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SCHEDULE 14A
Information Required in Proxy Statement
Schedule 14A Information
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.___)
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MassMutual Corporate Investors
MassMutual Participation Investors
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS TO VOTE BY INTERNET
C/O PROXY SERVICES 1) Read the Joint Proxy Statement and
P.O. BOX 9112 have the proxy card below at hand.
FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 2) Go to website www.proxyvote.com
3) Follow the instructions provided on
the website.
TO VOTE BY MAIL
1) Read the Joint Proxy Statement.
2) Check the appropriate boxes on the
proxy card below.
3) Sign and date the proxy card.
4) Return the proxy card in the envelope
provided.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
MSMCI1 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
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DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.
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MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS For Withhold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual
All All Except nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the
VOTE ON TRUSTEES number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
0 0 0
1. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES - for three-year terms, -------------------------------------------------
or until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified.
Nominees for election:
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01) Donald E. Benson
02) Donald Glickman
03) Robert E. Joyal
For Against Abstain
2. OTHER BUSINESS
In their discretion, the proxy or proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business or matters
as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. 0 0 0
Please sign exactly as your name or names appear. When
signing as joint tenant, all parties to the joint tenancy should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee
or guardian, please give your full title as such.
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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL
MEETING: The Notice and Joint Proxy Statement is available at
http://www.babsoncapital.com/mci or at www.proxyvote.com.
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MSMCI2
MASSMUTUAL CORPORATE INVESTORS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned hereby appoints Patricia J. Walsh and James M. Roy, and each of
them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with power of substitution to
vote all shares of MassMutual Corporate Investors (the "Trust") which the
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the
Trust to be held in the Oak Room of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company,
1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111, on Friday, April 16, 2010,
at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any adjournments thereof (the "Annual
Meeting").
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED ON ITEM (1) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
ON THIS CARD, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY
AUTHORIZES THE AFORESAID PROXY OR PROXIES TO VOTE FOR ITEM (1).
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED ON ITEM (2) IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE
PROXY, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE
AFORESAID PROXY OR PROXIES TO VOTE ON A MATTER RAISED PURSUANT TO ITEM (2).
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS TO VOTE BY INTERNET
C/O PROXY SERVICES 1) Read the Joint Proxy Statement and
P.O. BOX 9112 have the proxy card below at hand.
FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 2) Go to website www.proxyvote.com
3) Follow the instructions provided on
the website.
TO VOTE BY MAIL
1) Read the Joint Proxy Statement.
2) Check the appropriate boxes on the
proxy card below.
3) Sign and date the proxy card.
4) Return the proxy card in the envelope
provided.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
MSMPI1 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
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DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.
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MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS For Withhold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual
All All Except nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the
VOTE ON TRUSTEES number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.
0 0 0
1. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES - for three-year terms, -------------------------------------------------
or until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified.
Nominees for election:
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01) Donald E. Benson
02) Donald Glickman
03) Robert E. Joyal
For Against Abstain
2. OTHER BUSINESS
In their discretion, the proxy or proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business or matters
as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. 0 0 0
Please sign exactly as your name or names appear. When
signing as joint tenant, all parties to the joint tenancy should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee
or guardian, please give your full title as such.
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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL
MEETING: The Notice and Joint Proxy Statement is available at
http://www.babsoncapital.com/mpv or at www.proxyvote.com.
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MSMPI2
MASSMUTUAL PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned hereby appoints Patricia J. Walsh and James M. Roy, and each of
them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with power of substitution to
vote all shares of MassMutual Participation Investors (the "Trust") which the
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the
Trust to be held in the Oak Room of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company,
1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111, on Friday, April 16, 2010,
at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any adjournments thereof (the "Annual
Meeting").
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED ON ITEM (1) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
ON THIS CARD, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY
AUTHORIZES THE AFORESAID PROXY OR PROXIES TO VOTE FOR ITEM (1).
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED ON ITEM (2) IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE
PROXY, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE
AFORESAID PROXY OR PROXIES TO VOTE ON A MATTER RAISED PURSUANT TO ITEM (2).
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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