<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-16-798954.txt : 20161220
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161220164256
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-798954
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-APP/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Barings LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000009015
		IRS NUMBER:				041054788
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607
		FILM NUMBER:		162061778

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		470 ATLANTIC AVENUE
		STREET 2:		10TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-761-6662

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		470 ATLANTIC AVENUE
		STREET 2:		10TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040707

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON DAVID L & CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000067160
		IRS NUMBER:				042476032
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-01
		FILM NUMBER:		162061786

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(860) 562-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MML EQUITY INVESTMENT CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850227

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MML INVESTMENT CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19811109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGS CORPORATE INVESTORS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000275694
		IRS NUMBER:				042483041
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-02
		FILM NUMBER:		162061791

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01115
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4132261000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL CORPORATE INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111230

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920717

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGS PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000831655
		IRS NUMBER:				043025730
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-03
		FILM NUMBER:		162061790

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01115
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4132261000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1500 MAIN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20111230

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS II
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880417

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JEFFERIES LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001265287
		IRS NUMBER:				952622900
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-33
		FILM NUMBER:		162061792

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		520 MADISON AVE.
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3109141373

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		520 MADISON AVE.
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040518

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JEFFERIES & CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030930

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MML Investment Advisers, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001635967
		IRS NUMBER:				041590850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-13
		FILM NUMBER:		162061782

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-562-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MML Series Investment Fund II
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001317146
		IRS NUMBER:				043557005
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-07
		FILM NUMBER:		162061785

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(860) 562-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Barings Global Advisers Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001561339
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-06
		FILM NUMBER:		162061784

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		61 ALDWYCH
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			WC2B 4AE
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-44-20-3206-4500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		61 ALDWYCH
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			WC2B 4AE

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Babson Capital Global Advisors Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20121030

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jefferies Leveraged Credit Products, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001665526
		IRS NUMBER:				132615557

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-10
		FILM NUMBER:		162061780

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		520 MADISON AVE.
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-284-2550

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		520 MADISON AVE.
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Barings Funds Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001577579
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-05
		FILM NUMBER:		162061788

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BARINGS LLC
		STREET 2:		550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, STE. 3300
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-805-7200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BARINGS LLC
		STREET 2:		550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, STE. 3300
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Babson Capital Funds Trust
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MASSMUTUAL SELECT FUNDS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000916053
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-08
		FILM NUMBER:		162061779

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(860) 562-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASSMUTUAL INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931213

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jefferies International Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001665591
		IRS NUMBER:				930236990
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-11
		FILM NUMBER:		162061781

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VINTNERS PLACE, 68 UPPER THAMES STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4V3BJ
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4402070298000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VINTNERS PLACE, 68 UPPER THAMES STREET
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC4V3BJ

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGS GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001521404
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-04
		FILM NUMBER:		162061789

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		201 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, STE. 2400
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28244
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-347-6798

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
		STREET 2:		201 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, STE. 2400
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28244

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120615

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL FLOATING RATE & INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110520

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000927972
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-14607-09
		FILM NUMBER:		162061787

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(860) 562-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BRIGHT MEADOW BLVD.
		CITY:			ENFIELD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06082

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DLB FUND GROUP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940804
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Please direct all communications concerning this Application to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Gregory D. Sheehan, Esq. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Brian D.
McCabe, Esq. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Ropes&nbsp;&amp; Gray LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Prudential Tower </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">800 Boylston St.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Boston, Massachusetts 02199 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(617) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">951-7000</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Barings LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">1500 Main Street</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Springfield, MA 01115</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(413) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">226-1000</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Sheldon Francis, Esq.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Barings LLC</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">550 South Tryon Street,
Suite 3300</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Charlotte, NC 28202</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(704) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">805-7200</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">This Application (including Exhibits) consists of <B>45</B> pages. </P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>B<SMALL>ARINGS</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATE</SMALL> I<SMALL>NVESTORS</SMALL></B></P>
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D<SMALL>URATION</SMALL> H<SMALL>IGH</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Y<SMALL>IELD</SMALL>
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S<SMALL>ELECT</SMALL> F<SMALL>UNDS</SMALL></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>MML S<SMALL>ERIES</SMALL>
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C<SMALL>REDIT</SMALL> P<SMALL>RODUCTS</SMALL>, LLC</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>B<SMALL>ARINGS</SMALL>
G<SMALL>LOBAL</SMALL> A<SMALL>DVISORS</SMALL> L<SMALL>IMITED</SMALL></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Summary of Application </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Application (&#147;Application&#148;) is submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on behalf of
the applicants named herein (the &#147;Applicants&#148;) pursuant to Sections 6(c)&nbsp;and 17(b)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), for an order exempting securities transactions of the type described
below from the provisions of Sections 17(a)&nbsp;of the Act, and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> under the Act permitting certain transactions.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>&nbsp;The Applicants are Barings LLC (the &#147;Barings Adviser&#148;); Barings Global Advisors Limited (&#147;BGA&#148;)<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>; the Funds listed in
Schedule A to this Application, which are investment companies or series of investment companies advised by the Barings Adviser (the &#147;Barings Funds&#148;); the Funds listed in Schedule B, which are series of MassMutual Premier Funds, MassMutual
Select Funds, MML Series Investment Fund, and MML Series Investment Fund II (the &#147;MML Funds&#148;) advised by MML Investment Advisers, LLC (the &#147;MML Adviser&#148; and, together with the Barings Adviser and BGA, the &#147;Advisers&#148;)
(the MML Funds together with the Barings Funds, the &#147;Funds&#148;);<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP> and Jefferies LLC (&#147;JEFLLC&#148;), Jefferies International Limited (&#147;JIL&#148;) and Jefferies Leveraged Credit
Products, LLC (&#147;JLCP&#148; and, together with JEFLLC and JIL, the &#147;Jefferies Trading Entities&#148;).<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Order sought herein would permit the Funds to engage in the Securities Transactions (defined below) with the Jefferies Trading Entities.
The &#147;Securities Transactions&#148; that are the subject of the requested order (the &#147;Order&#148;) are: (1)&nbsp;primary and secondary market transactions in fixed-income securities executed on a principal basis (as discussed in section VI
below) between the Funds and the Jefferies Trading Entities<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">5</SUP>&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;certain types of transactions (as discussed in section VI below) in which the Jefferies Trading Entities and the
Funds might each participate jointly or have a joint interest (sometimes referred to as &#147;Joint Transactions&#148;).&nbsp;The Order would apply only under circumstances in which a Jefferies Trading Entity might be deemed an affiliated person of
an affiliated person (a &#147;second-tier affiliate&#148;) of a Fund solely as a result of the formation of Jefferies Finance LLC (&#147;JFIN&#148;) a joint venture of which each of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (&#147;MassMutual&#148;),
the indirect parent company of each of the Advisers, and Jefferies Group LLC (&#147;Jefferies&#148;), the parent company of the Jefferies Trading Entities, own more than 25% of the outstanding voting securities, as that term is defined in Section
2(a)(42) of the Act. The Order requested herein is subject to certain conditions, as more fully described below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants seek to
extend the Order requested to (i)&nbsp;any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">open-end</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> investment company registered under the Act, whether now existing or organized in the future, that is
advised by any Adviser or by any existing or future investment adviser controlling, controlled by or under common control with any Adviser, (ii)&nbsp;the Advisers and any existing or future investment adviser controlling, controlled by or under
common control with any Advisers, and (iii)&nbsp;the Jefferies Trading Entities and any existing or future entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Jefferies that is engaged in the trading of fixed-income securities (except
JFIN), provided that any entity that relies on the Order complies with the terms and conditions set forth in this Application as though it were an Applicant.</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Applicants are not seeking relief from the provisions of Section 10(f) or Section 17(e). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">BGA is a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser</FONT> to certain of the Barings Funds and are direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Barings Adviser. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Certain of the MML Funds are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-advised</FONT> by the Barings Adviser, as indicated on Schedule B. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">All existing entities that currently intend to rely on the Order are named as Applicants to this Application. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">&#147;Fixed-income securities&#148; for purposes of the Order include all fixed-income securities and loans,
including without limitations, government securities, municipal securities, tender option bonds, taxable and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt</FONT> money market securities, repurchase agreements, asset- and mortgage-backed securities,
corporate issues, interests in syndicated loans (including loans made directly as a syndicate member, or the acquisition of a loan interest in the form of an assignment or participation), as well as convertible bonds and convertible preferred stock.
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17(a)&nbsp;and 17(d)&nbsp;of the Act, and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, solely because of MassMutual&#146;s and Jefferies&#146; direct or indirect interest in JFIN.&nbsp;The relief sought hereunder will not
apply where a Jefferies Trading Entity is an affiliated person or a second-tier affiliate of a Fund for any reason other than such interest. The proposed Order will not apply to transactions between the Funds and any MassMutual-controlled entity.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Description of the Applicants </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>The Funds</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Fund is an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">open-end</FONT> or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> management investment company registered under the Act and is organized as a business trust under the laws of Massachusetts, or as a series thereof. The Funds have a variety of investment objectives, but
each may invest some or all of its assets in fixed-income securities. To the extent that any of the Funds (or future Funds) may operate as ETFs in the future, with respect to such Funds, the requested relief applies only to portfolio transactions
and does not extend to purchases and redemptions of &#147;creation units.&#148;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">6</SUP> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Board of Trustees of Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Participation Investors is comprised of seven Trustees, five of whom are not &#147;interested persons&#148; (as such term is defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of
1940) of Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Participation Investors. The Board of Trustees of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings Funds Trust is comprised of six Trustees, five of whom are not &#147;interested
persons&#148; of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings Funds Trust and the Chair of the Board is not an &#147;interested person&#148; of Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings Funds Trust. The Board of Trustees
of the MML Funds is comprised of eight Trustees, six of whom are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of MML Funds and the Chair of the Board is not an &#147;interested person&#148; of MML Funds. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>The Advisers</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Barings Adviser, a member of the MassMutual Financial Group, is
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of MassMutual, a Massachusetts mutual life insurance company.&nbsp;As of October&nbsp;31, 2016, the Barings Adviser and its subsidiaries, including BGA and Barings Real Estate Advisers LLC (formerly, named
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC), a wholly-owned subsidiary which will be merged into Barings Adviser and cease to exist effective December&nbsp;30, 2016, managed over $231&nbsp;billion in assets. The Barings Adviser is a provider of
specialized investment management services to both institutional investors and high net worth individuals and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;).&nbsp;The
Barings Adviser acts as investment adviser to each of the Barings Funds and as investment <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser</FONT> to certain of the MML Funds. BGA serves as a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser</FONT> with
respect to certain of the Barings Funds, subject to the supervision of the Barings Adviser. On March&nbsp;9, 2016, the Barings Adviser announced that it and its subsidiaries, and Baring Asset Management Limited (itself a subsidiary of MassMutual),
intend to combine and use the Barings brand. The combination will create a leading global, multi-asset investment management firm with over $260&nbsp;billion of assets under management, offices in 20 countries, and over 1,700 professionals. The firm
will be led by the current chairman of the Barings Adviser, and will be headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Such combination is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2016. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"></SUP>ETFs differ from the other Funds in several ways, including with respect to the redeemability of fund shares solely in &#147;creation unit&#148; aggregations and the
listing of shares on a securities exchange. The registration statement of any Fund (or future Fund) that operates as an ETF will provide a further description of the differences between such ETF and traditional mutual funds. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The MML Adviser, a member of the MassMutual Financial Group, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary
of MassMutual. With approximately $40.6&nbsp;billion of assets under management (or $32.4&nbsp;billion excluding <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">fund-0f-fund</FONT></FONT> assets) as of March&nbsp;31, 2016, the MML
Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and acts as investment adviser to each of the MML Funds. The MML Adviser supervises 32 affiliated or unaffiliated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-advisers</FONT> (including
the Barings Adviser) with respect to certain MML Funds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Fund and its Adviser have entered into an investment management agreement
pursuant to which the Adviser is responsible for managing the Fund&#146;s investment portfolio (or, for Funds for which an Adviser serves as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser,</FONT> a portion thereof), subject to the supervision of the
Board of Directors, Board of Trustees or other governing body of such Fund, as applicable (each, a &#147;Board&#148;), making investment decisions on behalf of the Fund and placing its transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Adviser has adopted a confidentiality policy designed to limit the unnecessary flow of information about client holdings and
transactions.&nbsp;Such policies have been extended to prevent unnecessary information sharing between JFIN and other Jefferies Entities (as defined below) and each of the Advisers. For example, each Adviser has adopted policies designed to keep
information about client holdings and transactions on a confidential basis, prior to any public disclosure.&nbsp;Pursuant to these policies, information regarding investment advisory and portfolio execution matters relating to the Barings Funds and
the MML Funds are considered by the Advisers as information that may not be communicated outside of the relevant Adviser except as necessary (<I>e.g.</I>, to a potential executing broker or dealer on an actual trade), including to JFIN and other
Jefferies Entities (as defined below).&nbsp;In general, prior to any public disclosure and consistent with an Adviser&#146;s fiduciary duty to the Fund, information concerning Fund portfolio holdings is considered confidential and may only be shared
by a Fund&#146;s Adviser for a legitimate business purpose with certain types of parties, and then only upon prior approval by the Fund&#146;s Board or by a committee set up to evaluate such circumstances.&nbsp;Additionally, there is an existing
separation and information barrier between the Advisers and the Funds on the one hand and JFIN and other Jefferies Entities (as defined below) on the other hand to prevent the dissemination of confidential information. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>The Jefferies Trading Entities</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Jefferies Trading Entity is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Jefferies.&nbsp;Jefferies is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation, a diversified holding company. JEFLLC is registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and JIL is authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.&nbsp;Each of JEFLLC and JIL conducts a diversified, full service securities business, including (but not limited to) as a dealer
and underwriter for fixed-income securities. JEFLLC is a primary dealer in U.S. government securities and JIL is a primary dealer in government securities of Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.&nbsp;JLCP is a loan
trading entity active in the loan trading market.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>III. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>JFIN </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Ownership of JFIN</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JFIN is a joint venture entity between MassMutual and
Jefferies. JFIN&#146;s membership interests are comprised of two classes of interests &#150; class A voting interests, and class B income sharing interests.&nbsp;MassMutual owns 50% of the issued and outstanding voting interests of Class&nbsp;A
interests of JFIN (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Interests&#148;), and 50% (directly and indirectly) of Class&nbsp;B interests (&#147;Class&nbsp;B Interests&#148;) of JFIN. Through its 50% ownership of the Class&nbsp;A Interests, MassMutual is entitled to
appoint 50% of JFIN&#146;s board of directors and credit committee members and to have a 50% vote on material corporate decisions.&nbsp;JFIN income is allocated 80% to the Class&nbsp;A Interests, and 20% to the Class&nbsp;B Interests.&nbsp;As a
result, MassMutual is entitled to 50% of the JFIN&#146;s income on a direct basis through its Class&nbsp;A and B Interests. Jefferies Group LLC owns the remaining 50% of the Class&nbsp;A and B Interests and may nominate up to four members of
JFIN&#146;s eight member board of directors. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Business of JFIN</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JFIN is a leading commercial finance company that structures,
underwrites and syndicates senior secured loans to corporate borrowers. JFIN also purchases syndicated loans in the secondary market, including loans that are performing, stressed and distressed loan obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JFIN conducts its own businesses, operating separately from the Jefferies Entities (as defined below) and the MassMutual Entities (as defined
below). MassMutual and Jefferies have preserved their distinct brands and continue to offer independently a wide range of financial services.&nbsp;Jefferies has no interest in, and will not control (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of
the Act) directly or indirectly, MassMutual, the Advisers, or any other MassMutual entity that is not JFIN (together with the Advisers, the &#147;MassMutual Entities&#148;).&nbsp;MassMutual has no interest in, and will not control (within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of the Act) directly or indirectly, Jefferies or any other entity that is under common control with JFIN that is not controlled by or under common control with MassMutual (the &#147;Jefferies Entities&#148;).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Governance of JFIN</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JFIN is governed by a Board of Directors.&nbsp;Currently, the
Board consists of four MassMutual designees and four Jefferies designees.&nbsp;MassMutual/Jefferies designees constitute an equal number of each committee of the JFIN Board. Annually, the role of Chairman is swapped between MassMutual and Jefferies
Group such that one year a Jefferies Group designee is Chairman, with MassMutual&#146;s designee serving as Vice-Chairman; and the following year, a MassMutual designee is Chairman, with Jefferies Group&#146;s designee serving as Vice-Chairman. The
JFIN LLC Agreement permits the Chairman to designate meeting topics, call special meetings or invoke dispute resolution mechanics, but in practice it has never been done, and the agenda is set by JFIN with input from MassMutual and Jefferies.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IV. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Separation
Among the Various Entities </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Jefferies Trading Entities and the Advisers operate as separate, independent businesses.&nbsp;The
Jefferies Trading Entities, on the one hand, and the Advisers, on the other, have separate ownership, and each has its own separate officers and employees, is separately capitalized and maintains its own separate books and records and physically
separate offices.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">7</SUP>&nbsp;Officers and employees of each Adviser may not communicate confidential and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> investment-related information outside of the
Adviser, except in connection with a conflicts clearing process set up for that purpose.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">8</SUP>&nbsp;Such &#147;information barriers&#148; are designed to control and prevent the dissemination of
confidential and material nonpublic information by officers and employees of the Advisers who receive such nonpublic information during the course of their employment. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">No director, officer or employee of the Funds or the Advisers also is or will be a director, officer or employee of the Jefferies Trading Entities. As noted above, each of Jefferies and MassMutual has the right to
designate members of the Board of Directors of JFIN. Currently, the Chairman of the Board is also the President of Leucadia National, JFIN&#146;s indirect parent. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">We note that three senior personnel at the Barings Adviser serve as members of JFIN&#146;s Credit Committee and receive information about JFIN&#146;s newly arranged credits coming to market. Barings Adviser has strict
internal firewall policies and personal trading restrictions with respect to those persons such that they may not communicate such confidential investment information learned through their participation in the JFIN Credit Committee
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Funds and their investors are also protected from any undue influence by, among other things,
the substantial separation and independent operation of the Jefferies Trading Entities from JFIN.&nbsp;Independent operation generally consists of separate profit centers, separate capitalization, separate books and records and a separate
compensation system that does not reward employees based on (i)&nbsp;a factor that treats the Funds differently than unaffiliated counterparties (for example, the Jefferies Trading Entities will not provide any additional compensation to any
employee solely based on such employee&#146;s transacting business with a Fund that would not generally be provided to employees performing similarly with respect to transactions with unaffiliated parties) or (ii)&nbsp;the amount of business done by
the Funds with the Jefferies Trading Entities, except to the extent such business affect the profits or losses of the Jefferies Trading Entities.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">9</SUP>&nbsp;Further, the &#147;information
barriers&#148; described above with respect the Advisers and their affiliates will prevent the exchange of confidential information between the Advisers on the one hand and JFIN and other Jefferies Entities on the other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In light of the entity separation described above, the Applicants submit that the Jefferies Trading Entities will not be in a position to
cause any Securities Transaction by the Funds.&nbsp;That separation is in effect required to be maintained for so long as the Order is relied upon by the &#147;Structural Conditions&#148; described in section X below.&nbsp;Further, among other
things, those conditions prohibit the Jefferies Trading Entities or their affiliates from consulting with the Advisers regarding potential transactions beyond the extent normally carried out with unaffiliated parties in the normal course of
business.&nbsp;In addition, the Jefferies Trading Entities will adopt and implement policies prohibiting it from (i)&nbsp;linking approvals regarding JFIN to actions by an Adviser or Fund, or (ii)&nbsp;using JFIN to seek business with the Advisers
or Funds, and Jefferies will not adopt any compensation scheme that treats business with the Advisers or Funds differently from business with unaffiliated partners.&nbsp;Moreover, there is not, and will not be, any express or implied understanding
between any Jefferies Trading Entity and any Adviser that an Adviser will cause a Fund to enter into Securities Transactions or give preference to the Jefferies Trading Entity in effecting such transactions between the Fund and the Jefferies Trading
Entity.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All decisions by the Funds to enter into portfolio transactions are determined solely by their respective Advisers in accordance
with the investment objectives of the Fund.&nbsp;In that regard, trade execution for the Funds is the responsibility of one or more individuals employed solely by their respective Advisers (or a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser)</FONT>
and the Advisers will continue to adhere to a best execution standard.&nbsp;Portfolio managers employed by the Advisers will not be affiliated persons (within the meaning of the Act) of the Jefferies Trading Entities, and their lines of reporting
responsibility will be solely within the Advisers.&nbsp;Prior to any purchase or sale decision, the portfolio manager at an Adviser (or a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser)</FONT> will independently evaluate an investment opportunity to
determine whether to purchase or sell. In addition, a major determinant of the compensation of a portfolio manager at any Adviser is the performance of the Fund or Funds for which he or she has responsibility. In no instance would his or her
compensation be affected by the amount of business done by Funds he or she manages with the Jefferies Trading Entities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In summary,
notwithstanding the existence of JFIN, the Advisers operate, and will continue to operate, independently of the Jefferies Trading Entities in performing portfolio management services for the Funds, and the Jefferies Trading Entities will not have
any influence over those services.</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The MassMutual Entities and JFIN are managed as separate lines of business, though the same officers of MassMutual ultimately to which the Advisers ultimately report also receive information about JFIN. However, the
Advisers have strict internal fire wall policies (and personal trading restrictions) with regards to any information those officers may obtain. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Consolidation in the Financial Services Industry </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>The Impact of Consolidation</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Significant consolidation has occurred in the
banking and investment banking (broker-dealer) industries, blurring the line between the two industries (referred to herein, collectively, as the &#147;financial services&#148; industry) both conceptually and in practice.&nbsp;A 1995 paper published
by the Brookings Institution reported that from 1979 to 1994, the banking industry was transformed by &#147;the massive reduction in the number of banking organizations; the significant increase in the number of failures; the dramatic rise in <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet activities; the major expansion in lending to U.S. corporations by foreign banks; . . . and the opening up of interstate banking
markets.&#148;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">10</SUP>&nbsp;Nearly a decade later, an article in the FDIC Banking Review asserted that &#147;[o]ver the two decades 1984-2003, the structure of the U.S. banking industry indeed underwent
an almost unprecedented transformation&#151;one marked by a substantial decline in the number of commercial banks and savings institutions and by a growing concentration of industry assets among a few dozen extremely large financial
institutions.&#148;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">11</SUP>&nbsp;Indeed, consolidation in the financial services industry continued from 2003, accelerating during the credit crisis that began in 2007. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consolidation in the financial services industry, combined with an increase in industry assets, has resulted in a few major broker-dealers
accounting for a large percentage of the market share in connection with trading in various asset classes.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">12</SUP>&nbsp;In March&nbsp;2008, The Bear Stearns Companies,&nbsp;Inc., the U.S.&#146;s fifth
largest investment bank, was acquired by JP Morgan Chase&nbsp;&amp; Co. (&#147;JP Morgan&#148;).&nbsp;In September&nbsp;of that year, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (&#147;Lehman Brothers&#148;) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and Merrill
Lynch&nbsp;&amp; Co. was acquired by Bank of America Corporation (&#147;Bank of America&#148;), reducing the number of major &#147;pure&#148; investment banks (broker-dealers) to two, The Goldman Sachs Group,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Goldman Sachs&#148;)
and Morgan Stanley.&nbsp;These companies subsequently registered as bank holding companies.&nbsp;In the fourth quarter of 2008, Wachovia Corporation was acquired by former competitor Wells Fargo&nbsp;&amp; Company, and Barclays Bank, PLC
(&#147;Barclays&#148;) agreed to purchase certain core capital markets businesses of Lehman Brothers. In short, the broker-dealer industry is dramatically more concentrated than it was a few years ago. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July&nbsp;21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the &#147;Dodd-Frank Act&#148;) was signed into law. The
Dodd-Frank Act was designed to comprehensively reform the U.S. financial regulatory system in order to promote the financial stability of the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal regulators have been tasked with
developing the rules and regulations enacting the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including provisions with respect to the regulation of broker-dealers and of investment activities affecting broker-dealers. While certain of the rules are not
effective, other rules are not yet final, so the ultimate impact of the Dodd-Frank Act remains unclear. Due in part to enhanced regulatory constraints, dealer inventories of corporate bonds dropped nearly 75% between 2008 and 2013 despite record
issuances during this period. With primary dealer inventories of corporate bonds appearing to be an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">all-time</FONT> low, a significant reduction in in dealer market-making capacity has the potential to decrease
liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed income markets. </P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Allen N. Berger, <I>et al., The Transformation of the U.S. Banking Industry: What a Long, Strange Trip It&#146;s Been,</I> Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2, 127 (1995). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Kenneth D. Jones and Tim Critchfield, <I>Consolidation in the U.S. Banking Industry:</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;Is the &#147;Long, Strange Trip&#148; About to End?,</I> 17 FDIC Banking Review 4, 31 (2005). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For example, mergers prior to 2008 involving the following companies reduced the number of firms dealing in money market instruments and other asset classes:&nbsp;Bank of America and FleetBoston; Wachovia and First
Union; Deutsche Bank and Scudder Investments; Wachovia and Prudential Securities; J.P. Morgan Chase&nbsp;&amp; Co. and Bank One; and Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Consolidation has Increased the Applicants&#146; Need for Relief</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
aforementioned companies, including Citigroup, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Barclays, all ranked in the top ten managing underwriters of U.S. municipal new issues, global debt, global asset-backed securities and
global high yield debt in 2008.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">13</SUP>&nbsp;These companies are important institutions involved in secondary market trading.&nbsp;The decline in the number of broker-dealers and banks trading in the
securities in which the Funds seek to invest and increasing importance of the few remaining institutions has increased the importance to the Funds of their relationships with such entities, including the Jefferies Trading Entities.&nbsp;A preclusion
from trading with the Jefferies Trading Entities, a major broker-dealer in a wide variety of securities, puts the Funds at a disadvantage as compared to funds not subject to such restrictions when seeking to obtain competitive pricing and achieve
best execution.&nbsp;The few other dealers available to the Funds may be less inclined to provide competitive pricing or more favorable terms knowing that the Advisers&#146; choices of a dealer are limited. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants state that, because of consolidation in the financial services industry, combined with an increase in industry assets, a few major
broker-dealers account for a large percentage of the market share in connection with trading in various asset classes. For example, applicants state that for each of the past four calendar years and in the first half of 2016, the Jefferies Trading
Entities&#146; investment grade corporates desk has ranked in the top 15 in total fixed volume traded on MarketAxess. Applicants further state that in the first quarter of 2016, the Jefferies Trading Entities ranked in the top five dealers for
mortgage agency and government-sponsored enterprise commercial mortgage-backed securities with 13% market share, where the top five have 89% of the market share per FedStats; the Jefferies Trading Entities ranked in the top five dealers for five- to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ten-year</FONT> municipal bonds with 10.2% market share, where the top five have 77% of the market share per FedStats; and the Jefferies Trading Entities ranked in the top five dealers for agency discount notes with
9% market share, where the top five have 54% of the market share per FedStats. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants state that the decline in the number of
broker-dealers and banks trading in the securities in which the Funds seek to invest and the increasing importance of the few remaining institutions have increased the importance to the Funds of their relationships with such entities, including the
Jefferies Trading Entity. Applicants assert that the inability of the Funds to execute Securities Transactions involving the Jefferies Trading Entity (solely as a result of MassMutual&#146;s and Jefferies&#146; direct or indirect interest in JFIN),
would significantly limit the universe of securities broker-dealers and banks available to the Funds, the universe of underwritings in which the Funds may participate, and the level and number of Securities Transactions in which the Funds may
engage. Applicants submit that, as a result, the ability of the Funds to obtain the pricing, terms and quality of service available from a major dealer would be materially limited, which may harm the Funds by preventing them from obtaining best
execution. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Preventing the Funds from trading with the Jefferies Trading Entities could materially limit the ability of the Funds to
obtain the pricing, terms and quality of service available from a major dealer.&nbsp;Moreover, the Jefferies Trading Entities are expected to be increasingly important counterparties for the Funds because of the quality of execution provided,
particularly, market liquidity. Due to the absence of a centralized reporting mechanism for completed transactions, the precise impact of not having available counterparties of this importance is difficult to measure.&nbsp;Specifically, fixed-income
markets are often subject to limited transparency, which in turn limits an investment adviser&#146;s ability to measure best execution on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">trade-by-trade</FONT></FONT> basis.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">14</SUP>&nbsp;However, it has been (and is expected to be) frequently the case that only a limited number of dealers have been willing to trade with a Fund in a </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Citigroup, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Barclays also ranked in the top ten managing underwriters of global and U.S. mortgage-backed securities in 2008. Thomson Reuters, <I>Debt Capital Markets Review:
Fourth Quarter 2008; Thomson Reuters, US Municipals Review: Year End 2008</I>. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>See Best Execution Guidelines for Fixed-Income Securities,</I> Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association, Asset Management Group (September&nbsp;2008). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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particular fixed-income security in the quantities specified by the Fund at a given time.&nbsp;As the Jefferies Trading Entities are major participants in the fixed-income securities markets, as
described above, a Fund&#146;s inability to trade with the Jefferies Trading Entities could impair the Fund&#146;s ability to trade in a particular fixed-income security, at the time and in the quantities specified by the Fund, where a Jefferies
Trading Entity is one of few dealers willing to trade in such fixed-income security at such time and in such quantities.&nbsp;Therefore, precluding a Fund from trading with the Jefferies Trading Entities limits the counterparties from which a Fund
could seek to obtain best execution.&nbsp;Finally, the rapid pace of consolidation in the financial services industry over the past several years portends future consolidation which could even further increase the need for the Funds to trade with
the Jefferies Trading Entities, as the Jefferies Trading Entities could be among the few remaining major financial institutions that provide competitive pricing and high-quality service for the Securities Transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VI. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>The Securities
Transactions </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>The Securities Transactions Generally</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Funds have a variety of investment
objectives, but each may invest some or all of its assets in fixed-income securities.&nbsp;The secondary market for fixed-income securities is typically a dealer market in which trades are effected on a principal basis.&nbsp;New issues of
fixed-income securities are typically offered in underwritten or private placement transactions.&nbsp;The Funds are expected in the future (if the Order is granted) to engage in transactions that involve the Jefferies Trading Entities.&nbsp;These
Securities Transactions include the following: (i)&nbsp;the purchase of fixed-income securities by a Fund in underwritten offerings in which a Jefferies Trading Entity is a manager or member of the underwriting syndicate, and where a Fund purchases
underwritten fixed-income securities from the Jefferies Trading Entity; (ii)&nbsp;the purchase by a Fund of fixed-income securities from, or the sale of fixed-income securities to, a Jefferies Trading Entity, in transactions in which the Jefferies
Trading Entity is acting as a principal; and (iii)&nbsp;participation in certain specific arrangements or transactions that a Fund may participate in with a Jefferies Trading Entity. These arrangements and transactions (as described in section VI(B)
below are tender option bond trust structures (&#147;TOBs&#148;), certain asset backed or mortgage back securitization structures, loan syndicates, and investments in the same company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Jefferies Trading Entities were considered to be second-tier affiliates of the Funds, a Securities Transaction would potentially
violate one or more of Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder.&nbsp;The inability of the Funds to execute Securities Transactions involving the Jefferies
Trading Entities imposes a hardship on the Funds by prohibiting the Funds from engaging in Securities Transactions with a dealer or trader with a substantial market share in certain fixed income markets and by preventing the Funds from purchasing or
selling securities that the Funds would have purchased or sold in transactions in which a Jefferies Trading Entity has some involvement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Joint Transactions</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants are requesting an Order pursuant to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> under the Act to the extent necessary to permit the Jefferies Trading Entities to participate jointly with the Funds in (i)&nbsp;TOBs transactions involving municipal bonds, (ii)&nbsp;asset-backed or
mortgage-backed securities transactions, (iii)&nbsp;syndicated loan transactions, and (iv)&nbsp;investments in the same company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;<U>Tender Option Bond Trust Structures</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the Funds investing in long-term municipal bonds may engage in transactions with a Jefferies Trading Entity involving tender option
bond trusts (&#147;TOBs&#148;).&nbsp;TOBs are derivative securities that (as relevant here) are created by a fund placing municipal bonds into a trust arrangement established by a dealer on behalf of the fund.&nbsp;In
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exchange, each respective fund receives cash and a residual interest security.&nbsp;In a typical TOBs transaction, the trust funds the purchases of the municipal bonds by issuing securities
(&#147;floaters&#148;) which are purchased by third-party investors (often <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt</FONT> money market funds) and which pay interest (generally quarterly or semi-annually) based on interest rates that are
typically reset weekly.&nbsp;The floaters are remarketed typically on a weekly basis by a remarketing agent, which receives a fee from the trust for such service.&nbsp;During that activity, the remarketing agent may also own floaters for a brief
period of time while the fund holds the residual interest.&nbsp;In addition, the remarketing agent, or a separate entity, which may or may not be affiliated with the remarketing agent, also serves as the liquidity provider by committing to hold a
floater the remarketing agent is unable to place with an investor until such time as the floater can be placed or the trust is collapsed and the municipal bond is delivered back into the fund or otherwise sold, events which can be triggered by the
liquidity provider under certain circumstances.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">15</SUP>&nbsp;Where floaters are tendered back to the liquidity provider, the liquidity provider would hold the floaters at the same time the fund held the
residual interest in the underlying bond.&nbsp;If a Jefferies Trading Entity establishes the trust to which a Fund wishes to sell its long-term security and serves as remarketing agent and/or liquidity provider, and such Fund holds the residual
interest in the underlying bond, such a transaction could be considered a joint transaction and therefore subject to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder.&nbsp;Situations could also arise in
which a Jefferies Trading Entity establishes a TOBs structure for itself or a related party and holds the residual and a Fund (<I>e.g.</I>, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt</FONT> money market fund) holds the floater.
(Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;also may be involved where, for example, the Jefferies Trading Entity, as liquidity provider, is to purchase a floater held by a Fund.)</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;<U>Asset- and Mortgage-Backed Securities</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In a typical asset-backed securities (ABS) or mortgage-backed securities (MBS) transaction, a financial institution which sponsors the ABS or
MBS sells a pool of loans (which may have been originated by the sponsor or its affiliates or a third party) to a special purpose entity, which in turn sells such loans to a trust.&nbsp;The trust issues interest-bearing notes or pass-through
certificates (of which the sponsor or its affiliate may serve as underwriter or initial purchaser) backed by the trust&#146;s assets; the sponsor or its affiliate may retain a portion of such notes or certificates or an equity or residual interest
in the trust.&nbsp;The assets continue to be serviced, and the income received from such assets is used to make distributions to the holders of the ABS or MBS and the holder of the equity or residual interest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Funds, as consistent with their investment policies, may enter into transactions involving ABS or MBS, including those that are issued by
special purpose entities sponsored by a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) under circumstances in which both (i)&nbsp;a portion of such ABS or MBS or the residual interest in the special purpose entity is owned directly or indirectly by the
Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) and (ii)&nbsp;the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) acts as the servicer of assets. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Though Applicants do not necessarily concede that such transactions fall under Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, such transactions could arguably fall under those provisions due to the various roles played by the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an
affiliate).<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">16</SUP>&nbsp;The Applicants submit, however, that there is little opportunity or, </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For example, a termination event may encompass a wide variety of circumstances, certain of which may be objectively determined and certain of which involve an element of subjectivity.&nbsp;For example, such an event may
include (i)&nbsp;the inability of the remarketing agent to sell all or a specified percentage of the floating rate securities after a specified amount of time has passed; (ii)&nbsp;a downgrade in the rating of the underlying bond or the insurer of
the bond; (iii)&nbsp;a determination by the liquidity provider that the financial condition of the issuer of the underlying bond has deteriorated to an extent that is in the judgment of the liquidity provider materially adverse to the trust; or
(iv)&nbsp;certain changes in laws or regulations that, in the judgment of the liquidity provider, may increase its costs or reduce its returns.&nbsp;In the event the liquidity provider determines to terminate the trust, the liquidity provider will
be required to make payments on the floating rate securities. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Applicants note that the Jefferies Trading Entity (or its affiliate) may act in other capacities with respect
to an ABS or MBS vehicle.&nbsp;For example, the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) might serve as hedging counterparty or administrative agent for the vehicle. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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indeed, economic incentive to overreach a Fund when acting in those capacities.&nbsp;Nevertheless, the scenario is more complicated than a straightforward purchase or sale of a third-party
sponsored ABS or MBS from a Jefferies Trading Entity.&nbsp;Thus, to the extent an independent check may be necessary, a Fund will only engage in ABS or MBS transactions in which (i)&nbsp;the residual interest in the special purpose entity sponsored
by the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) is owned directly or indirectly by the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) and (ii)&nbsp;the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) acts as the servicer of assets, if, based on relevant
information that is reasonably available to the Fund&#146;s Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon the close of the transaction, Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser will purchase less than 50% of the dollar
amount of securities of each class acquired by the Fund in the aggregate and the Fund participates in each such class on the same terms as other purchasers of that class. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <U>Syndicated Loan Facilities</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Fund may also participate as a member of a syndicated loan facility (<I>i.e.</I>, as a lender to the borrower under the facility) in which a
Jefferies Trading Entity is also (i)&nbsp;an agent with responsibility (either solely or with one or more <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-agents)</FONT> for structuring, arranging, placing, or administering the loan facility or for other
functions related to the loan syndicate, (ii)&nbsp;a syndicate member or (iii)&nbsp;both.&nbsp;As such an agent, the Jefferies Trading Entity might, among other things, negotiate with the Fund over its initial participation in the syndicate or over
its subsequent approval of a waiver or other amendments to the loan facility requested by the borrower.&nbsp;The Jefferies Trading Entity would likely receive fees from the borrower under the loan facility for acting as an agent, which the Fund, as
a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-agent</FONT> member of the loan syndicate would not receive.&nbsp;Similarly, where the Jefferies Trading Entity and a Fund took different actions as members of a loan syndicate (e.g., one approving a requested
amendment and the other not) or committed to fund different amounts of the loan, they might receive different levels of fees in respect of the loan.&nbsp;Though Applicants do not necessarily concede that all such syndicated loan transactions fall
under Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, such transactions could arguably come within the scope of those provisions in light of the fact that a Fund and the Jefferies Trading
Entity could have an interest in the same loan facility. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a condition to the requested relief for syndicated loan facilities in which a
Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity participate and that might otherwise be prohibited by Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, (a)&nbsp;the participation by the Fund and the
Jefferies Trading Entity would involve no coordination between the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity beyond that of a type the Jefferies Trading Entity engages in with other unaffiliated participants in such facility, (b)&nbsp;the terms of the
Fund&#146;s participation in the facility (to the extent within the knowledge and control of the Jefferies Trading Entity) would be on a basis no less advantageous than that of other similarly situated participants (<I>i.e.</I>, the Fund will
receive the same priority, security, interest rate and fees as other participants in the same tranche or other portion of the loan in which the Fund is a participant), except to the extent such difference is related to services performed with
respect to the facility or their role in the facility and (c)&nbsp;in the case of the primary syndication of a loan facility where the Jefferies Trading Entity is lead agent with primary responsibility for structuring, arranging or placing such
facility, the Fund will participate in the facility only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon conclusion of allocations to holders of record in the primary syndication of
the facility, less than 50% of the participations will be held by Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;<U>Investments in the Same Company</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is also possible that a Fund could make an investment in a company (or other issuer) in which a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate)
also has invested.&nbsp;In such a situation, the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity (or affiliate) might hold the same securities issued by the company or one could hold securities of a different class or even a different type (e.g., debt vs.
equity) than the other.&nbsp;Again, while the Applicants do not necessarily concede that all such situations fall under Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, some situations where
a Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) have invested in the same company could arguably come within the scope of those provisions, given the fact that the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity would have an interest in the same
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(or an affiliate) in the same company (or other issuer) that might otherwise be prohibited by Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder (except in the case of syndicated loan
transactions, which, as discussed above, will be subject to a separate condition), (a)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s and the Jefferies Trading Entity&#146;s investment will involve no coordination between the Jefferies Trading Entity and the Fund beyond that
of a type the Jefferies Trading Entity engages in with other unaffiliated investors in such company and (b)&nbsp;the Fund will participate or invest in a type or class of securities (<I>e.g.</I>, equity securities) of the company only where, based
on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon the close of the investment transaction, less than 50% of the dollar amount of the securities of such type or class will be owned by Funds (and
other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As for all transactions pursuant to the Order, Joint Transactions would be
subject to procedures adopted by the Fund&#146;s Board, including the majority of the Fund&#146;s disinterested directors or trustees, as applicable. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Relevant Provisions and Relief Requested </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Relevant Provisions</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;2(a)(3)</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result of JFIN, the Jefferies Trading Entities could arguably be second-tier affiliates of the Funds within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Act.&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Act, in relevant part, defines &#147;affiliated person&#148; of another person as: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A)&nbsp;any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with power to vote, 5 per centum or more of the outstanding voting
securities of such other person; (B)&nbsp;any person 5 per centum or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned by, controlled, or held with power to vote, by such person; (C)&nbsp;any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other person; (D)&nbsp;any officer, director, partner, copartner, or employee of such other person; (E)&nbsp;if such person is an investment company, any investment adviser thereof . . .
.. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Funds are assumed to be under the control of the Advisers, and MassMutual also controls JFIN, then JFIN and the Funds are
affiliated persons (&#147;first-tier affiliates&#148;) by virtue of being under common control.&nbsp;The Jefferies Trading Entities could also be viewed as first-tier affiliates of JFIN, and second-tier affiliates of the Funds, because of
Jefferies&#146; ownership of more than five percent of the voting securities of JFIN, and, moreover, its control of JFIN.&nbsp;In reaching the above conclusion, Applicants also assume that the presumption in Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of the Act that
ownership of greater than 25% of an entity constitutes control cannot be rebutted on the facts of the present case. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;17(a)</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of the Act, among other things, prohibits an affiliated person of a
registered investment company, or any affiliated person of such a person, acting as principal, from selling to or purchasing from such registered company any security or other property and from borrowing money or other property from such investment
company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The primary purpose of Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;is to prevent a person with the power to control an investment company from
essentially engaging in self-dealing, to the detriment of the investment company&#146;s shareholders.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">17</SUP>&nbsp;In that regard, Section&nbsp;1(b)(2)&nbsp;of the Act declares that it is against the
public interest and the interest of investors when: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investment companies are organized, operated, managed, or their portfolio securities
are selected, in the interest of directors, officers, investment advisers, depositors, or other affiliated persons thereof, in the interest of underwriters, brokers, or dealers, in the interest of special classes of their security holders, or in the
interest of other investment companies or persons engaged in other lines of business, rather than in the interest of all classes of such companies&#146; security holders . . . . </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">When the person acting on behalf of an investment company has no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a party to a principal transaction, then the abuse
that Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;is designed to prevent is not present.&nbsp;The Funds propose to engage in Securities Transactions with the Jefferies Trading Entities.&nbsp;Applicants submit that, as is discussed in section VIII below, no risk of
self-dealing would present itself in any Securities Transaction, as the Jefferies Trading Entities will have no influence over portfolio decisions by the Advisers, and the Advisers would receive no unfair pecuniary advantage from engaging in the
Securities Transactions with the Jefferies Trading Entities. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder prohibit any affiliated person of or
principal underwriter for a registered investment company or any second-tier affiliate, acting as principal, from effecting any transaction in connection with any joint enterprise or other joint arrangement or profit sharing plan in which the
investment company participates, unless an application regarding the joint transaction has been filed with the Commission and granted by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">order.&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> provides that, in passing upon an
application for such an order, the Commission will consider whether the participation of a registered investment company in a joint transaction is consistent with the provisions, policies and purposes of the Act and the extent to which such
participation is on a basis different from or less advantageous than that of the other applicants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;17(d), and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, were intended to prohibit abuses arising from conflicts of interest where rather than being on opposite sides of a transaction, an investment company and its affiliates share &#147;some
element of combination&#148; in a transaction.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">18</SUP>&nbsp;As noted above and explained further below, the Applicants submit that in no event will the Jefferies Trading Entities have the ability to
influence the decisions of the Advisers on behalf of the Funds.&nbsp;Moreover, participation by the Funds in such transactions with the Jefferies Trading Entities would be on a basis similar to the Jefferies Trading Entities, unless any difference
is related to the differing nature of their participation in the transaction.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">19</SUP> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Authority for the Order</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of the Act permits any person to
file an application for an order of the Commission exempting a proposed transaction of the applicant from the provisions of Section&nbsp;17(a).&nbsp;Such applications are to be granted by the Commission if evidence establishes that: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the terms of the proposed transaction, including the consideration to be paid or received, are reasonable and fair and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person concerned; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the proposed transaction is consistent with the policy of each registered investment company concerned; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the proposed transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the Act. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;6(c)&nbsp;of the Act, in relevant part, authorizes the Commission to exempt any person or transaction, or any class or classes of
persons or transactions, from any provision or provisions of the Act, if and to the extent that such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the
policy and provision of the Act.&nbsp;Relief is being requested pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(c), as well as Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;because, among other things, the Order would cover certain classes of transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> provides that, in passing upon an application for an order of the Commission
permitting a proposed joint venture or joint arrangement otherwise proscribed by Section&nbsp;17(d), the Commission will consider whether the participation of a registered investment company in a joint venture or joint arrangement is consistent with
the provisions, policies and purposes of the Act and the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or less advantageous than that of the other applicants. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>SEC v. Talley Industries, Inc., 399 F.2d 396, 403 (2d Cir. 1968), cert denied, 393 U.S. 1015 (1969); see also</I>, Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;17534 (June 15, 1990) (Sections 17(a) and 17(d) were designed
to protect investment companies from self-dealing and overreaching by insiders). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">For example, in a syndicated loans transaction, the participation of various parties may differ where a party
plays an additional role, such as lead agent, in the transaction. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Relief Requested</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to their second-tier affiliation, any Securities
Transaction by the Funds involving the Jefferies Trading Entities would be subject to Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of the Act where it constitutes a principal transaction between them, and for Joint Transactions, Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The inability of the Funds to execute Securities Transactions involving the
Jefferies Trading Entities (solely as a result of Jefferies&#146; and MassMutual&#146;s direct or indirect interest in JFIN) significantly limits the universe of securities broker-dealers, banks and trading counterparties available to the Funds, the
universe of underwritings in which the Funds may participate and the level and number of Securities Transactions in which the Funds may engage. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order to permit the Funds to be managed as effectively as possible, Applicants seek relief from the provisions of Sections 17(a)&nbsp;and
an Order pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder.&nbsp;Applicants request an Order, pursuant to Sections 6(c)&nbsp;and 17(b)&nbsp;of the Act exempting Securities
Transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business by a Fund involving the Jefferies Trading Entities under the circumstances described herein from the provisions of Sections 17(a)&nbsp;of the Act, and pursuant to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> under Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act permitting the Securities Transactions described above under the circumstances, terms and conditions set forth herein.&nbsp;The Order would apply only where
the Jefferies Trading Entities are deemed to be second-tier affiliates of a Fund solely because of Jefferies&#146; and MassMutual&#146;s direct or indirect ownership interest in JFIN. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VIII. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Rationale for
Relief </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants submit that the policies which Sections 17(a)&nbsp;and 17(d)&nbsp;of the Act, and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, were meant to further are not implicated here because Jefferies and the Jefferies Trading Entities are not in a position to cause a Fund to enter into a Securities Transaction or
otherwise influence portfolio decisions by the Advisers on behalf of the Funds.&nbsp;As a result, the Jefferies Trading Entities are not in a position to engage in self-dealing or otherwise cause any of the Funds to enter into transactions that are
not in the best interests of their respective shareholders.&nbsp;In addition, there is an existing separation and information barrier between the Advisers and the Funds on the one hand and JFIN and other Jefferies Entities on the other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, Applicants submit that the circumstances under which the Securities Transactions would be conducted, including in particular the
proposed conditions for the Order, satisfy the statutory standards for relief.&nbsp;The proposed conditions will be of two general types, and are reflected in the proposed conditions for the Order.&nbsp;The Applicants refer to the first type of
conditions as &#147;structural&#148;, and they are intended to assure that the Advisers and the Funds continue to operate independently of, and free of any undue influence by, Jefferies and the Jefferies Trading Entities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Applicants refer to the second type of conditions as &#147;transactional&#148; conditions.&nbsp;Those conditions are designed to assure
that the terms of the individual transactions are fair from the perspective of the Funds.&nbsp;At the outset, the conditions require each Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of its disinterested directors or trustees, as applicable, to approve,
and the Fund to implement, procedures governing all Securities Transactions pursuant to the Order.&nbsp;Pursuant to such procedures, among other things, the Securities Transactions will be subject to ongoing review by each Fund&#146;s Chief
Compliance Officer, and will be reviewed by its Board, including a majority of the disinterested directors/trustees, on a quarterly basis.&nbsp;The Fund&#146;s Adviser will provide a report to the Board, subject to review and approval by the
Fund&#146;s Chief Compliance Officer, that will indicate that the conditions of the Order have been satisfied and, to the extent there have been any changes in the volume, type or terms of such transactions between the relevant Fund and the relevant
Jefferies Trading Entity, the reasons for these changes, and a </P>

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determination that such changes are legitimate.&nbsp;Such reasons might include, for example, an increase in the volume of transactions involving fixed-income securities due to interest rate
changes or a change in the number of dealers in a fixed-income security, or changes in the number and/or type of issuers the securities of which the Jefferies Trading Entity acts as underwriter or dealer.&nbsp;Further, the Advisers adhere to a
&#147;best execution&#148; standard.&nbsp;In the case of each Securities Transaction, the relevant Adviser will make a determination that such transaction is consistent with the investment objectives of the relevant Fund and in the best interests of
such Fund&#146;s shareholders.&nbsp;The conditions also require price quotes from unaffiliated sources to assure fairness of price.&nbsp;Particular types of transactions, including possible joint transactions, will be subject to additional controls,
as described in section X(B), in order to ensure that such transactions are not entered into on terms disadvantageous to the Funds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)
<U>The Securities Transactions are Reasonable and Fair and Do Not Involve the Risk of Overreaching</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The independence of the Jefferies
Trading Entities from the Advisers demonstrates that no risk of overreaching or self-dealing by the Jefferies Trading Entities would be present if the Funds and the Jefferies Trading Entities engaged in Securities Transactions.&nbsp;Jefferies and
MassMutual will continue to operate independently.&nbsp;The Jefferies Trading Entities will operate independently of the Advisers and all MassMutual Entities.&nbsp;The Advisers will operate independently of the Jefferies Trading
Entities.&nbsp;Similarly, as relevant to this Application, the Jefferies Entities and the MassMutual Entities will each operate separately from JFIN.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">20</SUP>&nbsp;As a condition to the relief requested
by this Application, none of Jefferies, the Jefferies Trading Entities or JFIN will control (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of the Act), directly or indirectly, the Advisers or the Funds.&nbsp;Further, there is not, and will not be,
any express or implied understanding between Jefferies and MassMutual, the Jefferies Trading Entities or any Adviser that the Adviser will cause a Fund to enter into Securities Transactions or give preference to the Jefferies Trading Entity in
effecting such transactions between the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Jefferies Trading Entities and the Advisers have and
will have their own separate officers and employees, each has been and will continue to be separately capitalized and each has maintained and will maintain its own separate books and records and physically separate offices.&nbsp;Similarly, the
Advisers operate as distinct entities and independent profit centers under the umbrella of MassMutual.&nbsp;Thus, the Advisers will have no economic incentive to place orders with the Jefferies Trading Entities unless it is in a Fund&#146;s best
interests to do so.&nbsp;In sum, the existence of JFIN will not affect the operations of the Advisers or influence the decisions of the Advisers on behalf of the Funds to engage in Securities Transactions with the Jefferies Trading Entities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Adviser were to purchase securities on behalf of a Fund in a transaction involving the Jefferies Trading Entities, the benefits afforded
the Jefferies Trading Entities by engaging in such transactions would differ from, and would not be shared by, the Advisers.&nbsp;That is, the Adviser benefits from a transaction only where such transaction is beneficial to the Fund (by increasing
the assets under management by the Adviser and therefore, the Adviser&#146;s fee, and by positively affecting the Adviser&#146;s performance record).&nbsp;Further, personnel of the Advisers will be compensated based on the performance of the Funds
managed by them and profitability of the Advisers will not be affected in any way by the profitability of the Jefferies Trading Entities. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">There is a service agreement between Jefferies LLC and JFIN regarding the provision of administrative services (payroll, HR, leased space, tax support, and compliance support) to JFIN, and setting out loan arrangement
fee sharing pursuant to which JFIN pays Jefferies investment banking a portion of the fees earned on loans arranged by JFIN and sourced by Jefferies investment banking.&nbsp;Under the agreement, the fee allocation varies depending on the nature of
the transaction and the extent of JFIN commitment. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>The Funds&#146; Participation in Joint Transactions Will Be on a Basis No Less Advantageous Than That of Similarly Situated Trading Entities</U> </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The complete separation of the Advisers from the Jefferies Trading Entities, and the inability of the Jefferies Trading Entities to influence
the Advisers prevents each party in a Joint Transaction from obtaining an unfair advantage.&nbsp;In addition, the entity separation and the information barriers in place between the Advisers and the Jefferies Trading Entities assures that no Adviser
will have an economic incentive to trade with the Jefferies Trading Entities unless it is in the best interest of a Fund.&nbsp;Moreover, for any Joint Transaction effected pursuant to the Order, the Applicants will follow procedures, described in
further detail in section X below, designed to ensure the fairness of such transactions.&nbsp;For example, in a Joint Transaction involving ABS or MBS that are newly issued by special purpose entities sponsored by a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an
affiliate), under circumstances in which both (i)&nbsp;the residual interest in the special purpose entity is owned directly or indirectly by the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) and (ii)&nbsp;the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate)
acts as the servicer of assets, a Fund will purchase such ABS or MBS only where Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser purchase less than 50% of the dollar amount of securities of each class acquired by the Fund,
and the Fund participates in each such class on the same terms as other purchasers of that class. Such a condition will reflect the arms-length nature of the terms upon which the Fund will participate.&nbsp;In addition, the power of a Jefferies
Trading Entity to collapse the trust in a transaction involving TOBs would be limited to the occurrence of certain events.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">21</SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to investments in a company or syndicated loan facility in which a Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity participate in a manner
that may be prohibited by Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act, the terms of the Fund&#146;s investment or participation, respectively, will involve no coordination between the Jefferies Trading Entity and the Fund beyond that of a type the Jefferies
Trading Entity engages in with other unaffiliated investors in the company or participants in the facility, respectively.&nbsp;With respect to participation in a syndicated loan facility, the terms of the Fund&#146;s participation in the facility
(to the extent within the knowledge and control of the Jefferies Trading Entity) will be on a basis no less advantageous than that of other similarly situated participants (<I>i.e.</I>, the Fund will receive the same priority, security, interest
rate and fees as other participants in the same tranche or other portion of the loan in which the Fund is a participant), except to the extent such difference is related to services performed with respect to the facility or their role in the
facility;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">22</SUP> and in the case of the primary syndication of a loan facility where a Jefferies Trading Entity is lead agent with primary responsibility for structuring, arranging or placing such
facility, the Fund will participate in the facility only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon conclusion of allocations to holders of record in the primary syndication of
the facility, less than 50% of the participations will be held by Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser.&nbsp;With respect to investments in the same company (other than syndicated loan transactions), the Fund will
invest in a type or class of securities (<I>e.g.</I>, equity securities) of the company only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon the close of the investment transaction,
less than 50% of the dollar amount of the securities of such type or class will be owned by Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>See</I> note 11, <I>supra</I>. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>See, e.g.</I>, note 15, <I>supra.</I> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>The Order Would be Appropriate in the Public Interest and Consistent with the Policies of the Funds</U> </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prohibiting the Funds from engaging in Securities Transactions involving the Jefferies Trading Entities harms the interests of the shareholders
of the Funds by preventing the Adviser from investing in a way which is most beneficial to the shareholders, policies which Sections 17(a)&nbsp;and 17(d)&nbsp;of the Act were meant to further.&nbsp;Given that the Securities Transactions do not
involve the threat of overreaching, it would be contrary to the interests of the Funds&#146; shareholders to prohibit them. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Jefferies
Trading Entities are a leading broker-dealer (or trader) in transactions involving a wide variety of asset classes, including the types of securities in which the Funds seek to invest.&nbsp;Further, consolidation in the financial services industry
has led funds and their advisers to rely increasingly on a smaller number of institutions for reliable information and access to the securities markets.&nbsp;Permitting the Securities Transactions that would be prohibited or restricted by
Section&nbsp;17 of the Act would enable the Funds to continue to engage in transactions with the same universe of securities dealers and trading counterparties as prior to formation of JFIN, allowing the Funds to achieve better transaction terms and
portfolio diversification and liquidity than if relief were not granted.&nbsp;Prohibiting the Securities Transactions would significantly narrow this universe and potentially impair the ability to diversify and to achieve favorable terms or best
price and execution, resulting in potential harm to shareholders of the Funds.&nbsp;Finally, as noted earlier, each of the Funds may engage in transactions in fixed-income securities and, consequently, granting the Order would further the policies
of the Funds. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><U>The Securities Transactions Are Consistent With the Purposes of the Act and the Protection of Investors</U> </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted above, the independence of the businesses of MassMutual and Jefferies generally will provide protection to investors, and Securities
Transactions will be conducted on an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">arm&#146;s-length</FONT> basis.&nbsp;Moreover, the Advisers and the Funds will adopt and monitor procedures designed to ensure that the terms of particular Securities Transactions
involving the Jefferies Trading Entities are fair and reasonable and do not involve overreaching.&nbsp;For example, before a Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity enter into any principal transaction, the Adviser will obtain competitive quotations for
the same securities (or in the case of securities for which quotations for the same securities are not available, competitive quotations for Comparable Securities)<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">23</SUP> from at least two other
unaffiliated dealers that are in a position to quote favorable prices.&nbsp;Dealers will be active participants in the specific market(s) for which they will provide competitive quotes and will be in a position to provide a meaningful quote. For
each such Securities Transaction, the Adviser will determine, based upon the information reasonably available to the Fund and the Adviser and deemed relevant by it, that the price available from the Jefferies Trading Entity is at least as favorable
as that available from other sources.&nbsp;In addition, each Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of its disinterested Directors/Trustees, will approve, and the Fund will implement, procedures governing all Securities Transactions, including
principal transactions between the Jefferies Trading Entity and the Funds.&nbsp;In a TOBs transaction structured after the closing of JFIN, the relevant Fund&#146;s Board will adopt procedures designed to assure that such transaction is in the best
interests of the Fund, taking into consideration aspects unique to such arrangement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IX. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Precedent </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants submit that the policy considerations that supported the Commission&#146;s grant of relief from Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of the Act
and permitting certain transactions pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder in <I>Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc., et al. (&#147;Morgan Stanley&#148;),
</I>Investment Company Act </P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The term &#147;Comparable Securities&#148; refers to securities with substantially identical maturities, credit
risk and repayment terms (including floating or fixed-rate coupons, attached options, or any other provisions that affect the expected size or timing of the payments from the securities) as the securities to be purchased or sold.
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Release Nos. 28941 (Oct. 6, 2009) (Notice) and 28986 (Oct. 29, 2009) (Order) and <I>Keeper Holdings, LLC, et al.</I> (&#147;<I>Keeper</I>&#148;), Investment Company Act Release Nos. 25145
(August&nbsp;29, 2001) (Notice) and 25171 (Sept. 25, 2001) (Order), are particularly relevant to Applicants&#146; request for relief.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
<I>Morgan Stanley </I>and <I>Keeper</I>, the Commission provided relief permitting affiliated transactions between two entities that were second-tier affiliates solely by virtue of a joint venture between the parent companies of each such entity (or
its adviser). In the <I>Morgan Stanley </I>application, the applicants noted that <I>Keeper</I> contained far fewer and less burdensome conditions than <I>American Century</I> (described below); however, the <I>Morgan Stanley</I> applicants included
conditions based on <I>American Century </I>(and certain other precedent) to establish fully shareholder protections corresponding to the exemption in the context of the nature and scope of the attenuated affiliation presented there. Applicants
propose to impose substantially similar conditions to those imposed in <I>Morgan Stanley </I>and <I>American Century</I>, which were stricter than those in <I>Keeper</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants also refer the Commission to the order granted in <I>American Century Companies,</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;Inc., et al.</I>
(&#147;<I>American Century</I>&#148;), Investment Company Act Release Nos. 25449 (March&nbsp;1, 2002) (Notice) and 25501 (March&nbsp;27, 2002) (Order).&nbsp;In <I>American Century</I>, in effect, the Commission determined that the risks of
self-dealing and overreaching that Section&nbsp;17 is designed to prevent were mitigated sufficiently in transactions between certain funds and certain broker-dealer entities, where the funds and the broker-dealer entities were second-tier
affiliates solely by virtue of the interest of the parent company of the broker-dealer entities in the parent company of the funds&#146; advisers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The applicants in <I>Morgan Stanley</I>, <I>Keeper</I> and <I>American Century</I> were able to avoid self-dealing and overreaching in large
part due to the separation maintained between each entity desiring to engage in the relevant transactions and the implementation of procedures designed to prevent conflicts of interest.&nbsp;Similarly, as addressed above, the Advisers will operate
independent of the Jefferies Trading Entities, and Applicants have proposed conditions for relief that will ensure ample separation, prevent self-dealing and overreaching and avoid conflicts of interest.&nbsp;In addition, the affiliation between the
broker-dealer entities and the advisers in <I>American Century</I> was more direct than the second-tier affiliation between Funds and Advisers and the Jefferies Trading Entities arguably created by JFIN.&nbsp;In <I>American Century</I>, the parent
of the broker-dealer entities held a 45% economic interest (approximately 8.7% of the voting interests) in the parent of the advisers, which parent was controlled by the Stowers family.&nbsp;By contrast, the affiliation between the Funds, the
Advisers and the Jefferies Trading Entities will result solely from the interests of Jefferies and MassMutual in an independently operated entity, JFIN.&nbsp;The Jefferies Trading Entities will have no interest in MassMutual and the MassMutual will
have no interest in the Jefferies Trading Entities.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to <I>Keeper</I> and <I>American Century</I>, for reasons discussed above
relating to the underlying purpose of Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and the absence of the potential for self-dealing, Applicants submit that the policy considerations that supported the Commission&#146;s issuances of other orders granting relief from
Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;apply equally here, including:&nbsp;<I>Columbia ETF Trust, et a. </I>Investment Management Company Act Release Nos. 30260 (Nov. 13, 2012) (Notice) and 30301 (Dec. 11, 2012) (Order); <I>Cash Account Trust, et al.
</I>Investment Company Act Release Nos. 30188 (Aug. 31, 2012) (Notice) and 30215 (Sept. 25, 2012) (Order); <I>Banc of America Funds Series Trust, et al.</I> Investment Company Act Release Nos. 29741 (Aug. 1, 2011) (Notice) and 29769 (Aug. 24, 2011)
(Order); <I>HighMark Capital Management, Inc., et al. </I>Investment Company Act Release Nos. 29660 (Apr. 26, 2011) (Notice) and 29675 (May 24, 2011) (Order); <I>Banc of America Funds Trust, et al.</I> Investment Company Act Release Nos. 28526 (Dec.
1, 2008) (Notice) and 28573 (Dec. 29, 2008) (Order); <I>Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 28125 (Jan.&nbsp;18, 2008) (Notice) and 28150 (Feb.&nbsp;13, 2008) (Order); <I>Lehman Brothers Asset
Management LLC, et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 27920 (Aug.&nbsp;1, 2007) (Notice) and 27957 (Aug.&nbsp;28, 2007) (Order); <I>J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 26446 (May&nbsp;10,
2004) (Notice) and 26466 (June&nbsp;8, 2004) (Order); <I>J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (USA),</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;Inc., et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 25574 (May&nbsp;15, 2002) (Notice) and 25608 (June&nbsp;11, 2002) (Order);
<I>Goldman Sachs Trust, et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 24834 (Jan.&nbsp;23, 2001) and 24877 (Feb.&nbsp;21, 2001) (Order); and <I>MONY Life Insurance Company, et al.</I>, Investment Company Act Release Nos. 24073 (October&nbsp;5,
1999) (Notice) and 24120 (November&nbsp;2, 1999) (Order).&nbsp;Applicants note that the Commission has </P>

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granted relief in the above orders for transactions between both second- and first-tier affiliates.&nbsp;While Applicants recognize that the conditions in such orders may be more strict in
certain respects, the affiliation between the parties was also more direct.&nbsp;By contrast, Applicants request relief to engage in Securities Transactions between only entities that may be deemed second-tier affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For reasons discussed above relating to the underlying purpose of Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;and the absence of the potential for self-dealing,
Applicants submit that the policy considerations that supported the Commission&#146;s issuances of the <I>Keeper</I> and <I>American Century</I> orders granting relief from Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;also apply here.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>X. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Applicants&#146;
Conditions </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants agree that the Order granting the requested relief will be subject to the following conditions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Structural</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Jefferies will control none of the Advisers or the Funds or any principal underwriter for the Funds, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(9)&nbsp;of the Act and Jefferies will not exercise, or
attempt to exercise, control over any Fund.&nbsp;The Order will remain in effect only so long as MassMutual, or such other entity not controlling, controlled by or under common control with Jefferies, primarily controls the Advisers.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The&nbsp;Jefferies Trading Entities will not directly or indirectly consult with MassMutual, the Advisers or any portfolio manager of the Advisers concerning securities purchases or sales or the selection of a broker or
dealer for any Securities Transaction placed or to be placed on behalf of a Fund, or otherwise seek to influence the choice of broker or dealer for any Securities Transaction by a Fund other than in the normal course of sales activities of the same
nature that are being carried out during the same time period with respect to unaffiliated institutional clients of the Jefferies Trading Entity. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">No officer, director or employee of JFIN will directly or indirectly seek to influence in any way the terms of any Securities Transaction covered by the Order. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Advisers and the Jefferies Trading Entities will operate as separate organizations, with separate capitalization, separate books and records, separate officers and employees, and physically separate
offices.&nbsp;The Jefferies Trading Entities will adopt, and implement, policies that prohibit the Jefferies Trading Entities from (i)&nbsp;linking any approval or action relating to JFIN to any action by any Fund or by any Adviser relating to any
Fund or (ii)&nbsp;using the existence of JFIN as a basis for seeking to persuade any Fund or Adviser to engage in business with the Jefferies Trading Entity.&nbsp;The Funds have adopted policies designed to keep information about their holdings and
transactions on a confidential basis, prior to any public disclosures, except in connection with the ordinary&nbsp;course of business as permitted by the portfolio holdings disclosure policies approved by the Funds&#146; directors and involving
communications of the same nature as are being made during the same period to unaffiliated trading partners of the Funds. Pursuant to these policies, the Advisers will designate information regarding investment advisory and portfolio execution
matters relating to the Funds as information that may not be communicated between JFIN, on one hand, and the Advisers, on the other hand, prior to any public disclosure. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The&nbsp;Jefferies Trading Entities will not adopt any compensation scheme any component of which is based on (i)&nbsp;a factor that treats the Funds differently than unaffiliated counterparties or (ii)&nbsp;the amount
of business done by the Funds with the Jefferies Trading Entities, except to the extent such business might affect indirectly the profits or losses of the Jefferies Trading Entities. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The respective legal/compliance departments of the Advisers and the Jefferies Trading Entities will prepare guidelines for their respective personnel to make certain that Securities Transactions effected pursuant to the
Order comply with its conditions, and that the respective Advisers and Jefferies Trading Entities maintain an arms-length relationship.&nbsp;The respective compliance departments of the Advisers and Jefferies Trading Entities will monitor
periodically the activities of the Advisers and Jefferies Trading Entities, respectively, to make certain that the conditions to the Order are met. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Transactional</U> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to each Securities Transaction entered into or
effected pursuant to the Order: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each Fund&#146;s Board, including a majority of its disinterested directors/trustees (the &#147;Necessary Majority&#148;), shall approve, and the Fund shall implement, procedures governing all transactions pursuant to
the Order and the Fund&#146;s Board shall no less frequently than quarterly review all such transactions and receive and review a report of those transactions.&nbsp;Such report, which will be prepared by the Fund&#146;s Adviser, and reviewed and
approved by the Fund&#146;s Chief Compliance Officer, will indicate for each transaction that the conditions of the Order have been satisfied, and will include a discussion of any significant changes in the volume, type or terms of transactions
between the relevant Fund and the relevant Jefferies Trading Entity, the reasons for these changes, and a determination that such changes are appropriate. In addition, annually and prior to entering into a Securities Transaction with a Jefferies
Trading Entity, the Board will consider (i)&nbsp;whether the level of Securities Transactions with Jefferies Trading Entities is appropriate and (ii)&nbsp;whether continued reliance on the Order in any applicable category of fixed-income instruments
is appropriate in light of the need of the Funds to have the Jeffries Trading Entities available as trading counterparties, as evidenced by, among other things, the aggregate market share of the Jefferies Trading Entities in each such category.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For each transaction, the Advisers will adhere to a &#147;best execution&#148; standard and will consider only the interests of the Funds and will not take into account the impact of a Fund&#146;s investment decision on
the Jefferies Trading Entities or their affiliates.&nbsp;Before entering into any such transaction, the Adviser will determine that the transaction is consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund and is in the best interests of
the Fund and its shareholders. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each Fund will (i)&nbsp;for so long as the Order is relied upon, maintain and preserve in an easily accessible place a written copy of the procedures and conditions (and any modifications thereto) that are described
herein, and (ii)&nbsp;maintain and preserve for a period of not less than six years from the end of the fiscal year in which any Securities Transaction in which the Fund&#146;s Adviser knows that both a Jefferies Trading Entity and the Fund directly
or indirectly have an interest occurs, the first two years in an easily accessible place, a written record of each such transaction setting forth a description of the security purchased or sold by the Fund, a description of the Jefferies Trading
Entity&#146;s interest or role in the transaction, the terms of the transaction, and the information or materials upon which the determination was made that each such transaction was made in accordance with the procedures set forth above and
conditions in this Application. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Except for Securities Transactions involving repurchase agreements and variable rate demand notes, before any secondary market principal transaction in fixed income securities is entered into between a Fund and a
Jefferies Trading Entity, the Fund&#146;s Adviser will obtain a competitive quotation for the same securities (or in the case of securities for which quotations for the same securities are not available, a competitive quotation for Comparable
Securities) from at least two unaffiliated market counter-parties that are in a position to quote favorable market prices.&nbsp;For each such transaction, the Adviser will determine, based upon the quotations and such other relevant information
(such as available transaction prices and any other information regarding the value of the securities) as is reasonably available to the Adviser, that the price available from the Jefferies Trading Entity is at least as favorable as that available
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to each such transaction involving repurchase agreements, a Fund will enter into such agreements only where the Adviser has determined, based upon relevant information reasonably available to the Adviser,
that the income to be earned from the repurchase agreement is at least equal to that available from other sources.&nbsp;Before any repurchase agreements are entered into pursuant to the exemption, the Fund or the Adviser must obtain competitive
quotations from at least two unaffiliated dealers with respect to repurchase agreements comparable to the type of repurchase agreement involved, except that if quotations are unavailable from two such dealers, only one other competitive quotation is
required. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to each such transaction involving variable rate demand notes for which dealer quotes are not ordinarily available, a Fund will only undertake purchases and sales where the Adviser has determined, based on
relevant information reasonably available to the Adviser, that the income earned from the variable rate demand note is at least equal to that of variable rate demand notes of comparable quality that are available from other sources.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to securities offered in a primary market underwritten transaction, a Fund will undertake such purchase from a Jefferies Trading Entity only where the Adviser has determined, based upon relevant information
reasonably available to the Adviser, that the securities were purchased at a price that is no more than the price paid by each other purchaser of securities from the Jefferies Trading Entity or other members of the underwriting syndicate in that
offering or in any concurrent offering of the securities, and on the same terms as such other purchasers (except in the case of an offering conducted under the laws of a country other than the United States, for any rights to purchase that are
required by law to be granted to existing securities holders of the issuer). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In the case of an arrangement regarding a tender option bond trust for which a Jefferies Trading Entity acts as a liquidity provider or remarketing agent and owns an interest (or may own an interest as a result of such
capacity): </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;(i) the Necessary Majority of the Fund&#146;s Board will adopt procedures designed to assure that it is
in the best interests of the Fund to participate in any such arrangements.&nbsp;Such procedures will take into consideration, among other things, the terms of the arrangement, the nature of the respective interests in the trusts that may be held by
the Jefferies Trading Entity and the Funds, and the circumstances under which the Jefferies Trading Entity may cause termination of the trust and the transfer of the underlying bonds back to the Fund; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;where the Jefferies Trading Entity owns the residual interest and a Fund owns a floating rate interest:&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;the Fund must
be eligible to participate in any discretionary tender on the same basis as any similarly situated holder of floating rate interests, (2)&nbsp;the Fund must participate in any mandatory tender on the same basis as each similarly situated holder and
(3)&nbsp;less than 50% of the floating rate interests must be owned by Funds (and other discretionary accounts) managed by the Fund&#146;s Adviser. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">before any such arrangements are entered into pursuant to the exemption, where the Fund holds the residual interest, the Fund or the Adviser must obtain competitive quotations from at least two unaffiliated institutions
with respect to fees charged by such institutions for acting as liquidity provider or remarketing agent, except that if quotations are unavailable from two such institutions, only one other competitive quotation is required.&nbsp;Any fees paid to
the Jefferies Trading Entity as liquidity provider or remarketing agent will be no greater than the lowest of such quotations, unless the Board finds that such difference is justified by a corresponding difference in the nature of the services
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(7)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to ABS or MBS that are newly issued by special purpose entities sponsored by a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) under circumstances in which both the following are true:&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;the residual
interest in the special purpose entity is owned directly or indirectly by the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate), and (ii)&nbsp;the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) acts as the servicer of assets, purchases of such securities will
be made by a Fund only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes that, upon the close of the transaction, Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser will
purchase less than 50% of the dollar amount of securities of each class acquired by the Fund in the aggregate, and the Fund participates in each such class on the same terms as other purchasers of that class. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(8)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to a syndicated loan facility in which a Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity participate in a manner that might otherwise be prohibited by Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, (a)&nbsp;the participation by the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity will involve no coordination between the Fund and the Jefferies Trading Entity beyond that of a type the Jefferies
Trading Entity engages in with other unaffiliated participants in such facility, (b)&nbsp;the terms of the Fund&#146;s participation in the facility (to the extent within the knowledge and control of the Jefferies Trading Entity) will be on a basis
no less advantageous than that of other similarly situated participants (<I>i.e.</I>, the Fund will receive the same priority, security, interest rate and fees as other participants in the same tranche or other portion of the loan in which the Fund
is a participant), except to the extent such difference is related to services performed with respect to the facility or their role in the facility and (c)&nbsp;in the case of the primary syndication of a loan facility where the Jefferies Trading
Entity is lead agent with primary responsibility for structuring, arranging or placing such facility, the Fund will participate in the facility only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser
believes that, upon conclusion of allocations to holders of record in the primary syndication of the facility, less than 50% of the participations will be held by Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(9)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">With respect to situations in which a Fund and a Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) have invested in the same company and that might otherwise be prohibited by Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder (other than a syndicated loan transaction, which is subject to Transactional Condition (8)&nbsp;above), (a)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s and the Jefferies Trading Entity&#146;s (or
affiliate&#146;s) investment will involve no coordination between the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) and the Fund beyond that of a type the Jefferies Trading Entity (or an affiliate) engages in with other unaffiliated investors in such
company and (b)&nbsp;the Fund will participate or invest in a type or class of securities (<I>e.g.</I>, equity securities) of the company only where, based on relevant information that is reasonably available to the Adviser, the Adviser believes
that, upon the close of the investment transaction, less than 50% of the dollar amount of the securities of such type or class will be owned by Funds (and other discretionary advisory accounts) managed by the Adviser. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>XI. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Conclusion
</U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants submit that the Securities Transactions described in this Application satisfy the standards of Sections 6(c)&nbsp;and
17(b)&nbsp;and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1.&nbsp;There</FONT> is no danger of overreaching or self-dealing by the Jefferies Trading Entities in connection with a Securities Transaction, and there will be no conflict of interest
associated with an Adviser&#146;s decision to engage in a Securities Transaction with a Jefferies Trading Entity on behalf of a Fund.&nbsp;Moreover, the Order is consistent with the policies of the Funds and the protection of investors, as the
Advisers will manage the Funds in accordance with the policies and investment objectives of the Funds and without any influence by the Jefferies Trading Entities.&nbsp;Finally, permitting the Securities Transactions will be appropriate in
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the public interest and consistent with general purposes of the Act because the ability to engage in Securities Transactions increases the likelihood of a Fund achieving best price and execution
in such transactions and results in none of the abuses that the Act was designed to prevent.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">24</SUP> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing, Applicants respectfully submit that it is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of
investors and the purposes and policies underlying the Act to issue an Order pursuant to Sections 6(c)&nbsp;and 17(b)&nbsp;of the Act exempting Securities Transactions from the provisions of Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of the Act and, in the case of
Joint Transactions, permitting such Securities Transactions pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> of the Act on the basis also that the Fund&#146;s participation is no less advantageous than
the Jefferies Trading Entity&#146;s unless such difference is justified by services performed or role in the transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>XII. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Procedural Matters </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-2(f)&nbsp;under</FONT> the Act, Applicants state that written or oral communications
regarding this Application should be directed to the names and addresses indicated on the cover page&nbsp;of this Application. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The address of each
Applicant is as follows:&nbsp;The principal offices of each of the Barings Funds are currently located at 550 South Tryon, Suite 3300, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202.&nbsp;The principal offices of each of the MML Funds and MML Adviser are currently
located at 100 Bright Meadow Blvd., M243, Enfield, CT 06082. The principal office of the Barings Adviser is currently located at 1500 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01115.&nbsp;The principal office of the Jefferies Trading Entities (other
than JIL) is currently located at 520 Madison Avenue, 10<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor, New York, New York 10022. The principal office of JIL is currently located at Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V
3BJ. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Applicants desire that the Commission issue the Order pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-5</FONT> under the
Act without conducting a hearing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All requirements of the charter documents of each Applicant have been complied with in connection with
the execution and filing of this Application.&nbsp;Each person signing the Application is fully authorized to do so.&nbsp;The verifications on behalf of each Applicant required by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-2(d)&nbsp;are</FONT>
attached hereto as Exhibits <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-1</FONT> to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-13.&nbsp;A</FONT> statement of authorization with respect to the filing of this Application by each Applicant and accompanying resolutions
by each Fund&#146;s Board required by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;0-2(c)(1)&nbsp;are</FONT> attached hereto as Exhibits <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-1</FONT> to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-2.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The parties have executed this Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application in one or more counterparts. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>See</I> Section&nbsp;1(b)(2)&nbsp;of the Act, <I>supra.</I> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Janice M. Bishop</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Janice M. Bishop</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Secretary&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Legal&nbsp;Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Renee Hitchcock</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Renee Hitchcock</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;CFO and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sheldon M. Francis</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Sheldon M. Francis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Legal Officer &amp; Global Head of Legal</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brian Haendiges</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Brian Haendiges</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">(Signatures on behalf of Barings Funds) </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael J. Sharp</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Michael J. Sharp</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;EVP&nbsp;&amp; Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Corporate Investors </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Participation Investors
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Funds
Trust and its series portfolios including: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Active Short Duration Bond Fund, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Emerging Markets Debt Blended Total Return Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Global Floating Rate Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Global High Yield Fund, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings Total Return Bond Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barings U.S. High Yield Fund </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Funds with * are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-advised</FONT> by Barings Adviser </U></P>
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Disciplined Growth Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier
Global Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual
Premier Inflation-Protected and Income Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund </P>
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Market Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual
Premier Strategic Emerging Markets Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Premier Value Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>2010 Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>2020 Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>2025 Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>2060 Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Aggressive Allocation Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML American Funds<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> Core Allocation Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML American Funds<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP>
Growth Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML American Funds<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> International Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Conservative Allocation Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Equity Income Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Equity Index Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Focused Equity Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Foreign Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Fundamental Growth Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Fundamental Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Global Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Growth Allocation Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Growth&nbsp;&amp; Income Fund
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Income&nbsp;&amp; Growth Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML International Equity
Fund </P></DIV><DIV STYLE="position:relative;float:left; margin-left:2%; width:48%;padding-right:1%;padding-bottom:8pt;overflow:hidden;padding-top:3pt">
 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>Conservative Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>Growth Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>In Retirement Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual RetireSMART<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">SM </SUP>Moderate Growth Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Blackrock Global Allocation Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual
Select Blue Chip Growth Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Diversified International Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Diversified Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select
Focused Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Fundamental Growth Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Fundamental Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select
Growth Opportunities Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Large Cap Value Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Mid Cap Growth Equity II Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual
Select <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-Cap</FONT> Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Overseas Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select
Small Cap Value Equity Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Small Company Value Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Strategic Bond Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MassMutual Select Total
Return Bond Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MM MSCI EAFE<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> International Index Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MM Russell 2000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> Small Cap Index Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MM S&amp;P Mid Cap Index Fund </P></DIV><div style="clear:both; height:0pt; font-size:0pt">&nbsp;</div>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Managed Volatility Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Mid Cap Growth Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Mid Cap Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Moderate Allocation Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Small Company Value Fund
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Small/Mid Cap Value Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Total Return Bond </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Asset Momentum Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Blend Fund* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Dynamic Bond Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Equity Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Equity Rotation Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML High Yield Fund* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Inflation-Protected and Income Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Managed Bond Fund*
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Money Market Fund* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Short-Duration Bond Fund* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Small Cap Equity Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Special Situations Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MML Strategic Emerging Markets Fund </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF
MASSACHUSETTS </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF HAMPDEN </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
undersigned states that s/he has duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application or an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant
to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all
actions necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true
to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BARINGS CORPORATE INVESTORS,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BARINGS PARTICIPATION INVESTORS</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James M. Roy</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: James M. Roy</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title:&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-1.2</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
undersigned states that s/he has duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and
pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and
that all actions necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth
are true to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BARINGS&nbsp;GLOBAL&nbsp;SHORT&nbsp;DURATION&nbsp;HIGH&nbsp;YIELD&nbsp;FUND, </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;BARINGS FUNDS TRUST</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carlene Pollock</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Carlene Pollock</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: CFO</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-2</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has
duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of
the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize
the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her
knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS,</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MASSMUTUAL SELECT FUNDS,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND II</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Renee Hitchcock</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Renee Hitchcock</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: CFO and Treasurer</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-3</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
undersigned states that s/he has duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and
pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and
that all actions necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth
are true to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BARINGS LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sheldon M. Francis</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Sheldon M. Francis</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Legal Officer &amp; Global Head of Legal</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-4</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has
duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of
the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize
the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her
knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brian Haendiges</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Brian Haendiges</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Vice President</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-5</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has
duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of
the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize
the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her
knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JEFFERIES LLC</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael J. Sharp</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Michael J. Sharp</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: EVP&nbsp;&amp; Secretary</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-6</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">STATE OF </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">COUNTY OF </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has
duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of
the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize
the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her
knowledge, information and belief. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JEFFERIES&nbsp;LEVERAGED&nbsp;CREDIT &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PRODUCTS, LLC</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul Loomis</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Paul Loomis</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-7</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>VERIFICATION </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">LONDON, THE UNITED
KINGDOM </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on
behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned
further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Timothy Cronin</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Timothy Cronin</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;A-8</FONT> </B></P>
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KINGDOM </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned states that s/he has duly executed the attached Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Application for an order pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;and 17(e)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(d)&nbsp;of the Act and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;17d-1</FONT> thereunder, for and on
behalf of each of the Applicants, as the case may be, that s/he holds office with such entity as indicated below and that all actions necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument have been taken.&nbsp;The undersigned
further says that s/he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BARINGS GLOBAL ADVISORS LIMITED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sheldon M. Francis</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Sheldon M. Francis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;20, 2016</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Exhibit&nbsp;B-1</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>OFFICER&#146;S CERTIFICATE </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned, being duly elected officer of each fund listed on Schedule A (each, a &#147;Fund&#148;), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the
attached resolutions were adopted by the Board of Directors or Trustees of such Fund at a meeting duly held with respect to the Barings Corporate Investors, Barings Participation Investors, Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings
Funds Trust, and that such resolutions have not been amended, modified or superseded in any way as of the date of this Certificate. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this 20<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of December, 2016.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Janice M. Bishop</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Janice M. Bishop</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Secretary and Chief Legal Officer</TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>The Funds Listed on Schedule A </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings Funds Trust: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that the Board hereby authorizes the Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund and Barings Funds Trusts (the &#147;Funds) to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an application, in the form presented at the October&nbsp;14, 2015 Board meeting, with such changes therein as may be approved by the Funds&#146; officers and counsel to the Funds, for an order to
permit the Funds to engage in securities transactions with Jefferies LLC, Jefferies International Limited, Jefferies Leveraged Products, LLC or an affiliate thereof (collectively, the &#147;Jefferies Trading Entities&#148;), including (i)&nbsp;the
purchase of securities (including loans) from, or the sales of securities (including loans) to, a Jefferies Trading Entity in both primary market (including underwritten) and secondary market transactions in which a Jefferies Trading Entity is
acting as a principal and (ii)&nbsp;participation in arrangements or transactions that the Funds presently participate in with the Jefferies Trading Entities, subject to such terms and conditions as are agreed to by the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and further </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that all officers of these Funds are, and each hereby is, authorized from time to time to do, or cause
to be done, all such other acts and things, and to prepare, execute on behalf of each Fund and deliver all such instruments and documents, as each officer shall deem necessary or appropriate, to carry out the purpose and intent of the foregoing
resolution. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Participation Investors: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that the Board hereby authorizes the Barings Corporate Investors and Barings Participation Investors (the &#147;Funds) to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission an application, in the form presented at the October&nbsp;23, 2015 Board meeting, with such changes therein as may be approved by the Funds&#146; officers and counsel to the Funds, for an order to permit the
Funds to engage in securities transactions with Jefferies LLC, Jefferies International Limited, Jefferies Leveraged Products, LLC or an affiliate thereof (collectively, the &#147;Jefferies Trading Entities&#148;), including (i)&nbsp;the purchase of
securities (including loans) from, or the sales of securities (including loans) to, a Jefferies Trading Entity in both primary market (including underwritten) and secondary market transactions in which a Jefferies Trading Entity is acting as a
principal and (ii)&nbsp;participation in arrangements or transactions that the Funds presently participate in with the Jefferies Trading Entities, subject to such terms and conditions as are agreed to by the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
further </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that all officers of these Funds are, and each hereby is, authorized from time to time to do, or cause to be done, all
such other acts and things, and to prepare, execute on behalf of each Fund and deliver all such instruments and documents, as each officer shall deem necessary or appropriate, to carry out the purpose and intent of the foregoing resolution. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>OFFICER&#146;S CERTIFICATE </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned, being duly elected officer of each fund listed on Schedule B (each, a &#147;Fund&#148;), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the
attached resolutions were adopted by the Board of Directors or Trustees of such Fund at a meeting duly held with respect to the MassMutual Premier Funds, MassMutual Select Funds, MML Series Investment Fund and MML Series Investment Fund II, and that
such resolutions have not been amended, modified or superseded in any way as of the date of this Certificate. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this 20thday of December, 2016.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Andrew M. Goldberg</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Approval of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">17a-7</FONT> Exemptive Order Filing </U></P>
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Investment Fund II (the &#147;Trusts&#148;) are, and each of them acting individually is, authorized to file on behalf of each Trust an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) for an order pursuant to Sections 6(c)
and 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), in the form presented to this meeting, with such changes therein as may be approved by the Trusts&#146; officers and counsel to the Trusts, to permit the Trusts
to engage in securities transactions with Jefferies LLC, Jefferies International Limited, Jefferies Leveraged Products, LLC, or an affiliate thereof (collectively, the &#147;Jefferies Trading Entities&#148;), including (i)&nbsp;the purchase of
securities (including loans) from, or the sales of securities (including loans) to, a Jefferies Trading Entity in both primary market (including underwritten) and secondary market transactions in which a Jefferies Trading Entity is acting as a
principal and (ii)&nbsp;participation in arrangements or transactions that the Trusts presently participate in with the Jefferies Trading Entities, subject to such terms and conditions as are agreed to by the SEC; and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of the Trusts be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered, and directed to take all actions and
to execute all documents necessary to give full effect to the foregoing resolution in such manner or such forms as the officer or officers shall approve in his, her, or their discretion, in each case as conclusively evidenced by his, her, or their
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