METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 7, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2010-10-05

Reporting Person: Mullaney William J (President, U.S. Business)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-10-05	Common Stock	M	75	$29.95	Acquired	54033	Direct
2010-10-05	Common Stock	S	75	$40.00	Disposed	53958	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-10-05	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$29.95	M	75	Disposed	2011-04-08	Common Stock (75)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	46	Indirect
Common Stock	65	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The sale transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan adopted by the reporting person on June 10, 2009.

F2: Shares held in trust under the MetLife Policyholder Trust established to hold shares of Common Stock allocated to eligible policyholders of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.

F3: The option became fully exercisable on April 9, 2004.