METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 29, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2010-12-28

Reporting Person: TOPPETA WILLIAM J (President, International)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-28	Common Stock	M	14670	$30.35	Acquired	145285	Direct
2010-12-28	Common Stock	S	14670	$45.00	Disposed	130615	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-28	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.35	M	14670	Disposed	2012-02-18	Common Stock (14670)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	344	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The stock option exercise and sale transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan adopted by the reporting person on August 6, 2010.

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 vested in three equal installments on February 19, 2003, 2004, and 2005