---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-003579"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MET"
cik: "0001099219"
company_name: "METLIFE INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T18:34:33.016641+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MetLife issues $1B of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2054

## Summary
- Issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes maturing in 2054.
- Notes were sold under shelf registration statement; closing occurred January 6, 2023.
- Underwriters include BofA Securities, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley.
- Senior unsecured obligations issued under the existing indenture and thirty-seventh supplemental indenture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-003579
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MET
- cik: 0001099219
- company_name: METLIFE INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312523003579/0001193125-23-003579-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312523003579/d434931d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-003579.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  METLIFE INC incurred senior notes of $1,000,000,000 with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 5.250% maturing 2054.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1,000,000,000
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
  - Rate: 5.250%
  - Maturity: 2054
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 6, 2023, MetLife, Inc. (the “Company”) issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “Senior Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312523003579/0001193125-23-003579-index.htm

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