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PANORAMA PREMIER
Supplement dated May 1, 2000
to the prospectus dated May 1, 2000
On March 3, 2000, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") and
several other applicants filed an application with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") seeking an order approving the substitution of shares of
certain funds currently held by various sub-accounts of Massachusetts Mutual
Variable Annuity Separate Account 4. Specifically, MassMutual proposes to
substitute:
1. Shares of Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA for shares of Panorama
LifeSpan Balanced Portfolio which are currently held in the Panorama
LifeSpan Balanced Sub-Account;
2. Shares of Oppenheimer Main Street(R) Growth & Income Fund/VA for shares of
Panorama LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Portfolio which are currently held in
the Panorama LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Sub-Account; and
3. Shares of MML Blend Fund for shares of Panorama LifeSpan Diversified Income
Portfolio which are currently held in the Panorama LifeSpan Diversified
Income Sub-Account.
The Oppenheimer Main Street(R) Growth & Income Fund/VA, Oppenheimer Multiple
Strategies Fund/VA, and MML Blend Fund currently serve as investment options for
Panorama Premier participants. The investment objectives of the Oppenheimer
Multiple Strategies Fund/VA, the Oppenheimer Main Street(R) Growth & Income
Fund/VA and the MML Blend Fund are summarized below. The May 1, 2000
prospectuses for these funds are attached to the May 1, 2000 Panorama Premier
prospectus. Please read the prospectuses for these funds carefully.
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA seeks a total investment return,
which includes current income and capital appreciation in the value of its
shares. This Fund allocates its investments among common stocks, debt
securities, and money market instruments.
Oppenheimer Main Street(R) Growth & Income Fund/VA seeks total return,
which includes growth in the value of its shares as well as current income,
from equity and debt securities.
MML Blend Fund seeks to achieve as high a level of total rate of return
over an extended period of time as is considered consistent with prudent
investment risk and the preservation of capital by investing in equity,
fixed income, and money market securities.
To the extent required by law, MassMutual will obtain approval of these proposed
substitutions from the state insurance departments in certain jurisdictions. If
the proposed substitutions are approved by the necessary regulatory authorities,
MassMutual would implement the proposed substitutions by having the affected
sub-accounts redeem its shares of the Panorama LifeSpan Portfolios and purchase
with the proceeds shares of the Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA, the
Oppenheimer Main Street(R) Growth & Income Fund/VA, and the MML Blend Fund. If
implemented, the proposed substitutions would result in the involuntary
reinvestment of certificate value, if any, invested in the Panorama LifeSpan
Portfolios in the Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA, the Oppenheimer Main
Street(R) Growth & Income Fund/VA, and the MML Blend Fund as described above.
The costs of the proposed substitutions will be borne by MassMutual, not the
Panorama Premier participants.
From the date of this supplement to the date the proposed substitutions are
implemented, MassMutual will permit each participant to make one transfer of all
of his/her certificate value in any of the Panorama LifeSpan Sub-Accounts
without that transfer counting as one of the 12 free transfers permitted in a
certificate year.
Once MassMutual obtains all of the necessary regulatory approvals of the
proposed substitution, MassMutual will send Panorama Premier participants
another notification indicating that fact and identifying an implementation date
for the substitution. If MassMutual cannot obtain all of the necessary
regulatory approvals, MassMutual will notify Panorama Premier participants that
the proposed substitution will not be implemented.
May 1, 2000
