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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 16, 2010
METLIFE, INC.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Delaware   1-15787   13-4075851
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York   10166-0188
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
212-578-2211
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1

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Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On August 16, 2010, MetLife, Inc. issued a press release announcing the declaration of third quarter 2010 dividends of $0.2555555 per share on MetLife, Inc.’s floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and $0.4062500 per share on MetLife, Inc.’s 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (a)   Not applicable.
 
  (b)   Not applicable.
 
  (c)   Not applicable.
 
  (d)   Exhibits
99.1     Press release of MetLife, Inc., dated August 16, 2010, announcing the declaration of third quarter 2010 dividends
    on its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B.

 

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  METLIFE, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Gwenn L. Carr   
    Name:   Gwenn L. Carr  
    Title:   Executive Vice President    
 
Date:  August 16, 2010

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   EXHIBIT
99.1
   Press release of MetLife, Inc., dated August 16, 2010, announcing the declaration of third quarter 2010 dividends on
its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B.