Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 26, 2009, MetLife, Inc. (the "Company") issued $397,436,000 of Floating
Rate 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. The Notes are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
under its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program. The sale of the Notes was made
pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") dated
as of March 23, 2009 among the Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the several purchasers named
in the Purchase Agreement. The Notes bear interest at a rate equal to
three-month LIBOR, reset quarterly, plus 32 basis points. Interest on the Notes
is payable from March 26, 2009 to maturity on June 29, 2012 on each March 29,
June 29, September 29 and December 29, commencing June 29, 2009. The Notes are
not subject to redemption prior to maturity. The Company expects to use the net
proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes.
The Notes were issued pursuant to a fiscal agency agreement dated as of March
26, 2009 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as fiscal agent (the "Fiscal Agency Agreement"). The Company agrees to
furnish a copy of the Fiscal Agency Agreement to the Securities and Exchange
Commission upon request.