FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTFund Participation Agreement • April 28th, 2022 • Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4 • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 28th, 2022 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT is executed as of July 13, 2015 and effective as of July 13, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and among BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC. an open-end management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS, LLC (“BRIL” or the “Underwriter”), a broker-dealer registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Company”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company set forth on Schedule A, as may be amended from time to time (each separate account hereinafter referred to individually as an Account” and collectively as the “Accounts”).