497 1 d497.htm MMIF SAI SUPPLEMENT MMIF SAI Supplement

MASSMUTUAL INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

Supplement dated June 10, 2003 to the

Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2003, Revised as of May 12, 2003

 

This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Statement of Additional Information. It should be retained and read in conjunction with the Statement of Additional Information.

 

The following information replaces the second and third paragraphs found on page B-22 under the section titled Foreign Securities:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Foreign securities also include securities of foreign issuers represented by American Depositary Receipts (“ADR’s”). ADR’s are issued by a U.S. depository institution, but they represent a specified quantity of shares of a non-U.S. stock company. ADR’s trade on U.S. securities exchanges but are treated as “foreign securities” for purposes of the limitations on a Fund’s investments in foreign securities because they are subject to many of the same risks as foreign securities as described below.

 

PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

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