
8.	Long-term and Short-term Debt

The following represents significant changes in debt from the amounts reported in Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2010 Annual Report. See Note 3 for discussion of long-term debt of CSEs.

Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

MetLife Bank is a member of the FHLB of New York (“FHLB of NY”) and held $226 million and $187 million of common stock of the FHLB of NY at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, which is included in equity securities. MetLife Bank has also entered into advances agreements with the FHLB of NY whereby MetLife Bank has received cash advances and under which the FHLB of NY has been granted a blanket lien on certain of MetLife Bank’s residential mortgage loans, mortgage loans held-for-sale, commercial mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities to collateralize MetLife Bank’s repayment obligations. Upon any event of default by MetLife Bank, the FHLB of NY’s recovery is limited to the amount of MetLife Bank’s liability under the advances agreements. The amount of MetLife Bank’s liability for advances from the FHLB of NY was $4.6 billion and $3.8 billion at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, which is included in long-term debt and short-term debt depending upon the original tenor of the advance. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, MetLife Bank received advances related to long-term borrowings totaling $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, from the FHLB of NY. MetLife Bank made repayments to the FHLB of NY of $690 million and $219 million related to long-term borrowings for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The advances related to both long-term and short-term debt were collateralized by residential mortgage loans, mortgage loans held-for-sale, commercial mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities with estimated fair values of $7.7 billion and $7.8 billion at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Credit and Committed Facilities

The Company maintains unsecured credit facilities and committed facilities, which aggregated $4.0 billion and $12.4 billion, respectively, at September 30, 2011. When drawn upon, these facilities bear interest at varying rates in accordance with the respective agreements.

The unsecured credit facilities are used for general corporate purposes, to support the borrowers’ commercial paper programs and for the issuance of letters of credit. At September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding $2.1 billion in letters of credit and no drawdowns against these facilities. Remaining unused commitments were $1.9 billion at September 30, 2011.

On August 12, 2011, the 364-day, $1.0 billion senior unsecured credit agreement entered into in October 2010 by the Holding Company and MetLife Funding, Inc., a subsidiary, was amended and restated to provide a five-year, $3.0 billion senior unsecured credit facility. Concurrently, the Holding Company and MetLife Funding, Inc. elected to reduce the outstanding commitments under the three-year, $3.0 billion senior unsecured credit facility entered into in October 2010 to $1.0 billion with no change to the original maturity of October 2013. Proceeds under both credit agreements are available to be used for general corporate purposes (including, in the case of loans made under the facilities, to back up commercial paper and, in the case of letters of credit issued under the facilities, to support variable annuity policy and reinsurance reserve requirements). The Company incurred costs of $9 million related to the amended and restated credit facilities, which have been capitalized and included in other assets. These costs will be amortized over the amended terms of the facilities. Due to the reduction in total capacity of the three-year facility, the Company subsequently expensed $4 million of the remaining deferred financing costs associated with the October 2010 credit agreement, which are included in other expenses.

The committed facilities are used for collateral for certain of the Company’s affiliated reinsurance liabilities. At September 30, 2011, the Company had outstanding $6.0 billion in letters of credit and $2.8 billion in aggregate drawdowns against these facilities. Remaining unused commitments were $3.6 billion at September 30, 2011. In February 2011, the Holding Company entered into a one-year $350 million committed facility with a third-party bank to provide letters of credit for the benefit of Missouri Reinsurance (Barbados) Inc., a captive reinsurance subsidiary. This facility was canceled on July 1, 2011.