FR Doc 06-2598

[Federal Register: March 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 53)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-27259; File No. 812-13205]

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al., Notice of
Application

March 10, 2006.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of an application for an order of approval pursuant to
section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``1940 Act'') and
an order of exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the 1940 Act.

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Applicants: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
(``MassMutual''), Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate
Account 4 (``Separate Account 4''), Panorama Separate Account, C.M.
Life Insurance Company (``C.M. Life''), C.M. Multi-Account A, and
Panorama Plus Separate Account (together with Separate Account 4,
Panorama Separate Account, and C.M. Multi-Account A, the ``Separate
Accounts'') (and, collectively with MassMutual and C.M. Life, the
``Applicants''), MML Series Investment Fund and MML Series Investment
Fund II (together with the Applicants, the ``Section 17 Applicants'').

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order approving the
proposed substitution of shares of American Century VP Income & Growth
Fund with MML Income & Growth Fund; American Century VP Value Fund with
MML Value Fund; American Funds Asset Allocation Fund (Class 2) and
Calvert Social Balanced Portfolio with MML Asset Allocation Fund;
American Funds Growth-Income Fund (Class 2) and American Fidelity VIP
Growth Opportunities Portfolio (Service Class) with MML Growth & Income
Fund; Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio (Service Class) with MML
Diversified Growth Fund; Franklin Small Cap Value Securities Fund with
MML Small Cap Value Fund; Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio (Service
Shares and Institutional Shares) with MML Blend Fund; Janus Aspen Forty
Portfolio (Service Shares and Institutional Shares) with MML Aggressive
Growth Fund; Janus Aspen Worldwide Growth Portfolio (Service Shares and
Institutional Shares) with MML Global Fund; MFS Investors Trust Series
with MML Enhanced Index Core Equity Fund; MFS New Discovery Series and
Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund with MML Small Cap Index Fund; T. Rowe
Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio with MML Blue Chip Growth Fund; T.
Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio with MML Equity Income Fund; T. Rowe
Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio with MML Mid Cap Growth Fund; and
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund (Class 2) with MML International Fund
(the ``Substitutions''). Section 17 Applicants seek an order of
exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the 1940 Act from section 17(a)
of the 1940 Act to the extent necessary to permit MassMutual and C.M.
Life to carry out certain of the substitutions.

Filing Date: The application was filed on June 24, 2005, and an amended
and restated application was filed on March 8, 2006.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the application
will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested
persons may request a hearing by writing to the Secretary of the
Commission and serving Applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests must be received by the
Commission by 5:30 p.m. on April 4, 2006, and should be accompanied by
proof of service on Applicants in the form of an affidavit or, for
lawyers, a certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the
nature of the requester's interest, the reason for the request, and the
issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may
request notification by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549. Applicants, 1295 State Street, Springfield,
MA 01111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Cowan, Senior Counsel, or Zandra
Bailes, Branch Chief, Office of Insurance Products, Division of
Investment Management, at (202) 551-6795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application is available for a fee from the
Public Reference Branch of the Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549 (202-551-8090).

Applicants' and Section 17 Applicants' Representations

1. MassMutual is a mutual life insurance company organized in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a corporation and was originally
chartered in 1851. MassMutual is a diversified financial services
company providing life insurance, annuities, disability income
insurance, long-term care insurance, structured settlements, retirement
and other products to individual and institutional customers.
2. Separate Account 4 was established in 1997. Separate Account 4
is registered under the 1940 Act as a unit investment trust (File No.
811-08619) and is used to fund variable annuity contracts issued by
MassMutual. Six variable annuity contracts funded by Separate Account 4
are affected by the application.
3. Panorama Separate Account was established in 1981. Panorama
Separate Account is registered under the 1940 Act as a unit investment
trust (File No. 811-03215) and is used to fund variable annuity
contracts issued by MassMutual. One variable annuity contract funded by
Panorama Separate Account is affected by the application.
4. C.M. Life is a wholly-owned stock life insurance subsidiary of
MassMutual. C.M. Multi-Account A was

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established in 1994. C.M. Multi-Account A is registered under the 1940
Act as a unit investment trust (File No. 811-08698) and is used to fund
variable annuity contracts issued by C.M. Life. Three variable annuity
contracts funded by C.M. Multi-Account A are affected by the
application.
5. Panorama Plus Separate Account was established in 1991. Panorama
Plus Separate Account is registered under the 1940 Act as a unit
investment trust (File No. 811-06530) and is used to fund variable
annuity contracts issued by C.M. Life. One variable annuity contract
funded by Panorama Plus Separate Account is affected by the application
(all eleven variable annuity contracts affected by the application are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the ``Contracts'').
6. MML Series Investment Fund (``MML Fund'' is an open-end
management investment company having separate investment portfolios.
MML Series Investment Fund 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, by MassMutual
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 C.M. Life.
7. MML Series Investment Fund II (``MML Fund II'') is an open-end
management investment company having separate investment portfolios.
MML Series Investment Fund II was organized as a business trust under
the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to an Agreement
and Declaration of Trust dated February 8, 2005, which was amended and
restated as of February 28, 2005, 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 C.M. Life.
8. Purchase payments under the Contracts may be allocated to one or
more sub-accounts of the Separate Accounts (the ``Sub-Accounts'').
Income, gains and losses, whether or not realized, from assets
allocated to the Separate Accounts are, as provided in the Contracts,
credited to or charged against the Separate Accounts without regard to
other income, gains or losses of MassMutual and C.M. Life, as
applicable. The assets maintained in the Separate Accounts will not be
charged with any liabilities arising out of any other business
conducted by MassMutual and C.M. Life, as applicable. Nevertheless, all
obligations arising under the Contracts, including the commitment to
make annuity payments or death benefit payments, are general corporate
obligations of MassMutual and C.M. Life. Accordingly, all of the assets
of each of MassMutual and C.M. Life are available to meet its
obligations under the Contracts.
9. Each of the Contracts permits allocations of accumulation value
to available Sub-Accounts that invest in specific investment portfolios
of underlying registered investment companies (the ``Mutual Funds'').
Among the available Mutual Funds are portfolios of American Century
Variable Portfolios, Inc., American Funds Insurance Series, Calvert
Variable Series, Inc., Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund,
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, AIM Variable
Insurance Funds, Janus Aspen Series, MFS Variable Insurance Trust, MML
Series Investment Fund, MML Series Investment Fund II, Oppenheimer
Variable Account Funds, Panorama Series Fund, Inc., Scudder Investment
VIT Funds, T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc., ING Variable Products
Trust and PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust. All of these companies are
registered under the 1940 Act as open-end management investment
companies.
10. Each of the Contracts permits transfers of accumulation value
from one Sub-Account to another Sub-Account at any time subject to
certain restrictions.
11. Each of the Contracts reserves the right, upon notice to
contract owners, to substitute shares of another mutual fund for shares
of a mutual fund held by a Sub-Account.
12. The Replaced Funds involved in the Substitutions include 18
separate portfolios representing ten investment company complexes.
After the Substitutions, there will be 15 portfolios all of which will
be portfolios of MML Fund and MML Fund II. The investment objective and
policies of each Replacement Fund will be the same as or substantially
similar to the investment objective and policies of the corresponding
Replaced Fund.
13. The Substitutions are being proposed to increase the level of
fund management responsiveness compared to the current structure, which
includes eight unaffiliated investment company complexes. Currently, a
majority of the portfolios offered under the contracts consist of
unaffiliated investment companies, and changes due to investment
performance, style drift, or management practice issues require
substantial systems, filing, and printing resources, which slows the
process to make changes, if necessary. Because MML Fund, MML Fund II,
and MassMutual have ``manager of managers'' exemptive relief,
MassMutual, as investment adviser, will be able to act more quickly and
efficiently to protect contract owners' interests if the investment
strategy, management team or performance of one or more of the sub-
advisers does not meet expectations. From an investment perspective,
many of the substitutions will be immaterial because the Replacement
Funds will retain as sub-adviser the investment adviser to the Replaced
Fund. In this regard, Applicants believe that in no case will a
Replacement Fund be more risky than the fund it is replacing. In
addition, relieving the Separate Accounts of the administrative burdens
of interfacing with ten unaffiliated investment company complexes is
expected to simplify compliance, accounting and auditing and,
generally, to allow MassMutual and C.M. Life each to administer the
Contracts more efficiently.
14. Applicants propose the following substitutions of shares:

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Replaced fund Replacement fund*
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1. American Century VP Income & Growth MML Income & Growth Fund.
Fund.
2. American Century VP Value Fund....... MML Mid Cap Value Fund.
3. American Funds[reg] Asset Allocation MML Asset Allocation Fund.
Fund (Class 2).
Calvert Social Balanced Portfolio...
4. American Funds[reg] Growth-Income MML Growth & Income Fund.
Fund (Class 2).
Fidelity[reg] VIP Growth
Opportunities Portfolio (Service
Class).
5. Fidelity[reg] VIP Growth Portfolio MML Large Cap Growth Fund.
(Service Class).
6. Franklin Small Cap Value Securities MML Small Cap Value Fund.
Fund.
7. Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio MML Blend Fund.
(Service Shares and Institutional
Shares).

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8. Janus Aspen Forty Portfolio (Service MML Concentrated Growth Fund
Shares and Institutional Shares). (Class I and Class II).
9. Janus Aspen Worldwide Growth MML Global Fund (Class I and
Portfolio (Service Shares and Class II).
Institutional Shares).
10. MFS[reg] Investors Trust Series..... MML Enhanced Index Core Equity
Fund.
11. MFS[reg] New Discovery Series....... MML Small Cap Index Fund.
Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund....
12. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth MML Blue Chip Growth Fund.
Portfolio.
13. T. Rowe Price Equity Income MML Equity Income Fund.
Portfolio.
14. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth MML Mid Cap Growth Fund.
Portfolio.
15. Templeton Foreign Securities Fund MML Foreign Fund.
(Class 2).
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* The names of certain MML Funds that will be created prior to the
Substitutions are subject to change.

15. For each Replaced Fund and each Replacement Fund, the
investment objective, principal risks, investment adviser/sub-adviser,
fee structure, expenses for the fiscal year ending in 2005 and assets
as of December 31, 2005 are shown in the tables that follow:

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Replaced Fund Replacement Fund
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A. Substitution 1
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Fund Name............................................... American Century VP Income & Growth MML Income & Growth Fund.
Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks growth of capital by investing Seeks growth of capital by investing in common stocks.
in common stocks. Income is a Income is a secondary objective.
secondary objective. The fund
pursues a total return and dividend
yield that exceed those of the S&P
500[supreg] Index by investing in
stocks of companies with strong
expected returns.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Company Risk............... Credit Risk.
Price Volatility........... Management Risk.
Principal Loss............. Derivative Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk.
Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved American Century as a sub-adviser for the MML
Income and Growth Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and strategy and
by the same team that manages the American Century VP Income and Growth Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... American Century Investment MassMutual/American Century Investment Management, Inc.
Management, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $800,000,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.70%............................... 0.65%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.70% on 1st $10 billion, 0.65% over 0.65% on all assets.
$10 billion.
12b-1 Fee.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.00%............................... 0.10%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.70%............................... 0.75%.
Fee Reduction........................................... .................................... 0.05%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.70%............................... 0.70%.*
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B. Substitution 2
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Fund Name............................................... American Century VP Value Fund...... MML Mid Cap Value Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term capital growth by Seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in
investing primarily in common common stocks of companies believed to be undervalued
stocks of companies believed to be at the time of purchase.
undervalued at the time of
purchase. Income is a secondary
objective.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Company Risk............... Credit Risk.
Price Volatility........... Management Risk.
Principal Loss............. Liquidity Risk.
Derivative Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk.
Currency Risk.
Smaller Company Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved American Century as a sub-adviser for the MML
Value Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in a similar style and strategy and by the
same team that manages the American Century VP Income and Growth Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... American Century Investment MassMutual/American Century Investment Management, Inc.
Management, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $2,950,000,000...................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.93%............................... 0.84%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 1.00% on 1st $500 million........... 0.84% on all assets.
0.95% on next $500 million..........
0.90% over $1 billion...............

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12b-1 Fee.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.00%............................... 0.09%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.93%............................... 0.93%.
Fee Reduction...........................................
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.93%............................... 0.93%.*
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C. Substitution 3
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Fund Name............................................... American Funds Asset Allocation Fund MML Asset Allocation Fund.
(Class 2).
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks to provide high total return Seeks to provide high total return consistent with
(including income and capital preservation of capital over the long-term by investing
gains) consistent with preservation in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and other
of capital over the long-term by equity securities, bonds and other intermediate and
investing in a diversified long-term debt securities, and money market instruments
portfolio of common stocks and (debt securities maturing in one year or less).
other equity securities, bonds and
other intermediate and long-term
debt securities, and money market
instruments (debt securities
maturing in one year or less).
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Management Risk............ Management Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk.... Foreign Investment Risk.
Credit Risk................ Credit Risk.
Currency Risk.............. Currency Risk.
Growth Company Risk........ Growth Company Risk.
Pre-payment Risk........... Pre-payment Risk.
Political and Economic Risk Liquidity Risk.
Emerging Markets Risk...... Derivative Risk.
Interest Rate Risk......... Emerging Markets Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved Capital Guardian Trust Company as a sub-adviser
for MML Asset Allocation Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and
strategy as the American Funds Asset Allocation Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Capital Research and Management MassMutual/Capital Guardian Trust Company.
Company.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $6,100,000,000...................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.35%............................... 0.55%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.50% on 1st $600 million........... 0.55% on all assets.
0.42% on $600 million to $1.2
billion.
0.36% on $1.2-$2.0 billion..........
0.32% on $2.0-$3.0 billion..........
0.28% on $3.0-$5.0 billion..........
0.26% on $5.0-$8.0 billion..........
0.250% over $8.0 billion............
12b-1 Fee............................................... 0.25%.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.01%............................... 0.09%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.61%............................... 0.64%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.03%............................... 0.06%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.58%............................... 0.58%*.
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Fund Name............................................... Calvert Social Balanced Portfolio... MML Asset Allocation Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks to achieve a competitive total Seeks to provide high total return consistent with
return through an actively managed preservation of capital over the long-term by investing
portfolio of stocks, bonds and in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and other
money market instruments which equity securities, bonds and other intermediate and
offer income and capital growth long-term debt securities, and money market instruments
opportunity and that satisfy the (debt securities maturing in one year or less).
portfolio's investment and social
criteria.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Credit Risk................ Credit Risk.
Pre-payment Risk........... Pre-payment Risk.
Liquidity Risk............. Liquidity Risk.
Currency Risk.............. Currency Risk.
Transaction Risk........... Management Risk.
Correlation Risk........... Derivative Risk.
Political Risk............. Foreign Investment Risk.
Interest Rate Risk......... Emerging Markets Risk.
Information Risk........... Growth Company Risk.
Opportunity Risk........... Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. .................................... The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund.

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Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Calvert Asset Management Company, MassMutual/Capital Guardian Trust Company.
Inc./Brown Capital Management, Inc.
and SSgA Funds Management, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $483,000,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.70%............................... 0.55%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.425% on 1st $500 million.......... 0.55% on all assets.
0.375% on next $500 million.........
0.325% over $1 billion..............
12b-1 Fee.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.21%............................... 0.09%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.91%............................... 0.64%.
Fee Reduction........................................... .................................... 0.06%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.91%............................... 0.58%.*
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D. Substitution 4
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Fund Name............................................... American Funds[supreg] Growth-Income MML Growth & Income Fund.
Fund (Class 2).
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks capital appreciation and Seeks capital appreciation and income by investing
income by investing primarily in primarily in common stocks or other securities which
common stocks or other securities demonstrate the potential for appreciation and/or
which demonstrate the potential for dividends.
appreciation and/or dividends.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk.... Foreign Investment Risk.
Growth Company Risk........ Growth Company Risk.
Emerging Markets Risk...... Emerging Markets Risk.
Currency Risk.............. Currency Risk.
Management Risk............ Management Risk.
Credit Risk................ Credit Risk.
Political and Economic Risk Derivative Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved Capital Guardian Trust Company as a sub-adviser
for MML Growth & Income Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and
strategy as the American Fund Growth-Income Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Capital Research and Management MassMutual/Capital Guardian Trust Company.
Company.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $21,900,000,000..................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.28%............................... 0.50%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.50% on 1st $600 million........... 0.50% on all assets.
0.45% on $600 million to $1.5
billion.
0.40% on $1.5-$2.5 billion..........
0.32% on $2.5-$4.0 billion..........
0.285% on $4.0-$6.5 billion.........
0.256% on $6.5-$10.5 billion........
0.242% on $10.5-$13.0 billion.......
0.235% on $13.0-$17.0 billion.......
0.23% on $17.0-$21.0 billion........
0.225% over $21.0 billion...........
12b-1 Fee............................................... 0.25%.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.02%............................... 0.08%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.55%............................... 0.58%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.02%............................... 0.05%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.53%............................... 0.53%.*
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Fund Name............................................... Fidelity[supreg] VIP Growth MML Growth & Income Fund.
Opportunities Portfolio (Service
Class).
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks to provide capital growth as Seeks capital appreciation and income by investing
its investment objective. primarily in common stocks or other securities which
demonstrate the potential for appreciation and/or
dividends.
Principal Risks......................................... Stock Market Volatility.... Market Risk.
Foreign Exposure........... Foreign Investment Risk.
Issuer-Specific Changes.... Credit Risk.
Management Risk.
Derivative Risk.
Currency Risk.
Emerging Markets Risk.
Growth Company Risk.
Leveraging Risk.

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Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. .................................... The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund. Therefore, we do not anticipate any significant
risk disparities between the funds.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Fidelity Management & Research MassMutual/Capital Guardian Trust Company.
Company/FMR Co., Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $200,900,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.58%............................... 0.50%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... Group Fee Rate + Individual Fund Fee 0.50% on all assets.
Rate.
Group Rate as of 12/31/04: 0.2724% Individual Fund Fee Rate: 0.30%
12b-1 Fee............................................... 0.10%.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.14%............................... 0.08%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.82%............................... 0.58%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.02%............................... 0.05%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.80%............................... 0.53%.*
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E. Substitution 5
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Fund Name............................................... Fidelity[supreg] VIP Growth MML Large Cap Growth Fund.
Portfolio (Service Class).
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks to achieve capital Seeks long-term capital appreciation as its investment
appreciation as its investment objective.
objective.
Principal Risks......................................... Stock Market Volatility.... Market Risk.
Foreign Exposure........... Foreign Investment Risk.
``Growth'' Investing....... Growth Company Risk.
Issuer-Specific Changes.... Credit Risk.
Management Risk.
Derivative Risk.
Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. .................................... The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Fidelity Management & Research MassMutual/Alliance Capital Management, LP.
Company/FMR Co., Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $1,000,000,000...................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.59%............................... 0.65%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... Group Fee Rate + Individual Fund Fee 0.65% on all assets.
Rate.
Group Rate as of 12/31/04: 0.2724% Individual Fund Fee Rate: 0.30%
12b-1 Fee............................................... 0.10%.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.10%............................... 0.14%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.79%............................... 0.79%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.03%............................... 0.04%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.76%............................... 0.75%.*
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F. Substitution 6
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Fund Name............................................... Franklin Small Cap Value Securities MML Small Cap Value Fund.
Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term total return. The Seeks long-term total return. The fund normally invests
fund normally invests at least 80% at least 80% of its net assets in investments of small
of its net assets in investments of capitalization companies.
small capitalization companies. For
this fund, small cap companies are
those with market cap values not
exceeding $2.5 billion, at the time
of purchase. The fund's manager
invests in small companies that it
believes are undervalued.
Principal Risks......................................... Stocks Risk................ Market Risk.
Smaller and Mid-Sized Smaller Company Risk.
Companies. Foreign Investment Risk.
Foreign Securities......... Credit Risk.
Value Style Investing...... Management Risk.
Sector Focus............... Liquidity Risk.
Derivative Risk.
Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. .................................... The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Franklin Advisory Services, LLC..... MassMutual/Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $1,100,000,000...................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.52%............................... 0.75%.

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Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.60% on 1st $200 million........... 0.75% on all assets.
0.50% on next $1.1 billion..........
0.40% over $1.3 billion.............
12b-1 Fee............................................... 0.25%.
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.17%............................... 0.14%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.94%............................... 0.89%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.05%............................... 0.01%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.89%............................... 0.88%.*
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G. Substitution 7
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Fund Name............................................... Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio MML Blend Fund.
(Service Shares and Institutional
Shares).
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term capital growth Seeks to achieve as high a level of total rate of return
consistent with preservation of over an extended period of time as is considered
capital and balanced by current consistent with prudent investment risk and the
income by normally investing 40-60% preservation of capital.
of its assets in securities
selected primarily for their growth
potential and 40-60% of its assets
in securities selected primarily
for their income potential. The
portfolio will normally invest at
least 25% of its assets in fixed-
income securities.
Principal Risks......................................... Stock Market Risk.......... Market Risk.
Foreign Securities Risks... Foreign Investment Risk.
Derivatives Risk........... Derivative Risk.
Non-Investment Grade Bond Credit Risk.
Risk. Management Risk.
Initial Public Offering Pre-Payment Risk.
(IPO) Risk. Liquidity Risk.
Small Market Capitalization Emerging Markets Risk.
Risk. Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Janus Capital....................... MassMutual/Babson Capital Management.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $2,159,000,000...................... $921,500,000.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.55%............................... 0.39%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.55% on all assets................. 0.50% on 1st $100 million.
0.45% on next $200 million.
0.40% on next $200 million.
0.35% over $500 million.
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Share Class Service Institutional
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12b-1 Fee............................................. 0.25%.
Other Expenses........................................ 0.01%.............. 0.01%.............. 0.03%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses....................... 0.81%.............. 0.56%.............. 0.42%.
Fee Reduction.........................................
Net Total Annual Expenses............................. 0.81%.............. 0.56%.............. 0.42%.
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Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. .................................... The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced
Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Janus Capital....................... MassMutual/Legg Mason Capital Management, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $1,025,900,000...................... N/A
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.64%............................... 0.60%
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.64% on all assets................. 0.60% on all assets.
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Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term growth of capital Seeks to outperform the total return performance of its
with a secondary objective to seek benchmark index, the S&P 500[reg] Index, while
reasonable current income. It maintaining risk characteristics similar to those of
normally invests at least 65% of the benchmark.
its net assets in common stocks and
related securities with a focus on
companies with larger market
capitalizations.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Foreign Securities Risk.... Foreign Investment Risk.
Company Risk............... Growth Company Risk.
Large Cap Companies Risk... Credit Risk.
Over-the-Counter Risk...... Management Risk.
Derivative Risk.
Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced Fund
with no significant risk disparities between the funds.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Massachusetts Financial Services MassMutual/Babson Capital Management.
Company.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $802,400,000........................ $18,800,000.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.75%............................... 0.55%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.75% on all assets................. 0.55% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.16%............................... 0.26%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.91%............................... 0.81%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.01%............................... 0.15%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.90%............................... 0.66%.
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Fund Name............................................... MFS[reg] New Discovery Fund......... MML Small Cap Index Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks capital appreciation. It Seeks to match, as closely as possible, before expenses,
normally invests 65% of its net the performance of an index identified in the fund's
assets in equity securities of prospectus, which emphasizes stocks of small U.S.
smaller emerging growth companies. companies
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Emerging Growth Companies Growth Company Risk.
Risk.
Company Risk............... Credit Risk.
Small Capitalization Management Risk.
Companies Risk.
Over-the-Counter Risk...... Liquidity Risk.
Foreign Securities Risk.... Derivative Risk.
Short Sales Risk........... Non-Diversification Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced Fund
with no significant risk disparities between the funds.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Massachusetts Financial Services MassMutual/Northern Trust Investments, Inc.
Company.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $702,500,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.90%............................... 0.35%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.90% on all assets................. 0.35% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.17%............................... 0.18%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 1.07%............................... 0.53%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.01%............................... 0.08%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... .06%................................ 0.45%*.
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Fund Name............................................... Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund.... MML Small Cap Index Fund.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks to match, as closely as Seeks to match, as closely as possible, before expenses,
possible, before expenses, the the performance of the an index identified in the
performance of the Russell fund's prospectus, which emphasizes stocks of small
2000[reg] Index, which emphasizes U.S. companies
stocks of small U.S. companies.
Principal Risks......................................... Stock Market Risk.......... Market Risk.
Tracking Error Risk........ Credit Risk.
Index Fund Risk............ Management Risk.
Small Company Liquidity Risk.
Capitalization Risk.
Futures and Options Risk... Derivative Risk.
Pricing Risk............... Non-Diversification Risk.

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Securities Lending Risk.... Growth Company Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved Northern Trust as a subadvisor for the MML Small
Cap Index Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and strategy as the
Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... Deutsche Asset Management/Northern MassMutual/Northern Trust Investments, Inc.
Trust Investments, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $449,500,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.35%............................... 0.35%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.35% on all assets................. 0.35% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.13%............................... 0.18%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.48%............................... 0.53%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.03%............................... 0.08%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.45%............................... 0.45%*.
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Fund Name............................................... T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth MML Blue Chip Growth Fund.
Portfolio.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term capital growth Seeks long-term capital growth through investment in
through investment in common stocks common stocks of large and medium-sized blue chip
of large and medium-sized blue chip growth companies
growth companies.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Growth Stock Risk.......... Growth Company Risk.
Industry Risk.............. Credit Risk.
Company Risk............... Management Risk.
Smaller Capitalization Derivative Risk.
Company Risk.
Growth Style Investing Risk Foreign Investment Risk.
Currency Risk.
Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved T. Rowe Price as a sub-adviser for the MML Blue
Chip Growth Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and strategy and by
the same team that manages T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc....... MassMutual/T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $91,500,000......................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.85%............................... 0.75%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.85% on all assets................. 0.75% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.00%............................... 0.23%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.85%............................... 0.98%.
Fee Reduction........................................... 0.13%.
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.85%............................... 0.85%*.
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Fund Name............................................... T. Rowe Price Equity Income MML Equity Income Fund.
Portfolio.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks substantial dividend income Seeks dividend income and long-term capital growth
and long-term capital growth through investment in common stocks of established
through investment in common stocks companies
of established companies.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk............. Foreign Investment Risk.
Currency Risk.............. Currency Risk.
Growth Stock Risk.......... Credit Risk.
Industry Risk.............. Management Risk.
Company Risk............... Derivative Risk.
Value Style Investing Risk. Leveraging Risk.
Derivatives Risk.
Interest Rate Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The MML Fund Board of Trustees has approved T. Rowe Price as a sub-adviser for the MML Equity
Income Fund. The fund is expected to be managed in the same style and strategy and by the
same team that manages T. Rowe Price Blue Equity Income Portfolio.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc....... MassMutual/T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $1,400,000,000...................... N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.85%............................... 0.75%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.85% on all assets................. 0.75% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.00%............................... 0.10%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.85%............................... 0.85%.
Fee Reduction...........................................

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Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.85%............................... 0.85%*.
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Fund Name............................................... T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth MML Mid Cap Growth Fund.
Portfolio.
Investment Objective.................................... Seeks long-term capital appreciation Seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment
through investment in stocks of mid- in stocks of mid-cap companies with potential for above-
cap companies with potential for average earnings growth.
above-average earnings growth.
Principal Risks......................................... Market Risk................ Market Risk.
Smaller Capitalization Smaller Company Risk.
Company Risk.
Growth Stock Risk.......... Growth Company Risk.
Derivatives Risk........... Derivative Risk.
Industry Risk.............. Credit Risk.
Company Risk............... Management Risk.
Foreign Investment Risk.... Liquidity Risk.
Currency Risk.............. Leveraging Risk.
Significant Principal Risk Disparities?................. The Replacement Fund is expected to be managed with a
similar style and strategy as that of the Replaced Fund
with no significant risk disparities between the funds.
Adviser/Subadviser...................................... T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc...... MassMutual/T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Fund Asset Level as of 12/31/05......................... $651,000,000........................ N/A.
Mgmt. Fee............................................... 0.85%............................... 0.77%.
Mgmt. Fee Schedule...................................... 0.85% on all assets................. 0.77% on all assets.
12b-1 Fee...............................................
Other Expenses.......................................... 0.00%............................... 0.08%.
Total Annual Operating Expenses......................... 0.85%............................... 0.85%.
Fee Reduction...........................................
Net Total Annual Expenses............................... 0.85%............................... 0.85%*.
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** Pro Forma.

16. The Substitutions will take place at MML Fund and MML Fund II's
relative net asset values determined on the date of the Substitutions
in accordance with section 22 of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder
with no change in the amount of any contract owner's account value or
death benefit or in the dollar value of his or her investment in any of
the Sub-Accounts. Accordingly, there will be no financial impact on any
contract owner. The Substitutions will generally be effected by having
each of the Sub-Accounts that invests in the Replaced Funds redeem its
shares at the net asset value calculated on the date of the
Substitutions and purchase shares of the respective Replacement Funds
at the net asset value calculated on the same date.
17. Alternatively, a Replaced Fund may redeem the interest ``in-
kind,'' for example, if it determines that a cash redemption might
adversely affect its shareholders. In that case, the Substitutions will
be effected by the Sub-Account contributing all the securities it
receives from the Replaced Fund for an amount of Replacement Fund
shares equal to the fair market value of the securities contributed.
All in-kind redemptions from a Replaced Fund of which any of the
Applicants is an affiliated person will be effected in accordance with
the conditions set forth in the Commission's no-action letter issued to
Signature Financial Group, Inc. (available December 28, 1999). In-kind
purchases of shares of a Replacement Fund will be conducted as
described herein.
18. The Substitutions were described in a supplement to the
prospectuses for the Contracts (``Supplements'') filed with the
Commission and mailed to contract owners. The Supplements provided
contract owners with notice of the Substitutions and described the
reasons for engaging in the Substitutions. The Supplements also
informed contract owners with assets allocated to a Sub-Account
investing in the Replaced Funds that no additional amount may be
invested in the Replaced Funds on or after the date of the
Substitutions. In addition, the Supplements informed affected contract
owners that they will have the opportunity to reallocate account value
once:
Prior to the Substitutions, from each Sub-Account
investing in a Replaced Fund, and
For 30 days after the Substitutions, from each Sub-Account
investing in a Replacement Fund to Sub-Account investing in other
Mutual Funds available under the respective Contracts,

without diminishing the number of free transfers that may be made in a
given contract year and without the imposition of any transfer charge
or limitation, other than any applicable limitations in place to deter
potentially harmful excessive trading or disintermediation involving
the fixed accounts available with the variable annuity contracts.
19. Within five days after a Substitution, MassMutual and C.M. Life
will send affected contract owners written confirmation that a
Substitution has occurred. The prospectuses for the Contracts, as
revised by the Supplements, will reflect the Substitutions. Each
contract owner will be provided with a prospectus for the Replacement
Funds before the Substitutions, except that with respect to Replacement
Funds that become effective contemporaneously with the Substitutions, a
prospectus will be sent to affected contract owners with the written
confirmation.
20. MassMutual and C.M. Life will pay all expenses and transaction
costs of the Substitutions, including all legal, accounting and
brokerage expenses relating to the Substitutions. No costs will be
borne by contract owners. Affected contract owners will not incur any
fees or charges as a result of the Substitutions, nor will their rights
or the obligations of the Applicants under the Contracts be altered in
any way. The Substitutions will not cause the fees and charges under
the Contracts currently being paid by contract owners to be greater
after the Substitutions than before the Substitutions. The
Substitutions will have no adverse tax consequences to contract owners
and will in no way alter the tax benefits to contract owners.
21. Applicants believe that their request satisfies the standards
for relief pursuant to section 26(c) of the 1940 Act, as set forth
below, because the affected contract owners will have:
(1) Account values allocated to a Sub-Account invested in a
Replacement Fund with an investment objective and policies
substantially similar to the investment objective and policies of the
Replaced Fund; and
(2) Replacement Funds whose current total annual expenses are equal
to or lower than those of the Replaced Funds for their 2005 fiscal
year. In addition, as described below, MassMutual and C.M. Life have
agreed to, for a period of 24 months following the Substitution,
reimburse affected contract owners to the extent the expenses of a
Replacement Fund exceed those of the Replaced Fund for the 2005 fiscal
year.

Applicants' and Section 17 Applicants' Legal Analysis

1. Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act makes it unlawful for any
depositor or trustee of a registered unit investment trust holding the
security of a single issuer to substitute another security for such
security unless the Commission approves the substitution. The
Commission will approve such a substitution if the evidence establishes
that it is consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes
fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act.
2. The purpose of section 26(c) is to protect the expectation of
investors in a unit investment trust that the unit investment trust
will accumulate shares of a particular issuer by preventing
unscrutinized substitutions that might, in effect, force shareholders
dissatisfied with the substituted security to redeem their shares,
thereby possibly incurring either a loss of the sales load deducted
from initial premium payments, an additional sales load upon
reinvestment of the redemption proceeds, or both. Moreover, in the
insurance product context, a contract owner forced to redeem may suffer
adverse tax consequences. Section 26(c) affords this protection to
investors by preventing a depositor or trustee of a unit investment
trust that holds shares of one issuer from substituting for those
shares the shares of another issuer, unless the Commission approves
that substitution.
3. Applicants assert that the purposes, terms and conditions of the
Substitutions are consistent with the principles and purposes of
section 26(c) and do not entail any of the abuses that section 26(c) is
designed to prevent. Applicants have reserved the right to make such a
substitution under the Contracts and this reserved right is disclosed
in each Contract's prospectus.
4. In all cases, the investment objectives and policies of the
Replacement Funds are sufficiently similar to those of the
corresponding Replaced Funds that contract owners will have reasonable
continuity in investment expectations. Accordingly, the Replacement
Funds are appropriate investment vehicles for those contract owners who
have account values allocated to the Replaced Funds.
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MassMutual agrees that if, on the last day of each fiscal quarter
during the 24 month period, the total operating expenses of a
Replacement Fund (taking into account any expense waiver or
reimbursement) exceed on an annualized basis the net expense level of
the corresponding Replaced Fund for the 2005 fiscal year, it will, for
each Contract outstanding on the date of the Substitutions, make a
corresponding reimbursement of Separate Account expenses as of the last
day of such fiscal quarter period, such that the amount of the
Replacement Fund's net expenses, together with those of the
corresponding Separate Account will, on an annualized basis, be no
greater than the sum of the net expenses of the corresponding Replaced
Fund and the expenses of the Separate Account for the 2005 fiscal year.
6. Applicants assert that the Substitutions will not result in the
type of costly forced redemption that section 26(c) was intended to
guard against and, for the following reasons, is consistent with the
protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the 1940
Act:
(1) Each of the Replacement Funds is an appropriate fund to which
to move contract owners with account values allocated to the Replaced
Funds because the new funds have substantially similar investment
objectives and policies.
(2) The costs of the Substitutions, including any brokerage costs,
will be borne by MassMutual and C.M. Life and will not be borne by
contract owners. No charges will be assessed to effect the
Substitutions.
(3) The Substitutions will be at the net asset values of the
respective shares without the imposition of any transfer or similar
charge and with no change in the amount of any contract owner's account
value.
(4) The Substitutions will not cause the fees and charges under the
Contracts currently being paid by contract owners to be greater after
the Substitutions than before the Substitutions and will result in
contract owners' account values being moved to a Mutual Fund with the
same or lower current total annual expenses.
(5) All contract owners will be given notice of the Substitutions
prior to the Substitutions and will have an opportunity for 30 days
after a Substitution to reallocate account value among other available
Sub-Accounts without diminishing the number of free transfers that may
be made in a given contract year and without the imposition of any
transfer charge or limitation, other than any applicable limitations in
place to deter potentially harmful excessive trading or
disintermediation involving the fixed accounts available with the
variable annuity contracts.
(6) Within five days after a Substitution, MassMutual and C.M. Life
will send to its affected contract owners written confirmation that a
Substitution has occurred.
(7) The Substitutions will in no way alter the insurance benefits
to contract owners or the contractual obligations of MassMutual and
C.M. Life.
(8) The Substitutions will have no adverse tax consequences to
contract owners and will in no way alter the tax benefits to contract
owners.
7. The section 17 Applicants request an order under section 17(b)
exempting them from the provisions of section 17(a) to the extent
necessary to permit MassMutual and C.M. Life to carry out each of the
proposed substitutions. Sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the 1940 Act
prohibit an affiliated person of a registered investment company, or
affiliated persons of any such affiliated person, or any principal
underwriter for such company (collectively, ``Transaction Affiliates'')
from selling a security to, or purchasing a security from, the
registered investment company. Applicants may be deemed to be
Transaction Affiliates of one another based upon the definition of
``affiliated person'' under section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act. Because
the Substitutions may be effected, in whole or in part, by means of in-
kind redemptions and purchases, the Substitutions may be deemed to
involve one or more purchases or sales of securities or property
between Transaction Affiliates.
8. Section 17(b) provides that the Commission may grant an
application exempting proposed transactions from the prohibitions of
section 17(a) if the terms of the proposed transactions are reasonable
and fair and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person
concerned; the transaction is consistent with the investment policies
of each registered investment company concerned; and the transaction is
consistent with the general purposes of the 1940 Act. Applicants state
that the consideration to be paid by the Replacement Fund, and each of
the Substituted Funds, will be fair and reasonable and will not involve
overreaching. The proposed transactions will take place at relative net
asset value in conformity with the requirements of section 22(c) of the
1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder with no change in the amount of any
contract owner's account value or death benefit or in the dollar value
of his or her investment in any Sub-Account.
9. In addition, Applicants state that to the extent the
Substitutions are effected by redeeming shares of the Substituted Funds
and using the redemption proceeds to purchase shares of the Replacement
Funds, the Substitutions will satisfy each of the procedural safeguards
adopted by the Board of Directors responsible for each of the Ameritas
Portfolios and the Substituted Funds, respectively under Rule 17a-7
under the 1940 Act.

Conclusions

1. Applicants request an order of the Commission pursuant to
Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act approving the Substitutions. Section
26(c), in pertinent part, provides that the Commission shall issue an
order approving a substitution of securities if the evidence
establishes that it is consistent with the protection of investors and
the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940
Act. For the reasons and upon the facts set forth above, the requested
order meets the standards set forth in section 26(c) and should,
therefore, be granted.
2. The Section 17 Applicants request that the Commission issue an
order pursuant to section 17(b) of the 1940 Act exempting the Separate
Accounts, MassMutual, C.M. Life, and each Replacement Fund from the
provisions of section 17(a) of the 1940 Act to the extent necessary to
permit, as part of the substitutions, the in-kind purchase of shares of
the Replacement Funds which may be deemed to be prohibited by section
17(a) of the 1940 Act. The Section 17 Applicants represent that the
proposed in-kind transactions meet all of the requirements of section
17(b) of the 1940 Act and that an exemption should be granted, to the
extent necessary, from the provisions of section 17(a).

For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
pursuant to delegated authority.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-2598 Filed 3-17-06; 8:45 am]

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