As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 23, 2024
Registration
Statement File No. 333-255824
Registration Statement File No. 811-08619
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
☐ Pre-Effective Amendment No.
☒ Post-Effective Amendment No. 6
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
☒ Amendment No. 236
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4
(Exact Name of Registrant)
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
(Name of Depositor)
1295
State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices)
(413)
788-8411
(Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
John
E. Deitelbaum
Head Counsel of Insurance & Finance Services Section
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company
1295 State Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
☐ | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 |
☒ | on April 29, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 |
☐ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 |
☐ | on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 |
If appropriate, check the following box:
☒ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Post-Effective Amendment
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 234 was filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on January 26, 2024 (collectively, the “Amendments”), and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(1) would have become effective on March 26, 2024. Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 and Amendment No. 235 (collectively, the “Subsequent Amendments”) were filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating April 24, 2024 as the new date upon which the Amendments shall become effective. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 and Amendment No. 236 are being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating April 29, 2024 as the new date upon which the Amendments shall become effective.
PARTS A, B, AND C
The Prospectus dated November 28, 2023, as supplemented, is incorporated into Part A of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 by reference to Registrant’s filing under Rule 485(b) as filed on November 28, 2023, January 2, 2024, and January 3, 2024 and Rule 485(a) as filed on January 26, 2024.
The Statement of Additional Information dated November 28, 2023 is incorporated into Part B of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 by reference to Registrant’s filing under Rule 485(b) as filed on November 28, 2023 and Rule 485(a) as filed on January 26, 2024.
The Other Information section is incorporated into Part C of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 by reference to Registrant’s filing under Rule 485(a) as filed on January 26, 2024.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Wilmington, and the State of North Carolina on this 23rd day of April 2024.
MASSACHUSETTS
MUTUAL VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT 4
(Registrant)
MASSACHUSETTS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Depositor)
By |
ROGER W. CRANDALL* Roger
W. CrandallPresident and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
ROGER W. CRANDALL * Roger
W. Crandall |
|
Director
and Chief Executive Officer |
|
April 23, 2024 |
ELIZABETH A. WARD * Elizabeth
A. Ward |
Chief
Financial Officer |
April 23, 2024 | ||
KEITH MCDONAGH * Keith McDonagh |
|
Corporate
Controller |
|
April 23, 2024 |
MARK T. BERTOLINI * Mark
T. Bertolini |
Director |
April 23, 2024 | ||
KATHLEEN A. CORBET * Kathleen
A. Corbet |
|
Director |
|
April 23, 2024 |
JAMES H. DEGRAFFENREIDT, JR. * James
H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. |
Director |
April 23, 2024 | ||
ISABELLA D. GOREN * Isabella
D. Goren |
|
Director |
|
April 23, 2024 |
BERNARD A. HARRIS, JR. * Bernard
A. Harris, Jr. |
Director |
April 23, 2024 | ||
MICHELLE K. LEE * Michelle
K. Lee |
|
Director |
|
April 23, 2024 |
JEFFREY M. LEIDEN * Jeffrey
M. Leiden |
Director |
April 23, 2024 | ||
LAURA J. SEN * Laura
J. Sen |
|
Director |
|
April 23, 2024 |
WILLIAM T. SPITZ * William
T. Spitz |
Director |
April 23, 2024 | ||
H. TODD STITZER * H.
Todd Stitzer |
|
Director |
|
April 23, 2024 |
/s/ GARY F. MURTAGH *
Gary F. MurtaghAttorney-in-Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney |