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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): December 12, 2012

 

 

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 12, 2012, MetLife, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a conditional approval of the acquisition by General Electric Capital Corporation of approximately $6.5 billion in bank deposits from MetLife Bank, N.A. A copy of the press 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    Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated December 12, 2012 announcing that the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a conditional approval of the acquisition by General Electric Capital Corporation of approximately $6.5 billion in bank deposits from MetLife Bank, N.A.


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/ Christine M. DeBiase

Name:   Christine M. DeBiase
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

Date: December 12, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1    Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated December 12, 2012 announcing that the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a conditional approval of the acquisition by General Electric Capital Corporation of approximately $6.5 billion in bank deposits from MetLife Bank, N.A.