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Title:

Distribution Agreement [Amended and Restated 2003]

Entities:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Metropolitan Series Fund Inc

Date:

2003

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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

                                  (May 1, 2003)



Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement as of May 1, 2003 by and between

METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of

Maryland (the "Fund"), and METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York

corporation (the "Distributor") restates the Distribution Agreement, dated May

16, 1983, between the Fund and the Distributor, as amended on May 1, 1986, May

16, 1993, December 1, 2000, February 6, 2001 and August 6, 2002



                              W I T N E S S E T H:



WHEREAS, the fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the

"Investment Company Act") as a diversified open-end management investment

company and it is affirmatively in the interest of the Fund to offer its shares

for sale continuously, pursuant to a prospectus (as now and hereafter amended or

supplemented, the "Prospectus") currently effective under the Securities Act of

1933 (the "Securities Act"); and



WHEREAS, the Fund is comprised of separate portfolios, certain of which are

listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the "Portfolios"), each of which pursues

its investment objectives through separate investment policies; and



WHEREAS, the Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and

Exchange Commission; and



WHEREAS, the Fund and the Distributor wish to enter into an agreement with each

other with respect to the continuous offering of each class of shares of the

common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Fund's Portfolios (the "shares"),

in order to promote the growth of the Fund and facilitate the distribution of

its shares.



NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:



Section 1. Appointment of the Distributor.



The Fund hereby appoints the Distributor as the principal underwriter and

distributor of the Fund to offer and sell shares of the Portfolios, and the

Distributor hereby accepts such appointment. The Fund during the term of this

Agreement shall sell its shares to pursuant to orders obtained by the

Distributor, at net asset value as set forth in the Prospectus, and upon the

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