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Exhibit 3.1
Certificate of Designations
of
Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock
Perpetual Preferred Stock
of
MetLife, Inc.
MetLife, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the Corporation, which term shall include the successors of MetLife, Inc.), in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 103 and 151 thereof, does hereby certify:
The Finance and Risk Committee (the Committee) of the board of directors of the Corporation
(the Board of Directors), in accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated
March 7, 2010 and April 27, 2010, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of
the Corporation and applicable law, adopted the following resolution creating a series of shares of
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation designated as Series B Contingent
Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock at a meeting of the
Committee on October 26, 2010.
Resolved, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Committee and in accordance
with the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated March 7, 2010 and April 27, 2010, the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation and applicable law, a
series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation be and hereby is created,
and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows:
Section 1. Designation. The distinctive serial designation of such series of
Preferred Stock is Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual
Preferred Stock (Series B Preferred Stock). Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be
identical in all respects to every other share of Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred
Stock shall have a par value of $0.01 per share.
Section 2. Number of Shares. The authorized number of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock shall be 6,857,000. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are purchased or
otherwise acquired by the Corporation, or converted into shares of Common Stock, shall not be
reissued as shares of such series and shall, upon filing of the appropriate certificate with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred
Stock.
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Section 3. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series B Preferred Stock:
(a) Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person,
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
(b) Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
remain closed.
(c) By-Laws means the amended and restated bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be
amended from time to time.
(d) Certificate of Designations means this Certificate of Designations relating to the
Series B Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.
(e) Certificate of Incorporation shall mean the amended and restated certificate of
incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time, and shall include this
Certificate of Designations.
(f) The term close of business on any day means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such
day.
(g) Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (or such other par
value, or no par value, as such common stock may have from time to time), of the Corporation.
(h) Common Stock Distribution has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
(i) Common Stock Distribution Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
(j) Common Stock Distribution Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
(k) Constituent Person has the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
(l) Conversion Rate means the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of one (1) share of Series B Preferred Stock, which Conversion Rate shall initially be ten (10)
shares of Common Stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 10(c).
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(m) Distributed Property has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
(n) Dividend Parity Stock means all classes or series of stock of the Corporation (other
than the Series B Preferred Stock) ranking on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to
payment of dividends.
(o) Holder means a Person in whose name one or more shares of the Series B Preferred
Stock are registered.
(p) Indemnification Security Agreement means the Indemnification Collateral Account
Security and Control Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2010, by and among the Corporation, in its
capacity as Secured Party, ALICO Holdings LLC, in its capacity as Pledgor, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, in its capacities as Securities Intermediary and Pledge Collateral Agent, and,
for certain limited purposes, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as Stock
Purchase Contract Agent under the Pledge Agreement.
(q) Junior Stock means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the
Corporation, other than Series B Preferred Stock, that ranks junior to Series B Preferred Stock
either or both as to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or
non-cumulative) and/or as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Corporation.
(r) Liquidation Preference has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
(s) Liquidation Preference Amount means one cent ($0.01) per share of Series B Preferred
Stock.
(t) Mandatory Conversion Date means the third (3rd) Business Day immediately after the
date the Corporation obtains the Stockholder Approval.
(u) Market Disruption Event means any of the following events that the Corporation, in
its reasonable discretion, determines has occurred and is material:
(i) the occurrence or existence, for an aggregate period of at least
thirty (30) minutes or during the one-hour period prior to the close of trading for
the regular trading session on the Relevant Exchange, of any suspension of, or
limitation imposed on, trading by the Relevant Exchange, whether by reason of
movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Exchange, or
otherwise: (1) relating to Common Stock; or (2) in futures or options contracts
relating to the Common Stock on the Relevant Exchange;
(ii) any event (other than an event described in clause (iii) below) that
disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants, for an aggregate period of
at least thirty (30) minutes or during the one-hour period prior to the close of
trading for the regular trading session on the
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Relevant Exchange in general: (1)
to effect transactions in, or obtain
market values for, the Common Stock on the Relevant Exchange; or (2) to effect
transactions in, or obtain market values for, futures or options contracts relating
to the Common Stock on the Relevant Exchange; or
(iii) the failure to open of the Relevant Exchange on which futures or
options contracts relating to the Common Stock are traded or the closure of such
exchange prior to its respective scheduled closing time for the regular trading
session on such day (without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of
the regular trading session hours) unless such earlier closing time is announced by
such exchange at least one hour prior to the earlier of: (1) the actual closing
time for the regular trading session on such day, and (2) the submission deadline
for orders to be entered into such exchange for execution at the actual closing
time on such day.
(v) Non-Electing Share has the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
(w) Non-Partial Common Stock Distribution means a transaction that both (i) requires the
Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 10(c) and (ii) is not a Partial Common Stock
Distribution.
(x) Nonpayment Event has the meaning specified in Section 9(b).
(y) The term open of business on any day means 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such
day.
(z) Parity Stock means the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and each other
class or series of stock of the Corporation, other than Series B Preferred Stock, that ranks
equally with the Series B Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are
cumulative or non-cumulative) and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation.
(aa) Partial Common Stock Distribution has the meaning specified in Section 10(c).
(bb) Person means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, company, limited liability company,
trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or
any other entity of whatever nature.
(cc) Preferred Stock means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation,
including the Series B Preferred Stock.
(dd) Preferred Stock Directors has the meaning specified in Section 9(b).
(ee) Record Date has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
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(ff) Reference Property has the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
(gg) Relevant Exchange means the New York Stock Exchange; provided, however, that if the
Common Stock is not listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, then Relevant Exchange
means the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed; provided further, that if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional
securities exchange, then Relevant Exchange means the over-the-counter market on which the Common
Stock is traded.
(hh) Reorganization Event has the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
(ii) Representative Holder has the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
(jj) Senior Stock means all Preferred Stock that ranks senior to the Series B Preferred
Stock in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation.
(kk) Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock means the Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(ll) Stockholder Approval means the receipt of all approvals of the stockholders of the
Corporation necessary, pursuant to Section 312.03 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company
Manual, to approve the conversion of each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock into shares
of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate.
(mm) Trading Day means any day during which both of the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Exchange; and (ii)
there is no Market Disruption Event.
(nn) Voting Parity Preferred Stock has the meaning specified in Section 9(b).
(oo) VWAP per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means the volume-weighted average
price per share of Common Stock in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on such Trading Day, as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page MET.N
<equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available); provided, however,
that if such volume-weighted average price shall not be available on such Trading Day, then VWAP on
such Trading Day shall be determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally
recognized independent investment banking firm retained for such purpose by the Corporation.
Section 4. Ranking. The Series B Preferred Stock will, with respect to the
payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and
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the distribution
of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, rank (i) on parity with
Parity Stock and (ii) senior to Junior Stock.
Section 5. Dividends.
(a) Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, out of
funds or property legally available therefor under Delaware law, non-cumulative dividends and
distributions, if any, in the amount, kind and manner set forth in Section 5(b). Except as
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in Section 5(b) or in Section 6, Holders shall
not be entitled to any other dividends or distributions on the Series B Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) dividends and distributions on the Series B
Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative; (ii) Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to receive any dividends or distributions not declared by the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors; and (iii) no interest, or sum of money in lieu of
interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend or distribution not so declared.
(b) If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors
declares a dividend, or the Corporation otherwise makes any distribution, on all outstanding shares
of Common Stock, of cash, securities (including, without limitation, rights, warrants, options or
evidences of indebtedness) or other property or assets (in each case excluding Non-Partial Common
Stock Distributions and Reorganization Events) (such a dividend or distribution, a Common Stock
Distribution, and the cash, securities, property or assets dividended or distributed on the Common
Stock pursuant to such Common Stock Distribution, subject to the last sentence of Section 10(c),
the Distributed Property, and the date such Distributed Property is paid to holders of Common
Stock pursuant to such Common Stock Distribution, the Common Stock Distribution Date, and the
record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such Common Stock
Distribution, the Common Stock Distribution Record Date), then the Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors shall, in accordance with this Section 5(b),
declare to be paid, or cause there to be distributed, to the Holders of the Series B Preferred
Stock, Distributed Property in accordance with this Section 5(b). The date on which such
Distributed Property is to be paid to Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock on account of such
Common Stock Distribution shall be the Common Stock Distribution Date, and the kind and amount of
Distributed Property to be dividended or distributed per share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be
the kind and amount of Distributed Property that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to the Conversion Rate in effect at the close of business on the Common Stock Distribution
Record Date for such Common Stock Distribution would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such
Common Stock Distribution. The Corporation shall not declare any Common Stock Distribution unless
the Corporation has funds legally available to comply, and complies, with this Section 5(b) with
respect to such Common Stock Distribution. For avoidance of doubt, no dividend or distribution
shall be payable on the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5(b) unless there shall
occur a Common Stock Distribution. For avoidance of doubt, if (1) in connection with a
Reorganization Event, the Board of Directors or a duly
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authorized committee of the Board of
Directors declares a dividend, or the Corporation otherwise makes any distribution, on all
outstanding shares of Common Stock and (2) in connection with such Reorganization Event, the Common
Stock is converted into or
exchanged for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, cash, securities or other property,
then (x) such dividend or distribution shall be subject to this Section 5(b) but not to Section
10(d) and (y) such conversion into, exchange for or right to receive cash, securities or other
property shall be subject to Section 10(d) but not to this Section 5(b).
(c) Dividends or distributions that are payable on Series B Preferred Stock on a Common
Stock Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5(b) on account of a Common Stock Distribution will be
payable to holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of
the Corporation at the close of business on the date (each such date, a Record Date) that is the
Common Stock Distribution Record Date for such Common Stock Distribution.
(d) If the Mandatory Conversion Date with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock
is on or prior to a Record Date for a dividend or distribution on the Series B Preferred Stock
pursuant to Section 5(b), then the Holder of such share of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have
the right to receive such dividend or distribution. If the Mandatory Conversion Date with respect
to any share of Series B Preferred Stock is after a Record Date for a dividend or distribution on
the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5(b) but on or prior to the date such dividend or
distribution is to be made, then the Holder of such share of Series B Preferred Stock at the close
of business on such Record Date shall have the right to receive such dividend or distribution
notwithstanding such conversion.
(e) For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, dividends and distributions will be
deemed to have been declared and paid in full on the Series B Preferred Stock during a calendar
quarter or any other period if there exists no Common Stock Distribution whose Common Stock
Distribution Date occurs during such calendar quarter or period, as applicable.
Section 6. Liquidation Rights.
(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Holders of
Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, per share of Series B Preferred Stock, out
of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to
stockholders of the Corporation, and after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to
creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set
aside for the holders of Junior Stock, in full an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference Amount
per share, together with all dividends (if any) that have been declared but not paid prior to the
date of payment of such distribution.
(b) Partial Payment. If, in any distribution described in Section 6(a) above, the assets
of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay the
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Liquidation Preferences in
full to all holders of Series B Preferred Stock and all holders of any Parity Stock, then the
amounts paid to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and to the holders of all such other Parity
Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the
respective aggregate Liquidation Preferences of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and
the holders of all such other Parity Stock. In any such distribution, the Liquidation Preference
of any holder of Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall mean the amount otherwise payable to such
holder in such distribution (assuming no limitation on the assets of the Corporation available for
such distribution), including any declared but unpaid dividends (and, in the case of any holder of
stock other than Series B Preferred Stock and on which dividends accrue on a cumulative basis, any
unpaid, accrued cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, as applicable).
(c) Residual Distributions. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, if the Liquidation Preference has
been paid in full to all holders of Series B Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock and Senior Stock,
then the Holders shall (subject to the rights of any other series of Preferred Stock that is not
Junior Stock to similarly be treated as holders of Common Stock) thereafter be treated as holders
of Common Stock, determined as if each share of Series B Preferred Stock were converted into shares
of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect at the time of such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up.
(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this
Section 6, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other
entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Series B Preferred Stock
receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for
cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation,
shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 7. No Redemption. The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable at
the election of the Corporation.
Section 8. Maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock shall be perpetual unless
converted in accordance herewith.
Section 9. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The Holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights
except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.
(b) Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment Events. If and whenever dividends on any
shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are required, pursuant to Section 5(b), to be declared and
paid have not been so declared and paid for at least six (6) calendar quarters, whether or not
consecutive (a Nonpayment Event), the number of directors then constituting the Board of
Directors shall automatically be increased by two (2) and the holders of Series B Preferred Stock,
together with the holders of any
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outstanding shares of Dividend Parity Stock similarly entitled to
vote for the election of a total of two (2) additional directors (Voting Parity Preferred Stock),
voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the two (2) additional directors (the
Preferred
Stock Directors); provided, however, that, as a condition to exercising such right to so
elect such Preferred Stock Directors, the election of no such Preferred Stock Director shall cause
the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirement of the New York Stock Exchange (or
any other exchange on which its securities may be listed) that listed companies must have a
majority of independent directors.
If the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock, and such other holders of Voting Parity
Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to vote for the election of the Preferred Stock Directors
following a Nonpayment Event, then such directors shall be initially elected following such
Nonpayment Event only at a special meeting called at the request of the holders of record of at
least twenty percent (20%) of the Series B Preferred Stock or of any other such series of Voting
Parity Preferred Stock then outstanding, and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation at which time such Nonpayment Event shall be continuing. Such request to call a
special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment Event
shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of Series B Preferred Stock or
Voting Parity Preferred Stock, and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, or as may
otherwise be required by law.
When dividends have been paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside)
in full on the Series B Preferred Stock for at least four (4) calendar quarters (whether or not
consecutive) after a Nonpayment Event, then (1) such Nonpayment Event shall be deemed to have
ceased; (2) the number of calendar quarters in which dividends have not been declared and paid
shall, for purposes of this Section 9, be reset to zero (0); (3) the right of the holders of
Series B Preferred Stock to elect the Preferred Stock Directors on account of such Nonpayment Event
shall cease (but subject always to revesting of such voting rights in the case of any future
Nonpayment Event pursuant to this Section 9); (4) the terms of office of all the Preferred Stock
Directors shall forthwith terminate; and (5) the number of directors constituting the Board of
Directors shall automatically be reduced accordingly. For avoidance of doubt, full dividends on
the Series B Preferred Stock shall in no event include any arrearage, or any dividends that would
accrue on unpaid dividends or distributions, had dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock been
cumulative.
Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time without cause by the holders of record
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Preferred
Stock, when they have the voting rights set forth above in this Section 9 (voting together as a
single class). So long as a Nonpayment Event shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a
Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Stock Directors
after a Nonpayment Event) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director
remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority
of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Preferred Stock, when
they have the voting rights set forth above in this Section 9 (voting together as a single class).
Each such vote
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of stockholders to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Stock
Director must be taken only at a special meeting of such stockholders, called in the same manner as
provided above for the initial election of Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment
Event. The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one (1) vote per director on
any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote. Each Preferred Stock Director
shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until his or her earlier
death, resignation or removal, if such office shall not have previously terminated as above
provided.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Section 9(b) shall have no force and
effect (and, for all purposes, shall be deemed not to be included in this Certificate of
Designations) at any time when no shares of Series B Preferred Stock are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange or any other U.S. national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then
listed.
(c) Other Voting Rights. So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are
outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the
outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote
thereon, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting
called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Amendment of Series B Preferred Stock. Any amendment,
alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation so as to
increase the number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock or materially
and adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers
of the Series B Preferred Stock, taken as a whole; or
(ii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and
Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or
reclassification involving the Series B Preferred Stock, or of a merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, unless
in each case either (A) such binding share exchange or reclassification constitutes
a Reorganization Event and the Corporation complies with Section 10(d) with
respect to such Reorganization Event; or (B) the shares of Series B Preferred Stock
remain outstanding and have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers,
and limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially
less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and
voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Series B Preferred
Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;
provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 9(c), any increase in the amount of the
authorized or issued Series B Preferred Stock or authorized Preferred Stock, or the creation and
issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other
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series of Preferred Stock
or other stock of the Corporation ranking senior to, equally with and/or junior to the Series B
Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or
non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be deemed to
materially and adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the
Series B Preferred Stock, taken as a whole, and each Holder, by its acceptance of any shares of
Series B Preferred Stock, is, to the fullest extent permitted by law, deemed to consent, and
authorize the Corporation, the Board of Directors and any committee of the Board of Directors, to
take any action to effect any such increase, creation or issuance.
In addition, so long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to
any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation,
the vote or consent of the holders of at a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then
outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any
meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting a publicly announced tender offer
by the Corporation of shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that such vote or consent shall
not be required if the Corporation grants Holders of Series B Preferred Stock of the right to
participate, based on the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series B Preferred Stock
is convertible, in such tender offer on the same terms and conditions as holders of Common Stock.
(d) Changes for Clarification. Without the consent of the Holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock, so long as such action does not adversely affect the special rights, preferences,
privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Series B Preferred
Stock, taken as a whole, the Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, amend, alter,
supplement or repeal any terms of the Series B Preferred Stock:
(i) to cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any provision
contained in this Certificate of Designations that may be defective or
inconsistent; or
(ii) to make any provision with respect to matters or questions arising
with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock that is not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Certificate of Designations.
(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and
conducting any meeting of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock (including, without limitation,
the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a
meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a
meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors or a duly authorized
committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules
and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws,
applicable law and any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series B
Preferred
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Stock is listed or traded at the time. Whether the vote or consent of the holders of a
plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any Voting
Parity Preferred Stock has been cast or given on any matter on which the Holders
of shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote shall be determined by the
Corporation by reference to the specified liquidation amounts of the shares voted or covered by the
consent.
Section 10. Mandatory Conversion.
(a) Effectiveness of Conversion. If the Corporation shall have obtained the Stockholder
Approval, then, effective as of the open of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, each
outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall, automatically and without the act of any
Holder, be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect
as of the open of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date; provided, however, that the
Corporation will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B
Preferred Stock and shall instead deliver a check in an amount equal to the value of such fraction
computed on the basis of the VWAP per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before
the Mandatory Conversion Date. All shares of Common Stock issued or delivered upon conversion of
the Series B Preferred Stock shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be
free of preemptive or similar rights and (except, in the case of Series B Preferred Stock pledged
pursuant to the Indemnification Security Agreement, as provided in the Indemnification Security
Agreement) free of any lien or adverse claim created by the Corporation. If more than one share of
Series B Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, then the
number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares shall be computed on
the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock so surrendered.
(b) Effect of Conversion. Subject to the second sentence of Section 5(d), on and after
the Mandatory Conversion Date each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be
outstanding, dividends and distributions on such share shall cease to accrue or be due, and all
rights of the Holder(s) of such share shall terminate with respect to such share, other than the
right to receive, upon delivery of the certificate(s) evidencing such share to the Corporation or
its registrar, certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series B
Preferred Stock has been converted, together with cash in lieu of any fractional share, as provided
herein.
(c) Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. If, after the date of original issue of the Series
B Preferred Stock, the Corporation: (A) pays a dividend or makes another distribution on Common
Stock to all holders of Common Stock payable, in whole or in part, in shares of Common Stock; (B)
subdivides or splits the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares; or (C)
combines or reclassifies the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Rate in effect
immediately before such adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock which a person who owns
only one (1) share of Common Stock immediately before the record
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date or effective date, as
applicable, of such dividend, distribution, subdivision, split, or combination or reclassification
and who is entitled to participate in such dividend, distribution, subdivision, split, combination
or reclassification would own immediately
after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, subdivision, split, combination or
reclassification (without giving effect to any arrangement pursuant to such dividend, distribution,
subdivision, split, combination or reclassification not to issue fractional shares of Common
Stock). Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the close of business on such
record date, in the case of a stock dividend or stock distribution, and shall become effective at
the open of business on such effective date, in the case of a subdivision, split, combination or
reclassification. For avoidance of doubt, if, after the date of original issue of the Series B
Preferred Stock, the Corporation pays a dividend or makes another distribution on Common Stock to
all holders of Common Stock payable, in part (and not exclusively), in shares of Common Stock (such
a dividend or distribution, a Partial Common Stock Distribution), then, without duplication, (i)
an adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made pursuant to this Section 10(c) on account of
the portion (and only such portion) of such Partial Common Stock Distribution paid in shares of
Common Stock; and (ii) the portion of such Partial Common Stock Distribution (and only such
portion) not paid in shares of Common Stock shall be subject to Section 5(b). If, after the date
of original issue of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation makes a Partial Common Stock
Distribution, then the Distributed Property of such Partial Common Stock Distribution shall, for
purposes hereof, be deemed not to include the portion of such Partial Common Stock Distribution
that is paid in shares of Common Stock.
(d) Conversion Upon Reorganization Event. If, after the date of original issue of the
Series B Preferred Stock, (1) there occurs (A) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with
or into another Person; (B) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of the
property of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety; (C) any statutory
exchange of securities of the Corporation with another Person or any binding share exchange which
reclassifies or changes its outstanding Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par
value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a transaction that is
subject to Section 10(c)); or (D) any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation
(any such event in clauses (A) through (D), inclusive, a Reorganization Event); and (2) pursuant
to such Reorganization, the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for, or constitutes solely
the right to receive, cash, securities or other property, then, immediately after the effective
time of such Reorganization Event, the Corporation shall make provision for each outstanding share
of Series B Preferred Stock to be converted, out of funds legally available therefor, into the kind
and amount of cash, securities or other property (collectively, Reference Property) receivable
pursuant to such Reorganization Event by a holder (the Representative Holder) of a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect at such effective time, which holder
(A) is not a Person with which the Corporation consolidated or into which the Corporation merged or
which merged into the Corporation or to which such sale, transfer, lease or conveyance was made, as
the case may be (any such Person, a Constituent Person), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person,
to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by
Affiliates of the Corporation
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and non-Affiliates, and (B) failed to exercise his rights of
election, if any, as to the kind or amount of such Reference Property (provided that if the kind or
amount of such Reference Property is not the same for each share of Common Stock held by a Person
(other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof) who has not exercised such rights of
election (Non-Electing Share), then for the purpose of this Section 10(d), the kind and amount
of Reference Property in respect of each Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to be the weighted
average of the kinds and amounts of Reference Property receivable per share of Common Stock
pursuant to such Reorganization Event in respect of all Non-Electing Shares). On and after the
effective time of a Reorganization Event, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall
cease to be outstanding, dividends on such share shall cease to accrue, and all rights of the
Holder(s) of such share shall terminate with respect to such share, other than the right to receive
the kind and amount of Reference Property into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock has
been converted.
(e) Conversion at Corporations Election. If, after the date of original issue of the
Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation or its successor shall have consummated a tender offer or
exchange offer for, or shall have repurchased, in each case whether in a single transaction or a
series of transactions, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Series B
Preferred Stock initially issued hereunder, then, subject to any applicable requirements of the
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed and subject to applicable law, the Corporation
may elect to have the provisions of Section 10(a) apply as if the Stockholder Approval shall have
been obtained on a date of the Corporations choosing, which date cannot be earlier than the
consummation of such tender offer, exchange offer or repurchase.
(f) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section
10(c), the Corporation shall, within ten (10) Business Days following the occurrence of the event
that requires such adjustment, (i) compute the adjusted Conversion Rate in accordance with Section
10(c); and (ii) cause the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation (or a designee of such Chief
Financial Officer) to prepare and mail to each Holder, at such Holders last address shown on the
records of the Corporation, a certificate setting forth such adjustment and showing in reasonable
detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based.
(g) Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall, at all times when any shares of
Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights,
out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, the full number of shares of Common Stock then
issuable upon conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation may, at its election, deliver,
upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, treasury shares of Common Stock or other shares of
Common Stock that the Corporation has reacquired, provided such shares comply with the second
sentence of Section 10(a).
Section 11. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
the Corporation and the transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock
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may deem and treat the
record holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all
purposes, and neither the Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
Section 12. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Series B
Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first
class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this
Certificate of Designations, in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or by applicable law.
Section 13. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series B Preferred Stock shall have
any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants,
rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or
such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.
Section 14. Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have
any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the
Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, METLIFE, INC. has caused this certificate to be signed by Steven J.
Goulart, its Senior Vice President and Treasurer, this 26th day of October, 2010.
MetLife, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Steven J. Goulart | |||
Name: | Steven J. Goulart | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Treasurer | |||