Notice of Proposed Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MM), Located in Springfield, MA

Résumé

This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The proposed exemption would exempt certain transactions that may occur as a result of the sharing of real estate investments among various Accounts maintained by MM, including the MM general account and the general accounts of MM's affiliates which are licensed to do business in at least one state (collectively, the General Account), and the ERISA-Covered Accounts with respect to which MM is a fiduciary. As an acknowledged investment manager and fiduciary, MM is primarily responsible for the acquisition, management and disposition of the assets allocated to the ERISA-Covered Accounts.