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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): April 13, 2009
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):
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1: PRESS RELEASE

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
     On April 13, 2009, MetLife, Inc. issued a press release in which it stated that it would not participate in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program and that it had approximately $5 billion of excess capital at December 31, 2008. Excess capital at December 31, 2008 consisted of capital in MetLife, Inc.’s insurance subsidiaries in excess of what MetLife, Inc. believes would support a risk-based capital ratio of 350%, and additional available assets at the holding company. 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 April 13, 2009, relating to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.

 

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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:   Senior Vice-President and Secretary   
 
Date: April 16, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number
  Exhibit
 
   
99.1
  Press release of MetLife, Inc., dated April 13, 2009, relating to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.