As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 2013
Registration Nos. 2-80751
811-3618
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 65
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 67
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Metropolitan Series Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
501 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 617-578-4036
MICHAEL LAWLOR, ESQ.
MetLife Advisers, LLC
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
DAVID C. MAHAFFEY, ESQ.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
1666 K St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
It is proposed that the filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
¨ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 11th day of January, 2013.
METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: |
/s/ ELIZABETH M. FORGET | |
Elizabeth M. Forget | ||
President |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Date | |
/s/ ELIZABETH M. FORGET Elizabeth M. Forget Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Trustee |
January 11, 2013 | |
* Linda Strumpf Trustee |
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* Nancy Hawthorne Trustee |
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* Dawn M. Vroegop Trustee |
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* Keith M. Schappert Trustee |
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* Stephen M. Alderman Trustee |
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* Robert J. Boulware Trustee |
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* Daniel A. Doyle Trustee |
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* Susan C. Gause Trustee |
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/s/ PETER H. DUFFY Peter H. Duffy Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
January 11, 2013 | |
*BY: /S/ DAVID C. MAHAFFEY David C. Mahaffey Attorney-in-Fact |
January 11, 2013 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Title of Exhibit | |
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |