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: Henkel Kathleen A (E.V.P. - Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-14	Common Stock	J	90	$43.76	Acquired	19627	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-14	Common Stock Equivalent Units	$	J	164	Acquired		Common Stock (164)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1492	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Equivalent Units	$		Common Stock (46)	2666	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reinvestment of dividends on shares held in Reporting Person's share deferral account (the "Plan Account") pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers. The amount 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: Reflects shares allocated to and indirectly held by the reporting person under the 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan.

F3: Each share of Common Stock Equivalent Unit is the economic value of one share of MetLife, Inc. common stock.

F4: Common Stock Equivalent Units were acquired pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers whereby participants may elect to defer receipt of annual cash incentive payment into a fund that tracks MetLife, Inc. common stock. The number of Common Stock Equivalent Units reported reflect the payment of dividends in the reporting person's account.

F5: Common Stock Equivalent Units were acquired pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers whereby participants may elect to defer receipt of annual cash incentive payment for a specified period of time into a fund that tracks MetLife, Inc. common stock. When such Common Stock Equivalent Units are distributed, they are settled in cash.

F6: The reported Common Stock Equivalent Units reflects the payment of dividends on the amount allocated to and indirectly held by the reporting person in a fund that tracks the MetLife common stock pursuant to the Auxiliary Savings and Investment Plan. Distributions from this plan are based on the reporting person's prior elections and when such distributions are made, they are paid in cash.