LOGO    Summary Prospectus     April 1, 2014

MassMutual Select Funds

MM Russell 2000 ® Small Cap Index Fund

Ticker: Class I–MCJZX, Class R5–MCJIX, Service Class–MCJSX, Administrative Class–MCJYX, Class A–MCJAX, Class R4–MCJFX, Class R3–MCJTX

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at www.massmutual.com/funds. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-309-3539 or by sending an email request to fundinfo@massmutual.com.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results approximating (before fees and expenses) the aggregate price and dividend performance of the securities included in the Russell 2000 ® Index*.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. For Class A shares, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in MassMutual funds. More information about these and other discounts is available in the section titled Sales Charges by Class on page 127 of the Fund’s Prospectus or from your financial professional.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

     Class
I 		  Class
R5 		 

Service

Class

  Adminis-
trative
Class 		  Class
A 		  Class
R4 		  Class
R3

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price)

  None   None   None   None   5.75%   None   None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the lower of the original offering price or redemption proceeds)

  None   None   None   None   None   None   None

 

 

* The Fund is not promoted, sponsored, or endorsed by, nor in any way affiliated with Russell Investment Group (“Russell”). Russell is not responsible for and has not reviewed the Fund nor any associated literature or publications and Russell makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to their accuracy, or completeness, or otherwise. The Russell 2000 ® Index and Russell ® are trademarks of the Frank Russell Company.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

     Class
I 		  Class
R5 		 

Service

Class

  Adminis-
trative
Class 		  Class
A 		    Class
R4 		  Class
R3

Management
Fees

  .10%   .10%   .10%   .10%     .10%      .10%   .10%

Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees

  None   None   None   None     .25%     

.25%

 

.50%

Other Expenses (1)

  .25%   .35%   .50%   .60%     .60%      .50%   .50%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

  .10%   .10%   .10%   .10%     .10%     

.10%

 

.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (2)

  .45%   .55%   .70%   .80%     1.05%     

.95%

 

1.20%

Expense Reimburse-ment

  (.15%)   (.15%)   (.15%)   (.15%)     (.15%)     

(.15%)

 

(.15%)

Total Annual
Fund
Operating Expenses
after Expense Reimbursement (3)

  .30%   .40%   .55%   .65%     .90%     

.80%

 

1.05%

 

(1)   Other Expenses have been restated to reflect current fees.
(2)   Because Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses include Acquired Fund fees and expenses, they may not correspond to the ratios of expenses to average daily net assets shown in the “Financial Highlights” tables in the Prospectus, which reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund fees and expenses.
(3)   The expenses in the above table reflect a written agreement by MML Advisers to cap the fees and expenses of the Fund (other than extraordinary litigation and legal expenses, interest expense, short sale dividend and loan expense, Acquired Fund fees and expenses, or other non-recurring or unusual expenses such as, for example, organizational expenses and shareholder meeting expenses) through March 31, 2015, to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursement would otherwise exceed .20%, .30%, .45%, .55%, .80%, .70%, and .95% for Classes I, R5, Service, Administrative, A, R4, and R3, respectively. The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursement shown in the above table may exceed these amounts, because, as noted in the previous sentence, certain fees and expenses
 
 

 

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  are excluded from the cap. The agreement can only be terminated by mutual consent of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the Fund and MML Advisers.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000 in each share class of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. For Class A shares, the example includes the initial sales charge. The example also assumes that your investment earns a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses are exactly as described in the preceding table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  

Class I

  $ 31      $ 129      $ 237      $ 552   

Class R5

  $ 41      $ 161      $ 292      $ 675   

Service Class

  $ 56      $ 209      $ 375      $ 856   

Administrative Class

  $ 66      $ 240      $ 429      $ 976   

Class A

  $ 662      $ 876      $ 1,107      $ 1,771   

Class R4

  $ 82      $ 288      $ 511      $ 1,153   

Class R3

  $ 107      $ 366      $ 645      $ 1,441   

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 59% of the average value of its portfolio.

INVESTMENTS, RISKS, AND PERFORMANCE

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% (and, typically, substantially all) of its net assets in the equity securities of companies included in the Russell 2000 Index (“Index”), in weightings that approximate the relative composition of the securities contained in the Index, and in Russell 2000 Index futures contracts. The Index is a widely recognized, unmanaged index representative of common stocks of smaller capitalized U.S. companies. The companies in the Index are selected according to their total market capitalization. However, companies are not selected by

Frank Russell Company for inclusion in the Index because they are expected to have superior stock price performance relative to the stock market in general or other stocks in particular. As of January 31, 2014, the market capitalization range of companies included in the Index was $4 million to $5.95 billion. If the securities represented in the Index were to become concentrated in any particular industry, the Fund’s investments would likewise be concentrated in securities of issuers in that industry; the Index is not currently concentrated in any single industry.

The Fund is passively managed, which means it tries to duplicate the investment composition and performance of the Index by using computer programs and statistical procedures. The Fund’s subadviser, Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“NTI”), will buy and sell securities in response to changes in the Index. The Fund may use Index futures contracts, a type of derivative, to gain exposure to the Index in lieu of investing in cash, or to reduce its exposure to the Index while it sells the securities in its portfolio. Use of Index futures contracts by the Fund may create investment leverage. Because the Fund, unlike the Index, is subject to fees and transaction expenses, the Fund’s returns are likely to be less than those of the Index. NTI expects that, under normal circumstances, the quarterly performance of the Fund, before fees and expenses, will track the performance of the Index within a 0.95 correlation coefficient.

Principal Risks

The following are the Principal Risks of the Fund. You have the potential to make money by investing in the Fund, but you can also lose money.

Cash Position Risk The ability of the Fund to meet its objective may be limited to the extent that it holds assets in cash or otherwise uninvested.

Credit Risk  The Fund is subject to the risk that the issuer of an investment held by the Fund or the counterparty to a transaction entered into by the Fund will be unable or unwilling to honor its obligations.

Derivatives Risk Derivatives involve risks different from, and potentially greater than, direct investments, including risks of imperfect correlation between the value of derivatives and underlying assets, counterparty default, potential losses that partially or completely offset gains, and illiquidity. Derivatives can create investment leverage and be highly volatile. Derivatives may result in losses greater than the amount invested. If the value of a derivative does not

 

 

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correlate well with the particular market or asset class the derivative is designed to provide exposure to, the derivative may not have the effect anticipated. Many derivatives are traded in the over-the-counter market and not on exchanges.

Indexing Risk The Fund’s performance may not track the performance of the index exactly due to a number of factors, including fees and expenses of the Fund, and the Fund’s cash positions.

Industry Concentration Risk The Fund may concentrate its assets in a particular industry or group of industries. This could increase the volatility of the Fund’s portfolio, and the Fund’s performance may be more susceptible to developments affecting issuers in that industry or group of industries than if the Fund invested more broadly.

Management Risk The Fund relies on the manager’s ability to achieve its investment objective. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve the desired results and the Fund may incur significant losses.

Market Risk The value of the Fund’s portfolio securities may decline, at times sharply and unpredictably, as a result of unfavorable market-induced changes affecting particular industries, sectors, or issuers. Stock market prices in general may decline over short or extended periods, subjecting the Fund to unpredictable declines in the value of its shares and poor performance. The Fund is subject to risks affecting issuers, such as management performance, financial leverage, industry problems, and reduced demand for goods or services.

Smaller and Mid-Cap Company Risk Market risk and liquidity risk are particularly pronounced for securities of smaller companies, which may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely-held securities, and may fluctuate in price more than other securities. Smaller companies may have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources and may be dependent on a limited management group; they may have been recently organized and have little or no track record of success.

Valuation Risk The Fund is subject to the risk of mispricing or improper valuation of its investments, in particular to the extent that its securities are fair valued.

 

Performance Information

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for Class I shares. The table shows how the Fund’s average annual returns for 1 year, and since inception, compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Performance for Class R4 and Class R3 shares of the Fund for periods prior to their inception date (04/01/14) is based on the performance of Administrative Class shares, adjusted to reflect Class R4 and Class R3 expenses, respectively. Performance for Class A shares of the Fund reflects any applicable sales charge. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. More up-to-date performance information is available at http://www.massmutual.com/funds or by calling 1-888-309-3539.

Annual Performance

Class I Shares

 

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Highest

Quarter:

    1Q  ’13,        12.33%      

Lowest

Quarter:

    2Q  ’13,        3.09%   

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Class I only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.

 

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

(for the periods ended December 31, 2013)

 

            One
Year 		    Since
Inception
(07/26/12) 		 
Class I   Return Before Taxes     38.47%        35.10%   
  Return After Taxes on Distributions     32.85%        30.91%   
    Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares     23.74%        25.98%   
Class R5   Return Before Taxes     38.38%        35.00%   
Service Class   Return Before Taxes     38.24%        34.77%   

Administrative

Class

  Return Before Taxes     38.13%        34.67%   
Class A   Return Before Taxes     29.75%        28.79%   
Class R4   Return Before Taxes     37.90%        32.93%   
Class R3   Return Before Taxes     37.57%        32.61%   
Russell 2000 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)     38.82%        35.36%   

MANAGEMENT

Investment Adviser: MML Investment Advisers, LLC

Subadviser: Northern Trust Investments, Inc.

Portfolio Manager: Brent Reeder is a Senior Vice President at NTI. He has managed the Fund since its inception.

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Shares of the Fund are generally available to retirement plans, other institutional investors, and individual retirement accounts. Fund shares are redeemable on any business day by written request, telephone or internet (available to certain customers).

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are an investor eligible for preferential tax treatment.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the intermediary may receive a one-time or continuing payments from the Fund, MML Advisers or its affiliates, or others for the sale of Fund shares or continuing shareholder services provided by the intermediary. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment. You should contact your intermediary to obtain more information about the compensation it may receive in connection with your investment.

 

 

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