Item 8.01. Other Events.
In light of the proposed increased fees for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program ("TLGP") to be effective on April 1, 2009, on March 23, 2009, MetLife, Inc. (the "Company") commenced an offering of the Company's Senior Notes due 2012 (the "Notes") in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As previously disclosed, the Company may issue up to $397 million under the TLGP. The Notes are to be guaranteed by the TLGP and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company's existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes.

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