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METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.
SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 1, 1996
To
PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1996
This supplements the information contained in the prospectus ("Prospectus")
of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. ("Fund"), dated May 1, 1996. You should keep
this Supplement to the Prospectus for future reference. (You may obtain an
additional copy of the Prospectus, free of charge, if you write to or call
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at the address or telephone number set out
below.)
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR INSURED OR GUARANTEED
BY, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, ANY BANK OR OTHER DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE
NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, ENTITY OR PERSON AND ARE SUBJECT TO INVESTMENT RISK,
INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT INVESTED.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
One Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
Attention: Retirement and Savings Center
Telephone 201-515-5491
