-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BGp1SnWAp3QyWweFyl1O87RlnEjACDHBcelVr238Kn1RNZ9D47GS7RFvO/D/idt3 MB+mzNuUCTuOaZV77ahBvw== 0000950123-08-017841.txt : 20081218 0000950123-08-017841.hdr.sgml : 20081218 20081218162625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-08-017841 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081205 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20081218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081218 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METLIFE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001099219 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 134075851 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15787 FILM NUMBER: 081257656 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125782211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10166 8-K 1 y73278e8vk.htm FORM 8-K 8-K
 
 
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): December 5, 2008
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 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
     On December 5, 2008, MetLife, Inc. (the “Company”) elected to continue to participate in the debt guarantee component of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (the “Program”). Under the terms of the Program, the FDIC will guarantee through June 2012 (or maturity, if earlier) the payment of certain newly-issued senior unsecured debt of the Company and any eligible affiliates. The Company also notified the FDIC that it has elected the option of excluding specified senior unsecured debt maturing after June 30, 2012, from the guarantee before reaching the limits on the amount of guaranteed debt under the Program (approximately $398 million for the Company and approximately $178 million for its affiliate, MetLife Bank, National Association, which may issue debt under its limit as well as the Company’s limit). In addition, the Company opted out of the component of the Program that guarantees non-interest bearing deposit transaction accounts.

 

 

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: December 18, 2008

 

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