METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Jan 7, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2011-01-05

Reporting Person: Latrenta Nicholas D (E.V.P. & General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-01-05	Common Stock	M	4000	$30.35	Acquired	49514	Direct
2011-01-05	Common Stock	S	4000	$45.32	Disposed	45514	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-01-05	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.35	M	4000	Disposed	2012-02-18	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	10	Indirect
Common Stock	10	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 May 5, 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.