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[THE NEW ENGLAND FINANCIAL METLIFE AFFILIATE LOGO APPEARS HERE]
September, 2000
TO OWNERS OF NELICO VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES:
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of New England Zenith Fund (the "Trust") will
be held on October 30, 2000. At the Shareholders Meeting, New England Life
Insurance Company ("NELICO") will vote all shares of the Trust held in the New
England Variable Life Separate Account which are attributable to NELICO
Variable Life Insurance Policies in accordance with instructions received from
Policy Owners. You are now being asked how shares of the Trust deemed
attributable to your Policy should be voted at the Shareholders Meeting. Under
some plans, plan participants may have the right to instruct Policy Owners as
to how all or a portion of the votes attributable to a Policy are to be cast,
and Policy Owners are required to cast such votes as instructed.
IN ORDER FOR THE VOTES UNDER YOUR POLICIES TO BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY YOU AND YOUR PLAN PARTICIPANTS, YOU MUST RETURN A
COMPLETED, EXECUTED INSTRUCTION FORM. If you fail to return an executed
Instruction Form, shares of the Trust deemed attributable to your Policies will
be voted by NELICO in proportion to the voting instructions received from all
other NELICO Variable Life Insurance Policy Owners.
Enclosed you will find a copy of the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement
relating to the Shareholders Meeting, as well as voting instruction forms with
the names of the plan participants who may be entitled to instruct the Policy
Owner.
Please forward promptly (1) one Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement and (2)
one Instruction Form to each person entitled to give voting instructions. One
Instruction Form is enclosed for each Policy under which votes are subject to
instruction.
The Instruction Form is to be used by each plan participant to convey
instructions to you as Policy Owner. INSTRUCTION FORMS COMPLETED BY YOUR PLAN
PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED. AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM
A PLAN PARTICIPANT, YOU SHOULD TRANSFER THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PLAN
PARTICIPANT LISTING PROVIDED. RETURN ONLY THE SINGLE INSTRUCTION FORM IN YOUR
NAME, SIGNED BY YOU, ALONG WITH THE APPROPRIATELY CHECKED PLAN PARTICIPANT
LIST.
If no plan participants transmit voting instructions, or if the plan
participants do not have the right to instruct, cast all votes at your sole
discretion by completing and signing the Instruction Form.
In order to cast votes under the Policies, you must return an INSTRUCTION FORM
signed by you, the Policy Owner.
If you have any questions concerning these procedures, please call collect,
Charlie Antonioy, Consultant, New England Life Insurance Company at (617) 578-
3808.
[THE NEW ENGLAND FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ADDRESS LOGO APPEARS HERE]
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