---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-142086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MET"
cik: "0001099219"
company_name: "METLIFE INC"
filed_at: "2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T04:13:30.988358+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MetLife issues ¥87.84B in senior notes across six tranches due 2032-2055

## Summary
- Issued ¥87.84B aggregate principal of yen-denominated senior notes with coupons from 2.14% to 3.62%.
- Series include ¥10B at 2.14% due 2032; ¥15B at 2.46% due 2035; ¥10.7B at 2.59% due 2037.
- Also ¥12.14B at 2.83% due 2040; ¥23.6B at 3.29% due 2045; ¥16.4B at 3.62% due 2055.
- Interest payable semiannually on June 17 and December 17, starting December 17, 2025.
- Proceeds to refinance ¥25.2B of 0.495% senior notes due 2026 and for general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-142086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MET
- cik: 0001099219
- company_name: METLIFE INC
- filed_at: 2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312525142086/0001193125-25-142086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312525142086/d53470d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  METLIFE INC incurred senior notes of ¥87,840,000,000 at 2.14%, 2.46%, 2.59%, 2.83%, 3.29%, 3.62% maturing June 17, 2032, June 17, 2035, June 17, 2037, June 17, 2040, June 17, 2045, June 17, 2055.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: ¥87,840,000,000
  - Rate: 2.14%, 2.46%, 2.59%, 2.83%, 3.29%, 3.62%
  - Maturity: June 17, 2032, June 17, 2035, June 17, 2037, June 17, 2040, June 17, 2045, June 17, 2055
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On June 17, 2025, MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”) in connection with the offer and sale in a private placement of an aggregate principal amount of ¥87,840,000,000 of the Company’s yen-denominated senior notes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099219/000119312525142086/0001193125-25-142086-index.htm

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