UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 29549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Address: 1295 State Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001
13F File Number: 28-548
The institutional investment manager filing this report
and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the
person signing the report is authorized to submit it,
that all information contained herein is true, correct, and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items,
statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered
integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Stephen Kuhn
Title: Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Phone: 413-744-6118
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Stephen Kuhn
Springfield, Massachusetts
November 3, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: None (See note below)
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: None (See note below)
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: None (See note below)
List of Other Included Managers:
On January 1, 2000, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
("MassMutual") transferred its investment management division and its
investment advisory business to its majority-owned, indirect subsidiary,
David L. Babson and Company, Inc. ("Babson"). Babson now has investment
discretion over MassMutual's assets.
Please note that in the past Form 13F's were filed by MassMutual on
behalf of Babson and OppenheimerFunds Inc. ("Oppenheimer"). Babson
and Oppenheimer are indirect, majority-owned subsidiaries of MassMutual.
For this filing, and future filings, Babson and Oppenheimer will file
Form 13F's on their own behalf.
Babson and Oppenheimer have indicated that they exercise "sole"
investment discretion with respect to the securities positions reported
in their respective Form 13F's. Nevertheless, such positions
shall also be deemed reported on behalf of MassMutual to the extent
that MassMutual may be deemed to "share" investment discretion over the
positions as a result of its ownership interests in Babson
and Oppenheimer.