METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2011

May 17, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2011-05-16

Reporting Person: HENRIKSON C ROBERT (Director, Chairman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-05-16	Common Stock	M	20000	$30.35	Acquired	297431	Direct
2011-05-16	Common Stock	S	20000	$44.16	Disposed	277431	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-05-16	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.35	M	20000	Disposed	2012-02-18	Common Stock (20000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	35925	Indirect
Common Stock	6175	Indirect
Common Stock	10	Indirect
Common Stock	10	Indirect
Common Stock	10	Indirect
Common Stock	479	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The stock option exercise and the sale of shares associated with the exercise were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan adopted by the reporting person on December 17, 2010.

F2: These shares were previously reported as directly beneficially owned but were contributed to a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust.

F3: Shares held in trust under 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.

F4: The option vested in three equal installments on February 19, 2003, 2004 and 2005.