EX-99.(H)IC1F 37 c101798_ex99-hic1f.htm SIXTH AMENDMENT DATED 05/01/14

Item 27 Exhibit (h) i c1f.

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Among

MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

And

MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

And

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

And

MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

And

C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

THIS AMENDMENT dated April 1, 2014 amends the Participation Agreement entered into as of the 17th day of November, 2005, as amended to date, (the “Agreement”) by and among Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”), MML Bay State Life Insurance Company, C.M. Life Insurance Company, each on their own behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset account of each insurance company, and MML Series Investment Fund (“MML Trust”).

WHEREAS, MassMutual acts as the Adviser to the MML Trust.

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

 

  1. Effective April 1, 2014, MML Investment Advisers, LLC (“MML Advisers”) will replace MassMutual as the Adviser to the MML Trust and will become a party to the Agreement. MML Advisers, a Delaware limited liability company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MassMutual. MML Advisers represents and warrants that:

(i) it is and shall remain duly registered in all material respects under all applicable federal and state securities laws and that, as the Adviser, shall perform its obligations for MML Trust in compliance in all material respects with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any applicable state and federal securities laws; and

 

  (ii) all of its directors, officers, employees, investment advisers, and other individuals/entities dealing with the money and/or securities of MML Trust are and shall continue to be at all times covered by a blanket fidelity bond or similar coverage for the benefit of MML Trust in an amount not less than the minimal coverage as required currently by Rule 17g-1 of the 1940 Act or related provisions as may be promulgated from time to time. The aforesaid bond shall include coverage for larceny and embezzlement and shall be issued by a reputable bonding company.2. Schedule A of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with Schedule A attached hereto.

All other terms and provisions of the Agreement not amended herein shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their respective authorized signatures as of the date set forth above.

 

MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND     MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
By its authorized officer     By its authorized officer
By:  

/s/ Nicholas H. Palmerino

    By:  

/s/ Eric Wietsma

Print Name:   Nicholas H. Palmerino     Print Name:   Eric Wietsma
Title:   CFO & Treasurer     Title:   President

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY:

    MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY:
By its authorized officer     By its authorized officer
By:  

/s/ Richard J. Byrne

    By:  

/s/ Richard J. Byrne

Print Name:   Richard J. Byrne     Print Name:   Richard J. Byrne
Title:   Vice President     Title:   Vice President
C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY:      
By its authorized officer      
By:  

/s/ Richard J. Byrne

     
Print Name:   Richard J. Byrne      
Title:   Vice President      

 

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Schedule A

MML Series Investment Fund

 

Separate Account

  

Date Established

  

LOB Separate

Accounts

Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4

   July 9, 1997    VA

•     MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

•     MML American Funds® Core Allocation Fund

•     MML American Funds® Growth Fund

•     MML American Funds® International Fund

•     MML Balanced Allocation Fund

•     MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

•     MML Conservative Allocation Fund

•     MML Equity Income Fund

•     MML Equity Index Fund

•     MML Focused Equity Fund

•     MML Foreign Fund

•     MML Fundamental Growth Fund

     

•     MML Fundamental Value Fund

•     MML Global Fund

•     MML Growth Allocation Fund

•     MML Growth & Income Fund

•     MML Income & Growth Fund

•     MML International Equity Fund

•     MML Large Cap Growth Fund

•     MML Managed Volatility Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Growth Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Value Fund

•     MML Moderate Allocation Fund

•     MML PIMCO Total Return Fund

•     MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

•     MML Small Company Value Fund

•     MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

     

 

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Schedule A (continued)

MML Series Investment Fund

 

Separate Account

  

Date Established

  

LOB Separate

Accounts

C.M. Multi-Account A

   August 3, 1994    VA

•     MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

•     MML American Funds® Core Allocation Fund

•     MML American Funds® Growth Fund

•     MML American Funds® International Fund

•     MML Balanced Allocation Fund

•     MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

•     MML Conservative Allocation Fund

•     MML Equity Income Fund

•     MML Equity Index Fund

•     MML Focused Equity Fund

•     MML Foreign Fund

•     MML Fundamental Growth Fund

•     MML Fundamental Value Fund

•     MML Global Fund

•     MML Growth Allocation Fund

•     MML Growth & Income Fund

•     MML Income & Growth Fund

•     MML International Equity Fund

•     MML Large Cap Growth Fund

•     MML Managed Volatility Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Growth Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Value Fund

•     MML Moderate Allocation Fund

•     MML PIMCO Total Return Fund

•     MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

•     MML Small Company Value Fund

•     MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

     

Panorama Separate Account

   June 23, 1981    VA

•     MML Equity Index Fund

     

Panorama Plus Separate Account

   September 25, 1991    VA

•     MML Income & Growth Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Growth Fund

     

 

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Schedule A (continued)

MML Series Investment Fund

 

Separate Account

  

Date Established

  

LOB Separate

Accounts

Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account I

   July 13, 1988    VL

•     MML Aggressive Allocation Fund

•     MML Balanced Allocation Fund

•     MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

•     MML Conservative Allocation Fund

•     MML Equity Income Fund

•     MML Equity Index Fund

•     MML Foreign Fund

•     MML Global Fund

•     MML Growth & Income Fund

•     MML Growth Allocation Fund

•     MML Income & Growth Fund

•     MML Managed Volatility Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Growth Fund

•     MML Mid Cap Value Fund

•     MML Moderate Allocation Fund

•     MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

•     MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

     

Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account III

   Feb. 12, 2000    VL

•     MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

•     MML Equity Index Fund

•     MML Managed Volatility Fund

•     MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

     

C.M. Life Variable Life Separate Account I

   Feb. 2, 1995    VL

•     MML Blue Chip Growth Fund

•     MML Equity Index Fund

•     MML Managed Volatility Fund

•     MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

     

MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account I

   June 9, 1982    VL

•     MML Equity Index Fund

     

MML Bay State Variable Life Separate Account II

   Nov. 22, 1988    VL

•     MML Equity Index Fund

     

 

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