a Fund failed to comply with these requirements, contracts that invest in the Fund through the participating insurance companies’ separate accounts would not be treated as annuity, endowment or life insurance contracts under the Code and the contract holders generally will be subject to tax on all taxable distributions from a Fund, and on all sales, exchanges or redemptions of interests in the Fund.

 

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obligations) will cause the Fund to recognize income prior to the receipt of cash payments with respect to those securities. To distribute this income and avoid a tax on the Fund, the Fund may be required to liquidate portfolio securities that it might otherwise have continued to hold, potentially resulting in additional taxable gain or loss to the Fund. The Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may also require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received and may at other times result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings. If the Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for federal income tax purposes. Income from REIT securities generally will not be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income.

 

A Fund’s transactions in options, futures contracts, hedging transactions, forward contracts, swap agreements, straddles and foreign currencies will be subject to special tax rules (including mark-to-market, constructive sale, straddle, wash sale and short sale rules) that may affect the amount, timing, and character of Fund income and distributions to shareholders. For example, certain positions held by a Fund on the last business day of each taxable year will be marked to market (i.e., treated as if closed out on that day), and any resulting gain or loss, in addition to gains and losses associated with the positions will be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss. Certain positions held by a Fund that substantially diminish its risk of loss with respect to other positions in its portfolio may constitute “straddles,” and may be subject to special tax rules that would cause deferral of Fund losses, adjustments in the holding periods of Fund securities, and conversion of short-term into long-term capital losses. Certain tax elections exist for straddles that may alter the effects with respect to those investments; in order to distribute this income and avoid a tax on the Fund, each Fund may be required to liquidate portfolio securities that it might otherwise have continued to hold, potentially resulting in additional taxable gain or loss to the Fund. A Fund will limit its activities in options, futures contracts, forward contracts, short sales “against the box” and swaps and related transactions to the extent necessary to meet the diversification requirements of Subchapter M of the Code.

 

Special tax considerations apply with respect to foreign investments by a Fund. Foreign exchange gains and losses realized by a Fund may be treated as ordinary income and loss. Use of foreign currencies for non-hedging purposes and investment by a Fund in certain “passive foreign investment companies” may be limited in order to avoid a tax on the Fund. A Fund may elect to mark to market certain investments in “passive foreign investment companies” on the last day of each year. This election may cause a Fund to recognize income prior to the receipt of cash payments with respect to those investments; in order to distribute this income and avoid a tax on the Fund, each Fund may be required to liquidate portfolio securities that it might otherwise have continued to hold, potentially resulting in additional taxable gain or loss to the Fund.

 

Investment income received by a Fund and gains from foreign securities may be subject to foreign income taxes withheld at the source. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries that may entitle a Fund to a reduced rate of tax or an exemption from tax on such income; each Fund intends to qualify for treaty reduced rates where available. It is not possible, however, to determine a Fund’s effective rate of foreign tax in advance, since the amount of a Fund’s assets to be invested within various countries is not known.

 

If more than 50% of the total assets of a Fund are represented by direct investments in foreign stock and securities at the close of its taxable year, a Fund may elect to “pass through” to its shareholders foreign income taxes paid by it. If a Fund so elects, shareholders may be required to treat their pro rata portions of the foreign income taxes paid by a Fund as part of the amounts distributed to them by it and thus includable in their gross income for federal income tax purposes. Provided certain conditions are met and subject to limitation, a shareholder who includes such foreign income taxes paid by the Fund in its gross income in the year in which the tax is paid may be able to claim a credit or deduction. In addition, a Fund’s investments in certain foreign securities (including fixed income securities and derivatives) denominated in foreign currencies may increase or accelerate the Fund’s recognition of ordinary income and may affect the timing, amount, or character of the Fund’s distributions.

 

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The rules regarding the taxation of the separate accounts of participating insurance companies that utilize Funds as investment vehicles for variable life and variable annuity contracts are complex. The foregoing is only a summary of certain material United States federal income tax consequences affecting the Funds. Participating insurance companies should consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Funds.

 

XII. CERTAIN TAX AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

 

As previously indicated, it is the policy of each of the Funds to meet the requirements of the Code to qualify as a regulated investment company under the federal tax law. When a Fund writes a call option, an amount equal to the premium received by it is included in its balance sheet as an asset and as an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. The current market value of a written option is the last sale price on the principal exchange on which such option is traded or, in the absence of a sale, the mean between the last bid and offering prices. If an option which a Fund has written on an equity security expires on its stipulated expiration date, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was sold) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is extinguished.

 

XIII. EXPERTS

 

Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 serves as counsel to MML Trust.

 

The name MML Series Investment Fund is the designation of Trustees under a Declaration of Trust dated May 14, 1993, as amended from time to time. The obligations of MML Trust are not personally binding upon, nor shall resort be had to the property of, any of the Trustees, shareholders, officers, employees or agents of MML Trust, but only the property of the relevant series of MML Trust shall be bound.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

SECURITIES RATINGS

 

Although the ratings of fixed-income securities by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) are a generally accepted measurement of credit risk, they are subject to certain limitations. For example, ratings are based primarily upon historical events and do not necessarily reflect the future. Furthermore, there is a period of time between the issuance of a rating and the update of the rating, during which time a published rating may be inaccurate.

 

The descriptions of the S&P, Moody’s and Fitch’s commercial paper and bond ratings are set forth below.

 

Commercial Paper Ratings:

 

S&P commercial paper ratings are graded into four categories, ranging from A for the highest quality obligations to D for the lowest. Issues assigned the highest rating of A are regarded as having the greatest capacity for timely payment. Issues in this category are further refined with the designations 1, 2, and 3 to indicate the relative degree of safety. The A-1 and A-2 categories are described as follows:

 

  A-1   This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics will be noted with a plus (+) sign designation.

 

  A-2   Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.

 

Moody’s employs three designations, all judged to be investment grade, to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated issuers. The two highest designations are as follows:

 

Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 (or P-1) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 (or P-1) repayment ability will normally be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

 

   

Leading market positions in well-established industries.

 

   

High rates of return on funds employed.

 

   

Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.

 

   

Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

 

   

Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

 

Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 (or P-2) have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

 

Fitch’s Short-Term Credit Ratings are graded into six categories, ranging from ‘F-1’ for the highest quality obligations to ‘D’ for the lowest. The F-1 and F-2 categories are described as follows:

 

“F-1”: Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

 

“F-2”: A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.

 

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Bond Ratings:

 

S&P describes its four highest ratings for corporate debt as follows:

 

AAA Debt rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong.

 

AA Debt rated AA has a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs from the higher rated issues only in a small degree.

 

A Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.

 

BBB Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas such debt normally exhibits adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt in this category than in higher rated categories.

 

The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

 

Moody’s describes its four highest corporate bond ratings as follows:

 

Aaa Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt-edged.” Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

 

Aa Bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group they compose what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

 

A Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and may be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment in the future.

 

Baa Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium grade obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.

 

Moody’s applies numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa in its corporate bond rating system. The modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category.

 

Fitch describes its four highest long-term credit ratings as follows:

 

AAA—“AAA” ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

 

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AA—“AA” ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

 

A—“A” ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

 

BBB—“BBB” ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.

 

A “+” or “–” may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the “AAA” category or to categories below “CCC”.

 

S&P describes its below investment grade ratings for corporate debt as follows:

 

BB, B, CCC, CC, C—Debt rated “BB”, “B”, “CCC”, “CC” and “C” is regarded, on balance, as predominantly speculative with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation, “BB” indicates the lowest degree of speculation and “C” the highest degree of speculation. While such debt will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions.

 

BB—Debt rated “BB” has less near-term vulnerability to default than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments. The “BB” rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied “BBB–” rating.

 

B—Debt rated “B” has a greater vulnerability to default but currently has the capacity to meet interest payments and principal repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair capacity or willingness to pay interest and repay principal. The “B” rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied “BB” or “BB–” rating.

 

CCC—Debt rated “CCC” has a currently identifiable vulnerability to default, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions to meet timely payment of interest and repayment of principal. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, it is not likely to have the capacity to pay interest and repay principal. The “CCC” rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied “B” or “B–” rating.

 

CC—The rating “CC” is typically applied to debt subordinated to senior debt that is assigned an actual or implied “CCC” rating.

 

C—The rating “C” is typically applied to debt subordinated to senior debt which is assigned an actual or implied “CCC–” debt rating. The “C” rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed, but debt service payments are continued.

 

D—Debt rated “D” is in payment default. The “D” rating category is used when interest payments or principal payments are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The “D” rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition if debt service payments are jeopardized.

 

Moody’s describes its below investment grade corporate bond ratings as follows:

 

Ba—Bonds which are rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during other good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

 

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B—Bonds which are rated B generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

 

Caa—Bonds which are rated Caa are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

 

Ca—Bonds which are rated Ca represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

 

C—Bonds which are rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds and issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

 

Fitch describes its below investment grade long-term credit ratings as follows:

 

BB—“BB” ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment grade.

 

B—“B” ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

 

CCC, CC, C—Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. A “CC” rating indicates that default of some kind appears probable. “C” ratings signal imminent default.

 

DDD, DD, D—The ratings of obligations in this category are based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the following serve as general guidelines. “DDD” obligations have the highest potential for recovery, around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued interest. “DD” indicates potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90% and “D” the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

 

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their obligations. Entities rated “DDD” have the highest prospect for resumption of performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization process. Entities rated “DD” and “D” are generally undergoing a formal reorganization or liquidation process; those rated “DD” are likely to satisfy a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated “D” have a poor prospect of repaying all obligations.

 

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APPENDIX B

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES

 

The following represents the proxy voting policies (the “Policies”) of MML Trust with respect to the voting of proxies on behalf of each series of MML Trust (the “Series”). It is the general policy of MML Trust, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) as investment manager to the Series, to delegate (with the exception of any “Funds of Funds”) voting responsibilities and duties with respect to all proxies to the investment sub-advisers (the “Sub-Advisers”) of the Series.

 

I. General Principles

 

In voting proxies, the Sub-Advisers shall be guided by general fiduciary principles and their respective written proxy voting policies. The Sub-Advisers shall act prudently and solely in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the accounts they respectively manage, and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefit to such persons.

 

II. Sub-Advisers

 

1. The Sub-Advisers shall each have the duty to provide a copy of their written proxy voting policies to MassMutual and MML Trust annually. The Sub-Advisers’ written proxy voting policies shall maintain procedures that address potential conflicts of interest.

 

2. The Sub-Advisers shall each maintain a record of all proxy votes exercised on behalf of each series of MML Trust for which they act as investment sub-adviser and shall furnish such records to MassMutual and MML Trust annually.

 

3. The Sub-Advisers shall report any exceptions to their respective proxy voting policies to MassMutual quarterly.

 

4. The Sub-Advisers shall provide MML Trust and MassMutual with all such information and documents relating to the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting in a timely manner, as shall be necessary for MML Trust and MassMutual to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

 

III. MML Trust and MassMutual

 

1. The Chief Compliance Officer of MML Trust shall annually update the Trustees after a review of the Sub-Advisers’ proxy voting policies and actual voting records.

 

2. The Trustees of MML Trust shall not vote proxies on behalf of MML Trust or the Series.

 

3. MassMutual shall not vote proxies on behalf of MML Trust or the Series, except that MassMutual shall vote proxies on behalf of any Funds of Funds for which it serves as investment adviser.

 

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available, if applicable, without charge, upon request, on the MassMutual website at http://www.massmutual.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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PART C

Information required to be included in Part C is set forth under the appropriate item, so numbered, in Part C to this Registration Statement.

PART C: OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23: Exhibits

Exhibit A:

(1) Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as restated May 14, 1993, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (as filed with the SEC via EDGAR).

(2) Amendment, dated May 1, 2006, to Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as restated May 14, 1993.(15)

Exhibit B:

(1) Registrant’s By-Laws, as amended and restated August 6, 1993, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 of Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (as filed with the SEC via EDGAR).

(2) Amendment, dated February 27, 2007, to Registrant’s By-Laws, as amended and restated August 6, 1993, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit B(2) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

Exhibit C:

Not Applicable.

Exhibit D:

(1) Investment Management Agreement between the Registrant and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) with respect to MML Growth Equity Fund and MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund.(1)

(2) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement for the MML Growth Equity Fund between MassMutual and Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, dated as of June 1, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit O(5) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 24, 2005.

(3) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement for the MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund between MassMutual and Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company.(4)

(4) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Equity Index Fund, effective as of May 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(10) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 15, 2001.

(5) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Large Cap Value Fund, effective as of May 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(11) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 15, 2001.


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(6) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML OTC 100 Fund, effective as of May 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(12) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 15, 2001.

(7) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Emerging Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(13) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 15, 2001.

(8) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. and MassMutual regarding MML Large Cap Value Fund, dated as of November 15, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(8) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 8, 2006.

(9) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Northern Trust Investments, Inc. regarding MML Equity Index Fund, dated as of January 31, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(17) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2003.

(10) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Northern Trust Investments, Inc. regarding MML OTC 100 Fund, dated as of January 31, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(18) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2003.

(11) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Delaware Management Company regarding MML Emerging Growth Fund, effective as of August 7, 2006.(17)

(12) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Wellington Management Company, LLP and MassMutual regarding MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, effective as of February 12, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit D(23) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 29, 2002.

(13) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Asset Allocation Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(14) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Equity Income Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(15) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Income & Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(16) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Growth & Income Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(17) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(18) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Large Cap Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(19) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Concentrated Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(20) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Mid Cap Value Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(21) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(22) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Small Cap Value Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(23) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Small Cap Index Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(24) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Global Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(25) Investment Management Agreement between MassMutual and Registrant on behalf of MML Foreign Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(26) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Capital Guardian Trust Company regarding MML Asset Allocation Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(17)

(27) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. regarding MML Equity Income Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(28) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and American Century Investment Management, Inc. regarding MML Income & Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(29) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Capital Guardian Trust Company regarding MML Growth & Income Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(17)

(30) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. regarding MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(31) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and AllianceBernstein L.P. regarding MML Large Cap Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(32) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. regarding MML Concentrated Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(33) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and American Century Investment Management, Inc. regarding MML Mid Cap Value Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(34) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. regarding MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(35) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. regarding MML Small Cap Value Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(36) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Northern Trust Investments, N.A. regarding MML Small Cap Index Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(17)

(37) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Neuberger Berman Management, Inc. regarding MML Global Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(15)

(38) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC regarding MML Foreign Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006.(17)

(39) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between MassMutual and Insight Capital Research & Management, Inc. regarding MML Emerging Growth Fund.(17)


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Exhibit E:

Not Applicable.

Exhibit F:

Deferred Compensation Plan for Trustee of Registrant.(13)

Exhibit G:

(1) Custodian Agreement between Registrant and Investors Bank and Trust Company (“IBT”), on behalf of MML Growth Equity Fund and MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, as amended as of May 1, 2000 to add MML Equity Index Fund, MML Large Cap Value Fund, MML OTC 100 Fund and MML Emerging Growth Fund and May 1, 2006 to add MML Asset Allocation Fund, MML Equity Income Fund, MML Income & Growth Fund, MML Growth & Income Fund, MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, MML Large Cap Growth Fund, MML Concentrated Growth Fund, MML Mid Cap Value Fund, MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, MML Small Cap Value Fund, MML Small Cap Index Fund, MML Global Fund and MML Foreign Fund.(6)

Exhibit H:

(1) Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement with respect to MML Equity Index Fund, effective as of May 1, 2000, between Registrant and MassMutual, incorporated by reference to Exhibit H(2) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 15, 2001.

(2) Amendment, dated February 11, 2002, to the Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement with respect to MML Equity Index Fund incorporated by reference to Exhibit H(2) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2003.

(3) Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement with respect to MML Concentrated Growth Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006, between Registrant and MassMutual.(15)

(4) Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement with respect to MML Global Fund, effective as of May 1, 2006, between Registrant and MassMutual.(15)

(5) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and MassMutual with respect to the MML Asset Allocation Fund, MML Equity Income Fund, MML Income & Growth Fund, MML Growth & Income Fund, MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, MML Large Cap Growth Fund, MML Concentrated Growth Fund, MML Mid Cap Value Fund, MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, MML Small Cap Value Fund, MML Small Cap Index Fund, MML Global Fund and MML Foreign Fund.(15)

(6) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and MassMutual with respect to the MML Large Cap Value Fund, MML Equity Index Fund, MML Growth Equity Fund, MML OTC 100 Fund, MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund and MML Emerging Growth Fund is incorporated by reference to Exhibit H(6) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

Exhibit I:

(1) Opinion of counsel as to the legality of shares being registered for MML Equity Index Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 14, 1997.

(2) Opinion of counsel as to the legality of shares being registered for the MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund and MML Growth Equity Fund.(8)

(3) Opinion of counsel as to the legality of shares being registered for MML Large Cap Value Fund, MML OTC 100 Fund and MML Emerging Growth Fund.(14)

(4) Opinion of counsel as to the legality of shares being registered for MML Asset Allocation Fund, MML Equity Income Fund, MML Income & Growth Fund, MML Growth & Income Fund, MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, MML Large Cap Growth Fund, MML Concentrated Growth Fund, MML Mid Cap Value Fund, MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, MML Small Cap Value Fund, MML Small Cap Index Fund, MML Global Fund and MML Foreign Fund.(15)

Exhibit J:

(1) Not Applicable.

(2) Power of Attorney for Richard H. Ayers, Allan W. Blair, Mary E. Boland, Frederick C. Castellani, Richard W. Greene, R. Alan Hunter, Jr., Robert E. Joyal and F. William Marshall, Jr.(15)


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Exhibit K:

Not applicable.

Exhibit L:

Not Applicable.

Exhibit M:

Not Applicable.

Exhibit N:

Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan for Registrant.(15)

Exhibit O:

Not applicable.

Exhibit P:

(1) Code of Ethics for Davis Selected Advisers, L.P., incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(1) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2005.

(2) Code of Ethics for Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(2) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(3) Code of Ethics for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and MML Series Investment Fund.(17)

(4) Code of Ethics for Northern Trust Investments, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(4) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 54 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2005.

(5) Code of Ethics for Delaware Management Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(5) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(6) Code of Ethics for Wellington Management Company, LLP is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(6) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(7) Code of Ethics for Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(7) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(8) Code of Ethics for AllianceBernstein L.P. is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(8) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(9) Code of Ethics for American Century Investment Management, Inc. is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(9) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(10) Code of Ethics for Capital Guardian Trust Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(10) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(11) Code of Ethics for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.(15)

(12) Code of Ethics for Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(12) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(13) Code of Ethics for Neuberger Berman Management, Inc. is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(13) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(14) Code of Ethics for Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(14) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.

(15) Code of Ethics for T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(15)

(16) Code of Ethics for Insight Capital Research & Management, Inc. is incorporated by reference to Exhibit P(16) of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2007.


(1)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit D(2) to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 29, 1999.

(2)

Intentionally omitted.

(3)

Intentionally omitted.

(4)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit D(9) to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 29, 1999.

(5)

Intentionally omitted.

(6)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit G(7) to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 29, 1999.

(7)

Intentionally omitted.

(8)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit (I)(3) to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 29, 1999.

(9)

Intentionally omitted.

(10)

Intentionally omitted.

(11)

Intentionally omitted.

(12)

Intentionally omitted.

(13)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit F to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on May 1, 2000.

(14)

Incorporated by reference as Exhibit I(4) to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on May 1, 2000.

(15)

Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 56 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2006.

(16)

Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on May 1, 2006.

(17)

Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 58 to the Registration Statement filed via EDGAR on February 28, 2007.


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Item 24: Person Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund

At the date of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement, Registrant did not, directly or indirectly, control any person. Registrant was organized by MassMutual primarily to offer investors both the opportunity to pursue long-term investment goals and the flexibility to respond to changes in their investment objectives and economic and market conditions. Currently, the Registrant provides a vehicle for the investment of assets of various separate investment accounts established by MassMutual. The assets in such separate accounts are, under state law, assets of the life insurance companies which have established such accounts. Thus, at any time MassMutual and its life insurance company subsidiaries will own such outstanding shares of Registrant’s series as are purchased with separate account assets. As a result, MassMutual will own a substantial number of the shares of Registrant, probably for a number of years.

The following entities are, or may be deemed to be, controlled by MassMutual through the direct or indirect ownership of such entities’ stock.

 

  1. CM Assurance Company, a Connecticut corporation that operated as a life and health insurance company, all the stock of which was owned by MassMutual. This subsidiary was dissolved as of December 28, 2006.

 

  2. CM Benefit Insurance Company, a Connecticut corporation that operated as a life and health insurance company, all the stock of which was owned by MassMutual. This subsidiary was dissolved as of December 28, 2006.

 

  3. C.M. Life Insurance Company, a Connecticut corporation that operates as a life and health insurance company, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual.

 

  4. MML Bay State Life Insurance Company, a Connecticut corporation that operates as a life and health insurance company, all the stock of which is owned by C.M. Life Insurance Company.

 

  5. The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB, a federally chartered stock savings bank that performs trust services, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual.

 

  6. MassMutual Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a holding company for certain MassMutual entities, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual.

 

  7. MML Distributors, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company that operates as a securities broker-dealer. MassMutual has a 99% ownership interest and MassMutual Holding LLC has a 1% ownership interest.

 

  8. MassMutual Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that issues commercial paper, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  9. MassMutual Owners Association, Inc., a Massachusetts company authorized to conduct sales and marketing operations, all the stock of which was owned by MassMutual. This subsidiary has been dissolved.

 

  10. MassMutual Assignment Company, a North Carolina corporation that operates a structured settlement business, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  11. MML Investors Services, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that operates as a securities broker-dealer, all the capital stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  12. MML Insurance Agency, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that operates as an insurance broker, all the stock of which is owned by MML Investors Services, Inc.

 

  13. MMLISI Financial Alliances, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a securities broker-dealer, all the stock of which is owned by MML Investors Services, Inc.

 

  14. MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that operates as a holding company for MassMutual positions in investment entities organized outside of the United States. This subsidiary qualifies as a “Massachusetts Security Corporation” under Chapter 63 of the Massachusetts General Laws. MassMutual Holding LLC owns all of the outstanding shares of MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc.

 

  15. MassMutual Corporate Value Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation, 46% of the shares of which are owned by MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc.

 

  16. MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a high yield bond fund. MassMutual Corporate Value Limited holds an ownership interest of approximately 88.4% in MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited.

 

  17. 9048-5434 Quebec, Inc., a Canadian corporation that operated as the owner of Hotel du Parc in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc. owned all the shares of 9048-5434 Quebec, Inc. This subsidiary is inactive.

 

  18. 1279342 Ontario Limited, a Canadian corporation that operates as the owner of Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc. owns all of the shares of 1279342 Ontario Limited.


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  19. MML Realty Management Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation that formerly operated as a manager of properties owned by MassMutual, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  20. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  21. Cornerstone Office Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the general partner of Cornerstone Suburban Office, L.P. Cornerstone Office Management, LLC is 50% owned by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC and 50% owned by MML Realty Management Corporation.

 

  22. Cornerstone Suburban Office, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, that operates as a real estate operating company. Cornerstone Office Management, LLC holds a 1% general partnership interest in this fund and MassMutual holds a 30% limited partnership interest.

 

  23. Babson Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  24. Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation that formerly operated as a manager of institutional investment portfolios. Babson Capital Management LLC owned 100% of the capital stock of Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  25. Babson Capital Securities Inc (formerly Babson Securities Corporation), a Massachusetts corporation that operates as a securities broker-dealer, all of the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  26. Babson Investment Company, a Massachusetts securities corporation used to hedge certain employee benefit obligations of Babson Capital Management LLC, all of the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  27. FITech Asset Management, L.P. (“AM”), a Delaware Limited Partnership, formed to manage FITech Domestic Value, L.P. (“the Fund”), a “fund-of-funds” that invests in hedge funds. Babson Capital Management LLC is a limited partner in AM, with a 58% controlling interest.

 

  28. FITech Domestic Partners, LLC (“DP”), a Delaware limited liability company that is a general partner of FITech Asset Management, L.P. (“AM”). Babson Capital Management LLC is a limited partner in DP, holding a 58% controlling interest.

 

  29. Leland Fund Multi G.P., Ltd. (“Multi”), a corporation that acts as the general partner to several entities that comprise the hedge fund known as Leland, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  30. Babson Capital Japan KK, formerly known as MassMutual Investment Management Company, a Japanese registered investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  31. Babson Capital Management Inc., a Delaware corporation that holds a real estate license, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  32. Babson Capital Guernsey Limited, an investment management company organized under the laws of the Isle of Guernsey, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  33. Babson Capital Europe Limited (formerly known as Duke Street Capital Debt Management of London), an institutional debt-fund manager organized under the laws of England and Wales, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Guernsey Limited.

 

  34. Almack Holding Partnership GP Limited, an English company that will serve as a general partner of each of Almack Leveraged 1 LP, Almack Unleveraged 1 LP, Almack Leveraged 2 LP and Almack Unleveraged 2 LP, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Europe Limited.

 

  35. Almack Mezzanine Fund Limited, an English company that will serve as general partner of Almack Mezzanine Founder LP and Almack Mezzanine 1 LP, all the stock of which is owned by Babson Capital Europe Limited.

 

  36. Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”), a Delaware corporation that operates as a holding company for the Oppenheimer companies. MassMutual Holding LLC owns 97.9% of the capital stock of OAC.
 
 
 


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  37. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), a Colorado corporation that operates as the investment adviser to the Oppenheimer Funds, all the stock of which is owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

 

  38. Centennial Asset Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation that operates as investment adviser, broker-dealer and general distributor of the Centennial Funds, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  39. OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a New York corporation that operates as a securities broker-dealer, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  40. Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation that operated as a holding company, all the stock of which was owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  41. Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation that is the sub-adviser to a mutual fund investing in the commodities markets, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  42. Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation that operates as a transfer agent for mutual funds, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  43. Shareholder Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation that operates as a transfer agent for various Oppenheimer Funds and MassMutual Funds, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  44. OFI Private Investments, Inc., a New York based corporation that operates as a registered investment adviser, managing smaller separate accounts, commonly known as wrap-fee accounts, which are introduced by unaffiliated broker-dealers on a subadvisory basis for a stated fee, all the stock of which is owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  45. OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (formerly known as OAM Institutional, Inc.), a New York based corporation that operates as a registered investment adviser, providing investment supervisory services on a discretionary basis to individual accounts, pension plans, insurance company separate accounts, public funds and corporations for a stated fee, all the stock of which is owned by. OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

  46. Trinity Investment Management Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation and registered investment adviser that provides portfolio management and equity research services primarily to institutional clients, all the stock of which is owned by OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

 

  47. OFI Trust Company (formerly known as Oppenheimer Trust Company), a New York corporation that conducts the business of a trust company, all the stock of which is owned by OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

 

  48. HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, a New York corporation that operates as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

 

  49. OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited (formerly known as OppenheimerFunds (Asia) Limited), that operates as a Hong Kong mutual fund marketing company. OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. holds less than a 10% ownership interest in OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited.

 

  50. OppenheimerFunds International, Ltd. (“OFIL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), is the manager of OppenheimerFunds Real Asset Futures plc and OppenheimerFunds plc, each a Dublin-based investment company for which OFI provides portfolio management services as investment adviser.

 

  51. Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Tremont Capital Management, Inc.), a New York-based investment services provider that specializes in hedge funds, all the stock of which is owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

 

  52. Tremont (Bermuda) Limited, a Bermuda-based investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  53. Tremont Partners, Inc. (formerly Tremont Advisers, Inc.), a Connecticut corporation that operates as a registered investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  54. Tremont Capital Management Limited, a company based in the United Kingdom, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.


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  55. Tremont Securities, Inc., a New York company that acts as a registered broker-dealer, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  56. Tremont Capital Management, Corp., a New York Company, 77% of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  57. Tremont Capital Management (Asia) Limited, a Hong Kong company, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  58. Tremont Capital Management (Ireland) Limited, the manager of an Irish umbrella trust that manages a series of non-U.S. strategy based funds, all the stock of which is owned by Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.

 

  59. HYP Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as the “LLC Manager” of MassMutual High Yield Partners II LLC, a high yield bond fund, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  60. MassMutual High Yield Partners II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a high yield bond fund. MassMutual holds approximately 2.49%, MMHC Investment LLC holds approximately 34.11% and HYP Management, Inc. holds approximately 6.82% for an approximate total of 43.42% of the ownership interest in MassMutual High Yield Partners II LLC.

 

  61. MassMutual Benefits Management, Inc. (formerly known as Westheimer 335 Suites, Inc.), a Delaware corporation that supports MassMutual with benefit plan administration and planning services, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  62. MMHC Investment LLC (formerly known as MMHC Investment, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company that is a passive investor in MassMutual High Yield Partners II, LLC and other MassMutual investments. MassMutual Holding LLC owns all of the outstanding stock of MMHC Investment LLC.

 

  63. MassMutual/Darby CBO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operated as a fund investing in high yield debt securities of U.S. and emerging market issuers. Babson Capital Management LLC was the Investment Manager. MassMutual owned 1.79%, MMHC Investment LLC owned 50% and MassMutual High Yield Partners LLC owned 2.39% of the ownership interest in MassMutual/Darby CBO LLC. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  64. MassMutual International LLC (formerly known as MassMutual International, Inc.), a Delaware corporation that operates as a holding company for those entities constituting MassMutual’s international insurance operations, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  65. MassMutual (Bermuda) Ltd., a corporation organized in Bermuda that operates as an exempted insurance company, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual International LLC

 

  66. MassMutual Europe, S.A., a corporation organized in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that operates as a life insurance company, 99.99% of which is owned by MassMutual International LLC and .01% of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  67. MassMutual Asia Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that operates as a life insurance company, 99.99% of which is owned by MassMutual International LLC and .01% of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  68. MassMutual Insurance Consultants Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that operates as a general insurance agent, 99.99% of which is owned by MassMutual Asia Limited and .01% of which is owned by MassMutual Services Limited.


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  69. MassMutual Trustees Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that operates as an approved trustee for the mandatory provident funds. MassMutual Asia Limited, MassMutual Services Limited (in trust for MassMutual Asia Limited), MassMutual Guardian Limited (in trust for MassMutual Asia Limited.), Kenneth Yu (in trust for MassMutual Asia Limited.) and Protective Capital (International) Limited each hold a 20% ownership interest in MassMutual Trustees Limited.

 

  70. Protective Capital (International) Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that is a dormant investment company, 99.98% of which is owned by MassMutual Asia Limited, .01% by Jones Leung and .01% by Ling Sau Lei. Protective Capital (International) Limited currently holds a 6.38% ownership interest in MassMutual Life Insurance Company in Japan.

 

  71. MassMutual Services Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that provided policyholders with estate planning services. MassMutual Asia Limited holds a 50% interest and Protective Capital (International) Limited holds a 50% interest in MassMutual Services Limited. This company is now inactive.

 

  72. MassMutual Guardian Limited, a corporation organized in Hong Kong that provided policyholders with estate planning services. MassMutual Asia Limited holds a 50% interest and Protective Capital (International) Limited holds a 50% interest in MassMutual Guardian Limited. This company is now inactive.

 

  73. MassMutual Asia Investors Limited, a Hong Kong company that provides investment advisory services, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Asia Limited.

 

  74. MassMutual International Holding MSC, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that currently acts as a holding company for the interests of MassMutual International LLC in Taiwan, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual International LLC.

 

  75. MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance Company, a Taiwan corporation that operates as a life insurance company. MassMutual International Holding MSC, Inc. and Mercuries Group each hold a 39.01% ownership interest in MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance Company and 21.98% is owned by other shareholders.

 

  76. Fuh Hwa Securities Investment Trust Co. Ltd., a mutual fund firm in Taiwan. MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance Company holds a 30.71% ownership interest, MassMutual International Holding MSC, Inc. holds a 21.14% ownership interest, Mercuries-Jeantex holds an 8.25% ownership interest, Mercuries-Fubao holds a 9.60% ownership interest, Mercuries & Associates, Ltd. holds a 3.29% ownership interest, Bank SinoPac holds a 4.63% ownership interest, Fuh Hwa employees hold a 10.09% ownership interest and other shareholders hold a 12.29% ownership interest.

 

  77. MassMutual Life Insurance Company, a Japanese corporation that operates as a life insurance company. MassMutual International LLC owns 80.03%, MassMutual Real Estate Co., Ltd. owns 7.64%, Protective Capital (International) Limited owns 6.38%, MassMutual Asia Limited owns 5.94% and MassMutual Life Insurance Company owns 0.02% of the outstanding shares of MassMutualLife Insurance Company (Japan).

 

  78. Hakone Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company authorized to purchase, borrow, sell and otherwise trade in securities, shares and other financial instruments and contracts of U.S. and non–U.S. entities, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Life Insurance Company (Japan).

 

  79. Hakone Fund II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company authorized to purchase, borrow, sell and otherwise trade in securities, shares and other financial instruments and contracts of U.S. and non–U.S. entities, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Life Insurance Company (Japan).

 

  80. MM Real Estate Co., Ltd., a Japanese entity that holds and manages real estate. MassMutual Life Insurance Company holds a 4.8% ownership interest and MassMutual International LLC holds a 95% ownership interest in MM Real Estate Co., Ltd.

 

  81. MassMutual Internacional (Chile) Limitada (formerly known as MassMutual Internacional (Chile) S.A), a corporation organized in the Republic of Chile that operates as a holding company. MassMutual International LLC holds a 79.43% ownership interest, 1279342 Ontario Limited holds a 20.5% ownership interest and MassMutual Holding LLC holds a .07% ownership interest in MassMutual Internacional (Chile) Limitada.

 

  82. MassMutual (Chile) Limitada, a limited liability company organized in the Republic of Chile. MassMutual Internacional (Chile) Limitada holds a 99.99% ownership interest and MassMutual International LLC holds a .01% ownership interest in MassMutual (Chile) Limitada.

 

  83. Compañia de Seguros Vida Corp S.A., (formerly Mass Seguros de Vida, S.A.) a corporation organized in the Republic of Chile that operates as an insurance company. MassMutual Internacional (Chile) Limitada owns 33.49%, Corp Group Vida Chile S.A. owns 37.48% and Corp Group Interhold S.A. owns 29.03% of the outstanding shares of Compañia de Seguros Vida Corp S.A.

 

  84. MML Financial, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a holding company, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  85. MML Investment Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company licensed to carry on any lawful business purpose or activity not restricted by the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, all the stock of which is owned by MML Financial, LLC. This company primarily makes investments.

 

  86. MMLA UK Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of England and Wales, all the stock of which is owned by MML Financial, LLC. This entity has been dissolved.


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  87. MML Assurance, Inc., a New York insurance company, all the stock of which is owned by MML Financial, LLC.

 

  88. MML Financial Products, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that was authorized to carry on any lawful business purpose or activity not restricted by the Delaware Limited Liability Act, all the stock of which was owned by MML Financial, LLC. This company primarily entered into derivatives transactions in the form of credit default swaps. This entity is no longer in existence.

 

  89. Invicta Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that acts as a holding company, all the stock of which is owned by MML Financial, LLC.

 

  90. Invicta Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that will serve as the management entity of Invicta Credit LLC, all the stock of which is owned by Invicta Holdings LLC.

 

  91. Invicta Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that will guarantee the obligations of Invicta Credit LLC, all the stock of which is owned by Invicta Holdings LLC.

 

  92. Invicta Credit LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that will operate as a credit derivative product company selling credit protection using credit default swaps, all the stock of which is owned by Invicta Capital LLC.

 

  93. MassMutual Baring Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that will act as a holding company for certain MassMutual subsidiaries, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC.

 

  94. MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a Bermuda company that acts as a holding company for certain MassMutual subsidiaries, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Baring Holding, LLC.

 

  95. Baring Asset Management Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts an investment manager/adviser, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.

 

  96. Baring Asset Management Life Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as an authorized representative of NNUK under Section 44 of the Financial Services Act of 1986, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited.

 

  97. Baring Fund Managers Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as a manager of BAM UK Collective Investment Schemes, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited.

 

  98. Baring International Investment Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as an investment manager/adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited.

 

  99. Baring Pension Trustees Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales that acts as a trustee for the pension scheme covering UK-based employees of Baring Asset Management Limited, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited.

 

  100. Baring Private Investment Management Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited. This is a non-trading company.

 

  101. Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as an intermediate holding company, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Limited.

 

  102. Baring Investment Services Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as a service company which supports all the BAM Group operating companies within the UK, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited.

 

  103. Baring Asset Management GmbH, a company incorporated under the laws of Germany that provides marketing and client services regarding investment funds and other asset management products of the BAM group, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited.

 

  104. Baring France S.A.S. (formerly known as Baring Asset Management France S.A.), a company incorporated under the laws of France that handles distribution and client services for qualified investors, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited.


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  105. Baring Investment Administrative Services (South Africa) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of South Africa, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited. The company was incorporated to serve as the South African Representative Office for selected collective investment schemes as contemplated in the Regulations made pursuant to Section 37A(1) of the Units Trusts Control Act, 1981, as amended.

 

  106. Baring International Investment Management Limited, an intermediate holding company organized in Hong Kong, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Holdings Limited.

 

  107. Baring Mutual Fund Management S.A., a company organized in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that acts as the manager of the New Russia Fund, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Limited.

 

  108. Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales that acts as an intermediate holding company, all the stock of which is owned by Baring International Investment Management Limited.

 

  109. Baring Asset Management (CI) Limited, an investment management company organized under the laws of the Isle of Guernsey, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited.

 

  110. Baring International Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland that acts as a manager of BAM Irish Collective Investment Schemes and Funds, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited.

 

  111. Baring Mutual Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Ireland that acts as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited.

 

  112. Baring Sice (Taiwan) Limited, a regulated company organized in Taiwan, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited.

 

  113. Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Limited, an intermediate holding company organized in Hong Kong, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management UK Holdings Limited.

 

  114. Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited, a company organized in Hong Kong that acts as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Limited.

 

  115. Baring International Fund Managers (Bermuda) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda that acts as a trustee of Baring Korea Trust Fund Ltd.’s undistributed funds, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Limited.

 

  116. Baring Asset Management (Japan) Limited, a company organized in Japan that acts as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Limited.

 

  117. Baring Asset Management (Australia) Pty Limited, an investment adviser incorporated under the laws of Australia, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management (Asia) Holdings Limited.

 

  118. Baring Asset Management Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation that acts as an intermediate holding company, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Baring Holding, LLC.

 

  119. Baring Asset Management, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation that acts as an investment adviser, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Holdings, Inc.

 

  120. Baring Investment Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation that acts as a captive broker-dealer, all the stock of which is owned by Baring Asset Management Holdings, Inc.

 

  121. Golden Retirement Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation that develops insurance-related products, all the stock of which is owned by MassMutual Holding LLC. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  122. MassMutual Capital Partners LLC, a Delaware single-member limited liability company. MassMutual Holding LLC is the sole member.

 

  123. MML Series Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. All shares issued by the Trust are owned by MassMutual and certain of its affiliates.

 

  124. MML Series Investment Fund II, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. All shares issued by MML Series Investment Fund II are owned by MassMutual and certain of its affiliates.


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  125. MassMutual Select Funds, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. The majority of shares are owned by MassMutual.

 

  126. MassMutual Premier Funds, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. The majority of shares are owned by MassMutual.

 

  127. Panorama Series Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation that operates as an open-end investment company. All shares issued by the fund are owned by MassMutual and certain affiliates.

 

  128. Oppenheimer Series Fund Inc., a Maryland corporation that operates as an investment company of which MassMutual and its affiliates own a majority of certain series of shares issued by the fund.

 

  129. Somers CDO, Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a fund investing in high yield debt securities of primarily U.S. issuers. MMHC Investment LLC holds 37.04% of the subordinated notes of this issue, which are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the collateral manager of Somers CDO, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  130. Saar Holdings CDO, Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a collateralized debt obligation fund investing in high yield debt securities of primarily US issuers including, to a limited extent, convertible high yield bonds. MMHC Investment LLC holds 40% of the mandatorily redeemable preferred shares if this issuer. Such preferred shares are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the collateral manager of Saar Holdings CDO, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  131. Perseus CDO I, Limited is a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a collateralized debt obligation fund investing in a diversified portfolio of assets including high yield bonds, senior secured loans, a limited amount of equity securities and certain other assets. MMHC Investment LLC holds 33.4% of the Class D subordinated notes issued by Perseus CDO I Limited. Such notes are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the portfolio manager and Perseus Advisors, L.L.C. is the portfolio advisor of Perseus CDO I, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  132. MassMutual Global CBO I Limited is a Cayman Island Corporation that operates as a collateralized bond obligation fund investing in emerging market securities and high yield bonds. As of the closing date of this fund (June 16, 1999), MassMutual and its indirect subsidiary, MMHC Investment LLC, hold in the aggregate approximately 39.7% of the subordinated notes that are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the Collateral Manager of MassMutual Global CBO I Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  133. Antares Funding L.P. is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership that invests primarily in high yield bank loans and public high yield bonds. Antares Capital Corporation, formerly an indirect subsidiary of MassMutual, is the collateral manager of Antares Funding LP. Antares Capital Corporation manages the selection, acquisition and disposition of the Loan Collateral Debt Securities. MassMutual manages the High Yield Collateral Debt Securities and Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  134. Simsbury CLO Limited is a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a collateralized bond obligations fund that invests primarily in bank loans and high yield bonds. MassMutual is investment adviser and Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser. MassMutual and its affiliated subsidiaries own 34.35% of the Junior Subordinated Notes.

 

  135. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Limited is a special purpose company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager. MassMutual holds all of the Class B notes and has covenanted to hold at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Class C Certificates directly or through a wholly owned affiliate.

MassMutual or Babson Capital acts as the investment adviser of the following investment companies, and as such may be deemed to control them.

 

  1. MML Series Investment Fund II, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. All shares issued by MML Series Investment Fund II are owned by MassMutual and certain of its affiliates. MassMutual acts as adviser for MML Series Investment Fund II and Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser to certain series. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. also acts as sub-adviser to certain series.

 

  2. MassMutual Premier Funds, a Massachusetts business trust that operates as an open-end investment company. All shares issued by the Trust are owned by MassMutual. MassMutual acts as adviser for each series and Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser to certain series. OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Baring International Investment Limited also act as sub-advisers to certain series.


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  3. MassMutual Corporate Investors (“CI”), a Massachusetts business trust that operates as a closed-end investment company. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment adviser to CI.

 

  4. MassMutual Participation Investors (“PI”), a Massachusetts business trust which operates as a closed end investment company. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as the investment adviser to PI.

 

  5. Antares Funding L.P. is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership that invests primarily in high yield bank loans and public high yield bonds. Antares Capital Corporation, formerly an indirect subsidiary of MassMutual, is the collateral manager of Antares Funding LP. Antares Capital Corporation manages the selection, acquisition and disposition of the Loan Collateral Debt Securities. MassMutual manages the High Yield Collateral Debt Securities and Babson Capital Management LLC acts a sub-adviser.

 

  6. MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a high-yield bond fund. MassMutual Corporate Value Limited holds an ownership interest of approximately 88.4% in MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited.

 

  7. MassMutual High Yield Partners II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a high yield bond fund. MassMutual holds approximately 2.49%, MMHC Investment LLC holds approximately 34.11%, and HYP Management, Inc. holds approximately 6.82% for an approximate total of 43.42% of the ownership interest in this company.

 

  8. MassMutual/Darby CBO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operated as a fund investing in high yield debt securities of U.S. and emerging market issuers. Babson Capital Management LLC was the Investment Manager. MassMutual held 1.79%, MMHC Investment LLC held 50% and MassMutual High Yield Partners LLC held 2.39% of the ownership interest in MassMutual/Darby CBO, LLC. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  9. Somers CDO, Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a fund investing in high yield debt securities of primarily U.S. issuers. MMHC Investment LLC holds 37.04% of the subordinated notes of this issue, which are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the collateral manager of Somers CDO, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  10. Saar Holdings CDO, Limited, a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a collateralized debt obligation fund investing in high yield debt securities of primarily U.S. issuers including, to a limited extent, convertible high yield bonds. MMHC Investment LLC holds 40% of the mandatorily redeemable preferred shares of this issuer. Such preferred shares are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the collateral manager of Saar Holdings CDO, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  11. Perseus CDO I, Limited is a Cayman Island Corporation that operates as a collateralized debt obligation fund investing in a diversified portfolio of assets including high yield bonds, senior secured loans, a limited amount of equity securities and certain other assets. MMHC Investment LLC holds 33.4% of the Class D subordinated notes issued by Perseus CDO I Limited. Such notes are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the portfolio manager and Perseus Advisors, L.L.C. is the portfolio advisor of Perseus CDO I, Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC is the sub-adviser.

 

  12. MassMutual Global CBO I Limited is a Cayman Island Corporation that operates as a collateralized bond obligation fund investing in emerging market securities and high yield bonds. As of the closing date of this fund (June 16, 1999), MassMutual and its indirect subsidiary, MMHC Investment LLC hold in the aggregate approximately 39.7% of the subordinated notes that are treated as equity for tax purposes. MassMutual is the Collateral Manager of MassMutual Global CBO I Limited. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser.

 

  13. Maplewood (Cayman) Limited is an entity organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands that invests primarily in bank loans. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as investment adviser.

 

  14. Suffield CLO, Limited is a Cayman Islands Corporation that operates as a collateralized loan obligations fund that invests primarily in domestic bank loans and high yield bonds. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment adviser. MassMutual holds 23.13% of the preferred shares.

 

  15. Wilbraham CBO Ltd. is a Cayman Islands limited liability company that operates as collateralized bond obligations fund that invests primarily in bank loans and high yield bonds. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager. MassMutual owns 33.99% of the preferred shares.


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  16. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Limited is a special purpose company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager. MassMutual holds all of the Class B notes and has covenanted to hold at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Class C Certificates directly or through a wholly owned affiliate.

 

  17. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund II is a special purpose company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager. MassMutual holds approximately 33% of the Class C Certificates.

 

  18. Special Value Bond Fund II, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a high yield bond fund. Babson Capital Management LLC is co-manager of the fund. MassMutual owns 20% of the subordinated notes.

 

  19. Leland Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership that has made investments in a diversified international fund. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager. MassMutual holds 70.47% of the ownership interest in this entity.

 

  20. Longmeadow CDO Debt Fund I, Limited, a fund investing in collateralized debt obligation securities that is managed by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  21. Hampden CBO Ltd, a cash/flow CDO investing in investment-grade bonds and loans, primarily U.S. MassMutual holds a 23% interest in the fund, which is managed by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  22. Phoenix Funding Limited, a cash/flow CDO that is managed by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  23. Palmyra Funding Limited, a fund investing in credit default swaps that is managed by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  24. Palmyra Funding II Limited, a fund investing in credit default swaps that is managed by Babson Capital Management LLC.

 

  25. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Limited III is a special purpose company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, investing primarily in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, debt securities and derivative instruments. Mass Mutual holds approximately 90% of the equity in the Fund. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment manager.

 

  26. Connecticut Valley Structured Credit CDO I, Ltd., a fund investing in CBO debt securities. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment manager. MassMutual currently has a 28% interest in the fund.

 

  27. MassMutual/Boston Capital Mezzanine Partners, L.P. (“Fund I”) is a Delaware limited partnership that operates as a fund investing in junior and senior mortgage loans, mezzanine investments, preferred equity interests and other real estate assets located primarily in the United States. MMHC Investments LLC is a limited partner and owns 26.17 % of Fund I. Boston Mass, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the investment advisor and general partner and owns 1.0% of Fund I. MassMutual Mortgage Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of MassMutual, is a co-manager and owns 50% of Boston Mass LLC.

 

  28. Constitution Wharf Fund, LLC (formerly known as Copper Beech Fund LLC), a limited liability hedge fund organized under Delaware law for which Babson Capital Management LLC served as investment manager. MassMutual had a majority ownership interest. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  29. Constitution Wharf Offshore Fund Ltd. (formerly known as Copper Beech Offshore Fund Ltd.), a hedge fund registered in the Cayman Islands for which Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment adviser. MassMutual currently has a majority ownership interest.

 

  30. Storrs CDO Ltd., a special purpose corporation organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, that invests primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, debt issued by real estate investment trusts and collateralized debt obligations. MassMutual holds a 20% equity interest in the company. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as investment adviser.

 

  31. Phoenix LINRA Limited, a public limited liability company incorporated and registered in Jersey, Channel Islands, that invests primarily in synthetic investment grade bonds using credit default swaps. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as a financial sub agent.


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  32. Newton CDO Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, that primarily invests in bank loans and high yield bonds. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as a collateral manager.

 

  33. Tower Square Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership organized by Babson Capital Management LLC Capital Management LLC to invest primarily in mezzanine debt securities, and to a lesser extent in senior debt and/or private equity securities. MassMutual and its affiliates own, directly or indirectly, approximately 71% of the equity interests, of which a subsidiary of Babson Capital Management LLC is the general partner. MassMutual has purchased 33% of the Limited Partnership Interests in Tower Square Capital Partners, L.P. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the Investment Manager.

 

  34. Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Fund, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership and Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Offshore Fund, Ltd is an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Substantially all of the capital of these entities is invested through a master feeder structure in Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership. These funds, organized in 2002, seek to achieve returns through investments primarily in investment-grade fixed income assets, including mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities, and derivative instruments. MassMutual currently owns approximately 60% of the equity in the domestic fund. Babson Capital Management LLC acts as an adviser through its relationship in the GP adviser.

 

  35. Union Wharf Fund, LLC, a limited liability hedge fund organized under Delaware law for which Babson Capital Management LLC serves as investment manager.

 

  36. Union Wharf Offshore Fund Ltd, a hedge fund registered in the Cayman Islands for which Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment adviser.

 

  37. Sargent’s Wharf Fund, LLC, a limited liability hedge fund organized under Delaware law for which Babson Capital Management LLC served as investment manager. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  38. Sargent’s Wharf Offshore Fund Ltd., a hedge fund registered in the Cayman Islands for which Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment adviser.

 

  39. MassMutual/Boston Capital Mezzanine Partners II, L.P. (“Fund II”) is a Delaware limited partnership that operates as a fund investing in junior and senior mortgage loans, mezzanine investments, preferred equity interests and other real estate assets located primarily in the United States. MassMutual is a limited partner and owns 28.7% of Fund II. Boston Mass II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the investment advisor and general partner. Babson Capital Management LLC is a co-manager and owns 50% of Boston Mass II LLC. CM Life is a 1.04% limited partner of Fund II.

 

  40. Special Value Absolute Return Fund, LLC, a market value high yield/special situations CDO, organized under the laws of Delaware—Babson Capital Management LLC is a Co-Manager and a 7.5% Member of the Managing Member—MassMutual owns 7.5% of the equity in the fund (as a Member).

 

  41. Mill River Capital Partners, LP, a Convertible Arbitrage hedge fund (feeder fund), organized under the laws of Delaware. Babson Capital Management LLC is the sole member of the GP and is the Investment Manager—GP owns 0.1% of fund, MassMutual owns 99.9% (as the sole limited partner (LP)) (this is the on-shore feeder to the fund next named below).

 

  42. Mill River Master Fund, LP, a Convertible Arbitrage hedge fund (master fund) organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Babson Capital Management LLC is the sole member of the GP and is the Investment Manager—GP owns 0.1% of fund, feeder owns 99.9%.

 

  43. Connecticut Valley Structured Credit CDO II, Ltd., a cash flow CDO investing in CDO debt securities that is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Babson Capital Management LLC is Portfolio Manager—MassMutual owns 22.24% of preference shares.

 

  44. Tower Square Capital Limited—Mezzanine debt and equity fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, an offshore feeder for Tower Square fund.

 

  45. Freedom Collateralized Holding 1999 CDO, Ltd., a cash flow high yield bond CDO organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as Investment Manager.


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  46. Freedom Collateralized Holding 2000 CDO, Ltd, a cash flow high yield bond CDO organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as Investment Manager. MassMutual owns 26% of the preference shares.

 

  47. Seaboard CLO 2000 Ltd., a Cash flow CLO organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Babson Capital Management LLC served as Collateral Manager—MassMutual owned 40% of equity (“subordinated notes”). This entity has been dissolved.

 

  48. Babson CLO Ltd. 2003-I is a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company that operates as a collateralized loan obligations fund that invests primarily in domestic bank loans. Babson Capital Management LLC is the collateral manager. MassMutual holds 30.36% of the ordinary preferred shares.

 

  49. Jackson Creek CDO, Ltd. a Cayman corporation that operates as a fund investing in high yield debt securities. MassMutual owns 32.5% of the non-voting preferred shares. Babson Capital Management LLC is the collateral manager of Jackson Creek CDO, Ltd.

 

  50. Hakone Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that invests in high yield bank loans, high yield bonds and commercial mortgage loans. MassMutual Life Insurance Company, a majority-owned indirect subsidiary of MassMutual will be the sole investor in Hakone. Babson Capital Management LLC is the investment manager.

 

  51. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Limited IV is a special purpose company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, investing primarily in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. Mass Mutual holds 38.33% interest in the Fund. Babson Capital Management LLC serves as the investment manager.

 

  52. Babson Capital High Yield LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is an unregistered, open-end investment fund investing primarily in high yield corporate debt obligations. MassMutual owns approximately 27% of the interests in this fund.

 

  53. Babson Capital Small Cap Growth LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is an unregistered, open-end investment fund investing primarily in small cap equity securities. MassMutual owns approximately 1.5% of the interests in this fund.

 

  54. Leland Fund (Cayman), Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company that acts as a private investment fund, all the stock of which is owned by Leland Fund Multi G.P., Ltd.

 

  55. Winterset Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership that is a hedge fund. MassMutual holds 100% of the ownership interest in this fund.

 

  56. Winterset Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership that operates as a high yield bond and loan and special opportunities hedge fund.

 

  57. Babson CLO Ltd. 2004-I, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands. MassMutual holds approximately 20% of the ownership interests in this fund in the form of subordinated notes.

 

  58. Leland Fund (Onshore), L.P.

 

  59. Hanover/Babson Equity Investors Manager LLC.

 

  60. Babson CLO Ltd. 2004-II.

 

  61. Babson CLO Ltd. 2005-I.

 

  62. Babson CLO Ltd. 2005-II.

 

  63. Babson CLO Ltd. 2005-III.

 

  64. Babson CLO Ltd. 2006-I.

 

  65. Babson CLO Ltd. 2006-II.

 

  66. Babson CLO Ltd. 2007-I.

 

  67. Great Lakes LLC.

 

  68. Great Lakes LLC II.

 

  69. J/Z CBO (Delaware), LLC.

 

  70. TSCP Selective, L.P., a United States partnership.

 

  71. Babson Capital Loan Strategies Fund L.P.

 

  72. Pioneer Valley Structured Credit CDO I, Ltd.
 


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  73. Stony Hill CDO I (Cayman), Ltd.

 

  74. Stony Hill CDO II (Cayman), Ltd.

 

  75. Stony Hill CDO III (Cayman), Ltd.

 

  76. Stony Hill CDO IV (Cayman), Ltd.

 

  77. Stony Hill CDO V (Cayman), Ltd.

 

  78. Griffin’s Wharf Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that operates as a long/short equity hedge fund.

 

  79. Griffin’s Wharf Offshore Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a long/short equity hedge fund.

 

  80. Simsbury CLO Limited is a Cayman Islands corporation that operates as a collateralized bond obligations fund that invests primarily in bank loans and high yield bonds. MassMutual is investment adviser and Babson Capital Management LLC acts as sub-adviser. MassMutual and its affiliated subsidiaries own 34.35% of the Junior Subordinated Notes.

 

  81. Babson CLO Ltd. 2005 III

 

  82. Babson Capital Small Cap Relative Value, LLC

 

  83. Babson Capital Loan Strategies Master Fund, L.P.

 

  84. Braemar Energy Ventures, LP

 

  85. Cobbs Wharf Fund, L.P.

 

  86. Cobbs Wharf Master Fund, L.P.

 

  87. Oasis Development Limited a private limited liability company incorporated and registered in Jersey, Channel Islands, the managing agent of PALMYRA Funding Limited and PALMYRA II Funding Limited, public limited liability companies that invest primarily in synthetic investment grade bonds using credit default swaps.

 

  88. Osprey Strategies Ltd.

 

  89. Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Master Fund, LP.

 

  90. Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Offshore Fund, Ltd.

 

  91. Quantitative Enhanced Decisions Offshore Fund II, Ltd.

 

  92. Special Value Opportunities Fund, LLC

 

  93. Tower Square Capital LLC.

 

  94. Tower Square Capital Partners II, L.P.

 

  95. Tower Square Capital Partners II-A, L.P.

 

  96. Tower Square Capital Partners II-B, L.P.

 

  97. Whately CDO I, Ltd.

 

  98. Enhanced Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund V Limited

 

  99. Apex (IDM) CDO I, Ltd.

 

  100. Duchess I CDO S.A.

 

  101. Duchess II CDO S.A.

 

  102. Duchess III CDO S.A.

 

  103. Duchess IV CDO S.A.

 

  104. Duchess V CDO S.A.

 

  105. ELC (Cayman) Ltd. This entity has been dissolved.


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  106. ELC (Cayman) Ltd. CDO Series 1999-1. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  107. ELC (Cayman) Ltd. 1999-II

 

  108. ELC (Cayman) Ltd. 1999-III. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  109. ELC (Cayman) Ltd. 2000-I. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  110. Tryon CLO Ltd. 2000-I. This entity has been dissolved.

 

  111. Connecticut Valley Structured Credit CDO III, Ltd.

 

  112. Wrightwood Capital LLC (formerly known as Cohen Financial Management LLC and Cohen Capital LLC).

MassMutual or Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC acts as the investment adviser or manager of the following investment companies and limited liability companies, and as such may be deemed to control them.

 

  1. Cornerstone Apartment Fund I, LLC. MassMutual’s ownership interest in this company is 19%.

 

  2. Cornerstone Partners I, LLC. MassMutual’s ownership interest in this company is 35%.

 

  3. Cambridge Hotel, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. MassMutual holds a 65% ownership interest in this company.

 

  4. CAV I, Inc., a Maryland corporation that invests in residential properties. MassMutual holds a 24.1% ownership interest in this corporation.

 

  5. Cornerstone Partners IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. MassMutual holds a 55% ownership interest in this company.

 

  6. Cornerstone Rotational Fund, LLC, a Delaware diversified, closed-end fund. MassMutual holds 100% of the ownership interest in this fund.

 

  7. CREA/PPC Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. MassMutual is the managing and controlling member of this entity.

 

  8. LVC-APTS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership formed to take title to residential property.

 

  9. Cornerstone Apartment Venture I, LLC is 100% owned by MassMutual on behalf of MassMutual and a MassMutual insurance company separate investment account whose sole contract holder is a New York State Teacher’s Retirement System. The entity was formed for the purpose of acquiring interest in entities that develop, own and operate apartment projects.

 

  10. West Conshohocken, LP, a Pennsylvania limited partnership that owns an office building in suburban Philadelphia. MassMutual wholly owns this entity.

 

  11. West Conshohocken, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company that is the general partner of West Conshohocken, LP.

 

  12. Rockville Town Center, LLC is a joint venture that owns real property. Because a third party is entitled to a contingent interest in cash flow and sale proceeds after a preferred return is realized, MassMutual holds a variable interest in this limited liability company.

 

  13. Marco Island Condominium, LLC, a Florida limited liability company that was formed for the purpose of developing and selling condominiums constructed in Marco Island, Florida. This entity is 100% owned by MassMutual.

 

  14. 300 Third Street, LLC is a joint venture that owns real property. Because a third party is entitled to a contingent interest in cash flow and sale proceeds after a preferred return is realized, MassMutual holds a variable interest in this limited liability company.

 

  15. Hickory Creek Industrial, LLC is a joint venture that owns real property. Because a third party is entitled to a contingent interest in cash flow and sale proceeds after a preferred return is realized, MassMutual holds a variable interest in this limited liability company.

 

  16. VPRH, LLC is a joint venture that owns real property. Because a third party is entitled to a contingent interest in cash flow and sale proceeds after a preferred return is realized, MassMutual holds a variable interest in this limited liability company.

 

  17. Corporate Crossing, LLC is a joint venture that owns real property. Because a third party is entitled to a contingent interest in cash flow and sale proceeds after a preferred return is realized, MassMutual holds a variable interest in this limited liability company.


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Item 25: Indemnification

Article VIII of Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification of Registrant’s Trustees and officers. Registrant undertakes to apply the indemnification provisions of its Agreement and Declaration of Trust in a manner consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. IC-11330 so long as the interpretation of Section 17(h) and 17(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) set forth in such Release shall remain in effect and be consistently applied.

Trustees and officers of Registrant are also indemnified by MassMutual pursuant to its by-laws which apply to subsidiaries, including Registrant. No indemnification is provided with respect to any liability to any entity which is registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act or to the security holders thereof, where the basis for such liability is willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of office.

MassMutual’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance program, which covers Registrant’s Trustees and officers, consist of two distinct coverages. The first coverage reimburses MassMutual, subject to specified limitations, for amounts which MassMutual is legally obligated to pay out under its indemnification by-law, discussed above. The second coverage directly protects a Trustee or officer of Registrant against liability from shareholder derivative and similar lawsuits which are indemnifiable under the law. There are, however, specific acts giving rise to liability which are excluded from this coverage. For example, no Trustee or officer is insured against personal liability for libel or slander, acts of deliberate dishonesty, fines or penalties, illegal personal profit or advantage at the expense of Registrant or its shareholders, violation of employee benefit plans, regulatory statutes, and similar acts which would traditionally run contrary to public policy and hence reimbursement by insurance.

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

 

Item 26: Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser

a. The Investment Adviser

MassMutual is the investment adviser for the Registrant. MassMutual is a mutual life insurance company organized as a Massachusetts corporation, which was originally chartered in 1851. As a mutual life insurance company, MassMutual has no shareholders. MassMutual’s primary business is ordinary life insurance. It also provides, directly or through its subsidiaries, a wide range of annuity and disability products, and pension and pension-related products and services, as well as investment services to individuals, and corporations and other institutions, in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. MassMutual is also licensed to transact business in Puerto Rico, and life insurance business in six provinces of Canada, but has no export sales. Effective February 29, 1996, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company merged into MassMutual. MassMutual’s principal lines of business are (i) the Individual Insurance Group, which provides life insurance including variable and universal life insurance, annuities and disability income insurance to individuals and small businesses; (ii) Retirement Services, which provides group pension


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investment products and administrative services, primarily to sponsors of tax qualified retirement plans; and (iii) MassMutual International.

The directors and executive vice presidents of MassMutual, which is located at 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, 01111-0001, their positions with MassMutual, and their other principal business affiliations and business experience for the past two years are as follows:

Directors

ROGER G. ACKERMAN, Director (since 1991) and Member, Corporate Governance, Executive and Operations Committees

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2001), Corning Incorporated, P.O. Box 45, Phoenix, New York 13135 (manufacturer of advanced materials, communication equipment and environmental products); Director (since 1991), The Brinks Company (transportation and security services), 1801 Bayberry Ct., P.O. Box 18100, Richmond, Virginia 23226-8100; Member, Business Roundtable (since 1996); Member, The Business Council (since 1997); Member, Executive committee, National Association of Manufacturers (since 1991); and Member, Board of Overseers, Rutgers University Foundation (since 1996).

JAMES R. BIRLE, Lead Director (since 2007) Chairman (2005-2006), Director (since 1996), Chairman, Executive and Investment Committees and Member, Corporate Governance and Operations Committees

Chairman (since 1997), Resolute Partners, LLC; President (1994-1997) and Founder (1994), Resolute Partners, Inc. (private merchant bank), Greenwich, Connecticut.


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JAMES H. DeGRAFFENREIDT, JR., Director (since 2002) and Member, Audit and Corporate Governance Committees

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 1998), Director (since 2001), WGL Holdings, Inc., Washington, D.C., parent company of Washington Gas Light Company (public utility holding company), 101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20080; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 1998), Director (since 1994), Washington Gas Light Company; Chairman (since 2007) and Director (since 1998), American Gas Association, Washington, D.C.; Director (since 1996), Harbor Bankshares Corporation (Holding Company), Baltimore, Maryland; Director (1998-2006), MedStar Health, Columbia, Maryland; Co-Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Director (since 1998), Alliance to Save Energy, Washington, DC; Trustee (since 1999), Federal City Council, Washington, D.C.; Trustee (since 1995), Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland; and Trustee (since 1999), Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.

PATRICIA DIAZ DENNIS, Director (since 1996) and Member, Human Resources and Investment Committees

Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Labor and Employment (since 2005), Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel (2004-2005), AT&T Services, Inc. (formerly SBC Services, Inc.), San Antonio, Texas; Chair (2003-2005), The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute; Trustee (1993-2005), Radio and Television News Directors Foundation; National First Vice-Chair (2002-2005) and Chairman of the National Board of Directors (2005-2008), Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.; Director (since 2001), UST-NYSE; Director (2001-2005), Entravision-NYSE; Director (2005-2006), CarrAmerica NYSE; Trustee (since 2003), NHPfoundation; and Regent (1999-2005), Texas State University System.

JAMES L. DUNLAP, Director (since 1989) and Member, Audit and Human Resources Committees

Member, Board of Trustees (since 1998), Culver Educational Foundation, 130 Academy Road, Culver, Indiana 46511-1291; Member, Council of Overseers (since 1987), Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration, Rice University, MS 531, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1891; Member of the Corporation (since 2001), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543; Member, Board of Trustees, Advisor (since 1991), Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 13, 118 Cliff Road, Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554-0013; and Director and Member of Compensation and Governance Committees (since 2003), El Paso Corporation, 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas.

WILLIAM B. ELLIS, Director (since 1996), Chairman, Audit Committee and Member. Executive and Investment Committees.

Lecturer and Resident Fellow (since 1995), Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut; Director (since 1998), Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Trustee (since 2005), Carnegie Mellon University; and Director (since 1995), Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc.

ROBERT A. ESSNER, Director (since 2002), Chairman, Human Resources Committee and Member Operations Committees

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2006), Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (2003-2006) and Director (since 1997), Wyeth, 5 Giralda Farms, Madison, New Jersey 07940; and Trustee (since 2002), PennMedicine (the entity governing the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System).

ROBERT M. FUREK, Director (since 1996) and Member, Corporate Governance and Operations Committees

Partner (since 1997), Resolute Partners LLC (private merchant bank); President (since 2003), CATELECTRIC Corp.; and Trustee, Chair of the Development Committee (1997-2006), Kingswood-Oxford School.

CAROL A. LEARY, PH.D, Director (since 2004) and Member, Audit and Investment Committees

President (since 1994), Bay Path College, 588 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Massachusetts 01106; Director (since 2001), United Bank, 95 Elm Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089; Past Chair-Chair of Nominating Committee (2004-2005), the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts; Chair (2004-2006), Member,


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Executive Committee (On-going), Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts; Board Member (since 2002) and Treasurer (since 2005), Women’s College Coalition; Member, Board of Trustees (since 2003), Member, Compensation Committee, The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation, Inc.; Member (since 1995), Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (Massachusetts); Tourism Committee (since 2002), Economic Development Council; Member (since 1994), Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield (Massachusetts); and Board Member (since 2004), Go Fit Foundation.

WILLIAM B. MARX, JR., Director (since 1990), Chairman, Operations Committee and Member, Corporate Governance Committee

Senior Executive Vice President, Retired (since 1996), Lucent Technologies (public telecommunications systems and software), 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07947.

JOHN F. MAYPOLE, Director (since 1996) and Member, Corporate Governance and Operations Committees

Managing Partner, (since 1984), Peach State Real Estate Holding Company, LLP (Real Estate Investment Company); Co-owner of family businesses (including Maypole Chevrolet, Inc.) (since 1984); Director (1992-2005), Chair-Nominating, Corporate Committees, Member, Governance & Compensation Committee and Member, Audit Committee, Dan River, Inc. (textile manufacturer); Director (1998-2005) and Member, Compensation Committee, Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc. (formerly American Bumper & Mfg. Co.) (manufacturer of automotive/truck components); Director (1999-2006) and Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (household product/personal care and specialty chemical (Arm & Hammer)) Princeton, New Jersey; Director (since 2002), Chair, Auditing and Investment Committees, and Member, Board Governance, and Compensation & Development Committees, National Captioning Institute, 1900 Gallows Road, Suite 3000, Vienna, Virginia 22182; and Director (since 2004) and Chair, Audit Committee, Knoll, Inc. (design and manufacturer of office furniture and textiles).

MARC F. RACICOT, Director (since 2001) and Member, Audit and Human Resources Committees

President (since 2005), American Insurance Association, 1130 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036; Partner (2001-2005), Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., 2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20006-1872; Director (since 2001), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation; Chairman (since 1999) and Member (since 1993), Jobs for America’s Graduates; Co-Chairman and Member (2001-2005), United States Consensus Council; and Director (2001-2006), Siebel Systems.

STUART H. REESE, Director (since 2005) and Member, Corporate Governance, Executive, Operations and Investment Committees

Executive Officer

STUART H. REESE, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

Chairman (since 2007), President and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2006), Director (since 2005), Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (1999-2005), MassMutual; Chairman (2000-2005) Member of the Board of Managers and Chief Executive Officer (1999-2005), and President (1999-2001 and 2003-2005), Babson Capital Management LLC, Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2208; Chairman and Trustee (1999-2005), MML Series Investment Fund and MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment companies); Chairman (1999-2005) and Trustee (1999-2005), MassMutual Participation Investors and MassMutual Corporate Investors (closed-end investment companies); Chairman (2001-2005), MMCI Subsidiary Trust and MMPI Subsidiary Trust; Director (1994-2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited, (investment company); Member of the Advisory Board (1996-2005), MassMutual High Yield Partners II LLC (investment company); President (1996-2005), HYP Management LLC; Chairman, Director (1996-2006) and President and Chief Executive Officer (2003-2006), Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc.; Director (2003-2005), Babson Capital Securities Inc (broker-dealer); Director and Member, Compensation and Audit Committees (1999-2005), Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; Director (since 1999), MLDP Holdings; President (1996-2003), MMHC Investment LLC (formerly known as MMHC Investment, Inc.); Chairman, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (since 2005) and Executive Vice President-Investments (1996-2005), MML Bay State Life


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Insurance Company; Chairman, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (since 2005) and Executive Vice President-Investments (1996-2005), C.M. Life Insurance Company; Chairman, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (since 2005) and Executive Vice President (2000-2005), MassMutual Holding LLC; Director (1999-2005), MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc.; Director (since 2005), MassMutual International, Inc.; Director (2004-2005), MassMutual Investment Management Company (Japan); Director (2004-2005), MML Assurance, Inc.; Director and Member of Audit Committee (since 1999), Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director (1994-2005), MassMutual Corporate Value Limited; Executive Vice President Investments (1996-2005), CM Assurance Company; Executive Vice President Investments (1996-2005), CM Benefit Insurance Company; Director (2001-2005), Antares Asset Management, Inc.; Director and Chairman (1996-2005), Antares Capital Corp.; Director (2003-2005), Babson Investment Company; Director (1999-2005), Merrill Lynch Derivative Products; Advisory Board Member (1995-2006), Kirtland Capital Partners (investment partnership); Director and Member, Finance Committee (since 2006), American Council of Life Insurers; Director, Class B (since 2006), Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; and Chair, Advisory Board (since 2006), LRN-RAND Center for Corporate Ethics, Law and Governance.

Executive Vice Presidents

FREDERICK C. CASTELLANI, Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President (since 2001), MassMutual; Trustee and President (since 2001), MassMutual Select Funds (open-end investment company); Trustee (since 2001) and President (2001-2004), MML Series Investment Fund (open-end investment company); Trustee and Vice President (since 2004), MassMutual Premier Funds (open-end investment company); Trustee (since 2005), MML Series Investment Fund II (open-end investment company); and Executive Vice President (since 2001), MassMutual Holding LLC.

ROGER W. CRANDALL, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (since June 2005) and Member of the Office of the CEO (since June 2005), MassMutual; President and Chief Executive Officer (since 2006), Chairman (since 2005) and Member of the Board of Managers (since 2004), Vice Chairman (from March 2005 to June 2005) and Managing Director (since 2000), Babson Capital Management LLC; Non-Executive Director (since 2005), Baring Asset Management Limited; Director (since 2004), Babson Capital Europe Limited; Chairman (since 2005), Trustee (since 2003) and President (2003-2005), MassMutual Corporate Investors and MassMutual Participation Investors; Chairman (since 2005), Trustee (since 2003) and President (2003-2005), MMCI Subsidiary Trust and MMPI Subsidiary Trust; Director (since 2005), Babson Capital Japan KK; Chairman and Director (since 2005), Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; Executive Vice President-Investments (since 2005) C.M. Life Insurance Company; Executive Vice President-Investments (since 2005), MML Bay State Life Insurance Company; Director (since 2003), MassMutual Corporate Value Limited; Director (since 2003), MassMutual Corporate Value Partners Limited; Director and Vice President (since 2005), MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.; Director and President (since 2005), MassMutual Holding MSC, Inc.; Director (2003-2005), Antares Capital Corporation; Director (2001-2005), Antares Asset Management, Inc; Director (since 2004) and Executive Committee Member (since 2005), MML Assurance, Inc.; President (since 2003), Director (1996-2006) and Member of the Advisory Board (since 2003), HYP Management LLC; President (1998-2006), MassMutual/Darby CBO IM, Inc.; Director (since 1996) and Senior Vice President (since 2003), MMHC Investment LLC; Director (since 2005), Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2006), MassMutual Capital Partners LLC; Director (since 2006), MassMutual International LLC; Director (since 2004), Jefferies Finance LLC; Director (since 1999), SAAR Holding CDO Ltd.; and Member of Advisory Board (since 2004), MassMutual High Yield Partners II, LLC.

JOHN V. MURPHY, Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President (since 1997) and Member of the Office of the CEO (since 2005), Executive Vice President (since 2000), MassMutual Holding LLC; MassMutual, 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts; Chairman, President (since 2001) and Director, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.; Director (since 2001), Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Director, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Chairman and Director, Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.; President and Director, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Director, OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, Tremont Capital Management, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments, Inc.; President and Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; and member, Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute.

WILLIAM F. GLAVIN, JR., Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President and Member of the Office of the CEO (since 2006), MassMutual; Chief Executive Officer (2005-2006), President (2005-2006), Managing Director (2003-2006), Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (2003-2006), and Member of the Board of Managers (since 2003), Babson Capital; Director (since 2005), Baring Asset Management Limited; Director and Deputy Chairman (since 2005), MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.; Director (since 2004), Babson Capital Europe Limited; President (2003-2006) and Chief Compliance Officer (2004-2006), Babson Capital Securities Inc.

MARK D. ROELLIG, Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Executive Vice President and General Counsel (since December 2005), MassMutual; Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2005), Fisher Scientific International Inc.; Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (2002-2005), Storage Technology Corp.; Board Member and Corporate Secretary (2000-2002), Bulletin News Network Inc.; and Executive Vice President Public Policy, Human Resources & Law, Secretary and General Counsel, US WEST, Inc.

MICHAEL T. ROLLINGS, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (since 2006), Senior Vice President (2004-2006) and Deputy Chief Financial Officer (2004-2006), MassMutual; Senior Vice President (since 2003), MassMutual Holdings, LLC; Director (since 2004), MML Assurance, Inc.; Manager (since 2004), MML Financial, LLC; Manager (since 2004), MML Investment Products, LLC; Director (since 2006), MML Investors Services, Inc.; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (since 2002), MassMutual Funding LLC; Director (since 2005), MassMutual Holdings, (Bermuda) Ltd.; Director (since 2005), Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director (since 2005), MassMutual Europe, S.A.; Director (since 2006), Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; Director (since 2006), MassMutual International Holding MSC, Inc.; Director (since 2006) 9048-5434 Quebec Inc.; Director, Tremont Group Holdings, Inc.; Director (since 2006), MassMutual International LLC; Director (since 2006), MMHC Investment LLC; Director (since 2006), HYP Management LLC; Director (since 2006), MassMutual Assignment Company; Director (since 2006), MassMutual Benefits Management, Inc; Director (since 2006), MassMutual Capital Partners LLC; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (since 2006), C.M. Life Insurance Company; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (since 2006), MML Bay State Life Insurance Company; and Member of the Board of Managers (since 2005), Babson Capital Management LLC.

ELAINE A. SARSYNSKI, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (since June 2006), President and Chief Executive Officer (since July 2006), MassMutual International LLC; Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Community Relations, Corporate Communications, Corporate Human Resources and Corporate Services (since September 2005), MassMutual; and First Selectman and Chief Executive Officer (2001-July 2005), Suffield, Connecticut.


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WADDELL & REED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY (“WRIMCO”)

Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company (“WRIMCO”) is an indirect subsidiary of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., a publicly held company. The address of these companies is 6300 Lamar Avenue, P.O. Box 29217, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 62201-9217. WRIMCO and/or its predecessor have served as investment manager to each of the registered investment companies in the Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds, W&R Target Funds, Inc. and Waddell & Reed InvestEd Portfolios, Inc. since each company’s inception.

WRIMCO Directors and Officers

HENRY J. HERRMANN

CEO, Director, President (since 1991)

Hire Year 1971

Education: New York University – BS 1966 Chartered Financial Analyst

MIKE L. AVERY

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (since 2005)

Hire Year 1981

Education: University of Missouri – BS, Saint Louis University - MBA 1981

JOHN E. SUNDEEN, JR.,

Chief Accounting Officer, Director (since 2001), Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer

(since 2004)

Hire Year 1983

Education: University of Kansas – BS 1983, University of Missouri/Kansas City - MBA, 1986 Chartered

Financial Analyst

MARK G. SEFEROVICH

Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager (since 1996)

Hire Year 1989

Education: University of Kansas - BA 1969, University of Arkansas – MBA 1971, Chartered Financial Analyst

KENNETH G. MCQUADE

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (since 2003)

Hire Year 1997

Education: Bradley University, Peoria, IL - BS 1992

BRENT K. BLOSS

Treasurer (since 2004)

Hire Year 2002

Education: Southwest Missouri State University-B.S. in Accounting 1991, C.P.A.


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LAWRENCE J. CIPOLLA

Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President (since 2004)

Hire Year 1995

Education: University of Missouri at Warrensburg, University of Missouri at Kansas City, University of

Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking

DANIEL P. CONNEALY

Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President (since 2004)

Hire Year 2004

Education: Rockhurst University (1968) - BSBA in Accounting, C.P.A.

WENDY HILLS, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary

Vice President and Associate General Counsel (since 2004) and Secretary (since 2003)

Hire Year 1998

Education: University of Kansas - BA, 1993, University of Kansas - School of Law 1997

KRISTEN A. RICHARDS

Vice President, Associate General Counsel (since 2000) and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2001)

Hire Year 1995

Education: University of Kansas - BA, 1991, University of Kansas - School of Law – JD, 1994.

DANIEL C. SCHULTE

Senior Vice President and General Counsel (since 2000)

Hire Year 1998

Education: Bethel College - BS, 1988 University of Kansas - School of Law – JD, 1992


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NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, N.A. (“NTI”)

Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

Northern Trust Investments, N.A. (“NTI,” formerly known and conducting business as Northern Trust Investments, Inc.) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Northern Trust Company (“TNTC”), an Illinois state chartered bank. TNTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northern Trust Corporation (“NTC”), a bank holding company. NTI is located at 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603. Unless otherwise indicated, NTI and TNTC are referred to collectively as “Northern Trust.” Set forth below is a list of officers and directors of NTI, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by such officers and directors during the past two years. Most officers and directors of NTI hold comparable positions with TNTC (other than as director), as indicated below, and certain other officers of NTI hold comparable positions with Northern Trust Securities, Inc. (“NTSI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTC. NTSI is located at 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603.

 

Name and Position with Investment Adviser (NTI)

  

Name of Other Company

  

Position with Other Company

Beckman, Carl P.    The Northern Trust Company    Senior Vice President
Treasurer and Senior Vice President      
Carberry, Craig R.    The Northern Trust Company    Senior Attorney
Secretary      
Dudley, Jr., Orie Leslie    The Northern Trust Company    Executive Vice President
Director, Executive    and Northern Trust Corporation    and Chief Investment Officer
Vice President and      
Chief Investment Officer      
Gingras, Donna    Northern Trust Securities, Inc.    Senior Vice President
Vice President & Controller      
Gossett, Mark C.    The Northern Trust Company    Senior Vice President
Director, Chief Operating Officer and      
Senior Vice President      
Huffman, William T.    Northern Trust Global Advisors    Senior Vice President
Director      
Logan, Lyle    The Northern Trust Company    Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President & Director      


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Mancusi, Stella    The Northern Trust Company    Vice President
Assistant Treasurer &      
Second Vice President      
Meservey, Marilyn J.    The Northern Trust Company    Vice President
Assistant Treasurer & Vice President      
St. Clair, Joyce    The Northern Trust Company    Executive Vice President
Director      
Toth, Terence J.    The Northern Trust Company    President
Chairman, President and      
Chief Executive Officer      
Vardas, Michael A.    The Northern Trust Company    Senior Vice President
Director      
Waddell, Frederick H.    The Northern Trust Company    Executive Vice President
Director      
Wennlund, Lloyd A.    The Northern Trust Company    Executive Vice President
Director and Executive      
Vice President      


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WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLP (“WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT”)

The principal business address of Wellington Management Company, LLP is 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. Wellington Management Company, LLP is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. During the last two fiscal years, no partner of Wellington Management Company, LLP, the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, has engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature other than that of the business of investment management.


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DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P. (“DSA”)

Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. (“DSA”) and subsidiary companies comprise a financial services organization whose business consists primarily of providing investment management services as the investment adviser and manager for investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, unregistered off-shore investment companies, and as an investment adviser to institutional and individual accounts. DSA also serves as sub-investment adviser to other investment companies. Davis Investments, LLC is the sole general partner of DSA. Its sole member, Christopher C. Davis, controls Davis Investment, LLC. Venture Advisers, Inc. is a corporation whose primary purpose is to hold limited partner units in DSA. Davis Distributors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSA, is a registered broker-dealer. Davis Selected Advisers NY, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary, provides investment management services to various registered and unregistered investment companies, pension plans, institutions and individuals. Davis serves as investment sub-adviser to one series of Registrant, as well as to a series of another registered investment company for which MassMutual serves as investment adviser. To the best knowledge of Registrant, except as set forth below, the directors and executive officers of Davis have had as their sole business, profession, vocation or employment during the past two years only their duties as executive officers/employees of Davis or its predecessors. The business address of Davis is 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, Arizona 85706.

Andrew A. Davis

(6/25/63) 124 East Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Director and President or Vice President of each of the Davis Funds and the Selected Funds. President of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a director and/or senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.

Christopher C. Davis

(7/13/65) 609 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Director and Chairman, President, and/or Vice President of each of the Davis Funds and the Selected Funds; Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a director and/or senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA, which are described above. Is an employee of Shelby Cullom Davis & Co., a registered broker/dealer.

Kenneth C. Eich

(8/14/53) 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Executive Vice President and Principal Executive Officer of each of the Davis Funds and Selected Funds; Chief Operating Officer of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.

Douglas Haines

(3/4/71) 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Vice President, Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer of each of the Davis Funds and Selected Funds.

Sharra L. Reed

(9/25/66) 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Vice President Chief Compliance Officer of each of the Davis Funds and Selected Funds; Vice President of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as Chief Compliance Officer for DSA and as a senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.

Thomas D. Tays

(03/07/57) 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.

Gary Tyc

(05/27/56) 2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.

Russell O. Wiese

(05/18/66) 609 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Chief Marketing Officer of Davis Investments, LLC. Also serves as a director and/or senior officer for several companies affiliated with DSA which are described above.


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GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC (“GMO”)

The names and principal occupations of the current directors and principal executive officer of GMO are set forth as follows:

 

NAME AND POSITION

  

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Christopher Darnell

   Investment Director of GMO’s

Board Member and Partner

   Quantitative Division

Arjun Divecha

   Investment Director of GMO’s

Board Member and Partner

   Emerging Markets Division

Scott Eston

   Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer and Partner

  

R. Jeremy Grantham

   Founding Partner

Chairman of the Board and

  

Founding Partner

  

Jon Hagler

   Board Member

Board Member and Partner

  

Bevis Longstreth

   Board Member

Board Member and Partner

  

John Rosenblum

   Board Member

Board Member and Partner

  

Ben Inker

   Investment Director of GMO’s

Investment Director of GMO’s

   Asset Allocation Division

Asset Allocation Division and Partner

  

Bill Nemerever

   Investment Director of GMO’s

Investment Director of Fixed

   Fixed Income Division

Income and Partner

  

Brad Hilsabeck

   Head of Global Client Relations

Head of Global Client Relations

   and Sales

and Sales and Partner

  

Ann Spruill

   Investment Director of GMO’s

Board Member and Partner

   International Active Division

Eyk Van Otterloo

   Founding Partner

Board Member and

  

Founding Partner

  

Each of these individuals has a business address of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, 40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110.


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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. (“ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN”)

The information with respect to each director and principal executive officer of AllianceBernstein L.P. is as follows:

AllianceBernstein L.P.

Board of Directors

Dominique Carrel-Billiard

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Henri de Castries

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Christopher M. Condron

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Denis Duverne

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Peter Etzenbach

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Roger Hertog

Vice Chairman

Weston M. Hicks

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Gerald M. Lieberman

President and Chief Operating Officer

Lewis A. Sanders

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Lorie A. Slutsky

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

A.W. (Pete) Smith, Jr.

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Peter J. Tobin

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation

Stanley B. Tulin

Director of AllianceBernstein Corporation


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AllianceBernstein L.P.

Executive Management

Lewis A. Sanders

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mark R. Manley

Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Roger Hertog

Vice Chairman

Seth J. Masters

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer—Blend Strategies and Core Equity Services

Gerald M. Lieberman

President and Chief Operating Officer

Marc O. Mayer

Executive Vice President of AllianceBernstein and Executive Managing Director of AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.

Lawrence H. Cohen

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Douglas J. Peebles

Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Investment Officer—Fixed Income, Director—Global Fixed Income

Laurence E. Cranch

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Jeffrey S. Phlegar

Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Investment Officer—Fixed Income, Director—US Investment-Grade Fixed Income

Edward J. Farrell

Senior Vice President and Controller

James G. Reilly

Executive Vice President and U.S. Large Cap Growth Team Leader

Sharon E. Fay

Chief Investment Officer—Global Value Equities

Paul C. Rissman

Executive Vice President and Director of Research—Global Growth Equites

Marilyn G. Fedak

Executive Vice President, Head—Bernstein Global Value Equities Business and Co-Chief Investment Officer—US Value Equities

Lisa A. Shalett

Executive Vice President of AllianceBernstein and Chairman of the Board, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC

Mark R. Gordon

Executive Vice President, Director of Global Quantitative Research and Chief Investment Officer, Global Diversified Funds

David A. Steyn

Executive Vice President and Head—AllianceBernstein Institutional Investments

Thomas S. Hexner

Executive Vice President and Head—Bernstein Global Wealth Management

Christopher M. Toub

Executive Vice President of AllianceBernstein, Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein Limited and Head—Global/International Growth Equities

Robert H. Joseph, Jr

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Note: All the members listed above, with the exception of Messrs. Joseph and Farrell, are members of AllianceBernstein’s Management Executive Committee.


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AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

(“AMERICAN CENTURY”)

Business and Other Connections of the Investment Advisor

In addition to serving as a subadviser for the Registrant, American Century Investment Management, Inc. provides portfolio management services for other investment companies as well as for other business and institutional clients. Business backgrounds of the directors and principal executive officers of the subadviser during the past two fiscal years are as follows:

James E. Stowers, Jr. (Director). Founder, Director and Controlling Shareholder, American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). Also serves as a Director of American Century Global Investment Management, Inc. (ACGIM), American Century Services, LLC (ACS), American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), other ACC subsidiaries and a number of American Century-advised investment companies.

Jonathan S. Thomas (Executive Vice President and Director). President and Chief Executive Officer, ACC. Also serves as Executive Vice President and Director, ACGIM; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, ACS; Director, ACIS, other ACC subsidiaries; Advisory Board member for various American Century-advised investment companies. Formerly Managing Director, Morgan Stanley (March 2000 to November 2005).

Enrique Change (President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer). Executive Vice President, ACC. Also serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, ACGIM.

Maryanne Roepke (Chief Compliance Officer). Chief Compliance Officer, ACGIM and ACS. Also serves as Senior Vice President, ACS.


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Chuck Etherington (Senior Vice President and General Counsel). Vice President and General Counsel, ACC. Also serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, ACGIM, ACS, ACIS, other ACC subsidiaries and various American Century-advised investment companies.

David C. Tucker (Senior Vice President). Vice President ACC. Also serves as Senior Vice President, ACGIM, ACS, ACIS, other ACC subsidiaries and various American Century-advised investment companies.

The principal address for all American Century entities other than ACGIM is 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111. The principal address for ACGIM is 666 Third Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10017.


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CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY (“CAPITAL GUARDIAN”)

Capital Guardian Trust Company is 100% owned by CGII.

Directors & Officers

 

Chairman

   David I. Fisher   

Vice Chair

   Nancy J. Kyle   

Vice Chair

   Eugene P. Stein   

President

   Andrew F. Barth   

Executive Vice President

   P. Andrew Stenovec   

Senior Vice President

   Michael R. Ericksen   

Senior Vice President & Treasurer

   Michael A. Felix   

Senior Vice President & Senior Counsel

   Peter C. Kelly   

Senior Vice President

   Lianne K. Koeberle   

Senior Vice President

   Karen A. Miller   

Senior Vice President & Chairman, PIM Division

   Shelby Notkin   

Senior Vice President

   Theodore R. Samuels   

Senior Vice President

   Lionel M. Sauvage   

Senior Vice President

   Lawrence R. Solomon   

Senior Vice President

   Jill A. Sumiyasu   

Senior Vice President

   Alan J. Wilson   

Vice President

   Robert H. Neithart   
     
     
   Victor D. Kohn   
   Karin L. Larson   
   Jason M. Pilalas   
   Marie C. Powell   


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GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. (“GSAM LP”)

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM LP”) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management International (“GSAMI”) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and serve as investment advisers to the Registrant. Set forth below are the names, businesses and business addresses of certain managing directors of GSAM LP and GSAMI who are engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

 

Name and Position with

the Investment Advisers

 

Name and Address of Other Company

 

Connection with

Other Company

Lloyd C. Blankfein

Managing Director-

GSAM LP

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Chairman, Chief

Executive Officer and

Director

 

Managing Director

John S. Weinberg

Managing Director-

GSAM LP

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

 

Vice Chairman

 

 

 

Managing Director

Principal Underwriters.

(a) Goldman, Sachs & Co. or an affiliate or a division thereof currently serves as distributor of the units of Trust for Credit Unions, for shares of Goldman Sachs Trust and for shares of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust. Goldman, Sachs & Co., or a division thereof currently serves as administrator and distributor of the units or shares of The Commerce Funds.

(b) Set forth below is certain information pertaining to the Managing Directors of Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Registrant’s principal underwriter, who are members of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.’s Management Committee. None of the members of the management committee holds a position or office with the Registrant.

GOLDMAN SACHS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

 

Name and Principal

Business Address

  

Position with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Lloyd C. Blankfein (1)

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Alan M. Cohen (5)

   Global Head of Compliance, Managing Director

Gary D. Cohn (1)

   Managing Director

Christopher A. Cole (1)

   Managing Director

J. Michael Evans (5)

   Managing Director

Edward C. Forst (1)

   Managing Director

Richard A. Friedman (1)

   Managing Director

Richard J. Gnodde (8)

   Managing Director

Kevin W. Kennedy (1)

   Managing Director

Peter S. Kraus (5)

   Managing Director

Masanori Mochida (6)

   Managing Director

Thomas K. Montag (5)

   Managing Director

Gregory K. Palm (1)

   General Counsel and Managing Director

John F.W. Rogers (1)

   Managing Director

Eric S. Schwartz (5)

   Managing Director

Michael S. Sherwood (7)

   Managing Director

David M. Solomon (5)

   Managing Director

Esta Stecher (5)

   General Counsel and Managing Director

David A. Viniar (4)

   Managing Director

John S. Weinberg (1)

   Managing Director

Jon Winkelried (3)

   Managing Director

(1) 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
(2) 32 Old Slip, New York, NY 10004
(3) Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, England
(4) 10 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10005
(5) One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004
(6) 12-32, Akasaka I-chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107-6006, Japan
(7) River Court, 120 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2QQ, England
(8) Cheung Kong Center, 68th Floor, 2 Queens Road Central, Hong Kong, China


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LEGG MASON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. (“LMCM”)

Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. (“LMCM”) is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The following is a list of other substantial business activities in which directors, officers or partners of LMCM have been engaged as director, officer, employee, partner, or trustee.

 

Peter L. Bain

  

Director, LMCM

Manager, Brandywine

Director, Brandywine Singapore

Director, LMFM

Senior Executive Vice President, Legg Mason, Inc.

Director, Nova Scotia

Director, Barrett

Director, Bartlett

Director, Berkshire

Vice President, BMML

Director, LM Funding

Director, LM International Hldgs

Director, LM Properties

Director, LMRG

President, LMCRES

President and Director, LM Tower

Director, PCM I

Director, PCM II

Director, Permal

Manager, Royce

Director, WAM

Director, WAMCL

Director, WAM Tokyo

Director, WAM Australia

Director, WAMCO Hldgs Ltd.

Director, WAM Singapore

Charles J. Daley, Jr.

  

Treasurer, LMCM

Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Legg Mason, Inc.

Treasurer, LMFunds

Treasurer, LM Funding

President and Director, LM Properties

Treasurer, LMREI

Treasurer, LMRESA

Vice President and Treasurer, LMRC

Treasurer, LMRG

Treasurer, LM Tower

Vice President and Treasurer, LMRC II

Vice President, Director and Treasurer, Nova Scotia

Vice President and Secretary, LM Canada Hldg

President, LMIH

President, LMIH II

Manager, President and Treasurer, LMIH Chile

President and Treasurer, LM Intl Hldg

Mark R. Fetting

  

Director, LMCM

Senior Executive Vice President, Legg Mason, Inc.

President, Chairman and Director, LMFA

Co-Managing Director, LMIS

Director, LMFunds

Manager, Royce


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Kyle Prechtl Legg

   Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Raymond A. Mason

  

Director, LMCM

Chairman, CEO and Director, Legg Mason, Inc.

President and Director, Nova Scotia

Director, LM Tower

Director, LM Holdings

Director, PCM I

Director, PCM II

Manager, Royce

Thomas C. Merchant

  

Secretary, LMCM

Assistant Secretary, Brandywine

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant

Secretary, Legg Mason, Inc.

Secretary, Barrett

Assistant Secretary, Bartlett

Secretary, LMFunds

Secretary, LMIC

Vice President and Secretary, LM Funding

Secretary, LMREI

Secretary, LMCRES

Secretary, BMML

Vice President and Secretary, Nova Scotia

Secretary, LM Canada Hldg

Secretary, LMIH

Secretary, LMIH II

Secretary, LMIH Chile

Assistant Secretary, BRE

Assistant Secretary, LM Tower

Assistant Secretary, LMRC Properties

Assistant Secretary, Berkshire

Assistant Secretary, LMRESA

Assistant Secretary, LMRC

Assistant Secretary, LMRG

Assistant Secretary, LMRP

Assistant Secretary, LMRC II

William H. Miller III

  

Chairman, CIO and Director, LMCM

Managing Member, LMM

Jennifer W. Murphy

  

Senior Vice President, CFO and Director, LMCM

COO, LMM

Timothy C. Scheve

  

Director, LMCM

Director, LMIC

Senior Executive Vice President, Legg Mason, Inc.

Director, Nova Scotia

Director, LMAM Australia

Co-Managing Director, LMIS

Director, LM Canada Hldg

Director, LMIE

Director, LMIE Hong Kong

Director, LMIE Singapore

Director, LMFunds

Director, LMI Hong Kong


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Director, LMI Taiwan

Director, LMIH Taiwan

Director, LMMS Hong Kong

Director, LMS Japan

Director, LM Poland

Director, LMH UK

Director, LM Poland II

Director, LM Holdings

Director, WAM Tokyo

Director, WAMCL

Director, WAM Australia

Director, WAMCO Hldgs Ltd

Director, WAM Singapore

Addresses:

(3040692) Nova Scotia Company (“Nova Scotia”)

1959 Upper Water Street

P.O. Box 997

Halifax, Nova Scotia B35 2X2

Barrett Associates, Inc. (“Barrett”)

565 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Bartlett & Co. (“Bartlett”)

36 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Berkshire Asset Management, Inc. (“Berkshire”)

46 Public Square, Suite 700

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

BMML, Inc. (“BMML”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC (“Brandywine”)

2929 Arch Street, 8th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19104

BRE Group, Inc. (“BRE”)

36 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202


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Legg Mason Asset Management Australia Limited (“LMAM Australia”)

Level 13

120 Collins Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3000

Australia

Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc. (“LMCM”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Canada Holdings Ltd. (“LM Canada Hldg”)

44 Chipman Hill, 10th Floor

St. John, New Brunswick E2L 4S6

Canada

Legg Mason International Equities Limited (“LMIE”)

10 Exchange Square

Primrose Street

London EC2A 2EN

England

Legg Mason International Equities (Hong Kong) Limited (“LMIE Hong Kong”)

20/F., Three Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place, Central

Hong Kong

Legg Mason International Equities (Singapore) Pte. Limited (“LMIE Singapore”)

1 George Street #23-01

Singapore 049145

Legg Mason Fund Adviser, Inc. (“LMFA”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Funding Corp. (“LM Funding”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason, Inc.

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason International Holdings, LLC (“LMIH”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason International Holdings II, LLC (“LMIH II”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason International Holdings (Chile), LLC (“LMIH Chile”)

El Regidor No 66

Piso 10

Las Condes, Santiago

Chile


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Legg Mason Properties, Inc. (“LM Properties”)

5955 Carnegie Boulevard

Suite 200

Charlotte, NC 28209

Legg Mason Real Estate Investors, Inc. (“LMREI”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. (“LMCRES”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21203

Legg Mason Real Estate Securities Advisors, Inc. (“LMRESA”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Realty Capital, Inc. (“LMRC”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc. (“LMRG”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Realty Partners, Inc. (“LMRP”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Tower, Inc. (“LM Tower”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Company, N.A. (“LMIC”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

LM Fund Services, Inc. (“LMFunds”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Investments (Hong Kong) Limited (“LMIH Hong Kong”)

20/F., Three Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place, Central

Hong Kong

Legg Mason Investments (Taiwan) Limited (“LMI Taiwan”)

Suite E, 55F, Taipei 101 Tower

7 Xin Yi Road, Section 5

Taipei, 110, Taiwan, R.O.C.


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Legg Mason Investments (Taiwan) Holdings Limited (“LMIH Taiwan”)

20/F., Three Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place, Central

Hong Kong

Legg Mason Management Services (Hong Kong) Limited (“LMMS Hong Kong”)

20/F., Three Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place, Central

Hong Kong

LM Holdings, Limited (“LM Holdings”)

155 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3TY

England

LM International Holding LP (“LM Intl Hldg”)

Walker House

Mary Street

PO Box 908 G T

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

LMRC II, Inc. (“LMRC II”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Legg Mason Securities (Japan) Co., Ltd. (“LMS Japan”)

Ote Center Building

1-1-3 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo 100-0004

Japan

Legg Mason Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych Spolka Akcyjna (“LM Poland”)

ul. Traugutta 7/9

00-067 Warszawa

POLAND

Legg Mason (UK) Holdings PLC (“LMH UK”)

75 King William Street

London EC4N 7BE

England

Legg Mason Zarzadzanie Aktywami Spolka Akcyjna (“LM Poland II”)

ul. Traugutta 7/9

00-067 Warszawa

POLAND

LMRC Properties, Inc. (“LMRC Properties”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

LMM LLC (“LMM”)

100 Light Street

Baltimore, MD 21202


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PCM Holdings I, Inc. (“PCM I”)

8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Suite 500

Naples, FL 34108-7512

PCM Holdings II, LLC (“PCM II”)

8889 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Suite 500

Naples, FL 34108-7512

Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”)

1414 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Western Asset Management Company (“WAM”)

385 East Colorado Boulevard

Pasadena, CA 91101

Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAMCL”)

10 Exchange Square

Primrose Street

London EC2A 2EN

England

Western Asset Management Company Ltd (“WAM Tokyo”)

Ote Center Building

1-1-3 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo 100-0004

Japan

Western Asset Management Company Pty Ltd (“WAM Australia”)

Level 13

120 Collins Street

GPO Box 507

Melbourne Victoria 3000

Australia

Western Asset Management (UK) Holdings Limited (“WAMCO Hldgs Ltd”)

10 Exchange Square

Primrose Street

London EC2A 2EN

England

Western Asset Management Company Pte, Ltd (“WAM Singapore”)

1 George Street, #23-01

Singapore 049145


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NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT, INC. (“NEUBERGER BERMAN”)

 

SUNDMAN, PETER      PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR
CONTI, ROBERT      SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
GAFFNEY, BRIAN      SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
LANE, JEFFREY      DIRECTOR
RIVKIN, JACK      DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN
GERSON, MAXINE      GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
WILLIAMS, CHAMAINE      CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER


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TEMPLETON INVESTMENT COUNSEL, LLC (“TEMPLETON”)

Executive Officers

Donald F. Reed - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Gary P. Motyl - President

Madison S. Gulley - Executive Vice President

Gregory E. McGowan - Executive Vice President

Cynthia L. Sweeting - Executive Vice President/ Director of Research

Peter A. Nori - Executive Vice President/ Portfolio Manager- Research Analyst


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T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC. (“T. ROWE PRICE”)

Business and Other Connections of Investment Manager

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (“Group”) owns 100% of the stock of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Group was formed in 2000 as a holding company for the T. Rowe Price affiliated companies.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“Price Associates”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Group, was incorporated in Maryland in 1947. Price Associates serves as investment adviser to individual and institutional investors, including investment companies. Price Associates is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

T. Rowe Price Savings Bank (“Savings Bank”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in 2000 as a federally chartered savings bank. The Savings Bank provides federally insured bank products to a national customer base.

T. Rowe Price International, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price International”), a Maryland corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of TRP Finance, Inc. T. Rowe Price International was incorporated in Maryland in 1979 and provides investment counsel service with respect to foreign securities for institutional investors. In addition to managing private counsel client accounts, T. Rowe Price International also sponsors and serves as adviser and subadviser to U.S. and foreign registered investment companies which invest in foreign securities, and provides investment advice to the T. Rowe Price Trust Company, trustee of the International Common Trust Fund. T. Rowe Price International, which has offices in London, Baltimore, and other global locations, is an SEC registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and is also registered with the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) in the United Kingdom, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”).

T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited (“Global Investment Services”), is a U.K. corporation, organized in 2000 and a wholly owned subsidiary of Group. Global Investment Services is a registered investment adviser with the FSA, the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (“KLFB”) and FSA in Japan, and with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Global Investment Services is an investment manager, with primary responsibility for marketing and client servicing for non-U.S. clients. Global Investment Services may delegate investment management responsibilities to Price Associates or T. Rowe Price International. Global Investment Services also acts as sponsor, investment manager, and primary distributor of the TRP Funds SICAV. Global Investment Services is headquartered in London, and has several other global locations.

T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Limited (“Global Asset Management”), is a U.K. corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Group. Global Asset Management is a registered investment adviser with the FSA and provides investment management services to Japanese investment trusts and other investment products for sale, investors in Japan pursuant to one or more delegation agreements entered into between Daiwa SB Investments, Ltd. and Global Asset Management, or non-U.S. registered collective investment schemes and Global Asset Management. Global Asset Management is also an SEC registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. (“Investment Services”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Maryland in 1980 for the specific purpose of acting as principal underwriter and distributor for the registered investment companies which Price Associates and T. Rowe Price International sponsor and serve as investment adviser (the “Price Funds”). Investment Services also serves as distributor for any proprietary variable annuity products. Investment Services is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. In 1984, Investment Services expanded its activities to include a brokerage service.


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T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”) was incorporated in 1981 (and is not a subsidiary of Price Associates). The Foundation’s overall objective is to improve the quality of life in the community at large by making charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations benefiting education, arts and culture, civic and community, and human services interests. In addition to grant making, the Foundation also has a very generous matching gift program whereby contributions and volunteer service T. Rowe Price employees give to qualifying organizations of their choice are matched according to established guidelines.

T. Rowe Price Services, Inc. (“Price Services”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Maryland in 1982 and is registered as a transfer agent under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Price Services provides transfer agent, dividend disbursing, and certain other services, including accounting and shareholder services, to the Price Funds, and also provides accounting services to certain affiliates of Price Associates.

T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. (“RPS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Maryland in 1991 and is registered as a transfer agent under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. RPS provides administrative, recordkeeping, and subaccounting services to administrators of employee benefit plans.

T. Rowe Price Trust Company (“Trust Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in 1983 as a Maryland-chartered limited-service trust company for the purpose of providing fiduciary services. The Trust Company serves as trustee and/or custodian of certain qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plans, individual retirement accounts, and common trust funds.

TRPH Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in 1997 to acquire an interest in a U.K.-based corporate finance advisory firm.

T. Rowe Price Threshold Fund Associates, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Maryland in 1994 and serves as the general partner of T. Rowe Price Threshold Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership organized in 1995 which invests in private financings of emerging growth companies.

T. Rowe Price Recovery Fund II Associates, L.L.C., is a Maryland limited liability company (with Price Associates and the Trust Company as its members) incorporated in 1996 to serve as General Partner of T. Rowe Price Recovery Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership which invests in financially distressed companies.

T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc. (“TRP Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, is a Maryland corporation organized in 1988. TRP Canada is registered with the Ontario Securities Commission, as a non-Canadian Advisor, in the categories of Investment Counsel and Portfolio Manager, to provide advisory services to individual and institutional clients residing in Canada. TRP Canada is also registered with the Manitoba Securities Commission as an Investment Counsel (International Adviser) and with the British Columbia Securities Commission as a Portfolio Manager and Investment Counsel (Securities) and with the SEC as a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

T. Rowe Price Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Group, was incorporated in Maryland in 1994 and licensed to do business in several states to act primarily as a distributor of proprietary variable annuity products.

Since 1983, Price Associates has organized several distinct Maryland limited partnerships, which are informally called the Pratt Street Ventures partnerships, for the purpose of acquiring interests in growth-oriented businesses.

TRP Suburban, Inc. (“TRP Suburban”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Maryland in 1990. TRP Suburban entered into agreements with McDonogh School and CMANE-McDonogh-Rowe Limited Partnership to construct an office building in Owings Mills, Maryland, which currently houses Price Associates investment technology personnel.

TRP Suburban Second, Inc., a wholly owned Maryland subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in 1995 to primarily engage in the development and ownership of real property located in Owings Mills, Maryland. The corporate campus houses transfer agent, plan administrative services, retirement plan services, and operations support functions.


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TRP Colorado Springs, LLC, a wholly owned Maryland subsidiary of Price Associates, was formed in 2006 to primarily engage in the development and ownership of real property located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

TRP Finance, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates, was incorporated in Delaware in 1990 to manage certain passive corporate investments and other intangible assets.

T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc., (“Advisory Services”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Group, was incorporated in Maryland in 2000. Advisory Services is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and provides investment advisory services to individuals, including shareholders of the Price Funds.

Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Listed below are the directors and executive officers of Group who have other substantial businesses, professions, vocations, or employment aside from their association with Price Associates:

James T. Brady, Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. Brady is the managing director of MidAtlantic of Ballantrae International, Ltd., a management consulting firm; Nexcen Brands, Inc. an owner, manager, and developer of intellectual property; Constellation Energy Group, a diversified energy company; and McCormick & Company, Inc., a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of spices and seasonings. Mr. Brady’s address is 5625 Broadmoor Terrace, Ijamsville, Maryland 21754.

J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. Broaddus is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and is a member of the American Economic Association and the National Association of Business Economists. He also serves on the board of directors of Owens & Minor, Inc., a medical/surgical supplies distributor; Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemicals producer; and Markel Corporation, a specialty insurer. Mr. Broaddus’ address is 4114 Hanover Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221.

Donald B. Hebb, Jr., Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. Hebb is the managing general partner of ABS Capital Partners. Mr. Hebb’s address is 400 E. Pratt Street, Suite 910, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

Dr. Alfred Sommer, Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Dr. Sommer retired as dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in September 2005. He continues to serve as a professor of ophthalmology, epidemiology, and international health at this institution; Director of BD, Inc., a medical technology company; Director of the Academy for Educational Development; Chairman of the MicroNutrient Forum; Director of the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health; Director of the Laser Foundation; and senior medical advisor for Helen Keller International. Dr. Sommer’s address is 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E6527, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

Dwight S. Taylor, Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. Taylor is president of Corporate Development Services, LLC, a commercial real estate developer that is a subsidiary of Corporate Office Properties Trust, and a director of MICROS Systems, Inc., a provider of information technology for the hospitality and retail industry. He also serves on the National Board of the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties, and is President of its Maryland chapter. Mr. Taylor is a founding member of Associated Black Charities of Maryland and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Foundation, Capitol College, and Lincoln University. Mr. Taylor’s address is 8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 400, Columbia, Maryland 21045.

Anne Marie Whittemore, Director of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mrs. Whittemore is a partner of the law firm of McGuireWoods, L.L.P. and a Director of Owens & Minor, Inc. and Albemarle Corporation. Mrs. Whittemore’s address is One James Center, Richmond, Virginia 23219.


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The following are directors or executive officers of Group and/or the investment managers (Price Associates, T. Rowe Price International, Global Investment Services, or Global Asset Management):

 

Name

  

Company Name

  

Position Held

With Company

Edward C. Bernard    T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc.    Director President
   T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Director Vice President
   T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc.    Director President
   T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Limited    Chairman of the Board Director
   T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited    Chairman of the Board Director
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice Chairman of the Board Director Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Insurance Agency, Inc.    Director President
   T. Rowe Price International, Inc.    Director
   T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.    Chairman of the Board Director President
   T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc.    Chairman of the Board Director
   T. Rowe Price Savings Bank    Chairman of the Board Director
   T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.    Chairman of the Board Director
   T. Rowe Price Trust Company    Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Director President
Calum Ferguson    T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Limited    Chief Compliance Officer Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited    Chief Compliance Officer Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price International, Inc.    Chief Compliance Officer Vice President


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John R. Gilner    T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc.    Chief Compliance Officer
   T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Chief Compliance Officer Vice President
   T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc.    Chief Compliance Officer Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.    Vice President
James A.C. Kennedy    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Director President
   T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Limited    Director
   T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited    Director
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Chief Executive Officer Director President
   T. Rowe Price International, Inc.    Director
   T. Rowe Price Threshold Fund Associates, Inc.    Director Vice President
S. James Mazarakis    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Chief Technology Officer Vice President
Kenneth V. Moreland    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Chief Financial Officer
   TRP Colorado Springs, L.L.C.    President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Chief Financial Officer Vice President
   TRP Finance, Inc.    Director President
   TRP Suburban, Inc.    Director President
   TRP Suburban Second, Inc.    Director President
Mary J. Miller    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Director Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Trust Company    Director


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Brian C. Rogers    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.   

Chairman of the Board

Chief Investment Officer Director Vice President

   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Chief Investment Officer Director Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Trust Company    Vice President
R. Todd Ruppert    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Limited    Chief Executive Officer Director President
   T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited    Chief Executive Officer Director President
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Trust Company    Vice President
   TRPH Corporation    Director President
   T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc.    Vice President
David J.L. Warren    T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.    Director
   T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    Vice President
   T. Rowe Price Global Asset Management Ltd.    Director
   T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Ltd.    Director
   T. Rowe Price International, Inc.    Chief Executive Officer Director President

Certain directors and officers of Group and Price Associates are also officers and/or directors of one or more of the Price Funds and/or one or more of the affiliated entities listed herein.

See also “Management of the Funds,” in Registrant’s Statement of Additional Information.


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DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY (“DMC”)

Name and Principal Business Address.

Delaware Management Company

2005 Market Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Business and Other Connections of the Investment Sub-Adviser.

Delaware Management Company (DMC) a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, serves as investment sub-adviser to the Registrant and also serves as investment manager or sub-advisor to certain of the funds in the Delaware Investments Funds (Delaware Group Adviser Funds, Delaware Group Cash Reserve, Delaware Group Equity Funds I, Delaware Group Equity Funds II, Delaware Group Equity Funds III, Delaware Group Equity Funds IV, Delaware Group Equity Funds V, Delaware Group Foundation Funds, Delaware Group Global & International Funds, Delaware Group Government Fund, Delaware Group Income Funds, Delaware Group Limited-Term Government Funds, Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust, Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund, Delaware Group Tax-Free Money Fund, Delaware Investments Municipal Trust, Delaware VIP Trust, Voyageur Insured Funds, Voyageur Intermediate Tax-Free Funds, Voyageur Mutual Funds, Voyageur Mutual Funds II, Voyageur Mutual Funds III, Voyageur Tax-Free Funds, Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.), as well as to certain non-affiliated registered investment companies. In addition, certain officers of DMC also serve as trustees of other Delaware Investments Funds, and certain officers are also officers of these other funds. A company indirectly owned by DMC’s parent company acts as principal underwriter to the mutual funds in the Delaware Investments Funds and another such company acts as the shareholder services, dividend disbursing, accounting servicing and transfer agent for all of the Delaware Investments Funds.

The following persons serving as directors or officers of DMC have held the following positions during the past two years. Unless otherwise noted, the principal business address of the directors and officers of DMC is 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094.

 


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Patrick P. Coyne   President   President/ Chief Executive Officer  

Mr. Coyne has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Managing Director - Fixed Income - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

Ryan K. Brist   Executive Vice President/Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income   Executive Vice President/Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income  

Mr. Brist has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President - Lincoln National Income Fund, Inc.

John C.E. Campbell   Executive Vice President/Global Marketing & Client Services   None  

Mr. Campbell has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

President/Chief Executive Officer - Optimum Fund Trust

Philip N. Russo1   Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer   None   Mr. Russo has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
See Yeng Quek   Executive Vice President/Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income   Executive Vice President/Managing Director/Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income  

Mr. Quek has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Director/Trustee - HYPPCO Finance Company Ltd.

Douglas L. Anderson   Senior Vice President/Operations   None   Mr. Anderson has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Marshall T. Bassett   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Emerging Growth Equity   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Emerging Growth Equity   Mr. Bassett has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Joseph R. Baxter   Senior Vice President/Head of Municipal Bond Investments   Senior Vice President/Head of Municipal Bond Investments   Mr. Baxter has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Christopher S. Beck   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Beck has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Michael P. Bishof   Senior Vice President/Investment Accounting   Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer  

Mr. Bishof has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Chief Financial Officer - Lincoln National Income Fund, Inc.


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Michael P. Buckley   Senior Vice President/Director of Municipal Research   Senior Vice President/Director of Municipal Research   Mr. Buckley has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Stephen R. Cianci   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Cianci has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Robert F. Collins   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Collins has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
James A. Forant   Senior Vice President/Director, Technical Services   None   Mr. Forant has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Brian Funk   Senior Vice President/Director of Credit Research   Senior Vice President/Director of Credit Research   Mr. Funk has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Brent C. Garrells   Senior Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Senior Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Mr. Garrells has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Stuart M. George   Senior Vice President/Head of Equity Trader   Senior Vice President/Head of Equity Trader   Mr. George has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Paul Grillo   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Grillo has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Jonathan Hatcher   Senior Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Senior Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Mr. Hatcher has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
William F. Keelan   Senior Vice President/Director of Quantitative Research   Senior Vice President/Director of Quantitative Research   Mr. Keelan has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Francis X. Morris   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Core Equity   Senior Vice President/Director, Fundamental Research/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Morris has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Brian L. Murray, Jr.   Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer   Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer   Mr. Murray has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Susan L. Natalini   Senior Vice President/Global Marketing & Client Services   None   Ms. Natalini has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Zoë Neale2   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - International Equity   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - International Equity   Mr. Neale has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
D. Tysen Nutt3   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Large Cap Value Equity   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Large Cap Value   Mr. Nutt has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
David P. O’Connor   Senior Vice President/Strategic Investment Relationships and Initiatives/General Counsel   Senior Vice President/ Strategic Investment Relationships and Initiatives/ General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer  

Mr. O’Connor has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President/ General Counsel - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

John J. O’Connor   Senior Vice President/Investment Accounting   Senior Vice President/Treasurer   Mr. O’Connor has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Philip R. Perkins   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Perkins has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Timothy L. Rabe   Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Head of High Yield   Senior Vice President/Head of High Yield   Mr. Rabe has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Richard Salus   Senior Vice President/ Controller/Treasurer   None  

Mr. Salus has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President/Deputy Controller - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

James L. Shields   Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer   None   Mr. Shields has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Jeffrey S. Van Harte4   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Focus Growth Equity   Senior Vice President/Chief Investment Officer - Focus Growth Equity   Mr. Van Harte has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Gary T. Abrams   Vice President/Senior Equity Trader   None   Mr. Abrams has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Christopher S. Adams   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Adams has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Damon J. Andres   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Andres has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Margaret MacCarthy Bacon5   Vice President/ Investment Specialist   None   Ms. Bacon has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Todd Bassion6   Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Vice President/Senior Research Analyst   Mr. Bassion has served in various executive capacities
Richard E. Biester   Vice President/Equity Trader   None   Mr. Biester has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Christopher J. Bonavico7   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Mr. Bonavico has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Vincent A. Brancaccio   Vice President/Senior Equity Trader   None   Mr. Brancaccio has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Kenneth F. Broad8   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Mr. Broad has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Mary Ellen M. Carrozza   Vice President/Client Services   Vice President/Client Services   Ms. Carrozza has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Stephen G. Catricks   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Mr. Catricks has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Anthony G. Ciavarelli   Vice President/Assistant General Counsel/ Assistant Secretary   Vice President/Associate General Counsel/ Assistant Secretary   Mr. Ciavarelli has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
David F. Connor   Vice President/Deputy General Counsel/ Assistant Secretary   Vice President/Associate General Counsel/ Secretary  

Mr. Connor has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President/Deputy General Counsel/ Secretary - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

 

Secretary - Lincoln National Income Fund, Inc.

Stephen J. Czepiel   Vice President/Senior Municipal Bond Trader   None   Mr. Czepiel has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Joseph F. DeMichele   Vice President/High Grade Trading   None   Mr. DeMichele has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Christopher M. Ericksen9   Vice President/Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Mr. Ericksen has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Joel A. Ettinger   Vice President/Taxation   Vice President/Taxation  

Mr. Ettinger has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President/Taxation - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

Phoebe W. Figland   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Ms. Figland has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Joseph Fiorilla   Vice President/Trading Operations   None   Mr. Fiorilla has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Charles E. Fish   Vice President/Senior Equity Trader   None   Mr. Fish has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Clifford M. Fisher   Vice President/Senior Municipal Bond Trader   None   Mr. Fisher has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Patrick G. Fortier10   Vice President/ Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Vice President/ Portfolio Manager, Equity Analyst   Mr. Fortier has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Denise A. Franchetti   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Municipal Bond Credit Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Municipal Bond Credit Analyst   Ms. Franchetti has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
James A. Furgele   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Mr. Furgele has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Daniel V. Geatens   Vice President/Investment Accounting   Vice President/Investment Accounting   Mr. Geatens has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Barry S. Gladstein   Vice President/Portfolio Analyst   Vice President/Equity Analyst   Mr. Gladstein has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Edward Gray11   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Gray has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Brian T. Hannon   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   None   Mr. Hannon has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Lisa L. Hansen12   Vice President/Head of Focus Growth Equity Trading   None   Ms. Hansen has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Gregory M. Heywood13   Vice President/Equity Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst   Mr. Heywood has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Sharon Hill   Vice President/Head of Quantitative Research and Analytics   Vice President/Head of Equity Quantitative Research and Analytics   Ms. Hill has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Christopher M. Holland   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   None   Mr. Holland has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Michael E. Hughes   Vice President/Senior Equity Analyst   Vice President/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Hughes has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Jordan L. Irving14   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Irving has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Cynthia Isom   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Ms. Isom has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Kenneth R. Jackson   Vice President/Quantitative Analyst   Vice President/Quantitative Analyst   Mr. Jackson has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Audrey E. Kohart   Vice President/Financial Planning and Reporting   Vice President/Financial Planning and Reporting   Ms. Kohart has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Andrew Kronschnabel   Vice President/High Grade Trader   None   Mr. Kronschnabel has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Nikhil G. Lalvani   Vice President/Senior Equity Analyst   Vice President/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Lalvani has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Steven T. Lampe   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Mr. Lampe has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Alfio Leone IV   Vice President/High Grade Trader   None   Mr. Leone has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Anthony A. Lombardi15   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Lombardi has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Francis P. Magee   Vice President/Equity Business Manager   None   Mr. Magee has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Charles (Tom) T. McClintic   Vice President/High Yield Trader   None   Mr. McClintic has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Michael S. Morris   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Morris has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Scott Moses   Vice President/High Grade Trader   None   Mr. Moses has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Philip O. Obazee   Vice President/ Derivatives Manager   Vice President/ Derivatives Manager   Mr. Obazee has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Donald G. Padilla   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Vice President/Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Padilla has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Daniel J. Prislin16   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Equity Analyst   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager/Senior Equity Analyst   Mr. Prislin has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Craig S. Remsen   Vice President/Senior Credit Research Analyst   Vice President/Senior Credit Research Analyst   Mr. Remsen has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Carl Rice17   Vice President/Senior Investment Specialist, Large Cap Value Focus Equity   Vice President/Senior Investment Specialist, Large Cap Value Focus Equity   Mr. Rice has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Joseph T. Rogina   Vice President/Equity Trader   None   Mr. Rogina has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Kevin C. Schildt   Vice President/Senior Municipal Credit Analyst   Vice President/Senior Municipal Credit Analyst   Mr. Schildt has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Richard D. Seidel   Vice President/Assistant Controller/-Assistant Treasurer   None  

Mr. Seidel has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

 

Vice President/Assistant Controller/Manager - Payroll - Lincoln National Investment Companies, Inc.

Brenda L. Sprigman   Vice President/Business Manager - Fixed Income   None   Ms. Sprigman has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Michael T. Taggart   Vice President/Facilities & Administrative Services   None   Mr. Taggart has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments


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Name and Principal

Business Address

 

Positions and Offices with DMC

 

Positions and Offices with Delaware
Investments Family of Funds

 

Other Positions and Offices Held
within Delaware Investments

Spencer M. Tullo   Vice President/High Yield Trader   None   Mr. Tullo has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Robert A. Vogel, Jr.18   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager   Mr. Vogel has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Lori P. Wachs   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Vice President/Portfolio Manager   Ms. Wachs has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Laura A. Wagner   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Vice President/ Investment Accounting   Ms. Wagner has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
Kathryn R. Williams   Vice President/Associate Genera; Counsel/ Assistant Secretary   Vice President/Associate Genera; Counsel/ Assistant Secretary   Ms. Williams has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments
James J. Wright   Vice President/Senior Equity Analyst   None   Mr. Wright has served in various executive capacities within Delaware Investments

1

Vice President of Finance, Prudential Investment Management, Inc., 1998-2004.

2

Portfolio Manager, Thomas Weisel Partners, 2002-2005.

3

Managing Director/U.S. Active Large-Cap Value Team, Merrill Lynch, 1994-2004.

4

Principal/Executive Vice President, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 1980-2005.

5

Client Service Officer, Thomas Weisel Partners, 2002-2005.

6

Senior Research Associate, Thomas Weisel Partners, 2002-2005

7

Principal/Portfolio Manager, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 1993-2005.

8

Principal/Portfolio Manager, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 2000-2005.

9

Portfolio Manager, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 2004-2005; Vice President/Portfolio Manager, Goldman Sachs 1994-2004.

10

Portfolio Manager, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 2000-2005.

11

Portfolio Manager, Thomas Weisel Partners, 2002-2005.

12

Principal/Portfolio Manager/Senior Trader, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 1997-2005.

13

Senior Research Analyst, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 2004-2005; Senior Analyst, Wells Capital Management, LLC 2003-2004; Senior Analyst, Montgomery Asset Management 1996-2003.

14

Vice President/U.S. Active Large-Cap Value Team, Merrill Lynch, 1998-2004.

15

Director/U.S. Active Large-Cap Value Team, Merrill Lynch, 1998-2004.

16

Principal/Portfolio Manager, Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, 1998-2005.

17

Director/Product Specialist, Merrill Lynch, 1999-2004

18

Director/U.S. Active Large-Cap Value Team, Merrill Lynch, 1992-2004.


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INSIGHT CAPITAL RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT, INC. (“INSIGHT CAPITAL”)

The following are the Executive Officers and Board of Directors

for Insight Capital Research and Management, Inc., a California Corporation.

Mr. Collins Collins, CFA

Chairman, Board of Directors

CEO and Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Collins developed Insight’s investment approach over a 40-year period. He made his first investments in growth stocks in 1956. Mr. Collins began his management career as a mutual fund manager in San Francisco. In the 1970’s, he worked for Wells Fargo Investment Advisors as a Senior Portfolio Manager handling institutional accounts. While at Wells Fargo, Mr. Collins developed quantitative methods for analyzing securities and optimizing portfolios. In 1988, he founded Insight Capital with Lisa Miller to provide money management services to institutional and retail investors.

Mr. Collins brings to the investment process a wealth of business experience. After serving as a Naval Officer, he worked as an engineer for General Electric. After graduating from the Harvard Business School, Mr. Collins joined the Raychem Corporation. In addition to investing in growth companies, Mr. Collins has experience in high-tech venture capital investments and investing in turnaround situations. This is a unique background and it has served Insight’s clients well.

A sought-after speaker on investment topics, Mr. Collins has appeared on Wall Street Week, CNBC, and CNNfn and is frequently quoted by leading financial publications. He holds an MBA from Harvard, a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Lisa K. Miller

Member, Board of Directors

Executive Vice President, COO,

and Chief Compliance Officer

As a founder of Insight, Mrs. Miller has contributed to both the investment management and operational development of the firm. Working side-by-side with Jim Collins at the onset of the firm’s inception, and later as a member of the Investment Committee from its inception until May 2000, she has contributed to Insight’s solid, long-term performance records. Today, Mrs. Miller manages the firm’s overall operations as COO. She also is responsible for administering Insight’s Compliance Program as Chief Compliance Officer.

Prior to co-founding Insight, Mrs. Miller was the manager of administration for a retail franchiser. She joined that company at a time when it was expanding its franchise offerings. By participating in this expansion, Mrs. Miller gained considerable experience in compliance-related issues, client servicing and the value of managing growth for a corporation and its employees. Mrs. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Oregon State University.


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Victor Trautwein III

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Trautwein serves on Insight’s Board of Directors as an outside Director and is not employed by Insight. Currently he is Director of Operations of Kids Alive; Co-Field Director for the Dominican Republic. Prior to his position with this non-profit, he worked as both General Manager and in Business Development for Weyerhaeuser Company in recycling operations, after starting with the firm in their Forest Products division as a Business Analyst. Prior to working with Weyerhaeuser Company, Mr. Trautwein was an Associate at Mercer Management Consulting.

Mr. Trautwein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Sciences Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Charles S. Gehring, CFA

Managing Director, Senior Vice President

Director of Investment Management

Mr. Gehring joined Insight Capital in 1992. In his capacity as Director of Investment Management, Mr. Gehring serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee, of which he has been a member since 1994. Mr. Gehring served as Portfolio Manager for the Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio from 1995-2006 and as Portfolio Manager for the Large-Cap Growth Portfolio since 2001. His prior experience at Insight includes trading, financial analysis, and management of other portfolios. Mr. Gehring has contributed to the development of various systems for the monitoring of stocks and the market, trade management and new products.

Prior to joining Insight, Mr. Gehring worked in numerous capacities with HomeFed Bank. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of San Diego. He earned the designation of Personal Financial Planner from the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Gehring is a member of the CFA Institute and the Security Analysts of San Francisco. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Philip Hamilton

Managing Director, Director of Marketing

Mr. Hamilton leads Insight’s marketing efforts. Mr. Hamilton is also a member of Insight’s management committee. Prior to joining Insight, Mr. Hamilton worked for Quadra Capital Partners in Boston, where he was responsible for marketing and client servicing to Taft-Hartley and corporate clients. Mr. Hamilton was a Senior Researcher in Finance at Harvard Business School where he spent more than seven years in research and administrative roles. He started his investment career at The Boston Company.

Mr. Hamilton received his Master of Arts degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Maine. He is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association.


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Item 27: Principal Underwriters

Not Applicable.

 

Item 28: Location of Accounts and Records

Each account, book or other document required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31 (a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rules 31a-1 to 31a-3 thereunder are maintained as follows:

(Declaration of Trust and Bylaws)

MML Series Investment Fund

1295 State Street

Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001

(With respect to its services as investment adviser)

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street

Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

40 Rowes Wharf

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company

6300 Lamar Avenue

Overland Park, Kansas 66202

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Northern Trust Investments, N.A.

50 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Insight Capital Research & Management, Inc.

2121 N. California Boulevard

Suite 560

Walnut Creek, California 94596


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(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Wellington Management Company, LLP

75 State Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

American Century Investment Management, Inc.

4500 Main Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64111

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Capital Guardian Trust Company

333 South Hope Street, 53rd Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071-1406

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

500 East Broward Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

32 Old Slip

New York, New York 10005

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc.

100 Light Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Neuberger Berman Management, Inc.

605 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10158-3698

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

100 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(With respect to its services as Sub-Adviser)

Delaware Management Company

2005 Market Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

(With respect to its services as Sub-Administrator and Custodian)

Investors Bank & Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street, P.O. Box 9130

Boston, Massachusetts 02117-9130

(With respect to their services as counsel)

Ropes & Gray

One International Place


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Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Item 29: Management Services

Not Applicable.

Item 30: Undertakings

Not Applicable.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Springfield and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of the 30th day of May, 2007.

 

MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. BYRNE

  Richard J. Byrne
  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as indicated as of the 30th day of May, 2007.

 

Signature

  

Title

*

Richard W. Greene

  

Chairman and Trustee

*

Robert E. Joyal

  

Vice Chairman and Trustee

*

Richard H. Ayers

  

Trustee

*

Allan W. Blair

  

Trustee

*

Mary E. Boland

  

Trustee

*

Frederick C. Castellani

  

Trustee and Vice President


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Signature

  

Title

*

R. Alan Hunter, Jr.

  

Trustee

*

F. William Marshall, Jr.

  

Trustee

/S/    NICHOLAS H. PALMERINO      

Nicholas H. Palmerino

  

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

*By:  

/s/    ANDREW M. GOLDBERG      

 

Andrew M. Goldberg

Attorney-in-Fact