COVER LETTER
March 4, 2013
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
| RE: | MassMutual Premier Funds (the “Trust”) |
(1933 Act File No. 33-82366; 1940 Act File No. 811-08690)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Transmitted herewith for filing by means of electronic submission on behalf of MassMutual Premier Funds pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information in the Prospectus for the MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund and MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund (the “Funds”) dated February 1, 2013, as filed under Rule 497(e) on February 25, 2013. The purpose of this filing is to submit the 497(e) filing dated February 25, 2013 in XBRL for the Funds.
Please address any questions or comments to the undersigned at (413) 744-7218.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Andrew M. Goldberg
Andrew M. Goldberg
Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer, MassMutual Premier Funds
MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS Supplement dated February 25, 2013 to the Prospectus dated February 1, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and any previous supplements. It should be retained and read in conjunction with the Prospectus and any previous supplements. The following information pertains to the MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund: Effective immediately, Class N shares of the Diversified Bond Fund are no longer available. Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found in the table on page 47 in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies:
Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found on page 48 in the first sentence of the ninth paragraph in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies: Normally, 20% or less of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in or provide exposure to below investment grade securities rated Ba1 or below by Moody’s or BB+ or below by Standard & Poor’s, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the subadviser (using the lower rating) (“junk” or “high yield” bonds), including securities in default. PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 01, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supplement [Text Block] | mpf2_SupplementTextblock | MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS Supplement dated February 25, 2013 to the Prospectus dated February 1, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and any previous supplements. It should be retained and read in conjunction with the Prospectus and any previous supplements. The following information pertains to the MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund: Effective immediately, Class N shares of the Diversified Bond Fund are no longer available. Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found in the table on page 47 in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies:
Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found on page 48 in the first sentence of the ninth paragraph in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies: Normally, 20% or less of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in or provide exposure to below investment grade securities rated Ba1 or below by Moody’s or BB+ or below by Standard & Poor’s, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the subadviser (using the lower rating) (“junk” or “high yield” bonds), including securities in default. PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund
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| Supplement [Text Block] | mpf2_SupplementTextblock | MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS Supplement dated February 25, 2013 to the Prospectus dated February 1, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and any previous supplements. It should be retained and read in conjunction with the Prospectus and any previous supplements. The following information pertains to the MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund: Effective immediately, Class N shares of the Diversified Bond Fund are no longer available. PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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| Supplement [Text Block] | mpf2_SupplementTextblock | MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS Supplement dated February 25, 2013 to the Prospectus dated February 1, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Prospectus and any previous supplements. It should be retained and read in conjunction with the Prospectus and any previous supplements. Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found in the table on page 47 in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies:
Effective March 1, 2013, the following information replaces similar information for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund found on page 48 in the first sentence of the ninth paragraph in the section titled Principal Investment Strategies: Normally, 20% or less of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in or provide exposure to below investment grade securities rated Ba1 or below by Moody’s or BB+ or below by Standard & Poor’s, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by the subadviser (using the lower rating) (“junk” or “high yield” bonds), including securities in default. PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE |
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Document and Entity Information
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12 Months Ended |
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Feb. 01, 2013
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| Risk/Return: | |
| Document Type | Other |
| Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2012 |
| Registrant Name | MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS |
| Central Index Key | 0000927972 |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Document Creation Date | Feb. 25, 2013 |
| Document Effective Date | Feb. 25, 2013 |
| Prospectus Date | Feb. 01, 2013 |
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| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 01, 2013 |
| Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Feb. 25, 2013 |