METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 22, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2011-03-21

Reporting Person: TOPPETA WILLIAM J (President, International)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-21	Common Stock	M	7335	$30.35	Acquired	131450	Direct
2011-03-21	Common Stock	S	7335	$44.64	Disposed	124115	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-03-21	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.35	M	7335	Disposed	2012-02-18	Common Stock (7335)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	344	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The option exercise and the sale of shares associated with the exercise 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