EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 4 exh77-q1_17278.htm

Unassociated Document

ITEM 77Q-1

MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS

Instrument of Trustees

Amending Declaration of Trust

The undersigned, being Trustees of MassMutual Participation Investors (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts voluntary association established pursuant to a Declaration of Trust, dated April 7, 1988, as amended from time to time (the “Declaration of Trust”):

(a) pursuant to Sections 9.2(a) and (b) of the Declaration of Trust, do hereby amend Section 1.1 of the Declaration of Trust, effective as of the close of business on December 16, 2011, by changing the name of the Trust from “MassMutual Participation Investors” to “Babson Capital Participation Investors,” and

(b) do hereby authorize the filing of the Declaration of Trust as so amended with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Clerk of the City of Springfield, Massachusetts.

WITNESS, the signatures of the undersigned this 30th day of November, 2011.

/s/ William J. Barrett		/s/ Donald Glickman
William J. Barrett		Donald Glickman
/s/ Donald E. Benson		/s/ Martin T. Hart
Donald E. Benson		Martin T. Hart
/s/ Michael H. Brown		/s/ Robert E. Joyal
Michael H. Brown		Robert E. Joyal
/s/ Clifford M. Noreen		/s/ Maleyne M. Syracuse
Clifford M. Noreen		Maleyne M. Syracuse