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METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.
SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 3, 1997
This supplements the information contained in the March 3, 1997 Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information and the Supplement dated August 1,
1997 of the Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. You should keep this current
Supplement to the Prospectus for future reference.
Management of the Fund
Under the above caption at page 26 of the Prospectus, the end of the first
paragraph referencing the State Street Research Aggressive Growth Portfolio is
revised in its entirety as follows:
Pete C. Bennett has recently become the portfolio manager for the State Street
Research Aggressive Growth Portfolio. Mr. Bennett is currently an Executive
Vice President and Director of State Street Research and during the past five
years he has also served as Senior Vice President. Mr. Bennett also serves as
Chief Investment Officer-Equities, Chairman of the Asset Allocation Committee
and Chairman of the Equity Strategy Committee, and is a member of the
Management Committee of State Street Research. He received a B.A. from Wheaton
College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Bennett has 34 years
of investment experience.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
One Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
