METLIFE INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 21, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METLIFE INC (MET)
CIK: 0001099219
Period of Report: 2012-02-17

Reporting Person: WHEELER WILLIAM J (President of the Americas)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-17	Common Stock	M	38200	$30.35	Acquired	133271	Direct
2012-02-17	Common Stock	S	38200	$38.63	Disposed	95071	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-17	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.35	M	38200	Disposed	2012-02-18	Common Stock (38200)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	18157	Indirect
Common Stock	10	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This sale transaction is associated with the shares acquired from the exercise of stock options.

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

F3: 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.

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