METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 16, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2010-12-14

Reporting Person: HUBBARD ROBERT GLENN (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-14	Common Stock	J	186	$43.76	Acquired	18682	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-14	Common Stock Equivalent Units	$	J	41	Acquired		Common Stock (41)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reinvestment of dividends on shares held in the Reporting Person's share deferral account (the "Plan Account") pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors. The number of shares beneficially owned following the reported transaction may include adjustments in the Reporting Person's Plan Account to reflect the accumulation of fractional shares into whole shares.

F2: Each share of Common Stock Equivalent Unit is the economic value of one share of MetLife, Inc. common stock.

F3: Common Stock Equivalent Units were acquired pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors whereby Directors may elect to defer receipt of cash retainer fees into a fund that tracks the MetLife Common Stock. The number of Common Stock Equivalent Units reported in this Form 4, reflect the payment of dividends on the balance remaining in this reporting person's account.

F4: Common Stock Equivalent Units were acquired pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors whereby Directors may elect to defer receipt of cash retainer fees for a specified period of time into a fund that tracks the MetLife Common Stock. When such Common Stock Equivalent Units are distributed, they are settled in cash.