N-Q 1 d646709dnq.htm MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

  Investment Company Act file number

  

  811-02224

 

  MML Series Investment Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

  100 Bright Meadow Blvd., Enfield, CT

  

06082

(Address of principal executive offices)

   (Zip code)

  Tina Wilson

  100 Bright Meadow Blvd., Enfield, CT

  

06082

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

  

  (860) 562-1000                             

 

Date of fiscal year end:

  

  12/31/2018                             

 

Date of reporting period:

  

  9/30/2018                             


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 


MML Aggressive Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 89.8%

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     474,186      $ 8,075,384  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     818,213        9,376,721  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III (a)

     231,443        7,510,335  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     481,839        2,799,487  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class (a)

     731,874        7,823,732  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II (a)

     381,444        4,203,512  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II (a)

     612,611        8,729,704  

MML Global Fund, Class I (a)

     760,298        8,865,071  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     960,867        9,464,540  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     739,786        7,900,915  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     265,239        2,912,323  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     572,246        9,190,263  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     797,770        8,775,472  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class (a)

     143,317        2,314,195  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II (a)

     234,565        4,039,209  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     227,037        2,951,485  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II (a)

     605,544        6,673,092  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     36,924        3,117,460  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     88,416        3,994,649  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     1,421,654        14,117,028  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     1,541,919        3,669,768  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     137,812        4,284,564  
     

 

 

 
        140,788,909  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Fixed Income Funds — 10.3%

 

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II (a)

     256,809      $ 2,501,320  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     430,731        4,264,237  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class (a)

     301,470        3,639,798  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II (a)

     360,079        3,499,971  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II (a)

     223,933        2,241,574  
     

 

 

 
        16,146,900  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $156,792,919)
        156,935,809  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $156,792,919)
        156,935,809  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $156,792,919) (b)
        156,935,809  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%         (129,078
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 156,806,731  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

1


MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 65.0%

 

American Funds Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund, Class 1

    18,232,870      $ 265,105,923  

American Funds Growth-Income Fund, Class 1

    5,636,490        295,577,557  

American Funds International Fund, Class 1

    6,633,512        134,461,286  
    

 

 

 
       695,144,766  
    

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds — 35.1%

 

American Funds Bond Fund, Class 1

    35,421,559        375,114,306  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,024,798,429)
       1,070,259,072  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,024,798,429)
       1,070,259,072  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $1,024,798,429) (a)
       1,070,259,072  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (1,153,852
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 1,069,105,220  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

2


MML American Funds Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

    Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 100.1%

 

American Funds Growth Fund, Class 1

    2,291,293      $ 187,473,626  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $161,515,090)
       187,473,626  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $161,515,090)
       187,473,626  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $161,515,090) (a)
       187,473,626  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (209,132
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 187,264,494  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

3


MML American Funds International Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 100.1%

 

American Funds International Fund, Class 1

     3,101,139      $ 62,860,079  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $57,873,539)
        62,860,079  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $57,873,539)
        62,860,079  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $57,873,539) (a)
        62,860,079  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%         (89,386
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 62,770,693  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

4


MML Balanced Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 49.9%

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,003,948      $ 17,097,237  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,664,497        19,075,139  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III (a)

     559,453        18,154,266  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     498,187        2,894,464  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,528,028        16,334,617  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II (a)

     995,144        10,966,489  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II (a)

     1,305,170        18,598,673  

MML Global Fund, Class I (a)

     1,481,462        17,273,844  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,936,371        19,073,253  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     1,220,013        13,029,743  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     511,261        5,613,642  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     917,304        14,731,900  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,481,941        16,301,352  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class (a)

     289,470        4,674,195  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II (a)

     424,865        7,316,178  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     353,688        4,597,942  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     61,470        5,189,939  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     233,750        10,560,840  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     4,251,829        42,220,664  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     5,194,190        12,362,172  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     204,945        6,371,737  
     

 

 

 
        282,438,286  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds — 50.2%

 

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II (a)

     6,920,221        67,402,948  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II (a)

     1,588,975        15,778,520  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     2,057,162        20,365,900  
    Number of
Shares
     Value  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class (a)

    7,843,534      $ 94,698,959  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    2,674,998        26,000,982  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    5,984,668        59,906,527  
    

 

 

 
       284,153,836  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $577,304,480)
       566,592,122  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $577,304,480)
       566,592,122  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $577,304,480) (b)
       566,592,122  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (432,233
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 566,159,889  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

5


MML Blue Chip Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.9%

 

COMMON STOCK — 99.7%

 

Basic Materials — 0.4%

 

Chemicals — 0.4%

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     1,200      $ 200,460  

DowDuPont, Inc.

     2,293        147,463  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     3,231        1,470,783  
     

 

 

 
        1,818,706  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 30.4%

 

Internet — 30.3%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR (a)

     72,685        11,975,581  

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     5,579        6,734,299  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     13,942        16,639,359  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     23,062        46,193,186  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

     6,890        13,669,760  

Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (a)

     1,540        57,242  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     95,957        15,781,088  

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

     223        48,329  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     13,288        4,971,439  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     157,200        6,495,852  
     

 

 

 
        122,566,135  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 0.1%

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     2,800        364,392  
     

 

 

 
        122,930,527  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 7.8%

 

Airlines — 1.6%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     10,285        708,225  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     65,567        2,709,884  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     29,600        1,711,768  

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     14,800        1,318,088  
     

 

 

 
        6,447,965  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.8%

 

Ferrari NV

     3,395        464,810  

Tesla, Inc. (a)

     11,016        2,916,706  
     

 

 

 
        3,381,516  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.4%

 

Aptiv PLC

     21,000        1,761,900  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.7%

 

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     7,547        433,424  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     16,972        2,205,342  
     

 

 

 
        2,638,766  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Lodging — 1.4%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     17,082      $ 1,379,884  

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     27,334        3,608,908  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     5,051        641,780  
     

 

 

 
        5,630,572  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 2.9%

 

Dollar General Corp.

     30,086        3,288,400  

The Home Depot, Inc.

     8,413        1,742,753  

McDonald’s Corp.

     2,452        410,195  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     144        50,014  

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

     11,320        671,049  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     36,747        3,641,628  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     400        112,848  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     20,770        1,888,201  
     

 

 

 
        11,805,088  
     

 

 

 
        31,665,807  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 22.0%

 

Agriculture — 0.0%

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     500        40,770  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.0%

 

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A

     300        64,686  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 2.8%

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     29,623        4,117,893  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     66        23,318  

Celgene Corp. (a)

     608        54,410  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     226        82,956  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     35,540        6,849,980  
     

 

 

 
        11,128,557  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.9%

 

Cintas Corp.

     2,304        455,754  

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     1,881        791,600  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

     4,881        1,112,087  

Global Payments, Inc.

     33,290        4,241,146  

IHS Markit Ltd. (a)

     1,148        61,946  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     64,147        5,634,672  

S&P Global, Inc.

     7,135        1,394,108  

Worldpay, Inc. Class A (a)

     22,484        2,276,955  
     

 

 

 
        15,968,268  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 7.6%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     10,928        801,678  

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

     30,996        8,089,956  

Danaher Corp.

     34,686        3,768,981  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     11,494        6,597,556  

Stryker Corp.

     41,155        7,312,420  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     16,986        4,145,943  
     

 

 

 
        30,716,534  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

6


MML Blue Chip Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Health Care – Services — 7.3%

 

Anthem, Inc.

     18,785      $ 5,148,029  

Centene Corp. (a)

     15,056        2,179,808  

Cigna Corp.

     28,921        6,022,798  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     4,760        662,211  

Humana, Inc.

     7,279        2,464,087  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     43,919        11,684,211  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     3,635        1,164,981  
     

 

 

 
        29,326,125  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     18,556        1,316,363  

Zoetis, Inc.

     1,700        155,652  
     

 

 

 
        1,472,015  
     

 

 

 
        88,716,955  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 13.4%

 

Banks — 2.5%

 

Citigroup, Inc.

     1,700        121,958  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     25,900        2,922,556  

Morgan Stanley

     106,412        4,955,607  

Northern Trust Corp.

     1,700        173,621  

State Street Corp.

     22,198        1,859,748  
     

 

 

 
        10,033,490  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 9.4%

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     400        59,064  

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     56,403        2,772,208  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     40,052        2,999,494  

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     53,934        12,006,248  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     5,900        543,095  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     108,675        5,741,300  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     92,136        13,828,692  
     

 

 

 
        37,950,101  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.4%

 

American International Group, Inc.

     17,002        905,186  

Chubb Ltd.

     5,900        788,476  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     6,861        567,542  

The Progressive Corp.

     12,807        909,809  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     17,589        2,478,994  
     

 

 

 
        5,650,007  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.1%

 

American Tower Corp.

     2,646        384,464  

Equinix, Inc.

     109        47,185  
     

 

 

 
        431,649  
     

 

 

 
        54,065,247  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 8.0%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 4.7%

 

The Boeing Co.

     38,727        14,402,571  

Harris Corp.

     9,500        1,607,495  

L3 Technologies, Inc.

     1,000        212,620  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     8,103      $ 2,571,649  
     

 

 

 
        18,794,335  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.6%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     800        56,432  

Corning, Inc.

     10,325        364,472  

Fortive Corp.

     18,644        1,569,825  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     26,049        4,334,554  
     

 

 

 
        6,325,283  
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     4,072        596,304  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.7%

 

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     9,229        2,733,722  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 0.1%

 

Textron, Inc.

     5,353        382,579  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.0%

 

Ball Corp.

     2,721        119,697  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.8%

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     2,597        550,408  

CSX Corp.

     22,573        1,671,531  

FedEx Corp.

     227        54,659  

Kansas City Southern

     1,841        208,549  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     1,800        324,900  

Union Pacific Corp.

     2,500        407,075  
     

 

 

 
        3,217,122  
     

 

 

 
        32,169,042  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 17.4%

 

Computers — 1.0%

 

Apple, Inc.

     17,300        3,905,302  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 2.0%

 

ASML Holding NV

     300        56,406  

Broadcom, Inc.

     1,394        343,942  

Lam Research Corp.

     400        60,680  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     27,600        1,556,364  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     6,168        486,717  

NVIDIA Corp.

     8,271        2,324,316  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     23,136        2,482,261  

Xilinx, Inc.

     8,646        693,150  
     

 

 

 
        8,003,836  
     

 

 

 
Software — 14.4%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     26,501        2,204,618  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     13,298        1,602,276  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     17,973        1,960,315  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     38,655        3,184,399  

Intuit, Inc.

     27,082        6,158,447  

Microsoft Corp.

     187,617        21,457,756  

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     20,954        2,855,611  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     54,206        8,620,380  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     32,824        6,421,359  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

7


MML Blue Chip Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     2,000      $ 241,820  

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

     4,476        698,525  

Workday, Inc. Class A (a)

     19,316        2,819,750  
     

 

 

 
        58,225,256  
     

 

 

 
        70,134,394  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 0.3%

 

Electric — 0.3%

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     5,300        888,280  

Sempra Energy

     1,734        197,243  
     

 

 

 
        1,085,523  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $221,576,981)
        402,586,201  
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.2%

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 0.2%

 

Commercial Services — 0.2%

 

Ant International Co., Ltd. Class C (a) (b) (c)

     138,153        775,038  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $775,038)
        775,038  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $222,352,019)
        403,361,239  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $222,352,019)
        403,361,239  
     

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.6%

 

Mutual Fund — 0.0%

 

T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund,
0.010%, due 9/19/34

     1,041        1,041  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUND
(Cost $1,041)
        1,041  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
Repurchase Agreement — 0.6%      

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

   $ 2,672,290        2,672,290  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,673,331)
        2,673,331  
     

 

 

 
            Value  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.5%
(Cost $225,025,350) (e)
      $ 406,034,570  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.5)%         (2,163,602
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 403,870,968  
     

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $775,038 or 0.19% of net assets.

(c)

Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

Maturity value of $2,672,535. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $2,728,026.

(e)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

8


MML Conservative Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 40.0%

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     604,566      $ 10,295,761  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,004,962        11,516,870  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III (a)

     423,585        13,745,329  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     379,262        2,203,511  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class (a)

     853,269        9,121,450  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II (a)

     673,555        7,422,573  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II (a)

     774,462        11,036,083  

MML Global Fund, Class I (a)

     975,397        11,373,124  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,260,931        12,420,166  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     638,034        6,814,203  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     255,611        2,806,604  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     486,890        7,819,454  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     842,141        9,263,556  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class (a)

     145,312        2,346,419  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II (a)

     278,340        4,793,012  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     168,844        2,194,972  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     32,723        2,762,843  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     159,275        7,196,049  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     3,108,719        30,869,575  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     2,335,571        5,558,659  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     97,003        3,015,822  
     

 

 

 
        174,576,035  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds — 60.1%

 

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II (a)

     6,806,017        66,290,610  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II (a)

     1,415,506        14,055,980  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,837,061        18,186,899  
    Number of
Shares
     Value  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class (a)

    7,220,156      $ 87,172,598  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    2,261,609        21,982,839  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    5,506,648        55,121,544  
    

 

 

 
       262,810,470  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $445,287,603)
       437,386,505  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $445,287,603)
       437,386,505  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $445,287,603) (b)
       437,386,505  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (350,471
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 437,036,034  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

9


MML Equity Income Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.5%

 

COMMON STOCK — 96.1%

 

Basic Materials — 4.9%

 

Chemicals — 3.4%

 

Akzo Nobel NV

     7,977      $ 745,835  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     111,000        6,042,840  

DowDuPont, Inc.

     158,615        10,200,531  
     

 

 

 
        16,989,206  
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.9%

 

International Paper Co.

     90,300        4,438,245  
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.6%

 

Nucor Corp.

     45,700        2,899,665  
     

 

 

 
        24,327,116  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 8.8%

 

Media — 4.2%

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

     142,295        5,038,666  

News Corp. Class A

     260,486        3,435,810  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B

     231,400        10,602,748  

The Walt Disney Co.

     14,900        1,742,406  
     

 

 

 
        20,819,630  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 4.6%

 

AT&T, Inc.

     23,948        804,174  

CenturyLink, Inc.

     53,905        1,142,786  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     179,800        8,747,270  

Telefonica SA

     297,256        2,342,685  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     189,835        10,135,291  

Vodafone Group PLC

     45,482        97,512  
     

 

 

 
        23,269,718  
     

 

 

 
        44,089,348  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 5.4%

 

Airlines — 1.5%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     42,900        2,954,094  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     40,400        2,336,332  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     34,100        2,129,545  
     

 

 

 
        7,419,971  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.2%

 

PACCAR, Inc.

     14,000        954,660  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.3%

 

Adient PLC

     32,481        1,276,828  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.8%

 

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     71,900        4,265,827  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 2.1%

 

Kohl’s Corp.

     40,500        3,019,275  

L Brands, Inc.

     69,000        2,090,700  

Walmart, Inc.

     55,400        5,202,614  
     

 

 

 
        10,312,589  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.5%

 

Mattel, Inc.

     170,700      $ 2,679,990  
     

 

 

 
        26,909,865  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 19.3%

 

Agriculture — 1.7%

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     60,400        3,036,308  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     70,000        5,707,800  
     

 

 

 
        8,744,108  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.5%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

     24,300        2,716,740  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.3%

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     81,800        6,315,778  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 0.9%

 

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     171,154        4,734,120  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.2%

 

Coty, Inc. Class A

     76,073        955,477  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.8%

 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     58,300        1,980,451  

Kellogg Co.

     17,700        1,239,354  

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     94,700        5,637,491  
     

 

 

 
        8,857,296  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 2.0%

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

     8,000        2,088,000  

Medtronic PLC

     79,049        7,776,050  
     

 

 

 
        9,864,050  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 1.9%

 

Anthem, Inc.

     34,900        9,564,345  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 1.5%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     63,900        7,261,596  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 7.5%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     59,700        3,706,176  

CVS Health Corp.

     65,203        5,132,780  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     150,933        3,023,931  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC Sponsored ADR

     46,900        1,883,973  

Johnson & Johnson

     70,100        9,685,717  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     83,500        5,923,490  

Pfizer, Inc.

     190,454        8,393,308  
     

 

 

 
        37,749,375  
     

 

 

 
        96,762,885  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 10.3%

 

Oil & Gas — 9.1%

 

Apache Corp.

     83,986        4,003,613  

Chevron Corp.

     41,800        5,111,304  

EQT Corp.

     11,280        498,914  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     158,442        13,470,739  

Hess Corp.

     89,400        6,399,252  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

10


MML Equity Income Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     63,200      $ 5,193,144  

Total SA

     170,666        11,018,957  
     

 

 

 
        45,695,923  
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 1.2%

 

TransCanada Corp.

     141,400        5,721,044  
     

 

 

 
        51,416,967  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 26.9%

 

Banks — 16.5%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     24,677        726,984  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     71,100        3,625,389  

Citigroup, Inc.

     78,876        5,658,564  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     212,200        5,924,624  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     163,970        18,502,375  

KeyCorp

     169,966        3,380,624  

Morgan Stanley

     176,600        8,224,262  

Northern Trust Corp.

     13,300        1,358,329  

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     35,300        4,807,507  

State Street Corp.

     81,800        6,853,204  

US Bancorp

     164,200        8,671,402  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     282,100        14,827,176  
     

 

 

 
        82,560,440  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     6,200        915,492  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     129,000        3,922,890  
     

 

 

 
        4,838,382  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 6.9%

 

American International Group, Inc.

     127,095        6,766,538  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)

     72,426        3,204,126  

Chubb Ltd.

     54,871        7,332,960  

Loews Corp.

     105,563        5,302,429  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     26,800        2,216,896  

MetLife, Inc.

     157,200        7,344,384  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     15,541        2,190,349  
     

 

 

 
        34,357,682  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.5%

 

Equity Residential

     63,200        4,187,632  

Rayonier, Inc.

     85,641        2,895,523  

SL Green Realty Corp.

     30,021        2,927,948  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     86,571        2,793,646  
     

 

 

 
        12,804,749  
     

 

 

 
        134,561,253  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.2%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 3.6%

 

The Boeing Co.

     25,000        9,297,500  

Harris Corp.

     49,035        8,297,212  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     1,200        380,844  
     

 

 

 
        17,975,556  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Building Materials — 2.1%

 

Johnson Controls International PLC

     219,499      $ 7,682,465  

Vulcan Materials Co.

     25,400        2,824,480  
     

 

 

 
        10,506,945  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.8%

 

Emerson Electric Co.

     53,100        4,066,398  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.3%

 

nVent Electric PLC

     27,700        752,332  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     10,500        923,265  
     

 

 

 
        1,675,597  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.6%

 

Pentair PLC

     38,700        1,677,645  

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     23,002        1,349,757  
     

 

 

 
        3,027,402  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.1%

 

Flowserve Corp.

     14,892        814,444  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 0.4%

 

General Electric Co.

     142,800        1,612,212  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,500        211,680  
     

 

 

 
        1,823,892  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.3%

 

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     54,432        6,354,936  
     

 

 

 
        46,245,170  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 6.0%

 

Computers — 0.4%

 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     62,400        1,017,744  

Western Digital Corp.

     16,900        989,326  
     

 

 

 
        2,007,070  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.5%

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

     63,100        2,438,815  

NXP Semiconductor NV

     5,800        495,900  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     150,400        10,833,312  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     32,973        3,537,673  
     

 

 

 
        17,305,700  
     

 

 

 
Software — 2.1%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     91,700        10,487,729  
     

 

 

 
        29,800,499  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 5.3%

 

Electric — 4.1%

 

Duke Energy Corp.

     21,713        1,737,475  

Edison International

     54,250        3,671,640  

Evergy, Inc.

     40,100        2,202,292  

PG&E Corp.

     63,704        2,931,021  

Sempra Energy

     10,540        1,198,925  

The Southern Co.

     197,327        8,603,457  
     

 

 

 
        20,344,810  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

11


MML Equity Income Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Gas — 1.2%

 

NiSource, Inc.

     224,780      $ 5,601,517  

NiSource, Inc. (a) (b)

     20,142        501,939  
     

 

 

 
        6,103,456  
     

 

 

 
        26,448,266  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $382,465,019)
        480,561,369  
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 2.4%

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 0.9%

 

Health Care – Products — 0.9%

 

Becton Dickinson and Co. Convertible
6.125%

     63,549        4,153,562  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 1.5%

 

Electric — 1.5%

 

DTE Energy Co. Convertible
6.500%

     15,505        801,919  

NextEra Energy, Inc. Convertible
6.123%

     66,353        3,778,803  

Sempra Energy Convertible
6.000%

     22,022        2,220,699  

Sempra Energy Convertible
6.750%

     6,848        693,661  
     

 

 

 
        7,495,082  
     

 

 

 
        7,495,082  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $10,100,774)
        11,648,644  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $392,565,793)
        492,210,013  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 0.5%

 

CORPORATE DEBT — 0.5%

 

Insurance — 0.2%

 

AXA SA Convertible
7.250% 5/15/21 (c)

   $ 895,000        959,845  
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.3%

 

Mattel, Inc. (c)

     1,717,000        1,682,660  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $2,584,236)
        2,642,505  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $2,584,236)
        2,642,505  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $395,150,029)
        494,852,518  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.0%

 

Mutual Fund — 0.0%

 

T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund

     1,041      $ 1,041  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
Repurchase Agreement — 1.0%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

   $ 5,096,393        5,096,393  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,097,434)
        5,097,434  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $400,247,463) (e)
        499,949,952  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 0.0%         28,946  
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 499,978,898  
     

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $501,939 or 0.10% of net assets.

(c)

Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $2,642,505 or 0.53% of net assets.

(d)

Maturity value of $5,096,860. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $5,202,936.

(e)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

12


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 97.2%

 

COMMON STOCK — 97.2%

 

Basic Materials — 1.9%

 

Chemicals — 1.6%

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     6,542      $ 1,092,841  

Albemarle Corp.

     3,179        317,201  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     6,902        375,745  

DowDuPont, Inc.

     68,643        4,414,431  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     4,223        404,226  

FMC Corp.

     3,979        346,889  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     2,725        379,102  

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     9,509        974,768  

The Mosaic Co.

     10,692        347,276  

PPG Industries, Inc.

     7,193        784,972  

Praxair, Inc.

     8,563        1,376,331  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     2,435        1,108,436  
     

 

 

 
        11,922,218  
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%

 

International Paper Co.

     12,061        592,798  
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.1%

 

Nucor Corp.

     9,409        597,001  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.1%

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     43,098        599,924  

Newmont Mining Corp.

     15,778        476,496  
     

 

 

 
        1,076,420  
     

 

 

 
        14,188,437  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 14.3%

 

Advertising — 0.1%

 

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

     11,403        260,787  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     6,722        457,230  
     

 

 

 
        718,017  
     

 

 

 
Internet — 9.1%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     8,884        10,723,699  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     9,151        10,921,444  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     12,177        24,390,531  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,411        2,799,424  

eBay, Inc. (a)

     27,668        913,597  

Expedia Group, Inc.

     3,575        466,466  

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,808        360,551  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     71,681        11,788,657  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     12,943        4,842,365  

Symantec Corp.

     18,383        391,190  

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

     2,973        151,831  

Twitter, Inc. (a)

     21,404        609,158  

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     3,195        511,584  
     

 

 

 
        68,870,497  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Media — 2.1%

 

CBS Corp. Class B

     10,100      $ 580,245  

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

     5,307        1,729,445  

Comcast Corp. Class A

     135,825        4,809,563  

Discovery, Inc. Class A (a)

     4,616        147,712  

Discovery, Inc. Class C (a)

     10,700        316,506  

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a)

     6,772        242,167  

News Corp. Class A

     11,337        149,535  

News Corp. Class B

     3,597        48,919  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

     31,400        1,454,762  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B

     14,477        663,336  

Viacom, Inc. Class B

     10,440        352,455  

The Walt Disney Co.

     44,200        5,168,748  
     

 

 

 
        15,663,393  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 3.0%

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,537        408,627  

AT&T, Inc.

     215,832        7,247,639  

CenturyLink, Inc.

     28,259        599,091  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     135,889        6,611,000  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     10,327        309,500  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     4,796        624,151  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     122,795        6,556,025  
     

 

 

 
        22,356,033  
     

 

 

 
        107,607,940  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 8.1%

 

Airlines — 0.5%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     3,646        251,064  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     12,079        499,225  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     18,734        1,083,387  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     15,350        958,607  

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     6,816        607,033  
     

 

 

 
        3,399,316  
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.7%

 

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     10,659        196,445  

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     4,433        303,926  

NIKE, Inc. Class B

     38,065        3,224,867  

PVH Corp.

     2,279        329,088  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     1,647        226,545  

Under Armour, Inc. Class A (a)

     5,501        116,731  

Under Armour, Inc. Class C (a)

     5,571        108,412  

VF Corp.

     9,684        904,970  
     

 

 

 
        5,410,984  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.4%

 

Ford Motor Co.

     116,807        1,080,465  

General Motors Co.

     38,995        1,312,962  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

13


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

PACCAR, Inc.

     10,406      $ 709,585  
     

 

 

 
        3,103,012  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.1%

 

Aptiv PLC

     7,831        657,021  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     6,225        266,305  

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

     7,094        165,929  
     

 

 

 
        1,089,255  
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.2%

 

Fastenal Co.

     8,508        493,634  

LKQ Corp. (a)

     9,486        300,422  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

     1,351        482,861  
     

 

 

 
        1,276,917  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.1%

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

     10,158        428,465  

Lennar Corp. Class A

     8,696        406,016  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     7,769        192,438  
     

 

 

 
        1,026,919  
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.1%

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     3,883        170,037  

Whirlpool Corp.

     1,908        226,575  
     

 

 

 
        396,612  
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.0%

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

     12,934        262,560  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.3%

 

Carnival Corp.

     12,008        765,750  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     4,923        223,012  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     6,115        351,185  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     5,095        662,044  
     

 

 

 
        2,001,991  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.4%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     8,867        716,276  

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     8,561        1,130,309  

MGM Resorts International

     15,200        424,232  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     2,907        369,363  
     

 

 

 
        2,640,180  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 5.2%

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     2,190        368,643  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     789        612,027  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     7,254        575,677  

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     5,267        393,287  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

     723        328,618  

Copart, Inc. (a)

     6,133        316,033  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     13,037        3,062,131  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     3,662        407,178  

Dollar General Corp.

     7,894        862,814  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     7,033        573,541  

Foot Locker, Inc.

     3,494        178,124  

The Gap, Inc.

     6,418        185,159  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Genuine Parts Co.

     4,340      $ 431,396  

The Home Depot, Inc.

     33,998        7,042,686  

Kohl’s Corp.

     4,976        370,961  

L Brands, Inc.

     6,792        205,798  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     24,103        2,767,506  

Macy’s, Inc.

     9,061        314,689  

McDonald’s Corp.

     23,055        3,856,871  

Nordstrom, Inc.

     3,474        207,780  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     2,394        831,484  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     11,199        1,109,821  

Starbucks Corp.

     40,093        2,278,886  

Tapestry, Inc.

     8,513        427,948  

Target Corp.

     15,643        1,379,869  

Tiffany & Co.

     3,241        417,992  

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     18,639        2,087,941  

Tractor Supply Co.

     3,610        328,077  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     1,691        477,065  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     25,081        1,828,405  

Walmart, Inc.

     42,653        4,005,543  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     9,429        857,190  
     

 

 

 
        39,091,140  
     

 

 

 
Textiles — 0.0%

 

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

     1,875        328,781  
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%

 

Hasbro, Inc.

     3,480        365,817  

Mattel, Inc.

     10,174        159,732  
     

 

 

 
        525,549  
     

 

 

 
        60,553,216  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 21.6%

 

Agriculture — 1.1%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

     55,979        3,376,093  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     16,740        841,520  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     46,203        3,767,393  
     

 

 

 
        7,985,006  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 1.6%

 

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B

     5,021        253,811  

The Coca-Cola Co.

     113,756        5,254,390  

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A

     4,969        1,071,416  

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

     5,630        346,245  

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     11,839        689,977  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     42,038        4,699,848  
     

 

 

 
        12,315,687  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 2.2%

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     6,664        926,363  

Amgen, Inc.

     19,228        3,985,772  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     5,986        2,114,914  

Celgene Corp. (a)

     20,906        1,870,878  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     38,594        2,979,843  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     4,376        1,606,254  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

14


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Incyte Corp. (a)

     5,204      $ 359,492  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,314        934,948  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,593        1,463,475  
     

 

 

 
        16,241,939  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.9%

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     13,029        1,962,949  

Cintas Corp.

     2,557        505,800  

Ecolab, Inc.

     7,552        1,184,003  

Equifax, Inc.

     3,558        464,568  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

     2,651        604,004  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

     2,699        427,791  

Global Payments, Inc.

     4,719        601,201  

H&R Block, Inc.

     6,148        158,311  

IHS Markit Ltd. (a)

     10,534        568,415  

Moody’s Corp.

     4,938        825,634  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     10,599        293,168  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     35,184        3,090,563  

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     4,426        147,740  

Robert Half International, Inc.

     3,655        257,239  

Rollins, Inc.

     2,918        177,093  

S&P Global, Inc.

     7,480        1,461,517  

Total System Services, Inc.

     5,009        494,589  

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     2,473        404,583  

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

     4,901        590,815  

The Western Union Co.

     13,089        249,476  
     

 

 

 
        14,469,459  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 1.2%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     25,801        1,727,377  

Coty, Inc. Class A

     13,187        165,629  

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

     6,696        973,063  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     73,949        6,154,775  
     

 

 

 
        9,020,844  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.2%

 

Campbell Soup Co.

     5,691        208,461  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     11,638        395,343  

General Mills, Inc.

     17,763        762,388  

The Hershey Co.

     4,133        421,566  

Hormel Foods Corp.

     7,988        314,727  

The J.M. Smucker Co.

     3,360        344,770  

Kellogg Co.

     7,543        528,161  

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     18,499        1,019,480  

The Kroger Co.

     23,688        689,558  

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     3,587        472,587  

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     43,628        1,874,259  

Sysco Corp.

     14,177        1,038,465  

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     8,802        523,983  
     

 

 

 
        8,593,748  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 3.6%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     52,132        3,824,404  

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

     1,334        599,966  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     2,173        850,121  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Baxter International, Inc.

     14,775      $ 1,139,005  

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

     7,953        2,075,733  

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     41,110        1,582,735  

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

     1,450        401,867  

Danaher Corp.

     18,301        1,988,587  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

     6,727        253,877  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     6,234        1,085,339  

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

     4,556        387,397  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

     8,075        330,913  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     2,569        641,377  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     3,381        1,940,694  

Medtronic PLC

     40,157        3,950,244  

ResMed, Inc.

     4,222        486,965  

Stryker Corp.

     9,227        1,639,453  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     11,966        2,920,661  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     2,706        302,883  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     6,012        790,398  
     

 

 

 
        27,192,619  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.6%

 

Aetna, Inc.

     9,724        1,972,513  

Anthem, Inc.

     7,727        2,117,584  

Centene Corp. (a)

     6,069        878,670  

Cigna Corp.

     7,245        1,508,771  

DaVita, Inc. (a)

     3,778        270,618  

Envision Healthcare Corp. (a)

     3,582        163,805  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     8,023        1,116,160  

Humana, Inc.

     4,102        1,388,609  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,787        621,065  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

     3,026        525,556  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     4,017        433,475  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     28,604        7,609,808  

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

     2,578        329,572  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     1,490        477,530  
     

 

 

 
        19,413,736  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.3%

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

     2,604        282,143  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     7,238        429,720  

The Clorox Co.

     3,831        576,221  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     10,332        1,174,129  
     

 

 

 
        2,462,213  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

     45,000        4,256,100  

Allergan PLC

     9,483        1,806,322  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     4,811        443,670  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     48,508        3,011,377  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     9,189        496,206  

CVS Health Corp.

     30,261        2,382,146  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     28,400        3,047,604  

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     16,719        1,588,472  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

15


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Johnson & Johnson

     79,726      $ 11,015,741  

McKesson Corp.

     5,901        782,768  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     79,032        5,606,530  

Mylan NV (a)

     15,246        558,004  

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

     5,126        312,481  

Perrigo Co. PLC

     3,809        269,677  

Pfizer, Inc.

     174,185        7,676,333  

Zoetis, Inc.

     14,311        1,310,315  
     

 

 

 
        44,563,746  
     

 

 

 
        162,258,997  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 5.8%

 

Oil & Gas — 4.8%

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     15,235        1,026,991  

Andeavor

     4,112        631,192  

Apache Corp.

     11,303        538,814  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     13,354        300,732  

Chevron Corp.

     56,938        6,962,379  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     2,823        262,370  

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     5,954        909,473  

ConocoPhillips

     34,474        2,668,288  

Devon Energy Corp.

     15,134        604,452  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     17,211        2,195,607  

EQT Corp.

     7,854        347,382  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     125,820        10,697,216  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     3,220        221,439  

Hess Corp.

     7,491        536,206  

HollyFrontier Corp.

     4,818        336,778  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     25,235        587,471  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     13,404        1,071,918  

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     5,908        170,328  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     14,329        446,921  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     22,776        1,871,504  

Phillips 66

     12,691        1,430,530  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     5,041        878,092  

Valero Energy Corp.

     12,745        1,449,744  
     

 

 

 
        36,145,827  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.6%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co.

     12,316        416,650  

Halliburton Co.

     26,169        1,060,630  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     11,299        486,761  

Schlumberger Ltd.

     41,140        2,506,249  

TechnipFMC PLC

     12,838        401,187  
     

 

 

 
        4,871,477  
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.4%

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     56,667        1,004,706  

ONEOK, Inc.

     12,303        834,020  

The Williams Cos., Inc.

     35,947        977,399  
     

 

 

 
        2,816,125  
     

 

 

 
        43,833,429  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Financial — 17.1%

 

Banks — 6.8%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     276,049      $ 8,132,403  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     27,324        1,393,251  

BB&T Corp.

     23,064        1,119,526  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     14,219        1,349,810  

Citigroup, Inc.

     74,794        5,365,721  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     14,086        543,297  

Comerica, Inc.

     5,085        458,667  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     19,844        554,044  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     10,433        2,339,496  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     32,685        487,660  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     99,874        11,269,782  

KeyCorp

     31,402        624,586  

M&T Bank Corp.

     4,296        706,864  

Morgan Stanley

     39,383        1,834,066  

Northern Trust Corp.

     6,632        677,326  

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     13,801        1,879,558  

Regions Financial Corp.

     32,691        599,880  

State Street Corp.

     11,273        944,452  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     13,749        918,296  

SVB Financial Group (a)

     1,567        487,071  

US Bancorp

     45,507        2,403,225  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     128,819        6,770,727  

Zions Bancorp

     5,831        292,425  
     

 

 

 
        51,152,133  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.8%

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

     1,607        219,709  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

     1,426        336,764  

American Express Co.

     20,985        2,234,693  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     4,209        621,501  

BlackRock, Inc.

     3,648        1,719,412  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     3,327        319,259  

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     35,733        1,756,277  

CME Group, Inc.

     10,129        1,724,057  

Discover Financial Services

     10,194        779,331  

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     7,806        408,956  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     9,089        276,396  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     17,004        1,273,429  

Invesco Ltd.

     12,149        277,969  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

     8,536        187,451  

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     27,119        6,036,961  

Nasdaq, Inc.

     3,457        296,611  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     3,949        363,505  

Synchrony Financial

     20,270        629,992  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     7,254        791,992  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     52,830        7,929,255  
     

 

 

 
        28,183,520  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.9%

 

Aflac, Inc.

     22,897        1,077,762  

The Allstate Corp.

     10,269        1,013,550  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

16


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

American International Group, Inc.

     26,365      $ 1,403,673  

Aon PLC

     7,232        1,112,137  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     5,391        401,306  

Assurant, Inc.

     1,567        169,158  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

     57,923        12,401,893  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)

     3,543        156,742  

Chubb Ltd.

     13,777        1,841,158  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     4,547        349,255  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     1,212        276,906  

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     10,593        529,226  

Lincoln National Corp.

     6,469        437,693  

Loews Corp.

     8,208        412,288  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     15,007        1,241,379  

MetLife, Inc.

     29,530        1,379,642  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     7,878        461,572  

The Progressive Corp.

     17,369        1,233,894  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     12,423        1,258,698  

Torchmark Corp.

     3,125        270,906  

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     7,917        1,026,914  

Unum Group

     6,543        255,635  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     3,900        549,666  
     

 

 

 
        29,261,053  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.1%

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A (a)

     9,405        414,760  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.5%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     3,128        393,471  

American Tower Corp.

     13,130        1,907,789  

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A

     4,642        204,851  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     4,137        749,417  

Boston Properties, Inc.

     4,563        561,660  

Crown Castle International Corp.

     12,357        1,375,705  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     6,090        685,003  

Duke Realty Corp.

     10,546        299,190  

Equinix, Inc.

     2,372        1,026,815  

Equity Residential

     11,029        730,781  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     1,952        481,578  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     3,727        322,907  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     2,163        273,555  

HCP, Inc.

     13,884        365,427  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     21,918        462,470  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     8,603        296,976  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     12,560        210,254  

The Macerich Co.

     3,209        177,426  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     3,360        336,605  

Prologis, Inc.

     18,758        1,271,605  

Public Storage

     4,479        903,101  

Realty Income Corp.

     8,574        487,775  

Regency Centers Corp.

     5,020        324,643  

SBA Communications Corp. (a)

     3,406        547,106  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     9,213      $ 1,628,398  

SL Green Realty Corp.

     2,612        254,748  

UDR, Inc.

     7,898        319,316  

Ventas, Inc.

     10,535        572,893  

Vornado Realty Trust

     5,113        373,249  

Welltower, Inc.

     10,999        707,456  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     22,677        731,787  
     

 

 

 
        18,983,957  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.0%

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     10,293        176,216  
     

 

 

 
        128,171,639  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.2%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%

 

Arconic, Inc.

     12,569        276,644  

The Boeing Co.

     15,876        5,904,284  

General Dynamics Corp.

     8,273        1,693,649  

Harris Corp.

     3,512        594,265  

L3 Technologies, Inc.

     2,321        493,491  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     7,376        2,551,801  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     5,189        1,646,833  

Raytheon Co.

     8,496        1,755,783  

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     4,857        682,263  

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

     1,442        536,857  

United Technologies Corp.

     22,339        3,123,216  
     

 

 

 
        19,259,086  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.3%

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     4,316        225,985  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     27,395        958,825  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     1,862        338,791  

Masco Corp.

     9,183        336,098  

Vulcan Materials Co.

     3,909        434,681  
     

 

 

 
        2,294,380  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.3%

 

AMETEK, Inc.

     6,849        541,893  

Emerson Electric Co.

     18,636        1,427,145  
     

 

 

 
        1,969,038  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.3%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     9,463        667,520  

Allegion PLC

     2,809        254,411  

Amphenol Corp. Class A

     8,916        838,282  

Corning, Inc.

     24,107        850,977  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     4,059        249,507  

Fortive Corp.

     9,186        773,461  

Garmin Ltd.

     3,604        252,460  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     22,092        3,676,109  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     751        457,344  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     3,272        318,268  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     10,356        910,603  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

17


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Waters Corp. (a)

     2,317      $ 451,074  
     

 

 

 
        9,700,016  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%

 

Fluor Corp.

     4,159        241,638  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     3,565        272,722  
     

 

 

 
        514,360  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.2%

 

Pentair PLC

     4,801        208,123  

Republic Services, Inc.

     6,463        469,602  

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     2,532        148,578  

Waste Management, Inc.

     11,766        1,063,176  
     

 

 

 
        1,889,479  
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%

 

Snap-on, Inc.

     1,674        307,347  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     4,564        668,352  
     

 

 

 
        975,699  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.4%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

     17,684        2,696,633  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.6%

 

Cummins, Inc.

     4,460        651,472  

Deere & Co.

     9,524        1,431,743  

Dover Corp.

     4,386        388,293  

Flowserve Corp.

     3,870        211,650  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     3,661        686,511  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     3,083        913,215  

Xylem, Inc.

     5,322        425,068  
     

 

 

 
        4,707,952  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 1.5%

 

3M Co.

     17,425        3,671,622  

A.O. Smith Corp.

     4,291        229,011  

Eaton Corp. PLC

     12,934        1,121,766  

General Electric Co.

     258,305        2,916,263  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     9,159        1,292,518  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     7,334        750,268  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     3,933        723,397  

Textron, Inc.

     7,380        527,448  
     

 

 

 
        11,232,293  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.2%

 

Ball Corp.

     10,329        454,373  

Packaging Corp. of America

     2,791        306,145  

Sealed Air Corp.

     4,766        191,355  

WestRock Co.

     7,585        405,342  
     

 

 

 
        1,357,215  
     

 

 

 
Shipbuilding — 0.0%

 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     1,277        327,014  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.6%

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     4,118        403,234  

CSX Corp.

     24,255        1,796,083  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     5,166      $ 379,856  

FedEx Corp.

     7,230        1,740,912  

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     2,615        311,028  

Kansas City Southern

     3,035        343,805  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     8,303        1,498,691  

Union Pacific Corp.

     21,981        3,579,166  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     20,609        2,406,101  
     

 

 

 
        12,458,876  
     

 

 

 
        69,382,041  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 16.5%

 

Computers — 5.8%

 

Accenture PLC Class A

     19,021        3,237,374  

Apple, Inc.

     136,375        30,785,292  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

     17,199        1,326,903  

DXC Technology Co.

     8,315        777,619  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     43,745        713,481  

HP, Inc.

     47,025        1,211,834  

International Business Machines Corp.

     27,127        4,101,874  

NetApp, Inc.

     7,710        662,212  

Seagate Technology PLC

     7,769        367,862  

Western Digital Corp.

     8,664        507,191  
     

 

 

 
        43,691,642  
     

 

 

 
Office & Business Equipment — 0.0%

 

Xerox Corp.

     6,684        180,334  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.8%

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     25,503        787,788  

Analog Devices, Inc.

     11,079        1,024,364  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     29,229        1,129,701  

Broadcom, Inc.

     12,831        3,165,793  

Intel Corp.

     137,047        6,480,953  

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

     1,049        163,717  

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     4,610        468,883  

Lam Research Corp.

     4,687        711,018  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     6,952        548,582  

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     34,524        1,561,521  

NVIDIA Corp.

     18,072        5,078,593  

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

     3,741        287,645  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     41,804        3,011,142  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     5,270        478,042  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     28,954        3,106,475  

Xilinx, Inc.

     7,495        600,874  
     

 

 

 
        28,605,091  
     

 

 

 
Software — 6.9%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     22,677        1,886,500  

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     14,566        3,932,092  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     5,047        369,188  

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     2,485        463,900  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     6,481        1,011,749  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

18


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     3,487      $ 460,110  

CA, Inc.

     9,241        407,990  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     8,339        377,923  

Cerner Corp. (a)

     9,795        630,896  

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     3,808        423,297  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     9,075        1,093,447  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     9,790        1,067,795  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     11,985        987,324  

Intuit, Inc.

     7,700        1,750,980  

Microsoft Corp.

     227,926        26,067,897  

MSCI, Inc.

     2,633        467,121  

Oracle Corp.

     84,038        4,332,999  

Paychex, Inc.

     9,458        696,582  

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     5,255        716,151  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     22,511        3,579,924  

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

     4,408        434,673  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     3,383        466,820  
     

 

 

 
        51,625,358  
     

 

 

 
        124,102,425  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.7%

 

Electric — 2.6%

 

AES Corp.

     19,562        273,868  

Alliant Energy Corp.

     6,849        291,562  

Ameren Corp.

     7,207        455,626  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     14,736        1,044,488  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     14,626        404,409  

CMS Energy Corp.

     8,354        409,346  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     9,190        700,186  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     19,456        1,367,368  

DTE Energy Co.

     5,367        585,701  

Duke Energy Corp.

     21,229        1,698,745  

Edison International

     9,637        652,232  

Entergy Corp.

     5,347        433,802  

Evergy, Inc.

     8,022        440,568  

Eversource Energy

     9,373        575,877  

Exelon Corp.

     28,780        1,256,535  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     14,513        539,448  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     14,027        2,350,925  

NRG Energy, Inc.

     9,126        341,312  

PG&E Corp.

     15,275        702,803  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     3,311        262,165  

PPL Corp.

     21,007        614,665  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     15,131        798,765  

SCANA Corp.

     4,219        164,077  

Sempra Energy

     8,144        926,380  

The Southern Co.

     30,186        1,316,110  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     9,333        623,071  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     15,050        710,510  
     

 

 

 
     19,940,544  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value  
Gas — 0.0%

 

NiSource, Inc.

    10,907     $ 271,802  
   

 

 

 
Water — 0.1%

 

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    5,383       473,543  
   

 

 

 
    20,685,889  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $409,789,230)
      730,784,013  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $409,789,230)
      730,784,013  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $409,789,230)
      730,784,013  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.8%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 2.6%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18,
1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

  $ 19,661,471       19,661,471  
   

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Bill — 0.2%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.000% 1/10/19 (c)

    1,085,000       1,078,387  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $20,740,096)
      20,739,858  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $430,529,326) (d)
      751,523,871  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 0.0%       97,684  
   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $ 751,621,555  
   

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $19,663,274. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $20,057,085.

(c)

A portion of this security is pledged/held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).

(d)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

19


MML Equity Index Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Futures contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

     Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value/ Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Long            

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     12/21/18        145      $ 21,035,856      $ 126,894  
           

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

20


MML Focused Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.7%

 

COMMON STOCK — 98.7%

 

Basic Materials — 3.0%

 

Chemicals — 3.0%

 

Praxair, Inc.

     11,619      $ 1,867,522  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 17.8%

 

Apparel — 5.0%

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

     37,220        3,153,278  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 12.8%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     10,748        2,524,490  

McDonald’s Corp.

     15,122        2,529,759  

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     26,721        2,993,287  
     

 

 

 
        8,047,536  
     

 

 

 
        11,200,814  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 24.9%

 

Beverages — 10.8%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

     47,925        2,213,656  

Diageo PLC

     70,712        2,504,220  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     18,371        2,053,878  
     

 

 

 
        6,771,754  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 3.5%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     32,933        2,204,864  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 4.6%

 

Medtronic PLC

     28,977        2,850,467  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.0%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     4,798        1,276,460  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 4.0%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     40,734        2,528,767  
     

 

 

 
        15,632,312  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 28.5%

 

Banks — 4.2%

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     19,402        2,642,359  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 9.5%

 

American Express Co.

     24,867        2,648,087  

BlackRock, Inc.

     2,630        1,239,598  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     13,623        2,044,676  
     

 

 

 
        5,932,361  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 7.2%

 

Chubb Ltd.

     20,032        2,677,077  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     22,602        1,869,637  
     

 

 

 
        4,546,714  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 7.6%

 

American Tower Corp.

     15,327        2,227,013  

Public Storage

     12,602        2,540,941  
     

 

 

 
        4,767,954  
     

 

 

 
        17,889,388  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Industrial — 17.0%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 4.8%

 

General Dynamics Corp.

     7,024      $ 1,437,954  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     4,570        1,581,037  
     

 

 

 
        3,018,991  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 12.2%

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

     33,405        2,997,437  

Union Pacific Corp.

     17,291        2,815,494  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     16,186        1,889,715  
     

 

 

 
        7,702,646  
     

 

 

 
        10,721,637  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 7.5%

 

Computers — 3.5%

 

Accenture PLC Class A

     12,921        2,199,154  
     

 

 

 
Software — 4.0%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     21,968        2,512,480  
     

 

 

 
        4,711,634  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $53,262,675)
        62,023,307  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $53,262,675)
        62,023,307  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $53,262,675)
        62,023,307  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.9%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.9%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (a)

   $ 1,174,548        1,174,548  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,174,548)
        1,174,548  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.6%
(Cost $54,437,223) (b)
        63,197,855  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.6)%         (346,652
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 62,851,203  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Focused Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Maturity value of $1,174,655. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,201,287.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

22


MML Foreign Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 96.6%

 

COMMON STOCK — 96.6%

 

Canada — 1.9%

 

Alamos Gold, Inc. Class A (a)

     306,210      $ 1,411,629  

Husky Energy, Inc.

     207,400        3,641,723  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

     96,200        1,683,212  
     

 

 

 
        6,736,564  
     

 

 

 
Cayman Islands — 4.2%

 

Baidu, Inc. Sponsored ADR (b)

     20,070        4,589,607  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     452,254        3,374,854  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     425,754        4,881,659  

NetEase, Inc. ADR

     7,300        1,666,225  
     

 

 

 
        14,512,345  
     

 

 

 
China — 3.3%

 

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H

     1,467,000        3,311,176  

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. Class H

     11,037,643        5,475,471  

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. Class H

     568,800        2,787,740  
     

 

 

 
        11,574,387  
     

 

 

 
Denmark — 1.3%

 

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

     66,972        4,523,448  
     

 

 

 
France — 9.9%

 

AXA SA

     181,650        4,876,949  

BNP Paribas SA

     126,561        7,734,869  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     84,080        3,625,821  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

     27,433        3,275,290  

Credit Agricole SA

     112,057        1,609,872  

Sanofi

     74,190        6,617,727  

Total SA

     51,453        3,322,035  

Veolia Environnement SA

     172,122        3,433,421  
     

 

 

 
        34,495,984  
     

 

 

 
Germany — 11.5%

 

Bayer AG Registered

     60,663        5,388,900  

E.ON SE

     486,062        4,954,927  

HeidelbergCement AG

     46,022        3,597,398  

Infineon Technologies AG

     241,765        5,493,002  

Innogy SE (b)

     18,831        799,156  

LANXESS AG

     59,730        4,374,569  

Merck KGaA

     50,900        5,259,549  

MorphoSys AG (b)

     14,383        1,538,058  

Siemens AG Registered

     42,985        5,503,969  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

     788,417        3,332,942  
     

 

 

 
        40,242,470  
     

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 2.6%

 

AIA Group Ltd.

     485,200        4,335,130  

China Mobile Ltd.

     480,000        4,710,853  
     

 

 

 
        9,045,983  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Ireland — 2.6%

 

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

     572,268      $ 4,381,390  

CRH PLC

     141,012        4,609,825  
     

 

 

 
        8,991,215  
     

 

 

 
Israel — 1.8%

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Sponsored ADR

     295,568        6,366,535  
     

 

 

 
Italy — 2.6%

 

Eni SpA

     350,704        6,614,385  

UniCredit SpA

     160,689        2,409,192  
     

 

 

 
        9,023,577  
     

 

 

 
Japan — 12.6%

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     356,700        6,223,080  

IHI Corp.

     66,500        2,519,553  

Inpex Corp.

     304,100        3,785,084  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

     173,300        4,102,321  

Omron Corp.

     67,500        2,851,468  

Panasonic Corp.

     345,400        4,024,306  

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

     7,400        2,198,580  

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

     84,600        3,768,097  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     57,700        5,826,873  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

     44,200        1,550,526  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     121,700        1,826,644  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     129,100        5,456,063  
     

 

 

 
        44,132,595  
     

 

 

 
Luxembourg — 1.5%

 

SES SA

     246,017        5,396,342  
     

 

 

 
Netherlands — 5.5%

 

Akzo Nobel NV

     32,182        3,008,959  

ING Groep NV

     364,978        4,731,763  

NN Group NV

     63,590        2,832,759  

NXP Semiconductor NV

     29,000        2,479,500  

QIAGEN NV (b)

     81,562        3,087,031  

SBM Offshore NV

     159,233        2,881,589  
     

 

 

 
        19,021,601  
     

 

 

 
Norway — 1.1%

 

Yara International ASA

     77,872        3,816,653  
     

 

 

 
Republic of Korea — 4.6%

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     79,353        3,186,901  

KB Financial Group, Inc. ADR

     64,016        3,090,692  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     235,300        9,854,896  
     

 

 

 
        16,132,489  
     

 

 

 
Singapore — 1.4%

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     2,089,100        4,946,097  
     

 

 

 
Sweden — 0.5%

 

Getinge AB Class B

     146,444        1,683,960  
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 5.9%

 

Landis+Gyr Group AG (a) (b)

     25,523        1,704,708  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

23


MML Foreign Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Novartis AG Registered

     59,896      $ 5,160,546  

Roche Holding AG

     27,562        6,669,434  

UBS Group AG Registered (b)

     436,187        6,879,114  
     

 

 

 
        20,413,802  
     

 

 

 
Taiwan — 1.6%

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     641,275        5,475,495  
     

 

 

 
Thailand — 1.5%

 

Bangkok Bank PCL Foreign Registered

     792,100        5,340,523  
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 18.7%

 

BAE Systems PLC

     428,534        3,514,854  

Barclays PLC

     1,525,803        3,411,316  

BP PLC

     1,281,535        9,832,365  

Cobham PLC (b)

     1,698,528        2,584,553  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     87,969        1,762,452  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     578,800        5,094,644  

Johnson Matthey PLC

     96,470        4,473,105  

Kingfisher PLC

     998,111        3,354,295  

LivaNova PLC (b)

     24,430        3,028,587  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

     2,397        82,284  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B

     270,523        9,467,109  

Shire PLC

     89,624        5,407,229  

Standard Chartered PLC

     730,507        6,049,755  

Travis Perkins PLC

     149,165        2,068,560  

Vodafone Group PLC Sponsored ADR

     236,983        5,142,531  
     

 

 

 
        65,273,639  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $300,255,515)
        337,145,704  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $300,255,515)
        337,145,704  
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.6%

 

United States — 0.6%

 

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

     1,989,933        1,989,933  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,989,933)
        1,989,933  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $302,245,448)
        339,135,637  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.8%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 2.8%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

   $ 9,823,212      $ 9,823,212  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $9,823,212)
        9,823,212  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $312,068,660) (e)
        348,958,849  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.0)%         (89,981
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 348,868,868  
     

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $1,896,581 or 0.54% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(d)

Maturity value of $9,824,112. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $10,021,512.

(e)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

24


MML Fundamental Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 100.1%

 

COMMON STOCK — 100.1%

 

Basic Materials — 1.6%

 

Chemicals — 0.7%

 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     15,396      $ 838,158  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.9%

 

Rio Tinto PLC Sponsored ADR

     18,769        957,595  
     

 

 

 
        1,795,753  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 17.1%

 

Internet — 15.4%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR (a)

     1,881        309,913  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     5,136        6,129,662  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     3,290        6,589,870  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

     859        1,704,256  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     7,859        1,292,491  

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     7,439        1,191,133  

Yandex NV Class A (a)

     10,766        354,094  
     

 

 

 
        17,571,419  
     

 

 

 
Media — 0.6%

 

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     3,374        754,797  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.1%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     25,952        1,262,565  
     

 

 

 
        19,588,781  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 12.1%

 

Apparel — 2.1%

 

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     6,973        478,069  

NIKE, Inc. Class B

     22,180        1,879,089  
     

 

 

 
        2,357,158  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.3%

 

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     6,151        364,939  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 9.7%

 

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     3,934        1,159,743  

The Home Depot, Inc.

     15,201        3,148,887  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     4,746        544,936  

McDonald’s Corp.

     8,214        1,374,120  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     4,076        1,415,677  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     13,011        1,289,390  

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     19,265        2,158,065  
     

 

 

 
        11,090,818  
     

 

 

 
        13,812,915  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 21.6%

 

Beverages — 0.7%

 

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     14,688        856,017  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.9%

 

Amgen, Inc.

     7,794        1,615,618  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     6,993        539,930  
     

 

 

 
        2,155,548  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Commercial Services — 7.7%

 

Experian PLC

     20,430      $ 524,696  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

     4,734        1,078,595  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

     4,209        667,126  

Global Payments, Inc.

     11,775        1,500,135  

IHS Markit Ltd. (a)

     19,946        1,076,286  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     17,492        1,536,497  

S&P Global, Inc.

     5,033        983,398  

Worldpay, Inc. Class A (a)

     14,580        1,476,517  
     

 

 

 
        8,843,250  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.4%

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     5,341        444,531  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.3%

 

The Kroger Co.

     9,800        285,278  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 5.5%

 

Baxter International, Inc.

     15,780        1,216,480  

Danaher Corp.

     13,225        1,437,029  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     11,650        2,028,265  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     6,524        1,592,378  
     

 

 

 
        6,274,152  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 3.6%

 

Aetna, Inc.

     6,382        1,294,589  

Anthem, Inc.

     5,943        1,628,679  

ICON PLC (a)

     7,826        1,203,247  
     

 

 

 
        4,126,515  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     27,843        1,728,493  
     

 

 

 
        24,713,784  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 4.5%

 

Oil & Gas — 2.8%

 

BP PLC Sponsored ADR

     27,396        1,262,956  

Chevron Corp.

     8,503        1,039,747  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     4,969        865,550  
     

 

 

 
        3,168,253  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.7%

 

Apergy Corp. (a)

     8,509        370,652  

Baker Hughes a GE Co.

     20,777        702,886  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     20,215        870,862  
     

 

 

 
        1,944,400  
     

 

 

 
        5,112,653  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 10.9%

 

Banks — 0.8%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     31,252        920,684  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 9.3%

 

American Express Co.

     16,089        1,713,318  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     19,115        1,431,522  

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     13,013        2,896,824  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

25


MML Fundamental Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     21,877      $ 1,155,762  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     22,920        3,440,063  
     

 

 

 
        10,637,489  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.8%

 

American Tower Corp.

     5,945        863,808  
     

 

 

 
     12,421,981  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 5.7%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%

 

Raytheon Co.

     8,578        1,772,729  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.7%

 

Emerson Electric Co.

     10,537        806,923  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.9%

 

Fortive Corp.

     11,960        1,007,032  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 1.3%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

     9,667        1,474,121  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.2%

 

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     4,789        1,418,550  
     

 

 

 
        6,479,355  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 26.6%

 

Computers — 6.6%

 

Apple, Inc.

     22,953        5,181,410  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

     9,557        1,124,572  

NetApp, Inc.

     15,083        1,295,479  
     

 

 

 
        7,601,461  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 2.4%

 

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     11,979        675,496  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     10,149        731,032  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     12,940        1,388,333  
     

 

 

 
        2,794,861  
     

 

 

 
Software — 17.6%

 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     6,290        1,697,986  

Atlassian Corp. PLC Class A (a)

     7,274        699,322  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     2,214        345,628  

Cerner Corp. (a)

     6,128        394,705  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     5,566        670,647  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     9,369        771,818  

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     4,436        448,080  

Intuit, Inc.

     5,766        1,311,188  

Microsoft Corp.

     73,392        8,393,843  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     13,287        2,113,032  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     3,984        779,390  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc

     18,365        1,043,683  
    Number of
Shares
     Value  

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

    4,002      $ 624,552  

Workday, Inc. Class A (a)

    5,368        783,621  
    

 

 

 
       20,077,495  
    

 

 

 
       30,473,817  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $83,765,646)
       114,399,039  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $83,765,646)
       114,399,039  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $83,765,646)
       114,399,039  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.1%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

  $ 146,668        146,668  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $146,668)
       146,668  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.2%
(Cost $83,912,314) (c)
       114,545,707  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.2)%        (223,493
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 114,322,214  
    

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $146,681. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $153,653.

(c)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

26


MML Fundamental Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.3%

 

COMMON STOCK — 99.3%

 

Basic Materials — 4.1%

 

Chemicals — 2.9%

 

DowDuPont, Inc.

     63,040      $ 4,054,103  

FMC Corp.

     26,240        2,287,603  
     

 

 

 
        6,341,706  
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 1.2%

 

International Paper Co.

     50,980        2,505,667  
     

 

 

 
        8,847,373  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 9.2%

 

Media — 3.2%

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

     152,360        5,395,068  

Viacom, Inc. Class B

     45,240        1,527,302  
     

 

 

 
        6,922,370  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 6.0%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     118,410        5,760,646  

Nokia OYJ Sponsored ADR

     393,290        2,194,558  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     98,230        5,244,500  
     

 

 

 
        13,199,704  
     

 

 

 
        20,122,074  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 6.2%

 

Apparel — 0.4%

 

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)

     35,000        977,550  
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.5%

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

     52,380        1,063,314  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.9%

 

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     32,990        1,894,616  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 1.2%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     32,250        2,605,155  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 3.2%

 

The Home Depot, Inc.

     11,070        2,293,150  

Qurate Retail, Inc. (a)

     104,790        2,327,386  

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     20,180        2,260,564  
     

 

 

 
        6,881,100  
     

 

 

 
        13,421,735  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 21.0%

 

Agriculture — 2.3%

 

British American Tobacco PLC

     31,070        1,450,541  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     44,790        3,652,177  
     

 

 

 
        5,102,718  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.8%

 

Unilever NV NY Shares

     32,880        1,826,484  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 2.8%

 

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     31,196        1,719,211  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     55,760      $ 2,395,450  

US Foods Holding Corp. (a)

     66,900        2,061,858  
     

 

 

 
        6,176,519  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 4.2%

 

Koninklijke Philips NV Sponsored ADR

     56,980        2,593,160  

Medtronic PLC

     40,019        3,936,669  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     19,980        2,626,770  
     

 

 

 
        9,156,599  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.2%

 

Anthem, Inc.

     8,040        2,203,362  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     9,290        2,471,512  
     

 

 

 
        4,674,874  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 8.7%

 

Allergan PLC

     14,100        2,685,768  

AstraZeneca PLC Sponsored ADR

     64,060        2,534,854  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     47,980        2,978,598  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     30,180        3,238,616  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     64,270        4,559,314  

Roche Holding AG

     12,101        2,928,192  
     

 

 

 
        18,925,342  
     

 

 

 
        45,862,536  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 11.9%

 

Oil & Gas — 10.8%

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     84,370        2,755,524  

Chevron Corp.

     51,410        6,286,415  

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     15,540        2,373,735  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     33,250        4,241,702  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     32,650        2,775,903  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     36,040        2,961,407  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     12,650        2,203,504  
     

 

 

 
        23,598,190  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.1%

 

Halliburton Co.

     59,430        2,408,698  
     

 

 

 
        26,006,888  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 26.8%

 

Banks — 16.2%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     193,980        5,714,651  

Citigroup, Inc.

     83,880        6,017,551  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     10,710        2,401,610  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     83,570        9,430,039  

M&T Bank Corp.

     16,900        2,780,726  

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     29,840        4,063,910  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     94,600        4,972,176  
     

 

 

 
        35,380,663  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%

 

BlackRock, Inc.

     4,770        2,248,244  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

27


MML Fundamental Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Invesco Ltd.

     85,000      $ 1,944,800  
     

 

 

 
        4,193,044  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 5.6%

 

American International Group, Inc.

     39,280        2,091,267  

Chubb Ltd.

     25,895        3,460,608  

Intact Financial Corp.

     24,810        2,062,938  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     30,830        2,550,257  

MetLife, Inc.

     43,980        2,054,746  
     

 

 

 
        12,219,816  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 3.1%

 

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

     74,110        1,297,666  

Crown Castle International Corp.

     24,050        2,677,486  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     81,890        2,687,630  
     

 

 

 
        6,662,782  
     

 

 

 
        58,456,305  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 8.7%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     6,620        2,290,255  

United Technologies Corp.

     25,040        3,500,843  
     

 

 

 
        5,791,098  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.1%

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     45,940        2,405,418  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 1.3%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

     18,160        2,769,218  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 2.4%

 

Eaton Corp. PLC

     33,620        2,915,863  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     22,260        2,277,198  
     

 

 

 
        5,193,061  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.3%

 

Union Pacific Corp.

     17,330        2,821,844  
     

 

 

 
        18,980,639  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 7.8%

 

Computers — 2.0%

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

     23,880        1,842,342  

NetApp, Inc.

     29,710        2,551,792  
     

 

 

 
        4,394,134  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 5.8%

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

     24,350        2,251,401  

Intel Corp.

     98,200        4,643,878  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     40,750        2,297,892  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     47,820        3,444,475  
     

 

 

 
        12,637,646  
     

 

 

 
        17,031,780  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
     Value  
Utilities — 3.6%

 

Electric — 3.6%

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    16,430      $ 1,154,700  

Edison International

    30,220        2,045,290  

Eversource Energy

    48,750        2,995,200  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    9,660        1,619,016  
    

 

 

 
       7,814,206  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $168,737,086)
       216,543,536  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $168,737,086)
       216,543,536  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $168,737,086)
       216,543,536  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.8%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.8%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

  $ 1,714,902        1,714,902  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,714,902)
       1,714,902  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $170,451,988) (c)
       218,258,438  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (325,174
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 217,933,264  
    

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $1,715,059. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,750,712.

(c)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

28


MML Global Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.2%

 

COMMON STOCK — 99.2%

 

Austria — 0.4%

 

Erste Group Bank AG

     23,178      $ 961,379  
     

 

 

 
Brazil — 0.3%

 

Ambev SA

     179,631        815,746  
     

 

 

 
Canada — 2.0%

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

     54,398        4,884,940  
     

 

 

 
Cayman Islands — 0.2%

 

Sands China Ltd.

     92,800        415,480  
     

 

 

 
Denmark — 0.7%

 

Carlsberg A/S Class B

     13,409        1,607,834  
     

 

 

 
France — 9.9%

 

Air Liquide SA

     18,504        2,430,466  

Danone SA

     53,260        4,123,207  

Hermes International

     848        561,165  

Legrand SA

     26,420        1,923,813  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     15,826        5,587,607  

Pernod Ricard SA

     26,781        4,393,363  

Schneider Electric SE

     57,586        4,632,943  
     

 

 

 
        23,652,564  
     

 

 

 
Germany — 6.2%

 

Bayer AG Registered

     62,558        5,557,239  

Brenntag AG

     21,305        1,314,975  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     7,478        1,001,942  

Linde AG

     13,699        3,239,704  

Merck KGaA

     17,927        1,852,415  

MTU Aero Engines AG

     7,995        1,800,933  
     

 

 

 
        14,767,208  
     

 

 

 
Ireland — 5.5%

 

Accenture PLC Class A

     35,805        6,094,011  

Medtronic PLC

     70,771        6,961,743  
     

 

 

 
        13,055,754  
     

 

 

 
Israel — 1.3%

 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

     27,030        3,180,620  
     

 

 

 
Japan — 2.3%

 

Hoya Corp.

     24,900        1,478,211  

Kubota Corp.

     162,900        2,756,452  

Olympus Corp.

     31,200        1,218,083  
     

 

 

 
        5,452,746  
     

 

 

 
Mexico — 0.4%

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Class O

     119,475        864,301  
     

 

 

 
Netherlands — 2.9%

 

Akzo Nobel NV

     36,150        3,379,960  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Heineken NV

     21,950      $ 2,055,317  

Schlumberger Ltd.

     25,284        1,540,301  
     

 

 

 
        6,975,578  
     

 

 

 
Republic of Korea — 0.9%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     48,471        2,030,075  
     

 

 

 
Spain — 1.1%

 

Aena SME SA (b)

     15,551        2,689,863  
     

 

 

 
Sweden — 1.9%

 

Essity AB Class B

     184,238        4,627,196  
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 7.4%

 

Adecco Group AG Registered

     21,392        1,122,075  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA Registered

     26,476        2,155,486  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     22,744        1,136,742  

Nestle SA Registered

     70,988        5,913,732  

Roche Holding AG

     14,938        3,614,687  

Sonova Holding AG Registered

     4,257        846,987  

UBS Group AG Registered

     179,087        2,824,385  
     

 

 

 
        17,614,094  
     

 

 

 
Thailand — 0.2%

 

Kasikornbank PCL

     81,600        549,829  
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 9.4%

 

Aon PLC

     15,910        2,446,640  

Aptiv PLC

     14,718        1,234,840  

Burberry Group PLC

     52,049        1,366,865  

Compass Group PLC

     113,349        2,520,296  

Diageo PLC

     133,087        4,713,191  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     61,971        5,661,317  

Whitbread PLC

     24,630        1,513,404  

WPP PLC

     211,750        3,095,461  
     

 

 

 
        22,552,014  
     

 

 

 
United States — 46.2%

 

3M Co.

     18,877        3,977,573  

Abbott Laboratories

     50,742        3,722,433  

American Express Co.

     33,706        3,589,352  

Amphenol Corp. Class A

     14,165        1,331,793  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     1,513        1,173,634  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     72,776        3,710,848  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     44,967        2,187,645  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

     35,049        2,704,030  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     40,340        2,700,763  

Comcast Corp. Class A

     174,418        6,176,141  

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

     10,433        2,891,506  

Coty, Inc. Class A

     194,007        2,436,728  

eBay, Inc. (a)

     56,097        1,852,323  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     33,108        1,006,814  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     9,601        2,152,928  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     19,913        902,059  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

29


MML Global Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     37,359      $ 6,216,538  

Johnson & Johnson

     6,933        957,933  

Kansas City Southern

     35,235        3,991,421  

Kellogg Co.

     33,884        2,372,558  

Microchip Technology, Inc. (c)

     11,576        913,462  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     17,360        747,869  

NOW, Inc. (a)

     10,148        167,949  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     16,695        1,135,594  

Oracle Corp.

     73,763        3,803,220  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     16,565        1,455,070  

PPG Industries, Inc.

     19,247        2,100,425  

Praxair, Inc.

     6,181        993,472  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

     44,938        826,410  

State Street Corp.

     50,525        4,232,984  

Stryker Corp.

     26,077        4,633,361  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     30,020        7,327,282  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     35,115        4,099,676  

United Technologies Corp.

     19,373        2,708,539  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     48,801        7,324,542  

The Walt Disney Co.

     41,116        4,808,105  

Waters Corp. (a)

     10,045        1,955,561  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     3,711        471,520  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     36,564        4,807,069  
     

 

 

 
        110,567,130  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $190,615,337)
        237,264,351  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $190,615,337)
        237,264,351  
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.4%

 

United States — 0.4%

 

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (d)

     922,530        922,530  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $922,530)
        922,530  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $191,537,867)
        238,186,881  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.7%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.7%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (e)

   $ 1,686,877        1,686,877  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,686,877)
        1,686,877  
     

 

 

 
                 Value  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS —100.3%
(Cost $193,224,744) (f)
      $ 239,873,758  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.3)%         (640,607
        

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 239,233,151  
        

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $2,689,863 or 1.12% of net assets.

(c)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $904,309 or 0.38% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(d)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(e)

Maturity value of $1,687,032. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,722,776.

(f)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

30


MML Growth Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 74.8%

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     4,143,017      $ 70,555,583  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     7,121,934        81,617,368  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III (a)

     2,464,377        79,969,026  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     3,475,408        20,192,123  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class (a)

     6,610,886        70,670,373  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II (a)

     3,235,784        35,658,338  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II (a)

     5,387,760        76,775,580  

MML Global Fund, Class I (a)

     6,668,606        77,755,949  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     8,407,719        82,816,032  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     6,381,296        68,152,239  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     2,094,389        22,996,394  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     4,745,268        76,209,008  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     6,788,332        74,671,657  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,107,702        17,886,515  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II (a)

     1,970,192        33,926,710  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,928,246        25,067,202  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II (a)

     4,574,682        50,412,991  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     314,467        26,550,439  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     853,340        38,553,908  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     14,164,613        140,654,609  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     14,300,162        34,034,386  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     791,111        24,595,644  
     

 

 

 
        1,229,722,074  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
     Value  
Fixed Income Funds — 25.3%

 

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    8,989,411      $ 87,556,860  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II (a)

    1,345,551        13,361,320  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

    6,741,048        66,736,373  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class (a)

    10,297,782        124,330,335  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    4,665,111        45,344,880  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    7,752,651        77,604,032  
    

 

 

 
       414,933,800  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,636,215,784)
       1,644,655,874  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,636,215,784)
       1,644,655,874  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $1,636,215,784) (b)
       1,644,655,874  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (1,031,095
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 1,643,624,779  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

31


MML Growth & Income Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.3%

 

COMMON STOCK — 99.3%

 

Basic Materials — 2.4%

 

Chemicals — 2.4%

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

     12,678      $ 1,383,550  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     4,646        2,114,906  
     

 

 

 
        3,498,456  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 9.7%

 

Internet — 6.1%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     4,117        4,969,548  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     1,633        1,948,936  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     12,910        2,123,179  
     

 

 

 
        9,041,663  
     

 

 

 
Media — 2.5%

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

     81,520        2,886,623  

The Walt Disney Co.

     7,244        847,114  
     

 

 

 
        3,733,737  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.1%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     31,178        1,516,810  
     

 

 

 
        14,292,210  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 9.8%

 

Apparel — 2.3%

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     4,671        1,649,167  

NIKE, Inc. Class B

     20,871        1,768,191  
     

 

 

 
        3,417,358  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.0%

 

Garrett Motion, Inc. (a)

     494        9,146  
     

 

 

 
Food Services — 0.8%

 

Aramark

     26,294        1,131,168  
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.9%

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

     67,910        1,378,573  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 5.8%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     7,130        1,674,694  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     9,421        768,283  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     20,396        2,021,244  

Starbucks Corp.

     36,961        2,100,863  

Tractor Supply Co.

     21,969        1,996,543  
     

 

 

 
        8,561,627  
     

 

 

 
        14,497,872  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 23.0%

 

Beverages — 2.1%

 

Diageo PLC

     34,702        1,228,949  

Pernod Ricard SA

     11,325        1,857,841  
     

 

 

 
        3,086,790  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Biotechnology — 1.1%

 

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     4,602      $ 1,625,933  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 2.1%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     23,171        1,551,298  

Coty, Inc. Class A

     56,626        711,223  

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

     5,933        862,184  
     

 

 

 
        3,124,705  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 3.0%

 

Danone SA

     25,005        1,935,802  

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     58,783        2,525,317  
     

 

 

 
        4,461,119  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 8.3%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     21,145        1,551,197  

Danaher Corp.

     32,198        3,498,635  

Medtronic PLC

     36,162        3,557,256  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     15,061        3,676,089  
     

 

 

 
        12,283,177  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.7%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     9,107        1,034,919  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.7%

 

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)

     1,834        63,988  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     14,860        1,594,627  

Johnson & Johnson

     30,842        4,261,439  

McKesson Corp.

     9,888        1,311,643  

Zoetis, Inc.

     13,822        1,265,542  
     

 

 

 
        8,497,239  
     

 

 

 
        34,113,882  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 5.4%

 

Oil & Gas — 2.1%

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

     24,615        3,140,136  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.8%

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     41,982        2,557,543  
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 1.5%

 

Enterprise Products Partners LP (b)

     78,444        2,253,696  
     

 

 

 
        7,951,375  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 22.1%

 

Banks — 10.4%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     148,080        4,362,437  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     9,989        2,239,933  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     47,693        5,381,678  

Morgan Stanley

     37,983        1,768,868  

US Bancorp

     30,271        1,598,612  
     

 

 

 
        15,351,528  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 7.2%

 

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     14,603        3,250,774  

Nasdaq, Inc.

     21,914        1,880,221  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     12,996        686,579  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

32


MML Growth & Income Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     32,261      $ 4,842,053  
     

 

 

 
        10,659,627  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.1%

 

Chubb Ltd.

     11,619        1,552,763  
     

 

 

 
Private Equity — 0.9%

 

The Blackstone Group LP (b)

     35,691        1,359,113  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.5%

 

American Tower Corp.

     25,896        3,762,689  
     

 

 

 
        32,685,720  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.7%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%

 

United Technologies Corp.

     15,973        2,233,185  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.1%

 

AMETEK, Inc.

     19,597        1,550,515  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 3.5%

 

Fortive Corp.

     13,696        1,153,202  

Honeywell International, Inc. (a) (c) (d)

     17,334        2,852,310  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     13,361        1,174,833  
     

 

 

 
        5,180,345  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.6%

 

Fluor Corp.

     15,693        911,763  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 1.3%

 

Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)

     41,136        1,974,528  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.7%

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

     28,356        2,546,369  
     

 

 

 
        14,396,705  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 16.7%

 

Computers — 8.5%

 

Accenture PLC Class A

     15,777        2,685,245  

Amdocs Ltd.

     24,373        1,608,131  

Apple, Inc.

     9,918        2,238,889  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

     35,636        2,749,318  

DXC Technology Co.

     24,629        2,303,304  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     63,810        1,040,741  
     

 

 

 
        12,625,628  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 2.4%

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

     13,151        1,215,941  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     21,771        2,335,811  
     

 

 

 
        3,551,752  
     

 

 

 
Software — 5.8%

 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     7,178        1,937,701  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     9,312        1,122,003  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     26,890        2,932,892  

Microsoft Corp.

     14,301        1,635,605  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     6,013        956,248  
     

 

 

 
        8,584,449  
     

 

 

 
        24,761,829  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Utilities — 0.5%

 

Electric — 0.5%

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     10,703      $ 758,629  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $94,734,619)
        146,956,678  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $94,734,619)
        146,956,678  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $94,734,619)
        146,956,678  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.7%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.7%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (e)

   $ 1,002,620        1,002,620  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,002,620)
        1,002,620  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $95,737,239) (f)
        147,959,298  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 0.0%         3,600  
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 147,962,898  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

(c)

Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $2,852,310 or 1.93% of net assets.

(e)

Maturity value of $1,002,712. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,026,525.

(f)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

33


MML Income & Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 97.5%

 

COMMON STOCK — 97.5%

 

Basic Materials — 5.7%

 

Chemicals — 5.7%

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     14,462      $ 2,415,876  

DowDuPont, Inc.

     112,698        7,247,608  

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     13,992        1,434,320  

Praxair, Inc.

     33,635        5,406,154  

Versum Materials, Inc.

     25,059        902,375  
     

 

 

 
        17,406,333  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 3.0%

 

Media — 0.8%

 

Comcast Corp. Class A

     67,411        2,387,023  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 2.2%

 

AT&T, Inc.

     91,671        3,078,312  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     67,419        3,599,501  
     

 

 

 
        6,677,813  
     

 

 

 
        9,064,836  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 8.4%

 

Airlines — 0.6%

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

     27,461        1,714,939  
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.4%

 

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     63,576        1,171,706  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.4%

 

Adient PLC

     35,627        1,400,497  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.4%

 

Lennar Corp. Class A

     27,861        1,300,830  
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.5%

 

Whirlpool Corp.

     12,470        1,480,813  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 2.1%

 

Carnival Corp.

     21,190        1,351,286  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     41,748        2,397,588  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     19,940        2,591,004  
     

 

 

 
        6,339,878  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 4.0%

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     12,700        2,137,791  

Dollar General Corp.

     26,274        2,871,748  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     27,616        3,170,869  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     5,357        1,860,594  

Walmart, Inc.

     22,531        2,115,886  
     

 

 

 
        12,156,888  
     

 

 

 
        25,565,551  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 20.3%

 

Agriculture — 3.2%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

     83,209        5,018,335  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     58,092      $ 4,736,822  
     

 

 

 
        9,755,157  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.9%

 

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC

     58,912        2,678,729  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.1%

 

AMERCO

     4,761        1,698,011  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     56,813        1,571,447  
     

 

 

 
        3,269,458  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.5%

 

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     25,546        1,520,753  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 0.9%

 

Medtronic PLC

     27,909        2,745,408  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.9%

 

Anthem, Inc.

     11,584        3,174,595  

Cigna Corp.

     10,919        2,273,882  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     12,325        3,278,943  
     

 

 

 
        8,727,420  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 10.8%

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     46,852        2,530,008  

CVS Health Corp.

     94,635        7,449,667  

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     22,764        2,162,808  

Johnson & Johnson

     23,695        3,273,938  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     66,627        4,726,519  

Pfizer, Inc.

     195,899        8,633,269  

Sanofi ADR

     69,026        3,083,391  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Sponsored ADR

     42,679        919,306  
     

 

 

 
        32,778,906  
     

 

 

 
        61,475,831  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 15.0%

 

Oil & Gas — 13.6%

 

BP PLC Sponsored ADR

     109,039        5,026,698  

Chevron Corp.

     55,301        6,762,207  

ConocoPhillips

     99,578        7,707,337  

Hess Corp.

     38,259        2,738,579  

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)

     194,884        1,822,166  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     80,272        6,595,950  

Parsley Energy, Inc. Class A (a)

     59,972        1,754,181  

Phillips 66

     59,910        6,753,055  

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

     65,248        2,149,269  
     

 

 

 
        41,309,442  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.4%

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     67,597        4,118,009  
     

 

 

 
        45,427,451  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 23.3%

 

Banks — 12.7%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     283,718        8,358,332  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     38,921        1,984,582  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

34


MML Income & Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     73,275      $ 8,268,351  

KeyCorp

     101,420        2,017,244  

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     10,663        1,452,194  

State Street Corp.

     51,978        4,354,717  

US Bancorp

     87,663        4,629,483  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     143,449        7,539,679  
     

 

 

 
        38,604,582  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 4.6%

 

American Express Co.

     73,993        7,879,515  

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     37,535        1,966,459  

Navient Corp.

     91,375        1,231,735  

SLM Corp. (a)

     248,217        2,767,619  
     

 

 

 
        13,845,328  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.9%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

     11,634        2,490,956  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     36,645        1,441,981  

Loews Corp.

     115,766        5,814,926  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     14,706        2,072,663  
     

 

 

 
        11,820,526  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.6%

 

HCP, Inc.

     128,140        3,372,645  

MGM Growth Properties LLC Class A

     50,304        1,483,465  
     

 

 

 
        4,856,110  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.5%

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     136,760        1,418,201  
     

 

 

 
        70,544,747  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.8%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 3.7%

 

Raytheon Co.

     7,607        1,572,063  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A

     27,296        2,502,224  

United Technologies Corp.

     51,591        7,212,938  
     

 

 

 
        11,287,225  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 2.5%

 

Johnson Controls International PLC

     170,897        5,981,395  

Owens Corning

     27,656        1,500,891  
     

 

 

 
        7,482,286  
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 1.7%

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     35,237        5,160,106  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 1.9%

 

General Electric Co.

     499,421        5,638,463  
     

 

 

 
        29,568,080  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 7.8%

 

Computers — 1.4%

 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     74,720        1,218,683  
    Number of
Shares
     Value  

International Business Machines Corp.

    20,244      $ 3,061,095  
    

 

 

 
       4,279,778  
    

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.8%

 

Broadcom, Inc.

    8,779        2,166,043  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    21,919        1,729,628  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    74,861        5,392,238  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    20,363        2,184,746  
    

 

 

 
       11,472,655  
    

 

 

 
Software — 2.6%

 

Microsoft Corp.

    21,356        2,442,486  

Oracle Corp.

    106,691        5,500,988  
    

 

 

 
       7,943,474  
    

 

 

 
       23,695,907  
    

 

 

 
Utilities — 4.2%

 

Electric — 4.2%

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    32,573        2,289,231  

Entergy Corp.

    53,418        4,333,802  

Exelon Corp.

    139,453        6,088,518  
    

 

 

 
       12,711,551  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $274,265,725)
       295,460,287  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $274,265,725)
       295,460,287  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $274,265,725)
       295,460,287  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.5%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 2.5%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

  $ 7,696,659        7,696,659  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $7,696,659)
       7,696,659  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $281,962,384) (c)
       303,156,946  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.0)%        (113,926
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 303,043,020  
    

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

35


MML Income & Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $7,697,365. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity dates ranging from 8/15/42 – 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $7,855,975.

(c)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

36


MML International Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 97.9%

 

COMMON STOCK — 97.9%

 

Australia — 2.5%

 

AMP Ltd.

     788,694      $ 1,818,305  

Brambles Ltd.

     38,000        299,429  

Orica Ltd.

     182,167        2,233,434  
     

 

 

 
        4,351,168  
     

 

 

 
Canada — 1.7%

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B

     15,100        755,321  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

     220,900        2,218,150  
     

 

 

 
        2,973,471  
     

 

 

 
Cayman Islands — 0.5%

 

Baidu, Inc. Sponsored ADR (a)

     3,630        830,108  
     

 

 

 
France — 10.7%

 

Accor SA

     37,600        1,927,547  

BNP Paribas SA

     122,435        7,482,705  

Bureau Veritas SA

     54,800        1,412,927  

Danone SA

     16,591        1,284,419  

Pernod Ricard SA

     2,705        443,749  

Publicis Groupe SA

     59,102        3,525,001  

Valeo SA

     61,610        2,675,129  
     

 

 

 
        18,751,477  
     

 

 

 
Germany — 16.8%

 

Allianz SE Registered

     26,165        5,828,716  

Bayer AG Registered

     49,194        4,370,070  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     65,630        5,911,617  

Continental AG

     26,855        4,674,802  

Daimler AG Registered

     122,800        7,735,576  

thyssenkrupp AG

     38,600        975,102  
     

 

 

 
        29,495,883  
     

 

 

 
India — 1.2%

 

Axis Bank Ltd. (a)

     251,002        2,134,794  
     

 

 

 
Indonesia — 1.6%

 

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     6,231,500        2,810,504  
     

 

 

 
Ireland — 3.3%

 

Ryanair Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (a)

     28,870        2,772,675  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     21,489        3,028,660  
     

 

 

 
        5,801,335  
     

 

 

 
Italy — 3.7%

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     2,527,400        6,432,522  
     

 

 

 
Japan — 4.5%

 

Komatsu Ltd.

     61,600        1,874,468  

Olympus Corp.

     53,000        2,069,179  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Omron Corp.

     1,000      $ 42,244  

Toyota Motor Corp.

     61,600        3,821,774  
     

 

 

 
        7,807,665  
     

 

 

 
Mexico — 1.3%

 

Grupo Televisa SAB Sponsored ADR

     132,800        2,355,872  
     

 

 

 
Netherlands — 6.8%

 

Akzo Nobel NV

     7,561        706,940  

ASML Holding NV

     8,400        1,568,550  

CNH Industrial NV

     457,608        5,488,491  

EXOR NV

     61,400        4,115,034  
     

 

 

 
        11,879,015  
     

 

 

 
Republic of Korea — 1.2%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     48,650        2,037,572  
     

 

 

 
South Africa — 2.8%

 

Naspers Ltd.

     22,765        4,899,577  
     

 

 

 
Sweden — 6.7%

 

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B (b)

     404,600        7,468,732  

SKF AB Class B

     107,100        2,110,605  

Volvo AB Class B

     127,770        2,256,480  
     

 

 

 
        11,835,817  
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 9.3%

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA Registered

     29,340        2,388,653  

Credit Suisse Group AG Registered

     382,523        5,740,571  

Kuehne & Nagel International AG Registered

     9,535        1,509,326  

LafargeHolcim Ltd. Registered

     89,780        4,427,246  

Nestle SA Registered

     26,550        2,211,776  
     

 

 

 
        16,277,572  
     

 

 

 
Taiwan — 1.6%

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     337,000        2,877,458  
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 21.7%

 

Ashtead Group PLC

     73,959        2,347,300  

Diageo PLC

     33,600        1,189,923  

Experian PLC

     42,500        1,091,511  

Ferguson PLC

     3,373        286,132  

G4S PLC

     393,200        1,238,610  

Glencore PLC

     1,458,600        6,287,595  

Liberty Global PLC Series A (a)

     46,000        1,330,780  

Liberty Global PLC Series C (a)

     124,200        3,497,472  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     9,077,200        7,004,760  

Meggitt PLC

     110,238        813,261  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     10,400        950,085  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

     1,074,900        3,475,060  

Schroders PLC

     94,000        3,787,022  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

37


MML International Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
     Value  

Smiths Group PLC

    74,600      $ 1,454,025  

WPP PLC

    222,100        3,246,762  
    

 

 

 
       38,000,298  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $173,790,903)
       171,552,108  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $173,790,903)
       171,552,108  
    

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 3.1%

 

United States — 3.1%

 

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

    5,497,029        5,497,029  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $5,497,029)
       5,497,029  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $179,287,932)
       177,049,137  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.1%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 2.1%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

  $ 3,732,511        3,732,511  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $3,732,511)
       3,732,511  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.1%
(Cost $183,020,443) (e)
       180,781,648  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (3.1)%        (5,499,795
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 175,281,853  
    

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $5,231,772 or 2.98% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(c)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(d)

Maturity value of $3,732,853. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $3,808,731.

(e)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

Forward contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

Counterparty   

Settlement
Date

   In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Contract to Deliver  
CHF     3,135,000     State Street Bank and Trust Co.    6/19/19    $ 3,318,198      $ 40,197  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

Currency Legend

CHF

Swiss Franc

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

38


MML Large Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.5%

 

COMMON STOCK — 98.5%

 

Communications — 29.6%

 

Internet — 25.0%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR (a)

     34,334      $ 5,656,870  

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     2,672        3,225,318  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     2,679        3,197,306  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     4,033        8,078,099  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     35,349        5,813,496  
     

 

 

 
        25,971,089  
     

 

 

 
Media — 1.7%

 

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     8,034        1,797,286  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 2.9%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     61,930        3,012,895  
     

 

 

 
        30,781,270  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 5.6%

 

Retail — 5.6%

 

Starbucks Corp.

     49,211        2,797,153  

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

     35,497        1,246,300  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     19,673        1,788,472  
     

 

 

 
        5,831,925  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 26.2%

 

Beverages — 5.7%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

     53,577        2,474,722  

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     60,276        3,512,885  
     

 

 

 
        5,987,607  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 5.4%

 

Amgen, Inc.

     9,252        1,917,847  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,120        3,684,845  
     

 

 

 
        5,602,692  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.0%

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     6,716        1,011,832  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 4.5%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     31,428        2,104,105  

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     31,650        2,634,229  
     

 

 

 
        4,738,334  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 2.7%

 

Danone SA Sponsored ADR

     182,873        2,828,131  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 1.6%

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     14,431        1,615,262  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.3%

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     15,845        1,124,044  

Novartis AG Sponsored ADR

     19,674        1,695,112  

Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR

     57,600        2,715,264  
     

 

 

 
        5,534,420  
     

 

 

 
        27,318,278  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Energy — 2.5%

 

Oil & Gas Services — 2.5%

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     43,342      $ 2,640,395  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 10.0%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 10.0%

 

American Express Co.

     10,714        1,140,934  

SEI Investments Co.

     41,850        2,557,035  

Visa, Inc. Class A

     44,682        6,706,321  
     

 

 

 
        10,404,290  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 6.3%

 

Machinery – Diversified — 2.5%

 

Deere & Co.

     17,341        2,606,873  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 3.8%

 

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     40,349        2,966,862  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     8,826        1,030,435  
     

 

 

 
        3,997,297  
     

 

 

 
        6,604,170  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 18.3%

 

Semiconductors — 3.2%

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     45,475        3,275,564  
     

 

 

 
Software — 15.1%

 

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     28,939        4,517,667  

Cerner Corp. (a)

     35,941        2,314,960  

Microsoft Corp.

     30,709        3,512,189  

Oracle Corp.

     105,114        5,419,678  
     

 

 

 
        15,764,494  
     

 

 

 
        19,040,058  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $70,338,521)
        102,620,386  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $70,338,521)
        102,620,386  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $70,338,521)
        102,620,386  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.6%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.6%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

   $ 1,680,403        1,680,403  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,680,403)
        1,680,403  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

39


MML Large Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

                 Value  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $72,018,924) (c)
      $ 104,300,789  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%         (105,763
        

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 104,195,026  
        

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $1,680,557. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 3.125%, maturity date of 2/15/43, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,714,065.

(c)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

40


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 100.1%

 

COMMON STOCK — 100.1%

 

Basic Materials — 1.9%

 

Chemicals — 1.6%

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (a)

     1,545      $ 258,092  

Albemarle Corp. (a)

     780        77,828  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,644        89,499  

DowDuPont, Inc. (a)

     16,354        1,051,726  

Eastman Chemical Co. (a)

     1,005        96,199  

FMC Corp. (a)

     947        82,560  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)

     555        77,212  

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A (a)

     2,265        232,185  

The Mosaic Co. (a)

     2,471        80,258  

PPG Industries, Inc. (a)

     1,752        191,196  

Praxair, Inc. (a)

     2,025        325,478  

The Sherwin-Williams Co. (a)

     583        265,387  
     

 

 

 
        2,827,620  
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%

 

International Paper Co. (a)

     2,922        143,616  
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.1%

 

Nucor Corp. (a)

     2,239        142,065  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.1%

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (a)

     9,492        132,129  

Newmont Mining Corp. (a)

     3,763        113,642  
     

 

 

 
        245,771  
     

 

 

 
        3,359,072  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 14.7%

 

Advertising — 0.1%

 

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (a)

     2,717        62,138  

Omnicom Group, Inc. (a)

     1,603        109,036  
     

 

 

 
        171,174  
     

 

 

 
Internet — 9.4%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     2,105        2,540,903  

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a) (b)

     2,199        2,624,441  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a) (b)

     2,909        5,826,727  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     339        672,576  

eBay, Inc. (a) (b)

     6,511        214,993  

Expedia Group, Inc. (a)

     855        111,560  

F5 Networks, Inc. (a) (b)

     431        85,950  

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     17,113        2,814,404  

Netflix, Inc. (a) (b)

     3,063        1,145,960  

Symantec Corp. (a)

     4,375        93,100  

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a) (b)

     787        40,192  

Twitter, Inc. (a) (b)

     4,614        131,315  

VeriSign, Inc. (a) (b)

     674        107,921  
     

 

 

 
        16,410,042  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Media — 2.1%

 

CBS Corp. Class B (a)

     2,407      $ 138,282  

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     1,305        425,273  

Comcast Corp. Class A (a)

     32,366        1,146,080  

Discovery, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     1,098        35,136  

Discovery, Inc. Class C (a) (b)

     2,410        71,288  

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a) (b)

     1,613        57,681  

News Corp. Class A (a)

     2,786        36,747  

News Corp. Class B (a)

     778        10,581  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A (a)

     7,427        344,093  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B (a)

     3,099        141,996  

Viacom, Inc. Class B (a)

     2,489        84,029  

The Walt Disney Co. (a)

     10,478        1,225,297  
     

 

 

 
        3,716,483  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 3.1%

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (a) (b)

     335        89,063  

AT&T, Inc. (a)

     51,180        1,718,624  

CenturyLink, Inc. (a)

     6,918        146,662  

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

     32,503        1,581,271  

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     2,465        73,876  

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (a)

     1,135        147,709  

Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)

     29,122        1,554,824  
     

 

 

 
        5,312,029  
     

 

 

 
        25,609,728  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 8.3%

 

Airlines — 0.5%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

     869        59,839  

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)

     2,937        121,386  

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     4,526        261,739  

Southwest Airlines Co. (a)

     3,772        235,561  

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,662        148,018  
     

 

 

 
        826,543  
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.7%

 

Hanesbrands, Inc. (a)

     2,536        46,739  

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a) (b)

     1,057        72,468  

NIKE, Inc. Class B (a)

     9,042        766,038  

PVH Corp. (a)

     535        77,254  

Ralph Lauren Corp. (a)

     392        53,920  

Under Armour, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     1,341        28,456  

Under Armour, Inc. Class C (a) (b)

     1,292        25,142  

VF Corp. (a)

     2,309        215,776  
     

 

 

 
        1,285,793  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.4%

 

Ford Motor Co. (a)

     27,699        256,216  

General Motors Co. (a)

     8,929        300,639  

PACCAR, Inc. (a)

     2,476        168,838  
     

 

 

 
        725,693  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

41


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.1%

 

Aptiv PLC (a)

     1,876      $ 157,396  

BorgWarner, Inc. (a)

     1,381        59,079  

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a)

     1,678        39,249  
     

 

 

 
        255,724  
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.2%

 

Fastenal Co. (a)

     2,024        117,432  

LKQ Corp. (a) (b)

     2,179        69,009  

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (a)

     359        128,310  
     

 

 

 
        314,751  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.1%

 

D.R. Horton, Inc. (a)

     2,420        102,076  

Lennar Corp. Class A (a)

     1,904        88,898  

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     1,867        46,245  
     

 

 

 
        237,219  
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.1%

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (a)

     920        40,287  

Whirlpool Corp. (a)

     454        53,912  
     

 

 

 
        94,199  
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.0%

 

Newell Brands, Inc. (a)

     3,469        70,421  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.3%

 

Carnival Corp. (a)

     2,879        183,594  

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (a)

     1,169        52,956  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a) (b)

     1,454        83,503  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)

     1,200        155,928  
     

 

 

 
        475,981  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.4%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,965        158,733  

Marriott International, Inc. Class A (a)

     2,089        275,810  

MGM Resorts International (a)

     3,525        98,383  

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (a)

     596        75,728  
     

 

 

 
        608,654  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 5.4%

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (a)

     520        87,532  

AutoZone, Inc. (a) (b)

     187        145,056  

Best Buy Co., Inc. (a)

     1,737        137,848  

CarMax, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,272        94,980  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a) (b)

     172        78,178  

Copart, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,421        73,224  

Costco Wholesale Corp. (a)

     3,090        725,779  

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (a)

     872        96,958  

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     1,796        196,303  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,678        136,841  

Foot Locker, Inc. (a)

     832        42,415  

The Gap, Inc. (a)

     1,532        44,198  

Genuine Parts Co. (a)

     1,033        102,680  

The Home Depot, Inc. (a)

     8,125        1,683,094  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Kohl’s Corp. (a)

     1,184      $ 88,267  

L Brands, Inc. (a)

     1,710        51,813  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. (a)

     5,789        664,693  

Macy’s, Inc. (a)

     2,157        74,913  

McDonald’s Corp. (a)

     5,534        925,783  

Nordstrom, Inc. (a)

     827        49,463  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a) (b)

     581        201,793  

Ross Stores, Inc. (a)

     2,671        264,696  

Starbucks Corp. (a)

     9,725        552,769  

Tapestry, Inc. (a)

     2,029        101,998  

Target Corp. (a)

     3,756        331,317  

Tiffany & Co. (a)

     719        92,729  

The TJX Cos., Inc. (a)

     4,421        495,240  

Tractor Supply Co. (a)

     846        76,885  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a) (b)

     403        113,694  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (a)

     6,007        437,910  

Walmart, Inc. (a)

     10,193        957,225  

Yum! Brands, Inc. (a)

     2,285        207,729  
     

 

 

 
        9,334,003  
     

 

 

 
Textiles — 0.0%

 

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a) (b)

     445        78,031  
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%

 

Hasbro, Inc. (a)

     802        84,306  

Mattel, Inc. (a)

     2,425        38,073  
     

 

 

 
        122,379  
     

 

 

 
        14,429,391  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 22.2%

 

Agriculture — 1.1%

 

Altria Group, Inc. (a)

     13,335        804,234  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (a)

     3,944        198,265  

Philip Morris International, Inc. (a)

     10,954        893,189  
     

 

 

 
        1,895,688  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 1.7%

 

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (a)

     1,361        68,799  

The Coca-Cola Co. (a)

     26,990        1,246,668  

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (a)

     1,183        255,078  

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B (a)

     1,303        80,135  

Monster Beverage Corp. (a) (b)

     2,917        170,003  

PepsiCo, Inc. (a)

     9,994        1,117,329  
     

 

 

 
        2,938,012  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 2.2%

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,567        217,829  

Amgen, Inc. (a)

     4,693        972,812  

Biogen, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,487        525,372  

Celgene Corp. (a) (b)

     4,980        445,660  

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     9,162        707,398  

Illumina, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,036        380,274  

Incyte Corp. (a) (b)

     1,239        85,590  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

42


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     545      $ 220,202  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,795        345,968  
     

 

 

 
        3,901,105  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 2.0%

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (a)

     3,104        467,649  

Cintas Corp. (a)

     609        120,466  

Ecolab, Inc. (a)

     1,830        286,907  

Equifax, Inc. (a)

     853        111,376  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)

     633        144,223  

Gartner, Inc. (a) (b)

     643        101,916  

Global Payments, Inc. (a)

     1,121        142,815  

H&R Block, Inc. (a)

     1,471        37,878  

IHS Markit Ltd. (a) (b)

     2,498        134,792  

Moody’s Corp. (a)

     1,176        196,627  

Nielsen Holdings PLC (a)

     2,358        65,222  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     8,466        743,654  

Quanta Services, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,053        35,149  

Robert Half International, Inc. (a)

     870        61,231  

Rollins, Inc.

     705        42,787  

S&P Global, Inc. (a)

     1,771        346,036  

Total System Services, Inc. (a)

     1,168        115,328  

United Rentals, Inc. (a) (b)

     589        96,360  

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,088        131,158  

The Western Union Co. (a)

     3,244        61,831  
     

 

 

 
        3,443,405  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 1.2%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (a)

     6,150        411,743  

Coty, Inc. Class A (a)

     3,329        41,812  

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A (a)

     1,578        229,315  

The Procter & Gamble Co. (a)

     17,723        1,475,085  
     

 

 

 
        2,157,955  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.2%

 

Campbell Soup Co. (a)

     1,341        49,121  

Conagra Brands, Inc. (a)

     2,780        94,437  

General Mills, Inc. (a)

     4,184        179,577  

The Hershey Co. (a)

     983        100,266  

Hormel Foods Corp. (a)

     1,910        75,254  

The J.M. Smucker Co. (a)

     788        80,857  

Kellogg Co. (a)

     1,761        123,305  

The Kraft Heinz Co. (a)

     4,217        232,399  

The Kroger Co. (a)

     5,769        167,935  

McCormick & Co., Inc. (a)

     849        111,856  

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A (a)

     10,405        446,999  

Sysco Corp. (a)

     3,376        247,292  

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A (a)

     2,099        124,953  
     

 

 

 
        2,034,251  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 3.7%

 

Abbott Laboratories (a)

     12,354        906,289  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

ABIOMED, Inc. (a) (b)

     297      $ 133,576  

Align Technology, Inc. (a) (b)

     512        200,305  

Baxter International, Inc. (a)

     3,470        267,502  

Becton, Dickinson & Co. (a)

     1,882        491,202  

Boston Scientific Corp. (a) (b)

     9,719        374,181  

The Cooper Cos., Inc. (a)

     344        95,340  

Danaher Corp. (a)

     4,331        470,606  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. (a)

     1,600        60,384  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a) (b)

     1,485        258,538  

Henry Schein, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,070        90,982  

Hologic, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,921        78,723  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a) (b)

     612        152,792  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) (b)

     798        458,052  

Medtronic PLC (a)

     9,542        938,647  

ResMed, Inc. (a)

     1,005        115,917  

Stryker Corp. (a)

     2,264        402,268  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)

     2,835        691,967  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

     640        71,635  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,432        188,265  
     

 

 

 
        6,447,171  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.7%

 

Aetna, Inc. (a)

     2,305        467,569  

Anthem, Inc. (a)

     1,798        492,742  

Centene Corp. (a) (b)

     1,445        209,207  

Cigna Corp. (a)

     1,714        356,941  

DaVita, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,006        72,060  

Envision Healthcare Corp. (a) (b)

     851        38,916  

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     1,967        273,649  

Humana, Inc. (a)

     970        328,365  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,149        149,071  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a) (b)

     721        125,223  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (a)

     954        102,946  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (a)

     6,772        1,801,623  

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B (a)

     612        78,238  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a) (b)

     347        111,210  
     

 

 

 
        4,607,760  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.3%

 

Avery Dennison Corp. (a)

     620        67,177  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (a)

     1,723        102,294  

The Clorox Co. (a)

     912        137,174  

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (a)

     2,462        279,782  
     

 

 

 
        586,427  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.1%

 

AbbVie, Inc. (a)

     10,680        1,010,114  

Allergan PLC (a)

     2,389        455,057  

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (a)

     1,152        106,237  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (a)

     11,520        715,162  

Cardinal Health, Inc. (a)

     2,189        118,206  

CVS Health Corp. (a)

     7,162        563,793  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

43


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Eli Lilly & Co. (a)

     6,731      $ 722,304  

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a) (b)

     3,956        375,859  

Johnson & Johnson (a)

     18,903        2,611,827  

McKesson Corp. (a)

     1,436        190,485  

Merck & Co., Inc. (a)

     18,960        1,345,022  

Mylan NV (a) (b)

     3,631        132,895  

Nektar Therapeutics (a) (b)

     1,135        69,190  

Perrigo Co. PLC (a)

     907        64,216  

Pfizer, Inc. (a)

     41,227        1,816,874  

Zoetis, Inc. (a)

     3,409        312,128  
     

 

 

 
        10,609,369  
     

 

 

 
        38,621,143  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 6.0%

 

Oil & Gas — 4.9%

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (a)

     3,629        244,631  

Andeavor

     979        150,277  

Apache Corp. (a)

     2,693        128,375  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

     3,181        71,636  

Chevron Corp. (a)

     13,702        1,675,481  

Cimarex Energy Co. (a)

     665        61,805  

Concho Resources, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,339        204,532  

ConocoPhillips (a)

     8,245        638,163  

Devon Energy Corp. (a)

     3,687        147,259  

EOG Resources, Inc. (a)

     4,080        520,486  

EQT Corp. (a)

     1,786        78,995  

Exxon Mobil Corp. (a)

     30,194        2,567,094  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (a)

     778        53,503  

Hess Corp. (a)

     1,848        132,280  

HollyFrontier Corp. (a)

     1,244        86,956  

Marathon Oil Corp. (a)

     6,008        139,866  

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (a)

     3,254        260,222  

Newfield Exploration Co. (a) (b)

     1,405        40,506  

Noble Energy, Inc. (a)

     3,426        106,857  

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (a)

     5,397        443,471  

Phillips 66 (a)

     2,958        333,426  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (a)

     1,201        209,202  

Valero Energy Corp. (a)

     3,036        345,345  
     

 

 

 
        8,640,368  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.7%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. (a)

     2,932        99,190  

Halliburton Co. (a)

     6,174        250,232  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a)

     2,689        115,842  

Schlumberger Ltd. (a)

     9,758        594,457  

TechnipFMC PLC (a)

     3,054        95,438  
     

 

 

 
        1,155,159  
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.4%

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (a)

     13,375        237,139  

ONEOK, Inc. (a)

     2,897        196,387  

The Williams Cos., Inc. (a)

     8,357        227,227  
     

 

 

 
        660,753  
     

 

 

 
        10,456,280  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Financial — 17.6%

 

Banks — 7.0%

 

Bank of America Corp. (a)

     65,385      $ 1,926,242  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (a)

     6,524        332,659  

BB&T Corp. (a)

     5,496        266,776  

Capital One Financial Corp. (a)

     3,428        325,420  

Citigroup, Inc. (a)

     17,972        1,289,311  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     3,415        131,717  

Comerica, Inc. (a)

     1,215        109,593  

Fifth Third Bancorp (a)

     4,838        135,077  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (a)

     2,476        555,218  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     7,779        116,063  

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (a)

     23,660        2,669,794  

KeyCorp (a)

     7,479        148,757  

M&T Bank Corp. (a)

     1,024        168,489  

Morgan Stanley (a)

     9,604        447,258  

Northern Trust Corp. (a)

     1,489        152,072  

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (a)

     3,310        450,789  

Regions Financial Corp. (a)

     7,961        146,084  

State Street Corp. (a)

     2,575        215,734  

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (a)

     3,276        218,804  

SVB Financial Group (a) (b)

     374        116,250  

US Bancorp (a)

     10,999        580,857  

Wells Fargo & Co. (a)

     30,909        1,624,577  

Zions Bancorp (a)

     1,363        68,355  
     

 

 

 
        12,195,896  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.9%

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     383        52,364  

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)

     339        80,058  

American Express Co. (a)

     5,032        535,858  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (a)

     1,027        151,647  

BlackRock, Inc. (a)

     869        409,586  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (a)

     792        76,000  

The Charles Schwab Corp. (a)

     8,459        415,760  

CME Group, Inc. (a)

     2,400        408,504  

Discover Financial Services (a)

     2,481        189,672  

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a) (b)

     1,856        97,236  

Franklin Resources, Inc. (a)

     2,243        68,210  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (a)

     4,082        305,701  

Invesco Ltd. (a)

     2,841        65,002  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     2,137        46,929  

Mastercard, Inc. Class A (a)

     6,461        1,438,283  

Nasdaq, Inc. (a)

     823        70,613  

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (a)

     909        83,673  

Synchrony Financial (a)

     5,023        156,115  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (a)

     1,705        186,152  

Visa, Inc. Class A (a)

     12,588        1,889,333  
     

 

 

 
        6,726,696  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.0%

 

Aflac, Inc. (a)

     5,460        257,002  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

44


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

The Allstate Corp. (a)

     2,477      $ 244,480  

American International Group, Inc. (a)

     6,329        336,956  

Aon PLC (a)

     1,723        264,963  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co. (a)

     1,286        95,730  

Assurant, Inc. (a)

     369        39,834  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a) (b)

     13,818        2,958,572  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a) (b)

     843        37,294  

Chubb Ltd. (a)

     3,283        438,740  

Cincinnati Financial Corp. (a)

     1,053        80,881  

Everest Re Group Ltd. (a)

     288        65,799  

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (a)

     2,524        126,099  

Lincoln National Corp. (a)

     1,526        103,249  

Loews Corp. (a)

     1,848        92,825  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. (a)

     3,576        295,807  

MetLife, Inc. (a)

     7,164        334,702  

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     1,875        109,856  

The Progressive Corp. (a)

     4,104        291,548  

Prudential Financial, Inc. (a)

     2,961        300,008  

Torchmark Corp. (a)

     745        64,584  

The Travelers Cos., Inc. (a)

     1,905        247,098  

Unum Group (a)

     1,555        60,754  

Willis Towers Watson PLC (a)

     935        131,779  
     

 

 

 
        6,978,560  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.1%

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     2,130        93,933  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.6%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (a)

     724        91,072  

American Tower Corp. (a)

     3,114        452,464  

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A (a)

     1,111        49,029  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (a)

     975        176,621  

Boston Properties, Inc. (a)

     1,088        133,922  

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

     2,924        325,529  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (a)

     1,466        164,896  

Duke Realty Corp. (a)

     2,511        71,237  

Equinix, Inc. (a)

     560        242,418  

Equity Residential (a)

     2,596        172,011  

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (a)

     465        114,720  

Extra Space Storage, Inc. (a)

     889        77,023  

Federal Realty Investment Trust (a)

     517        65,385  

HCP, Inc. (a)

     3,316        87,277  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

     5,224        110,226  

Iron Mountain, Inc. (a)

     1,984        68,488  

Kimco Realty Corp. (a)

     2,944        49,283  

The Macerich Co. (a)

     765        42,297  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (a)

     794        79,543  

Prologis, Inc. (a)

     4,434        300,581  

Public Storage (a)

     1,056        212,921  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Realty Income Corp. (a)

     2,008      $ 114,235  

Regency Centers Corp. (a)

     1,516        98,040  

SBA Communications Corp. (a) (b)

     812        130,432  

Simon Property Group, Inc. (a)

     2,183        385,845  

SL Green Realty Corp. (a)

     623        60,761  

UDR, Inc. (a)

     1,868        75,523  

Ventas, Inc. (a)

     2,511        136,548  

Vornado Realty Trust (a)

     1,220        89,060  

Welltower, Inc. (a)

     2,622        168,647  

Weyerhaeuser Co. (a)

     5,383        173,709  
     

 

 

 
        4,519,743  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.0%

 

People’s United Financial, Inc. (a)

     2,459        42,098  
     

 

 

 
        30,556,926  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.5%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%

 

Arconic, Inc. (a)

     2,993        65,876  

The Boeing Co. (a)

     3,859        1,435,162  

General Dynamics Corp. (a)

     1,947        398,590  

Harris Corp. (a)

     837        141,629  

L3 Technologies, Inc. (a)

     550        116,941  

Lockheed Martin Corp. (a)

     1,751        605,776  

Northrop Grumman Corp. (a)

     1,229        390,048  

Raytheon Co. (a)

     2,025        418,486  

Rockwell Collins, Inc. (a)

     1,158        162,664  

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a) (b)

     343        127,699  

United Technologies Corp. (a)

     5,243        733,024  
     

 

 

 
        4,595,895  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.3%

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (a)

     1,021        53,459  

Johnson Controls International PLC (a)

     6,522        228,270  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (a)

     444        80,786  

Masco Corp. (a)

     2,226        81,472  

Vulcan Materials Co. (a)

     932        103,638  
     

 

 

 
        547,625  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.3%

 

AMETEK, Inc. (a)

     1,630        128,966  

Emerson Electric Co. (a)

     4,438        339,862  
     

 

 

 
        468,828  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.3%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

     2,252        158,856  

Allegion PLC (a)

     667        60,410  

Amphenol Corp. Class A (a)

     2,127        199,981  

Corning, Inc. (a)

     5,890        207,917  

FLIR Systems, Inc. (a)

     966        59,380  

Fortive Corp. (a)

     2,172        182,882  

Garmin Ltd. (a)

     782        54,779  

Honeywell International, Inc. (a)

     5,259        875,098  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

45


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) (b)

     179      $ 109,007  

PerkinElmer, Inc. (a)

     777        75,579  

TE Connectivity Ltd. (a)

     2,465        216,748  

Waters Corp. (a) (b)

     556        108,242  
     

 

 

 
        2,308,879  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%

 

Fluor Corp. (a)

     990        57,519  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     848        64,872  
     

 

 

 
        122,391  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.3%

 

Pentair PLC (a)

     1,140        49,419  

Republic Services, Inc. (a)

     1,571        114,149  

Stericycle, Inc. (a) (b)

     602        35,325  

Waste Management, Inc. (a)

     2,803        253,279  
     

 

 

 
        452,172  
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%

 

Snap-on, Inc. (a)

     398        73,073  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (a)

     1,083        158,594  
     

 

 

 
        231,667  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.4%

 

Caterpillar, Inc. (a)

     4,211        642,135  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.7%

 

Cummins, Inc. (a)

     1,100        160,677  

Deere & Co. (a)

     2,283        343,203  

Dover Corp. (a)

     1,104        97,737  

Flowserve Corp. (a)

     900        49,221  

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (a)

     894        167,643  

Roper Technologies, Inc. (a)

     732        216,826  

Xylem, Inc. (a)

     1,266        101,116  
     

 

 

 
        1,136,423  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 1.5%

 

3M Co. (a)

     4,181        880,979  

A.O. Smith Corp. (a)

     1,016        54,224  

Eaton Corp. PLC (a)

     3,080        267,128  

General Electric Co. (a)

     61,194        690,880  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (a)

     2,147        302,985  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (a)

     1,746        178,616  

Parker-Hannifin Corp. (a)

     938        172,526  

Textron, Inc. (a)

     1,804        128,932  
     

 

 

 
        2,676,270  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.2%

 

Ball Corp. (a)

     2,460        108,215  

Packaging Corp. of America (a)

     664        72,834  

Sealed Air Corp. (a)

     1,110        44,567  

WestRock Co. (a)

     1,805        96,459  
     

 

 

 
        322,075  
     

 

 

 
Shipbuilding — 0.0%

 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (a)

     317        81,177  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Transportation — 1.7%

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     990      $ 96,941  

CSX Corp. (a)

     5,810        430,231  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (a)

     1,227        90,221  

FedEx Corp. (a)

     1,731        416,807  

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (a)

     597        71,007  

Kansas City Southern (a)

     738        83,601  

Norfolk Southern Corp. (a)

     1,990        359,195  

Union Pacific Corp. (a)

     5,229        851,438  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B (a)

     4,857        567,055  
     

 

 

 
        2,966,496  
     

 

 

 
        16,552,033  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 17.0%

 

Computers — 6.0%

 

Accenture PLC Class A (a)

     4,533        771,517  

Apple, Inc. (a)

     32,511        7,339,033  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

     4,129        318,553  

DXC Technology Co. (a)

     2,006        187,601  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (a)

     10,836        176,735  

HP, Inc. (a)

     11,561        297,927  

International Business Machines Corp. (a)

     6,481        979,992  

NetApp, Inc. (a)

     1,891        162,418  

Seagate Technology PLC (a)

     2,021        95,694  

Western Digital Corp. (a)

     2,108        123,402  
     

 

 

 
        10,452,872  
     

 

 

 
Office & Business Equipment — 0.0%

 

Xerox Corp. (a)

     1,505        40,605  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.9%

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) (b)

     5,804        179,286  

Analog Devices, Inc. (a)

     2,613        241,598  

Applied Materials, Inc. (a)

     7,094        274,183  

Broadcom, Inc. (a)

     3,062        755,487  

Intel Corp. (a)

     32,841        1,553,051  

IPG Photonics Corp. (a) (b)

     264        41,203  

KLA-Tencor Corp. (a)

     1,096        111,474  

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     1,162        176,275  

Microchip Technology, Inc. (a)

     1,654        130,517  

Micron Technology, Inc. (a) (b)

     8,171        369,574  

NVIDIA Corp. (a)

     4,277        1,201,923  

Qorvo, Inc. (a) (b)

     891        68,509  

QUALCOMM, Inc. (a)

     9,976        718,571  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

     1,294        117,379  

Texas Instruments, Inc. (a)

     6,898        740,086  

Xilinx, Inc. (a)

     1,784        143,023  
     

 

 

 
        6,822,139  
     

 

 

 
Software — 7.1%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (a)

     5,363        446,148  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

46


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

     3,470      $ 936,726  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,202        87,926  

ANSYS, Inc. (a) (b)

     592        110,515  

Autodesk, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,553        242,439  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

     821        108,331  

CA, Inc. (a)

     2,190        96,689  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,986        90,006  

Cerner Corp. (a) (b)

     2,239        144,214  

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

     907        100,822  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) (b)

     2,161        260,379  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (a)

     2,332        254,351  

Fiserv, Inc. (a) (b)

     2,906        239,396  

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     1,875        426,375  

Microsoft Corp. (a)

     54,147        6,192,792  

MSCI, Inc. (a)

     630        111,768  

Oracle Corp. (a)

     20,153        1,039,089  

Paychex, Inc. (a)

     2,253        165,933  

Red Hat, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,256        171,168  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a) (b)

     5,492        873,393  

Synopsys, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,049        103,442  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) (b)

     805        111,082  
     

 

 

 
        12,312,984  
     

 

 

 
        29,628,600  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.9%

 

Electric — 2.7%

 

AES Corp. (a)

     4,650        65,100  

Alliant Energy Corp. (a)

     1,630        69,389  

Ameren Corp. (a)

     1,724        108,991  

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     3,470        245,954  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (a)

     3,038        84,001  

CMS Energy Corp. (a)

     1,982        97,118  

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a)

     2,187        166,628  

Dominion Energy, Inc. (a)

     4,598        323,147  

DTE Energy Co. (a)

     1,284        140,123  

Duke Energy Corp. (a)

     4,942        395,459  

Edison International (a)

     2,302        155,799  

Entergy Corp. (a)

     1,270        103,035  

Evergy, Inc. (a)

     1,905        104,623  

Eversource Energy (a)

     2,232        137,134  

Exelon Corp. (a)

     6,801        296,932  

FirstEnergy Corp. (a)

     3,898        144,889  

NextEra Energy, Inc. (a)

     3,322        556,767  

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

     2,106        78,764  

PG&E Corp. (a)

     3,639        167,430  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (a)

     786        62,236  

PPL Corp. (a)

     4,920        143,959  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (a)

     3,588        189,411  

SCANA Corp. (a)

     970        37,723  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Sempra Energy (a)

     2,095      $ 238,306  

The Southern Co. (a)

     7,132        310,955  

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (a)

     2,244        149,809  

Xcel Energy, Inc. (a)

     3,613        170,570  
     

 

 

 
        4,744,252  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.1%

 

NiSource, Inc. (a)

     3,493        87,046  
     

 

 

 
Water — 0.1%

 

American Water Works Co., Inc. (a)

     1,251        110,050  
     

 

 

 
        4,941,348  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $114,693,185)
        174,154,521  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $114,693,185)
        174,154,521  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 0.0%

 

CORPORATE DEBT — 0.0%

 

Forest Products & Paper — 0.0%

 

Sino Forest Corp.
5.000% 8/01/49 (c) (d)

   $ 359,000         
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $0)
         
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $0)
         
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (#) — 0.3%
(Cost $1,112,432)
        581,365  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $115,805,617)
        174,735,886  
     

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.0%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.0%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (e)

     1,773,836        1,773,836  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,773,836)
        1,773,836  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

47


MML Managed Volatility Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

            Value  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.4%
(Cost $117,579,453) (f)
      $ 176,509,722  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (1.4)%         (2,429,620
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 174,080,102  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

All or a portion of these securities are pledged/held as collateral for written options. (Note 2).

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $0 or 0.00% of net assets.

(e)

Maturity value of $1,773,999. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,813,997.

(f)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

(#)

Purchased Options contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

                             

  Units     Notional
Amount
    Expiration
Date
         

Description

  Premiums
Purchased
     Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Put                   
    72       USD       18,720,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,600   $ 121,140      $ 12,240     $ (108,900
    85       USD       22,525,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,650     127,482        19,720       (107,762
    84       USD       22,680,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,700     135,450        22,680       (112,770
    71       USD       18,460,000       11/16/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,600     117,328        42,600       (74,728
    65       USD       17,062,500       11/16/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,625     135,298        43,550       (91,748
    85       USD       22,525,000       12/21/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,650     170,212        130,900       (39,312
    64       USD       17,280,000       12/21/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,700     121,120        120,960       (160
    69       USD       18,630,000       1/18/19       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,700     184,402        188,715       4,313  
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $ 1,112,432      $ 581,365     $ (531,067
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Written Options contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

                             

  Units     Notional
Amount
    Expiration
Date
         

Description

  Premiums
Received
     Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Call                   
    67       USD       19,463,500       10/05/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,905   $ 169,343      $ 131,990     $ 37,353  
    65       USD       19,012,500       10/12/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,925     126,588        90,480       36,108  
    65       USD       18,850,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,900     240,338        227,825       12,513  
    68       USD       19,890,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,925     146,030        127,840       18,190  
    68       USD       19,958,000       10/19/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,935     121,006        88,400       32,606  
    68       USD       19,380,000       11/16/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,850     501,670        612,680       (111,010
    63       USD       18,270,000       11/16/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,900     384,142        337,365       46,777  
    69       USD       20,182,500       11/16/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,925     230,977        248,745       (17,768
    62       USD       18,290,000       12/21/18       S&P 500 Index, Strike 2,950     359,445        265,360       94,085  
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $ 2,279,539      $ 2,130,685     $ 148,854  
             

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Currency Legend

USD

U.S. Dollar

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

48


MML Mid Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 93.5%

 

COMMON STOCK — 92.7%

 

Basic Materials — 2.9%

 

Chemicals — 2.5%

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     30,000      $ 5,011,501  

RPM International, Inc.

     60,000        3,896,400  

Valvoline, Inc.

     157,000        3,377,070  
     

 

 

 
        12,284,971  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.4%

 

Franco-Nevada Corp.

     30,000        1,876,500  
     

 

 

 
        14,161,471  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 3.0%

 

Internet — 2.9%

 

Expedia Group, Inc.

     14,000        1,826,720  

Farfetch Ltd. Class A (a)

     6,426        174,980  

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

     35,000        7,585,200  

Shopify, Inc. Class A (a)

     5,000        822,300  

Symantec Corp.

     120,000        2,553,600  

Zillow Group, Inc. Class A (a)

     7,000        309,400  

Zillow Group, Inc. Class C (a)

     23,000        1,017,750  
     

 

 

 
        14,289,950  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 0.1%

 

Maxar Technologies Ltd. (b)

     18,682        617,814  
     

 

 

 
        14,907,764  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 17.2%

 

Airlines — 0.9%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     19,000        1,308,340  

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     37,000        3,295,220  
     

 

 

 
        4,603,560  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.1%

 

Ferrari NV (b)

     5,000        684,550  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.1%

 

Aptiv PLC

     49,000        4,111,100  

Visteon Corp. (a)

     15,000        1,393,500  
     

 

 

 
        5,504,600  
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 1.5%

 

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)

     90,000        3,851,100  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     60,000        3,581,400  
     

 

 

 
        7,432,500  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.0%

 

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     17,000        4,665,140  
     

 

 

 
Food Services — 0.8%

 

Aramark

     90,000        3,871,800  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 1.5%

 

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     128,000        7,351,040  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Lodging — 2.4%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     38,000      $ 3,069,640  

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     30,000        3,960,900  

MGM Resorts International

     166,000        4,633,060  
     

 

 

 
        11,663,600  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 7.9%

 

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

     21,000        3,421,320  

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     42,000        3,136,140  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     29,000        3,744,190  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     13,000        1,445,470  

Dollar General Corp.

     60,000        6,558,000  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     38,000        3,098,900  

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

     38,000        2,801,360  

The Michaels Cos., Inc. (a)

     60,000        973,800  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     7,000        2,431,240  

Tapestry, Inc.

     181,000        9,098,870  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     7,000        1,974,840  
     

 

 

 
        38,684,130  
     

 

 

 
        84,460,920  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 25.2%

 

Biotechnology — 1.8%

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     20,000        1,750,400  

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

     25,000        1,973,000  

Incyte Corp. (a)

     30,000        2,072,400  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     6,025        851,031  

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a) (b)

     30,000        2,313,600  
     

 

 

 
        8,960,431  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 9.1%

 

CoreLogic, Inc. (a)

     87,000        4,298,670  

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     7,000        2,945,880  

Equifax, Inc.

     10,896        1,422,691  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

     18,000        4,101,120  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

     15,000        2,377,500  

Global Payments, Inc.

     25,259        3,217,997  

IHS Markit Ltd. (a)

     56,000        3,021,760  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     8,000        1,427,920  

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

     60,741        3,767,764  

TransUnion

     59,825        4,401,923  

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

     45,000        5,424,750  

WeWork Companies, Inc. Class A (a) (c) (d)

     8,764        576,145  

Worldpay, Inc. Class A (a)

     75,000        7,595,250  
     

 

 

 
        44,579,370  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.9%

 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     76,000        2,581,720  

The Kroger Co.

     83,000        2,416,130  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     83,000        2,275,030  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Mid Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

     49,000      $ 2,344,650  
     

 

 

 
        9,617,530  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 7.8%

 

Bruker Corp.

     154,500        5,168,025  

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

     34,000        9,423,100  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

     15,000        566,100  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

     191,000        7,827,180  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     6,000        1,497,960  

Teleflex, Inc.

     41,000        10,909,690  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     22,000        2,716,340  
     

 

 

 
        38,108,395  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 3.0%

 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     55,000        1,936,000  

Catalent, Inc. (a)

     115,000        5,238,250  

Envision Healthcare Corp. (a)

     53,000        2,423,690  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     23,000        2,984,020  

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

     45,000        2,099,700  
     

 

 

 
        14,681,660  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%

 

Alkermes PLC (a)

     90,000        3,819,600  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     56,456        1,252,759  

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     13,000        1,859,520  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a) (b)

     12,000        418,680  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,000        214,130  

TESARO, Inc. (a) (b)

     5,000        195,050  
     

 

 

 
        7,759,739  
     

 

 

 
        123,707,125  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 2.0%

 

Oil & Gas — 2.0%

 

ARC Resources Ltd. (b)

     78,000        869,586  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     91,000        2,049,320  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     74,000        1,616,900  

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     30,000        4,582,500  

Venture Global LNG, Inc. Series B (a) (c) (d)

     21        109,200  

Venture Global LNG, Inc. Series C (a) (c) (d)

     144        748,800  
     

 

 

 
        9,976,306  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 7.9%

 

Banks — 0.9%

 

Fifth Third Bancorp

     113,000        3,154,960  

Webster Financial Corp.

     23,000        1,356,080  
     

 

 

 
        4,511,040  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%

 

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     37,000        3,550,520  

SLM Corp. (a)

     136,000        1,516,400  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     124,000      $ 6,550,920  
     

 

 

 
        11,617,840  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.1%

 

Assurant, Inc.

     22,000        2,374,900  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     23,000        1,327,330  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     128,000        5,036,800  

The Progressive Corp.

     68,000        4,830,720  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     46,244        6,517,629  
     

 

 

 
        20,087,379  
     

 

 

 
Private Equity — 0.5%

 

KKR & Co., Inc. Class A

     89,000        2,427,030  
     

 

 

 
        38,643,289  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 21.8%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%

 

Harris Corp.

     49,000        8,291,290  

L3 Technologies, Inc.

     7,882        1,675,871  
     

 

 

 
        9,967,161  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.4%

 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     11,000        2,001,450  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 8.3%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     105,000        7,406,700  

Allegion PLC

     46,000        4,166,220  

Coherent, Inc. (a)

     11,000        1,894,090  

Corning, Inc.

     150,000        5,295,000  

Fortive Corp. (b)

     56,000        4,715,200  

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     128,000        8,483,840  

National Instruments Corp.

     35,000        1,691,550  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)

     141,000        6,986,550  
     

 

 

 
        40,639,150  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.9%

 

Waste Connections, Inc.

     55,000        4,387,350  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.5%

 

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     38,000        2,376,520  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 4.3%

 

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (a)

     100,000        2,834,000  

IDEX Corp.

     46,000        6,930,360  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     23,000        6,812,830  

Xylem, Inc.

     56,000        4,472,720  
     

 

 

 
        21,049,910  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 2.8%

 

Colfax Corp. (a)

     75,000        2,704,500  

Textron, Inc.

     158,000        11,292,260  
     

 

 

 
        13,996,760  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 1.8%

 

Ardagh Group SA

     6,000        100,140  

Ball Corp.

     162,000        7,126,380  

Sealed Air Corp.

     38,000        1,525,700  
     

 

 

 
        8,752,220  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Mid Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Transportation — 0.8%

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     8,000      $ 951,520  

Kansas City Southern

     26,000        2,945,280  
     

 

 

 
        3,896,800  
     

 

 

 
        107,067,321  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 11.8%

 

Semiconductors — 4.4%

 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

     166,000        3,203,800  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     53,000        2,988,670  

Microchip Technology, Inc. (b)

     109,000        8,601,190  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     26,000        2,358,460  

Xilinx, Inc.

     52,000        4,168,840  
     

 

 

 
        21,320,960  
     

 

 

 
Software — 7.4%

 

athenahealth, Inc. (a)

     4,000        534,400  

Atlassian Corp. PLC Class A (a)

     37,000        3,557,180  

Black Knight, Inc. (a)

     68,000        3,532,600  

CDK Global, Inc.

     37,000        2,314,720  

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     6,000        722,940  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     30,000        3,272,100  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     64,000        5,272,320  

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     10,000        1,010,100  

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     29,137        3,970,790  

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     11,000        1,330,010  

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc

     41,000        2,330,030  

Tableau Software, Inc. Class A (a)

     27,000        3,016,980  

Workday, Inc. Class A (a)

     38,000        5,547,240  
     

 

 

 
        36,411,410  
     

 

 

 
        57,732,370  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 0.9%

 

Electric — 0.5%

 

Sempra Energy

     23,000        2,616,250  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.4%

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

     18,000        1,690,380  
     

 

 

 
        4,306,630  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $312,222,686)
        454,963,196  
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.8%

 

Communications — 0.2%

 

Internet — 0.2%

 

Roofoods Ltd. Series F (a) (c) (d)

     1,915        976,516  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 0.5%

 

Commercial Services — 0.5%

 

WeWork Companies, Inc. Series D 1 (a) (c) (d)

     22,197        1,459,231  

WeWork Companies, Inc. Series D 2 (a) (c) (d)

     17,440        1,146,506  
     

 

 

 
        2,605,737  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
     Value  
Technology — 0.1%

 

Software — 0.1%

 

Slack Technologies, Inc. Series H (a) (c) (d)

    26,680      $ 317,633  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $1,654,723)
       3,899,886  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $313,877,409)
       458,863,082  
    

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 3.3%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.3%

 

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (e)

    16,076,249        16,076,249  
    

 

 

 
       16,076,249  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $16,076,249)
       16,076,249  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $329,953,658)
       474,939,331  
    

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 6.3%

 

Mutual Fund — 2.9%

 

T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund, 1.000%, due 9/19/39

    14,380,110        14,380,110  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUND
(Cost $14,380,110)
       14,380,110  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
Repurchase Agreement — 3.4%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (f)

  $ 16,717,054        16,717,054  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $31,097,164)
       31,097,164  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.1%
(Cost $361,050,822) (g)
       506,036,495  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (3.1)%        (15,423,065
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 490,613,430  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Mid Cap Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

(b)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $15,720,977 or 3.20% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(c)

Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $5,334,031 or 1.09% of net assets.

(e)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(f)

Maturity value of $16,718,586. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $17,052,507.

(g)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 94.7%

 

COMMON STOCK — 94.7%

 

Consumer, Cyclical — 10.0%

 

Airlines — 1.2%

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

     88,159      $ 5,505,530  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 1.5%

 

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR

     130,247        3,917,830  

PACCAR, Inc.

     41,399        2,822,998  
     

 

 

 
        6,740,828  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.0%

 

Aptiv PLC

     12,761        1,070,648  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     85,093        3,640,278  
     

 

 

 
        4,710,926  
     

 

 

 
Food Services — 0.6%

 

Sodexo SA

     26,244        2,779,734  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 1.6%

 

PulteGroup, Inc.

     184,351        4,566,374  

Thor Industries, Inc.

     32,237        2,698,237  
     

 

 

 
     7,264,611  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 4.1%

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     28,657        4,823,833  

Genuine Parts Co.

     46,828        4,654,703  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Class A

     76,198        6,713,806  

Target Corp.

     29,948        2,641,713  
     

 

 

 
        18,834,055  
     

 

 

 
        45,835,684  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 17.2%

 

Beverages — 0.5%

 

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

     37,529        2,308,034  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 7.4%

 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     197,579        6,711,759  

General Mills, Inc.

     51,790        2,222,827  

The J.M. Smucker Co.

     23,901        2,452,482  

Kellogg Co.

     63,878        4,472,737  

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     112,527        4,834,160  

Orkla ASA

     682,551        5,766,328  

Sysco Corp.

     75,507        5,530,888  

US Foods Holding Corp. (a)

     60,021        1,849,847  
     

 

 

 
        33,841,028  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 5.4%

 

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

     55,298        4,701,989  

Siemens Healthineers AG (a) (b)

     46,447        2,042,497  

STERIS PLC

     24,417        2,793,305  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     112,410        14,778,542  
     

 

 

 
        24,316,333  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Health Care – Services — 0.6%

 

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     2,101      $ 135,304  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     23,847        2,573,330  
     

 

 

 
        2,708,634  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.9%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     36,659        4,165,929  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.4%

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     119,216        6,437,664  

McKesson Corp.

     34,616        4,591,812  
     

 

 

 
        11,029,476  
     

 

 

 
        78,369,434  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 9.5%

 

Oil & Gas — 7.3%

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     69,302        4,671,648  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     53,741        4,994,688  

Devon Energy Corp.

     135,606        5,416,104  

EQT Corp.

     150,530        6,657,942  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     28,934        1,989,791  

Imperial Oil Ltd.

     103,823        3,359,889  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     202,441        6,314,135  
     

 

 

 
        33,404,197  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 2.2%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co.

     179,337        6,066,971  

Halliburton Co.

     61,794        2,504,511  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     33,579        1,446,583  
     

 

 

 
        10,018,065  
     

 

 

 
        43,422,262  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 26.7%

 

Banks — 12.6%

 

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

     77,002        6,076,228  

BB&T Corp.

     188,862        9,167,361  

Comerica, Inc.

     21,410        1,931,182  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     77,392        5,109,420  

M&T Bank Corp.

     37,211        6,122,698  

Northern Trust Corp.

     96,900        9,896,397  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

     20,675        1,433,811  

State Street Corp.

     30,552        2,559,647  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     73,160        4,886,356  

UMB Financial Corp.

     73,438        5,206,754  

Westamerica Bancorp.

     82,698        4,975,112  
     

 

 

 
        57,364,966  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.6%

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     48,020        7,090,633  

Invesco Ltd.

     407,126        9,315,043  
     

 

 

 
        16,405,676  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 5.8%

 

Aflac, Inc.

     71,473        3,364,234  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     50,787        3,780,584  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

53


MML Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

     96,284      $ 2,847,118  

Chubb Ltd.

     50,031        6,686,143  

ProAssurance Corp.

     71,249        3,345,140  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     27,062        3,912,083  

Torchmark Corp.

     18,165        1,574,724  

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     9,652        1,251,961  
     

 

 

 
        26,761,987  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 3.8%

 

American Tower Corp.

     9,944        1,444,863  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A

     90,239        1,498,870  

MGM Growth Properties LLC Class A

     132,713        3,913,706  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A

     179,283        3,393,827  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     220,883        7,127,895  
     

 

 

 
        17,379,161  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.9%

 

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

     313,022        3,987,901  
     

 

 

 
        121,899,691  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 19.3%

 

Building Materials — 1.5%

 

Johnson Controls International PLC

     197,655        6,917,925  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 4.2%

 

Emerson Electric Co.

     71,591        5,482,439  

Hubbell, Inc.

     78,989        10,550,560  

Schneider Electric SE

     40,765        3,279,650  
     

 

 

 
        19,312,649  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.8%

 

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     32,525        2,155,757  

nVent Electric PLC

     71,279        1,935,937  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     48,033        4,223,542  
     

 

 

 
        8,315,236  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.7%

 

Republic Services, Inc.

     42,020        3,053,173  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.6%

 

Atlas Copco AB Class B

     96,764        2,579,074  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.2%

 

Cummins, Inc.

     36,005        5,259,250  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 3.5%

 

Eaton Corp. PLC

     53,049        4,600,940  

IMI PLC

     299,046        4,269,859  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     35,472        3,628,786  

Textron, Inc.

     49,929        3,568,426  
     

 

 

 
        16,068,011  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 4.4%

 

Bemis Co., Inc.

     9,179        446,099  

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     447,315        6,266,883  

Sonoco Products Co.

     99,007        5,494,889  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

WestRock Co.

     148,756      $ 7,949,521  
     

 

 

 
        20,157,392  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.4%

 

Heartland Express, Inc.

     219,839        4,337,424  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     10,346        1,867,453  
     

 

 

 
        6,204,877  
     

 

 

 
        87,867,587  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 4.8%

 

Computers — 0.7%

 

HP, Inc.

     127,780        3,292,890  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.7%

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

     42,270        1,633,735  

Lam Research Corp.

     20,271        3,075,111  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     112,717        6,356,112  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     56,255        4,439,082  

Teradyne, Inc.

     34,609        1,279,841  
     

 

 

 
        16,783,881  
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.4%

 

Cerner Corp. (a)

     28,312        1,823,576  
     

 

 

 
        21,900,347  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 7.2%

 

Electric — 6.0%

 

Ameren Corp.

     62,355        3,942,083  

Edison International

     60,537        4,097,144  

Eversource Energy

     37,486        2,303,140  

NorthWestern Corp.

     100,173        5,876,148  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     55,839        4,421,332  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     145,845        6,885,343  
     

 

 

 
        27,525,190  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 1.2%

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

     27,996        2,629,104  

Spire, Inc.

     39,597        2,912,359  
     

 

 

 
        5,541,463  
     

 

 

 
        33,066,653  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $396,136,406)
        432,361,658  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $396,136,406)
        432,361,658  
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 2.8%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 2.8%

 

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

     143,364        12,940,035  
     

 

 

 
        12,940,035  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $12,803,798)
        12,940,035  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $408,940,204)
        445,301,693  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

54


MML Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.6%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 2.6%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (c)

  $ 11,621,531      $ 11,621,531  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $11,621,531)
       11,621,531  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $420,561,735) (d)
       456,923,224  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%        (442,944
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 456,480,280  
    

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

ETF

Exchange-Traded Fund

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $2,042,497 or 0.45% of net assets.

(c)

Maturity value of $11,622,597. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of , and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $11,854,258.

(d)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

Forward contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

Counterparty   

Settlement
Date

   In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Contract to Buy  
GBP     87,957     Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC    12/31/18    $ 116,510      $ (1,349
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Contracts to Deliver  
JPY     265,620,262     Bank of America N.A.    12/28/18    $ 2,375,448      $ 20,918  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
EUR     5,955,920     Credit Suisse International    12/31/18      7,054,198        84,971  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
NOK     40,785,835     Goldman Sachs International    12/28/18      5,016,785        (13,838
SEK     18,590,300     Goldman Sachs International    12/28/18      2,132,124        23,912  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,148,909        10,074  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
CAD     3,730,308     Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC    12/31/18      2,893,384        (457
GBP     2,881,495     Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC    12/31/18      3,830,445        57,723  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
     6,723,829        57,266  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 23,302,384      $ 173,229  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Currency Legend

CAD

Canadian Dollar

EUR

Euro

GBP

British Pound

JPY

Japanese Yen

NOK

Norwegian Krone

SEK

Swedish Krona

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

55


MML Moderate Allocation Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.1%

 

Equity Funds — 60.0%

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     4,600,571      $ 78,347,732  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

     8,114,852        92,996,207  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III (a)

     2,729,938        88,586,477  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     3,999,162        23,235,129  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class (a)

     7,168,178        76,627,819  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II (a)

     4,097,042        45,149,404  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II (a)

     6,156,265        87,726,772  

MML Global Fund, Class I (a)

     7,241,602        84,437,084  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     9,564,639        94,211,695  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II (a)

     6,952,557        74,253,303  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     2,230,057        24,486,031  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class (a)

     5,005,963        80,395,769  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     7,250,905        79,759,952  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class (a)

     1,204,912        19,456,200  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II (a)

     2,112,313        36,374,028  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class (a)

     2,008,527        26,110,852  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II (a)

     4,759,008        52,444,271  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     334,922        28,277,469  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     1,003,454        45,336,030  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     18,237,618        181,099,545  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     16,134,048        38,399,035  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares (a)

     703,806        21,881,342  
     

 

 

 
        1,379,592,146  
     

 

 

 
    Number of
Shares
    Value  
Fixed Income Funds — 40.1%

 

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    22,626,734     $ 220,384,386  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II (a)

    5,012,612       49,775,242  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class (a)

    7,359,883       72,862,847  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class (a)

    24,749,121       298,808,667  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    9,467,834       92,027,344  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II (a)

    18,855,623       188,744,787  
   

 

 

 
      922,603,273  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $2,329,569,878)
      2,302,195,419  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,329,569,878)
      2,302,195,419  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.1%
(Cost $2,329,569,878) (b)
      2,302,195,419  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.1)%       (1,683,767
   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $ 2,300,511,652  
   

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.

(b)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

56


MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.5%

 

COMMON STOCK — 98.1%

 

Basic Materials — 5.7%

 

Chemicals — 4.2%

 

Cabot Corp.

     21,216      $ 1,330,668  

Ferro Corp. (a)

     136,783        3,176,101  

Ingevity Corp. (a)

     9,577        975,705  

Methanex Corp.

     11,234        888,609  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     14,210        960,596  

Orion Engineered Carbons SA

     35,318        1,133,708  

PolyOne Corp.

     17,850        780,402  
     

 

 

 
        9,245,789  
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 1.5%

 

Carpenter Technology Corp.

     57,080        3,364,866  
     

 

 

 
        12,610,655  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 9.1%

 

Internet — 6.9%

 

Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a)

     26,730        932,877  

DraftKings Inc. (a) (b) (c)

     78,904        201,170  

Etsy, Inc. (a)

     23,579        1,211,489  

Mimecast Ltd. (a)

     39,920        1,671,850  

Proofpoint, Inc. (a)

     4,407        468,596  

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

     19,678        1,296,583  

Stitch Fix, Inc. Class A (a) (d)

     22,248        973,795  

The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A (a)

     9,719        1,466,694  

TrueCar, Inc. (a)

     67,400        950,340  

Twilio, Inc. Class A (a)

     13,292        1,146,834  

Veracode, Inc. (Escrow Shares) (a) (b) (c)

     10,688        42,966  

Wayfair, Inc. Class A (a)

     7,678        1,133,810  

Wix.com Ltd. (a)

     22,094        2,644,652  

Yelp, Inc. (a)

     6,363        313,060  

Zendesk, Inc. (a)

     12,144        862,224  
     

 

 

 
        15,316,940  
     

 

 

 
Media — 0.5%

 

The New York Times Co. Class A

     49,406        1,143,749  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.7%

 

Acacia Communications, Inc. (a)

     15,003        620,674  

Ciena Corp. (a)

     38,673        1,208,145  

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

     132,834        1,880,929  
     

 

 

 
        3,709,748  
     

 

 

 
        20,170,437  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 13.6%

 

Airlines — 1.0%

 

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     57,028        1,104,062  

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

     24,817        1,165,655  
     

 

 

 
        2,269,717  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Apparel — 1.3%

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

     7,433      $ 881,405  

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)

     20,100        561,393  

Under Armour, Inc. Class A (a) (d)

     8,424        178,757  

Under Armour, Inc. Class C (a)

     58,510        1,138,605  
     

 

 

 
        2,760,160  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.8%

 

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

     16,459        679,757  

Tenneco, Inc.

     25,278        1,065,215  
     

 

 

 
        1,744,972  
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.3%

 

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)

     8,929        672,711  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 1.3%

 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     34,350        1,380,870  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     13,808        1,543,044  
     

 

 

 
        2,923,914  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 1.3%

 

Skyline Champion Corp.

     64,945        1,855,479  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)

     81,894        1,015,485  
     

 

 

 
        2,870,964  
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.4%

 

Sleep Number Corp. (a)

     24,146        888,090  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 1.9%

 

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

     43,521        1,193,781  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a)

     83,280        1,238,373  

Planet Fitness, Inc. Class A (a)

     33,531        1,811,680  
     

 

 

 
        4,243,834  
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.8%

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

     49,652        1,680,720  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 4.5%

 

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)

     48,815        910,400  

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (d)

     18,792        1,006,124  

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

     104,777        908,417  

The Children’s Place, Inc.

     2,900        370,620  

FirstCash, Inc.

     14,916        1,223,112  

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     6,138        798,308  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

     35,793        1,079,875  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     37,074        1,171,538  

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

     33,625        714,531  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

     12,754        1,051,185  

Wingstop, Inc.

     11,691        798,144  
     

 

 

 
        10,032,254  
     

 

 

 
        30,087,336  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 25.2%

 

Beverages — 0.5%

 

MGP Ingredients, Inc. (d)

     14,795        1,168,509  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

57


MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Biotechnology — 4.4%

 

Abeona Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (d)

     32,605      $ 417,344  

Aduro Biotech, Inc. (a) (d)

     37,479        275,471  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (d)

     36,313        439,024  

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     16,776        772,032  

Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)

     17,854        1,393,683  

CRISPR Therapeutics AG (a) (d)

     16,021        710,531  

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

     21,996        1,735,924  

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     29,872        508,720  

Loxo Oncology, Inc. (a)

     4,838        826,476  

Nightstar Therapeutics PLC ADR (a)

     29,655        605,852  

REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)

     8,177        617,363  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,235        315,694  

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     18,204        308,558  

Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     14,095        768,882  
     

 

 

 
        9,695,554  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 5.0%

 

The Brink’s Co.

     21,163        1,476,119  

Cardtronics PLC Class A (a)

     34,016        1,076,266  

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     2,614        1,100,076  

Green Dot Corp. Class A (a)

     10,752        954,993  

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

     85,006        2,789,047  

TriNet Group, Inc. (a)

     48,203        2,714,793  

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

     39,906        1,039,551  
     

 

 

 
        11,150,845  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.2%

 

Performance Food Group Co. (a)

     82,253        2,739,025  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 6.3%

 

Globus Medical, Inc. Class A (a)

     46,297        2,627,818  

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

     21,063        2,413,398  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     12,995        1,226,728  

Inogen, Inc. (a)

     2,275        555,373  

Insulet Corp. (a)

     42,556        4,508,808  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     26,619        1,635,738  

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a) (d)

     53,218        328,887  

Penumbra, Inc. (a)

     3,733        558,830  
     

 

 

 
        13,855,580  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 4.0%

 

Amedisys, Inc. (a)

     19,456        2,431,222  

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

     11,794        1,214,664  

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     16,930        1,090,292  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     15,566        2,314,664  

Syneos Health, Inc. (a)

     23,849        1,229,416  

Teladoc Health, Inc. (a) (d)

     6,182        533,816  
     

 

 

 
        8,814,074  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%

 

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,106        1,114,424  

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     7,151        1,022,879  

G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     7,692        402,215  

Galapagos NV Sponsored ADR (a)

     4,685        526,735  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     19,814      $ 627,113  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     24,771        457,273  

MyoKardia, Inc. (a)

     12,735        830,322  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     6,917        850,445  

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (d)

     12,031        320,385  

PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

     15,775        1,738,247  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     9,622        239,107  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     12,500        364,625  
     

 

 

 
        8,493,770  
     

 

 

 
        55,917,357  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 3.8%

 

Energy – Alternate Sources — 1.0%

 

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     21,464        1,039,287  

Pattern Energy Group, Inc. Class A

     57,272        1,137,995  
     

 

 

 
        2,177,282  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 2.8%

 

Callon Petroleum Co. (a)

     101,943        1,222,296  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc. Class A (a)

     78,277        1,710,352  

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

     18,727        794,587  

Viper Energy Partners LP

     60,927        2,565,027  
     

 

 

 
        6,292,262  
     

 

 

 
        8,469,544  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 18.9%

 

Banks — 5.9%

 

BancorpSouth Bank

     71,924        2,351,915  

CenterState Bank Corp.

     34,902        979,001  

First Financial Bancorp

     35,778        1,062,607  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. Class A

     24,655        1,104,544  

National Bank Holdings Corp. Class A

     29,802        1,122,045  

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)

     42,281        1,234,605  

South State Corp.

     13,260        1,087,320  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     24,095        1,991,452  

Union Bankshares Corp.

     56,057        2,159,876  
     

 

 

 
        13,093,365  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%

 

Air Lease Corp.

     28,436        1,304,644  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

     95,772        2,056,225  

OneMain Holdings, Inc. (a)

     25,196        846,837  

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

     29,519        1,062,684  
     

 

 

 
        5,270,390  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.8%

 

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

     32,633        1,378,091  

eHealth, Inc. (a)

     55,758        1,575,721  

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

     20,823        934,953  

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

     26,300        1,120,906  

Kemper Corp.

     13,853        1,114,474  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

58


MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

     79,000      $ 1,051,490  

NMI Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

     58,175        1,317,664  
     

 

 

 
        8,493,299  
     

 

 

 
Private Equity — 1.0%

 

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

     101,956        2,192,054  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.2%

 

Five Point Holdings LLC Class A (a) (d)

     47,150        443,681  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 4.5%

 

Agree Realty Corp.

     17,974        954,779  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     31,977        953,874  

Life Storage, Inc.

     11,231        1,068,742  

MFA Financial, Inc.

     110,566        812,660  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

     22,936        939,229  

PS Business Parks, Inc.

     8,624        1,096,024  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

     64,712        1,050,923  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

     33,994        1,086,449  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     91,426        2,166,796  
     

 

 

 
        10,129,476  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 1.1%

 

Sterling Bancorp

     109,487        2,408,714  
     

 

 

 
        42,030,979  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 10.6%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)

     28,309        962,223  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

     782        192,904  
     

 

 

 
        1,155,127  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.6%

 

EnerSys

     15,613        1,360,361  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.8%

 

II-VI, Inc. (a)

     15,181        718,061  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Class A

     13,535        1,123,405  
     

 

 

 
        1,841,466  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.3%

 

Argan, Inc.

     13,600        584,800  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.5%

 

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

     17,264        1,235,757  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.9%

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

     18,807        1,473,152  

SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)

     51,371        2,671,292  
     

 

 

 
        4,144,444  
     

 

 

 
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 1.5%

 

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

     45,015        1,390,964  

Rexnord Corp. (a)

     37,193        1,145,544  

The Timken Co.

     14,762        735,886  
     

 

 

 
        3,272,394  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 3.2%

 

Actuant Corp. Class A

     93,576      $ 2,610,770  

Ambarella, Inc. (a) (d)

     13,841        535,370  

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)

     9,654        660,623  

ITT, Inc.

     29,376        1,799,574  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

     12,167        1,451,523  
     

 

 

 
        7,057,860  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.3%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     54,075        757,591  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.6%

 

Kirby Corp. (a)

     16,079        1,322,498  
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.4%

 

GATX Corp.

     9,804        848,928  
     

 

 

 
        23,581,226  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 10.7%

 

Computers — 1.4%

 

Carbonite, Inc. (a)

     26,828        956,418  

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

     6,354        874,946  

Globant SA (a)

     22,100        1,303,679  
     

 

 

 
        3,135,043  
     

 

 

 
Office & Business Equipment — 0.5%

 

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a)

     6,638        1,173,797  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 1.2%

 

Cohu, Inc.

     45,336        1,137,934  

Entegris, Inc.

     53,353        1,544,569  
     

 

 

 
        2,682,503  
     

 

 

 
Software — 7.6%

 

2U, Inc. (a)

     29,783        2,239,384  

Castlight Health, Inc. Class B (a)

     110,900        299,430  

Cloudera, Inc. (a)

     68,008        1,200,341  

Docusign, Inc.
(Escrow Shares) (a) (b) (c)

     2,601        5,852  

Everbridge, Inc. (a)

     15,548        896,187  

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

     5,083        1,161,720  

Five9, Inc. (a)

     25,338        1,107,017  

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     7,517        759,292  

HubSpot, Inc. (a)

     14,767        2,229,079  

Liveramp Holdings, Inc.

     26,633        1,315,936  

ManTech International Corp. Class A

     13,540        857,082  

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

     24,096        1,732,502  

SailPoint Technologies Holding, Inc. (a)

     33,331        1,133,921  

SendGrid, Inc. (a)

     26,609        978,945  

Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A (a)

     8,764        954,137  
     

 

 

 
        16,870,825  
     

 

 

 
        23,862,168  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

59


MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Utilities — 0.5%

 

Electric — 0.5%

 

Black Hills Corp.

     18,419      $ 1,069,960  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $170,269,774)
        217,799,662  
  

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.4%

 

Communications — 0.3%

 

Internet — 0.3%

 

The Honest Company, Inc. Series D (a) (b) (c)

     4,027        150,328  

Zuora, Inc. Class B
(Lock Up) (a) (c)

     26,226        606,083  
     

 

 

 
        756,411  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 0.1%

 

Software — 0.1%

 

MarkLogic Corp. Series F (a) (b) (c)

     22,966        229,201  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $650,271)
        985,612  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $170,920,045)
        218,785,274  
  

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 3.0%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.0%

 

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

     8,343        1,406,212  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (e)

     5,255,823        5,255,823  
     

 

 

 
        6,662,035  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $6,658,819)
        6,662,035  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $177,578,864)
        225,447,309  
  

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.3%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.3%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (f)

   $ 2,812,320      $ 2,812,320  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,812,320)
        2,812,320  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.8%
(Cost $180,391,184) (g)
        228,259,629  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (2.8)%         (6,257,620
  

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 222,002,009  
  

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(c)

This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $1,235,600 or 0.56% of net assets.

(d)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $5,126,857 or 2.31% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(e)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(f)

Maturity value of $2,812,578. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $2,877,501.

(g)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

60


MML Small Company Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.4%

 

COMMON STOCK — 98.4%

 

Basic Materials — 3.8%

 

Chemicals — 1.8%

 

American Vanguard Corp.

     18,200      $ 327,599  

KMG Chemicals, Inc.

     14,084        1,064,187  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     8,500        574,600  
     

 

 

 
        1,966,386  
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.3%

 

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

     9,300        276,210  
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 1.2%

 

Carpenter Technology Corp.

     16,100        949,095  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     4,900        417,921  
     

 

 

 
        1,367,016  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.5%

 

Constellium NV Class A (a)

     35,100        433,485  

New Gold, Inc. (a)

     110,400        87,580  
     

 

 

 
        521,065  
     

 

 

 
        4,130,677  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 3.2%

 

Internet — 0.9%

 

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

     7,800        472,290  

Zendesk, Inc. (a)

     6,800        482,800  
     

 

 

 
        955,090  
     

 

 

 
Media — 1.1%

 

Cable One, Inc.

     1,004        887,144  

Scholastic Corp.

     8,500        396,865  
     

 

 

 
        1,284,009  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.2%

 

GTT Communications, Inc. (a) (b)

     14,000        607,600  

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

     132,731        730,021  
     

 

 

 
        1,337,621  
     

 

 

 
        3,576,720  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 8.8%

 

Apparel — 1.1%

 

Crocs, Inc. (a)

     21,200        451,348  

Steven Madden Ltd.

     14,500        767,050  
     

 

 

 
        1,218,398  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.4%

 

Blue Bird Corp. (a) (b)

     16,400        401,800  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.3%

 

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

     10,300        792,276  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

     12,100        438,020  

Visteon Corp. (a)

     1,900        176,510  
     

 

 

 
        1,406,806  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.9%

 

Pool Corp.

     6,300      $ 1,051,344  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.3%

 

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     3,432        383,526  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 1.2%

 

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

     5,100        1,290,300  
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.5%

 

LCI Industries

     6,500        538,200  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 2.8%

 

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

     15,000        542,850  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

     8,557        229,157  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

     11,560        328,420  

Express, Inc. (a)

     38,200        422,492  

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     26,356        408,254  

Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)

     29,755        403,180  

PriceSmart, Inc.

     6,500        526,175  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)

     6,500        260,975  
     

 

 

 
        3,121,503  
     

 

 

 
Textiles — 0.3%

 

Culp, Inc.

     13,200        319,440  
     

 

 

 
        9,731,317  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 16.9%

 

Commercial Services — 6.1%

 

Aaron’s, Inc.

     23,700        1,290,702  

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

     15,800        522,190  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)

     12,500        914,875  

Green Dot Corp. Class A (a)

     19,580        1,739,096  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

     3,816        188,510  

Matthews International Corp. Class A

     7,900        396,185  

Monro, Inc.

     1,800        125,280  

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

     19,200        442,752  

Strategic Education, Inc.

     8,331        1,141,597  
     

 

 

 
        6,761,187  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 2.7%

 

Nomad Foods Ltd. (a)

     67,900        1,375,654  

Post Holdings, Inc. (a)

     7,500        735,300  

The Simply Good Foods Co. (a)

     25,356        493,174  

SpartanNash Co.

     16,500        330,990  
     

 

 

 
        2,935,118  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 4.9%

 

Atrion Corp.

     1,895        1,316,646  

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

     19,100        1,308,350  

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

     4,800        549,984  

Quidel Corp. (a)

     22,400        1,459,808  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     6,300        777,861  
     

 

 

 
        5,412,649  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

61


MML Small Company Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Health Care – Services — 2.5%

 

The Ensign Group, Inc.

     24,200      $ 917,664  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     7,400        1,100,380  

Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)

     38,200        702,880  
     

 

 

 
        2,720,924  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.5%

 

CSS Industries, Inc.

     14,393        204,813  

Rosetta Stone, Inc. (a)

     19,172        381,331  
     

 

 

 
        586,144  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%

 

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,200        241,960  
     

 

 

 
        18,657,982  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 7.0%

 

Oil & Gas — 4.1%

 

Centennial Resource Development, Inc. Class A (a)

     56,100        1,225,785  

Jagged Peak Energy, Inc. (a) (b)

     33,442        462,503  

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)

     43,600        407,660  

Matador Resources Co. (a)

     35,700        1,179,885  

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

     60,900        1,225,308  
     

 

 

 
        4,501,141  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 2.9%

 

Frank’s International NV (b)

     104,600        907,928  

Keane Group, Inc. (a)

     49,272        609,495  

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     25,000        690,000  

TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a)

     140,400        633,204  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     16,200        417,636  
     

 

 

 
        3,258,263  
     

 

 

 
        7,759,404  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 32.7%

 

Banks — 16.7%

 

Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     18,622        311,919  

BankUnited, Inc.

     31,200        1,104,480  

CoBiz Financial, Inc.

     37,500        830,250  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

     25,800        1,000,266  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

     13,426        810,528  

FB Financial Corp.

     15,750        617,085  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     23,200        999,688  

Heritage Commerce Corp.

     22,800        340,176  

Heritage Financial Corp.

     17,147        602,717  

Home BancShares, Inc.

     82,450        1,805,655  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

     31,800        514,206  

Howard Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     16,242        287,483  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

     12,922        346,310  

National Bank Holdings Corp. Class A

     25,100        945,015  

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

     8,300        312,495  

PCSB Financial Corp.

     18,813        382,656  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     7,400        445,110  

Ponce de Leon Federal Bank (a)

     18,784        283,826  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Popular, Inc.

     22,200      $ 1,137,750  

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

     12,200        846,070  

Sterling Bancorp, Inc.

     21,022        237,759  

SVB Financial Group (a)

     2,550        792,616  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     9,300        768,645  

Towne Bank

     31,900        984,115  

Webster Financial Corp.

     13,975        823,966  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     10,400        883,376  
     

 

 

 
        18,414,162  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

 

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     3,721        357,067  

Focus Financial Partners, Inc. Class A (a) (b)

     2,982        141,526  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

     10,526        472,933  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

     3,200        364,000  
     

 

 

 
        1,335,526  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.2%

 

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

     13,282        560,899  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

     11,900        539,070  

ProAssurance Corp.

     16,400        769,980  

Radian Group, Inc.

     38,600        797,862  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

     4,900        439,040  

State Auto Financial Corp.

     15,300        467,262  
     

 

 

 
        3,574,113  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.6%

 

McGrath RentCorp

     12,099        659,033  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 8.8%

 

Acadia Realty Trust

     16,500        462,495  

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     12,500        514,500  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

     153,200        713,912  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     13,000        490,360  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

     10,100        965,762  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

     27,200        795,872  

JBG SMITH Properties

     18,327        674,983  

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     7,600        544,844  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

     14,400        589,680  

PS Business Parks, Inc.

     5,500        698,995  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     20,100        375,267  

Saul Centers, Inc.

     9,900        554,400  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

     49,200        804,912  

Terreno Realty Corp.

     24,100        908,570  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

     19,300        591,545  
     

 

 

 
        9,686,097  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 2.2%

 

Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.

     40,023        676,389  

Meridian Bancorp, Inc.

     27,000        459,000  

United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

     37,900        637,857  

WSFS Financial Corp.

     12,900        608,235  
     

 

 

 
        2,381,481  
     

 

 

 
        36,050,412  
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

62


MML Small Company Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Industrial — 16.1%

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.1%

 

Cubic Corp.

     11,700      $ 854,685  

MSA Safety, Inc.

     5,100        542,844  

Triumph Group, Inc.

     38,750        902,875  
     

 

 

 
        2,300,404  
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.6%

 

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

     18,400        650,072  
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 3.1%

 

Belden, Inc.

     18,260        1,303,947  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     8,700        510,255  

Littelfuse, Inc.

     8,300        1,642,487  
     

 

 

 
        3,456,689  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.5%

 

Brady Corp. Class A

     10,700        468,125  

Knowles Corp. (a)

     43,500        722,970  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

     2,400        445,488  
     

 

 

 
        1,636,583  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.8%

 

Aegion Corp. (a)

     33,000        837,540  
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.2%

 

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     3,700        217,116  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.1%

 

Bloom Energy Corp. (a) (b)

     2,232        76,066  
     

 

 

 
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 1.9%

 

CIRCOR International, Inc.

     14,949        710,078  

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

     5,300        796,908  

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

     11,049        605,264  
     

 

 

 
        2,112,250  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 2.4%

 

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

     12,200        830,210  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     9,130        477,499  

Lydall, Inc. (a)

     8,500        366,350  

Myers Industries, Inc.

     40,094        932,185  
     

 

 

 
        2,606,244  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 3.4%

 

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A (a)

     8,950        814,360  

International Seaways, Inc. (a)

     26,300        526,526  

Kirby Corp. (a)

     5,550        456,488  

Landstar System, Inc.

     11,600        1,415,200  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

     16,100        592,480  
     

 

 

 
        3,805,054  
     

 

 

 
        17,698,018  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 3.5%

 

Computers — 0.8%

 

Conduent, Inc. (a)

     37,300        839,996  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Semiconductors — 1.4%

 

Cabot Microelectronics Corp.

     6,100      $ 629,337  

Cree, Inc. (a)

     6,800        257,516  

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

     19,300        383,684  

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a)

     11,200        273,840  
     

 

 

 
        1,544,377  
     

 

 

 
Software — 1.3%

 

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a) (b)

     8,430        354,313  

Cision Ltd. (a)

     39,165        657,972  

RealPage, Inc. (a)

     6,100        401,990  

SVMK, Inc. (a)

     1,817        29,126  
     

 

 

 
        1,443,401  
     

 

 

 
        3,827,774  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 6.4%

 

Electric — 2.7%

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

     5,200        332,020  

NorthWestern Corp.

     12,900        756,714  

PNM Resources, Inc.

     27,000        1,065,150  

Portland General Electric Co.

     11,600        529,076  

SCANA Corp.

     8,200        318,898  
     

 

 

 
        3,001,858  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 3.2%

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

     6,400        601,024  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

     13,500        1,132,650  

ONE Gas, Inc.

     15,200        1,250,656  

RGC Resources, Inc.

     4,064        108,549  

South Jersey Industries, Inc. (b)

     13,565        478,438  
     

 

 

 
        3,571,317  
     

 

 

 
Water — 0.5%

 

California Water Service Group

     11,500        493,350  
     

 

 

 
        7,066,525  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $76,016,771)
        108,498,829  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $76,016,771)
        108,498,829  
  

 

 

 
WARRANTS — 0.0%

 

Consumer, Non-cyclical — 0.0%

 

Foods — 0.0%

 

The Simply Good Foods Co. (a)

     4,866        41,118  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost $9,781)
        41,118  
  

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

63


MML Small Company Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

    Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 2.4%

 

Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%

 

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

    2,664,190      $ 2,664,190  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $2,664,190)
       2,664,190  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $78,690,742)
       111,204,137  
  

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.7%

 

Mutual Fund — 0.0%

 

T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund

    1,030        1,030  
    

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
        
Repurchase Agreement — 1.7%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

  $ 1,877,136        1,877,136  
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,878,166)
       1,878,166  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.5%
(Cost $80,568,908) (e)
       113,082,303  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (2.5)%        (2,767,754
  

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 110,314,549  
  

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2018, was $2,597,567 or 2.35% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).

(c)

Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).

(d)

Maturity value of $1,877,308. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,918,334.

(e)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

64


MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.1%

 

COMMON STOCK — 98.1%

 

Basic Materials — 2.1%

 

Chemicals — 0.9%

 

Orion Engineered Carbons SA

     53,980      $ 1,732,758  

Stepan Co.

     4,215        366,747  
     

 

 

 
        2,099,505  
     

 

 

 
Mining — 1.2%

 

Alcoa Corp. (a)

     63,420        2,562,168  
     

 

 

 
        4,661,673  
     

 

 

 
Communications — 3.1%

 

Internet — 0.5%

 

CDW Corp.

     12,730        1,131,952  
     

 

 

 
Media — 1.1%

 

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)

     145,560        1,018,920  

Scholastic Corp.

     28,170        1,315,257  
     

 

 

 
        2,334,177  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.5%

 

Finisar Corp. (a)

     122,470        2,333,053  

Infinera Corp. (a)

     136,510        996,523  
     

 

 

 
        3,329,576  
     

 

 

 
        6,795,705  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 13.4%

 

Airlines — 3.5%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     41,530        2,859,756  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

     57,180        2,292,918  

SkyWest, Inc.

     42,859        2,524,395  
     

 

 

 
        7,677,069  
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.6%

 

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)

     48,120        1,343,992  
     

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.6%

 

Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. (a)

     19,527        2,342,849  

Lear Corp.

     8,252        1,196,540  
     

 

 

 
        3,539,389  
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 1.0%

 

Anixter International, Inc. (a)

     29,600        2,080,880  
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 1.8%

 

Lennar Corp. Class A

     52,374        2,445,342  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. Class A (a)

     83,310        1,502,913  
     

 

 

 
        3,948,255  
     

 

 

 
Office Furnishings — 1.0%

 

Steelcase, Inc. Class A

     122,044        2,257,814  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 3.9%

 

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     126,730        2,507,987  

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)

     70,740        1,319,301  
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

The Michaels Cos., Inc. (a)

     106,090      $ 1,721,841  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

     43,120        2,842,901  
     

 

 

 
        8,392,030  
     

 

 

 
        29,239,429  
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 12.4%

 

Beverages — 1.2%

 

Cott Corp.

     158,587        2,561,180  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.1%

 

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     46,258        2,295,785  

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     68,188        2,276,115  

Sotheby’s (a)

     47,780        2,350,298  
     

 

 

 
        6,922,198  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 3.3%

 

Ingredion, Inc.

     19,295        2,025,203  

Nomad Foods Ltd. (a)

     134,700        2,729,022  

US Foods Holding Corp. (a)

     77,570        2,390,708  
     

 

 

 
        7,144,933  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 4.8%

 

ICON PLC (a)

     19,682        3,026,108  

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     42,580        2,742,152  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     16,222        2,412,211  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     7,000        2,243,430  
     

 

 

 
        10,423,901  
     

 

 

 
        27,052,212  
     

 

 

 
Energy — 10.5%

 

Oil & Gas — 6.4%

 

HollyFrontier Corp.

     22,670        1,584,633  

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     205,070        2,907,892  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     93,270        1,595,850  

QEP Resources, Inc. (a)

     276,290        3,127,603  

SM Energy Co.

     88,890        2,802,702  

SRC Energy, Inc. (a)

     220,450        1,959,800  
     

 

 

 
        13,978,480  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 4.1%

 

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

     30,792        1,608,882  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     95,970        948,184  

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     111,090        2,085,159  

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

     73,270        2,432,564  

RPC, Inc.

     128,237        1,985,109  
     

 

 

 
        9,059,898  
     

 

 

 
        23,038,378  
     

 

 

 
Financial — 30.2%

 

Banks — 10.5%

 

Associated Banc-Corp.

     88,137        2,291,562  

BankUnited, Inc.

     74,680        2,643,672  

Comerica, Inc.

     29,620        2,671,724  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

65


MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     136,205      $ 2,032,179  

Synovus Financial Corp.

     47,350        2,168,157  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     32,391        2,677,116  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

     135,698        2,822,518  

Webster Financial Corp.

     36,783        2,168,726  

Zions Bancorp

     71,443        3,582,866  
     

 

 

 
        23,058,520  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

 

OneMain Holdings, Inc. (a)

     51,970        1,746,712  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 9.5%

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

     23,051        2,557,969  

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     61,920        2,739,960  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     16,350        3,735,485  

First American Financial Corp.

     37,880        1,954,229  

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

     12,280        1,514,984  

Old Republic International Corp.

     119,030        2,663,891  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     26,690        3,858,306  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     27,617        1,753,680  
     

 

 

 
        20,778,504  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 8.1%

 

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     64,698        2,662,970  

Camden Property Trust

     32,942        3,082,383  

CubeSmart

     88,183        2,515,861  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A

     147,004        2,441,736  

Gramercy Property Trust

     52,298        1,435,057  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     100,300        2,758,250  

Sun Communities, Inc.

     27,267        2,768,691  
     

 

 

 
        17,664,948  
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 1.3%

 

Sterling Bancorp

     134,620        2,961,640  
     

 

 

 
        66,210,324  
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 13.2%

 

Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.3%

 

EnerSys

     32,380        2,821,269  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 2.1%

 

Avnet, Inc.

     61,980        2,774,845  

Sanmina Corp. (a)

     63,410        1,750,116  
     

 

 

 
        4,524,961  
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 2.4%

 

AECOM (a)

     54,693        1,786,273  

Granite Construction, Inc.

     40,270        1,840,339  

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     87,080        1,637,104  
     

 

 

 
        5,263,716  
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 1.1%

 

Regal Beloit Corp.

     28,390        2,340,756  
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 1.8%

 

Oshkosh Corp.

     32,560        2,319,575  

Terex Corp.

     43,020        1,716,928  
     

 

 

 
        4,036,503  
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Machinery – Diversified — 0.7%

 

SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)

     27,609      $ 1,435,668  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 1.2%

 

Trinseo SA

     34,530        2,703,699  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 1.1%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     178,520        2,501,065  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.5%

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

     25,690        1,637,737  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

     44,860        1,585,801  
     

 

 

 
        3,223,538  
     

 

 

 
        28,851,175  
     

 

 

 
Technology — 8.7%

 

Computers — 4.8%

 

Amdocs Ltd.

     33,598        2,216,796  

Genpact Ltd.

     100,157        3,065,806  

NCR Corp. (a)

     108,619        3,085,866  

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

     83,250        2,102,062  
     

 

 

 
        10,470,530  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 2.5%

 

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

     128,450        1,861,240  

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

     71,559        1,422,593  

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     13,070        959,991  

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

     17,413        1,338,886  
     

 

 

 
        5,582,710  
     

 

 

 
Software — 1.4%

 

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

     61,485        3,080,399  
     

 

 

 
        19,133,639  
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 4.5%

 

Electric — 3.6%

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

     58,255        2,479,915  

Black Hills Corp.

     26,477        1,538,049  

PNM Resources, Inc.

     46,163        1,821,130  

Portland General Electric Co.

     42,550        1,940,706  
     

 

 

 
        7,779,800  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.9%

 

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

     25,300        1,999,459  
     

 

 

 
        9,779,259  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $183,425,007)
        214,761,794  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $183,425,007)
        214,761,794  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $183,425,007)
        214,761,794  
  

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

66


MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.8%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.8%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18, 1.100%, due 10/01/18 (b)

   $ 3,835,373      $ 3,835,373  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $3,835,373)
        3,835,373  
  

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%
(Cost $187,260,380) (c)
        218,597,167  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 0.1%         244,937  
  

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 218,842,104  
  

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Maturity value of $3,835,724. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 11/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $3,913,921.

(c)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

67


MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

September 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
BONDS & NOTES — 99.1%

 

BANK LOANS — 0.2%

 

Advertising — 0.0%

 

Lamar Media Corp., 2018 Term Loan B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%
3.938% VRN 3/14/25

   $ 99,750      $ 100,124  
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.1%

 

Dell, Inc., 2017 Term Loan A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%
3.750% VRN 12/31/18

     231,531        231,602  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

 

Delos Finance Sarl, 2018 Term Loan B, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%
4.136% VRN 10/06/23

     591,000        592,726  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BANK LOANS
(Cost $922,165)
        924,452  
  

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT — 31.8%

 

Advertising — 0.0%

 

Clear Channel International BV
8.750% 12/15/20 (a)

     80,000        82,576  
     

 

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.3%

 

L3 Technologies, Inc.
4.400% 6/15/28

     640,000        638,126  

Northrop Grumman Corp.
3.250% 1/15/28

     640,000        601,806  
     

 

 

 
        1,239,932  
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.5%

 

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust
7.250% 5/10/21

     1,590,340        1,652,442  

Northwest Airlines Pass-Through Trust
7.041% 10/01/23

     351,451        376,053  
     

 

 

 
        2,028,495  
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.7%

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.425% 6/12/20

     575,000        563,345  

8.125% 1/15/20

     805,000        850,424  

General Motors Co.
3.500% 10/02/18

     500,000        500,000  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
2.350% 10/04/19

     500,000        496,770  

2.400% 5/09/19

     505,000        503,677  
     

 

 

 
        2,914,216  
     

 

 

 
Banks — 10.3%

 

Bank of America Corp.
3 mo. USD LIBOR + .660% 2.369% VRN 7/21/21

     515,000        505,962  

2.738% VRN 1/23/22 (b)

     1,085,000        1,067,021  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

3.004% VRN 12/20/23 (b)

   $ 1,079,000      $ 1,047,100  

3.093% VRN 10/01/25 (b)

     860,000        819,253  

4.271% VRN 7/23/29 (b)

     1,750,000        1,747,890  

6.875% 11/15/18

     750,000        753,983  

Citibank NA
3.050% 5/01/20

     2,205,000        2,203,815  

3.400% 7/23/21

     250,000        249,959  

Citigroup, Inc.
2.050% 12/07/18

     1,000,000        999,090  

2.450% 1/10/20

     1,000,000        991,270  

3.142% VRN 1/24/23 (b)

     750,000        735,568  

8.500% 5/22/19

     1,200,000        1,242,618  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA
3.125% 4/26/21

     850,000        844,651  

Goldman Sachs Bank
3.200% 6/05/20

     1,000,000        1,003,353  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.550% 10/23/19

     2,000,000        1,990,968  

3.272% VRN 9/29/25 (b)

     645,000        616,298  

3.814% VRN 4/23/29 (b)

     650,000        620,042  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
2.950% 10/01/26

     895,000        832,063  

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.380%
3.540% VRN 5/01/28

     2,000,000        1,910,293  

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.337%
3.782% VRN 2/01/28

     500,000        486,584  

JP Morgan Chase Bank NA
2.588% FRN 2/13/20 (b)

     1,765,000        1,765,954  

2.604% VRN 2/01/21 (b)

     2,215,000        2,198,392  

3.086% VRN 4/26/21 (b)

     485,000        483,583  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2.907% VRN 11/07/23 (b)

     430,000        410,226  

Macquarie Bank Ltd.
2.600% 6/24/19 (a)

     750,000        748,130  

Morgan Stanley
3 mo. USD LIBOR + .800%
3.119% FRN 2/14/20

     3,395,000        3,403,010  

3 mo. USD LIBOR + .930%
3.277% FRN 7/22/22

     510,000        514,384  

5.500% 7/24/20

     250,000        259,383  

5.625% 9/23/19

     500,000        512,438  

PNC Bank NA
2.500% 1/22/21

     1,090,000        1,070,590  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC
3.373% VRN 1/05/24 (b)

     645,000        620,013  

Santander UK PLC
3.400% 6/01/21

     1,250,000        1,245,101  

Wells Fargo & Co.
3.000% 4/22/26

     475,000        442,044  

3.000% 10/23/26

     345,000        320,142  

3.550% 9/29/25

     725,000        706,618  

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.310%
3.584% VRN 5/22/28

     1,865,000        1,789,427  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wells Fargo Bank NA
2.150% 12/06/19

   $ 2,500,000      $ 2,475,950  

2.400% 1/15/20

     1,500,000        1,488,165  

3.325% VRN 7/23/21 (b)

     760,000        759,112  
     

 

 

 
        41,880,443  
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.4%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.
4.900% 2/01/46

     600,000        606,793  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
4.000% 4/13/28

     435,000        428,768  

Bacardi Ltd.
5.300% 5/15/48 (a)

     210,000        205,909  

Constellation Brands, Inc.
3.875% 11/15/19

     500,000        504,123  
     

 

 

 
        1,745,593  
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.7%

 

Amgen, Inc.
2.125% 5/01/20

     200,000        196,864  

4.400% 5/01/45

     500,000        484,017  

Baxalta, Inc.
2.875% 6/23/20

     216,000        214,209  

Celgene Corp.
3.900% 2/20/28

     440,000        423,528  

5.000% 8/15/45

     750,000        745,322  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
3.650% 3/01/26

     525,000        515,550  

4.150% 3/01/47

     445,000        421,594  
     

 

 

 
        3,001,084  
     

 

 

 
Chemicals — 0.1%

 

Axalta Coating Systems LLC
4.875% 8/15/24 (a)

     150,000        147,000  

Valvoline, Inc.
5.500% 7/15/24

     200,000        200,500  
     

 

 

 
        347,500  
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 0.2%

 

IHS Markit Ltd.
4.000% 3/01/26 (a)

     253,000        242,089  

4.750% 8/01/28

     385,000        386,282  

Service Corp. International
4.625% 12/15/27

     210,000        201,560  
     

 

 

 
        829,931  
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.3%

 

Apple, Inc.
4.650% 2/23/46

     850,000        918,287  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.
3.480% 6/01/19 (a)

     400,000        401,011  
     

 

 

 
        1,319,298  
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.0%

 

First Quality Finance Co., Inc.
5.000% 7/01/25 (a)

     174,000        162,690  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

 

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.500% 5/15/21

   $ 490,000      $ 497,604  

Air Lease Corp.
3.500% 1/15/22

     575,000        570,824  

4.750% 3/01/20

     855,000        869,409  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co.
4.418% 11/15/35

     780,000        734,101  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.
4.950% 7/15/46

     400,000        406,040  
     

 

 

 
        3,077,978  
     

 

 

 
Electric — 2.9%

 

AEP Transmission Co. LLC
3.100% 12/01/26

     855,000        813,353  

Dominion Energy, Inc.
1.875% 12/15/18 (a)

     1,000,000        998,339  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
4.000% 9/30/42

     1,000,000        968,467  

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc.
6.400% 9/15/20 (a)

     1,000,000        1,046,955  

Emera US Finance LP
2.150% 6/15/19

     1,068,000        1,061,084  

Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
4.700% 4/01/24 (a)

     800,000        829,477  

6.400% 5/15/36

     425,000        500,171  

Kansas City Power & Light Co.
3.150% 3/15/23

     500,000        488,215  

LG&E & KU Energy LLC
4.375% 10/01/21

     1,200,000        1,223,262  

MidAmerican Energy Co.
4.800% 9/15/43

     1,400,000        1,515,592  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
2.821% FRN 5/04/21 (b)

     2,000,000        2,005,552  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP
4.500% 9/15/27 (a)

     177,000        169,477  
     

 

 

 
        11,619,944  
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.0%

 

Itron, Inc.
5.000% 1/15/26 (a)

     108,000        103,680  
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.2%

 

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc.
5.300% 1/15/29

     310,000        310,899  

5.375% 4/15/26

     505,000        512,833  
     

 

 

 
        823,732  
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.3%

 

Campbell Soup Co.
3.300% 3/15/21

     650,000        643,812  

Chobani LLC/Chobani Finance Corp., Inc.
7.500% 4/15/25 (a)

     139,000        126,316  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

General Mills, Inc.
4.200% 4/17/28

   $ 630,000      $ 620,361  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
2.761% FRN 8/09/19 (b)

     750,000        751,085  

3.950% 7/15/25

     500,000        492,714  

4.625% 1/30/29

     1,020,000        1,018,302  

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV
1.625% 10/28/19 (a)

     1,195,000        1,178,007  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
5.875% 9/30/27 (a)

     152,000        143,640  

Post Holdings, Inc.
5.625% 1/15/28 (a)

     175,000        168,438  
     

 

 

 
        5,142,675  
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.2%

 

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
6.250% 2/01/37

     595,000        682,014  

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.
2.450% 10/01/23

     100,000        93,821  
     

 

 

 
        775,835  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 0.6%

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.
2.404% 6/05/20

     440,000        433,321  

Becton Dickinson and Co.
2.894% 6/06/22

     400,000        388,898  

Boston Scientific Corp.
6.000% 1/15/20

     650,000        672,687  

Hologic, Inc.
4.625% 2/01/28 (a)

     60,000        56,475  

Teleflex, Inc.
4.625% 11/15/27

     107,000        101,650  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
3.089% FRN 3/19/21 (b)

     655,000        655,606  
     

 

 

 
        2,308,637  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 1.4%

 

Aetna, Inc.
2.800% 6/15/23

     485,000        464,707  

Anthem, Inc.
3.125% 5/15/22

     500,000        492,124  

3.300% 1/15/23

     530,000        522,962  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.
4.875% 1/15/26 (a)

     80,000        77,000  

Centene Corp.
4.750% 1/15/25

     57,000        56,858  

5.625% 2/15/21

     200,000        203,500  

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
8.625% 1/15/24 (a)

     60,000        62,175  

Cigna Corp.
3.050% 10/15/27

     945,000        851,531  

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.
5.625% 7/31/19 (a)

     485,000        494,589  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Halfmoon Parent, Inc.
4.125% 11/15/25 (a)

   $ 800,000      $ 797,720  

HCA, Inc.
5.000% 3/15/24

     371,000        380,275  

5.250% 4/15/25

     83,000        85,594  

6.500% 2/15/20

     196,000        203,938  

Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group
2.746% 10/01/26

     845,000        773,675  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.500% 4/01/21

     26,000        25,870  

4.625% 7/15/24

     184,000        178,940  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
5.250% 4/01/25

     163,000        165,649  

5.375% 8/15/26 (a)

     40,000        40,700  
     

 

 

 
        5,877,807  
     

 

 

 
Household Products & Wares — 0.1%

 

Central Garden & Pet Co.
6.125% 11/15/23

     36,000        37,125  

5.125% 2/01/28

     153,000        145,350  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.750% 7/15/25

     85,000        85,850  
     

 

 

 
        268,325  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.7%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.
4.300% 5/15/43

     500,000        505,359  

4.400% 5/15/42

     750,000        764,514  

Farmers Exchange Capital III 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.454%
5.454% VRN 10/15/54 (a)

     970,000        957,635  

New York Life Global Funding
1.550% 11/02/18 (a)

     750,000        749,456  
     

 

 

 
        2,976,964  
     

 

 

 
Internet — 0.0%

 

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc.
5.750% 1/15/27 (a)

     120,000        120,000  
     

 

 

 
Media — 0.5%

 

Altice US Finance I Corp.
5.500% 5/15/26 (a)

     200,000        199,750  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.000% 2/01/28 (a)

     227,000        213,357  

5.125% 5/01/27 (a)

     170,000        161,075  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital
3.750% 2/15/28

     450,000        414,380  

6.484% 10/23/45

     200,000        214,997  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.375% 2/01/28 (a)

     200,000        190,500  

8.625% 2/15/19

     100,000        101,500  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

70


MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875% 7/15/22

   $ 100,000      $ 97,606  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
3.875% 8/01/22 (a)

     220,000        216,399  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC
5.250% 1/15/26 (a)

     200,000        195,558  
     

 

 

 
        2,005,122  
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 0.2%

 

General Electric Co.
5.875% 1/14/38

     244,000        272,364  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV
2.000% 9/15/23 (a)

     550,000        511,825  
     

 

 

 
        784,189  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 0.3%

 

Antero Resources Corp.
5.125% 12/01/22

     125,000        126,938  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
3.850% 6/01/27

     171,000        166,532  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.
4.750% 11/01/24

     64,000        64,080  

Gulfport Energy Corp.
6.375% 5/15/25

     47,000        46,060  

Noble Energy, Inc.
5.250% 11/15/43

     140,000        138,086  

Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp.
5.375% 1/15/25 (a)

     210,000        210,525  

Shell International Finance BV
4.375% 5/11/45

     415,000        430,962  

Transocean Guardian Ltd.
5.875% 1/15/24 (a)

     91,000        91,796  

Transocean Pontus Ltd.
6.125% 8/01/25 (a)

     84,000        85,364  
     

 

 

 
        1,360,343  
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.0%

 

Transocean Proteus Ltd.
6.250% 12/01/24 (a)

     70,550        71,785  
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.5%

 

Amcor Finance USA, Inc.
3.625% 4/28/26 (a)

     650,000        615,019  

Ball Corp.
4.375% 12/15/20

     350,000        354,375  

Graphic Packaging International LLC
4.125% 8/15/24

     200,000        194,500  

Multi-Color Corp.
4.875% 11/01/25 (a)

     130,000        121,550  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Lu
5.750% 10/15/20

     397,334        398,328  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Sealed Air Corp.
5.500% 9/15/25 (a)

   $ 190,000      $ 192,850  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.
4.750% 3/15/25

     250,000        239,687  
     

 

 

 
        2,116,309  
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%

 

AbbVie, Inc.
3.600% 5/14/25

     500,000        483,934  

Allergan Funding SCS
4.550% 3/15/35

     440,000        427,992  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
5.500% 3/01/23 (a)

     268,000        257,950  

5.500% 11/01/25 (a)

     161,000        161,000  

9.250% 4/01/26 (a)

     65,000        70,119  

Bayer US Finance Il LLC
4.375% 12/15/28 (a)

     850,000        832,786  

Bayer US Finance LLC
2.375% 10/08/19 (a)

     850,000        844,361  

CVS Health Corp.
5.050% 3/25/48

     1,090,000        1,114,900  

Novartis Securities Investment Ltd.
5.125% 2/10/19

     1,000,000        1,008,598  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC
1.900% 9/23/19

     500,000        494,654  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
1.700% 7/19/19

     277,000        272,495  
     

 

 

 
        5,968,789  
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 1.6%

 

Energy Transfer Equity LP
5.500% 6/01/27

     254,000        263,601  

Energy Transfer Partners LP
5.150% 3/15/45

     400,000        377,615  

Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC
7.900% 5/15/19 (a)

     1,000,000        1,029,769  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
4.300% 3/01/28

     500,000        495,744  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.
4.650% 10/15/25

     600,000        606,263  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
5.625% 4/15/20 (a)

     381,000        391,478  

6.000% 1/15/19 (a)

     228,000        229,653  

Ruby Pipeline LLC
6.000% 4/01/22 (a)

     670,455        688,904  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP
5.400% 10/01/47

     644,000        637,024  

TC PipeLines LP
3.900% 5/25/27

     500,000        474,652  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

71


MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp.
6.125% 2/15/26

   $ 130,000      $ 122,525  

Williams Cos., Inc.
3.600% 3/15/22

     683,000        678,556  

4.500% 11/15/23

     570,000        580,522  
     

 

 

 
        6,576,306  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.7%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
3.450% 4/30/25

     450,000        430,306  

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP
3.350% 10/01/20

     500,000        498,161  

3.750% 4/15/23

     650,000        642,306  

American Tower Corp.
3.000% 6/15/23

     430,000        413,974  

Boston Properties LP
3.200% 1/15/25

     430,000        411,422  

Crown Castle International Corp.
3.200% 9/01/24

     625,000        593,918  

Duke Realty LP
3.875% 2/15/21

     1,000,000        1,008,939  

HCP, Inc.
2.625% 2/01/20

     500,000        495,700  

3.875% 8/15/24

     500,000        488,885  

4.250% 11/15/23

     500,000        501,234  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.
3.750% 4/15/23

     235,000        229,855  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
4.500% 1/15/28

     80,000        73,208  

5.625% 5/01/24

     100,000        102,500  

SBA Communications Corp.
4.000% 10/01/22

     213,000        208,740  

4.875% 9/01/24

     98,000        96,897  

SL Green Operating Partnership LP
3.250% 10/15/22

     500,000        484,898  

Ventas Realty LP
3.500% 2/01/25

     1,500,000        1,432,147  

WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC
2.700% 9/17/19 (a)

     500,000        498,736  

3.250% 10/05/20 (a)

     700,000        697,763  

Welltower, Inc.
4.000% 6/01/25

     830,000        818,859  

4.125% 4/01/19

     750,000        752,454  
     

 

 

 
        10,880,902  
     

 

 

 
Retail — 0.6%

 

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc.
4.250% 5/15/24 (a)

     299,000        283,302  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC
4.750% 6/01/27 (a)

   $ 210,000      $ 201,863  

Rite Aid Corp.
6.125% 4/01/23 (a)

     191,000        171,184  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.800% 11/18/24

     400,000        395,030  

4.800% 11/18/44

     275,000        266,966  

Walmart, Inc.
3.550% 6/26/25

     930,000        934,629  
     

 

 

 
        2,252,974  
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.2%

 

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.
2.375% 1/15/20

     750,000        741,201  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC
4.125% 6/01/21 (a)

     200,000        199,784  
     

 

 

 
        940,985  
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.1%

 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC/Change Healthcare Finance, Inc.
5.750% 3/01/25 (a)

     122,000        121,084  

First Data Corp.
5.000% 1/15/24 (a)

     193,000        194,206  

IQVIA, Inc.
5.000% 10/15/26 (a)

     200,000        196,500  
     

 

 

 
        511,790  
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.8%

 

AT&T, Inc.
3.950% 1/15/25

     160,000        157,535  

4.350% 6/15/45

     250,000        215,368  

4.800% 6/15/44

     1,300,000        1,198,919  

5.150% 11/15/46 (a)

     530,000        507,413  

5.250% 3/01/37

     425,000        423,576  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA
5.500% 8/01/23

     15,000        13,819  

8.500% 10/15/24 (a)

     105,000        106,155  

9.750% 7/15/25 (a)

     223,000        236,101  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
5.375% 1/15/24

     136,000        135,897  

Sprint Capital Corp.
6.875% 11/15/28

     71,000        71,355  

Sprint Communications, Inc.
9.000% 11/15/18 (a)

     348,000        350,158  

Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC
3.360% STEP 3/20/23 (a)

     483,750        481,936  

4.738% 9/20/29 (a)

     870,000        869,608  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
4.500% 2/01/26

     104,000        99,254  

4.750% 2/01/28

     269,000        253,196  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Verizon Communications, Inc.
4.125% 8/15/46

   $ 640,000      $ 574,157  

4.329% 9/21/28 (a)

     300,000        301,607  

4.862% 8/21/46

     300,000        299,254  

5.250% 3/16/37

     630,000        671,687  

Vodafone Group PLC
4.375% 5/30/28

     420,000        413,795  
     

 

 

 
        7,380,790  
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.1%

 

Union Pacific Corp.
3.950% 9/10/28

     425,000        426,867  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $132,181,374)
        129,924,486  
  

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 1.1%

 

City of New York NY
5.206% 10/01/31

     750,000        832,140  

Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority
5.470% 5/15/27

     850,000        921,519  

Los Angeles Unified School District
5.755% 7/01/29

     1,000,000        1,146,410  

New York State Dormitory Authority
5.289% 3/15/33

     750,000        846,233  

State of California
7.950% 3/01/36

     850,000        906,015  
     

 

 

 
        4,652,317  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $4,946,956)
        4,652,317  
  

 

 

 
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY
OBLIGATIONS — 14.6%

 

Commercial MBS — 2.2%

 

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2012-PARK, Class A, 2.959% 12/10/30 (a)

     375,000        370,776  

Series 2018-PARK, Class A,
4.091% VRN 8/10/38 (a) (b)

     620,000        632,094  

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-VN05, Class A
3.369% 3/13/35 (a)

     420,000        416,839  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-375P, Class A
3.251% 5/10/35 (a)

     340,000        335,622  

COMM Mortgage Trust
Series 2013-WWP, Class A2, 3.424% 3/10/31 (a)

     390,000        392,496  

Series 2016-787S, Class A,
3.545% 2/10/36 (a)

     340,000        334,320  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Series 2013-300P, Class A1,
4.353% 8/10/30 (a)

   $ 325,000      $ 336,765  

Core Industrial Trust, Series 2015-CALW, Class A
3.040% 2/10/34 (a)

     412,672        408,220  

Core Industrial Trust 2015-TEXW, Series 2015-TEXW, Class A
3.077% 2/10/34 (a)

     416,849        412,837  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp Trust
Series 2012-SHOP, Class A,, 2.933% 6/05/31 (a)

     400,000        400,117  

Series 2012-ALOH, Class A,
3.551% 4/10/34 (a)

     370,000        371,183  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2012-C6, Class A4
2.858% 11/15/45

     1,780,000        1,744,171  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2015-420, Class A
3.727% 10/12/50 (a)

     400,000        401,320  

RBS Commercial Funding, Inc. Trust, Series 2013-GSP, Class A,
3.961% VRN 1/13/32 (a) (b)

     330,000        333,264  

SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-5AVE, Class A1,
3.872% VRN 1/05/43 (a) (b)

     370,000        350,783  

Fannie Mae CMBS PT
3.820% 11/25/30 (c)

     1,000,000        1,008,495  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2010-C1, Class A2
4.393% 11/15/43 (a)

     500,000        509,270  
     

 

 

 
        8,758,572  
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 1.0%

 

Bear Stearns I Trust, Series 2006-HE1, Class 1M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .410%
2.626% FRN 12/25/35

     431,463        433,938  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2006-HE2, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .290%
2.506% FRN 8/25/36

     2,400,000        2,397,180  

Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust, Series 2004-2, Class M3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%
3.266% FRN 10/25/34

     1,135,123        1,136,939  
     

 

 

 
        3,968,057  
     

 

 

 
Other ABS — 1.7%

 

AIMCO CLO, Series 2014-AA, Class AR,
3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%
3.448% FRN 7/20/26 (a)

     330,000        330,028  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-15, Class A3,
4.709% VRN 10/25/46 (b)

   $ 1,060,212      $ 1,048,633  

First Frankin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF7, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .470%
2.686% FRN 7/25/35

     267,197        267,463  

LCM XXI LP, Series 21A, Class AR,
3.228% FRN 4/20/28 (a) (b)

     740,000        738,266  

Magnetite VII Ltd., Series 2012-7A, Class A1R2,
3.139% FRN 1/15/28 (a) (b)

     1,000,000        994,132  

Saxon Asset Securities Trust
Series 2007-2, Class A2C, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%
2.456% FRN 5/25/47

     2,379,047        1,919,139  

Series 2005-1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .690%
2.906% FRN 5/25/35

     759,001        754,306  

Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2014-3A, Class A1R,
3.055% FRN 7/25/26 (a) (b)

     1,000,000        996,500  
     

 

 

 
        7,048,467  
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 5.5%

 

Access Group, Inc., Series 2015-1, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .700%
2.916% FRN 7/25/56 (a)

     722,460        720,242  

Collegiate Funding Services Education Loan Trust, Series 2005-A, Class A4, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .200%
2.586% FRN 3/28/35

     1,500,000        1,460,488  

Navient Student Loan Trust
Series 2015-1, Class A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .600%
2.816% FRN 4/25/40

     1,056,957        1,059,792  

Series 2018-3A, Class A3,
3.016% FRN 3/25/67 (a) (b)

     630,000        635,920  

Series 2017-3A, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%
3.266% FRN 7/26/66 (a)

     1,100,000        1,124,710  

Nelnet Student Loan Trust
Series 2015-1A, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .590%
2.806% FRN 4/25/46 (a)

     1,282,563        1,282,562  

Series 2015-3A, Class A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .600%
2.816% FRN 2/27/51 (a)

     1,516,691        1,514,614  

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Series 2013-3A, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%
2.966% FRN 11/25/42 (a)

     1,138,825        1,143,273  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-2, Class A6, 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + .160%
2.494% FRN 9/15/39

   $ 2,300,000      $ 2,238,248  

SLM Student Loan Trust
Series 2007-6, Class A4, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .380%
2.715% FRN 10/25/24

     1,106,932        1,109,436  

Series 2012-7, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .650%
2.866% FRN 5/26/26

     1,002,909        992,888  

Series 2004-3A, Class A6A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .550%
2.885% FRN 10/25/64 (a)

     1,100,000        1,104,771  

Series 2012-2, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .700%
2.916% FRN 1/25/29

     1,149,297        1,143,500  

Series 2008-1, Class A4, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .650%
2.985% FRN 1/25/22

     959,995        953,139  

Series 2012-1, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .950%
3.166% FRN 9/25/28

     982,471        984,696  

Series 2008-6, Class A4, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%
3.435% FRN 7/25/23

     1,502,282        1,512,515  

Series 2008-9, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%
3.835% FRN 4/25/23

     2,080,466        2,124,160  

Series 2008-5, Class B, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%
4.185% FRN 7/25/73

     700,000        716,444  

Series 2008-9, Class B, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%
4.585% FRN 10/25/83

     680,000        705,730  
     

 

 

 
        22,527,128  
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 4.2%

 

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 6A, 6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%
4.516% FRN 6/25/45

     1,514,403        1,534,236  

Banc of America Funding Trust,
Series 2016-R1, Class A1,
2.500% VRN 3/25/40 (a) (b)

     1,199,353        1,161,409  

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust,
Series 2007-A1, Class 11A4,
3.785% VRN 3/25/37 (b)

     589,364        580,132  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-11, Class A2A, 1 year CMT + 2.400%
4.820% FRN 10/25/35

     563,471        583,493  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2005-AR5, Class 2A1,
3.689% VRN 11/25/35 (b)

   $ 800,384      $ 783,374  

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-10, Class 1A1A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .200%
2.368% FRN 11/19/36

     2,076,993        1,828,732  

Impac CMB Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 1A1, 1 mo. USD
LIBOR + .520%
2.736% FRN 4/25/35

     1,280,905        1,232,103  

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2006-AR27, Class 1A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .270%
2.486% FRN 10/25/36

     2,059,427        1,395,116  

Series 2005-AR19, Class A1,
3.785% VRN 10/25/35 (b)

     1,147,753        981,773  

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, Series 2014-R9, Class 3A, 12 mo. MTA + .840%
2.587% FRN 11/26/46 (a)

     919,196        897,715  

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust,
Series 2005-AR1, Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.070%
3.286% FRN 2/25/35

     1,884,602        1,874,565  

Nomura Resecuritization Trust,
Series 2015-1R, Class 6A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .210%
2.445% FRN 5/26/47 (a)

     244,162        242,549  

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2005-AR13, Class A1A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .290%
2.506% FRN 10/25/45

     989,345        1,005,038  

Series 2005-AR2, Class 2A21, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .330%
2.546% FRN 1/25/45

     982,601        978,156  

Series 2006-1 Class 3A2,
5.750% 2/25/36

     1,004,007        960,530  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust
Series 2006-AR8, Class 3A1, 3.776% VRN 4/25/36 (b)

     829,422        856,281  

Series 2004-DD, Class 2A6,
3.808% VRN 1/25/35 (b)

     219,107        224,428  
     

 

 

 
        17,119,630  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $58,250,400)
        59,421,854  
  

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 30.7%

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 2.1%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates
Series KF34, Class A,
2.474% FRN 8/25/24 (b)

   $ 716,285      $ 715,915  

Series K157, Class A3,
3.990% VRN 8/25/33 (b)

     1,000,000        1,013,265  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series S8FX, Class A2
3.291% 3/25/27

     1,775,000        1,738,514  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 4639, Class HZ
2.750% 4/15/53

     1,410,935        1,228,477  

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2017-M11, Class FA,
2.539% FRN 9/25/24 (b)

     887,976        894,143  

Series 2018-57, Class QA,
3.500% 5/25/46

     1,327,785        1,325,009  

Series 2018-55, Class PA,
3.500% 1/25/47

     767,511        764,990  

Government National Mortgage Association
Series 2018-124, Class NW
3.500% 9/20/48

     835,000        826,650  
     

 

 

 
        8,506,963  
     

 

 

 
Pass-Through Securities — 28.6%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Pool #V61427 2.500% 12/01/31

     436,098        421,090  

Pool #G18592 3.000% 3/01/31

     577,685        569,832  

Pool #G18627 3.000% 1/01/32

     1,722,161        1,698,751  

Pool #G08710 3.000% 6/01/46

     390,289        373,869  

Pool #G08715 3.000% 8/01/46

     2,986,088        2,860,462  

Pool #G08726 3.000% 10/01/46

     2,856,554        2,736,378  

Pool #G08732 3.000% 11/01/46

     1,005,328        963,033  

Pool #G08737 3.000% 12/01/46

     361,811        346,589  

Pool #G08741 3.000% 1/01/47

     2,508,867        2,403,318  

Pool #G08791 3.000% 12/01/47

     954,634        913,876  

Pool #G08795 3.000% 1/01/48

     1,811,383        1,734,046  

Pool #G07848 3.500% 4/01/44

     2,525,389        2,505,857  

Pool #G60023 3.500% 4/01/45

     2,601,802        2,580,866  

Pool #G08711 3.500% 6/01/46

     1,542,295        1,521,208  

Pool #G08716 3.500% 8/01/46

     2,139,766        2,110,511  

Pool #G67700 3.500% 8/01/46

     1,441,312        1,425,661  

Pool #G08722 3.500% 9/01/46

     371,623        366,542  

Pool #G08742 3.500% 1/01/47

     1,508,573        1,487,948  

Pool #G08757 3.500% 4/01/47

     526,494        518,802  

Pool #G67703 3.500% 4/01/47

     2,070,158        2,047,030  

Pool #G67706 3.500% 12/01/47

     1,938,807        1,916,238  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

75


MML Total Return Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #G67707 3.500% 1/01/48

   $ 4,552,484      $ 4,508,026  

Pool #G67708 3.500% 3/01/48

     4,217,080        4,162,719  

Pool #G67710 3.500% 3/01/48

     2,970,265        2,929,191  

Pool #G08816 3.500% 6/01/48

     2,331,727        2,296,204  

Pool #G60344 4.000% 12/01/45

     1,706,334        1,736,595  

Pool #G67711 4.000% 3/01/48

     1,895,493        1,926,739  

Pool #G67713 4.000% 6/01/48

     1,128,114        1,144,948  

Pool #G08843 4.500% 10/01/48

     1,000,000        1,032,813  

Pool #G08833 5.000% 7/01/48

     585,981        615,509  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. TBA
Pool # 3376 3.500% 2/29/48 (c)

     205,000        201,765  

Pool #1513 4.000% 3/29/48 (c)

     215,000        217,100  

Pool #E5548 4.500% 4/29/48 (c)

     2,000,000        2,063,984  

Federal National Mortgage Association
Pool #AM0359 2.310% 8/01/22

     500,000        484,439  

Pool #AM1402 2.420% 11/01/22

     945,000        916,536  

Pool #AM0827 2.600% 11/01/22

     960,783        940,343  

Pool #AM2808 2.700% 3/01/23

     375,000        367,074  

Pool #AL6829 2.964% 5/01/27

     1,339,011        1,293,408  

Pool #MA1607 3.000% 10/01/33

     710,152        696,726  

Pool #AM9188 3.120% 6/01/35

     780,000        712,715  

Pool #FN0039 3.201% 9/01/27

     811,126        793,462  

Pool #AN4431 3.220% 1/01/27

     805,000        786,530  

Pool #AM9623 3.340% 7/01/30

     755,000        730,714  

Pool #AB4262 3.500% 1/01/32

     724,322        726,727  

Pool #MA1512 3.500% 7/01/33

     335,789        337,114  

Pool #MA1148 3.500% 8/01/42

     2,345,547        2,323,283  

Pool #MA3210 3.500% 12/01/47

     846,914        834,111  

Pool #CA0996 3.500% 1/01/48

     370,260        365,357  

Pool #MA3305 3.500% 3/01/48

     425,141        418,715  

Pool #MA3332 3.500% 4/01/48

     4,235,338        4,169,988  

Pool #469621 3.650% 11/01/21

     1,537,031        1,559,033  

Pool #466960 3.890% 12/01/20

     1,097,256        1,114,980  

Pool #466919 3.930% 1/01/21

     1,433,107        1,458,532  

Pool #AM4236 3.940% 8/01/25

     612,138        628,697  

Pool #468551 3.980% 7/01/21

     1,230,000        1,256,318  

Pool #AS9830 4.000% 6/01/47

     1,179,957        1,193,369  

Pool #MA3027 4.000% 6/01/47

     1,165,457        1,178,341  

Pool #AS9972 4.000% 7/01/47

     1,023,231        1,034,862  

Pool #MA3088 4.000% 8/01/47

     1,661,244        1,679,608  

Pool #BM2007 4.000% 9/01/48

     1,038,924        1,049,516  

Pool #931504 4.500% 7/01/39

     100,815        105,072  

Pool #CA1710 4.500% 5/01/48

     2,598,566        2,683,121  

Pool #CA1711 4.500% 5/01/48

     860,390        888,386  

Pool #CA2208 4.500% 8/01/48

     1,666,070        1,720,153  

Pool #MA3444 4.500% 8/01/48

     1,904,606        1,966,432  

Pool #986268 5.000% 7/01/38

     1,584        1,682  

Pool #AD6374 5.000% 5/01/40

     29,114        30,867  

Pool #AI2733 5.000% 5/01/41

     237,162        251,438  

Pool #977014 5.500% 5/01/38

     41,765        45,388  

Pool #985524 5.500% 6/01/38

     31,483        34,214  

Pool #988578 5.500% 8/01/38

     194,857        211,762  

Pool #995482 5.500% 1/01/39

     149,902        162,907  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association TBA
Pool #7180 3.000% 1/29/33 (c)

   $ 625,000      $ 617,334  

Pool #17115 3.500% 1/29/48 (c)

     1,925,000        1,894,320  

Pool #18388 4.000% 3/29/48 (c)

     1,910,000        1,928,503  

Government National Mortgage Association
Pool #MA4719 3.500% 9/20/47

     558,313        555,892  

Pool #MA4838 4.000% 11/20/47

     987,201        1,005,249  

Pool #MA3666 5.000% 5/20/46

     287,249        300,086  

Pool #MA4199 5.000% 1/20/47

     308,045        321,811  

Pool #MA4722 5.000% 9/20/47

     861,759        903,500  

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #MA4126 3.000% 12/20/46

     2,476,722        2,405,516  

Pool #MA4718 3.000% 9/20/47

     281,742        273,290  

Pool #MA4836 3.000% 11/20/47

     2,237,830        2,169,996  

Pool #MA3521 3.500% 3/20/46

     1,004,795        1,002,322  

Pool #MA3597 3.500% 4/20/46

     311,498        310,439  

Pool #MA3663 3.500% 5/20/46

     469,803        468,206  

Pool #MA3937 3.500% 9/20/46

     376,289        375,010  

Pool #MA4127 3.500% 12/20/46

     1,268,810        1,264,498  

Pool #MA4262 3.500% 2/20/47

     1,497,964        1,491,937  

Pool #MA4382 3.500% 4/20/47

     417,757        416,076  

Pool #MA4454 5.000% 5/20/47

     619,890        648,948  

Government National Mortgage Association II TBA
Pool #1635 3.500% 11/29/47 (c)

     1,225,000        1,217,727  

Pool #1367 4.000% 3/29/48 (c)

     1,015,000        1,031,970  

Pool #1523 4.500% 4/29/48 (c)

     4,465,000        4,613,950  
     

 

 

 
        116,706,000  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $129,267,012)
        125,212,963  
  

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 20.7%

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 20.7%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.000% 8/15/48

     11,260,000        10,838,629  

3.125% 5/15/48

     16,770,000        16,546,749  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
1.000% 2/15/48

     1,047,478        1,034,371  

U.S. Treasury Note
2.625% 7/31/20

     275,000        274,111  

2.750% 7/31/23

     29,170,000        28,913,167  

2.875% 9/30/23

     12,935,000        12,891,546  

2.875% 8/15/28

     14,170,000        13,953,022  
     

 

 

 
        84,451,595  
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $85,037,289)
        84,451,595  
  

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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    Principal
Amount
    Value  
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $410,605,196)
    $ 404,587,667  
 

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $410,605,196)
      404,587,667  
 

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 8.4%

 

Repurchase Agreement — 3.8%

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp., Repurchase Agreement, dated 9/28/18,
1.100%, due 10/01/18 (d)

  $ 15,653,646       15,653,646  
   

 

 

 
Sovereign Debt Obligations — 2.5%

 

Japan Treasury Discount Bill JPY (e)
0.000%10/15/18

    475,000,000       4,180,773  

0.000%11/05/18

    680,000,000       5,985,598  
   

 

 

 
      10,166,371  
   

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Bill — 2.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.000%10/11/18

    314,000       313,821  

0.000%12/13/18 (f)

    531,000       528,711  

0.000%1/03/19

    5,610,000       5,577,810  

0.000%1/31/19

    2,306,000       2,288,622  
   

 

 

 
      8,708,964  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $34,721,604)
      34,528,981  
 

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 107.5%
(Cost $445,326,800) (g)
      439,116,648  
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (7.5)%       (30,702,560
 

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $ 408,414,088  
 

 

 

 

Abbreviation Legend

ABS

Asset-Backed Security

CLO

Collateralized Loan Obligation

CMO

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

CMT

Constant Maturity Treasury Index

FRN

Floating Rate Note

MBS

Mortgage-Backed Security

MTA

Monthly Treasury Average Index

STEP

Step Up Bond

TBA

To Be Announced

VRN

Variable Rate Note

WL

Whole Loan

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to a value of $42,002,854 or 10.28% of net assets.

(b)

Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above. The rates shown are the current interest rates at September 30, 2018.

(c)

A portion of this security is purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis. (Note 2).

(d)

Maturity value of $15,655,081. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.750%, maturity date of 8/15/42, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $15,970,595.

(e)

The principal amount of the security is in foreign currency. The market value is in U.S. dollars.

(f)

A portion of this security is pledged/held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).

(g)

See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.

 

 

Forward contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

            Counterparty   

Settlement
Date

   In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Deliver  
JPY     475,000,000     Goldman Sachs International    10/15/18    $ 4,239,274      $ 54,724  
JPY     680,000,000     Goldman Sachs International    11/05/18      6,179,975        180,413  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 10,419,249      $ 235,137  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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Futures contracts at September 30, 2018:

 

 

 

     Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
    Value/ Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Long           

U.S. Treasury Note 2 Year

     12/31/18        179      $ 37,843,796     $ (122,343

U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year

     12/31/18        434        49,140,431       (325,603
          

 

 

 
  $ (447,946
 

 

 

 
Short           

Euro-BOBL

     12/06/18        68      $ (10,375,675   $ 56,723  
 

 

 

 

 

Currency Legend

JPY

Japanese Yen

USD

U.S. Dollar

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

1.   The Funds

MML Series Investment Fund (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a no-load, open-end, management investment company. The Trust is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Massachusetts business trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 19, 1984, as restated May 14, 1993, and further amended and restated as of December 15, 2011, as it may be further amended from time to time. The Trust consists of the following series (each individually referred to as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds”):

MML Aggressive Allocation Fund (“Aggressive Allocation Fund”)

MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund (“MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund”)

MML American Funds® Growth Fund (“MML American Funds Growth Fund”)

MML American Funds® International Fund (“MML American Funds International Fund”)

MML Balanced Allocation Fund (“Balanced Allocation Fund”)

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund (“Blue Chip Growth Fund”)

MML Conservative Allocation Fund (“Conservative Allocation Fund”)

MML Equity Income Fund (“Equity Income Fund”)

MML Equity Index Fund (“Equity Index Fund”)

MML Focused Equity Fund (“Focused Equity Fund”)

MML Foreign Fund (“Foreign Fund”)

MML Fundamental Growth Fund (“Fundamental Growth Fund”)

MML Fundamental Value Fund (“Fundamental Value Fund”)

MML Global Fund (“Global Fund”)

MML Growth Allocation Fund (“Growth Allocation Fund”)

MML Growth & Income Fund (“Growth & Income Fund”)

MML Income & Growth Fund (“Income & Growth Fund”)

MML International Equity Fund (“International Equity Fund”)

MML Large Cap Growth Fund (“Large Cap Growth Fund”)

MML Managed Volatility Fund (“Managed Volatility Fund”)

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund (“Mid Cap Growth Fund”)

MML Mid Cap Value Fund (“Mid Cap Value Fund”)

MML Moderate Allocation Fund (“Moderate Allocation Fund”)

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund (“Small Cap Growth Equity Fund”)

MML Small Company Value Fund (“Small Company Value Fund”)

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund (“Small/Mid Cap Value Fund”)

MML Total Return Bond Fund (“Total Return Bond Fund”)

The Trust makes shares of the Funds available for the investment of assets of various separate investment accounts established by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) and by life insurance companies which are subsidiaries of MassMutual. Shares of the Trust are not offered to the general public. MassMutual, MML Bay State Life Insurance Company, C.M. Life Insurance Company, and the MML Allocation Funds, which are “funds of funds” series of the Trust, are the record owners of all of the outstanding shares of the Funds.

Each share class of a Fund represents an interest in the same portfolio of assets. The principal difference among the classes is the level of service and administration fees, and shareholder and distribution service expenses borne by the classes. Because each class will have different fees and expenses, performance and share prices will vary between the classes. The classes of shares are offered to different types of investors, as outlined in the Funds’ Prospectus.

The Conservative Allocation Fund, Balanced Allocation Fund, Moderate Allocation Fund, Growth Allocation Fund, and Aggressive Allocation Fund (the “Allocation Funds”) invest their investable assets in shares of series of the Trust and MML Series Investment Fund II (which are advised by MML Investment Advisers, LLC (“MML Advisers”)), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MassMutual, Oppenheimer Funds (which are advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc., a majority-owned, indirect subsidiary of MassMutual), and non-affiliated funds (together, the “MML Underlying Funds”).

 

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MML American Funds Growth Fund and MML American Funds International Fund (each a “Feeder Fund,” collectively the “Feeder Funds”) invest all of their assets in Class 1 shares of the Growth and International Funds, respectively, each a series of the American Funds Insurance Series (each a “Master Fund,” collectively the “Master Funds”). Each Master Fund is an open-end investment company and organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Each Feeder Fund has an investment objective that is consistent with its corresponding Master Fund. Each Master Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to mutual funds and intends to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and capital gains to shareholders, which includes the applicable Feeder Fund, to qualify as a regulated investment company. The performance of the Feeder Funds is directly affected by the performance of the Master Funds. The MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund invests all of its investable assets in shares of various series of American Funds Insurance Series, which are managed by Capital Research and Management Company (together, the “American Underlying Funds” and collectively with the MML Underlying Funds, the “Underlying Funds”).

 

2.   Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed consistently by each Fund in the preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles”). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies.

Investment Valuation

The net asset value of each Fund’s shares is determined once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), on each day the NYSE is open for trading (a “business day”). The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, but may close earlier on some days. If the NYSE is scheduled to close early, the business day will be considered to end as of the time of the NYSE’s scheduled close. A Fund will not treat an intraday disruption in NYSE trading or other event that causes an unscheduled closing of the NYSE as a close of business of the NYSE for these purposes and will instead fair value securities in accordance with procedures approved annually by the Trustees, and under the general oversight of the Trustees. On holidays and other days when the NYSE is closed, each Fund’s net asset value generally is not calculated and the Funds do not anticipate accepting buy or sell orders. However, the value of each Fund’s assets may still be affected on such days to the extent that a Fund or an Underlying Fund or Master Fund holds foreign securities that trade on days that foreign securities markets are open.

The net asset value of the Aggressive Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Growth Fund, MML American Funds International Fund, Balanced Allocation Fund, Conservative Allocation Fund, Growth Allocation Fund, and Moderate Allocation Fund is based upon the net asset value(s) of its corresponding Master Fund or Underlying Funds. Shares of the Master Fund and Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset values as reported on each business day.

The Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Underlying Funds and Master Funds, as applicable, explain the valuation methods for the Underlying Funds and Master Funds, including the circumstances under which the Underlying Funds or Master Funds, may use fair value pricing and the effects of doing so. Such Prospectuses and SAIs are available on the SEC’s EDGAR database on its website at http://www.sec.gov.

Equity securities and derivative contracts that are actively traded on a national securities exchange or contract market are valued on the basis of information furnished by a pricing service, which provides the last reported sale price, or, in the case of futures contracts, the settlement price, for securities or derivatives listed on the exchange or contract market or the official closing price on the NASDAQ National Market System (“NASDAQ System”), or in the case of over-the-counter (“OTC”) securities for which an

 

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official closing price is unavailable or not reported on the NASDAQ System, the last reported bid price. Portfolio securities traded on more than one national securities exchange are valued at the last price at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities. Debt securities are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, which generally determines valuations taking into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. Shares of other open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing net asset values as reported on each business day.

Investments for which market quotations are readily available are marked to market daily based on those quotations. Market quotations may be provided by third-party vendors or market makers, and may be determined on the basis of a variety of factors, such as broker quotations, financial modeling, and other market data, such as market indexes and yield curves, counterparty information, and foreign exchange rates. U.S. Government and agency securities may be valued on the basis of market quotations or using a model that may incorporate market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, quoted market prices, and reference data. The fair values of OTC derivative contracts, including forward, swap, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices, may be based on market quotations or may be modeled using a series of techniques, including simulation models, depending on the contract and the terms of the transaction. The fair values of asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities are estimated based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each debt tranche of the issuer, established benchmark yield, and estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche, including, but not limited to, prepayment speed assumptions and attributes of the collateral. Restricted securities are generally valued at a discount to similar publicly traded securities.

Investments for which market quotations are not available or for which a pricing service or vendor does not provide a value, or for which such market quotations or values are considered by the investment adviser or subadviser to be unreliable (including, for example, certain foreign securities, thinly-traded securities, certain restricted securities, certain initial public offerings, or securities whose values may have been affected by a significant event) are stated at fair valuations determined in good faith by the Funds’ Valuation Committee1 in accordance with procedures approved annually by the Board of Trustees (“Trustees”), and under the general oversight of the Trustees. The Funds’ Valuation Committee employs various methods to determine fair valuations including a regular review of significant inputs and assumptions and review of any related market activity. The Funds’ Valuation Committee reports to the Trustees at its regularly scheduled meetings. It is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Funds to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value procedures may differ from recent market prices for the investment and may be significantly different from the value realized upon the sale of such investment.

The Funds and certain Underlying Funds or Master Funds may invest in securities that are traded principally in foreign markets and that trade on weekends and other days when the Funds do not price their shares. As a result, the values of the Funds’ portfolio securities may change on days when the prices of the Funds’ shares are not calculated. The prices of the Funds’ shares will reflect any such changes when the prices of the Funds’ shares are next calculated, which is the next business day. The Funds may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities primarily traded in foreign markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Funds value their securities. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim. The Funds’ investments may be priced based on fair values provided by a third-party vendor, based on certain factors and methodologies applied by such vendor, in the event that there is movement in the U.S. market, between the close of the foreign market and the time the Funds calculate their net asset values. All assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at the mean between the buying and selling rates of such currencies against the U.S. dollar at the end of each business day.

 

1 

The Valuation Committee consists of the President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, Vice Presidents (except for the CCO), Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the Trust, as well as such alternate members as the Trustees may from time to time designate. The Valuation Committee reviews and determines the fair valuation of portfolio securities and the Funds’ pricing procedures in general.

 

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For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and any other investments fair valued using significant unobservable inputs, as described below, the fair valuation approaches used by third party service providers and/or the Funds’ subadvisers utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs:

Market approach: (i) recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; (ii) recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and (iii) market multiples of comparable issuers.

Income approach: (i) future cash flows discounted to present value and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; (ii) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (iii) other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts, and/or default rates.

Cost approach: (i) audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications, and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; (ii) changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; (iii) relevant news and other public sources; and (iv) known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company.

Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing Market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Valuation techniques such as the current value method (“CVM”), an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), or a hybrid of those techniques are used in allocating enterprise value of the company, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The CVM allocates value among the various parts of a company’s capital structure assuming that the value of convertible preferred stock is represented by the most favorable claim the preferred stockholders have on the enterprise value as of the valuation date. The use of OPM and PWERM techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.

The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards as other investments held by a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information for a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its net asset value. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable market data inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to each security.

Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the Funds can access at the measurement date

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 1 generally include actively traded domestic and certain foreign equity securities, derivatives actively traded on a national securities exchange (such as some warrants, rights, futures, and options), and shares of open-end mutual funds.

 

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Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 2 generally include debt securities such as U.S. Government and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, municipal obligations, sovereign debt obligations, bank loans, corporate bonds, and those securities valued at amortized cost; OTC derivatives such as swaps, options, swaptions, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; certain restricted securities; and non-exchange traded equity securities and certain foreign equity securities traded on particular foreign exchanges that close before the Funds determine their net asset values.

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 3 generally include securities for which prices, spreads, or any of the other aforementioned significant inputs are unobservable. Generally, securities whose trading has been suspended or that have been de-listed from their current primary trading exchange; securities in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation; securities and certain derivatives valued by broker quotes which may include brokers’ assumptions; and any illiquid Rule 144A securities or restricted securities issued by non-public entities are categorized in Level 3.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned Level within the hierarchy. In addition, in periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the overall fair value measurement.

The Aggressive Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Growth Fund, MML American Funds International Fund, Balanced Allocation Fund, Conservative Allocation Fund, Growth Allocation Fund, and Moderate Allocation Fund characterized all investments at Level 1, as of September 30, 2018. The Income & Growth Fund and Small/Mid Cap Value Fund characterized all long-term investments at Level 1, and all short-term investments at Level 2, as of September 30, 2018. For each Fund noted in the preceding sentences, the level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

The following is the aggregate value by input level, as of September 30, 2018, for the remaining Funds’ investments:

 

 

 

     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Blue Chip Growth Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ 396,090,349      $ 6,495,852   $ -     $ 402,586,201  

Preferred Stock

     -        -       775,038 **      775,038  

Short-Term Investments

     1,041        2,672,290       -       2,673,331  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 396,091,390      $ 9,168,142     $ 775,038     $ 406,034,570  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity Income Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ 462,830,510      $ 17,730,859   $ -     $ 480,561,369  

Preferred Stock

     10,954,983        693,661     -       11,648,644  

 

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     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Equity Income Fund (Continued)

          

Asset Investments (Continued)

          

Corporate Debt

   $ -      $ 2,642,505     $ -      $ 2,642,505  

Short-Term Investments

     1,041        5,096,393       -        5,097,434  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 473,786,534      $ 26,163,418     $ -      $ 499,949,952  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity Index Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 730,784,013      $ -     $ -      $ 730,784,013  

Short-Term Investments

     -        20,739,858       -        20,739,858  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 730,784,013      $ 20,739,858     $ -      $ 751,523,871  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 126,894      $ -     $ -      $ 126,894  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Focused Equity Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 59,519,087      $ 2,504,220   $ -      $ 62,023,307  

Short-Term Investments

     -        1,174,548       -        1,174,548  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 59,519,087      $ 3,678,768     $ -      $ 63,197,855  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

  
Common Stock*           

Canada

   $ 6,736,564      $ -     $         -      $ 6,736,564  

Cayman Islands

     6,255,832        8,256,513       -        14,512,345  

China

     -        11,574,387       -        11,574,387  

Denmark

     -        4,523,448       -        4,523,448  

France

     -        34,495,984       -        34,495,984  

Germany

     -        40,242,470       -        40,242,470  

Hong Kong

     -        9,045,983       -        9,045,983  

Ireland

     -        8,991,215       -        8,991,215  

Israel

     6,366,535        -       -        6,366,535  

Italy

     -        9,023,577       -        9,023,577  

Japan

     -        44,132,595       -        44,132,595  

Luxembourg

     -        5,396,342       -        5,396,342  

Netherlands

     2,479,500        16,542,101       -        19,021,601  

Norway

     -        3,816,653       -        3,816,653  

Republic of Korea

     3,090,692        13,041,797       -        16,132,489  

Singapore

     -        4,946,097       -        4,946,097  

Sweden

     -        1,683,960       -        1,683,960  

Switzerland

     -        20,413,802       -        20,413,802  

Taiwan

     -        5,475,495       -        5,475,495  

Thailand

     -        5,340,523       -        5,340,523  

United Kingdom

     8,171,118        57,102,521       -        65,273,639  
Mutual Funds      1,989,933        -       -        1,989,933  
Short-Term Investments      -        9,823,212       -        9,823,212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 35,090,174      $ 313,868,675     $ -      $ 348,958,849  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

84


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     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Fundamental Growth Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 113,874,343      $ 524,696   $ -      $ 114,399,039  

Short-Term Investments

     -        146,668       -        146,668  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 113,874,343      $ 671,364     $ -      $ 114,545,707  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fundamental Value Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 212,164,803      $ 4,378,733   $ -      $ 216,543,536  

Short-Term Investments

     -        1,714,902       -        1,714,902  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 212,164,803      $ 6,093,635     $ -      $ 218,258,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Global Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

  
Common Stock*           

Austria

   $ -      $ 961,379     $ -      $ 961,379  

Brazil

     815,746        -       -        815,746  

Canada

     4,884,940        -       -        4,884,940  

Cayman Islands

     -        415,480       -        415,480  

Denmark

     -        1,607,834       -        1,607,834  

France

     -        23,652,564       -        23,652,564  

Germany

     -        14,767,208       -        14,767,208  

Ireland

     13,055,754        -       -        13,055,754  

Israel

     3,180,620        -       -        3,180,620  

Japan

     -        5,452,746       -        5,452,746  

Mexico

     864,301        -       -        864,301  

Netherlands

     1,540,301        5,435,277       -        6,975,578  

Republic of Korea

     -        2,030,075       -        2,030,075  

Spain

     -        2,689,863       -        2,689,863  

Sweden

     -        4,627,196       -        4,627,196  

Switzerland

     -        17,614,094       -        17,614,094  

Thailand

     -        549,829       -        549,829  

United Kingdom

     3,681,480        18,870,534       -        22,552,014  

United States

     110,567,130        -       -        110,567,130  
Mutual Funds      922,530        -       -        922,530  
Short-Term Investments      -        1,686,877       -        1,686,877  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 139,512,802      $ 100,360,956     $ -      $ 239,873,758  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Growth & Income Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 137,432,609      $ 6,671,759   $ 2,852,310      $ 146,956,678  

Short-Term Investments

     -        1,002,620       -        1,002,620  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 137,432,609      $ 7,674,379     $ 2,852,310      $ 147,959,298  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

International Equity Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

  
Common Stock*           

Australia

   $ -      $ 4,351,168     $ -      $ 4,351,168  

Canada

     2,973,471        -       -        2,973,471  

Cayman Islands

     830,108        -       -        830,108  

 

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     Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

International Equity Fund (Continued)

 

Asset Investments (Continued)

 

 
Common Stock* (Continued)          

France

   $ -     $ 18,751,477      $ -     $ 18,751,477  

Germany

     -       29,495,883        -       29,495,883  

India

     -       2,134,794        -       2,134,794  

Indonesia

     -       2,810,504        -       2,810,504  

Ireland

     5,801,335       -        -       5,801,335  

Italy

     -       6,432,522        -       6,432,522  

Japan

     -       7,807,665        -       7,807,665  

Mexico

     2,355,872       -        -       2,355,872  

Netherlands

     -       11,879,015        -       11,879,015  

Republic of Korea

     -       2,037,572        -       2,037,572  

South Africa

     -       4,899,577        -       4,899,577  

Sweden

     -       11,835,817        -       11,835,817  

Switzerland

     -       16,277,572        -       16,277,572  

Taiwan

     -       2,877,458        -       2,877,458  

United Kingdom

     4,828,252       33,172,046        -       38,000,298  
Mutual Funds      5,497,029       -        -       5,497,029  
Short-Term Investments      -       3,732,511        -       3,732,511  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 22,286,067     $ 158,495,581      $ -     $ 180,781,648  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Forwards Contracts

   $ -     $ 40,197      $ -     $ 40,197  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 99,792,255     $ 2,828,131      $ -     $ 102,620,386  

Short-Term Investments

     -       1,680,403        -       1,680,403  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 99,792,255     $ 4,508,534      $         -     $ 104,300,789  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Managed Volatility Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 174,154,521     $ -      $ -     $ 174,154,521  

Corporate Debt

     -       -        - +,**      -  

Purchased Options

     581,365       -        -       581,365  

Short-Term Investments

     -       1,773,836        -       1,773,836  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 174,735,886     $ 1,773,836      $ -     $ 176,509,722  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Written Options

   $ (2,130,685   $ -      $ -     $ (2,130,685
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 453,529,051     $ -      $ 1,434,145     $ 454,963,196  

Preferred Stock

     -       -        3,899,886       3,899,886  

Mutual Funds

     16,076,249       -        -       16,076,249  

Short-Term Investments

     14,380,110       16,717,054        -       31,097,164  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 483,985,410     $ 16,717,054      $ 5,334,031     $ 506,036,495  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 411,644,516     $ 20,717,142   $ -     $ 432,361,658  

Mutual Funds

     12,940,035       -       -       12,940,035  

Short-Term Investments

     -       11,621,531       -       11,621,531  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 424,584,551     $ 32,338,673     $ -     $ 456,923,224  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

 

Forwards Contracts

   $ -     $ 187,524     $ -     $ 187,524  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

Forwards Contracts

   $ -     $ (15,644   $ -     $ (15,644
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 217,549,674     $ -     $ 249,988 **    $ 217,799,662  

Preferred Stock

     -       606,083       379,529 **      985,612  

Mutual Funds

     6,662,035       -       -       6,662,035  

Short-Term Investments

     -       2,812,320       -       2,812,320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 224,211,709     $ 3,418,403     $ 629,517     $ 228,259,629  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Small Company Value Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 108,498,830     $ -     $ -     $ 108,498,830  

Warrants

     41,118       -       -       41,118  

Mutual Funds

     2,664,190       -       -       2,664,190  

Short-Term Investments

     1,030       1,877,136       -       1,878,166  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 111,205,168     $ 1,877,136     $ -     $ 113,082,304  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return Bond Fund

 

Asset Investments

 

 

Bank Loans

   $ -     $ 924,452     $ -     $ 924,452  

Corporate Debt

     -       129,924,486       -       129,924,486  

Municipal Obligations

     -       4,652,317       -       4,652,317  

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -       59,421,854       -       59,421,854  

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -       125,212,963       -       125,212,963  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -       84,451,595       -       84,451,595  

Short-Term Investments

     -       34,528,981       -       34,528,981  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ -     $ 439,116,648     $ -     $ 439,116,648  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

        

Forward Contracts

   $ -     $ 235,137     $ -     $ 235,137  

Futures Contracts

     56,723       -       -       56,723  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total    $ 56,723     $ 235,137     $ -     $ 291,860  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

        

Futures Contracts

   $ (447,946   $ -     $ -     $ (447,946
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets, as applicable.

**

None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Fund(s). Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the period ended September 30, 2018 is not presented.

+

Represents a security at $0 value as of September 30, 2018.

 

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The Funds, with the exception of the Global Fund and Total Return Bond Fund, had no transfers between Levels of the fair value hierarchy during the period ended September 30, 2018. The Global Fund and Total Return Bond Fund had transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the period ended September 30, 2018; however, none of the transfers individually or collectively had a material impact on the Funds. The Funds recognize transfers between the Levels as of the beginning of the year.

Following is a reconciliation of investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

 

    Investments in Securities  
    Balance
as of
12/31/17
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     (Sales)     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
(out)
of Level 3
    Balance
as of
9/30/18
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held
as of 9/30/18
 

Growth & Income Fund

 

Common Stock

  $ -     $         -     $         -     $ 1,746,679     $ 1,105,631     $ -     $         -     $         -     $ 2,852,310     $ 1,746,679  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Common Stock

  $ 999,872     $ -     $ -     $ 401,054     $ 114,760     $ (81,541   $ -     $ -     $ 1,434,145     $ 438,639  

Preferred Stock

    3,369,013       -       -       811,883       317,633       (598,643     -       -       3,899,886       1,087,808  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 4,368,885     $ -     $ -     $ 1,212,937     $ 432,393     $ (680,184   $ -     $ -     $ 5,334,031     $ 1,526,447  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The Growth & Income Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using acquisition cost, although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. These investments are generally privately held investments, but may include defaulted securities and new debt issuances. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Valuation Committee. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment, also referred to as enterprise value (EV) to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratios. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Growth & Income Fund. All market variables are assessed on a regular frequency and calibrated as necessary.

 

    Fair Value
Amount
   

Valuation
Technique

 

Unobservable Input Description

  Value/
Weighted
Average Range
 

Growth & Income Fund

       
Common stock — $2,852,310        

Honeywell International, Inc.

  $ 2,852,310     Market Approach   Intrinsic Value   $ 164.55  
 

 

 

       

 

The Mid Cap Growth Fund fair values certain of its Level 3 investments using acquisition cost, although the transaction may not have occurred during the current reporting period. These investments are generally privately held investments, but may include defaulted securities and new debt issuances. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The determination to fair value such investments at cost is based upon factors consistent with the principles of fair value measurement that are reasonably available to the Valuation Committee. Valuations are reviewed utilizing available market information to determine if the carrying value should be adjusted. Such market data may include, but is not limited to, observations of the trading multiples of public companies considered comparable to the private companies being valued, financial or operational

 

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information released by the company, and/or news or corporate events that affect the investment, also referred to as enterprise value (EV) to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratios. Valuations may be adjusted to account for company-specific issues, the lack of liquidity inherent in a nonpublic investment and the fact that comparable public companies are not identical to the investments being fair valued by the Mid Cap Growth Fund. All market variables are assessed on a regular frequency and calibrated as necessary.

 

    Fair Value
Amount
   

Valuation
Technique

 

Unobservable Input Description

  Value/
Weighted
Average Range
 

Mid Cap Growth Fund

       

Common stock — $1,434,145

       

WeWork Companies, Inc. Class A

  $ 576,145     Market Approach   EV to GP/Multiple 2020     13.80x  
      EV to GP/Multiple 2021     11.60x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2020     31.10x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2021     24.20x  
      Discount for Lack of Marketability     10%  

Venture Global LNG, Inc. Series B

    109,200     Market Approach   Market Transaction     $5,200.00  

Venture Global LNG, Inc. Series C

    748,800     Market Approach   Market Transaction     $5,200.00  

Preferred stock — $3,899,886

       

Roofoods Ltd. Series F

  $ 976,516     Market Approach   EV to GP/Multiple     15.10x  
      EV to GMV/Multiple     2.0x  
      Discount for Lack of Marketability     10%  

Slack Technologies, Inc. Series H

    317,633     Market Approach   Market Transaction     $11.91  

WeWork Companies, Inc. Series D 1

    1,459,231     Market Approach   EV to GP/Multiple 2020     13.80x  
      EV to GP/Multiple 2021     11.60x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2020     31.10x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2021     24.20x  
      Discount for Lack of Marketability     10%  

WeWork Companies, Inc. Series D 2

    1,146,506     Market Approach   EV to GP/Multiple 2020     13.80x  
      EV to GP/Multiple 2021     11.60x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2020     31.10x  
      EV to EBITDA/Multiple 2021     24.20x  
      Discount for Lack of Marketability     10%  
 

 

 

       

Total

  $ 5,334,031        
 

 

 

       

 

Derivative Instruments

Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are based on the values of one or more indicators, such as a security, asset, currency, interest rate, or index. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile. Losses from derivatives can be substantially greater than their original cost and can sometimes be unlimited. A Fund may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price. For those Funds that held derivatives at September 30, 2018, the following table shows how the Fund used these types of derivatives during the period (marked with an “A”), as well as additional uses, if any, it may have for them in the future (marked with an “M”).

 

Type of Derivative and Objective for Use

 

Equity
Index
Fund

 

International
Equity
Fund

 

Managed
Volatility
Fund

 

Mid Cap
Value
Fund

 

Total
Return
Bond
Fund

Foreign Currency Exchange Transactions*

           

Hedging/Risk Management

      A       A   A

Directional Exposures to Currencies

                  M

 

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Type of Derivative and Objective for Use

 

Equity
Index
Fund

 

International
Equity
Fund

 

Managed
Volatility
Fund

 

Mid Cap
Value
Fund

 

Total
Return
Bond
Fund

Futures Contracts**

           

Hedging/Risk Management

                  A

Duration/Credit Quality Management

                  A

Substitution for Direct Investment

  A               M
           

Options (Purchased)

           

Hedging/Risk Management

          A        
           

Options (Written)

           

Hedging/Risk Management

          A        

Income

          A        

 

*

Includes any options purchased or written, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements, if applicable.

**

Includes any options purchased or written on futures contracts, if applicable.

At September 30, 2018, the Fund(s) had the following derivatives and transactions in derivatives, grouped into the indicated risk categories:

 

 

 

     Equity
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Interest
Rate
Risk
     Total  
Equity Index Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 126,894      $ -      $ -      $ 126,894  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
International Equity Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ 40,197      $ -      $ 40,197  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Managed Volatility Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Purchased Options

   $ 581,365      $ -      $ -      $ 581,365  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

Written Options

   $ (2,130,685    $ -      $ -      $ (2,130,685
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ 187,524      $ -      $ 187,524  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives

 

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ (15,644    $ -      $ (15,644
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Return Bond Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ 235,137      $ -      $ 235,137  

Futures Contracts

     -        -        56,723        56,723  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $         -      $ 235,137      $ 56,723      $ 291,860  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives

 

Futures Contracts

   $ -      $ -      $ (447,946    $ (447,946
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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At September 30, 2018, the number of contracts, notional amounts, or shares/units for each derivative type was as follows:

 

 

 

     Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or Shares/Units†  

Fund Name

   Futures Contracts      Forward Contracts      Purchased Options      Written Options  

Equity Index Fund

     145      $ -        -        -  

International Equity Fund

     -        3,318,198        -        -  

Managed Volatility Fund

     -        -        595        595  

Mid Cap Value Fund

     -        23,418,893        -        -  

Total Return Bond Fund

     681        10,419,249        -        -  

 

Amount(s) disclosed represent number of contracts for futures contracts, notional amounts for forward contracts, and shares/units outstanding for purchased options and written options, based on absolute values, at September 30, 2018.

Further details regarding the derivatives and other investments held by the Fund(s) at September 30, 2018, are discussed below.

Foreign Currency Exchange Transactions

A Fund may engage in foreign currency exchange transactions for hedging purposes in order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates, or for other, non-hedging purposes.

A Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts. These contracts call for the Fund to deliver in the future an amount of one currency in return for an amount of another currency, at an exchange rate determined at the time the contract is entered into. Forward contracts are private contractual arrangements and a Fund is subject to the risk that its counterparty will not, or will not be able to, perform its obligations. This type of arrangement may require the Fund to post margin. A Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions in order to hedge against changes in the values of the assets or liabilities denominated in one or more foreign currencies, or otherwise to increase or reduce a Fund’s exposure to various foreign currencies. The use of foreign currency exchange transactions may create investment leverage.

Whenever a Fund enters into a foreign currency exchange transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the transaction will move in a direction unfavorable to it. When the Fund uses the transactions for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part. If a Fund enters into foreign currency exchange transactions other than for hedging purposes (for example, seeking to profit from an anticipated change in the values of currencies by creating directional exposures in the portfolio with respect to one or more currencies), it will generally be subject to the same risks, but is less likely to have assets or liabilities that will offset any losses on the transactions. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to terminate any foreign currency exchange transaction prior to its maturity in order to limit its loss on the transaction.

Forward foreign currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in their value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the settlement price established through dealers or other market sources on the day which they are traded. When a forward foreign currency contract is extinguished, through delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it was extinguished or offset. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risk associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions and counterparty risks are considered.

Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments. A Fund’s current exposure to a counterparty is the unrealized appreciation on the contract.

Futures Contracts

A Fund may seek to manage a variety of different risks, such as interest rate risk, equity price risk, and currency risk, through the use of futures contracts. A Fund may use interest rate futures contracts to adjust the interest rate sensitivity (duration) of its

 

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portfolio or the credit exposure of the portfolio. Interest rate futures contracts obligate the long or short holder to take or make delivery of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, such as a specific fixed-income security, during a specified future period at a specified price. A Fund may use index futures contracts to hedge against broad market risks to its portfolio or to gain broad market exposure when it holds uninvested cash or as an inexpensive substitute for cash investments directly in securities or other assets, including commodities and precious metals. Securities index futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell units of a securities index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made and are settled in cash. Positions in futures contracts may be closed out only on an exchange or board of trade which provides a secondary market for such futures. Because futures contracts are exchange-traded, they typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk.

Parties to a futures contract are not required to post the entire notional amount of the contract, but rather a small percentage of that amount (by way of margin), both at the time they enter into futures transactions, and then on a daily basis if their positions decline in value; as a result, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Such payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Funds as unrealized gains or losses. Because futures markets are highly leveraged, they can be extremely volatile, and there can be no assurance that the pricing of a futures contract will correlate precisely with the pricing of the asset or index underlying it or the asset or liability of the Fund that is the subject of the hedge. It may not always be possible for a Fund to enter into a closing transaction with respect to a futures contract it has entered into, at a favorable time or price. When a Fund enters into a futures transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the futures contract will move in a direction unfavorable to it. When a Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part.

When a futures contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.

Futures contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

Options, Rights, and Warrants

A Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on securities or an index of securities to enhance investment performance or to protect against changes in market prices. A Fund that invests in debt securities may also purchase and sell put and call options to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of its portfolio or the credit exposure of the portfolio.

Call Options. A call option gives the holder the right to purchase, and obligates the writer to sell, a security at the strike price at any time before the expiration date.

Put Options. A put option gives the holder the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, a security at the exercise price at any time before the expiration date.

Writing put and call options. A Fund may write call options on a security it owns, in a “directional” strategy hoping to realize a greater current return through the receipt of premiums. In return for the option premium, the Fund takes the risk that it will have to forego any increase in the value of the security over the strike price. When a Fund has written a call option on a security it does not own, its exposure on such an option is theoretically unlimited. A Fund may enter into closing purchase transactions in order to realize a profit or limit a loss on a previously written call option or, in the case of a call option on a security it owns, to free itself to sell the underlying security or to write another call on the security, or protect a security from being called in an unexpected market rise. Any profits from a closing purchase transaction in the case of a call option on a security a Fund owns may be offset by a decline in the value of the underlying security. Conversely, because increases in the market price of a call option will generally reflect increases in the market price of the underlying security, any loss resulting from a closing purchase transaction relating to a call option on a security a Fund owns is likely to be offset in whole or in part by unrealized appreciation of the underlying security owned by the Fund. A Fund may not be able to close out a call option that it has previously written. A Fund may write put options in order to enhance its current return by taking a long directional position as to a security or index of securities. By writing a put option, the Fund assumes the risk that it may be required to purchase the underlying security for an exercise price higher than its then current market value, resulting in a potential capital loss unless the security later appreciates in value. A Fund may terminate a

 

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put option that it has written before it expires by entering into a closing purchase transaction. Any loss from this transaction may be partially or entirely offset by the premium received on the terminated option. A Fund may not be able to close out a put option that it has previously written.

When a Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against the amount paid on the underlying investment to determine the realized gain or loss.

Purchasing put and call options. A Fund may purchase put options to protect portfolio holdings against a decline in market value of a security or securities held by it. A Fund may also purchase a put option hoping to profit from an anticipated decline in the value of the underlying security. If the Fund holds the security underlying the option, the option premium and any transaction costs will reduce any profit the Fund might have realized had it sold the underlying security instead of buying the put option. A Fund may purchase call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that the Fund wants ultimately to buy. A Fund may also purchase a call option as a long directional investment hoping to profit from an anticipated increase in the value of the underlying security. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit the Fund might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it purchased the call option.

When a Fund purchases an option, it runs the risk that it will lose its entire investment in the option in a relatively short period of time, unless the Fund exercises the option or enters into a closing sale transaction before the option’s expiration. If the price of the underlying security does not rise (in the case of a call) or fall (in the case of a put) to an extent sufficient to cover the option premium and transaction costs, the Fund will lose part or all of its investment in the option. This contrasts with an investment by a Fund in the underlying security, since the Fund will not realize a loss if the security’s price does not change. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses.

Exchange Traded Options. Exchange traded options purchased or sold by a Fund may be traded on a securities or options exchange or market. Such options typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk. However, an exchange or market may at times find it necessary to impose restrictions on particular types of options transactions, such as opening transactions. If an underlying security ceases to meet qualifications imposed by the market or the Options Clearing Corporation, new series of options on that security will no longer be opened to replace expiring series, and opening transactions in existing series may be prohibited. Exchange traded options are valued at the last sale price, or if no sales are reported, the last bid price.

Rights and Warrants. A Fund may purchase or hold warrants or rights in order to gain exposure to the underlying security without owning the security, including, for example, cases where the Fund hopes to lock in the price today of a security it may wish to purchase in the future. Warrants generally give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a stated price. In order for a warrant to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover any premium and transaction costs. Rights may similarly confer on the holder the right to purchase or acquire securities, including through participation in a so-called rights offering. Bonds may be issued with warrants or other rights attached to purchase or acquire equity or other debt securities, typically of the bond issuer. The market prices of bonds with warrants or rights attached to purchase equity securities or bonds may, to some degree, reflect changes in the values of the underlying securities.

When a Fund purchases or otherwise acquires warrants or other rights, it runs the risk that it will lose its entire investment in the warrants or rights, unless the Fund exercises the warrant or right, acquires the underlying securities, or enters into a closing transaction before expiration. If the price of the underlying security does not rise to an extent sufficient to cover any premium and transaction costs, the Fund will lose part or all of its investment. Any premiums or purchase price paid for warrants or other rights that expire are treated as realized losses. Warrants and similar rights differ from options in that they are typically written by the issuer of the security underlying the warrant or right. Although some warrants and rights may be non-transferable, others may be traded over-the-counter or on an exchange.

Written option contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Inflation-Linked Securities

Inflation-linked securities are typically fixed income securities whose principal values are periodically adjusted according to a measure of inflation. If the index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of an inflation-linked security will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on the security (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Repayment of the original principal of the security upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-linked securities. For securities that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the security repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

Alternatively, the interest rates payable on certain inflation-linked securities may be adjusted according to a measure of inflation. As a result, the principal values of such securities do not adjust according to the rate of inflation, although the interest payable on such securities may decline during times of falling inflation.

The values of inflation-linked securities are expected to change in response to changes in real interest rates. Real interest rates are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation. If nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates may rise, leading to a decrease in value of inflation-linked securities. Inflation-linked securities may cause a potential cash flow mismatch to investors, because an increase in the principal amount of an inflation-linked security will be treated as interest income currently subject to tax at ordinary income rates even though investors will not receive repayment of principal until maturity. If a Fund invests in such securities, it will be required to distribute such interest income in order to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company and eliminate the Fund-level tax, without a corresponding receipt of cash, and therefore may be required to dispose of portfolio securities at a time when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to make such distributions.

Bank Loans

A Fund may invest in bank loans including, for example, corporate loans, loan participations, direct debt, bank debt, and bridge debt. A Fund may invest in a loan by lending money to a borrower directly as part of a syndicate of lenders. In a syndicated loan, the agent that originated and structured the loan typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the syndicate. Failure by the agent to fulfill its obligations may delay or adversely affect receipt of payment by a Fund. A Fund may also invest in loans through novations, assignments, and participation interests. In a novation, a Fund typically assumes all of the rights of a lending institution in a loan, including the right to receive payments of principal and interest and other amounts directly from the borrower and to enforce its rights as a lender directly against the borrower. When a Fund takes an assignment of a loan, the Fund acquires some or all of the interest of another lender (or assignee) in the loan. In such cases, the Fund may be required generally to rely upon the assignor to demand payment and enforce rights under the loan. If a Fund acquires a participation in the loan, the Fund purchases an indirect interest in a loan held by a third party and the Fund typically will have a contractual relationship only with the third party loan investor, not with the borrower. As a result, a Fund may have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the loan investor selling the participation and only upon receipt by such loan investor of such payments from the borrower. In such cases, a Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the loan investor selling the participation, and the Fund may be unable to realize some or all of the value of its interest in the loan in the event of the insolvency of the third party.

Changes in the financial condition of the borrower or economic conditions or other circumstances may reduce the capacity of the borrower to make principal and interest payments on such instruments and may lead to defaults. The value of any collateral securing a bank loan may decline after the Fund invests, and there is a risk that the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed to the Fund.

At September 30, 2018, the Funds had no unfunded loan commitments.

Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with certain banks and broker-dealers whereby a Fund acquires a security for cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund, through its custodian, takes possession of the securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement in a segregated account.

 

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Repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized at all times, but involve some risk to a Fund if the other party should default on its obligation and the Fund is delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral, or if the Fund is required to return collateral to a borrower at a time when it may realize a loss on the investment of that collateral.

When-Issued, Delayed-Delivery, Forward Commitment, and To-Be-Announced Transactions

A Fund may enter into when-issued, delayed-delivery, forward commitment, or to-be-announced (“TBA”) transactions (collectively, the “Forward Transactions”) in order to lock in the purchase price of the underlying security, or in order to adjust the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s existing portfolio. In Forward Transactions, a Fund commits to purchase or sell particular securities, with payment and delivery to take place at a future date. In the case of TBA purchase commitments, the unit price and the estimated principal amount are established when the Fund enters into a commitment, with the actual principal amount being within a specified range of the estimate. Although a Fund does not typically pay for the securities in these types of transactions until they are delivered, it immediately assumes the risks of ownership, including the risk of price fluctuation. As a result, each of these types of transactions may create investment leverage in a Fund’s portfolio and increase the volatility of the Fund. If a Fund’s counterparty fails to deliver a security purchased in a Forward Transaction, there may be a loss, and the Fund may have missed an opportunity to make an alternative investment.

These securities are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, selected pursuant to procedures approved by the 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. Securities for which no market quotation is available are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees. The Funds record on a daily basis the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based upon changes in the values of these securities. When a Forward Transaction is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the transaction at the time it was opened and the value of the transaction at the time it was closed.

Dollar Roll Transactions

A Fund may enter into dollar roll transactions, in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to purchase substantially similar securities on a specified future date from the same party. A Fund may invest in dollar rolls in order to benefit from anticipated changes in pricing for the mortgage-backed securities during the term of the transaction, or for the purpose of creating investment leverage. In a dollar roll, the securities that are to be purchased will be of the same type as the securities sold, but will be supported by different pools of mortgages.

Dollar rolls involve the risk that the Fund’s counterparty will be unable to deliver the mortgage-backed securities underlying the dollar roll at the fixed time. If the counterparty files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Fund’s use of the transaction proceeds may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty or its representative, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. A Fund can incur a loss on a dollar roll transaction (either because its counterparty fails to perform or because the value of the mortgages subject to the transaction declines) and on the investments made by the Fund with the proceeds of the dollar roll transaction.

A Fund accounts for a dollar roll transaction as a purchase and sale whereby the difference in the sales price and purchase price of the security sold is recorded as a realized gain (loss). If certain criteria are met, these dollar roll transactions may be considered financing transactions, whereby the difference in the sales price and the future purchase price is recorded as an adjustment to interest income. Dollar roll transactions generally have the effect of creating leverage in a Fund’s portfolio.

Securities Lending

Each Fund may lend its securities; however, lending cannot exceed 33% of the total assets of the Fund taken at current value. The Funds’ securities lending activities are governed by a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (“Lending Agreement”) between each Fund and the lending agent (“Agent”). The Lending Agreement authorizes the Agent to lend portfolio securities held by a Fund to approved borrowers (each, a “Borrower”).

 

 

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Each Fund expects that in connection with any securities on loan, the loan will be secured continuously by collateral consisting of cash (U.S. currency) adjusted daily to have value at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a Fund and any additional collateral is delivered to the Fund the next business day. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of cash collateral. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of delay in recovery of the loaned securities or even loss of rights in the collateral should the Borrower of the securities fail financially. Pursuant to the Lending Agreement, the Agent has provided indemnification to the Funds in the event of default by a Borrower with respect to a loan. The Funds receive compensation for lending their securities in the form of a securities loan fee paid by the Borrower, as well as a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loaned securities. At September 30, 2018, the Funds’ collateral was equal to or greater than 100% of the market value of securities on loan.

Subject to the terms of the Lending Agreement and the agreement between the Agent and the applicable Borrower (“Borrowing Agreement”), security loans can be terminated by the Agent, the Fund, or the Borrower and the related securities must be returned within the earlier of the customary settlement period for such securities or the period of time specified in the Borrowing Agreement. For all Funds, all securities on loan are classified as common stock in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments at September 30, 2018.

Accounting for Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investments and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments are computed by the specific identification cost method. Proceeds received from litigation, if any, are included in realized gains on investment transactions for any investments that are no longer held in the portfolio and as a reduction in cost for investments that continue to be held in the portfolio. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of discounts and premiums on debt securities, is earned from the settlement date and is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign interest, dividends, and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Funds determine the classification of distributions received as return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions.

Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market values of foreign currencies, foreign securities, and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the buying and selling rates of such currencies against the U.S. dollar at the end of each business day. Purchases and sales of foreign securities and income and expense items are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the exchange rates from that portion arising from changes in the market prices of securities. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends or interest recorded on the books of the Funds and the amount actually received.

Allocation of Operating Activity

In maintaining the records for the Funds, the income and expense accounts are allocated daily to each class of shares. Investment income and loss, and unrealized and realized gains or losses are prorated among the classes of shares based on the relative net assets of each. Expenses are allocated to each class of shares depending on the nature of the expenditures. Administration and service fees, if any, which are directly attributable to a class of shares, are charged to that class’s operations. Expenses of a Fund not directly attributable to the operations of any specific class of shares of the Fund are prorated among the classes to which the expense relates based on relative net assets.

 

 

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In addition, the Aggressive Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund, MML American Funds Growth Fund, MML American Funds International Fund, Balanced Allocation Fund, Conservative Allocation Fund, Growth Allocation Fund, and Moderate Allocation Fund will also incur certain fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the Underlying Funds or the Master Funds. Because the Underlying Funds have varied expense and fee levels and each Fund, except MML American Funds Growth Fund and MML American Funds International Fund, may own different proportions of Underlying Funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses indirectly incurred by each Fund will vary.

Foreign Securities

The Global Fund invests a significant amount of its assets in foreign securities and each of the Foreign Fund and the International Equity Fund invests substantially all of its assets in foreign securities. The other Funds and certain Underlying Funds or Master Funds may also invest in foreign securities. Foreign securities, including American Depositary Receipts, are subject to additional risks compared to securities of U.S. issuers, including international trade, currency, political, regulatory, and diplomatic risks. In addition, fluctuations in currency exchange rates may adversely affect the values of foreign securities and the price of a Fund’s shares. Emerging markets securities are subject to greater risks than securities issued in developed foreign markets, including less liquidity, greater price volatility, higher relative rates of inflation, greater political, economic, and social instability, greater custody and operational risks, and greater volatility in currency exchange rates.

Federal Income Tax

It is each Fund’s intent to continue to comply with the provisions of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to a regulated investment company. Under such provisions, the Funds would not be subject to federal income taxes on their ordinary income and net realized capital gains to the extent they are distributed or deemed to have been distributed to their shareholders. Therefore, the Funds have not made any provision for federal income tax.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends from net investment income and distributions of any net realized capital gains of each Fund are declared and paid annually and at other times as may be required to satisfy tax or regulatory requirements.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, net investment income and net realized capital gains on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period.

 

3.   Federal Income Tax Information

At September 30, 2018, the aggregate cost of investments and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of all investments owned by the Fund(s), as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

 

 

     Federal Income
Tax Cost
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Aggressive Allocation Fund

   $ 156,792,919      $ 5,310,024      $ (5,167,134   $ 142,890  

MML American Funds Core Allocation Fund

     1,024,798,429        59,212,870        (13,752,227     45,460,643  

MML American Funds Growth Fund

     161,515,090        25,958,536        -       25,958,536  

MML American Funds International Fund

     57,873,539        4,986,540        -       4,986,540  

Balanced Allocation Fund

     577,304,480        8,936,406        (19,648,764     (10,712,358

Blue Chip Growth Fund

     225,025,350        182,623,643        (1,614,423     181,009,220  

Conservative Allocation Fund

     445,287,603        6,533,724        (14,434,822     (7,901,098

Equity Income Fund

     400,247,463        116,033,990        (16,331,501     99,702,489  

Equity Index Fund

     430,529,326        332,822,167        (11,827,622     320,994,545  

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

     Federal Income
Tax Cost
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Focused Equity Fund

   $ 54,437,223      $ 8,988,760      $ (228,128   $ 8,760,632  

Foreign Fund

     312,068,660        56,501,211        (19,611,022     36,890,189  

Fundamental Growth Fund

     83,912,314        31,450,275        (816,882     30,633,393  

Fundamental Value Fund

     170,451,988        52,147,381        (4,340,931     47,806,450  

Global Fund

     193,224,744        54,729,769        (8,080,755     46,649,014  

Growth Allocation Fund

     1,636,215,784        53,473,630        (45,033,540     8,440,090  

Growth & Income Fund

     95,737,239        55,320,348        (3,098,289     52,222,059  

Income & Growth Fund

     281,962,384        36,250,975        (15,056,413     21,194,562  

International Equity Fund

     183,020,443        10,640,559        (12,879,354     (2,238,795

Large Cap Growth Fund

     72,018,924        32,990,215        (708,350     32,281,865  

Managed Volatility Fund

     117,579,453        65,447,051        (6,516,782     58,930,269  

Mid Cap Growth Fund

     361,050,822        154,556,083        (9,570,410     144,985,673  

Mid Cap Value Fund

     420,561,735        51,965,921        (15,604,432     36,361,489  

Moderate Allocation Fund

     2,329,569,878        50,334,574        (77,709,033     (27,374,459

Small Cap Growth Equity Fund

     180,391,184        52,238,956        (4,370,511     47,868,445  

Small Company Value Fund

     80,568,908        34,496,549        (1,983,154     32,513,395  

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

     187,260,380        37,524,092        (6,187,305     31,336,787  

Total Return Bond Fund

     445,326,800        2,948,191        (9,158,343     (6,210,152

 

 

4.   Investment in Affiliated Issuers

A summary of the Funds’ transactions in the securities of affiliated issuers during the period ended September 30, 2018, was as follows:

 

 

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Aggressive Allocation Fund

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 8,363,872     $ 2,125,962     $ (2,445,889   $ (281,788   $ 313,227     $ 8,075,384       474,186     $ -     $ 1,419,812  

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II

    2,438,947       313,954       (200,001     (51,073     (507     2,501,320       256,809       39,678       -  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class

    8,931,817       2,263,549       (1,066,781     (799,327     47,463       9,376,721       818,213       174,215       900,289  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III

    7,774,745       385,502       (1,000,000     179,855       170,233       7,510,335       231,443       131,638       253,864  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II

    2,547,743       2,424,091       (834,765     (1,340,429     2,847       2,799,487       481,839       71,901       1,527,112  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class

    8,917,658       483,486       (1,185,643     (549,668     157,899       7,823,732       731,874       175,041       -  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II

    4,064,203       1,804,812       (1,205,352     (615,242     155,091       4,203,512       381,444       41,608       1,120,310  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II

    8,907,887       1,555,417       (1,097,819     (639,085     3,304       8,729,704       612,611       138,755       774,915  

MML Global Fund, Class I

    8,649,029       2,109,139       (986,472     (968,526     61,901       8,865,071       760,298       97,219       1,068,747  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class

    9,037,523       3,470,226       (984,014     (2,187,489     128,294       9,464,540       960,867       161,592       2,150,145  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class

    4,111,211       590,229       (326,016     (94,199     (16,988     4,264,237       430,731       80,676       -  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II

    8,025,233       1,611,305       (829,725     (1,033,805     127,907       7,900,915       739,786       125,591       60,587  

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Aggressive Allocation Fund (Continued)

 

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 3,082,620     $ 751,863     $ (1,016,125   $ 106,061     $ (12,096   $ 2,912,323       265,239     $ 17,247     $ 194,839  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class

    3,765,799       608,193       (629,651     (81,490     (23,053     3,639,798       301,470       62,257       -  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    8,854,279       1,553,675       (1,196,737     (262,742     241,788       9,190,263       572,246       -       1,099,126  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    8,793,658       1,642,479       (838,673     (746,593     (75,399     8,775,472       797,770       130,443       893,882  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II

    3,323,519       441,104       (260,812     2,110       (5,950     3,499,971       360,079       48,641       -  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class

    2,347,009       442,881       (664,914     233,632       (44,413     2,314,195       143,317       -       231,840  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II

    4,005,568       513,096       (555,122     271,693       (196,026     4,039,209       234,565       12,504       224,620  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    3,100,389       485,326       (434,549     (227,422     27,741       2,951,485       227,037       13,689       309,297  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II

    5,766,400       1,872,329       (582,626     (470,879     87,868       6,673,092       605,544       10,233       -  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II

    2,295,000       408,473       (384,136     (73,082     (4,681     2,241,574       223,933       41,719       -  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    3,037,934       561,453       (524,549     (40,107     82,729       3,117,460       36,924       -       399,114  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    5,224,658       541,212       (1,621,229     (403,511     253,519       3,994,649       88,416       40,510       286,402  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    14,019,162       700,451       (715,000     118,088       (5,673     14,117,028       1,421,654       50,451       -  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    4,266,387       334,613       (618,368     (343,765     30,901       3,669,768       1,541,919       32,896       74,443  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    3,219,789       1,150,171       -       (85,396     -       4,284,564       137,812       42,559       320,112  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 156,872,039     $ 31,144,991     $ (22,204,968   $ (10,384,179   $ 1,507,926     $ 156,935,809       $ 1,741,063     $ 13,309,456  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balanced Allocation Fund

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 17,958,778     $ 4,304,172     $ (5,231,523   $ (591,407   $ 657,217     $ 17,097,237       1,003,948     $ -     $ 3,085,799  

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II

    67,836,306       3,949,308       (2,950,000     (1,387,244     (45,422     67,402,948       6,920,221       1,094,308       -  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class

    20,130,705       3,932,132       (3,468,311     (1,759,785     240,398       19,075,139       1,664,497       361,089       1,865,996  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III

    19,550,073       931,849       (3,200,000     327,147       545,197       18,154,266       559,453       318,200       613,649  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II

    3,567,797       2,332,831       (1,556,612     (1,397,774     (51,778     2,894,464       498,187       79,490       1,688,305  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class

    17,196,665       2,498,342       (2,576,755     (1,122,631     338,996       16,334,617       1,528,028       369,571       -  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II

    13,726,720       3,973,738       (5,708,526     (1,036,300     10,857       10,966,489       995,144       112,009       3,015,940  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II

    20,094,654       3,529,754       (3,695,862     (1,673,457     343,584       18,598,673       1,305,170       301,227       1,682,291  

MML Global Fund, Class I

    18,151,487       2,971,665       (2,075,505     (2,077,155     303,352       17,273,844       1,481,462       192,004       2,110,730  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II

    16,078,587       484,622       (665,000     (61,192     (58,497     15,778,520       1,588,975       484,622       -  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class

    20,435,340       6,313,921       (3,487,109     (4,667,490     478,591       19,073,253       1,936,371       330,390       4,396,181  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class

    22,060,179       1,741,939       (2,881,795     (413,307     (141,116     20,365,900       2,057,162       396,288       -  

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Balanced Allocation Fund (Continued)

 

MML International Equity Fund, Class II

  $ 14,177,648     $ 2,299,472     $ (1,998,398   $ (1,740,967   $ 291,988     $ 13,029,743       1,220,013     $ 209,834     $ 101,225  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    5,973,075       1,603,251       (2,169,426     216,255       (9,513     5,613,642       511,261       35,095       396,468  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class

    104,252,244       9,979,716       (16,671,443     (1,770,101     (1,091,457     94,698,959       7,843,534       1,716,120       -  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    14,599,661       2,221,747       (2,058,634     (341,632     310,758       14,731,900       917,304       -       1,786,392  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    17,315,093       2,387,703       (1,864,560     (1,464,383     (72,501     16,301,352       1,481,941       245,741       1,683,977  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II

    29,806,611       1,620,440       (5,384,632     105,656       (147,093     26,000,982       2,674,998       392,935       -  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class

    4,237,103       787,369       (677,592     371,036       (43,721     4,674,195       289,470       -       478,599  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II

    7,215,190       728,282       (759,165     340,926       (209,055     7,316,178       424,865       22,987       412,929  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    4,882,327       606,213       (572,963     (356,118     38,483       4,597,942       353,688       21,676       489,760  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II

    62,750,547       6,665,489       (7,404,968     (1,713,988     (390,553     59,906,527       5,984,668       1,130,660       -  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    4,986,388       767,208       (613,058     (61,712     111,113       5,189,939       61,470       -       682,016  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    11,706,652       1,618,882       (2,299,607     (816,764     351,677       10,560,840       233,750       108,743       768,812  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    42,205,693       149,383       (530,000     429,765       (34,177     42,220,664       4,251,829       149,383       -  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    14,392,028       1,040,213       (1,999,121     (1,316,872     245,924       12,362,172       5,194,190       112,192       253,884  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    4,509,287       1,948,472       -       (86,022     -       6,371,737       204,945       59,668       448,804  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 599,796,838     $ 71,388,113     $ (82,500,565   $ (24,065,516   $ 1,973,252     $ 566,592,122       $ 8,244,232     $ 25,961,757  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Conservative Allocation Fund

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 11,453,863     $ 3,304,267     $ (4,545,570   $ (941,016   $ 1,024,217     $ 10,295,761       604,566     $ -     $ 1,906,691  

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II

    67,820,671       2,391,239       (2,500,000     (1,387,679     (33,621     66,290,610       6,806,017       1,076,239       -  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class

    12,975,913       2,966,809       (3,513,613     (947,952     35,713       11,516,870       1,004,962       222,007       1,147,269  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III

    13,611,967       705,540       (1,200,000     428,702       199,120       13,745,329       423,585       240,922       464,618  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II

    2,381,942       1,803,210       (877,003     (1,044,253     (60,385     2,203,511       379,262       59,833       1,270,815  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class

    9,891,708       1,383,637       (1,712,294     (604,088     162,487       9,121,450       853,269       207,224       -  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II

    8,502,554       3,198,778       (3,509,013     (1,241,047     471,301       7,422,573       673,555       77,323       2,081,991  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II

    12,563,957       3,060,964       (3,782,154     (750,245     (56,439     11,036,083       774,462       183,613       1,025,439  

MML Global Fund, Class I

    12,177,458       2,317,876       (1,956,991     (1,246,717     81,498       11,373,124       975,397       127,089       1,397,115  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II

    14,332,217       430,051       (600,000     (48,169     (58,119     14,055,980       1,415,506       430,050       -  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class

    13,587,795       4,476,342       (2,944,579     (2,915,192     215,800       12,420,166       1,260,931       215,433       2,866,560  

 

100


Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Conservative Allocation Fund (Continued)

 

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class

  $ 20,240,785     $ 1,687,456     $ (3,239,056   $ (338,919   $ (163,367   $ 18,186,899       1,837,061     $ 357,345     $ -  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II

    7,597,510       1,455,759       (1,480,968     (1,009,565     251,467       6,814,203       638,034       110,409       53,262  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    3,952,062       1,225,180       (2,519,681     160,327       (11,284     2,806,604       255,611       18,672       210,939  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class

    100,563,014       11,495,823       (22,167,296     (1,824,191     (894,752     87,172,598       7,220,156       1,607,306       -  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    7,962,302       1,342,463       (1,483,115     (92,172     89,976       7,819,454       486,890       -       955,449  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    10,285,049       1,675,558       (1,831,863     (812,064     (53,124     9,263,556       842,141       140,913       965,626  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II

    25,435,499       2,403,105       (5,823,115     71,406       (104,056     21,982,839       2,261,609       334,962       -  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class

    2,374,588       398,835       (612,026     194,949       (9,927     2,346,419       145,312       -       243,946  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II

    4,815,407       695,655       (808,652     95,293       (4,691     4,793,012       278,340       15,197       272,989  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    2,496,808       364,378       (516,608     (150,496     890       2,194,972       168,844       10,477       236,733  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II

    60,022,275       6,182,113       (9,096,837     (1,743,794     (242,213     55,121,544       5,506,648       1,048,854       -  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    2,673,680       508,583       (441,497     (29,359     51,436       2,762,843       32,723       -       370,178  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    7,978,470       1,235,973       (1,712,636     (538,063     232,305       7,196,049       159,275       73,494       519,596  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    31,262,882       109,221       (800,000     350,785       (53,313     30,869,575       3,108,719       109,221       -  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    6,713,523       615,379       (1,281,256     (560,426     71,439       5,558,659       2,335,571       52,461       118,717  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    2,823,284       279,995       -       (87,457     -       3,015,822       97,003       32,857       247,138  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 476,497,183     $ 57,714,189     $ (80,955,823   $ (17,011,402   $ 1,142,358     $ 437,386,505       $ 6,751,901     $ 16,355,071  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Growth Allocation Fund

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 75,223,853     $ 13,686,892     $ (18,656,283   $ (2,978,596   $ 3,279,717     $ 70,555,583       4,143,017     $ -     $ 12,691,514  

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II

    87,950,370       6,197,674       (4,670,000     (1,854,282     (66,902     87,556,860       8,989,411       1,457,674       -  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class

    84,372,793       15,103,991       (11,353,760     (10,125,273     3,619,617       81,617,368       7,121,934       1,537,460       7,945,118  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III

    81,664,763       4,104,768       (9,500,001     2,088,659       1,610,837       79,969,026       2,464,377       1,401,660       2,703,107  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II

    23,386,361       14,172,497       (7,368,554     (9,928,589     (69,592     20,192,123       3,475,408       543,773       11,549,375  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class

    81,855,412       3,812,945       (11,522,205     (5,451,371     1,975,592       70,670,373       6,610,886       1,595,000       -  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II

    41,115,243       10,632,401       (12,397,276     (3,738,404     46,374       35,658,338       3,235,784       364,555       9,815,941  

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II

    84,761,589       9,439,709       (11,878,077     (8,925,156     3,377,515       76,775,580       5,387,760       1,238,306       6,915,674  

MML Global Fund, Class I

    74,762,688       20,054,228       (8,962,895     (8,879,947     781,875       77,755,949       6,668,606       864,209       9,500,399  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II

    13,516,018       411,142       (465,000     (52,940     (47,900     13,361,320       1,345,551       411,142       -  

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Growth Allocation Fund (Continued)

 

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 85,307,296     $ 25,680,532     $ (9,989,425   $ (20,706,733   $ 2,524,362     $ 82,816,032       8,407,719     $ 1,428,990     $ 19,014,169  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class

    68,539,428       6,410,031       (6,428,797     (1,480,716     (303,573     66,736,373       6,741,048       1,286,499       -  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II

    75,344,818       7,574,499       (7,035,290     (8,891,053     1,159,265       68,152,239       6,381,296       1,092,970       527,259  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    28,068,081       3,071,731       (9,079,930     1,125,771       (189,259     22,996,394       2,094,389       142,892       1,614,280  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class

    134,827,992       12,488,585       (19,172,001     (2,227,146     (1,587,095     124,330,335       10,297,782       2,278,831       -  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    75,328,139       11,286,266       (10,287,549     (2,986,610     2,868,762       76,209,008       4,745,268       -       9,221,757  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    76,751,221       11,644,479       (6,674,539     (8,660,535     1,611,031       74,671,657       6,788,332       1,123,828       7,701,187  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II

    50,354,773       3,578,619       (8,519,694     221,157       (289,975     45,344,880       4,665,111       675,936       -  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class

    18,042,210       2,139,953       (3,728,431     1,828,632       (395,849     17,886,515       1,107,702       -       1,831,993  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II

    34,064,429       2,967,188       (3,729,303     781,436       (157,040     33,926,710       1,970,192       106,437       1,911,980  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    27,820,094       3,472,175       (4,527,006     (2,011,867     313,806       25,067,202       1,928,246       117,760       2,660,787  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II

    45,975,823       11,793,761       (4,601,215     (3,426,701     671,323       50,412,991       4,574,682       78,315       -  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II

    81,018,266       8,023,026       (8,691,037     (2,642,717     (103,506     77,604,032       7,752,651       1,463,171       -  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    24,440,830       4,202,538       (2,401,881     (68,696     377,648       26,550,439       314,467       -       3,361,011  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    48,538,580       3,359,014       (11,824,562     (2,808,986     1,289,862       38,553,908       853,340       393,065       2,778,956  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    142,332,587       2,811,249       (5,700,000     1,251,442       (40,669     140,654,609       14,164,613       501,250       -  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    43,073,829       1,214,335       (7,375,377     (4,068,632     1,190,231       34,034,386       14,300,162       312,463       707,086  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    20,980,653       4,130,720       -       (515,729     -       24,595,644       791,111       244,169       1,836,552  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,729,418,139     $ 223,464,948     $ (226,540,088   $ (105,133,582   $ 23,446,457     $ 1,644,655,874       $ 20,660,355     $ 114,288,145  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Moderate Allocation Fund

 

MML Blue Chip Growth Fund, Initial Class

  $ 86,457,565     $ 15,304,462     $ (23,947,312   $ (2,208,377   $ 2,741,394     $ 78,347,732       4,600,571     $ -     $ 14,227,483  

MML Dynamic Bond Fund, Class II

    221,108,920       8,881,620       (4,899,999     (4,625,956     (80,199     220,384,386       22,626,734       3,586,620       -  

MML Equity Income Fund, Initial Class

    98,746,858       16,478,491       (14,738,906     (10,182,841     2,692,605       92,996,207       8,114,852       1,762,982       9,110,548  

MML Equity Index Fund, Class III

    92,386,239       4,547,096       (12,500,000     2,050,972       2,102,170       88,586,477       2,729,938       1,552,703       2,994,393  

MML Focused Equity Fund, Class II

    25,490,301       17,569,596       (8,081,126     (11,277,768     (465,874     23,235,129       3,999,162       633,931       13,464,258  

MML Foreign Fund, Initial Class

    92,788,041       3,756,520       (16,164,256     (6,058,164     2,305,678       76,627,819       7,168,178       1,735,279       -  

MML Fundamental Growth Fund, Class II

    53,241,410       13,097,888       (16,435,453     (3,759,997     (994,444     45,149,404       4,097,042       465,768       12,541,175  

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

    Beginning
Value as of
12/31/17
    Purchases     Sales     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Value as of
9/30/18
    Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/18
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gains
Distributions
 

Moderate Allocation Fund (Continued)

 

MML Fundamental Value Fund, Class II

  $ 99,428,806     $ 10,036,496     $ (15,332,575   $ (8,949,352   $ 2,543,397     $ 87,726,772       6,156,265     $ 1,423,835     $ 7,951,812  

MML Global Fund, Class I

    86,476,962       16,915,223       (10,240,774     (9,547,207     832,880       84,437,084       7,241,602       943,645       10,373,657  

MML High Yield Fund, Class II

    51,621,220       1,540,732       (3,000,000     (108,908     (277,802     49,775,242       5,012,612       1,540,732       -  

MML Income & Growth Fund, Initial Class

    99,150,642       29,424,638       (13,517,821     (24,153,258     3,307,494       94,211,695       9,564,639       1,635,302       21,759,368  

MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund, Initial Class

    77,574,907       5,651,206       (8,376,863     (1,274,171     (712,232     72,862,847       7,359,883       1,417,871       -  

MML International Equity Fund, Class II

    82,008,958       8,247,382       (7,495,050     (9,574,115     1,066,128       74,253,303       6,952,557       1,194,911       576,436  

MML Large Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    31,513,216       2,424,422       (10,421,315     1,054,521       (84,813     24,486,031       2,230,057       155,533       1,757,082  

MML Managed Bond Fund, Initial Class

    336,695,620       19,134,895       (47,729,145     (5,239,100     (4,053,603     298,808,667       24,749,121       5,458,802       -  

MML Mid Cap Growth Fund, Initial Class

    79,918,423       12,692,986       (12,065,069     (3,162,011     3,011,440       80,395,769       5,005,963       -       9,772,460  

MML Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    88,761,637       9,543,693       (11,042,901     (7,483,535     (18,942     79,759,952       7,250,905       1,206,478       8,267,554  

MML Short-Duration Bond Fund, Class II

    104,664,844       6,502,212       (19,002,089     486,995       (624,618     92,027,344       9,467,834       1,376,838       -  

MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund, Initial Class

    21,201,651       2,037,215       (5,451,209     2,291,890       (623,347     19,456,200       1,204,912       -       2,008,190  

MML Small Company Value Fund, Class II

    39,141,100       2,211,020       (5,701,450     2,358,740       (1,635,382     36,374,028       2,112,313       114,757       2,061,433  

MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund, Initial Class

    23,909,426       6,778,046       (2,647,176     (2,058,599     129,155       26,110,852       2,008,527       123,273       2,785,344  

MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund, Class II

    43,484,577       17,065,083       (5,124,758     (3,758,606     777,975       52,444,271       4,759,008       81,946       -  

MML Total Return Bond Fund, Class II

    202,044,395       14,817,749       (21,319,678     (5,882,101     (915,578     188,744,787       18,855,623       3,573,904       -  

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    24,970,974       5,769,459       (2,811,577     (110,328     458,941       28,277,469       334,922       -       3,479,149  

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    56,206,012       3,766,206       (12,791,624     (3,984,644     2,140,080       45,336,030       1,003,454       461,598       3,263,477  

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    185,916,498       647,943       (7,105,001     1,678,821       (38,716     181,099,545       18,237,618       647,943       -  

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    47,235,197       2,669,848       (8,288,745     (3,593,234     375,969       38,399,035       16,134,048       340,392       770,287  

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, Non-Service Shares*

    14,537,070       7,825,507       -       (481,235     -       21,881,342       703,806       232,996       1,752,511  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 2,466,681,469     $ 265,337,634     $ (326,231,872   $ (117,551,568   $ 13,959,756     $ 2,302,195,419       $ 31,668,039     $ 128,916,617  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Fund advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

 

5.   New Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its Final Rule on Investment Company Reporting Modernization (the “Rule”). The Rule, which introduces two new regulatory reporting forms for investment companies — Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN — also contains amendments to Regulation S-X which impact financial statement presentation, particularly the presentation of derivative investments, for all reporting periods ending after August 1, 2017. The Funds have adopted the Rule’s Regulation S-X amendments and the Funds’ financial statements are in compliance with those amendments. In

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

December 2017, the SEC issued a temporary final rule (“Temporary Rule”) that provides for a nine-month delay of N-PORT filing with the SEC. Under the Temporary Rule, those funds subject to the original June 1, 2018 compliance date will still be required to gather and maintain all of the data required by Form N-PORT as of the original reporting date and such information will be subject to examination by the SEC staff.

In March 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2017-08, Receivables — Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (“ASU 2017-08”). For entities that hold callable debt securities at a premium, ASU 2017-08 requires that the premium be amortized to the earliest call date. ASU 2017-08 would first be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the implication, if any, of these changes and its impact on the Funds’ financial statements.

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 — Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). The amendments modify fair value measurement disclosures and are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Management is currently evaluating the implication, if any, of these changes and its impact on the Funds’ financial statements.

 

6.   Legal Proceedings

On December 7, 2010, the Trust was named as a defendant and putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders named in an adversary proceeding brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Official Committee”) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, in connection with Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The proceeding relates to a leveraged buyout (“LBO”) transaction by which Tribune Company converted to a privately-held company in 2007, and the putative defendant class is comprised of beneficial owners of shares of Tribune Company who received proceeds (the “Proceeds”) of the LBO. The Official Committee seeks to recover payments of those Proceeds.

The potential amounts sought to be recovered from the Equity Income Fund and Equity Index Fund, plus interest and the Official Committee’s court costs, are approximately $4,562,800 and $207,706, respectively.

In addition, on June 2, 2011, the Equity Income Fund was named as a defendant in two closely related, parallel adversary proceedings brought in connection with the Tribune Company’s LBO by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for the PHONES Notes (together, the “Plaintiffs”), one in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and one in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The Plaintiffs also seek to recover payments of the Proceeds.

The Funds cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings. Accordingly, the Funds have not accrued any amounts related to these proceedings. If the proceedings were to be decided in a manner adverse to the Funds, or if the Funds were to enter into a settlement agreement with the Official Committee or the Plaintiffs, as applicable, the payment of such judgment or settlement could potentially have a material adverse effect on the Funds’ net asset values depending on the net assets of each applicable Fund at the time of such judgment or settlement.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))), are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached hereto as Exhibit 99CERT.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)

 

  MML Series Investment Fund

 

By

 

  /s/ Tina Wilson

   

  Tina Wilson, President and Principal Executive Officer

Date

 

  11/21/2018                                       

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By

 

  /s/ Tina Wilson

 

  Tina Wilson, President and Principal Executive Officer

Date

 

  11/21/2018                                       

By

 

  /s/ Renee Hitchcock

   

  Renee Hitchcock, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date

 

  11/21/2018