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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON June 10, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-11133
811-3285
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. [_]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 [X]
AND
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [_]
AMENDMENT NO. 9 [X]
NEW ENGLAND RETIREMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT)
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(NAME OF DEPOSITOR)
ONE MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10010
(ADDRESS OF DEPOSITOR'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
DEPOSITOR'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: (212) 578-5364
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: COPY TO:
Gary A. Beller, Esq. John M. Loder, Esq.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Ropes & Gray
One Madison Avenue One International Place
New York, New York 10010 Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[X] Immediately upon the filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) Rule 485
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[_] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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Registrant has registered an indefinite number of securities under the
Securities Act of 1933 in accordance with Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act 1940, as amended. Registrant filed a notice on Form 24f-2 on
February 25, 1997.
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The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
for the New England Retirement Investment Account is to add the following
representation to Item 32:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company represents that the fees and charges
deducted under the Contracts described in this Registration Statement, in the
aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses to
be incurred, and the risks assumed by Metropolitan under the Contracts.
Certain Powers of Attorney are filed with this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
Accordingly, Item 24 (b)(14) and Item (14) on the Exhibit Index of the
Registration Statement are hereby modified to read as follows:
Powers of Attorney for Gerald Clark, Burton A. Dole, Jr., and Charles M.
Leighton. Additional Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein by reference to
the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (No. 333-11133) filed on August 30, 1996.
Except as provided above, the contents of the Registration Statement on
Form N-4 (No. 333-11133) filed on August 30, 1996 are incorporated herein by
reference.
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, New England Retirement Investment Account
certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for
effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has caused this amendment to
its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of New York,
and the State of New York on this the 9th day of June, 1997.
New England Retirement Investment
Account
By: Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company (Depositor)
By: /s/ Gary A. Beller, Esq.
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GARY A. BELLER, ESQ.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND
GENERAL COUNSEL
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company certifies
that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness
of this Registration Statement and has caused this amendment to its Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the City of New York, and the State of
New York on this the 9th day of June, 1997.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
By: /s/ Gary A. Beller, Esq.
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GARY A. BELLER, ESQ.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND
GENERAL COUNSEL
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
* Chairman, President,
- ------------------------------------- Chief Executive
HARRY P. KAMEN Officer and
Director
* Senior Executive
- ------------------------------------- Vice-President and
STEWART G. NAGLER Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
* Senior Executive
- ------------------------------------- Vice-President and
FREDERICK P. HAUSER Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
* Director
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CURTIS H. BARNETTE
* Director
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GERALD CLARK
* Director
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JOAN GANZ COONEY
* Director
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BURTON A. DOLE, JR.
* Director
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JAMES R. HOUGHTON
* Director
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HELENE L. KAPLAN
* Director
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CHARLES M. LEIGHTON
* Director
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RICHARD J. MAHONEY
* Director
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ALLEN E. MURRAY
* Director
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JOHN J. PHELAN, JR.
* Director
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JOHN B. M. PLACE
* Director
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HUGH B. PRICE
* Director
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ROBERT G. SCHWARTZ
* Director
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RUTH J. SIMMONS
* Director
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WILLIAM S. SNEATH
Director
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WILLIAM C. STEERE, JR.
*By: /s/ Christopher P. Nicholas, Esq.
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CHRISTOPHER P. NICHOLAS, ESQ.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT June 9, 1997
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Exhibit Index
(14) Powers of Attorney. Additional Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein
by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (No. 333-11133)
filed on August 30, 1996.
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EXHIBIT 14
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Gerald Clark
Director
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a director and officer of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, do hereby appoint Gary A. Beller, Louis J.
Ragusa, Richard G. Mandel and Christopher P. Nicholas, and each of them
severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and
stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or
in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any
and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of
1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with Metropolitan
Life Separate Account UL, Metropolitan Life Separate Account E, The New England
Variable Account, New England Variable Annuity Fund I or New England Retirement
Investment Account of said Company, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act
hereunder with or without the others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of February,
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1997.
/s/ Gerald Clark
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Signature
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Burton A. Dole, Jr.
Director
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a director of Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, do hereby appoint Richard M. Blackwell, Christine N.
Markussen, Richard G. Mandel and Christopher P. Nicholas, and each of them
severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and
stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or
in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any
and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of
1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with Metropolitan
Life Separate Account UL, Metropolitan Life Separate Account E, The New England
Variable Account, New England Variable Annuity Fund I or New England Retirement
Investment Account of said Company, and to have full power and authority to do
or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act
hereunder with or without the others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of September,
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1996.
/s/ Burton A. Dole, Jr.
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Signature
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Charles M. Leighton
Director
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, a director of Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, do hereby appoint Richard M. Blackwell, Christine N.
Markussen, Richard G. Mandel and Christopher P. Nicholas, and each of them
severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place
and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of
or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and
any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act
of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with
Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL, Metropolitan Life Separate Account E,
The New England Variable Account, New England Variable Annuity Fund I or New
England Retirement Investment Account of said Company, and to have full power
and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and
every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as
fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have
power to act hereunder with or without the others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of September,
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1996.
/s/ Charles M. Leighton
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Signature
