8-K
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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): February 18, 2014

 

 

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   
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits   
SIGNATURES   
EXHIBIT INDEX   
EX-99.1   


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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On February 18, 2014, MetLife, Inc. issued a news release announcing the declaration of first quarter 2014 dividends of $0.2500000 per share on MetLife, Inc.’s floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and $0.4062500 per share on MetLife, Inc.’s 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B, subject to final confirmation that it has met the financial tests specified in the Series A and Series B preferred stock. A copy of the news 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    News release of MetLife, Inc., dated February 18, 2014, announcing the declaration of first quarter 2014 dividends on its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B, subject to final confirmation that it has met the financial tests specified in the Series A and Series B preferred stock.


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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/ Timothy J. Ring
  Name:   Timothy J. Ring
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary

Date: February 18, 2014


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

  

EXHIBIT

99.1    News release of MetLife, Inc., dated February 18, 2014, announcing the declaration of first quarter 2014 dividends on its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B, subject to final confirmation that it has met the financial tests specified in the Series A and Series B preferred stock.