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METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.
SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 15, 1999
To
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 1999
The following information supplements the Metropolitan Series Fund
Prospectus dated April 30, 1999. You should keep this Supplement to the
Prospectus for future reference.
1. Foreign securities for the Loomis Sayles High Yield Bond Portfolio: The
following is added as the last sentence under "About the Loomis Sayles High
Yield Bond Portfolio--Principal investment strategies" on page 6 of the
Prospectus:
"The Portfolio expects to invest a substantial amount of its assets in
securities of foreign (non-U.S. domiciled) companies."
2. Deletion of Neuberger Berman Prior Performance: The following changes are
made to the information included under "Appendix A to Prospectus--Portfolio
Manager Prior Performance":
A. Delete reference to Neuberger Berman Partners Mid Cap Value Portfolio
in the first sentence of the first paragraph on page 32 of the Prospectus.
B. Change the second to the last word to "three" rather than "four" in
the second sentence of the first paragraph on page 32 of the Prospectus to
reflect that portfolio manager prior performance is available with respect
to the portfolio managers of three of the Portfolios.
C. Revise the last sentence of the third paragraph on page 32 of the
Prospectus to add Neuberger Berman Partners Mid Cap Value Portfolio to the
list of Portfolios for which no similar account performance information is
available.
D. Delete the section headed "Neuberger Berman" on page 33 of the
Prospectus.
3. Typographical errors: Item 20 in the table under "Appendix B to
Prospectus" on page 36 of the Prospectus is corrected by adding Portfolio
number "13" under "A" in the "Portfolios" column and by changing the reference
under "C" from Portfolio number "14" to Portfolio number "7."
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