METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 6, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2010-01-04

Reporting Person: WHEELER WILLIAM J (E.V.P. and C.F.O.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-01-04	Common Stock	F	2052	$36.30	Disposed	87575	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	10	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Amount withheld to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligation due on the distribution from the Reporting Person's share deferral account pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers. This distribution was based on a prior election.

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.